![]() In a combined undertaking, astronomers from around the world from 1887-1889 set out to create a celestial map and catalog of the stars. It’s often said that you can’t count the stars in the sky, but four nuns from the order Sisters of the Holy Child Mary did just that - 481,215 by brightness and location for the "Carte du Ciel." Each red line represents one member of the tribe. This sketch shows Red Indian Lake where the Beothuks were encamped, according to an account by James P. Though she was a young girl at the time, the painful memories of what happened to her people came to life and were documented in the 10 maps she drew. ![]() Historical accounts vary saying that she was either taken in and taught the craft by Scottish-Canadian explorer William Cormack or Captain David Buchan of the Scottish Navy after her family was killed. ![]() Her maps from the early 1800s show the migration and destruction of her people as settlers took over. Indigenous to Newfoundland, Shanawdithit was one of the last members of the Beothuk tribe. Wikiart provides an extraordinarily detailed account of every feature on this map. Interpretations cite Adam and Eve as the figures at the top of the map and a man inside a fish’s body as Jonah. One of the earliest known maps by a woman, this "mappa mundi" was created by a 10th-century illustrator and Spanish nun Ende and is part of the Girona Beatus manuscript. Please dig into these resources to learn all there is to know about women in cartography but first, read on for a snapshot of map-making women from the 10 th century to today. In part one she acknowledges, “Reading mainstream history books, or even CityLab’s coverage of old maps, you might never know that women historically had much of a role at all in cartography.” Laura Bliss and our friends over at CityLab, investigated the topic in a three-part series of articles. The show “reveals the transition of women in professional cartography from their marginalized history to their current role as map makers.” Van Den Hoonaard wrote the book “ Map Worlds: A History of Women in Cartography,” where he reveals the historic efforts of women, uncovers the social implications of having men create the majority of maps and explains gender differences in map reading.Įarlier this year, Alice Hudson, retired Chief of the Map Division at the New York Public Library, curated an exhibition, “ Women in Cartography: Five Centuries of Accomplishments,” at the Boston Library.
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