Editing Early and Historical Atlases: Papers given at the Twenty-ninth Annual Conference on Editorial...

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Joan Winearls

Editing Early and Historical Atlases

Papers given at the Twenty-ninth Annual Conference on Editorial Problems, University of Toronto,...

Joan Winearls

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University of Toronto Press
02 November 1995

Historical geography; Publishing industry; Geographical maps (specialist)

The atlas, one of the oldest types of geographic encyclopedias and reference works, has often been thought of as simply a group of maps bound together. Yet every atlas is conceived and shaped, put into meaningful order and made uniform in some way by its author, editor, or publisher. Editing Early and Historical Atlases was the title and focus of the twenty-ninth annual Conference on Editorial Problems, organized in honour of the completion of the final volume of the Historical Atlas of Canada.

The essays in this collection focus on two areas of inquiry: original editing problems associated with various atlases, from the earliest to the most recent, including the products of early author-publisher partnerships as well as modern multidisciplinary editorial and cartographic teams; and the analysis of a variety of different atlases, to give a diverse picture of an important reference work as it has evolved through the ages. The papers throw light on the nature and history of the evolution of the atlas as a book, and also on the atlas as a 'text' of contemporary times.

As James Akerman says in the introduction to his paper on the origins of the concept of the atlas, 'an atlas is a map of maps, and its editor a meta-cartographer. The editor's primary role in the creation of an atlas is not to draw maps but to make sense of them through the logic or structure of the entire book.'

Edited by: Joan Winearls
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9780802006233
ISBN 10: 080200623X
Pages: 199
Publication Date: 02 November 1995
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Further / Higher Education , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joan Winearls is the Map Librarian at the University of Toronto. She is author of Mapping Upper Canada, 1780-1867.

Reviews for Editing Early and Historical Atlases: Papers given at the Twenty-ninth Annual Conference on Editorial Problems, University of Toronto, 5-6 November 1993

'Editing Early and Historical Atlases is an excellent contribution - highly readable and well-written - and very welcome in the general history of atlases. It fills a valuable and very lacking need for information to further our understanding of this bibliographic genre, enhancing our appreciation of atlases without destroying the beauty and mystery of these works.' -- Dalia Varanka 'This outstanding collection of essays by leading scholars will undoubtedly encourage further research.' -- John D. Blackwell