Something worth*mentioning on International Women’s Day: the Boston Public Library’s exhibition,*Women in Cartography: Five Centuries of Accomplishments, opened last October and runs until 26 March at the Central Library’s Leventhal Map Center. The exhibition can also be viewed online.
A few books about women in cartography:
Previously:*Two More Map Books;*Soundings: A Biography of Marie Tharp; The Urban Legend of Phyllis Pearsall;*Phyllis Pearsall.
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A few books about women in cartography:
- Soundings: The Story of the Remarkable Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor by Hali Felt (Henry Holt, 2012), a biography of oceanographer Marie Tharp*(Amazon, iBooks)
- Mrs. P’s Journey:*The Remarkable Story of the Woman Who Created the A-Z*Map by Sarah Hartley (2001), a biography of A-Z Map Company founder Phyllis Pearsall (Amazon UK)
- Map Worlds: A History of Women in Cartography by*Will C. van den Hoonaard (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2013), a scholarly history of women mapmakers since the 16th century*(Amazon)
Previously:*Two More Map Books;*Soundings: A Biography of Marie Tharp; The Urban Legend of Phyllis Pearsall;*Phyllis Pearsall.
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