tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861872891105072608.post953761029204363077..comments2023-10-03T09:15:05.775-06:00Comments on Contours - National Geographic Maps Blog: Maps of the News - December 2009 Edition -Mike Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577513054995119304noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861872891105072608.post-87668224350325602212010-01-08T06:33:29.628-07:002010-01-08T06:33:29.628-07:00Greenlight - Good catch, my post warrants some fur...Greenlight - Good catch, my post warrants some further clarification...<br /><br />The first supplement map prepared entirely by the National Geographic Cartographic Department was the 1918 "Western Theatre of War" map, which was released in the May issue of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. <br /><br />However, there were two notable supplement maps which were included in the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC prior to that.<br /><br />The first, as you pointed out, was in the October 1889 issue, and was the U.S. Geological Survey quadrangle map, "North Carolina - Tennessee - Asheville Sheet." <br /><br />The second supplement was released in August 1914, just as World War I erupted. "Map of the New Balkan States and Central Europe" was prepared beforehand by NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Editor Gilbert H. Grosvenor, who saw war looming, and stored in the basement. This begins a National Geographic tradition of timely map supplements published during periods of world crisis.<br /><br />A year later, in 1915, Albert H. Bumstead, formerly with the U.S. Geological Survey and Hiram Bingham's expedition to Machu Pichu, establishes the Cartographic Department within the National Geographic Society. Bumstead becomes the Society's first Chief Cartographer. <br /><br />Hope this sheds some further light on NG Maps history. Thanks for reading and the comment!Mike Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04577513054995119304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861872891105072608.post-80560227558553550262010-01-04T14:33:14.509-07:002010-01-04T14:33:14.509-07:00Happy New Year, Mike!
I'm confused about the ...Happy New Year, Mike!<br /><br />I'm confused about the reference to May 1918 as the first map supplement to the magazine. There's a bibliography of NG Magazine maps that mentions 1889 as the first map supplement. The link is here. Can you please clarify?<br />http://www.kaiserbooks.com/sales/ngs/ngmaps.htmGreenlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12070836948129433681noreply@blogger.com