Gregory C McIntosh
Biographic Data
| ID | 5816433 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gregory C McIntosh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gregory C |
| FAMILY NAME | McIntosh |
| SIGNATURE | MCINTOSH G C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lisbon |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2471-4468 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The New World on the Kunstmann III Chart of the Atlantic Ocean
Various dates between 1502 and 1521 have been suggested for the Portuguese “Kunstmann III” manuscript chart. As recently demonstrated, the map was made in at least four stages beginning in about the year 1501 and continuing until sometime after 1505. The uncertainty about the date of the chart has led to it being underappreciated as a primary source and important contemporary record of the voyages of the Corte Real brothers to Greenland and Newfo…
Revisiting the “Admiral’s Map”
In the introduction to the appendix of modern maps by Martin Waldseemüller in the famous Strasbourg Ptolemy atlas of 1513 is a “puzzling sentence” that mentions a so-called “Admiral’s Map.” During the nineteenth century, historians struggled to understand what map was the Admiral’s, who the Admiral was, and how this Admiral’s Map related to the maps made by Waldseemüller. Since then, most who have looked at the question of the Admiral’s Map have …
Depicting Cuba, Not North America
The most important map in American history is the famous Martin Waldseemüller world map of 1507. Despite this position, its geography contains an unanswered mystery: “What current-day geography is represented by its large northwest landmass?” It appears to mimic the coast of North America, and many contemporary authors agree. There is a problem with this conclusion. The coast of North America was not explored until years after this map’s publicat…
The Caverio Planisphere (c. 1506) Was Not Copied from the Cantino Planisphere (1502)
A close relationship has frequently been noted between the Caverio planisphere, generally dated c. 1506, and the Cantino planisphere, datable to October 1502. A careful examination of the placenames on the coast of Africa on the Caverio and Cantino planispheres and other early Portuguese and Portuguese-derived charts reveals the Caverio planisphere was probably not derived from the Cantino planisphere. The charts and planispheres are believed to …
Kunstmann III
Among the few Portuguese charts surviving from the turn of the sixteenth century, the now lost Kunstmann III chart is the most enigmatic. Not only is it undated and unsigned but also its cartographical style differs greatly from the best-known contemporary Portuguese charts, namely those by Jorge de Aguiar and Pedro Reinel, as well as the Cantino planisphere. Although Kunstmann III has been studied by various twentieth-century authors, none has a…
Conventional Wisdom and the Date of the Kunstmann I Chart
It has long been accepted by most historians that the manuscript chart on parchment known as “Kunstmann I,” signed by the famous Portuguese cartographer Pedro Reinel, was made about 1504. The purpose of the present paper is to advocate c. 1519 as a more likely date for the composition of the Kunstmann I chart. It will be seen that the original pronouncements of past historians for the earlier date were made before other documents found later in t…
Palmira Brummett, Mapping the Ottomans
This book is about more than merely maps. The “mapping” in the title encompasses more than making drawings of coastlines, rivers, mountains, and cities on flat sheets of paper. Beyond delineating, mapping is also an activity of appropriating, compartmentalizing, characterizing, representing, and misrepresenting. This is particularly true of the representation of the European ideas of the Ottoman Turks – the “Other” – in the 16th, 17th, and 18th c…
Martin Waldseemüller, Amerigo Vespucci, and the So-Called "Error" of the "Abbey of All Saints
In the midst of the controversy concerning the authorship and authenticity of the Vespucci corpus lies German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller's curious use of the place-name Abbatia omniũ Sanctorum (Latin for Abbey of All Saints) on the east coast of Brazil, a location more commonly known as Bay of All Saints. This essay examines the use of the variant "badia" within the context of Vespucci's letters and their transmission, early cartographic r…
The rediscovery of two lost sixteenth‐century world maps
Over the last century and a half, even while the appreciation of old maps has grown in the academic, art and bibliographical fields, many rare and historically significant maps have been lost. To our great fortune, some of these have also been refound or recovered. Occasionally, a supposedly 'lost' map is found to have been misidentified so that what was once thought to be a missing map is proven to be an example of a previously known map. Recent…
Martín Alonso Pinzón's Discovery of Babueca and the Identity of Guanahani
(1992). Martin Alonso Pinzon's Discovery of Babueca and the Identity of Guanahani. Terrae Incognitae: Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 79-100
Martín Alonso Pinzón's Discovery of Babueca and the Identity of Guanahani
Martin Waldseemüller, Amerigo Vespucci, and the So-Called "Error" of the "Abbey of All Saints
In the midst of the controversy concerning the authorship and authenticity of the Vespucci corpus lies German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller's curious use of the place-name Abbatia omniũ Sanctorum (Latin for Abbey of All Saints) on the east coast of Brazil, a location more commonly known as Bay of All Saints. This essay examines the use of the variant "badia" within the context of Vespucci's letters and their transmission, early cartographic r…
Martín Alonso Pinzón's Discovery of Babueca and the Identity of Guanahani
(1992). Martin Alonso Pinzon's Discovery of Babueca and the Identity of Guanahani. Terrae Incognitae: Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 79-100
Martín Alonso Pinzón's Discovery of Babueca and the Identity of Guanahani
(1992). Martin Alonso Pinzon's Discovery of Babueca and the Identity of Guanahani. Terrae Incognitae: Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 79-100
Martín Alonso Pinzón's Discovery of Babueca and the Identity of Guanahani
The rediscovery of two lost sixteenth‐century world maps
Over the last century and a half, even while the appreciation of old maps has grown in the academic, art and bibliographical fields, many rare and historically significant maps have been lost. To our great fortune, some of these have also been refound or recovered. Occasionally, a supposedly 'lost' map is found to have been misidentified so that what was once thought to be a missing map is proven to be an example of a previously known map. Recent…
Martin Waldseemüller, Amerigo Vespucci, and the So-Called "Error" of the "Abbey of All Saints
In the midst of the controversy concerning the authorship and authenticity of the Vespucci corpus lies German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller's curious use of the place-name Abbatia omniũ Sanctorum (Latin for Abbey of All Saints) on the east coast of Brazil, a location more commonly known as Bay of All Saints. This essay examines the use of the variant "badia" within the context of Vespucci's letters and their transmission, early cartographic r…
Palmira Brummett, Mapping the Ottomans
This book is about more than merely maps. The “mapping” in the title encompasses more than making drawings of coastlines, rivers, mountains, and cities on flat sheets of paper. Beyond delineating, mapping is also an activity of appropriating, compartmentalizing, characterizing, representing, and misrepresenting. This is particularly true of the representation of the European ideas of the Ottoman Turks – the “Other” – in the 16th, 17th, and 18th c…
Conventional Wisdom and the Date of the Kunstmann I Chart
It has long been accepted by most historians that the manuscript chart on parchment known as “Kunstmann I,” signed by the famous Portuguese cartographer Pedro Reinel, was made about 1504. The purpose of the present paper is to advocate c. 1519 as a more likely date for the composition of the Kunstmann I chart. It will be seen that the original pronouncements of past historians for the earlier date were made before other documents found later in t…
Kunstmann III
Among the few Portuguese charts surviving from the turn of the sixteenth century, the now lost Kunstmann III chart is the most enigmatic. Not only is it undated and unsigned but also its cartographical style differs greatly from the best-known contemporary Portuguese charts, namely those by Jorge de Aguiar and Pedro Reinel, as well as the Cantino planisphere. Although Kunstmann III has been studied by various twentieth-century authors, none has a…
The Caverio Planisphere (c. 1506) Was Not Copied from the Cantino Planisphere (1502)
A close relationship has frequently been noted between the Caverio planisphere, generally dated c. 1506, and the Cantino planisphere, datable to October 1502. A careful examination of the placenames on the coast of Africa on the Caverio and Cantino planispheres and other early Portuguese and Portuguese-derived charts reveals the Caverio planisphere was probably not derived from the Cantino planisphere. The charts and planispheres are believed to …
The New World on the Kunstmann III Chart of the Atlantic Ocean
Various dates between 1502 and 1521 have been suggested for the Portuguese “Kunstmann III” manuscript chart. As recently demonstrated, the map was made in at least four stages beginning in about the year 1501 and continuing until sometime after 1505. The uncertainty about the date of the chart has led to it being underappreciated as a primary source and important contemporary record of the voyages of the Corte Real brothers to Greenland and Newfo…
Revisiting the “Admiral’s Map”
In the introduction to the appendix of modern maps by Martin Waldseemüller in the famous Strasbourg Ptolemy atlas of 1513 is a “puzzling sentence” that mentions a so-called “Admiral’s Map.” During the nineteenth century, historians struggled to understand what map was the Admiral’s, who the Admiral was, and how this Admiral’s Map related to the maps made by Waldseemüller. Since then, most who have looked at the question of the Admiral’s Map have …
Depicting Cuba, Not North America
The most important map in American history is the famous Martin Waldseemüller world map of 1507. Despite this position, its geography contains an unanswered mystery: “What current-day geography is represented by its large northwest landmass?” It appears to mimic the coast of North America, and many contemporary authors agree. There is a problem with this conclusion. The coast of North America was not explored until years after this map’s publicat…
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