Biography of a Map Assignment
A generale mapp of the Isles of Great Brittaine, 1669
Over at the Philadelphia Area Center for the History of Science’s PACHSmörgåsbord blog, Haverford Professor Darin Hayton discusses his recent assignment utilizing maps from Special Collections in his course on the Introduction to the History of Science. Each student picked a pre-1700 map from the collection (some were facsimiles of older maps) and visited several times to study their map. They were to analyze the map both for what it actually presented as well as by delving into the context of its creation and use. The end result was a short report on their findings, a Biography of a Map. Please read on for Darin’s analysis of the assignment:
Biography of a Map—Further Experiments in Pedagogy
Marketing a Colony—William Penn’s Maps of Pennsylvania
Mapping Our Way Forward—More Experiments in Pedagogy
Tags: History of Science, Maps