The Globe articles from November 2004

The Globe archives from November 2004

Gavin Menzies' cartographic fiction: the case of the Chinese 'discovery' of Australia.(1421: The Year China Discovered the World)
November 1, 2004... This article critically examines the evidence and claims made by Gavin Menzies of Ming Dynasty Chinese circumnavigation of the world in 1421: the year China discovered the World. It concludes that the evidence presented remains highly...

Mapping Australia's transhumance: snow lease and stock route maps of NSW.
November 1, 2004... Australia's squatters and early pastoralists developed a number of ways to maintain their high stock numbers through the hot dry summers and the inevitable droughts that creep across the continent. Graziers in New South Wales had two solutions...

Mapping a new colony: the geographical construction of Queensland 1860-1880.
November 1, 2004... Queensland formally separated from New South Wales in December 1859. The new colonial government had jurisdiction over approximately 1.72 million square kilometres, or 22.5 per cent of the Australian landmass. Official responsibility for...

Creating a landscape atlas: a demonstration and discussion.
November 1, 2004... There are many methods and ideas for conveying landscape information. This paper analyses the development of a demonstration landscape atlas. An object-oriented information template helps an atlas to be a living database. Atlas material can be...

Bits of real estate: digitizing the church map collection of heritage maps at Auckland City Libraries.
November 1, 2004... Having been involved in digitizing heritage materials for a number of years it is clear there is no one 'right' way to carry out a digitization project. This is an explanation of how Auckland City Libraries has gone about digitizing a selection...

Day, A, Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of Australia.(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Lanham, Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN: 0-8108-4588-1, $77 (US), hardcover, 368 pages. The Historical dictionary of the discovery and exploration of Australia is the first in a new series of historical dictionaries of discovery and...

McCarthy, James, Journey into Africa, the Life and Death of Keith Johnston, Scottish Cartographer and Explorer (1844-1879).(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Whittles Publishing, Caithness, 2004. viii+248pp, index, illustrations. ISBN 1-904445-01-2. pb, 24x17cm, 35.00 [pounds sterling]. Available in Australia from DA Information Services, email: service@dadirect.com Alexander Keith Johnston...