Washington Map Society Announces Ristow Prize Winners

Winner Gavin Hollis Scores for paper on on map literacy in early modern England The Washington Map Society have recently announced the winner and Honorable mention for the 2006 Walter W. (…)

Winner Gavin Hollis Scores for paper on on map literacy in early modern England

The Washington Map Society have recently announced the winner and Honorable mention for the 2006 Walter W. Ristow Prize:

The Winner of the 2006 Ristow Prize is Gavin Hollis, University of Michigan for his paper, “Give me the map there”: ‘King Lear and Cartographic Literacy in Early Modern England’, Mr. Hollis’ winning entry will be published in a future issue of The Portolan. He will receive a cash award of $1,000 and a complimentary membership in the Washington Map Society for the coming year.

Two papers were selected for Honorable Mention. One was entitled ‘Navigating Tasman’s 1642 Voyage of Exploration: Cartographic Instruments and Navigational Decisions’ by Avan Stallard, University of Queensland, Australia. The other was ‘The Cowdray Engraving of the Siege of Boulogne, 1544. Analysis of a sixteenth century artifact. Combining historic documentation with modern technology’ by Jinny Gunston, University of Portsmouth, England. A complimentary membership in the Washington Map Society has been awarded for the coming year.

The Prize has been awarded since 1994 in honor of the late Dr. Walter W. Ristow, who was for many years head of the Geography and Map Division at the Library of Congress and was founding president of the Washington Map Society.

Via Maphist.

17 October 2006