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Imago Mundi MS 9
- Record Id:
- 040-001578553
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001578543
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001043.0x000177
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Imago Mundi MS 9
- Title:
- Manuscript text (unfinished and incomplete) by Dr George E Nunn entitled 'The World in which Columbus Dreamed', compiled c1954; with correspondence between A Elgin Heinz and Bagrow, 1955.
- Scope & Content:
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'The World in which Columbus Dreamed' was intended by Nunn to summarise his lifetime's research. The manuscript was left incomplete at his death in 1954, breaking off abruptly at page 238. Some pages are no more than rough drafts.
Two days before his death, Nunn had asked A Elgin Heinz to finish the text for him. Heinz sent all these papers to Bagrow in November 1955, in the hope that Bagrow might be able to do this.
The manuscript comprises:
- (Page 1): prefatory remarks;
- Chapter I (pages 2-76): 'Views of Recent Writers';
- Chapter II (pages 77-100): 'Cartographical Study of the Behaim Globe and the Juan de la Cosa Map';
- (pages 101-149): these are headed ' “Columbus Presents his Plans to Portugal and Spain”, down to “Return to Espanola on Second Voyage” ' ;
- (pages 150-203): these are headed ' “Columbus on Second Voyage to Leeward Islands”, to “Preparations for Third Voyage” ' ;
- (pages 229-238): untitled.
These papers were omitted in error when Bagrow's papers were collected from Koeman in the spring of 1976. Presumably they were sent on afterwards. (See Eila Campbell's letter of 10 March 1976 to David Woodward, in MS 51.)
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001578543
033-001578544
040-001578553 - Is part of:
- Imago Mundi : The Imago Mundi Archives
Imago Mundi MS 1-11 : Bagrow papers
Imago Mundi MS 9 : Manuscript text (unfinished and incomplete) by Dr George E Nunn entitled 'The World in which Columbus Dreamed', compiled… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001578543[0001]/033-001578544[0009]/040-001578553
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Imago Mundi
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 bundle
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1954
- End Date:
- 1955
- Date Range:
- 1954-1955
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)