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Putting Marylandon the Map

A New and Enlarged Edition of the Historical Maps of Maryland

Edward PapenfuseState Archivist and Commissioner of Land Patents

Baltimore BibliophilesNovember 21, 2002

Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland-first edition

Over 20 years ago, an aide to then governor Harry Hughes, Joe Coale, called with an idea

He suggested we collaborate on a book about the history of the mapping of Maryland

Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland-first edition

It was to be a simple project- Compile a list of the best maps Acquire good images Write good captions, with a brief

historical introduction Find a benefactor willing to provide

a publication subsidy Find a publisher willing to

undertake the design, editing, printing and distribution

Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland-first edition

Two years and hundreds of slides later we had an outline

Selected 144 maps for publication Wrote 10 chapters of text and

captions for the selected maps Found a patron (Hammond-Harwood

House) and a publisher (Johns Hopkins University Press)

Produced the Hammond-Harwood House Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland, 1608-1908

Response to the first edition

Kind reviews Huntingfield Collection (MSA SC 1399)

given to the Maryland Archives Finest and largest collection of maps of

Maryland then in private hands First edition sold out within a decade

Considered a rare book, now selling for $200 a copy

Mapping Maryland-Revisited

In the first year of the ‘ought’s’ decade, Joe Coale called again

He had found a benefactor and wondered if I would be willing to undertake a revised edition

I agreed, if the new edition could be In full color Contain plates of all county wall maps Have additional text relating to the impact of the charter

on Maryland’s boundaries Correct any errors in the first edition that we had

discovered or had been brought to our attention

Mapping Maryland- A New Edition of the Atlas?

Negotiation with John Hopkins University Press and our benefactor took about 1 year

Writing and editing took another 6 months Design and layout took another 2 ½ months Proof reading of page proofs began

yesterday (November 20) with the book due the printer (in Asia) by mid-January 2003

Delivery of books expected by Maryland Day, March 25, 2003

Maryland State Archives Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland, 1608-1908 In full color

40 additional illustrations Several thousand more words 60% increase in the total number of

pages and slightly larger page size New design Sample chapter

Maryland State Archives Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland, 1608-1908

All proceeds from the sale of the book go the Maryland State Archives Endowment Fund

All maps owned by the Maryland State Archives or by the Library of Congress will be available for sale as full sized reproductions suitable for framing,

including county wall maps with all proceeds going to the Maryland State

Archives Endowment Fund

Maryland State Archives Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland, 1608-1908

A sample of what is new and better in this 20th Anniversary edition Additional stories about mapping Maryland-

especially about Maryland’s Struggle to Define and Defend its own borders

Most significant new find: the original Maryland Charter language relating to Maryland’s ownership of the Potomac River

Knew it all along, of course: Lord Baltimore’s Map, 1635

Most intriguing is one I did not tell-”What do All Those Lines Mean?”

Jacobus Robyn, Virginia Paskaart, 1692, Huntinfield Collection, new illustration 34

Rhumb lines Higher definition graphics as a result of new

scanning and printing techniques

Maryland State Archives Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland, 1608-1908

The lasting value of the project: An exquisite book

Conservation of a magnificent collection of originals

Ultimate public access to all the maps on the web once the initial press run is sold out and the Archives Endowment Fund has made some money for future document research, preservation and access projects

Thank You