Chet van Duzer

Chet Van Duzer (born 1966) is an American historian of cartography.

Life

He was born in 1966, and grew up in Northern California.

He graduated from UC Berkeley.[1]

He is a member of the board of the Lazarus Project at the University of Rochester.[2][3]

Career

From 2011 to 2012, he was a scholar-in-residence at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress.[4]

He has also received a Kislak Fellowship for the Study of the History and Cultures of the Early Americas.[4]

Bibliography

His notable books include:[5][6]

  • Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps ISBN 9780712357715
  • The World for a King: Pierre Desceliers' Map of 1550 ISBN 9780712356183
  • Apocalyptic Cartography: Thematic Maps and the End of the World in a Fifteenth-Century Manuscript ISBN 9789004304536
  • Johann Schöner's Globe of 1515 : Transcription and Study ISBN 9781606180051
  • Floating Islands: A Global Bibliography, With an Edition and Translation of G. C. Munz’s ‘Exercitatio academica de insulis natantibus’ (1711) ISBN 9780975542408
  • Seeing the World Anew: The Radical Vision of Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 & 1516 World Maps ISBN 9781929154470
  • Christopher Columbus: Book of Privileges: 1502 The Claiming of a New World ISBN 9781929154531
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References
  1. "How I Write History…with Chet Van Duzer". 14 September 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. "Chet Van Duzer, Author at Facsimile Finder Blog -". Facsimile Finder Blog. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. "People – The Lazarus Project". www.lazarusprojectimaging.com. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  4. "Chet Van Duzer, Kluge Fellow (Resident Scholars, The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress)". www.loc.gov. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  5. "Apocalyptic cartography : thematic maps and the end of the world in a fifteenth-century manuscript /". Worldcat.org. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  6. "Chet Van Duzer". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
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