Some Reflections on Terrae Incognitae to Mark Its Fiftieth Anniversary

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Notes

¹ Quoted in Carol Urness “In Memory of Jack Parker,” Terrae Incognitae 38 (2006), p. 1.

² Douglas Marshall, “Recommendations for Contributors,” Terrae Incognitae 10 (1978), p. 87.

³ Michael Kalen Smith, “Index to Terra Incognitae, Volumes 1–12 (1969–1980),” Terrae Incognitae 13 (1981), pp. 79–135.

⁴ G. S. Dunbar, “Societies for the History of Discoveries,” Terrae Incognitae 6 (1974), pp. 65–71.

⁵ See particularly, Lauren Beck, “Editorial,” Terrae Incognitae 47, no. 2 (2015), pp. 93–4.

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David Buisseret

David Buisseret trained as a historian at Cambridge University (PhD 1964) and then served first at The University of the West Indies (Jamaica campus), then as Director of the Smith Center for the History of Cartography at The Newberry Library, and finally as Garrett Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. This varied experience allowed him to publish widely in early modern French history, in the history of cartography, and in local Illinois history. Between 1984 and 2008 he was editor of “Terrae Incognitae;” he is now its Book Reviews Editor.