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

cartography Cartography (; from grc, χάρτης , "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and , "write") is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an ...

Life

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

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. He is a member of the board of the Lazarus Project at the

University of Rochester The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants Undergraduate education, undergraduate and graduate degrees, including Doctorate, do ...

Career

From 2011 to 2012, he was a scholar-in-residence at the

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at the

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

Bibliography

His notable books include: * ''Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps'' * ''The World for a King: Pierre Desceliers' Map of 1550'' * ''Apocalyptic Cartography: Thematic Maps and the End of the World in a Fifteenth-Century Manuscript'' * ''Johann Schöner's Globe of 1515 : Transcription and Study'' * ''Floating Islands: A Global Bibliography, With an Edition and Translation of G. C. Munz’s ‘Exercitatio academica de insulis natantibus’ (1711)'' * ''Seeing the World Anew: The Radical Vision of Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 & 1516 World Maps'' * ''Christopher Columbus: Book of Privileges: 1502 The Claiming of a New World''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:van Duzer, Chet 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers University of California, Berkeley alumni Living people Historians of cartography American male non-fiction writers 1966 births