Flynn Allott
@flynnoallott.bsky.social
Lecturer @ SPC Oxford. Asst. Ed. @ Imago Mundi. Ferimus ea quae sunt ferenda.
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The final article of the issue presents Yannan Ding's discovery of a manuscript map of Cochinchina (in modern Vietnam), which drastically revises our understanding of when French missionary activity first began in the region.
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Silhouette of Cochinchina:An Unreported Seventeenth-Century Manuscript Mapfrom the Archives nationales, France
The Archives nationales in Paris holds an anonymous, undated manuscript map, registered as Carte d'une partie de la côte de Cochinchine de Hué à Nha-Trang. Importantly, it is the only known contemp...
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January 7, 2026 at 1:51 PM
The final article of the issue presents Yannan Ding's discovery of a manuscript map of Cochinchina (in modern Vietnam), which drastically revises our understanding of when French missionary activity first began in the region.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The second article is Luis A. Robles Macías's survey of the use of flags on nautical maps and portolan charts of the early modern Maghreb, showing how flags can be used to date, attribute, and assess the provenance of charts.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Flags over the Maghreb: Chronological Clues and Political Symbolism in Portolan Charts
Portolan charts of the Mediterranean never depicted political boundaries as lines, but they sometimes used flags to indicate the possession of selected cities. Historians have observed that these e...
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January 7, 2026 at 1:51 PM
The second article is Luis A. Robles Macías's survey of the use of flags on nautical maps and portolan charts of the early modern Maghreb, showing how flags can be used to date, attribute, and assess the provenance of charts.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The issue opens with Hayley Cotter's discussion of John Selden's cartographic contributions to the 'mare clausum' debate of the seventeenth century, and the role of metaphor in his thought on legal mapping.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Metaphors, Metonymies, and Maps: The Case of John Selden’s Mare clausum (1635)
This essay considers the maps in seventeenth-century English and Dutch editions of John Selden’s legal treatise Mare clausum (1635). It establishes the visuality of legal arguments within the conte...
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January 7, 2026 at 1:51 PM
The issue opens with Hayley Cotter's discussion of John Selden's cartographic contributions to the 'mare clausum' debate of the seventeenth century, and the role of metaphor in his thought on legal mapping.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Thank you, Peter!
October 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Thank you, Peter!
Yes! My other half picked the quinces, and later that day I knelt!
October 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Yes! My other half picked the quinces, and later that day I knelt!
Vodka and membrillo at ours!
October 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Vodka and membrillo at ours!
Would that all chatGPT accounts became ‘impacted’
September 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Would that all chatGPT accounts became ‘impacted’
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isn't this a four non blondes lyric?
September 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
isn't this a four non blondes lyric?
isn't this a four non blondes lyric?
September 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
isn't this a four non blondes lyric?