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Edward Luther Stevenson
1858–1944
A historian, educator, and map scholar, he helped bring some of the world’s earliest maps to a wider audience through careful research, editing, and reproduction. His work is especially associated with the history of cartography and the European discovery of the Americas.
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Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 1 Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy
by Edward Luther Stevenson
About the author
Born in Illinois in 1858, Edward Luther Stevenson studied at Franklin College, earning A.B. and A.M. degrees before beginning his career in public-school education in Indiana and Illinois. He later taught history at Rutgers University, where he served for many years before turning increasingly toward historical and cartographic research.
Stevenson became well known for his work on early maps and the history of exploration. He wrote and lectured widely on cartography and on the discovery of the New World, and his publications include studies and editions devoted to important early world maps and major mapmakers such as Willem Janszoon Blaeu.
From 1910 onward, he was associated with the Hispanic Society of America, where his scholarship on rare maps found a natural home. He died in Yonkers, New York, in 1944, leaving behind a body of work that still appeals to readers interested in geography, exploration, and the history of ideas.