From 477ca28df2eaf4c6571bd069ec2e7f1d6c1bfa70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob Signorovitch Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:21:49 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Redid citation style. --- Notes.md => Horsford.md | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- Makefile | 5 ++++ Norumbega.md | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++ bibliography.bib | 17 ++++++++++++- chicago.csl | 50 ++++---------------------------------- 5 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-) rename Notes.md => Horsford.md (79%) create mode 100644 Norumbega.md diff --git a/Notes.md b/Horsford.md similarity index 79% rename from Notes.md rename to Horsford.md index 306300d..d153419 100644 --- a/Notes.md +++ b/Horsford.md @@ -1,15 +1,13 @@ -# Research Question - -**To whom and why was the myth of Norumbega attractive?** - # Eben Norton Horsford -- Was born in Moscow, NY, July 27, 1818 (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.103) -- Died in Cambridge, MA, January 1, 1893 (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.103) -- His grandfather on his mother's side fought in the Revolutionary War - (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.103) +## Early Life + +- Was born in Moscow, NY, July 27, 1818 [@AdamsMemBiog08, 103] +- Died in Cambridge, MA, January 1, 1893 [@AdamsMemBiog08, 103] +- Grandfather on his mother's side fought in the Revolutionary War + [@AdamsMemBiog08, p.103] - His father had moved to Moscow NY as a missionary to the Seneca Indians - (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.103) + [@AdamsMemBiog08, p.103] - A large part of his Norumbega thesis was how Norse words could be found in American Indian place names; perhaps this experience with natives gave him inspiration or confidence. @@ -21,39 +19,46 @@ was devoted, while at the same time his early association with the Seneca Indians, who flocked ot his father's house in large numbers, familiarized him with Indian words and pronunciation, and this paved the way for the - philological and archaeological studies of his older years." : (@JackHors92, - p.340) + philological and archaeological studies of his older years."[@JackHors92, + p.340] - As above, a shadow of his later interests can be seen already in the hobbies of his early years. - "He was sent to the best schools, and at the age of nineteen graduated as a - civil engineer from the Renseelaer Institute of Trow, New York" : - (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.104) + civil engineer from the Renseelaer Institute of Trow, New + York"[@AdamsMemBiog08, p.104] - Had good education, somewhat wealthy parents. -- "He was then employed on the Geological Survey of the State of New York" : - (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.104) + +## Employment + +- "He was then employed on the Geological Survey of the State of New + York"[@AdamsMemBiog08, p.104] - Had some experience with geographic survey, possibly what gave him confidence in his archaeological pursuits. - "In 1844 he went to Germany to study chemistry, and spent two years at - Giessen under Baron Liebig" : (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.104) + Giessen under Baron Liebig"[@AdamsMemBiog08, p.104] - "He usually spent his summers at Shelter Island, New York, in the old manor house, which had belonged to his wife's family. He interested himself in studying the antiquity of the island, and erected a monument to the Quakers, - who found shelter there from Puritan persecution." : (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.104) + who found shelter there from Puritan persecution."[@AdamsMemBiog08, p.104] - Another instance of Horsford being interested in history, erecting monuments. Seems like a hobby of his. - Also has religious elements, just as the Norumbega myth & Protestantism vs. Catholicism. + +## Later Life and Interest in Norumbega + - "In the comparative leisure of his later years he became deeply interested in endeavoring to trace the routes of the Northmen, who early visited this - continent." : (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.104) - - Had a lot of free time, was used to doing research as his job and as his hobby. + continent."[@AdamsMemBiog08, p.104] + - Had a lot of free time, was used to doing research as his job and as his + hobby. - Seems he was genuinely interested, wasn't being paid or anything. - "He studied the sagas, pored over the ancient charts, explored the coast of New England, and at length became assured that he found, in Cambridge, the location of the house built by Leif Ericson, and that at Watertown, on the Charles River, he had discovered the long-lost Norumbega, the settlement of the Icelandic voyagers. Here he erected a substantial stone tower to mark the - spot." : (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.104-5) + spot."[@AdamsMemBiog08, p.104-5] - Seems he did extensive research, and thought he was being objective, though probably biased as he lived in Cambridge. - The biographer takes a pretty neutral tone as to the veracity of Eben's @@ -65,12 +70,16 @@ America by the Northmen, presented him, in their annual assembly, an engrossed address, framed in wood from Norway, and elaborately carved by a Norwegian lady. In 1892 the king of Denmark created him a Knight Commander of - the third grade of the Order of Danneborg." : (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.105) + the third grade of the Order of Danneborg."[@AdamsMemBiog08, p.105] - Seems his ideas were well-received by former Vikings. + +## Other Doings + - "Wellesley College was the object of his largest benefactions (...) He enlarged and endowed the college library, and provided a fund for scientific - apparatus." : (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.105) + apparatus."[@AdamsMemBiog08, p.105] - Seems he made good of his wealth from baking soda. \pagebreak + # References diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index f50ace9..b210fbe 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ STYLE = chicago.csl %: %.md pandoc $^ -o $@.pdf --bibliography=$(BIB) --csl=$(STYLE) --pdf-engine=xelatex --citeproc + +clean: + rm *.pdf + +.PHONY: clean diff --git a/Norumbega.md b/Norumbega.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6b683a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Norumbega.md @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +# The Myth of Norumbega + +- The first person to put "Norumbega" on a map was Giacomo + Gastaldi.[@KirsNor98, 34] + - "Once Giacomo Gastaldi had placed a fully fledged country of *Nurumberg* on + his map *Tierra Nueva*, in an edition of Ptolemy's Geography published in + Venice in 1548, geographical ignorance allowed the non-existent land to + flourish on innumerable other maps and globes. Thus until well into the + second half of the seventeenth century, the mythical country of Norumbega + continued to appear on maps."[@KirsNor98, 34] +- "Just about everything concerning Norumbega is in dispute. The two generally + agreed facts are: that in the mid-sixteenth century the name Norumbega + referred to the Penobscot Bay area and, by extension, to what is now Maine + and southern New Brunswick (an area of roughly between 44 and 46 degrees + north); and that the name itself was spawned by a small inlet labeled + *oranbega* on the maps drawn by Girolamo de Verrazzano in 1529 to illustrate + his brother's account of a voyage made five years previously."[@KirsNor98, + 35] + - As with most myths, the facts such as they are vary widely between sources. + - The name "Norumbega" has a complicated history, unclear what its origin + was. Horsford claimed it was a native word that was a corruption of a + viking one. +- "Two other statements are also uncontentious: that in the sixteenth century + the region of Norumbega was attracting English would-be colonists, and that + once sufficient firsthand knowledge reached Europe from early attempts at + settlement and from further exploration, both the cartographical Norumbega + and the tales associated with it entirely disappeared."[@KirsNor98, 35] + +\pagebreak +# References diff --git a/bibliography.bib b/bibliography.bib index d898f57..ba2e392 100644 --- a/bibliography.bib +++ b/bibliography.bib @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ urldate = {2025-02-14}, volume = {28}, year = {1892}, - annote = {On JSTOR.}, + annote = {From a peer-reviewed academic journal, on JSTOR.}, } % https://archive.org/details/these-truths/mode/2up @@ -61,3 +61,18 @@ address = {London}, annote = {A primary source contemporary to Horsford, which details the accepted narrative for the discovery of America at the time.} } + +% https://www.jstor.org/stable/1151390 +@article{KirsNor98, + ISSN = {03085694, 14797801}, + URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/1151390}, + author = {Kirsten A. Seaver}, + journal = {Imago Mundi}, + pages = {34--58}, + publisher = {[Imago Mundi, Ltd., Taylor \& Francis, Ltd.]}, + title = {Norumbega and "Harmonia Mundi" in Sixteenth-Century Cartography}, + urldate = {2025-02-25}, + volume = {50}, + year = {1998}, + annote = {From a peer reviewed academic journal, on JSTOR.}, +} diff --git a/chicago.csl b/chicago.csl index 18d2364..13306f4 100644 --- a/chicago.csl +++ b/chicago.csl @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@