National Endowment for Humanities reports on Historical Atlas of Maine awards
The National Endowment for the Humanities published an article about the Historical Atlas of Maine and the several awards it has received. The folio has earned four publication awards, including the 2016 Globe Book Award from the Association of American Geographers, the largest professional organization of geographers in the world, according to the article. Other awards include: the “Book/Atlas” category and “Best of Show” by the Cartography and Geographical Information Society and the “Excellence in Publishing Award” from the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, the article states. The Historical Atlas of Maine, the result of a 15-year scholarly project led by University of Maine researchers, offers a new geographical and historical interpretation of Maine, from the end of the last ice age to the year 2000. The volume was published in 2015 by University of Maine Press, a division of UMaine’s Raymond H. Fogler Library. It was edited by UMaine historian Richard Judd and UMaine geographer Stephen Hornsby, with cartography by Michael Hermann.