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HD-50106-07
The Development Of Mapping: Portuguese Cartography And Coastal Africa, 1434-1504
Patricia Seed, Regents of the University of California, Irvine

Grant details: https://apps.neh.gov/publicquery/main.aspx?f=1&gn=HD-50106-07

ESRI Map Book (Book Section)
Title: ESRI Map Book
Author: Patricia Seed
Editor: ESRI
Abstract: Originally a map of the vulnerability of Portuguese slave forts to storm surges, this map also demonstrated something unexpected--the dramatic loss in reproductive habitats for the fishing-birds of Greenland, Northern Europe and Siberia discovered in a little known region on the African coast.
Year: 2010
Publisher: ESRI Press
Book Title: ESRI Map Book 25th Anniversary edition

The Slave Fort at Elmina: a 3D reconstruction (Computer Program)
Title: The Slave Fort at Elmina: a 3D reconstruction
Author: Magda ElZarki
Author: Patricia Seed
Abstract: We have completed a 3d reproduction of the interior and exterior of the slave fort at Elmina in present day Ghana that can be explored on a computer or in 3D using Oculus Rift glasses.
Year: 2015
Access Model: Requires computer running Unity Pro.
Programming Language/Platform: Unity
Source Available?: Yes

Life in an African Slave Fort (Game/Simulation)
Title: Life in an African Slave Fort
Author: Magda ElZarki
Author: Patricia Seed
Abstract: This project is underdevelopment as we recreate ethnographically accurate dress and physiognomy for slaves and African laborers at the fort.
Year: 2015
Access Model: Demonstration at University of California Games Day (most popular game)
Programming Language/Platform: Unity, 3dSMax
Source Available?: No

Rising Sea Levels and Oil Production in the Niger Delta (Conference Paper/Presentation) [show prizes]
Title: Rising Sea Levels and Oil Production in the Niger Delta
Author: Patricia Seed
Abstract: Nigeria's oil is transported for export through marshy lands subject to inundation. The potential for loss of additional coastline disappearance and loss of livelihood is great.
Date: 03/15/2014
Conference Name: Knowledge Production, University of Western Sydney (Australia)


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