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Call for Article Proposals Terrae Incognitae The Journal of the Society for the History of Discoveries Special Issue: Exploration of Africa Volume 44 (September 2012) With the recent change of Terrae Incognitae from one issue per year to two annual issues (Spring and Fall) the Editor and the Editorial Advisory Board decided to occasionally embrace with a special issue a specific topic or region. For the first special issue the exploration of Africa has been selected for the issue due in September 2012. The Society for the History of Discoveries invites members and all interested researchers to submit an abstract proposing an article to the guest editor of this special issue at their earliest convenience: Dr. Imre Josef Demhardt Professor & Garrett Chair in the History of Cartography University of Texas at Arlington, Department of History, Box 19529 Arlington, Texas 76019 United States of America <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] Proposals are welcome on all aspects of geographical discovery and exploration of the African continent , for example, the discovery, exploration, mapping from earliest times to the present, the explorers and the explored. Proposal submission should include - the suggested title of the article; - the name(s) and address(es) of the author(s), including email address, and affiliation; - an abstract summarizing the article's scope and conclusions (max. 500 words); - a statement about the originality of the contents of the article: how much is new, unpublished material, based on research in primary sources, etc. The deadline for abstract submissions is 15 March 2011. On reaching the deadline up to four proposed topics will be selected for the special issue of Terrae Incognitae and all submitters informed accordingly. The authors of accepted proposals will be given a reasonable period (about nine months) to prepare their articles. Posted by: Thomas Sander SHD Web Content Manager