Unmarked. Dust jacket (unclipped) under clear mylar cover. Index. 409p. Measures 7.25x10.25 inches. Essays, originally delivered as the 2010 Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., Lectures in the History of Cartography at the Newberry Library, encompass more than two centuries and three continents--Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Ranging from the late eighteenth century through the mid-twentieth. Topics include mapping and national identity in late colonial Mexico, the enduring complications created by the partition of British India, the racialized organization of space in apartheid and post-apartheid Sout... View More...
Unmarked text. Previous owner's name on front end page. 67p. References. 21 maps figures. 2 tables. Topics include Physiography, Stratigraphy and sedimentary history, volcanism, tectonics, and more. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Dust jacket (unclipped) under clear mylar cover. 224p. Measures 9.75x10.75 inches. Color reproductions.
Gathered from five centuries of exploration, over 120 maps of oceans and continents, mountains and forests, cities and shires, presented in chronological order. • • • View More...
Features Leonardo da Vinci's World Map by Christopher Tyler, A Map Colorist's Tale by Dorothy Raphaely, Maps of the American Colonial Frontier by Ken Habeeb, and more. 51p. • • • View More...
Unmarked. This 16-page illustrated booklet accompanied an exhibition at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, 26 June to 1 September 2000. A selection of hand-coloured sea charts from the golden age of Dutch cartography. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Large format color maps. Corner crease and some rubbing on back cover. A collection of maps illustrating geographically the most significant periods and events in the development of Western Civilization, including the history of language and the history of religion. 48p. • •• View More...
Unmarked. Articles by Jay R. Harman, Yongmei Lu, David Shankman and Qialoli Liang, Frederick Chambers, Brian Page, Clyde Zaidins, Taly D. Drezner, Colleen M. Garrity and others. pp415-554. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Some nicks on the cover. Contributors include Linda Lobao, Jamie Rulli, and Lawrence A. Brown, Dydia DeLyser, Lee Liu and Jacob Bendix and Carol Liebler, and others. Forum, Book Reviews. pp573-819. View More...
Unmarked. A Pluto Press project. Shows the pressure points of the 1980s in text and dazzling maps the movement of troops, money, food, business, terror, etc. View More...
Unmarked. Detailed coverage of San Francisco to Benicia, the middle and northern Bay to San Pablo. Includes the San Francisco waterfront, Alameda, Berkley, Richmond, Sausalito and Vallejo. GPS waypoints, Lists marine facilities with service information, and state/federal parks. Unfolded the map measures 24x36 inches. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Some edge wear and a crease on the corner of the back cover. Illustrates in a chronological series of maps, the evolution and flux of races in Europe, the Mediterranean area, and the Near East.
From 50,000 BC to the fourth century AD. Maps devised by the author and drawn by John Woodcock. Illustrated throughout. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Beautifully illustrated. Articles include "Leonardo da Vinci's world map" by Christopher W. Tyler, Huw Thomas on pre-20th century Welsh language maps, Maria Gronroos on the John Nurminen collection of world maps, and more. 64p. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Small 23-page booklet, manufactured with a punched hole. Illustrated throughout. Topics include the hemispheres, the moon, the solar system, and more. This is only the booklet, no globe is included. Measures 6x8 inches. • • • View More...
Unmarked. California Map Society Occasional Paper No. 9. Illustrated throughout in color and black-and-white. 36p.
Published on the occasion of Norman Thrower's (1919-2020) 90th birthday. Thrower was an internationally renowned cartographer. It is a blending of autobiography and the author's appraisal and summary of some of his best-known studies. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Bump on cover. Lavishly illustrated throughout. A journal on the history of Hungarian cartography; in Hungarian. Measures 8.25x11.5 inches. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Dust jacket under clear mylar cover. Papers given at the Twenty-ninth Annual Conference on Editorial Problems, University of Toronto, 5-6 November 1993, organized in honour of the completion of the final volume of the Historical Atlas of Canada. 199p. Measures 6.25x9.25 inches.Contributors include James R. Akerman, William G. Dean, Anne Godlewska, Walter A. Goffart, R. Cole Harris, Deryck W. Holdsworth, Mary Sponberg Pedley, and Joan Winearls. The essays in this collection focus on two areas of inquiry: original editing problems associated with various atlases as well as modern multi... View More...
Unmarked. Section of maps. Discusses the process of the mental discovery, in terms of new explorations, and the psychology of discovery.
Using fascinating old maps to prove his point, Zerubavel explains that as late as 1546, many Europeans failed to recognize that North and South America were connected by land, or that America was detached from Asia. 164p. Index. Bibliography. • • • View More...
