Maps and map-makers
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Maps and map-makers
B.T. Batsford, 1987
7th ed
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Maps and map-makers / by R.V. Tooley
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Maps and map-makers / by R.V. Tooley
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Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Information on principal map-makers and publishers is given from the earliest times to the 19th century combining an appreciation of the popular decorative side of early maps with historical and bibliographical notes. The book, which is a guide for students and collectors, is organized in national schools covering the whole world. Related specialist texts are cited for further study. The author was one of London's leading antiquarian map dealers and booksellers. He also compiled "English Books With Coloured Plates 1790-1860", a bibliography.
Table of Contents
- Pre-Christian geography to Ptolemy
- the Arabs and medieval Europe
- Italy
- Germany, Austria and Switzerland
- Holland and Belgium
- French cartography
- English map-makers
- English marine atlases
- the county maps of England and Wales
- large-scale county maps of England
- English county atlases
- Scotland and Ireland
- Africa
- Asia
- America
- Australia
- Scandanavia.
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