The book offers descriptive entries on maps in AGSL that were drawn by hand dating from 1452 to the 1940's. Many of the maps listed are extremely rare, beginning with the oldest example, the 1452 “Map of the World’” by Venetian cartographer Giovanni Leardo. The <Cartobibliography> also has entries on AGSL’s printed maps with manuscript annotations, including nautical charts notated by Charles Lindbergh as he planned the first trans-Atlantic flight.
The book has a bibliography, a comprehensive index and several appendices.
Publication
of the <Cartobibliography> was supported by grants to the
AGS Library.
For more information on AGS Library publications, visit our website: http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/AGSL/publ.cfm
An order form is available here: http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/AGSL/orderpub.cfm
For
more information, call 414-229-6282 or email [log in to unmask].
This email sent by:
-Angie
Angie Cope, Senior Academic Librarian
American Geographical Society Library
UW Milwaukee Libraries
2311 E. Hartford Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201
http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/AGSL/index.html
Hours: M-F 8:00am-4:30pm
[log in to unmask]
(414)229-6282 / (800)558-8993 (US TOLL FREE) / (414)229-3624
(FAX)
43°03'8"N 87°57'21"W