A SHORT ANNOTATED GUIDE TO GENERAL WORKS IN THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY

A small class handout given to students:

BOOKS

• Bagrow, Leo, and Skelton, Raleigh A. History of Cartography. London: C. A. Watts; Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1964. Second printing: Chicago: Precedent Publishing, 1985.
• Baynton-Williams, Roger. Investing in Maps. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1969.
• Bricker, Charles. Landmarks of Mapmaking. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1968. Published in England as A History of Cartography. London: Thames and Hudson, 1969.
• Brown, Lloyd. The Story of Maps. Boston: Little Brown & Co.,1949. Reprinted by Dover, New York, 1980.
• Campbell, Tony. Early Maps. New York: Abbeville, 1981.
• Crone, Gerald R. Maps and Their Makers. 5th edition. Hamden, Ct., Archon Books, 1978.
• Fite, Emerson D., and Freeman, A. A Book of Old Maps. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1926.
• Gohm, Douglas C. Maps and Prints for Pleasure and Investment. London: Gifford, 1969. New York: Arco Press, 1969.
• Harvey, P. D. A. The History of Topographical Maps: Symbols, Pictures, Surveys. London: Thames and Hudson, 1980.
• Lister, Raymond. How to Identify Old Maps and Globes. London: G. Bell, 1965.
• Lister, Raymond. Antique Maps and Their Cartographers. London: G. Bell; New York: Archon, 1970.
• Nordenskiöld, Adolf Erik. Facsimile Atlas to the Early History of Cartography. New York: Dover Publications, 1973.
• Skelton, Raleigh A. Maps: A Historical Survey of Their Study and Collecting, (Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr. Lectures in the History of Cartography at The Newberry Library, No. 1). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1972.
• Skelton, R. A. Explorer's Maps. New York: Humanities Press, 1978.
• Thrower, Norman J. W. Maps and Civilization: Cartography in Culture and Society. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996).
• Tooley, Ronald V. Maps and Map-makers. London: Batsford, 1949. Fifth edition, 1978.
• Wilford, John Noble. The Mapmakers. The story of the great pioneers in cartography--from antiquity to the space age. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.
• Woodward, David, ed. Five Centuries of Map Printing. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975.

PERIODICALS

• Imago Mundi. Journal of the International Society for the History of Cartography. London: British Library, England. The only journal devoted entirely to the history of cartography, and one that deserves the support of everyone interested in the field.
• The Map Collector. Quarterly magazine for map collectors. Tring: Map Collector Publications Ltd., P.O. Box 53, Tring, Herts, England HP23 5BH. Now ceased publication and replaced by:
• Mercator's World. 845 Willamette St., EUGENE OR 97401
• Mapline. Quarterly newsletter of the Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography. The Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610.
• Meridian. A new journal started in January 1989, published by the Map and Geography Round Table of the American Library Association.