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Old maps have always played a dominant role in the development of geographical thought, providing a means of communication by visual display which has guaranteed the dissemination of new geographical conceptions in the most adequate and graphic way. Printed maps have been for the development of geography and cartography as revolutionary in their cultural and educational effect as the parallel but more widely acclaimed invention of printing from moveable type. This cartobibliographical study illustrates how the printed world map developed from the earliest years of printing in the 1470s up to the end of the 17th-century.
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Historian, map collector, council member of the International Map Collectors' Society, and lecturer at the British Library and the Royal Geographical Society, Shirley has completed the third edition of his "cartobibliography," which has been a reference standard since its first publication in 1984. "The expanded Corrigenda and Addenda...are completely revised and incorporate all new material about world maps that has come to light since the original publication," advises the preface. In addition to the authoritative 639 entries, the majority of them illustrated, some in color, the author provides appendixes that include a Chronological Listing and Rarity Index, Lost or Apocryphal World Maps, Lesser-Known Mapmakers, Life Spans of Main Cartographers, and a Chronology of Discovery. The maps themselves, arranged chronologically, are virtual art objects in addition to having cartographic significance. This latest update of a unique resource is strongly recommended for reference collections in academic, special, and larger public libraries.?Edward K. Werner, St. Lucie Cty. Lib. Sys., Ft. Pierce, FL
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