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Part of the series Publications of the Hispanic society of America, no. 83;Hispanic Society of America. Publications no. 83.
Subjects:

• Early maps.

Requested by McCaa, R

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Notes:

• Col. maps on lining papers.
• Examines the pivotal relationship between mapping and civilization, demonstrating the unique ways that maps relate and realign history, and shares engaging cartography stories and map lore.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. 446-448) and index.
• For the love of maps : foreword / by Dava Sobel — Introduction : the map that wrote itself — What great minds knew — The men who sold the world — The world takes shape — Venice, China and a trip to the moon — The mystery of Vinland — Welcome to Amerigo — What’s the good of Mercator? — The world in a book — Mapping a cittee (without forder troble) — Six increasingly coordinated tales of the Ordnance Survey — The legendary mountains of Kong — The opening of America and the gridding of Manhattan — Cholera and the map that stopped it — X marks the spot : Treasure island — The worst journey in the world to the last place to be mapped — Maps in all our hands : a brief history of the guidebook — Casablanca, Harry Potter and where Jennifer Aniston lives — How to make a very big globe — The biggest map dealer, the biggest map thief — Driving into lakes : how GPS put the world in a box — Pass go and proceed directly to Skyrim — Mapping the brain — Epilogue : the instant, always-on, me-mapping of everywhere.

Subjects:

• Cartography — History.
• Cartography — Social aspects.
• Maps — Social aspects.
• Map reading.
• Maps — Miscellanea.

Requested by Kidd, M

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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-204) and index.

Subjects:

• Egloffstein, F. W., 1824-1885.
• Cartographers — United States — Biography.
• Surveyors — United States — Biography.
• Germans — United States — Biography.
• Explorers — West (U.S.) — Biography.
• West (U.S.) — Discovery and exploration.

Requested by Lansing, M.

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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• The sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps, whether swimming vigorously, gambolling amid the waves, attacking ships, or simply displaying themselves for our appreciation, are one of the most visually engaging elements on these maps, and yet they have never been carefully studied.

Subjects:

• Early maps — History.
• Cartography — History.
• Sea monsters.

Requested by Adamo, P.