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Tooley, R. V., Charles Bricker, Preface By Gerald Roe Crone

Landmarks of Mapmaking; An Illustrated Survey of Maps and Mapmaking

1976

42.30 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1976
Place of printing
Amsterdam, Brussels. Elsevier
Author
Tooley, R. V., Charles Bricker, Preface By Gerald Roe Crone
Edition
First American edition.
Keyword
Travel - General Cartography, Books with Maps
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

folio [41 x 28 cm]; 276 pp, over 350 illus, including maps, portraits, title pages and reproductions from early sources, 14 color double-page folding maps, other color illus, bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt lettering, gilt and white vignette on front cover, pictorial endpapers, dj (lightly rubbed at edge, price clipped), a fine copy in lightly worn very good dj, covers bright. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A standard reference and a beautifully produced and illustrated work covering the development of cartography, the exploration and mapping of Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas and Australia. Tooley and Crone were major authorities in the field of cartography. Print and antique stores have framed maps from other copies of this book because of their high quality.