Product Catalog

Cartography

Maps are artifacts and state-of-the-art tools. Histories of map-making and books about the political and social uses maps have served provide the context for the technical advances of the past several years: the use of computers and satellites in astonishingly accurate and flexible mapping.

Series:

• Atlas Maior - Maps from Joan Blaeu's exquisite world atlas of 1665
  
  

  Individual titles:

• 100 Maps - Each of these 100 maps has its own fascinating story to tell.
• The Agile Rabbit Book of Historical and Curious Maps with CDROM - Shows how curious maps can be, and how beautifully they can be executed
• Apollo's Eye: A Cartographic Genealogy of the Earth in the West... - by Denis Cosgrove
• Art and Cartography: Six Historical Essays - by David Woodward
• An Atlas of Rare City Maps: Comparative Urban Design, 1830-1842 - by Melvin C. Branch
• Bird's Eye Views: Historic Lithographs of North American Cities - by John W. Reps
• Bushmanders and Bullwinkles: How Politicians Manipulate Electronic Maps and Census Data - by Mark Monmonier
• Cartographia: Mapping Civilizations - A stunning array of 200 of the most beautiful, important, and fascinating maps in existence
• Cartographica Extraordinaire: The Historical Map Transformed - Bridges the gap between historical cartography and exploration and new technologies
• Cartographies of Danger : Mapping Hazards in America - by Mark Monmonier
• Charting Louisiana 500 Years of Maps - by Joseph Stroud
• Chicago in Maps 1612 to the Present - An unprecedented avenue to the city's past--a fascinating collective portrait of the evolution of one of America's great towns.
• Cities of the World : A History In Maps - by Peter Whitfield
• Construction of Cognitive Maps - by Juval Portugali
• Degrees of Latitude: Mapping Colonial America - by Margaret Beck Pritchard
• Geographical Imagination in America 1880-1950 - by Susan Schulten
• Historic Maps of Armenia: The Cartographic Heritage - A collection of the most important maps of Armenia
• Historical Atlases: The First Three Hundred Years, 1570-1870 - by Walter Goffart
• History of Cartography Vol 2 Book 3 Africa - edited by David Woodward
• How to Lie with Maps - by Mark Monmonier
• Island of Lost Maps: True Story of a Cartographic Crime - by Miles Harvey
• Lie of the Land Secret Life of Maps
• London: A Life in Maps - Lets readers wander through the past and present of London's celebrated streets
• The Map Book - The first book to chart the development of maps and mapping from the Bronze Age to the present.
• The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology - by Simon Winchester
• Mapping Boston - An informative--and beautiful--exploration of the life and history of Boston as revealed through maps
• Mapping Boston Paperback - An informative--and beautiful--exploration of the life and history of Boston as revealed through maps
• Mapping Early Modern Japan: Space, Place, and Culture in the Tokugawa Period, 1603-1868 - by Marcia Yonemoto
• Mapping it Out: Expository Cartography for the Humanities & Social Sciences - by Mark Monmonier
• Mapping of New Spain: Indigenous Cartography and the Maps of the Relaciones Geogra - by Barbara Mundy
• Mapping the City: The Language and Culture of Cartography in the Renaissance - by Kirsten Miller
• Mapping the Silk Road and Beyond 2,000 Years of Exploring the East - Documents the mapping and discovery of West Asia and the trade routes of the Silk Road.
• Mapping the World: An Illustrated History of Cartography - A one-of-a-kind collection of cartographic treasures spanning thousands of years and many cultures
• Maps: Finding Our Place in the World - Challenges readers to stretch conventional thought about what constitutes a map
• Maps and Civilization: Cartography in Culture and Society - by Norman Thrower
• Maps and History: Constructing Images of the Past - by Jeremy Black
• Maps and Mapmakers of the Civil War - by Earl McElfresh
• Maps and Politics - by Jeremy Black
• Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer - by Peter Turchi
• The Marvel of Maps: Art, Cartography, and Politics in Renaissance Italy - Discusses in detail the three-dimensional display of these painted map cycles and their full meaning in Renaissance culture
• Mismapping of America - by Seymour Schwartz
• A New View of the World: A Handbook to the Peters Projection - by Ward L. Kaiser
• Orbit: NASA Astronauts Photograph the Earth
• Psycho Geography: Disentangling the Modern Conundrum of Psyche and Place - Explores the relationship between psyche and place in the contemporary world
• San Francisco in Maps 1797-2006 - Documents the evolution of this fascinating and beautiful city through 72 breathtaking antiquarian maps
• Sea Charts of the British Isles: A Voyage of Discovery Around Britain & Ireland's Coastline - A beautiful collection of charts containing a wealth of information about Britain's maritime history
• Spying with Maps - by Mark Monmonier
• Surveying the Shore: Historic Maps of Coastal Massachusetts, 1600-1930 - Analyzes and illuminates ninety historic maps, connecting them with key developments in New England history
• Two by Two: Twenty-Two Pairs of Maps from the Newberry Library - by James Akerman
• Washington in Maps - by Iris Miller
• You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination - With over 100 maps from artists, cartographers, and explorers, You Are Here gives the reader a breath-taking view of worlds, both real and imaginary.