Landmarks of Mapmaking: An Illustrated Survey of Maps and Mapmaking

by Charles & R. V. Tooley Bricker, Charles Bricker

1989, extra-large, oversize hardcover title (first published in Switzerland in 1975, with a British edition that appeared in 1976), Dorset Press, NY, 276 pages. Amazing illustrations, over 350 in all. 14 fold-out facsimile maps in full color.

276 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1976

Reviews

[David]

Pity there's no cover on this. The old maps are absolutely beautiful, and by a roundabout way it got me started on Patrick o'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series of novels, of which I'm curently reading the second volume, oh I forgot to add it in! Anyway, I treasure this book and leaf through it often. It opens the mind, and makes me think of the first paragraph of Moby Dick.