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Imago Mundi
The International Journal for the History of Cartography
Volume 47, 1995 - Issue 1
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Short notices of books received

Pages 198-200 | Published online: 29 Jul 2008
 

The Admiralty Chart: British Naval Hydrography in the Nineteenth Century. By Rear Admiral G. S. Ritchie. 2nd ed. Edinburgh, Cambridge and Durham: Pentland Press, 1995. ISBN 1 85821 23 4 0. Pp. xiv, 444, illus. STG£19.50 (cloth). [Pentland Press, 3 Regal Lane, Soham, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7 5BA.]

All at Sea, the Story of Navigation Charts: An Exhibition to Celebrate Two Hundred Years of the Hydrographie Office. Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1995. ISBN 1 85124 040 3. Pp. viii, 22, illus. STG£3.00 (paper). [Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG.]

The Atlas of Atlases, the Map Makers’ Vision of the World: Atlases from the Cadbury Collection, Birmingham Central Library. By Phillip Allen. London: Ebury Press, 1993. ISBN 0 09 177359 8. Pp. 160, illus., col. plates. STG£25.00 (cloth).

Historians ‘ Guide to Early British Maps: a Guide to the Location of Pre‐1900 Maps of the British Isles Preserved in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Edited by Helen Wallis, assisted by Anita McConnell. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks no. 18. London: Royal Historical Society, 1994. ISBN 0 86193 141 6. Pp. ix, 465. STG£29.50 (Cloth). [Available from Cambridge University Press.]

Maps for Family History: A Guide to the Records of the Tithe, Valuation Office, and National Farm Surveys of England and Wales, 1836–1943. By William Foot. Public Record Office Readers’ Guide no. 9. London: PRO Publications, 1994. ISBN 1 873162 17 0. Pp. viii, 85, illus. STG£8.95 (paper). [PRO Enterprises, Public Record Office, Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1LR.]

The ‘Ramusio'Map of 1534A Facsimile Edition. With commentary by Arthur Holzheimer and David Buisseret. The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography Occasional Paper no. 6. Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1993. ISBN 0911028 51 X. Pp. vii, 33, illus., 1 col. plate. US$10.00 (paper).

The World on Paper: A Celebration of the Mapmakers’ Art. Catalogue of an Exhibition March 3‐June 3, 1994, Kempner Exhibition Room, Rare Book & Manuscript Library. By Mead T. Cain. New York: Columbia University Libraries, 1994. ISBN 0 9607862 7 9. Pp. 56, illus. US$20.00 (paper). [Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University, Butler Library, 535 West 114th Street, New York, NY 10027.]

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