"What makes a map a treasure? Cartographic Treasures of the Newberry Library is an extended meditation on this simple question that defines a simple answer. The maps in this catalogue were selected from the approximately 300,000 historic maps in Chicago's Newberry Library. They include many of the Library's oldest, rarest, and most exquisite maps—treasures in the conventional sense of the word. But there are also ""common"" maps that are treasures because they capture so well the spirit of their age, illuminating the geographical outlook of the people who made and used them."
By:
Newberry Library Imprint: Newberry Library Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 28mm,
Width: 22mm,
Spine: 1mm
Weight: 510g ISBN:9780911028713 ISBN 10: 0911028714 Pages: 104 Publication Date:01 April 2002 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Cartographic Treasures of the Newberry Library
Readers interested in a good list of materials to be perused in the study of the history of cartography can use this document to identify some of the best material available. <br>--Paul D. McDermott Imago Mundi