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2001; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 53; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/03085690108592947

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Ronald E. Grim, David Woodward, Robert W. Karrow, George D. Glazer, Jan Mokre, Levon Avdoyan, Evelyn Edson, Thomas Goodrich, Hélène Richard, M. D. Steven, Barbara B. McCorkle, Paul D. McDermott, James R. Akerman, Anthony Mullan, Paula Rebert, Andrew S. Cook, Hugh Prince, Patricia Molen van Ee, Kathryn L. Engstrom, Deborah Jean Warner, J. H. Andrews,

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Monumenta Cartograpftka Neerlandica, Vol. VI: Nederlandse folio kaarten met decoratieve randen, 1604–60 [= Dutch folio‐sized single sheet maps with decorative borders, 1604–60]. By Günter Schilder with Klaus Stopp. Alphen aan den Rijn: Uitgeverij Canaletto/Repro‐Holland, 2000. ISBN 90 6469 749 3. Descriptive volume in Dutch and English, Pp. 452 (50 X 28 cm) and 800 illus. Portfolio with 95 maps printed on 96 sheets (60 X 40 cm), one in colour. DFL 395. [Uitgeverij Canaletto/Repro‐Holland, P.O. Box 68, 2400 AB Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands.] Abraham Ortelius and the First Atlas: Essays Commemorating the Quadricentennial of his Death, 1598–1998. Edited by Marcel van den Broecke, Peter van der Krogt and Peter Meurer, with an introduction by Leon Voet. ‘t Goy‐Houten: HES Publishers, 1998. ISBN 90 6194 388 4. Pp. 430, illus., 19 col. plates. DFL 371.00 (cloth). Abraham Ortelius (1527–1598): cartograaf en humanist. [Edited by Pierre Cockshaw and Francine de Nave]. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 1998. ISBN 90 5622 026 8 (cloth); 90 5622 025 X (paper). Pp. 208, illus., 16 col. plates. EUR 35.08 (cloth); EUR 18.59 (paper). De Wereld in kaart: Abraham Ortelius (1527–1598) en de eerste atlas. Edited by Dirk Imhof. Antwerp: Museum Plantin‐Moretus, 1998. No ISBN. Pp. 152, illus., 8 col. plates. BEF 595 + 200 for postage and handling. Abraham Ortelius (1527–1598): Aartsvader van onze atlas. By Jan Werner. Amsterdam: Universiteitsbibliotheek Amsterdam in samenwerking met Uitgeverij Canaletto/Repro, 1998. ISBN 90 6469 739 6. Pp. 104, illus., 15 col. plates. DFL 32.50 (paper). Sphaerae Mundi: Early Globes at the Stewart Museum. By Edward H. Dahl and Jean‐François Gauvin, with the collaboration of Eileen Meillon, Robert Derome and Peter van der Krogt. Montreal: McGill‐Queen's University Press, 2000. ISBN 0 77352 166 6. French edition: Sphaerae mundi: La collection de globes anciens du Musée Stewart. Sillery, Québec: Les éditions du Septention, 2000. ISBN 2 89448 159 4. Pp. 204, fflus., col. plates. CAN $49.95. Il était une fois la terre et l'espace: les globes à travers quatre siècles d'historie. Es waren einmal Erde und Raum: Globen aus vier Jahrhunderten. By Rudolf Schmidt. Luxembourg: Banque de Luxembourg, 2000. Pp. 55, illus., and additional catalogue 38 pages. [Banque de Luxembourg; M. Paul Wilwertz; 103, Grand Rue; L‐1661 Luxembourg.] Ptolemy's Geography: An Annotated Translation of the Theoretical Chapters. By J. Lennart Berggren and Alexander Jones. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN 0 691 01042 0. Pp. xiv, 192, illus., col. plates. US $39.50 / STG £25.00 (cloth). Un'Antica mappa dell'Armenia: Monastri e santuari dal I al XVII secolo. By Gabriella Uluhogian. Ravenna, Italy: Longo Editore, 2000. ISBN 88 8063 265 5. Pp. 200, ilIus., col. plates. Lire 80,000. Paper. [A. Longo Editore snc, Via P. Costa 33, 48100 Ravenna, Italy.] Marco Polo and the Discovery of the World. By John Larner. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1999. ISBN 0 300 07971 0. Pp. xiii, 250, illus., 9 col. plates. US $29.95 (cloth). The Piri Reis Map of 1513. By Gregory C. Mclntosh, forward by Norman J. W. Thrower. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2000. ISBN 0 8203 2157 5. Pp. xiv, 230, 34 illus. US $40 (cloth). A la mer comme au ciel: Beautemps‐Beaupré et la naissance de l'hydrographie moderne (1700–1850). Par Olivier Chapuis. Paris: Presses de l'université de Paris‐Sorbonne, 1999. ISBN 2 84050 137 0. ISSN 1285–297X. Pp. 1060, illus., FF 345 (paper). Air Apparent: How Meteorologists Learned to Map, Predict, and Dramatize Weather. By Mark Monmonier. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1999. ISBN 0 226 53422 7. Pp. xiv, 309, illus., colour plates. US $27.50 (doth). [The University of Chicago Press, 5801 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637.] Virginia in Maps: Four Centuries of Settlement, Growth, and Development. Edited by Richard W. Stephenson and Marianne M. McKee. Richmond, VA: The Library of Virginia, 2000. ISBN 0 88490 191 2. Pp. xxi, 337, illus., col. plates. US $90.00. Maps and Mapmakers of the Civil War. By Earl B. McElfresh, foreword by Stephen W. Sears. New York: Henry Abrams, 1999. ISBN 0 8109 3430 2. Pp. 272, illus., 150 col. plates. US $55.00 (cloth). Eye of the Storm: A Civil War Odyssey. By Robert Knox Sneden; edited by Charles F. Bryan, Jr., and Nelson D. Landford. New York: The Free Press, 2000. ISBN 0 684 86365 0. Pp. xvi, 329, illus., col. plates. US $37.50 (cloth). Mapping Boston. Edited by Alex Krieger and David Cobb, with Amy Turner. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London: MIT Press, 1999. ISBN 0 262 11244 2. Pp. xiv, 278, 270 illus., 160 col. plates. US $50.00 / STG £35.50 (doth). La Cartografia Iberoamericana. Essays by M. Luisa Martín‐Merás, Max Justo Guedes and José Ignacio Gonzalez Leiva. Cicle de conferències sobre Histöria de la Cartografia, 9è curs. [Barcelona]: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, 2000. ISBN 84 393 5068 6. Pp. 216, illus. [Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Parc de Montjuïc, 08038 Barcelona.] Masters of All They Surveyed: Exploration, Geography, and a British El Dorado. By D. Graham Burnett. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2000. ISBN 0 226 08120 6. Pp. xv, 298, illus., 18 col. plates. US $45.00/STG £31.50 (cloth). [The University of Chicago Press, 5801 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago 60637, Illinois.] Early Mapping of Southeast Asia. By Thomas Suarez. [Hong Kong:] Periplus Editions, 1999. ISBN 962 593 470 7. Pp. 280, illus. US $65.00. Mappings. Edited by Denis Cosgrove. London: Reaktion Books, 1999. ISBN 1 86189 0214. Pp. 311, 50 fflus. STG £16.95 (paper). [Reaktion Books, Ltd., 79 Farringdon Road, London EC1M 3JU, UK.] The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime. By Miles Harvey. New York: Random House, 2000. ISBN 0 375 50151 7. Pp. xxiii, 406, illus. US $24.95 / CAN $35.95 (doth). The British Library Map Catalogue on CD‐ROM. 1st ed.. Release B. Reading, England and Woodbridge, Connecticut: Primary Source Media in association with the British Library, 1999. ISBN 07536 51378 (guide). CD‐ROM (1 disc). User's Manual (24 pp.). Searching Guide (59 pp.). US $2,575 / STG £1,495. [Primary Source Media, 50 Milford Road, Reading, Berkshire RG1 8LJ, UK. 12 Lunar Drive, Woodbridge, Connecticut 06525, USA.] Globes at Greenwich: A Catalogue of the Globes and Armillary Spheres in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. By Elly Dekker, edited by Kristen Lippincott, Pieter van der Merwe, and Maria Blyzinsky. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum, 1999. ISBN 0 19 856559 3. Pp. xi, 592, illus., 52 col. plates. STG £95.00 / US $160 (cloth). Historical Maps of Ireland. By Michael Swift. London: Parkgate Books, 1999. ISBN 1 902616 40 5. Pp. 144, illus., col. plates. STG £18.99 (cloth). Popular Maps: The Ordnance Survey Popular Edition One‐Inch Map of England and Wales 1919–26. By Yolande Hodson. London: The Charles Close Society, 1999. ISBN 1 870598 15 6. Pp. xv, 411, illus., col. plates. STG £30.00 (cloth). [The Charles Close Society, c/o Map Library, The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB.]