Cartographica extraordinaire : the historical map transformed

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Full Title:: Cartographica extraordinaire : the historical map transformed / David Rumsey, Edith M. Punt

Related/Included Titles:: Introduction : the historical map transformed --
Exploring a new world --
Venturing into the interior --
Drawing patterns on the land --
Showing the shape of the land --
Connecting place to place --
Settling into the city --
Afterword : The brick, the mortar, the pixel --
Chronological image bibliography.

Subjects:: Rumsey, David,1944---Map collections--Catalogs
Maps--Private collections--California--San Francisco--Catalogs
North America--Historical geography--Maps--Catalogs
South America--Historical geography--Maps--Catalogs

Table of Contents:: Introduction : the historical map transformed -- Exploring a new world -- Venturing into the interior -- Drawing patterns on the land -- Showing the shape of the land -- Connecting place to place -- Settling into the city -- Afterword : The brick, the mortar, the pixel -- Chronological image bibliography.
Summary:: "David Rumsey's collection of historical maps is one of the largest and most complete of its kind. Focused for the most part on North and South America in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the collection is comprised of more than 150,000 items: maps, atlases, and contextual supporting documents. Unlike similar collections, the delicacy and rarity of which necessitate careful storage and restricted-use policies, The Rumsey Collection is available in growing numbers on the Web - and it is this conjunction of old and new technologies that is the heart of Cartographica Extraordinaire."--Jacket.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 147 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 34 x 37 cm
Local Note:: R. David Parsons Research Collection, 2015.