Description

A two-volume set by Philip D. Burden (Author)
 
FIRST VOLUME
 
The Mapping of North America: A List of printed Maps 1570-1610.
 
Raleigh Publications, Rickmansworth, January 1, 1996. Hardcover. 608 pages, 270 x 365 mm, bound in burgundy cloth with color dustjacket. With 410 map entries, 11 color plates and 418 black and white photographs.
 
Each map in this book is discussed in detail, with a description of both its publication and background history, including information of the cartographers, printers and publishers involved. The sources are shown and, if any explorations are recorded, a description of these is included.  Each entry is accompanied by an illustration. The Mapping of North America was a finalist in the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB)   international Bibliography Prize in 1998.
 
SECOND VOLUME
 
The Mapping of North America II: A List of printed Maps 1671-1700.
 
By Philip D. Burden. Raleigh Publications, Rickmansworth 2007. 612 pages, 270 x 365 mm. Bound in burgundy cloth with color dustjacket. With 12 + 364 map entries, 12 color plates and 392 black and white photographs.
 
The Mapping of North America II continues on from the first volume in documenting the printed cartographic record of the discovery of the continent from 1670 to 1700. Each one is accompanied by an illustration. Arranged chronologically, the work is complemented by a full bibliography, and various appendices and charts including a title index and a list of first depictions in maps.
 
COMMENT: These two volumes are the standard source of reference material on the subject. The books comprehensively describe all known, and many previously unrecorded, printed maps depicting any part of North America. Each map is accompanied by an illustration. Arranged chronologically, the work is complemented by a full bibliography, and various appendices and charts including a title index and a list of first depictions in maps.
 
CONDITION: Some pages loosened from the spine on the first volume, but are not free. First volume very good. Second volume near fine.
 
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