cartography
Commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson, the 1804-1806 expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark was intended to map the nation’s newly acquired Louisiana territory.
Following the success of last year, Shapero Rare Books are returning to Fine Art Asia fair, which takes place on 3 - 7 October in Hong Kong.
Ah, the week between Christmas and New Year's Day--for much of the publishing world, it means a full week off. Which means a week of leisurely reading and browsing new books.
The Library of Congress, in association with Levenger Press, is publishing a new scholarly book on two 16th-century maps that fundamentally changed the way the world was viewed.
AUSTIN, Texas — The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has introduced an online database for its entire Kraus map collection.
Inevitably today, when you open the pages of the New York Times or an issue of National Geographic, you will encounter a thematic map.
