Carl Moreland is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
David Bannister has been a dealer for over 20 years, handling antique maps, prints and atlases. He regularly lectures on the subject, and has made a number of television appearances and radio broadcasts.
Foreword to the Third Edition | |
Acknowledgements | |
Preface | |
Map Making | |
A Brief Historical Survey | p. 3 |
The Printing of Old Maps | p. 11 |
Hereford World Map | p. 20 |
Nuremberg Chronicle | p. 22 |
Road Maps, Atlases and Road Books | p. 25 |
Sea Charts and Atlases | p. 32 |
Town Plans | p. 40 |
Topographical Maps and Surveys | p. 47 |
Playing Cards | p. 50 |
'Here be Dragons...' Myths and Legends on Old Maps | p. 53 |
Map Makers | |
Introduction | p. 62 |
Italy | p. 64 |
Germany and Austria | p. 77 |
Holland and Belgium | p. 92 |
France | p. 124 |
England and Wales | p. 141 |
Scotland | p. 183 |
Ireland | p. 189 |
Maps of the British Isles | p. 192 |
Portugal, Spain, Scandinavia, Switzerland, Russia and Poland | p. 224 |
Maps of the World and the Continents | p. 241 |
The World | p. 241 |
The Americas | p. 242 |
Africa | p. 263 |
Asia | p. 266 |
Australasia | p. 275 |
Europe | p. 278 |
Map Collecting | |
Buying Maps and Forming a Collection | p. 282 |
Biographical Supplement | p. 286 |
Appendix A Editions of Ptolemy's Geographia | p. 301 |
Appendix B Blaeu/Jansson Maps of the English and Welsh Counties | p. 303 |
Appendix C Historical Chart - Map Making 600BC-AD1800 | p. 306 |
Bibliography | p. 314 |
Index | p. 316 |
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