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Chicago International Map Fair - Exhibitors

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Chicago International Map Fair. October 28rd - 30th, 2016. Click here to edit title. Click here to edit text. Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. 31 N Clark st. Chicago, IL 60602 Phone: (312) 609 - 0016 Fax: (312) 609 - 1305 Website: www.hjbmaps.com. Daniel Crouch Rare Books. Phone: 44(0)20 7042 0240. Website: www.crouchrarebooks.com. Barry L. Ruderman Antique Maps. 7463 Girard Ave. La Jolla, CA 92037 Phone: (858) 551 - 8500 Website: www.raremaps.com. Southampton, MA 01073 Phone: (. 413) 527 - 4020. Tom Suarez Rare Maps.

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References | Green Dragon Bindery

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Skip to main content. David R. Godine. David Rumsey Map Collection. J and J. Hanrahan, ABAA. Historic Deerfield, Massachusetts. Jeffery D. Mancevice, Inc., ABAA. West Chatham, MA. Antiquarian Books, Maps, Prints, and Globes. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center. Jeremy Norman’s History of Science. L and T. Respess, Booksellers. B and L. Rootenberg. Fine and Rare Books. Medical University of S. Carolina. Wendell E. Wilson, Mineralogical Record. 508) 842-8250 Fax: (508) 842-8250. C Allan Carpenter Jr.

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American Mapmaking: States – Maps by Osgood Carleton and Others

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These projects often entailed long delays, substantial losses to the mapmakers, and much frustration on the part of state legislatures. Nonetheless, the resulting maps were far superior to anything hitherto available and remain high points of early American mapmaking. Click on the maps to view in high resolution. 5 Dennis Griffith,. MAP of the STATE of Maryland Laid down from an actual Survey. Philadelphia, June 6th, 1795. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress. Plan of the City of Washington. Carleto...

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American Mapmaking: The Curator – Michael Buehler of Boston Rare Maps

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Michael Buehler is a long-time collector, scholar and dealer in rare maps and historical ephemera. In 2002 he founded Boston Rare Maps. A firm specializing in important, rare and unusual maps depicting all periods of American history. 2011 Boston Rare Maps.

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American Mapmaking: Nation – The post-Revolution United States on Maps

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Immediately after the Revolution it was by no means certain that the United States would survive, much less prosper. Great cultural and political differences separated North from South and increasingly East from West; the Continental Congress and the individual states labored under massive debts; and European powers hovered at the borders awaiting opportunities and meddling in American affairs. Click on the maps to view in high resolution. 1 Sebastian Bauman / R. Scot Sculp.,. 1a [William Faden],. A form...

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American Mapmaking: Navigation – Charting the American Coast

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Prior to the Revolution charting of the American coast was dominated by British hydrographers, whose work was most famously recorded in the. English Pilot. Fourth Book. These charts were highly regarded, and hydrographic surveys were complex, manpower intensive and prohibitively expensive. Complete Set of Charts of the Coast of America. See item 11). Americans did however publish some truly original charts, a few examples of which are displayed here. Click on the maps to view in high resolution. Image co...

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American Mapmaking: Towns – Rare Early Maps of Boston, Baltimore and other cities

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By the late 1780s urban development had long-outpaced existing British maps. Most of these focused on the metropolitan areas of Boston, New York and Philadelphia and were based on surveys conducted in the 1760s or even earlier. The need for up-to-date urban maps was met by local mapmakers and engravers, whose work often conveyed an intimate knowledge of place and a pride of citizenship not evident in their British predecessors. Click on the maps to view in high resolution. 8 AP Folie, French Geographer,.

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American Mapmaking: Expansion – Mapping the American Land Rush

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The many players and complicated dynamics of this process are documented in the four maps displayed here. One of their distinguishing features is their “promotional” character, in that their makers had personal stakes in the regions depicted and saw map publication as a means of advancing their own interests. Click on the maps to view in high resolution. 16 John Filson,. This Map of KENTUCKE, Drawn from actual Observations. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress. 17 John Fitch,. 18 [Manasseh Cutler],.