Publisher: Phaidon Press
Year: 1994
Language: English
Pages: 344
ISBN: 0714829544, 9780714829548, 0714880647, 9780714880648
Size: 129 MB
Extension: pdf
This is a standard reference work, incorporating a general historical background, methods of map making, practical advice on collecting old maps and a list of the major map makers. Organized country by country, it refers to over 600 cartographers active between 1450 and 1850