Map Librarian
Dartmouth College
25 N Main ST
Hanover, NH 03755
Internet resource(s)
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Internaitional Map Trade AssociationTHE IMTA promotes the interests of all companies involved in the mapping industry, from retailers of atlases and manufacturers of globes, to developers of geographic information systems.
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OldMaps.comFrom OldMaps.com information and resources about collecting and evaluating "antique" maps.
Library catalog
Searching the Online Catalog
To find books and other resources about map collecting, use the subject search "early maps collectors and collecting." Particular titles are listed below. These books and other items are located on Baker Stack Level A or the Evans Map Room in Berry Library.
Relevant subject headings include:
Selected book titles
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Collecting antique maps: an introduction to the history of cartography byCall Number: Evans Map Room GA 201 .P68 1999This book's subtitle is "An introduction to the history of cartography." It takes you through collecting, cartographers and different types of maps. It also goes through individual countries to look at their mapping.
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Collecting old maps byCall Number: Baker/Berry GA 197.3 .M35 1998A nice introduction to map collecting from a local author.
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Discovering antique maps byCall Number: Evans Map Room GA 201 .H56 1977A little book to whet your appetite.
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Maps and map-makers byCall Number: Baker/Berry GA 201 .T6 1987Another book by the well-known R. V. Tooley.
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Old maps and globes : with a list of cartographers, engravers, publishers and printers concerned with printed maps and globes from c. 1500 to c. 1850 byCall Number: Evans Map Room GA 205 .L52 1979This book begins with a chapter on the History of Cartography and ends with globes and armillary spheres of all types.
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Tooley's handbook for map collectors : a subject index record : the map collectors' vade mecum arranged by subjects and personalities alphabetically byCall Number: Evans Map Room GA 197.3 .T67 1985This is a subject index of facts about maps. It describes terminology and lists short bibliographies on famous people.
Price guides
This Price Record has all the map sales and offerings from map dealers. You can then compare what maps you have versus those being offered for sale or sold. These volumes allow you to evaluate the worth of your collection. These do not list every map. Only those sold or offered for sale. Earlier volumes were in print. The Price Record is now on CD-ROM. The CD-ROM contains the entire run for the Record.
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Antique map price recordCall Number: Evans Map Room CD-ROM GA 197.3 .J65 v.17 -Each new CD-ROM is cumulative from 1983.
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Antique map price record & handbook byCall Number: Evans Clere story Study GA 197.3 .J64 1993 - 1999/2000
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Antique maps, sea charts, city views, celestial charts & battle plansCall Number: Evans Clere story Study GA 197.3 .J64 1983 - 1992
Selected journal titles
Exploring Mercator's World continued the older titles of The Map Collector and Mercator's World. These were general interest magazines devoted to the history of cartography and writing about unusual or rare maps. These magazines contained scholarly articles, but anyone with an interest in maps can enjoy them. Unfortunately, Exploring Mercator's World ceased publication in 2003.