Map Librarian
Lucinda M. Hall
Contact:
Evans Map Room, Baker-Berry Library
Dartmouth College
25 N Main ST
Hanover, NH 03755
Dartmouth College
25 N Main ST
Hanover, NH 03755
(603) 646-0962
Website Skype Contact: d1128r8@kiewit.dartmouth.edu
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
Collecting antique maps: an introduction to the history of cartography by Call Number: Evans Map Room GA 201 .P68 1999ISBN: 9780951157756This 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.- Collecting old maps byCall Number: Baker-Berry GA 197.3 .M35 1998ISBN: 9780964900066Many books about map collecting are simply catalogs of maps: useful for the initiate, but unhelpful and even daunting for the inexperienced collector. This book focuses on the basics of collecting and the needs of the collector by a well-known rare book and map expert. Manasek goes beyond the history of maps and atlases to address the everyday issues collectors face. ...
- Discovering antique maps byCall Number: Evans Map Room GA 201 .H56 1977ISBN: 9780852633892A little book to whet your appetite.
- Maps and map-makers byCall Number: Baker-Berry GA 201 .T6 1987ISBN: 9780713413953Information on principal map-makers and publishers is given from the earliest times to the 19th century combining an appreciation of the popular decorative side of early maps with historical and bibliographical notes. The book, which is a guide for students and collectors, is organized in national schools covering the whole world. Related specialist texts are cited for further study.
- 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 1979ISBN: 9780713511468This book begins with a chapter on the History of Cartography and ends with globes and armillary spheres of all types.
- 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 1985ISBN: 9780932757005This is a subject index of facts about maps. It describes terminology and lists short bibliographies on famous people.
Internet resource(s)
- Internaitional Map Industry Association (IMIA)
The International Map Industry Association (IMIA) is a global organization that represents the world of maps. IMIA brings together leaders from across the spectrum of mapping and location-oriented businesses to connect, share and learn. - OldMaps.comFrom OldMaps.com information and resources about collecting and evaluating "antique" maps.
