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Current Geographical Publications (CGP) |
Maps Theatrum Orbis Terrarum map reprints Set of 4 sheets, $50.00, plus tax. Full color reprints of the English edition of Abraham Ortelius' atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1606). The set includes four plates, titled Terrarum, Americae, Maris Pacifici, and Europam, from Ortelius' work. Not only did Ortelius chose a format for the Theatrum - maps uniform in form and content and text describing the regions depicted - that would set the standard for future atlases, but the Theatrum is recognized as the first world atlas.
Notecards
Leardo Map Notecards Packet of six with envelopes, $10.00, plus tax. Full color reproduction of Giovanni Leardo's 1452 Mappamundi on a fine-quality note card. Perhaps the finest example of a medieval world map, or mappamundi, preserved in the Western Hemisphere, the Leardo map of the world is the oldest original map in the AGS Library.
Rizzi-Zannoni Map Notecards Packet of six with envelopes, $10.00, plus tax. This card features a map from a small 1762 pocket atlas in the collection of the American Geographical Society Library. The atlas was produced by Giovanni Rizzi-Zannoni who was a leading French cartographer in the 18th Century.
Mallet Engraving Notecards Individual card with envelope, $2.00, plus tax. Packet of six with envelopes, $10.00, plus tax. Reproduction of "Equateur," an engraving in the first volume of a five-volume set by Allain Manesson Mallet, published in 1683. "Equateur" illustrates the concept of the equator and its importance for navigation and time determination. The set "Equateur" appears in, titled "Description de l'univers contenant les differents systemes du monde," contained numerous maps, views, portraits and illustrations such as the one depicted on this note card.
Ortelius Engraving Notecards Individual card with envelope, $2.00, plus tax. Packet of six with envelopes, $10.00, plus tax. An example of Renaissance decorative art, this engraving reproduction is from Abraham Ortelius' Deorum dearumque capita..., a work published in 1602 which depicted a series of engravings of Classical gods and goddesses. Ortelius based the engravings on images from ancient coins he had collected during his extensive travels.
Colton Frontpiece Notecard Individual card with envelope, $2.00, plus tax. Packet of six with envelopes, $10.00, plus tax. This frontspiece was drawn by Frederick A. Chpaman for Colton's General Atlas published in 1868. The objects in the foreground of the frontspiece include an artist's palette and a compass, which seem to suggest the idea of cartography as both an art and a science.
Current Geographical Publications / Online Geographical Bibliography (GEOBIB) Provided exculsively through the internet beginning January 2004.
Soviet Geography Studies in our Time: A Festschrift for Paul E. Lydolph. Edited by Lutz Holzner and Jeane M. Knapp, 1987. xiv, 376 p., ill. $5.00, plus tax. Soviet Geography Studies in Our Time honors UW-Milwaukee
Kaleidoscope of History: Photographic Collections in the Golda Meir Library. Edited by Ellen M. Murphy and Jeane M. Knapp, 1990. xiii, 115 p., ill. AGSC Special Publication No. 1. $5.00, plus tax. Kaleidoscope of History is a guide to the Golda Meir Library's extensive photographic holdings, over 260,000 images, with information on how researchers can gain access to these extraordinary visual resources. It focuses particularly on the historic photographs in the AGS Library and includes the research papers of four University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee faculty members who participated in "The American West Revisited," a NEH-funded project to rephotograph the sites recorded by Timothy O'Sullivan in his magnificent views of the American West in the 1860's and 1870's.
Harold M. Mayer: Fifty Years of Professional Geography. Edited by Lutz Holzner and Jeane M. Knapp, 1990. ix, 22 p., ill. AGSC Special Publication No. 2. $5.00, plus tax. This publication honors Professor Harold M. Mayer, a noted urban geographer, a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a long-time friend of the American Geographical Society, and a user of the AGS Library. It includes Mayer's essay "A Half Century of Urban Geography in America: Retrospect and Prospect," a bibliography of his work, and a history of the geography department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
The Columbus Collection: A Chronological List of Books and Reprints in the American Geographical Society Collection. Compiled by Clinton R. Edwards and Damon Anderson. 1992. 26 p., AGSCSpecial Publication No. 3. $5.00, plus tax. The American Geographical Society Library's resources on Columbiana are extensive, reflecting the Society's strong interest in exploration and discovery. This bibliography lists over 400 books and reprints of journal articles published from 1616 through 1992.
Maps and the Columbian Encounter: An Interpretive Guide to the Traveling Exhibition, by J.B. Harley. 1990. 160 p., ill. $5.00, plus tax. Created by the late, internationally renowned scholar J. Brian Harley as an exhibition guide, this book stands alone as a popular introduction to the cartography of Europe and the Americas in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.
Exhibition Videotape. 29 minutes, 1/2 inch VHS videotape. $5.00, plus tax. First published in 1924 by the American Geographical Society as no. 14 in its Research Series, this expanded edition, published in cooperation with the American Geographical Society, reproduces Nunn's original four chapters and concludes with a new chapter examining Nunn's work in the light of his own later contributions and those of other scholars.
The Mapping of Russian America: A History of Russian-American Contacts in Cartography, by Alexei V. Postnikov. 1995. iv, 35 p., ill. AGSC Special Publication No. 4. $10.00, plus tax. This monograph is an expanded version of the paper "The Mapping of Russian America" presented by Alexei V. Postnikov on April 13, 1994 as part of the Maps & America Lecture Series at the AGS Library. Postnikov surveys the early exploration and resulting cartography of the former Russian America.
The Sphere of the Cartographer: Descriptive Exhibit Catalog, compiled by Scott R. McEathron and Sharon Hill. Edited, and with an introduction by Christopher Baruth. 1996. vi, 30 p., ill. AGSC Special Publication No. 5. *OUT OF PRINT * This catalog describes over 70 globes or pairs of globes from various institutions and individuals including the AGS Library, the Adler Planetarium, the Newberry Library, the Library of Congress, and Arthur Holzheimer that were on exhibit at the AGS Library in tandem with a globe symposium held October 23, 1996. The catalog also contains a bibliography of globe related literature that was also part of the exhibit and an index to globe-makers.
Bibliography of Reports and Publications of the American Geographical Society, 1851-2001, compiled and edited by Christopher Baruth with the assistance of Kathy Blume. 2001. v, 46p. AGSC Special Publication No. 6. $10.00, plus tax. This bibliography attempts to list all of the publications and reports, large and small, issued either by or on behalf of the American Geographical Society. However, this bibliography does not include reference to the sizable and significant production of maps for which the Society was famous.
How the West was Mapped: The Cartography of the North American Southwest, from Waldseemüller to Whitney, by Norman J. W. Thrower. 2001. 18 p., ill. AGSC Special Publication No. 7. $10.00, plus tax. This publication is based on Mr. Thrower's paper "How the West was Mapped" which was the eighth installment in the "Maps and America" lecture series. In this publication, Thrower outlines how, over a period of four hundred years, southwestern North America came to be represented in maps. Comments for the AGSL? Send them to agsl@uwm.edu. |
