1) The Mapping of America is an excellent reference work detailing the cartographic history of North America. It contains a compilation of essays on French mapping of the Americas, California as an island, Smith's map of Virginia and its many derivative, marine surveys of James Cook, City Plans, Jansson-Visscher maps of New England, mapping the Great Lakes, and maps of America in the various editions of Ortelius' Theatrum. 519 pp., with 179 b/w plates. First edition, hardbound in green cloth with original dust jacket, Holland Press Cartographica 2, London, 1980.

2) Maps and Map-Makers is the sixth edition of this standard work that is useful for any collector's library. Provides information on the principal map makers and publishers throughout the history of cartography. 140 pp. with 104 illustrations, many colored. Hardbound in white cloth with dust jacket, B.T. Batsford Ltd., London, 1978.

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2) has a little rubbing and one small crease to dust jacket, still very good.