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2. The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime

Author

Carroll, Angus

Subjects
The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Earth sciences, Geography, History
Abstract

CUT AND RUN The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime, by Miles Harvey, 2000. Random House, New York, NY. Hardcover, 405, black-and-white illustrations. ISBN 0-375-50151-7. $24.95. [...]

Published
2001

3. MAPS OF CHRISTMAS PAST

Author

CARROLL, ANGUS

Subjects
Rand McNally and Co. -- History -- Innovations, Cartographers -- History, Christmas cards -- Innovations, Earth sciences, Geography, History, Innovations
Abstract

For forty-nine years, from 1948 to 1996, Rand McNally & Company, the world's largest commercial mapmaker, designed and printed a corporate Christmas card featuring an important or beautiful antique map [...]

Published
1999

4. Kingly Books of a Royal Game

Author

Weinheimer, James and Carroll, Angus

Subjects
Chess -- History
Abstract

Long before chess had black and white squares, it had a checkered past. For some a passion, for others an obsession, the Royal Game has driven more than a few […]

Published
1998

5. Scientific Method

Author

Carroll, Angus

Subjects
Rare books -- Collections and collecting, Scientific equipment and supplies -- Collections and collecting, Medical equipment -- Collections and collecting
Abstract

Four preeminent U.S. dealers of science and medicine books Science and medicine books fascinate me. From the early anatomical drawings of Andreas Vesalius that appear in De Humani Corporis Fabrica […]

Published
1998

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