The art and history of globes / Sylvia Sumira.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220) index.

"This book celebrates the art and history of the globe, focusing on the 400 years when the printed globe - as navigational tool, scientific instrument and powerful status symbol - occupied an important place in the history of European exploration. It ranges from the first globe ever made in China to the desktop models in Victorian schoolrooms, and from celestial globes of the sixteenth century to charming pocket examples produced as educational toys. Featuring sixty examples drawn from collections around the world, this is a major new book on the subject for the general reader and collectors alike, and uses stunning new photography to pick out the revealing details - ships and sea monsters, navigators' tracks and newly found islands, constellations and astronomical features - that help us to understand why globes were made and how they were used."
Published in North and South America by University of Chicago Press as 'Globes: 400 Years of Exploration, Navigation and Power.'

The Atlas of atlases : the map maker's vision of the world : atlases from the Cadbury Collection, Birmingham Central Library by Phillip Allen.
"Editor, Gwen Rigby; assistant editor, Anthony Livesey; art director, David Fordham"--T.p. verso.
"Copyright 1992 Marshall Editions Developments Limited. ... a Marshall Edition"--T.p. verso.
Reduced reproductions of maps and ill. from atlases produced 1482-1897.
Includes indexes.
The classical and medieval tradition -- The era of exploration -- The dominance of the Dutch -- The age of empires -- The modern age.
Scales differ. ***Graphic resource

Blaeu's "The Grand Atlas of the 17th century world" / introduction, captions, and selection of maps by John Goss ; foreword by Peter Clark.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 224).
Introduction and commentary in English, maps in Latin.
Scales differ.
"The original maps ... first appeared in Dr. Joan Blaeu's 'Atlas major,' published in Amsterdam in 1662"--T.p. verso.
Published in cooperation with the Royal Geographical Society, London, whose copy of the Dutch-text edition was, with few exceptions, the basis for the present edition.

La cartografia di Matteo Ricci / a cura di Filippo Mignini.
Published by Libreria dello Stato, Istituto poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and indexes.

Contents:
Introduzione di Filippo Mignini.
Prima Parte: La cartografia di Matteo Ricci: documenti, fonti, influssi -- Edizioni a stampa e copie manoscritte delle carte geografiche di Matteo Ricci / John Day -- “E fu la migliore e più utile opra che in tal tempo si poteva fare”: Ipotesi sulle fonti cartografiche europee dei mappamondi cinesi di Matteo Ricci, 1584-1603 / di Francisco Roque de Oliveira [Traduzione dal portoghese di Raoul Zamponi] -- La geografia dei gesuiti / Giorgio Mangani -- I globi manoscritti della Compagnia di Gesù nella Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma / Maria Antonietta Conti -- Le fonti cinesi della cartografia ricciana / Huang Shijian 黃時鑒 , Gong Yingyan 龔纓宴, traduzione dal cinese a cura di Paolo Di Troia -- Prima di Matteo Ricci: La carta universal Honil kangni yŏktae kukto chi to, Corea, ca. 1479-1485 (Kyoto, Ryūkoku University Academic Information Center, Omiya Library) / Angelo Cattaneo -- Le mappe geografiche del mondo di Matteo Ricci e il loro influsso sul Giappone in epoca moderna / Hiro’o Aoyama --Li Madou cosmografo. Le mappe del mondo di Matteo Ricci nella Corea del tardo periodo Chosŏn / Lim Jongtae.

Seconda Parte: Il Mappamondo 1602 (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana): Riproduzione e traduzione . Huang Ping e Filippo Mignini -- Note / Huang Ping e Filippo Mignini.

Terza Parte: Bibliografia. Indice dei toponimi. Indice del nomi.

N.B. Honil kangni yŏktae kukto chi to = Honil Gangni Yeokdae Gukdo Ji Do 혼일강리역대국도지도 [混一疆理歷代國都之圖] or more commonly, Kangnido / Gangnido 강리도 [疆理圖]
LC name auth. Aoyama Hiroo [alt. use: Hirō] 青山宏夫, b. 1956

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"Pubblicato nella prestigiosa serie della Libreria dello Stato (IPZS), La cartografia di Matteo Ricci è il quinto volume della prevista collana delle Opere di Matteo Ricci, programmate in occasione delle celebrazioni ricciane, a cui sta per seguire il sesto (Mnemotecnica occidentale) presso l’editore Quodlibet. L’opera, frutto di sei anni di lavoro, si avvale della collaborazione di dodici studiosi italiani e stranieri, esperti di storia della cartografia e specialisti di fonti ricciane.

Si divide in cinque parti. L’introduzione generale, in cui l’autore ricostruisce la storia della cartografia ricciana, la formazione cartografica di Ricci, i documenti relativi all’attività cartografica emergenti dall’opera del gesuita maceratese e presenta una interpretazione complessiva del mappamondo ricciano, come “vera espressione del libro del Cielo e della Terra”. “La cartografia – afferma il prof. Mignini - era divenuta, negli intenti di Ricci e nella pratica effettiva, il principale strumento per l’introduzione del Cristianesimo in Cina”.

«Ricci – scrive l’autore nell’introduzione - non nasconde mai che l’enorme diffusione della carta ne fece lo strumento di gran lunga più importante ed efficace nella strategia di “autorizzazione”, ossia di acquisizione di credito e autorità presso il mondo dei confuciani, di sfaldamento dei pregiudizi cinesi nei confronti degli stranieri, e nella dimostrazione della tesi secondo cui in Oriente e in Occidente l’umanità è guidata da una sostanziale unità di “spirito e di principi”, come scrive Li Zhizao nella sua prefazione. Tesi, queste, centrali, nella strategia comunicativa ed evangelizzatrice di Ricci».

La seconda parte del volume è costituita da otto saggi che fanno il punto sulle conoscenze attuali intorno alla cartografia ricciana. Sono di John Day, Francisco Roque de Oliveira, Giorgio Mangani, Maria Antonietta Conti, Huang Shijian e Gong Yingyan tradotti da Paolo De Troia, Angelo Cattaneo, Hiro’o Aoyama e Lim Jongtae.
Il volume presenta una riproduzione dell’originale cinese e traduzione italiana a fronte, con annotazione analitica, del mappamondo 1602, a cura di Huang Ping e Filippo Mignini: una nuova traduzione dal cinese, del mappamondo ricciano, già pubblicato da P. D’Elia nel 1938.

Tre Appendici propongono documenti inediti e rari riguardanti la prima circolazione della cartografia ricciana in Cina, evidenziando il ruolo avuto da alcuni intellettuali cinesi, tra i quali Qu Taisu e Feng Yingjing. Bibliografia, indice dei toponimi e indice dei nomi completano il prestigioso volume."-- Publication announcement.

Frames that speak : cartouches on early modern maps / by Chet Van Duzer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Covering emptiness with a hope for peace : Gerard Mercator, Nova et aucta orbis terrae descriptio ad usum navigantium, 1569 -- The gaze of the sea monster : Ignazio Danti's map of Sardinia in the Galleria delle carte geografiche, 1580-82 -- An exotic medicine from the tombs of Egypt : Daniel Cellarius, Asiae nova descriptio, c.1590 -- New personifications of the continents : Jodocus Hondius, Nova et exacta totius orbis terrarum descriptio, 1608 -- Cosmographers in the southern ocean : Pieter van den Keere, Nova totius orbis mappa, c.1611 -- Ingratitude bites kindness : Jodocus Hondius, Novissima ac exactissima totius orbis terrarum descriptio, 1611 / 1634 -- Eurocentrism on display : Arnold Floris van Langren, terrestrial globe, 1630-32 -- The giddy pleasures of Mise en abyme : Willem Hondius, Nova totius Brasiliae et locorum a Societate Indiae Occidentalis captorum descriptio, 1635 -- The cartographer's self-portrait : Georg Vischer, Archiducatus Austriae inferioris, 1670 / 1697 -- Scheming for control in the new world : Claude Bernou, Carte de l'Amérique septentrionale et partie de la méridionale, c.1682 -- Unveiling text, interpreting allegory : Vincenzo Coronelli, terrestrial globe, 1688 -- Concealing and revealing the source of the Nile : Vincenzo Coronelli, L'Africa divisa nelle sue parti, 1689 -- Propaganda in a cartouche : Vincenzo Coronelli, Paralello geografico dell'antico col moderno archipelago, 1692 -- If it bleeds, it leads : David Funck, Infelicis regni Siciliae tabula, c.1693 -- Celebrating a triumph of engineering : Jean-Baptiste Nolin, Le canal royal de Languedoc, 1697 -- The battle between light and darkness : Heinrich Scherer, Repraesentatio totius Africae, 1703 -- A map in the map as prophesy : Nicolas Sanson and Antoine de Winter, Geographiae Sacrae Tabula, 1705 -- "One of the most singular stories of extreme hardships" : Pieter van der Aa, Scheeps togt van Iamaica gedaan na Panuco en Rio de las Palmas, 1706 -- Crimson splendor : Nicolas Sanson, Téatre de la Guerre en Flandre & Brabant, c.1710 -- Generals presenting maps to the emperor : Johann Baptist Homann, Leopoldi Magni Filio Iosepho I. Augusto Romanorum & Hungariae Regi ..., c.1705-11 -- How to build a giant cartouche : Nicolas de Fer, Carte de la mer du Sud et de la mer du Nord, 1713 -- Advertising makes its entrance : George Willdey, Map of North America, 1715 -- The collapse of the Mississippi bubble : Matthäus Seutter, Accurata delineatio Ludovicianae vel Gallice Louisiane, c.1728 -- "The link of the human race for both utility and pleasure" : Matthäus Seutter, Postarum seu cursorum publicorum diverticula en mansiones per Germaniam, c.1731 -- Kill the cannibals and convert the rest : Jean-Baptiste Nolin, II, L'Amérique dressée sur les relations les plus récentes, 1740 -- The cartographer and the shogun : Matthäus Seutter, Regni Japoniae nova mappa geographica, c.1745 -- The illusionistic roll of the cartouche : Gilles and Didier Robert de Vaugondy, Carte de la terre des Hebreux ou Israelites, 1745 -- A cartographic balancing act : Matthäus Seutter, Partie orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada, c.1756 -- Impartial border, Partisan cartouche : Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla, Mapa geografico de America Meridional, 1775 -- A tactile illusion that legitimates the map : Henry Pelham, A plan of Boston in New England with its Environs, 1777 -- Fighting back against colonial cartography : José Joaquim da Rocha, Mappa da Comarca do Sabará pertencente a Capitania de Minas Gerais (c.1778) -- The actors begin to leave the stage : Jean Janvier, Maps of 1761, 1769, and 1774; Robert de Vaugondy, Map of 1778; John Purdy, Map of 1809 -- A map on a map on a map : John Randel, Jr., The City of New York as Laid Out by the Commissioners, 1821.

"This lavishly illustrated book is the first systematic exploration of cartographic cartouches, the decorated frames that surround the title, or other text or imagery, on historic maps. It addresses the history of their development, the sources cartographers used in creating them, and the political, economic, historical, and philosophical messages their symbols convey. Cartouches are the most visually appealing parts of maps, and also spaces where the cartographer uses decoration to express his or her interests-so they are key to interpreting maps. The book discusses thirty-three cartouches in detail, which range from 1569 to 1821, and were chosen for the richness of their imagery. The book will open your eyes to a new way of looking at maps"-- Provided by publisher.

Local acess dig.pdf. [Van Duzer-Frames that Speak.pdf]

Classical maps 1500 BCE-1300 CE -- Discovery and travel 1300-1570 -- New directions and beliefs 1570-1750 -- Thematic maps 1750-1900 -- Modern mapping 1900 to present.
Traces human development and culture through cartography, from early rock carvings to the latest geospatial technology.
"...the stories behind 55 historical maps by analyzing graphic close-ups, Great Maps also profiles key cartographers and explorers to look why each map was commissioned, who it was for and how they influenced navigation, propaganda, power, art, and politics."

Jesuit mapmaking in China : d'Anville's "Nouvelle atlas de la Chine" (1737) / edited by Roberto M. Ribeiro with John W. O'Malley, S.J.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes facsimile reproductions of 42 maps as found in: Nouvel atlas de la Chine, de la Tartarie chinoise, et du Thibet / par Mr. d' Anville. La Haye [The Hague, Netherlands] : Henri Scheurleer, 1737. This was a pirated edition containing re-engravings of d'Anville's maps, which were originally part of Jean-Baptiste du Halde's Description géographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise (published in Paris in 1735).

Preface: Friendship and science / Roberto M. Ribeiro -- Imperial China and the Jesuit mission / R. Po-chia Hsia -- Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville and the Nouvelle atlas de la Chine / Mario Cams -- Cartography during the times of the Kangxi Emperor: the age and the background / Han Qi -- Reproduction of the original title page and translation of the foreword of the Nouvelle atlas de la Chine -- List and order of the maps -- Facsimile of the maps.

Local access only (epub): [Jesuit Mapmaking in China.epub]

Maps & civilization : cartography in culture and society / Norman J.W. Thrower.

"Maps and civilization is a revision of the book Maps and man [Maps and Man: An Examination of Cartography in Relation to Culture and Civilization. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1972], which was originally written at the behest of students in my courses on cartography, remote sensing of the environment, and geographical discoveries.... Fortunately the University of Chicago Press, which commissioned this revision, has allowed a greater number of pages and illustrations than were included in the original."--Page xi.

"Notes on a third edition: Changes and additions reflecting twenty-first century thinking and research have been made for this edition. An alphabetized bibliography requested by reviewers and readers is a new feature of this work which is now in Spanish and Japanese editions."--Page xiii.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-326) and index.

Introduction : Maps of preliterate peoples -- Maps of classical antiquity -- Early maps of East and South Asia -- Cartography in Europe and Islam in the Middle Ages -- The rediscovery of Ptolemy and cartography in Renaissance Europe -- Cartography in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment -- Diversification and development in the nineteenth century -- Modern cartography : official and quasi-official maps -- Modern cartography : private and institutional maps -- Appendix A: Selected map projections -- Appendix B: Short list of isograms -- Appendix C: Glossary.

"In this concise introduction to the history of cartography, Norman J.W. Thrower charts the intimate links between maps and history from antiquity to the present day. A wealth of illustrations, including the oldest known map and contemporary examples made using animation and Geographical Information Systems (GIS), illuminate the many ways in which various human cultures have interpreted spatial relationships. The third edition of Maps and Civilization incorporates numerous revisions, features new material throughout the book, and includes a new bibliography."--Jacket/Back cover.

Local access dig.pdf. [Thrower-Maps & Civilization 3rd. ed.pdf]

Maps & man : an examination of cartography in relation to culture and civilization / [by] Norman J.W. Thrower.

Includes bibliographical references.

Maps of antiquity -- Early Oriental cartography -- Cartography in Europe and Islam in the Middle Ages -- The rediscovery of Ptolemy and cartography in Renaissance Europe -- Cartography in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment -- Diversification and development in the nineteenth century -- Modern cartography : official and quasi-official maps -- Modern cartography : private and institutional maps.

In this concise introduction to the history of cartography, Norman J. W. Thrower charts the intimate links between maps and history from antiquity to the present day. A wealth of illustrations, including the oldest known map and contemporary examples made using Geographical Information Systems (GIS), illuminate the many ways in which various human cultures have interpreted spatial relationships. The third edition of Maps and Civilization incorporates numerous revisions, features new material throughout the book, and includes a new alphabetized bibliography. Praise for previous editions of Maps and Civilization: "A marvelous compendium of map lore. Anyone truly interested in the development of cartography will want to have his or her own copy to annotate, underline, and index for handy referencing."-L. M. Sebert, Geomatica

Waldseemüller’s World Maps of 1507 and 1516 : Sources and Development of his Cartographical Thought / by Chet Van Duzer.
Extract from The Portolan, Winter 2012 (The Portolan Journal of the Washington Map Society)
Local access dig.pdf. [Van Duzer-Waldseemüller’s world maps sources.pdf]
Gift of the author.