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An important and scholarly work; bringing together much information available heretofore only in scattered sources. Easily readable."" Gerald I. Alexander, F.R.G.S. Cartographer, Map Division, New York Public Library. The first authoritative history of maps and the men who made them. The historical coverage of this volume is immense: from the first two centuries A.D. Strabo and Ptolemy through the end of the 19th century, with some discussion of 20th-century developments. 86 illustrations. Extensive notes and bibliography. ""Mr. Brown felicitously marries scholarship to narrative and dramatic skill."" Henry Steele Commager.
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