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These 8 items are available for $404, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. )

Atlas Maior  •  Peter van der Krogt ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2005 •  HARD COVER  • 626 PAGES A richly embellished, gloriously annotated collection of maps from the largest, most complete atlas of its day, published between 1662 and 1672 by Amsterdam mapmaker and entrepreneur Joan Blaeu. The gold-heightened, hand-colored 11-volume original, from which this sumptuous book is taken, is the showpiece of the Austrian National Library in Vienna. Editor Peter van der Grogt provides a history of this exceptional example of art and cartography. (MAP22, $200.00)
The Map Book  •  Peter Barber REFERENCE •  2006 •  HARD COVER  • 360 PAGES A history of maps and mapping as told through 175 spectacular examples spanning ten centuries, from prehistoric rock art to the London Underground. With accompanying essays and 175 color plates. Barber, Head of Map Collections at the British Library, organizes the book chronologically, showing the development of cartography from Bronze Age scribbles through the latest satellite imagery. (MAP19, $47.50)
Cities of the World  •  Peter Whitfield ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2005 •  HARD COVER  • 208 PAGES Map-maven Peter Whitfield's Cities of the World, A History in Maps is an A-to-Z of 60 cities from vanished Alexandria to Athens, Beijing, Cuzco, Delhi, New York, Paris, Sydney and Vienna. Each city gets beautiful antique maps, site plans and paintings, most taken from the British Library. We like the book not just because it's so beautiful but also because of the inspired choices of cities (Lhasa, Mantua, Salzburg). (MAP21, $45.00)
Transit Maps of the World  •  Mark Ovenden ANTHOLOGY •  2007 •  PAPER  • 144 PAGES A colorful, illustrated volume with maps and diagrams from over 100 of the world's major Subway, U-bahn, Metro and underground systems. (WLD115, $25.00)
Mapping the Silk Road and Beyond  •  Kenneth Nebenzahl ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2004 •  HARD COVER  • 176 PAGES This collection of 80 stunning maps, presented chronologically, traces European exploration of Asia from Alexander the Great through the 19th century. Ken Nebenzahl, a noted map dealer and authority on antiquarian cartography, sponsors a prestigious lecture series on maps at the University of Chicago. (CAS113, $49.95)
Cartographia  •  Vincent Virga REFERENCE •  2007 •  HARD COVER  • 272 PAGES Two hundred spectacular, rare and illuminating maps from the Library of Congress trace the history of civilization, cultures and discovery. Opening with a protrait of the Mediterranean world before European discovery, it includes chapters on Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas with a nod to later exploration in Australia, Antarctica, and the Pacific islands. (MAP29, $60.00)
The Myth of Continents  •  Martin W. Lewis  •  Karen E. Wigen REFERENCE •  1997 •  PAPER  • 344 PAGES This engaging, scholarly analysis of how we divide the world up into continents explodes the notions of East, West, Europe and Asia. The authors, both geographers at Duke, offer both a historical account of global divisions and alternatives to the simplistic idea of seven continents. (GEO19, $26.95)
Why Geography Matters  •  Harm de Blij REFERENCE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES A geographer at Michigan State University, de Blij calls for a renewed focus on geography in this engaging, personal overview of the current geopolitical challenges. With 47 maps and charts. (MAP20, $16.95)

From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame  •  Mark Monmonier   • REFERENCE  •  Monmonier enlightens, illuminates and entertains in this deft analysis of the politics and history of place names. (MAP26, $25.00)
Maps, Finding Our Place in the World  •  James Akerman  •  Robert W. Karrow   • REFERENCE  •  In this cartogaphic celebration, Akerman and Karrow show that maps both record and make history though 198 diverse, color stunning examples drawn from ancient times to today. The companion volume to an exhbition at the Field Museum in Chicao, it includes beautiful and rare maps by Ptolomy, Hernan Cortes, Leonardo da Vinci and Sir Thomas More. (MAP28, $55.00)
Psychogeography  •  Will Self   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A collection of Self's columns for The Independent on walking, place and people with 50 llustrations by gonzo artist Ralph Steadman. (TVL130, $34.95)
You Are Here, Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination  •  Katharine Harmon   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  An eclectic and though-provoking collection of inventive maps by artists and students. (GEO26, $24.95)