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 Firefly Great World Atlas  •  Royal Geographical Society REFERENCE •  2005 •  HARD COVER  • 304 PAGES A handsome, extensive and up-to-date atlas publlished in conjunction with the Royal Geographical Society. Along with physical and political maps, it includes 32 pages of satellite images and a section on world regions. (WLD58, $39.95)
From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame  •  Mark Monmonier REFERENCE •  2006 •  HARD COVER  • 215 PAGES Monmonier enlightens, illuminates and entertains in this deft analysis of cartography. He chooses bawdy, offensive and otherwise provocative names as a lens to look at the politics and history of place names and naming controversies, particularly in early 20th century America, where miners and other anti-authoritarium types littered maps with some whoppers (body parts along with racial and ethnic slurs). He also uses examples from Antarctica, Turkey and the Middle East. (MAP26, $25.00)
The New Atlas of Planet Management  •  Norman Myers REFERENCE •  2005 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES A fully revised, expanded edition of the groundbreaking state of the world atlas, first published in 1984, featuring 288 color illustrations. (MAP24, $41.95)
Rand McNally World Atlas  •  Rand McNally Maps REFERENCE •  2004 •  HARD COVER  • 140 PAGES A simplified, handsome world atlas featuring 140 mostly double-page maps. With an introductory phot-essay on the seven continents and 80-page index with 45,000 entries. The atlas is unabashedly U.S.-centric with individual maps of the 50 states. (MAP14, $24.95)
The State of the World Atlas  •  Dan Smith REFERENCE •  2003 •  PAPER  • 144 PAGES A new edition of this absorbing atlas, which presents major economic, political and evironmental trends in bold, graphic maps. The book features dozens of colorful maps of the world, devoted to topics including human population, distribution of forests and wetlands, per capita energy consumption, species loss, and use of pesticides. The graphic presentation invites comparison individual countries and regions, making it easy to see patterns and developments. (GEN87, $20.00)
Unknown Lands, The Log Books of the Great Explorers  •  François Bellec EXPLORATION •  2002 •  HARD COVER  • 216 PAGES An exquisitely illustrated selection of eyewitness accounts, maps, and reports from the logs of Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Vasco de Gama, James Cook, and others from the great age of exploration. (EXP32, $55.00)
The World Almanac, World Folded Map  •  Hammond Maps MAP This pocket, double-sided laminated map, with statistical information and world facts on the reverse, unfolds to 24-3/4" x 20-1/4". (WLD119, $8.95)
World Atlas of Coral Reefs  •  Edmund P. Green  •  Corinna Ravilious  •  Mark D. Spalding SCIENCE •  2001 •  HARD COVER  • 416 PAGES A comprehensive survey of the world's coral reefs, produced by the United Nations office on biodiversity. With 84 full-page color maps and 200 color photographs and NASA images, it is an excellent survey of the distribution and abundance of coral reef habitats worldwide. (OCE60, $59.00)
World Map, Political  •  Hallwag 2003 •  MAP A rolled, poltical map of the world, at a scale of 1:32,000,000. It folds out to 32 x 50 inches. (GEN15, $4.95)