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I am in London; just back from Belgrade. Know I will enjoy the cartobibliography when I get home Nov. 9. Thanks for sending, Barbara. Trust all is well with you. Best, Dee Dee Longenbaugh The Observatory, ABAA tel 907/586-9676 fax 586-9606 http://www.observatorybooks.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara McCorkle <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 10:18 pm Subject: [MapHist] cartobibliography To: Discussion group for map history <[email protected]> > This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're > replying to the whole list) > o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o > + o + o + > > Cartobibliography of the Maps in > 18th Century British and American Geography Books > > By Barbara McCorkle > > On 11/2/2009 Barbara McCorkle’s Cartobibliography of the Maps in > 18th > Century British and American Geography Books was published on-line > in > the University of Kansas digital repository, known as KU > Scholarworks, > at URL http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5564. > > This cartobibliography contains descriptions of approximately 6700 > maps > found in 470 books. Entries are arranged alphabetically by > author/title, and each entry lists every map included in the book > with > the full title, dimensions, name(s) of any publisher, engraver or > cartographer appearing on the map, and the page location within > the work > cited. There are three indexes: cartographer/engraver, > geographic, and > publisher. The ESTC [English Short Title Catalogue] number is > also > given with each entry, enabling a researcher to locate copies and > even > call-numbers at participating libraries. The ESTC catalogue is > freely > accessible on-line at the British Library website at URL: > http://www.bl.uk/. This cartobibliography will enable scholars to > locate hitherto unrecognized work of the leading > cartographers/engravers > of the period and, as each entry contains the entire list of > publishers/booksellers, will be an aid to researchers in the field > of > early publishing history. > > Those having access to a library which subscribes to the Thomson > Gale > digital database, Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO), > will > have full-text access there to many of these books, including > illustrations and maps. > > The McCorkle cartobibliography project files are held in the > Department > of Special Collections, Spencer Research Library, University of > Kansas. > The files include a xerox-quality paper copy of 99% of the maps in > the > cartobibliography. These will be most useful to researchers > within > visiting distance of Lawrence, Kansas. If you are trying to > identify a > map and are unable to visit, you are welcome to send an image of > your > map to the Special Collections Librarian, who will be glad to > check the > files as time allows. Spencer Research Library does offer copy > services, and it would be possible to request copies of maps, but > only > of those in books held in Spencer Research Library. The contact > person > at Spencer Research Library is Dr. Karen S. Cook, Interim Special > Collections Librarian, Spencer Research Library, University of > Kansas, > 1450 Poplar Lane, Lawrence, KS 66045-7616, USA; e-mail: > [email protected]: > telephone (785) 864-3357. > > _______________________________________________ > MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography > hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. > The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of > the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of > Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any > responsibility for > the views of the author. > List Information: http://www.maphist.nl > > Maphist mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist > _______________________________________________ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl Maphist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
