The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography

Exhibit Catalogs

As part of its research and education programs, the Smith Center periodically collaberates with the Neberry's Exhibit Department to mount exhibits of maps from the collections. Most of these exhibits have been accompanied by catalogs with commentary and map images.

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	Gardens of Delight: Maps and Travel Accounts of Illinois and the Great Lakes from the Collection of Hermon Dunlap Smith (1984). Catalog prepared by Robert Karrow and David Buisseret, with a foreward by Lawrence Towner. ISBN 0-911028-31-5; OUT OF STOCK 39 pages, 6 plates. Six images and eighty captions from the exhibit held at the Newberry.
	The Art of Map-Making: Dutch Cartography from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution (1985) $5.00 OUT OF STOCK 39 pages, 1 color plate, paper. This 1985 exhibit sponsored by the Consulate General of the Netherlands provided an overview of early modern Dutch cartography. The catalog lists exhibit items with brief commentary and includes a color illustration of "Groninga Dominim" from Blaeu's Le Grand Atlas (Amsterdam 1663).
	La Salle Tricentennial: 1687-1987 (1986) $5.00 26 pages, 7 plates, paper. A selection of documents and maps relating to LaSalle exhibited at the Newberry. Black and white images accompanied by brief commentary.
	Measuring a Vision: The Mapping of Chicago's Waterways, by Cheryl Hahn and Maureen Flanagan (1988) ISBN 0-911028-39-0; $5.00 36 pages, 16 plates, paper. Introduction and captions to accompany sixteen black and white map images that chart the history of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Maps from the map collections of the Newberry Library and Lewis University exhibited at The Illinois State Museum, May 1988.
	Rural Images: The Estate Plan in the Old and New Worlds, by David Buisseret (1988) ISBN 0-911028-40-4; $5.00 37 pages, 16 plates, paper. A selection of sixteen plans and surveyors' manuals and captions from the exhibit prepared for the Ninth Nebenzahl Lectures.
	Mapping the French Empire in North America, by David Buisseret (1991) ISBN 0091128463; $10.00 OUT OF STOCK 102 pages, 16 plates, paper. An exhibit of 45 manuscript and printed maps tracing the course of French exploration and settlement in North America, with explanatory maps by Tom Wilcockson. Text and images from this catalog are available as a virtual exhibit.
	Military Architecture, Cartography and the Representation of the Early Modern European City: A Checklist of Treatises on Fortification in The Newberry Library, by Martha Pollack (1991) ISBN 0911028455; $15.00 119 pages, illustrations, paper. A comprehensive survey and description of 72 works from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; includes an introductory essay by the compiler.
	Tools of Empire: Ships and Maps in the Process of Westward Expansion, by David Buisseret (1986) ISBN 0-011-28-33-1 $5.00 44 pages, 22 plates, paper. An exhibition of ship models and maps illustrating European and American expansion.
	Two by Two: Twenty-two Pairs of Maps from the Newberry Library Illustrating 500 Years of Western Cartographic History, by David Buisseret, Robert W. Karrow, Jr., and James R. Akerman (1993) ISBN 0-911028-52-8 $12.00 64 pages, 44 plates, paper. From the exhibit prepared for the 15th International Conference on the History of Cartography, consisting of manuscript and printed maps illustrating the strengths and major themes in the history of cartography.
	Cartographic Treasures of the Newberry Library, by James Akerman and Robert Karrow (2001) ISBN 0-911028-71-4; $20.00 104 pages, 23 color plates, 57 halftones. This exhibit prepared for the 2001 international symposium of the International Map Collectors' Society and the 14th Nebenzahl Lectures showcased maps selected for their rarity, beauty, or ability to depict the past, and above all else, to illustrate that there are many answers to the introductory question: What makes a map a treasure?