The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography
Occasional Publications
In 1987 the Center began a series of occasional publications with the
goal of publishing three types of works: carto-bibliographies and map finding
aids, map facsimilies, and moderate-length original studies in the history of
cartography. Seven studies have been published thus far.
Occasional publications can be purchased through the Newberry Library
Bookstore; call 312-255-3520 or mail the
Printable Order Form.
- Civil War Maps: A Graphic Index to the Atlas to Accompany the
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Noel S.
O’Reilly, David C. Bosse and Robert W Karrow, ed. 1987; 68pp, paper. Over
fifty maps, arranged by state, provide for local historians and genealogists a
graphic index to the 1,006 detailed topographic maps and plans in the official
atlas of the American Civil War. $8.00
- On the Origin of Portolan Charts, by Jonathan T.
Lanman. 1987; 56p., paper. Lanman makes a brief review of the various solutions
that have been proposed to explain the origins of these charts of the
Mediterranean, which appared at least as early as the late thirteenth century.
$8.00
- Maps in Eighteenth-Century British Magazines: A
Checklist, by Christopher Klein. 1989; 72p., paper. Klein describes and
indexes several hundred maps published in the Gentleman’s,
London, Political, Scots, and Universal magazines.
An introductory essay povides the historical context. $8.00
- The Maps and Prints of Paolo Forlani: A Descriptive
Bibliography, b y David Woodward. 1990; 60p., 21pl., paper.
Woodward’s research in map collections all over the world has brought to
light 97 different plates made by Venetian engraver Paolo Forlani, one of the
most impotant figures in sixteenth-century Italian map publishing. Each plate
and its known states are described, and 21 are reproduced. $8.00
- Images of the Earth on Three Early Italian Woodcuts: Candidates
for the Earliest Printed Maps in the West, by Gerald A. Danzer. 1991;
35p., 8pl., paper. Professor Danzer describes and discusses three woodcuts (ca.
1450-70) in the Biblioteca Classense in Ravenna which contain circular
schematic images of the earth that share certain features with several
well-known medieval mappaemundi. $8.00
- The “Ramusio” Map of 1534: A Facsimilie
Edition, by Arthur Holzheimer and David Buisseret. 1992; 33p., 10pl. (1
col.), paper. This anonymous and rare woodblock-printed map of the Atlantic
Ocean was meant to accompany the Summario de la Generale Historia de
l’Indie Occidentali..., attributed to Giovanni Battista Ramusio.
Holzheimer and Buisseret compare the map with others of the period and explore
links to the official Spanish cartography. $10.00
- Manuscript Maps Concerning the Gulf Coast, Texas, and the
Southwest (1519-1836): An Annotated Guide to the Karpinski Series of
Photographs at the Newberry Library, Chicago, with Notice of Related
Cartographic Materialsm, by Jack Jackson. 1995; 90p., 13pl., paper. An
annotated guide to the Karpinski series of photographs at the Newberry Library
with notice of related cartographic materials. $10.00