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Map Guides & Atlases

Selected Guides to Maps

More books may be found by consulting the on-line catalog, Barton.

Bibliographic Guide to Maps and Atlases. 5 vols. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1981-1985. (Ref. ZGA105.3.B5)

Cobb, David. Guide to U.S. Map Resources. 2nd ed. Chicago: American Library Assoc., 1990. (Ref. GA193.U5.C62 1990)

Feild, Lance, ed. Map User's Sourcebook. NY: Oceana Pubns, 1982. (Ref. GA105.3.F44)

Hoehn, R. Philip. Union List of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Held by Institutions in the United States and Canada. 2 vols. Santa Cruz: Western Assoc. of Map Libraries, 1976. (Ref. ZHG9771.H63)

Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Fire Insurance Maps in the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1981. (Ref. ZHG9771.L32 1981)

The Map Catalog ed. by Joel Makower. 3rd ed. NY: Vintage Books, 1992. (Ref. GA105.3.M23 1992)

Map Collections in the United States and Canada ed by David K. Carrington and Richard W. Stephenson. NY: Special Libraries Assoc., 1985. (Ref. GA193.U5.S741 1985)

World Directory of Map Collections ed. by John A. Wolter & David K. Carrington. NY: K.G. Saur, 1986. (Ref. GA192.W67 1986)

The World Map Directory, a Practical Guide to U.S. and International Maps. Annual. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Maplink, Inc. (Latest on Ref. GA300.W67)

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Comparative Maps

Adams, John S. A Comparative Atlas of America's Great Cities: Twenty Metropolitan Regions. Minneapolis: University of Minn. Press, 1976. (G1201.A1.A3 1976)

Passonneau, Joseph R. Urban Atlas: 20 American Cities, a Communication Study Notating Selected Urban Data At a Scale of 1:48,000. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1966. (Ref. Atlas G1201.E7.P289)

Wurman, Richard S. Cities: Comparisons of Form and Scale; Models of 50 Significant Towns and Cities to the Scale of 1:43,200 or 1"=3,000. Philadelphia: Joshua Press, 1974. (NA9050.W87 1974)

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Historic Maps

Rotch Library has a full set of maps by Historic Urban Plans, Inc. -- U.S. and foreign maps of various time periods. Search Barton by subject using city name and country:
         
Stockholm Sweden or San Francisco Calif.
The maps are in file cases on Level 1 of the old building. See a Reference Librarian for access.

Useful Guides to Historic Maps

Braun, Georg. Braun & Hogenberg's The City Maps of Europe: a Selection of 16th century Town Plans & Views. London: Studio Editions, 1991. (G140.B725 1991)

Campbell, Tony. Early Maps. NY: Abbeville Press, 1981. (Ref. Atlas GA201.C35)

Gutkind, E.A. International History of City Development. 8 vols. NY: Free Press, 1964-1972. (HT111.G984)

Historic Towns: Maps and Plans of Towns and Cities in the British Isles, With Historical Commentaries, From Earliest Times to 1800. Oxford: Lovell Johns Ltd, 1969. (Ref. Atlas G1814.A1.H673 v.1)

Otness, Harold M. Index to early twentieth century city plans appearing in guidebooks: Baedeker, Muirhead-Blue Guides, Murray, I.J. G.R., etc., plus selected other works to provide worldwide coverage of over 2,000 plans to over 1,2000 communities, found in 74 guidebooks. Santa Cruz, Calif: Western Assoc. of Map Libraries, 1978. (Ref. ZG1028.O84)

Reps, John W. The Making of Urban America: a History of City Planning in the U.S. (NA9105.R425)

U.S. Library of Congress. Land Ownership Maps, a Checklist of Nineteenth Century U.S. County Maps in the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1967. (ZG3692.G4.U585)

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