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Allen, Phillips. The Atlas of Atlases: The Map Maker's Vision of the World. Harry N. Abrams, 1992. 160 p. $49.50.

American Congress on Surveying. Which Map is Best? Projections for World Maps. American Congress on Surveying, 1986. $12.

Birch, Thomas William. Maps, Topographical and Statistical, 2nd ed. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1964. 240 p. Elementary. $?.

Bomford, Guy. Geodesy, 3rd ed. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1971. 731 p. $?.

Bricker, Charles. Landmarks of Mapmaking: An Illustrated Survey of Maps and Mapmakers. Dorset, 1989. 276 p. $49.95.

books.gif Brown, Lloyd Arnold. The Story of Maps. New York: Dover, 1979. 456 p. $10.75.

Bugayevskiy, Lev M. and Snyder, John Parr. Map Projections: A Reference Manual. Taylor and Francis, 1995. $4.95.

Canters, Frank and Decleir, Hugo. The World in Perspective: A Directory of World Map Projections. Wiley, 1990. $139.

Craig, Thomas. A Treatise on Projections. U.S. Coast Guard and Geodetic Survey, 1882.

Deetz, Charles Henry and Adams, Oscar Sherman. Elements of Map Projection, With Applications To Map And Chart Construction, 5th ed., rev. 1944. Washington, DC: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1945. 226 p. $?.

Fisher, Irving and Miller, O.M. World Maps and Globes. Essential Books, 1944.

books.gif Gardner, M. ``Curious Maps.''Ch. 15 in Time Travel and Other Mathematical Bewilderments. New York: W.H. Freeman, 1988. $13.45.

Goss, John. The Mapmaker's Art: An Illustrated History of Cartography. Rand McNally, 1993. ISBN: 052883620X. $133.

Greenhood, David. Mapping. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1964. 289 p. $19.95.

Greenhood, David. Down to Earth: Mapping.

Hall, Stephen. Mapping the Next Millennium: How Computer-Driven Cartography Is Revolutionizing the Face of Science. 1993. 477 p. $16.

Harley, John Brian and Woodward, David (Eds.). The History of Cartography. Vol. 1: Cartography in Prehistoric, Ancient, and Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1987. $130.25.

Harley, John Brian and Woodward, David (Eds.). The History of Cartography. Vol. 2: History of Cartography. Book 1. Cartography in the Traditional Islamic and Southeast Asian Societies. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1992. $145.

Harley, John Brian and Woodward, David (Eds.). The History of Cartography. Vol. 2: History of Cartography. Book 2: Cartography in the Traditional East and Southeast Asian Societies. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1994. $195.

Hill, Gillian. Cartographical Curiosities. Longwood Pr., 1978. $6.60.

Hinks, A.R. Map Projections. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1912.

Lambert, J.H. Notes and Comments on the Composition of Terrestrial and Celestial Maps. Publ. 8. University of Michigan, 1972.

Lauf, G.B. Geodesy and Map Projections, 2nd ed. Collingwood, Victoria, Austalia: TAFE Publications, 1983.

Maling, D.H. Coordinate Systems and Map Projections, 2nd ed, rev. Woburn, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1993. 500 p. Out of print. $52.95.

Maling, D.H. Measurements from Maps. Woburn, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1988. 450 p. $36.

Melluish, Robet K. An Introduction to the Mathematics of Map Projections. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1931.

Monmonier, Mark. Drawing the Line: Tales of Maps and Cartocontroversy. New York: Holt, 1996. 368 p. $13.45.

Newton, G.D. Computer Programs for Common Map Projections. U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 1642, 1985. 33 p.

Parry, Robert B. and Perkins, C.R. (Eds.). World Mapping Today. London: Butterworths, 1987. 583 p. Reference work on obtaining maps for all parts of the Earth. $240.

Pearson, Frederick. Map Projections: Theory and Applications. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1990. 372 p. $133.95.

Peters, Arno. World Map Peters Projections. Friendship Press, 1984. $10.95.

Raisz, Erwin. Principles of Cartography. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962. 315 p. Simplistic. $?.

Richardus, Peter and Adler, Ron K. Map Projections for Geodesists, Cartographers, and Geographers. Amsterdam, Netherlands: North-Holland, 1972. 174 p. $?.

Robinson, Arthur Howard; Morrison, J.L; and Muehrcke, P.C. Elements of Cartography, 6th ed. New York: Wiley, 1995. Elementary. $118.

Robinson, Arthur H. and Snyder, John Parr. Matching the Map Projection to the Need/C170. Amer. Congress on Surveying, 1991. $20.

books.gif Snyder, John Parr. Map Projections-A Working Manual. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1395. Washington, DC: USGPO, 1987. $?.

Snyder, John Parr. Map Projections Used by the United States Geological Survey. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1532, Vol. 2. USGS, 1982. Superceded by USGS paper 1395. $8.

Snyder, John Parr. Flattening the Earth: Two Thousand Years of Map Projections. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1993. 365 p. $19.95.

Steers, J.A. An Introduction to the Study of Map Projections, 15th ed. London: University of London Press, 1970. $?.

Thompson, Morris Mordecai. Maps for America: Cartographic Products of the United States Geological Survey and Others. Washington, DC: U.S. Geological Survey, 1979. 265 p. $?.

Tooley, Ronald Vere. Maps and Map-Makers. Dorset, 1990. 128 p. $19.95.

United States Geological Survey. USGS Map Projections/4809. Asprs Pub., 1983. $20.

Wood, Denis. The Power of Maps. Guilford Press, 1992. $16.16.


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