3 - History of Cartography and Map Dealers
History of Cartography
Map History/History of Cartography
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The Gateway to the Subject - maintained by Tony Campbell. Includes books to get you into the subject.​​
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Imago Mundi and on the Publisher's Site The International Journal for the History of Cartography.​​
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MapForum Ashley Baynton-Williams' on antique maps. Originally available online and also, for a period, as a printed magazine.​​
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Harley and Woodward's History of Cartography Project. Some volumes are available online.
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Rare book hub. Upcoming auction information (free) and past price records (subscription service).
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For antique map dealers see the relevant part of the History of Cartography website.
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H-Maps. International digital forum in the historical study of the making, circulation, use and preservation of maps from the ancient to the contemporary period.​
Map dealers (modern)
There are comprehensive guides produced by Anne Taylor at Cambridge University Library for dealers of maps in Britain and Overseas.
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(MS Word document) Useful for areas where mapping by the national mapping agency is unavailable. More information about Soviet military maps can be found here.
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See also the the Ordnance Survey page on this website.
International mapping
A selection of links to large international dealers (inclusion in this list does not imply approval by the British Cartographic Society):
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Internationales Landkartenhaus, ILH (Germany) - Supplier of a comprehensive range of maps and atlases or all types. Excellent loose-leaf printed catalogue, GeoKatalog 2, though since 2015 new pages are only available as PDFs.
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Omnimap (USA) - International map importer and distributor. Extensive on-line catalogue. Now part of East View Companies.
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East View Geospatial (USA) - Extensive online catalogue.
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TopKart (Poland) - Distributor and retailer of Polish atlases and maps.
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World of Maps (Canada) - International maps & atlases, travel books, satellite posters. Specialist in Canadian Government maps.
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International Map Industry Association (IMIA) - Trade association for map dealers and publishers
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These pages were compiled by the Map Curators' Group of the British Cartographic Society.
To contribute any changes or updates to the directory, please email admin@cartography.org.uk