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1	Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings: Evidence of Advanced Civilization in the Ice Age more books like this by Charles H Hapgood add to wishlist Charles Hapgood's classic 1966 book on ancient maps is back in print after 20 years. Hapgood produces concrete evidence of an advanced worldwide civilisation existing many thousands of years before ancient Egypt. He has found the evidence in many beautiful maps long known to scholars. Hapgood concluded that these ancient mapmakers were in some ... see all copies from $5.74! new only from $17.48! \| first editions
2	The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation: New Edition more books like this by Raleigh A Skelton, Alexander O Vietor (Foreword by), Mr. George D Painter add to wishlist The Vinland Map, dated to about AD1440 - at least 50 years before Columbus landed in the Americas - is a map of the world that shows an outline of the northeast American coast and a legend describing its discovery in about 1000 by Leif Eiriksson, the Norseman from Greenland. The map was published by Yale University Press in 1965 and generated much ... see all copies from $4.40! new only from $50.93! \| first editions
3	Antique Maps more books like this by Carl Moreland, David Bannister add to wishlist This is a standard reference work, incorporating a general historical background, methods of map making, practical advice on collecting old maps and a list of the major map makers. Organized country by country, it refers to over 600 cartographers active between 1450 and 1850. see all copies from $7.41! new only from $18.76! \| signed copies \| SVS
4	Isles of Gold: Antique Maps of Japan more books like this by Hugh Cortazzi add to wishlist A selection of over 90 historically significant maps of Japan. The book tells the story of the encounter between the West and Japan through the gradual process of mapping the island empire. see all copies from $30.00! new only from $60.00! \| first editions
5	The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation more books like this by R. A. Skelton, Thomas E. Marston, George Duncan Painter, Brother C de Bridia, Yale University. Library add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $40.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Maps of Ancient Sea Kingdoms more books like this by Charles H Hapgood add to wishlist see all copies from $8.00! new only from $501.73! \| first editions
7	Trading Territories: Mapping the Early Modern World more books like this by Jerry Brotton add to wishlist Offering an account of the status of maps and geographical knowledge in the Early Modern world, this work focuses on how early European geographers mapped the territories of the Old World (Africa and South-East Asia). It contends that the historical preoccupation with Columbus's "discovery" of the New World in 1492 has tended to obscure the ... see all copies from $3.36! new only from $25.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Sea Charts of the Early Explorers: 13th to 17th Century more books like this by Michel Mollat add to wishlist see all copies from $150.00! new only from $399.75! \| first editions
9	The Hereford Map: Transcription and Translation of the Legends (to 1) more books like this by Scott D Westrem add to wishlist The Hereford Map, a depiction of the inhabited world drawn around 1300, is among the largest surviving examples of medieval mappamundi. It measures 1.59 meters by ca. 1.30 meters (52 1/2 inches by c. 52 inches). On it appear some 1,091 inscriptions, or legends; most of these are placed adjacent to a painted figure of what they identify. They range ... see all copies from $104.83! new only from $104.83!
10	Erikson, Eskimos, and Columbus: Medieval European Knowledge of America more books like this by Mr. James Robert Enterline add to wishlist Why did medieval Europeans seem to have such specific knowledge about a land - even a continent - that their most daring adventurers had not yet discovered? Historians have long debated the sources of geographical information on which pre-Columbian European maps were based. Especially controversial is the question of the extent to which indigenous ... see all copies from $15.40! new only from $16.71!
11	America: Early Maps of the World more books like this by Hans Wolff (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! new only from $78.54! \| first editions
12	The World Map, 1300-1492: The Persistence of Tradition and Transformation more books like this by Evelyn Edson add to wishlist In the two centuries before Columbus, mapmaking was transformed. "The World Map, 1300-1492" investigates this important, transitional period of mapmaking. Beginning with a 1436 atlas of ten maps produced by Venetian Andrea Bianco, Evelyn Edson uses maps of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries to examine how the discoveries of missionaries and ... see all copies from $26.00! new only from $29.75! \| SVS
13	Antique Maps of Europe, the Americas, West Indies, Australasia, Africa, the Orient more books like this by Douglas Charles Gohm add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
14	Early Sea Charts more books like this by Robert Putman add to wishlist see all copies from $5.65! new only from $68.00! \| first editions
15	The Times London History Atlas more books like this by Hugh Clout (Editor) add to wishlist Through over 250 maps this atlas traces the growth of the city of London from Roman times to the present day. Illustrations recreate the city as it once was, while photographs and maps tell the complex story of London and the people and events which have shaped it over the centuries. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $80.41!
16	Historians' Guide to Early British Maps: A Guide to the Location of Pre-1900 Maps of the British Isles Preserved in the United Kingdom and Ireland more books like this by Helen Wallis (Editor), Anita McConnell add to wishlist see all copies from $10.55! new only from $74.68! \| first editions \| SVS
17	Three World Maps by Francois Van Den Hoeye of 1661, Willem Janszoon (Blaeu) of 1607, Claes Janszoon Visscher of 1650 more books like this by Gunter Schilder add to wishlist see all copies from $32.20! new only from $42.67! \| first editions
18	Indian Cartography: A Historical Perspective more books like this by P. L. Madan add to wishlist The maps of a country are not indicators of its political life but also illustrate its political and economic conditions. This volume traces the evolution of indian maps from the time when India was only a concept in the minds of ancient races, to the coming of the british, who established cartography on a scientific basis. Based on the original ... see all copies from $11.56! new only from $12.34! \| first editions
19	The World Map of 1669 more books like this by Jodocus Hondius add to wishlist see all copies from $32.20! new only from $42.67!
20	Early Maps more books like this by Tony Campbell add to wishlist see all copies from $4.02! first editions
21	Geographical Conceptions of Columbus: A Critical Consideration of Four Problems more books like this by George E. Nunn add to wishlist see all copies from $2.48! first editions \| SVS
22	Maps of the Holy Land: Images of Terra Sancta Through Two Millennia more books like this by Kenneth Nebenzahl add to wishlist This is a collection of colour reproductions of maps of the Holy Land. They are accompanied by articles explaining the significance of the maps. The book is aimed at scholars, bibliophiles and collectors. see all copies from $34.99! new only from $100.00! \| first editions
23	The World Map of 1624 more books like this by Willem Janszoon Blaeu add to wishlist see all copies from $32.20! new only from $42.67!
24	Decorative printed maps of the 15th to 18th centuries more books like this by Raleigh Ashlin Skelton add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00! first editions
25	Campaigns of the American Revolution: An Atlas of Manuscript Maps more books like this by Douglas W Marshall add to wishlist see all copies from $7.00! new only from $74.95! \| first editions

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