Selected papers from the 16th international conference on the history of cartography: Theoretical aspects of the history of cartography: Discussion

The Quest for Longitude. Edited by William J. H. Andrewes. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University, 1996. ISBN 0 9644329 0 0. Pp. 448, 260 illus., 120 col. plates. US$75; STG£49.95 (cloth). [Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University, Science Center B6, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.]

Descubrimiento en el Mar de Papel: el mapa americano del Rey Salomón [Discovery on the Sea of Paper: King Solomon's American Map]. By Demetrio Charalambous. Buenos Aires: Edición del autor, 1995. ISBN 950 43 6179 X. Pp. 259, 60 illus. [Demetrio Charalambous, Venezuela 1841, 1096 Buenos Aires, Argentina.]

Shapes of Ireland—Maps and Their Makers 1564–1839. By J. H. Andrews. Dublin: Geography Publications, 1997. Pp. ix, 346, illus. ISBN 0 906602 95 5. IR£30 (cloth). [Geography Publications, 24 Kennington Road, Dublin 6W, Ireland.]

The Mapping of Russian America: A History of Russian‐American Contads in Cartography. By Alexei V. Postnikov. American Geographical Society Collection Special Publication, no. 4. Milwaukee: American Geographical Society Collection of the Golda Meir Library, 1995. ISBN 1 879281 16 3. Pp. iv, 35, illus. US$10.00 (paper). [AGSC Publications, University of Wisconsin‐Milwaukee, PO Box 604, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201.]

Maps and Politics. By Jeremy Black. London: Reaktion Books; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997. ISBN 1 86189 012 5. Pp. 188, illus., col. plates. STG£19.95 (cloth). [Reaktion Books, 11 Rathbone Place, London W1P IDE.]

Sympathetic Attractions: Magnetic Practices, Beliefs, and Symbolism in Eighteenth‐Century England. By Patricia Fara. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996. ISBN 0 691 010994. Pp. x, 326, illus. US$45.00 (cloth).

Images of the World: The Atlas through History. Edited by John A. Wolter and Ronald E. Grim. New York and London: McGraw‐Hill, 1997. ISBN 0 07 071 578 5. Pp. xiv, 466, 156 illus., 36 col. plates. Price STG£60.00 (cloth).

A Short History of the Cartography of Africa. By Jeffrey C. Stone. African Studies, vol. 39. Lewiston, Queenston and Lampeter: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1995. ISBN 0 7734 8898 7. Pp. [xi], 273, illus. (cloth). [The Edwin Mellen Press, Lampeter, Dyfed SA48 7DY, Wales.]

Miniature Antique Maps: An Illustrated Guide for the Collector. By Geoffrey L. King. Tring, Herts.: Map Collector Publications, 1996. ISBN 0 906430 16 X. Pp. 200, illus. STGE40.00 (cloth).

Monumenta Cartographica Neerlandica, Vol. 5. Tien wand‐kaarten van Blaeu en Visscher. By Günter Schilder. Alphen aan den Rijn: Uitgeverij ‘Canaletto’, 1996. Descriptive volume in Dutch and English. ISBN 90 6469 704 3. Pp. 386, 370 illus. Portfolio with 10 wall maps on 145 sheets. Hfl. 325 (cloth). [Canaletto Publishers, PO Box 68, 2400 AB Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands.]

Historic Charts &; Maps of New Zealand 1642–1875. By Peter Bromley Maling. Birkenhead, Auckland: Reed Books, 1996. ISBN 0 7900 0338 4. Pp. 316, illus., col. plates. NZ$700.00 (slip case). Limited ed. of 400 copies. [Reed Publishing, Private Bag 34901, Birkenhead, Auckland 10, N.Z.]

Mapping an Empire. The Geographical Construction of British India, 1765–1843. By Matthew H. Edney. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1997. ISBN 0 226 18487 0. Pp. xv, 458. US$35.00. (cloth).

The Printed Maps of Ireland 1612–1850. By Andrew Bonar Law. Dublin: The Neptune Gallery, 1997. ISBN 0 9532241 0 4. Pp. 334, illus. IR£70.00 (cloth). [Available only from Neptune Gallery, 41 South William Street, Dublin 2.]

The Dictionary of Land Surveyors and Local Map‐Makers of Great Britain and Ireland 1530–1850. By Sarah Bendall. 2nd ed. London: British Library, 1997. ISBN 0 7123 4509 4 (set). 2 vols, pp. [xi], 312 + 578, illus., 14 col. plates. STGE75.00 (cloth).

County Atlases of the British Isles Published after 1703. Vol. Ill: Atlases Published 1764 to 1789 and Their Subsequent Editions. Compiled by Donald Hodson. London: The British Library, 1997. ISBN 0 7123 4524 8. Pp. xv, 208, illus. STG£35.00 (doth).

Gerardo Mercatore. Sulk tracce di geografi e viaggiatori nette Marche. Edited by Giorgio Mangani and Feliciano Paoli. [Le collezoni di Casteldurante dai Delia Rovere agli Ubaldini. Gráfica e Cultura Roveresca 4.] Urbanía: Edizioni Biblioteca e Cívico Museo di Urbanía, 1996. ISBN 88 7663 210 7. Pp. 190, illus., col. plates. L. It 60.000 (paper).

Sherwood Forest in 1609: A Crown Survey by Richard Bankes. Edited by Stephanos Mastoris and Sue Groves. Thoroton Society Record Series, vol. xl. Nottingham: Thoroton Society, 1997. ISBN 0 902719 15 7. Pp. xlii, 245, illus., + boxed sheet maps. STG£25.00 (paper). [Thoroton Society, Dept. of History, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD.]

Trading Territories: Mapping the Early Modern World. By Jerry Brotton. London: Reaktion Books, 1997. ISBN 1 86189 001 7. Pp. 208, illus., col. plates. STG£22.50 (doth). [Reaktion Books, 11 Rathbone Place. London W1P IDE.]

The Cartographer and the Literati—Herman Moll and His Intellectual Circle. By Dennis Reinhartz. Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1997. ISBN 0 7734 8604 6. Pp. 204. US$89.95 (cloth). [Edwin Mellen Press, Order Fulfillment Dept., PO Box 450, Lewiston, NY 4092–0450.]