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Atlases, gazetteers, guidebooks and other books

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Title
Atlases, gazetteers, guidebooks and other books
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1600 - 1900 (Approximate)
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Topics
Europe
North America
South America
Asia
World atlases
Africa
Australasia
Genres
Atlases
Maps
Books
Description
This collection consists of thousands of bound volumes, including geographical atlases, gazetteers, guidebooks, and books on cartography and related topics. The atlases, collections of maps showing various continents, bodies of water, countries, regions, cities, and extra-terrestrial areas, which may or may not include text, date from the 17th century through the present day. They include works by notable mapmakers such as Jan Jansson (1588-1664), Joan Blaeu (1596-1673), and Thomas Jefferys (d. 1771). Gazetteers, or directories to place names and their locations, like the atlases, include those with broad, worldwide scope, and those with narrower geographical scopes. Guidebooks, or travel guides, are held as supplementary materials, due to their map illustrations and geographical descriptions of travel routes and destinations. Books on cartography include works on the art, science, and history of map making. Among them are cartobibliographies, lists of known published and unpublished maps pertaining to, for example, a particular cartographer, a depicted place, a place of publication, or a holding institution. Atlases, gazetteers, guidebooks, and books on cartography and related topics may also be found in other collections, including the Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection, and The Green Book collection of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The volumes in the Atlases, Gazetteers, Guidebooks and Other Books collection have varying provenance. Some come from the Astor and Lenox libraries, which formed the foundation of NYPL's holdings; others were purchased by the Library or received as gifts from diverse sources over the years.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Text
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b28be120-c602-012f-769c-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1600: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Atlases, gazetteers, guidebooks and other books" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1600 - 1900. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b28be120-c602-012f-769c-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Atlases, gazetteers, guidebooks and other books" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b28be120-c602-012f-769c-58d385a7bc34

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1600 - 1900). Atlases, gazetteers, guidebooks and other books Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b28be120-c602-012f-769c-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia Citation

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Atlases, gazetteers, guidebooks and other books