John Cary: Engraver, map, chart and print-seller, and globe-maker, 1754 to 1835

Fordham, Herbert George

Dawson

Studies In Carto-Bibliography: British And French, And In The Bibliography Of Itineraries And Road Books (1914)

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Kessinger Publishing, LLC

First published in in 1927 as the second edition of a 1921 original, this book provides an overview of the history and techniques of map production. The text is illustrated with examples of several different types of maps, and discusses cartographical points such as panoramas, the way in which surfaces are expressed graphically, and the incorporation of art into older maps. Fordham also advises teachers on how to incorporate maps and cartography into teaching. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in historical maps.

Maps: Their History, Characteristics and Uses: A Hand-book for Teachers

History

World

Cambridge University Press

Sir Herbert George Fordham (1854-1929) was a British writer on cartography and a collector of antique maps. In this book, which was first published in 1929, Fordham presents a study regarding the history of cartography, based around some of the key groups and figures involved in its evolution. Covering the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the text focuses mainly on developments in Britain and France. Numerous illustrative figures and a bibliography are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of cartography.

Some Notable Surveyors and Map-Makers of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries and their Work: A Study in the History of Cartography

Hertfordshire Maps (1907)

Kessinger Publishing

Facsimile edition of volume first published by Cambridge University Press in 1925. Besterman 1169 . A well-known English cartographer, John Cary began as an engraver in London and turned to publishing and land surveying in 1783. His New and Correct English Atlas appeared in 1787, followed by county atlases. The New Universal Atlas, for which he is best known, first appeared in 1808. Fordham, rightfully considered one of the century's foremost experts in the history of cartography, meticulously describes 300 of Cary's works. This title has always been hard to find. Though once reprinted, all copies are uncommon. xxxiv, 139+ 1 pages. cloth. 8vo..

John Cary Engraver, Map, Chart And Print Seller And Globe Maker 1754-1835

Reference

Atlases & Maps

Martino Pub

<p>Reprint of the 1929 edition. Hardbound. Oversized Octavo. xii, 99 p. front. illus. (maps) 2 pl., port., facsim. Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press, 1929. Sir George Fordham was born in 1859 and produced many publications describing the maps and road books of the British Isles and France and donated his personal road book collection to the Royal Geographical Society. The Society triennially awards the Sir George Fordham Award for Cartobibliography, a 'term introduced by him for the cataloguing of maps on systematic plan' This book provides an outline of the development and progress of the art and science of cartography during the long period which precedes the modern systematic surveys organized by the Governments of the countries of Europe and the American Continent. He begins with the work of Christopher Saxton, a work he regards as laying the foundation of the conception of modern cartography. He also covers the famous French cartographer Nicolas Sanson. Another chapter looks at the foundation of exact and scientific survey by successive members of the Cassini family, and also to the work of the British Ordnance Survey. Many others are covered as well. A list of Works of reference have been added and an index is supplied</p>

Some Notable Surveyors & Map-Makers of the Sixeenth, Seventeenth, & Eighteenth Centuries and Their Work: A Study in the History of Cartography

Science & Math

Earth Sciences

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