The Mapping of the World: Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700.  Shirley, Rodney W. London:  New Holland Publishers Ltd., 1993.   669 pp., Introduction, 639 world map entries with illustrations. Appendices.  "The" ultimate book on world maps.  Every collector should have this book.  Orig. cloth, dust-jacket.  Like New.  $425, plus postage.

The Mapping of Africa:  A Cartobibliography of Printed Maps of the African Continent to 1700.  Betz, Richard L., with Penelope W. Betz.  't Goy-Houten, The Netherlands:  HES & De Graaf Publishers, 2007. 540 pp., Introduction, 175 map entries with numerous states & variants, richly illustrated in full color, Appendices.  Clothbound with full colour dust jacket.  New.  $225, plus postage.

Shedding the Veil. Mapping the European Discovery of America and the World. Based on Selected Works from the Sidney R. Knafel Collection of Early Maps, Atlases, and Globes 1434-1865.  Suarez, Thomas.  Singapore, New Jersey, etc.: World Scientific Publishing, 1992.  203 pp., 4to, 65 plates (24 coloured).  Excellent, detailed description of many of the most important maps showing America.  Orig. cloth, dust-jacket. Like New. $50, plus postage.

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