Mercator's World COMPLETE FIRST YEAR - 1996 Vol 1 Lot 6 Maps Atlases DEBUT Issue

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Mercator's World Magazine — COMPLETE FIRST YEAR 1996 (Volume 1, all 6 issues, incl. debut No. 1) — Maps, Atlases, Globes & Charts The complete inaugural year of Mercator's World, the acclaimed (now out-of-print) magazine for map collectors, antique-map dealers, and lovers of cartography and exploration history — including the debut issue, Volume 1 Number 1. This lot gathers all six 1996 issues, published bimonthly by Aster Publishing Corporation, several bearing the "Incorporating The Map Collector" masthead. Each is richly illustrated in full color with feature articles by leading names in the field (Clancy, Layland, Monmonier, Suarez, van der Krogt and others). Issues included (6 — complete first year): Vol. 1 No. 1 — 1996 (DEBUT ISSUE). "The Lure of Old Maps," Cartocontroversy, From Wind Roses to Radials, CyberSites. Cover: Pieter Goos double-hemisphere world map. Vol. 1 No. 2 — 1996. A 2,000-Year Premonition, Teixeira's Act of Possession, The Face of Armageddon, Raster Data for the Layman. Cover: antique map of the Americas / Mer du Sud. Vol. 1 No. 3 — 1996. The Opening of Japan, Thomas Jefferson: Cartographer, The Mapping of Wrangel Island, Atlas Collecting. Cover: the Strait of Anián / Quivira map with sea monsters (purple border). Vol. 1 No. 4 — 1996. Portraits of Cartographers, Maps of Jerusalem, Gerard Mercator, The Case of the Missing Map. Cover: Jansson Atlas Contractus frontispiece. Vol. 1 No. 5 — 1996. Eight Centuries of World Maps, Requena's Map of 1796, Project

• Publisher: Aster Publishing
• Year: 1996
• Condition: Very Good

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