Mercator's World Magazine COMPLETE YEAR 1998 Vol 3- LOT OF 6 Maps Atlases Globes

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Mercator's World Magazine — COMPLETE YEAR 1998 (Volume 3, all 6 issues) — Maps, Exploration & Discovery A complete 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. This lot includes all six 1998 issues — Volume 3, Numbers 1 through 6 — published bimonthly by Aster Publishing Corporation. Each issue is richly illustrated in full color with feature articles by leading names in the map-collecting and exploration world. Issues included (6 — complete year): Vol. 3 No. 1 — January/February 1998. "Dividing the Globe," POW Escape Maps, A Fool's Errand for the Northwest Passage. Cover: allegorical painting of scholars dividing the globe. Vol. 3 No. 2 — March/April 1998. "Beasts of the Dark Continent," Did Byrd Reach the North Pole?, Moonscapes and Astral Terrains. Cover: medieval illuminated beasts over an antique map of Africa. Vol. 3 No. 3 — May/June 1998. "The Path of Khan," A Pirate's Journey, Gold Rush Maps. Cover: portrait of Genghis Khan. Vol. 3 No. 4 — July/August 1998. "Into Tibet: Portal to Discovery," Map Sculptures, Stalin's Dividing Line, Last Break for the Arctic Sea. Cover: caravan crossing the snowy passes into Tibet. Vol. 3 No. 5 — September/October 1998. "Dividing the Holy Land," Atlantis of the Sands, The Geography of Crime, Columbus's Confession. Cover: the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem. Vol. 3 No. 6 — November/December 1998. "The Call of the Ocean," featuri

• Publisher: Aster Publishing
• Year: 1998
• Condition: Very Good

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