Scope and Contents note The Collection for the History of Cartography was founded in 1971 by Roy V. Boswell and Ernest W. Toy, Jr., to provide a resource for scholarship and education in this emerging field. It contains 1532 maps and 3089 volumes of books, pamphlets and periodicals. The maps range in date from 1285-1900. The books, pamphlets and periodicals form a reference collection for the study of cartography, geography, exploration and navigation from ancient times to 1900. The books, pamphlets, and...