Institutional Map and Atlas Collecting in Eighteenth-Century America
Abstract
Many colonists brought books, atlases, and maps to America; some assembled personal libraries that would ultimately benefit public institutions. The establishment of academic and subscription libraries initiated institutional collecting. Printed catalogues and other records document the cartographic collections formed in early America. This essay surveys those collections
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Citation
Bosse, David (2008). Institutional Map and Atlas Collecting in Eighteenth-Century America. ALA Map and Geography Round Table. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /129199.