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FROM CIRCLE TO SPHERE: HISTORIC MAPS SINCE COLUMBUS.

- Princeton : Princton: Princeton University Library 1992 - oblong 12mo. - stiff paper wrappers. - (ii), ix, 114 pages. - Order Nr. 60643 - Price: $ 15.00

A catalog from the exhibition which celebrated the quincentenary, 1492-1992 of Columbus' first voyage to America. It examines some of the maps that have traced the expansion of Western knowledge of the world. There are 86 entries that cover the Northwest Passage, North America and parts, the Western Hemisphere and globes. Illustrated and indexed.

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