Book reviews
Every issue of the IMCoS Journal (appears quarterly) includes a number of book reviews. Below is just a small selection of the kinds of books reviewed. To read more you will need to access the Members Section. If you are not yet a member of IMCoS then please check out our Membership details. Membership is currently only 45 pounds sterling a year (2012).
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The Last Vikings. The epic story of the great Norse voyages by Kirsten A. Seaver. Published by I. B. Tauris, 6 Salem Rd., London W2 4BU and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. 2010 (www.ibtauris.com) 6 pp. xx, 277 illus 15. ISBN 978 1 84511 869 3. Price in UK £18:99. log in to members area for full review |
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The Printed Maps of Norfolk 1574-1840 by Raymond Frostick. Published privately by the author. Paperback. 230 pages, 136 illustrations (84 in full colour) including at least one from each of the 121 maps described. ISBN 978-0-9542471-1-9. 2011. Available from booksellers or from the author at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Price £25.
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Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570-1641: characteristics and development of a sample of on verso map texts by Marcel van den Broecke. Netherlands Geographical Studies, No.380, Utrecht, 2009, pp.304. ISSN 0169-4839. Euros 30 including postage and packing. log in to members area for full review |
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The Printed Maps of Exeter - City Maps 1587-1901 by Francis Bennett and Kit Batten. Published for the authors by Little Silver Publications, Exeter, 2011, pp.112, illustrated throughout (b/w). Ten pounds sterling plus postage and packing, available only from Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter, GB. ISBN 0-95444472-6-7. A complete listing of single sheet maps of the City of Exeter in Devon, each map illustrated in whole or in part. log in to members area for full review |
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The Tourist Maps of Devon - Guide Book and Folding Maps 1810-1901 by Kit Batten. Published for the author by Little Silver Publications, Exeter, 2011, pp.xxxiv + 416, 330 illustrations (one-third in colour). Euros 80, free postage and packing to European addresses. A complete listing of guide book and folding maps of the County of Devon, each map illustrated in whole or in part. log in to members area for full review |
