David Buisseret

Dr. Buisseret has written a stunning and visually exciting book. It is useful as a primer to the history of cartography and Buisseret delights in providing the very latest in cartographic theory and hints at possible avenues of further research. The book is well-documented and illustrated with scores of grayscale images and a dozen color plates. The only drawback of this edition was its small size and awkward shape. Other editions seem to have corrected this error. The size made the larger maps too cluttered and claustrophobia set in, however, many of the smaller maps and woodcuts showed up wonderfully. A bit dry in places, but an excellent foray into cartographic history.… (meer)