Sea Monsters: A Voyage around the World's Most Beguiling Map. Joseph Nigg.

Sea Monsters: A Voyage around the World's Most Beguiling Map. Joseph Nigg. University of Chicago Press, 2013.

Images in the Margins. Margot Nishimura.

Images in the Margins. Margot Nishimura. J. Paul Getty Museum, 2009.

The Curious Map Book. Ashley Baynton-Williams.

The Curious Map Book. Ashley Baynton-Williams. University of Chicago Press, 2015.

Map: Exploring the World. Victoria Clarke, ed.

Map: Exploring the World. Victoria Clarke, ed. Phaidon press, 2015.

Great Maps. Jerry Brotton.

Great Maps. Jerry Brotton. DK, 2014.

Collier’s World Atlas and Gazetteer 1947

Collier’s World Atlas and Gazetteer. P.F Collier & Son Corporation. 1947. Lot of details on the 48 states and the world. This has been useful lately, as I have been reading some spy novels by Alan Furst and the geography escapes me. Note the map of Iran, Afghanistan, and Baluchistan. I know geography isn’t my strongest point, but I don’t think I had ever heard of Baluchistan. I just looked it up and apparently it was absorbed into Pakistan right around the time this was published.

The Atlas of Holy Places and Sacred Sites.

The Atlas of Holy Places and Sacred Sites. Colin Wilson. London: DK Publishing, 1996. World-wide, historical. Not comprehensive by a long shot, but covers a lot of ground, with nice pictures.