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Lot 695
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"No Longer on the Map - Discovering Places That Never Were", Ramsay, Raymond H.

Subject: References, Cartographic Myths

Period: 1972 (published)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
6.8 x 9.6 inches
17.3 x 24.4 cm
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This fascinating reference covers mythical or nonexistent lands commonly featured on maps. Among the places covered are El Dorado, Terra Australis, Frisland, the Seven Cities of Cibola, and Norumbega. The jacket copy hypes Ramsay as "a kind of Magellan, Kipling, and Thurber rolled into one," so you know you're in for a lively read! 276 pp., 7 appendices, notes and index. There are approximately 40 black/white photographs, maps and other illustrations. Hardbound in tan cloth with gilt title on front cover and spine.

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Condition: B+

Text is clean. Front hinge is starting and has been reinforced with tape. Former library copy with checkout card pocket attached to front endpapers. The Mylar-protected dust jacket has been attached to covers with tape.

Estimate: $30 - $40

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$16

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