Fleet, Christopher (Author)
Withers, Charles W. J. (Author)
Imago Mundi: A Review of Early Cartography
Volume: 62
Pages: 92--97
The recently acquired and newly accessible Bartholomew Archive in the National Library of Scotland incorporates the administrative, production and financial records and correspondence of the famous map and atlas firm of John Bartholomew & Son and its predecessors, a leading cartographic concern from 1820 until its sale in the 1980s. The Bartholomews were engravers and mapmakers as well as printers and publishers. The exchange of letters between the firm and individuals within the United Kingdom and beyond includes, inter alia, references to the sources used by the mapmakers to verify and corroborate their work, comments on the accuracy and utility of the maps, and notes for future editions. Details relating to the production of the many atlases published by the firm are also recorded: map history, book history and the social and economic history of the mapping business are shown to be intertwined. In short, the Bartholomew Archive represents a major repository on a number of fronts and a significant resource for the historian of modern cartography.
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