A single page cannot hold the names of all the individuals and institutions owed thanks for their help in preparing this work.
To my wife Diana, thank you for what you gave to and gave up for this book, especially your many photographs. To the publisher, Jeremy Pool, thank you for your help in guiding a novice author and for your amazing software. To James Walker MD, thank you for the use of your initial translation of J. N. De l’Isle’s Nouvelles Cartes.
To the wonderful libraries visited, The Library of Congress, the British Library, The Bibliothèque national de France and the Newberry Library, thank you for your help. To those not visited but whose references are used throughout this book (e.g. the National Library of Australia, the University of Bern, Central Library and its significant Ryhiner Collection, and many others), thank you.
There were many map dealers who allowed use of images in their cartographic holdings, and they are acknowledged throughout this work. For their exceptional generosity, I mention three dealers here: Barry Ruderman of Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps, Marti and Curt Griggs of Old World Auctions, and Pierre Joppen of Paulus Swaen Old Maps & Prints.
A final thank you to OCLC, for allowing use of their WorldCat® citations and clickable links to WorldCat® entries. These citations were taken from OCLC’s WorldCat® database. WorldCat® is a registered trademark of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
Despite the help of the individuals and institutions mentioned here, a work such as this will never be entirely free of textual errors and omissions, and for those the responsibility is entirely mine.
Don McGuirk
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