Wyatt’s World: What’s In a Name—Maps and the Creation of America
Neal Wyatt -- Library Journal, 11/9/2009 8:06:00 AM
- The Naming of America: Martin Waldseemuller's 1507 World Map and the Cosmographiae Introductio by John W. Hessler (D. Giles Ltd.)
- Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto (Random)
- The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name by Toby Lester (Free Pr.)
- Putting "America" on the Map: The Story of the Most Important Graphic Document in the History of the United States by Seymour I. Schwartz (Prometheus)
- New Found Lands: Maps in the History of Exploration by Peter Whitfield (Routledge)
Neal Wyatt is a collection development and readers’ advisory librarian in Virginia.
