Historical Maps: Citing Maps

FORM: Author. Map Title. Scale. "Title of Website." Date created/published. <url> (date accessed).

EXAMPLE: Visscher, Claes Janszoon. Leonis Belgici. Scale not given. "David Rumsey Map Collection." 1611. <http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~275937~90049132:Leonis-Belgici-?amp;qvq=sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort,Pub_Date,Pub_List_No,Series_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=8&trs=60081&sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort,Pub_Date,Pub_List_No,Series_No&cic=RUMSEY~8~1&widgetType=detail&nsip=1&nsip=1> (Accessed June 8, 2015).

FORM: Map author. Map Title. Scale. In: Book/Atlas author. Book/Atlas Title. Edition. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date, Page.

EXAMPLE: Thera Fresco. Scale not given. In: Harley, J.B. & Woodward, David. The History of Cartography: Cartography in Prehistoric, Ancient, and Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987, Plate 3.

FORM: Map author. Map title. Scale. In: Article author. "Article Title," Journal Title, Volume (Date): page.

EXAMPLE: Gough Map of Britain. Scale not given. In: Lilley, Keith D., Christopher D. Lloyd, and Bruce M. S. Campbell. "Mapping the Realm: A New Look at the Gough Map of Britain (c.1360)," Imago Mundi: The International Journal for the History of Cartography, 61:1 (2009): 29.

FORM: Author. Title. Edition. Scale. Place of publication: Publisher, Date.

EXAMPLE: Prakash, Om. Kingdom of Shivaji. Scale ca. 1:1,875,000. Delhi: All India Educational Supply Co., 1986.

FORM: Author. "Title". Scale. Date. Collection, records or papers to which the manuscript belongs. Name of repository, Location. Library reference designation

EXAMPLE: University of Pennsylvania. "University of Pennsylvania campus plan, circa 1796-1802.". Scale not given. ca. 1796-1802. Manuscript collection. Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Philadelphia. Ms. Oversize 45

FORM: Author. "Title". Scale. Date. Collection, records or papers to which the manuscript belongs. Name of repository, Location. Library reference designation

EXAMPLE: University of Pennsylvania. "University of Pennsylvania campus plan, circa 1796-1802.". Scale not given. ca. 1796-1802. Manuscript collection. Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Philadelphia. Ms. Oversize 45