Vincent Virga

"Unlike any other atlas ever previously published, Virga’s book is a dazzling, singularly splendid vision of the world and of people’s places within it. ...if you buy only one book this year, this must be the one."

--bookloons.com

More links about Cartographia:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2007/12/maps_as_fascinating_book_1.html

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17173936

http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4213

"A gripping and absorbing book whose words and pictures immerse you in the great sweep of American history."

--Walter Cronkite

" ...a sumptuous visual chronicle of the life and times of America... the captions sparkle brightest, adding context while offering surprising information."

--The New York Times

"I enjoyed Gaywyck very much. To me a fascinating mixture of Wilde, the Gothic and, above all, the souls laid to rest in New York."

--Angus Wilson, 1980

"I read it at least twice a year and am on my third copy."

--John Lawrence, 5 star customer review, Barnes & Noble, 2006