The author took the only course in cartography available to him in 1937; it must have been fairly typical of the few being offered in America: lectures based largely on personal experiences were supplemented by a relatively few assigned readings, and by Deetz and Adam's Elements of Map Projection. No textbook was used because there was none in English.

Robinson (1970, p. 189) referring to himself in the third person; As cited in: Jake Coolidge (2009) "Arthur H. Robinson: A Look at a Career". Oct 15, 2009