Printed Maps of the Carolinas: 1590 – 1800
This checklist is based on research work done over a period of some ten years while assembling a…
John Speed: Subsequent Ownership of Speed’s Plates
While Dr. John Speed inherited some of his father’s maps and books, the materials for the History and Theatre were the property…
The Map Room at the British Library
Paul Sandby’s Map of Scotland Despite having worked extensively on Sandby’s map, this was only the second time…
Geography Bewitched! (Again)
Robert Dighton was a well known painter of portraits and caricatures, as well as decorative subjects, who is…
The Zulu War: Isandhlwana & Rorke’s Drift
STANFORD’S / LARGE SCALE MAP / OF ZULU LAND / WITH ADJOINING PARTS OF / NATAL, TRANSVAAL &…
Checklist: Maps of Bermuda (1585 – 1778)
Bermuda is generally considered to have been named after the first European known to have visited the island-group,…
Van Keulen Atlas of the Atlantic Seaboard
This rare sea-atlas is apparently a version of van Keulen’s Eene Verzameling Van Nieuwe Zee-Kaarten Van Noord-America In…
John Speed: A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World
In 1627 as a complement to the Theatre, George Humble published the Prospect Of the Most Famous Parts…
The “Lafreri School” of Italian Mapmakers ca. 1544-1602
The name ‘Lafreri-School’ is a widely used, but rather inaccurate, term used to describe a loose grouping of…
Beginner’s Guide: Map Collecting Reference Books
Once a new collector catches the bug he always wants to learn about his subject. Unfortunately, being a…