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Month: February 2022

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  • February 28, 2022

MapForum ArticlesPrinted Maps of the Carolinas: 1590 – 1800

    This checklist is based on research work done over a period of some ten years while assembling a…
    mapforum
    • February 18, 2022

    MapForum ArticlesJohn 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…
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      • February 18, 2022

      MapForum ArticlesThe 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…
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        • February 18, 2022

        MapForum ArticlesGeography Bewitched! (Again)

          Robert Dighton was a well known painter of portraits and caricatures, as well as decorative subjects, who is…
            • 3rd Issue
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          The Zulu War: Isandhlwana & Rorke’s Drift

            STANFORD’S / LARGE SCALE MAP / OF ZULU LAND / WITH ADJOINING PARTS OF / NATAL, TRANSVAAL &…
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            • February 18, 2022
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            • February 17, 2022

            MapForum ArticlesChecklist: Maps of Bermuda (1585 – 1778)

              Bermuda is generally considered to have been named after the first European known to have visited the island-group,…
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              • February 16, 2022

              MapForum ArticlesVan 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…
                mapforum
                • February 10, 2022

                MapForum ArticlesJohn 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…
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                  • February 8, 2022

                  MapForum ArticlesThe “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…
                      • 3rd Issue
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                    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…
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                      • February 2, 2022

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