Hartman Schedel and The Nuremberg Chronicle
One of the most fascinating printed books from the fifteenth century is Hartman Schedel’s ‘Liber Cronicarum ..’ or,…
Beginner’s Guide: Coloring on Antique Maps
All early maps are printed in black and white: the British Ordnance Survey maps were not printed in…
Frans Hogenberg & The Poitiers Stone
Braun and Hogenberg’s Civitates Orbis Terrarum is famed as the first published collection of plans and views of cities (mostly…
Index to The Map Collectors’ Circle Series
Compiled by Paula Dryburgh INTRODUCTION The ‘Map Collectors Circle’ was founded by the late R.V. Tooley in 1963. …
Collation: Rocque’s Plans & Forts in America
A SET of / PLANS and FORTS / IN / AMERICA. / Reduced from Actual Surveys / 1763.…
A Short History of Print Art from 1500 to 1860
There is a mystique surrounding the ways that old prints were made, although the main printing techniques are…
The Italian “Island of Matrimony”
LE NOBLE.CARTA / TOPOGRAFICA / DELL’ISOLA / DEL MARITAGGIO / DI MONSIEUR LE NOBLE / PER LA PRIMA…
Napoleon’s Threatened Invasion of England
A MAP intended to illustrate the threatened INVASION of ENGLAND by BONAPARTE. [2a, ob – 4a, ob] A…
William Darby’s “A View of the United States”
William Darby was an American geographer and cartographer of Irish descent, born in Pennsylvania on August 14th 1775. …
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…