mapforumMarch 23, 2022 MapForum ArticlesHartman Schedel and The Nuremberg Chronicle One of the most fascinating printed books from the fifteenth century is Hartman Schedel’s ‘Liber Cronicarum ..’ or,…
mapforumMarch 16, 2022 MapForum ArticlesIndex 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. …
mapforumMarch 14, 2022 MapForum ArticlesJohn Law and the Mississippi Scheme John Law was born in Scotland in 1671, the son of a Scottish banker. He received an education…
mapforumMarch 9, 2022 MapForum ArticlesCollation: Rocque’s Plans & Forts in America A SET of / PLANS and FORTS / IN / AMERICA. / Reduced from Actual Surveys / 1763.…
Issue 4 MapForum Articles 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. … mapforumMarch 2, 2022
mapforumFebruary 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…
mapforumFebruary 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,…
mapforumFebruary 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…
mapforumFebruary 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…
Issue 3 MapForum Articles 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… mapforumFebruary 2, 2022