Hartman Schedel and The Nuremberg Chronicle
One of the most fascinating printed books from the fifteenth century is Hartman Schedel’s ‘Liber Cronicarum ..’ or,…
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. …
John Law and the Mississippi Scheme
John Law was born in Scotland in 1671, the son of a Scottish banker. He received an education…
Collation: Rocque’s Plans & Forts in America
A SET of / PLANS and FORTS / IN / AMERICA. / Reduced from Actual Surveys / 1763.…
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. …
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…
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…
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…