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 4, 2022 MapForum ArticlesThe Italian “Island of Matrimony” LE NOBLE.CARTA / TOPOGRAFICA / DELL’ISOLA / DEL MARITAGGIO / DI MONSIEUR LE NOBLE / PER LA PRIMA…
mapforumMarch 2, 2022 MapForum ArticlesNapoleon’s Threatened Invasion of England A MAP intended to illustrate the threatened INVASION of ENGLAND by BONAPARTE. [2a, ob – 4a, ob] A…
mapforumMarch 2, 2022 MapForum ArticlesWilliam 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. …
Issue 4 MapForum Articles 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… mapforumFebruary 28, 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 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…
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 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 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… mapforumFebruary 8, 2022