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  • March 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. …
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    • March 4, 2022

    MapForum ArticlesThe Italian “Island of Matrimony”

      LE NOBLE.CARTA / TOPOGRAFICA / DELL’ISOLA / DEL MARITAGGIO / DI MONSIEUR LE NOBLE / PER LA PRIMA…
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      • March 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…
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        • March 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
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          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…
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            • February 28, 2022
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            • 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 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 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
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                    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…
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                      • February 8, 2022

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