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.…
Biography: John Rocque
John Rocque (properly Jean) was a French Huguenot émigré, one of four children (including three brothers), who seems…
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…
The 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…
Geography Bewitched! (Again)
Robert Dighton was a well known painter of portraits and caricatures, as well as decorative subjects, who is…
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…