One of the earliest and most important maps available to collectors of American maps, this is Laurent Fries's slightly reduced, and more decorative, version of Martin Waldseemüller's landmark map covering…
A short video essay looking at one of the earliest and most important maps available to collectors. Featured map: SOLD: 1541 Waldseemüller/Fries Tabula Terrae Novae [Christopher Columbus]
A comparison of plates 2 and 3 of Abraham Ortelius map of the Western Hemisphere: Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio. Featured maps: 1579 Ortelius - Americae sive Novi Orbis…
Transformations of Istanbul: from Byzantium to Constantinople, to the city we know today. Featured map: 1582 Braun & Hogenberg - Byzantium nunc Constantinopolis [old color]
A short video essay looking at Samuel Lewis's rare War of 1812 map. Featured map: A Correct Map of the United States, With The West Indies, from the best Authorities…
The last efforts of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad to attract customers from San Francisco. Featured map: SOLD: 1925 Edward Denny - Hiking map of Marin County [Northwestern Pacific Railroad]
We recently published a short video essay on the 1849 official map of San Francisco by William Eddy. Perhaps the most striking feature of this map is the so-called Lagoon…
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