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Resources to Learn More About Maps

What really drives us is our interest in maps and our curiosity about the stories that lie behind them.

Neatline has developed our trademark descriptions, which are some of the most in-depth studies of individual maps that you will find on the market. Moreover, we are dedicated to sharing our knowledge, and making sure that our material and insight reaches far beyond our customers. We want the world to appreciate what maps tell us about ourselves.

Educators or dealers?

We invite you to explore some of our educational materials below: watch some our videos, surf through our cartographers index, or sit back and take the time to read some of the exciting descriptions we have provided for our best maps. Neatline’s trademark descriptions do not just describe, they elucidate the maps’ historical context and explain why they are important historical documents.

For educators who are interested in incorporating maps and cartography into their teaching, or who wish to learn more about how maps can be integrated as great educational tools, please feel free to reach out to us. We are always open to new and inspiring collaborations.

Neatline is headed to Milan

The sixth edition of the Milano Map Fair will be held on January 20th, 2018 at Hotel Michelangelo in Milan. We […]

The Niger River

World maps display the surface of a sphere on a flat surface, necessarily introducing distortion. In the Mercator projection, named […]

The Great Trigonometrical Survey

Before orbital satellites, mapping large areas was a difficult task. At sea, after the problem of calculating longitude had been […]

Faden/Roberts

The “Legendary lost chart of Captain Cook.” Featured map: 1784 Roberts/Faden – Chart of the N. W. Coast of America […]

Longitude

In this era of smart phones and wireless connectivity, we know where things are (at least in a global sense). […]

1877 View of San Francisco

A detailed look at some of the features found on an 1877 bird’s-eye-view of San Francisco. Featured map: 1877 Philo […]

1541 world map by L. Fries

Topics include: the Mountains of the Moon, Greenland as a peninsula, and the ‘Dragon Tail’ model of the Malay Peninsula. […]

Faden/Roberts

The “Legendary lost chart of Captain Cook.” Featured map: 1784 Roberts/Faden – Chart of the N. W. Coast of America […]

Wackenreuder

A quick look at an 1861 first-edition of Wackenreuder’s seminal map of San Francisco. Featured map: SOLD: 1861 Wackenreuder – […]

Ortelius Japan

A quick look at Ortelius’s map of Japan and the myth of Korea as an Island. Featured maps: SOLD: 1630 […]