When a savvy book dealer bought an atlas that Queen Mary I of England once owned, they weren't expecting to find the first ...
Every month, Untapped Cities Insiders get to go behind-the-scenes at some of New York City’s most unique locations and meet the experts behind them. This week, Insiders got an in-depth look at the ...
The map seemed to be an unbelievable find, an unknown fifth original of the rarest of documents, a vision of the world, circa 1507, by famed German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller. It features 12 ...
An "extremely rare" Tudor map of a Devon town will go on display after more than 400 years in private hands. The South West Heritage Trust said the hand-drawn 1586 map of Kingsbridge would go on ...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. The rare maps E. Forbes Smiley III admitted stealing had been carefully preserved for centuries, providing a glimpse of how past generations saw the new world unfolding long before ...