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Geographicus Rare & Antique Map Blog

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The Geographicus Rare & Antique Map blog discusses antique maps, their history, and the antique map trade. It is an extension of www.geographicus.com.

• Added on: May 12th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Kevin Brown
• Listed in: Art History Antiques
• Tags: history maps antique map cartography old map rare map

Recent Posts

• The Arrow Points North: Directional Orientation in Antiquarian Cartography

  Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 18:19 in world, claudius ptolemy, questions about rare maps, rare & antique maps, japanese maps, mercator projection

  A regular reader of this blog (thank you) suggested I write on the topic of directional orientation in maps. Why are most maps oriented to the north? How did this practice originate? Is it necessary? Is it universal? The concept of a consistent ...

• HOLIDAY: Antique Maps are an Ideal Hanukkah and Christmas Gift

  Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 09:50 in gift, holiday posts, christmas gift, holiday gift guide, rare & antique maps, hanukkah gift

  With the holiday season fast approaching the subject of gift-giving is increasingly in everyone’s mind. Most have that impossible-to-buy-for relative, friend, or colleague for whom an authentic antique map is the ideal gift. Rare and antique ...

• Cibola: A Tale of Estebanico, Coronodo, and the Seven Cities of Gold

  Posted on Monday September 28th, 2009 at 16:15 in new mexico, southwest, North America, coronado, western u.s., cibola, antilla, mysterious destinations, lost cities of gold, apocryphal places, rare & antique maps, estebanico

  Cibola is circled in red. About a week ago a client told me she was from Cibola. Now, as a map dealer, Cibola I am well aware of. It appears on most early maps of the American southwest. It was sought after by Coronado, Marcos, and other early con...

• The Mountains of the Moon and the Sources of the Nile

  Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 10:03 in africa, simian, blue nile, white nile, claudius ptolemy, mountains of the moon, sources of the nile, rare & antique maps, mysterious destinations, lakes of the nile, rwenzori

  The Mountains of the Moon are one of the most consistent and enduring apocryphal elements in the history of cartography. Cartographers mapped the Mountains of the Moon and two or three associated lakes as the source of the Nile River from the 14th t...

• The Mountains of the Moon and the Sources of the Nile

  Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 10:03 in africa, simian, blue nile, white nile, claudius ptolemy, mountains of the moon, sources of the nile, mysterious destinations, lakes of the nile, rwenzori, rare & antique maps

  The Mountains of the Moon are one of the most consistent and enduring apocryphal elements in the history of cartography. Cartographers mapped the Mountains of the Moon and two or three associated lakes as the source of the Nile River from the 14th t...

• Liakhov: The Ivory Islands of the Russian Arctic

  Posted on Wednesday August 26th, 2009 at 11:20 in arctic, asia, rare & antique maps, ivan liakhov, ivory islands, liakhov, lyakhov, lyakhovsky, new siberia islands

  Post from: Geographicus Rare & Antique Map Blog by Kevin Brown.Geographicus Rare & Antique MapsLiakhov: The Ivory Islands of the Russian Arctic...

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