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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.
Recent Posts
The Arrow Points North: Directional Orientation in Antiquarian Cartography
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
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
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
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
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
Post from: Geographicus Rare & Antique Map Blog by Kevin Brown.Geographicus Rare & Antique MapsLiakhov: The Ivory Islands of the Russian Arctic...


DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT 1937 HISTOMAP OF EVOLUTION BY JOHN SPARKS?
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