The Extraordinary Life of George Melville Boynton
This unusual, and possibly unique, 1908 map of South America is a superb relic of the Heroic Age. It is a recruitment poster for “The Discovery Darkest America Expedition”, a […]
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Finding Our Place in the Universe
The story of early mapmaking has always been about the conflict between innate beliefs and empirical evidence. The accuracy of maps was frequently distorted by partial, contradictory and misunderstood geographical […]
Military Map of Zulu Land
Published during the Anglo-Zulu War, this superb map is a rare surviving 19th century campaign map that was actually used by officers in the field during the war. Printed by […]
“Antarctic Sanctuary: Weddell Sea Quest” Al Jazeera at The Map House
In April we welcomed Al Jazeera to The Map House to film part of a documentary in their award-winning Earthrise series and with Greenpeace. Presenter Nick Clark and cameraman Ben […]
The Winning Post
The ‘Sport of Kings’ was first brought to Great Britain by the Romans. Originally a spectacle for the public, racing continued as a largely private event for centuries after the […]
“The Fall of the Roman Empire” – BBC Wales / S4C
We opened our galleries to the film crew of Juniper Television for S4C / BBC Wales where they shot an episode for the T. V. documentary series “How Empires Fall”. […]
Map of the Month: “When the bubble bursts”
This month’s “Map of the Month” feature discusses the role of speculation and map-making in the Mississippi Bubble of 1720.
The Collecting of Nature
In Antiquity, amidst the musings of Aristotle on the nature of Man and Man’s physical, intellectual and spiritual relationship with Nature, the study of Natural History was born and the […]
The Making of a Modern River
At the beginning of the 19th century the Thames River was much as it had always been – erratic, unruly and navigationally difficult with waters of changeable quality. The port […]
Maps of the Month
One of the privileges of working in The Map House with such a large collection of antique maps is the ability to compare different printings of the same map and […]
