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.
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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 […]
Muggletonian Celestial Charts
A set of six of celestial charts demonstrating the Muggletonian sect’s geocentric astronomical theory, which adamantly refuted the Newtonian standpoint. The Muggletonians were an odd religious sect founded in the aftermath […]
Map of the Month
For this entry into our blog, our emphasis moves to Africa, highlighting a series of maps which illustrate one of the most enduring and important quests recorded in the annals […]
Map Of The Month
The focus of our Map of the Month this time is “A Description of East India Conteyning th’Empire of the Great Mogoll.”This is the first regional map of India in […]
Map of the Month
This exquisite piece, engraved by Adriaen Collaert and designed by Johannes Stradanus, was published in Florence c.1600. A tribute to Christopher Columbus, it praises his accomplishments and illustrates the 1492 endeavour to the New […]
Map Of the Month
This Map of the Month is a piece celebrated as one of the most important documents in the annals of European activity in the Far East. The “Nova Tabula Insularum Iavae, […]
The Plum-Pudding in Danger
Britain and France had been at war for twelve years when James Gillray created what is now considered to be his most notable caricature – The Plumb-Pudding in Danger; – […]
Map of the Month
The map featured on our blog today is a very complicated piece of cartography. It was first issued as a topographical folding map of the Balkan Peninsula; however, in 1878, […]
Map of the Month
The next map featured on our blog records one of the most remarkable archaeological expeditions ever undertaken. Its accomplishments changed the history of the printed word; in fact, these accomplishments […]
