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, […]
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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 […]
Map of the Month
This particular entry into our blog is entitled “The Southern Countries of India from Madrass to Cape Comorin, describing the Routes of The Armies of Colonels Fullarton and Humberston during […]
Map Of The Month
Jumping forward in time, our offering this month is an important piece of map-making in the annals of oil discovery and production in the 20th century: “Geologic Map of the […]
Map of the Month
On this occasion, we present a glorious sea chart of the Philippines with many aspects of interest, including not one but two treasure ships. “A Chart of the China Sea […]
Map of the Month
This entry into our blog showcases a region which, to the Victorians, was a land of exoticism and mystery.. Map of the Burmese Empire, published by James Wyld in 1886 […]
Map of the Month
This month’s entry to Map of the Month, “Map of Exploration and Surveys in New Mexico and Utah”, by Captain John N. Macomb was published in 1864 and details the […]
Map of the Month
Londinum Feracissimi Angliae Regni Metropolis This June we were lucky to have acquired a Braun & Hogenburg of London in original colour. If you are interested in the history […]
