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Homes & Antiques Magazine, February 2019

January 30, 2019by themaphouse

A fine selection of our sumptuous star maps are featured in this February’s Homes & Antiques Magazine, in their Look to the stars edit, full of stargazing-inspired pieces great for […]

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“The Greatest Explorer that Never Was” – Geographical Magazine, December 2018

November 22, 2018by themaphouse

The Map House features in the December issue of Geographical, Magazine of The Royal Geographical Society, a 5-page Explorers feature by Charles Roberts on George Melville Boynton, the late 19th Century explorer, occasional mapmaker and […]

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“Antarctic Sanctuary: Weddell Sea Quest” Al Jazeera at The Map House

April 20, 2018by themaphouse

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 […]

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Features, Press

“The Fall of the Roman Empire” – BBC Wales / S4C

January 11, 2018by themaphouse

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”. […]

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Features, Interviews, Press

BBC This Week with Sajjan Gohel

June 16, 2017by themaphouse Leave a comment

We were recently joined by the BBC’s This Week programme for filming in our galleries. In a personal film, Sajjan Gohel discusses security and terrorism just days after the shocking […]

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Passports: The One Show, with John Simpson

March 28, 2017by themaphouse

BBC’s The One Show visited The Map House for a spot of filming in our galleries to discuss the history of the passport with foreign correspondent and world affairs editor of […]

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Features, Press

Blaeu’s of Brazil

December 16, 2016by themaphouse Leave a comment

These maps impressively detail the Dutch possessions in Brazil.  Whilst these colonies were short lived – only existing from 1630 until 1661 – they are powerful in promoting the colony […]

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Collections, Features

Country Life: Gentleman’s Life Issue. Autumn 2016

November 22, 2016by themaphouse Leave a comment

Some of our beautiful globes and scientific instruments, as well as an impressive map of the British Empire feature in this season’s Country Life Magazine, Gentleman’s Life Issue. Thank you […]

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Features, Globes, Press

Artist & Empire: (EN)COUNTERING COLONIAL LEGACIES

November 12, 2016by themaphouse Leave a comment

The National Gallery of Singapore is currently exhibiting Tate Britain’s exquisite collection Artist & Empire. We are proud to have our map of the British Empire by Sir Walter Crane included […]

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Exhibitions & Events, Features, Press

London’s Secret Emporiums

May 19, 2016by themaphouse Leave a comment

We are featured in this month’s Platinum Edition of The Resident Magazine, Kensington and Chelsea’s premier local lifestyle magazine in an article written by Rachel Mantock. If you would like […]

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For over a century, The Map House has specialized in collecting fine cartographic material. Whether you are planning a visit to our Knightsbridge gallery or are curious about antique maps and prints more generally, we welcome your interest.

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Mappy Saturday! A special selection of conflict pictorial maps featured in our book "War Map" have JUST been added to our inventory. . "War Map" by director Philip Curtis and Jakob Søndergård Pedersen is a gloriously illustrated record of global conflict in the first half of the 20th Century. Presenting pictorial maps and caricatures from the Second Boer War (1889-1902) up to the Korean War (1950-53) exploring the fascinating and often forgotten stories behind these iconic images. Published by The Map House in 2016. To see the collection visit themaphouse.com and click "Recent Acquisitions". To order the book mail maps@themaphouse.com or click link in bio for Amazon. 📧🙂 Better still come in and see them with your own eyes, we are open 10:30am - 5pm today. #raremaps #caricature #themaphouse #warmap #conflictmaps #design #iconic #pictorialmaps #rare #gallery #graphicdesign #illustration #history #mapping #geography #propaganda #WWI #WWII
Whenever and wherever you spend your Valentine's or Palentine's, we hope that you have a great day ❤... just like these fellows on Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg's city plans of London (1574), Granada (c.1590) and Paris (1572). Where would you go with your best friend? Answers on a postcard (well, in the comments) and we will pick at random a Braun & Hogenberg view to post of one of your favourite destinations 🗺📍 #raremaps #antiquemaps #valentines #palentines #galentines #love #lovemaps #travelbuddy #destination #wanderlust #citymaps #mapping #friendshipgoals
Another busy day on Beauchamp Place and a smashing new 20th Century display in the gallery window featuring; 👨‍🔧 Fritz Kahn's inventive 1926 poster "Man as an Industrial Palace", 🗺 cartographer George Bacon's circa 1909 map of the world showing the British Empire AND 🌌 gorgeous 1950's celestial poster by Lucien Boucher for Air France ( ...and some globes for good measure!) #antiquemaps #raremaps #explore #destination #europe #asia #america #africa #vintage #interiors #london #wanderlust #newyearnewmap #mapping #map #maps #mapa #gallery #globes #celestial #stars

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