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The Nearest Point of Heaven and Earth

August 3, 2018by themaphouse

From Olympus to Vesuvius, Everest to Kilimanjaro, mountains have held a powerful even intoxicating significance to every culture on earth. They have inspired poets, pilgrims and explorers alike and their […]

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Collections, Map of the Month, Prints

Maps of London & Beyond: Adam Dant at The Map House with TAG Fine Arts

May 17, 2018by themaphouse

In partnership with TAG Fine Arts, The Map House is delighted to announce that we will be exhibiting artist and cartographer, Adam Dant in our galleries to celebrate the release […]

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Collections, Exhibitions & Events

Finding Our Place in the Universe

May 17, 2018by themaphouse

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 […]

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Collections, Map of the Month

The Winning Post

February 6, 2018by themaphouse

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 […]

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Collections, Prints

Map of the Month: “When the bubble bursts”

November 27, 2017by themaphouse

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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Curiosities, Map of the Month

The Collecting of Nature

November 24, 2017by themaphouse

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 […]

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Collections, Curiosities, Prints

The Making of a Modern River

October 27, 2017by themaphouse

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 […]

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Collections, Prints

Maps of the Month

August 1, 2017by themaphouse

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 […]

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Collections, Map of the Month

Muggletonian Celestial Charts

May 27, 2017by themaphouse Leave a comment

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 […]

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Collections, Curiosities, Map of the Month

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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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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