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Category Archives: Curiosities

Nellie Bly, Game Changer

March 8, 2019by themaphouse

This International Women’s Day, we are celebrating a remarkable woman – pioneer of investigative journalism in America, rights activist and intrepid traveller, Elizabeth Jane Cochran (1864-1922), better known as Nellie […]

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Curiosities

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

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

Map of the Month

May 19, 2016by themaphouse Leave a comment

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 […]

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Curiosities, Map of the Month

The Plum-Pudding in Danger

December 24, 2015by themaphouse

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; – […]

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Curiosities, Map of the Month, Prints

The London International Map Fair 2015

June 22, 2015by themaphouse Leave a comment

On the 6th and 7th June, The Map House exhibited at the London International Map Fair. Held in the prestigious surroundings of the Royal Geographical Society in South Kensington, it is the largest […]

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Collections, Curiosities, Exhibitions & Events, Fairs

The Curious Case of Mary Tofts

April 2, 2015by themaphouse 1 Comment

In 1726, the strange tale of Mary Tofts, the so-called “Rabbit Breeder of Godalming”, both fascinated and appalled all levels of Georgian Society. There was undoubtedly an air of both […]

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Curiosities, Prints

Cocktails & Cartography – The Beauchamp Place Collective

November 12, 2014by themaphouse Leave a comment

A late night opening of The Map House as part of The Beauchamp Place Collective. ‘Cocktails & Cartography’ will showcase some of the finest pieces in our collection, with private tours led by […]

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Curiosities, Exhibitions & Events, Features

Tellurium

May 22, 2014by themaphouse Leave a comment

Late 19th Century Tellurium,  six legged cast iron stand and arm, brass reflector and candle holder, printed horizon ring,17in high by 23in long, Solar and lunar eclipses, and the succession […]

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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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