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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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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

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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Happy #EarthDay 🌍 Extraordinary 18 inch terrestrial relief #globe produced by Jörn Seebert in c.1959.
Happy St Patrick's day to all of our Irish followers! In celebration we present this stylish original 1950s British Railways poster of Dublin. "Travel there in comfort by rail and sea". Time for a quick weekend getaway I think... #stpatricksday #dublin #railwayposter #travelposter #vintage
In honour of all the overlooked and unrecorded female mapmakers, we present the FIRST maps of Africa and the Americas signed by, and attributed to, a woman! Anne Seile published these maps in 1663, only a year after her husband Henry died. Remarkably for the period, Anne had Henry's maps reengraved to add her own name in place of his. #womenshistorymonth #antique #maps #internationalwomensday

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