Maps

London in the 18th Century
New Book Focuses on Historic First Detailed Map of 18th Century London
London in the 18th Century by Wallace Crawford Snowden, revised and edited by Marie Clayton, offers a full reproduction of pioneering cartographer John Rocque’s
WWII Operation Bigot map
Top Secret Omaha Beach Invasion Maps to Auction
Rare maps made for Operation Bigot in World War II go under the hammer today in Heritage Auctions' Arms & Armor auction.
Johann Baptist Homann. Sphaerarum Artificialium Typica Repraesentatio Novissime Adumbrata, Nuremberg, circa 1720.Double-page engraving of an armillary sphere and a matching pair of terrestrial and celestial globes.
Maps and Atlases: Five Rare Maps for Collectors
Highlights of Swann Galleries' Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books auction on December 9 include:
Union-drawn manuscript map of the area southwest of Alexandria, circa September 1861
Civil War Maps at Printed & Manuscript Americana Auction
A number of civil war maps go under the hammer at Swann Galleries tomorrow in its Printed & Manuscript Americana sale.
From The Story of the Glittering Plain
William Morris’s The Story of the Glittering Plain and Secunda Etas Mundi Map to Auction
The Kelmscott Press edition of William Morris’s The Story of the Glittering Plain, or the Land of Living Men is among the headliners in PBA Gallerie
Map of Scotland from Chronicle of the History of Britain by John Hardyng, England, 1457
New Exhibition Focuses on Secret Maps
The use of maps by governments as confidential tools of control is at the centre of a new exhibition at the British Library in London which also looks at mapping in
Central and Western Earthsea, for A Wizard of Earthsea, c.1967. Ink on paper.
The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin Explored in New Exhibition and Book
Ursula K Le Guin began writing each new story by drawing a map and
F. E. Gallup. Gallup's Map of Texas, Showing Oil and Gas Fields, Pipe Lines and Refineries
Maps of Texas: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Highlights from Heritage Auctions' Historical Manuscripts including Texana on August 8 include:
A Complete Map of All Under Heaven by Cao Junyi
The Sunderland Collection Acquires Cao Junyi’s A Complete Map of All Under Heaven
One of only three known surviving copies of A Complete Map of All Under Heaven by Cao Junyi (1644) has been acquired by The Sunderlan
Haasis & Lubrecht's The American Union Railroad Map Of The United States, British Possessions, West Indies, Mexico, And Central America
Maps & Atlases: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Highlights from Swann Galleries' Maps & Atlases, Natural Hi