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March 18, 2011 - 1,634 New Maps Added
The series is known as the KDR-100 (German General Staff map). The mapping continued until 1945, so most sheets were revised at least once. Our collection copies strongly trends toward the earliest editions. Read full article
Karte des Deutschen Reiches 1893 (Map of the German Empire)
The series is known as the KDR-100 (German General Staff map) and was surveyed beginning in 1878, although many sheets were simply drawn from pre-existing military maps, often of larger (more detailed) scale. This map series is remarkable for the level of fine detail. As a consequence, it was scanned at 800 PPI providing four times the resolution of the typical detailed map scan of 400 PPI. Read full article
First Atlas of Russia, Published in 1745
Petersburg, 1741: Finskoi z ot Kronshtata do Sanktpeterburga, 1741 And a plan of Moscow from 1739: Plan Imperatorskago Stolichnago goroda Moskvy, 1739 A map of the Caspian Sea from 1728: Maris Caspii Littori occidentali inter Fluviorum Wolgae et Kur Ostia, 1728 We have created 2 composite images, 1 of the 13 maps of European Russia and 1 of the 6 maps of Asiatic Russia or Siberia. Read full article
David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford Library
It houses the entire David Rumsey Map Collection as well as a growing number of other collections:the Glen McLaughlin Collection of maps of California as an Island, the Dr. Oscar I. Norwich Collection of Maps of Africa and over 10,000 antiquarian maps collected over the years by Stanford Special Collections. The Rumsey Map Center is open to the public on weekdays from 1-5pm and weekday mornings by appointment. The Center is used for research, teaching, lectures, conferences, and exhibitions. Read full article
August 1, 2008 - 1,038 New Maps Added
Abt. 2 of Dr. Karl von Spruner's Historisch-geographi scher Hand-Atlas. View Atlas Atlas National De La France, 1856 Levasseur, Victor, Paris 100 maps. This atlas is noteworthy for its beautiful illustrations in the borders of the maps. It was one of the last of the decorative map atlases of the 19th century, along with Tallis and Fullarton. Read full article
Largest Early World Map - Monte's 10 ft. Planisphere of 1587
Forward by Barry Lawrence Ruderman, Introduction by David Rumsey, Essay by Dr. Katherine Parker Monte's planisphere accompanies a multi volume geographical treatise on the world and cosmology. It is hoped that further research will better join the text in the treatise to the text and geographical descriptions on the map itself. Read full article
Coordinates Maps and Art Exhibit Opens at Stanford's David Rumsey Map Center
Martignoni, Isaac Frost, Sir David Brewster, and Stanfords own Dr. Rob Dunbar. In one instance, the art is meant to be taken. A stack piece known as Untitled 1992/1993 by Felix Gonzalez-Torres (pictured below on the right), will be placed one on top of another in a stack, welcoming interaction with the art and inviting visitors to take a piece and reinterpret the piece in their own environments. Read full article
March 13, 2012 - 1,596 New Maps Added
Inside dust jacket's back cover: short biography of Dr. Edwin Raisz, Photo by Bacharch. Raisz perfected a unique style of hand drawn cartography that was a great contribution to 20th century cartography. More information about him may be found at www. raiszmaps.com. Maps in color. With paper dust jacket. Read full article
June 24, 2012 - 1,828 New Maps Added
Each map is titled "Ethnographic Map of (Continent) In the Earliest Times Illustrative of Dr. Prichard's Natural History of Man and His Researches into the Physical History of Mankind. Second Edition, 1861." Sheets loose. View Maps Mitchell's New Atlas Of The United States And Territories, Together With Plans Of The Principal Cities. Read full article
August 19, 2013 - 5,359 New Maps Added
With vi, 9, pages of contents, forward by Dr. von Neumayer, Die Direktion der Deutschen Seewarte, and explanatory remarks to the individual maps. Read full article
February 11, 2013 - 2,745 New Maps Added
View Guides Karte der Schweiz, von Dr. I. Woerl. Lithographie von B. Herder in Freiburg im Breisgau, 1835 Woerl, Joseph Edmund; Herder, Bartholomew, Freiburg im Breisgau This little-known map of Switzerland by Joseph Edmund Woerl is an important record of the Swiss road network in the early 19th century. It is also an outstanding example of early lithographic map printing. Read full article
Online Rumsey Maps Reach 105,000. Part Two - 2017 Additions
Laender- und Staatenkunde von Dr. E. Eder. Darmstadt, 1860. Verlag von Jonghaus & Venator's Kartogr[aphisch].-artist[ischen]. Anstalt. 1860. Martignoni, Girolamo Andrea; Tasniere, Barth. Joseph, Rome Looseleaf color atlas with accompanying text sheets, all in unbound original publisher's parts/sections. Relief depicted with hachures. Atlas was conceived of and initiated by Georg Leonhart Bauerkeller beginning in 1844 by subscription. Read full article