On Maps
Metaphorical Maps Redux & Cold War Politics: th...
This is an astonishing map, in some ways about forty years out of its proper time. Light-hearted metaphorical* maps of Europe, so popular in the period 1854-1915, had all but...
Metaphorical Maps Redux & Cold War Politics: th...
This is an astonishing map, in some ways about forty years out of its proper time. Light-hearted metaphorical* maps of Europe, so popular in the period 1854-1915, had all but...
Kerry Lee, his dog Jim, and Dick Turpin on Hamp...
Now and again the internet brings surprises of the best possible kind. In an earlier blog post about pictorial maps of London I lamented that next to nothing had been...
Kerry Lee, his dog Jim, and Dick Turpin on Hamp...
Now and again the internet brings surprises of the best possible kind. In an earlier blog post about pictorial maps of London I lamented that next to nothing had been...
Napoleon's Abdications
This month is going to be all about Waterloo. I’m certainly expecting to see a healthy tranche of related material at this weekend’s London Map Fair. But I’m rather pleased...
Napoleon's Abdications
This month is going to be all about Waterloo. I’m certainly expecting to see a healthy tranche of related material at this weekend’s London Map Fair. But I’m rather pleased...
Provenance on maps: A Secret Map of Iwo Jima, N...
I’ve been writing about book provenance recently, but annotations on maps can be equally fascinating. Seventy years ago this map was used by a US artillery spotter during the battle...
Provenance on maps: A Secret Map of Iwo Jima, N...
I’ve been writing about book provenance recently, but annotations on maps can be equally fascinating. Seventy years ago this map was used by a US artillery spotter during the battle...
Unauthorised Mapping on the District Railway
I’m facing one of those conundrums which occur in the daily life of an antiquarian mapseller. A map I’ve never seen before, not described in any of the relevant bibliographical...
Unauthorised Mapping on the District Railway
I’m facing one of those conundrums which occur in the daily life of an antiquarian mapseller. A map I’ve never seen before, not described in any of the relevant bibliographical...
Campaign Kit for the Peninsula: Stockdale's Map...
Provenance is a much abused term, or at least it’s much misunderstood. After poring over a Speed county map in the shop people will often turn to me and ask...
Campaign Kit for the Peninsula: Stockdale's Map...
Provenance is a much abused term, or at least it’s much misunderstood. After poring over a Speed county map in the shop people will often turn to me and ask...