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Mapping Drake headline image

Mapping Drake

This March 2023 article tells the tale of Sir Francis Drake’s journey around the world, with an emphasis on how his circumnavigation voyage was reflected on maps over the centuries.

Mapping Magellan headline image

Mapping Magellan

This January 2023 article retraces the route of Ferdinand Magellan’s extraordinary circumnavigation of the world, identifying maps that showcase the places that were discovered along the way.

Theodore de Bry's Grands Voyages Part I Inventory headline image

Theodore de Bry's Grands Voyages Part I Inventory

This March 2021 article is by guest contributor Luke Vavra, former map dealer and specialist in Virginia material. This is the fourth in a four-part series about Part I of Theodore de Bry's "India Occidentalis" (America). This fourth article discusses the current inventory of existing volumes of "Grands Voyages."

Theodore de Bry's Pict Plates from Grands Voyages Part I headline image

Theodore de Bry's Pict Plates from Grands Voyages Part I

This March 2021 article is by guest contributor Luke Vavra, former map dealer and specialist in Virginia material. This is the third in a four-part series about the engravings in Part I of Theodore de Bry's "India Occidentalis" (America). This third article discusses the Pict plates in Part I, which depicted ancient Britons.

Theodore de Bry's Plates from Grands Voyages Part I headline image

Theodore de Bry's Plates from Grands Voyages Part I

This February 2021 article is by guest contributor Luke Vavra, former map dealer and specialist in Virginia material. This is the second in a four-part series about the engravings in Part I of Theodore de Bry's "India Occidentalis" (America). This second article discusses the plates in Part I, including the title page, the dedication, the Virginia map, and the Algonquian series, with particular attention to the Kiwasa plate.

Theodore de Bry's Adam & Eve Engraving from Grands Voyages headline image

Theodore de Bry's Adam & Eve Engraving from Grands Voyages

This January 2021 article is by guest contributor Luke Vavra, former map dealer and specialist in Virginia material. This is the first in a four-part series about the engravings in Part I of Theodore de Bry's "India Occidentalis" (America). This first article concerns the first engraving in Part I - that of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

The Mapmakers Who Made the 16th Century headline image

The Mapmakers Who Made the 16th Century

Read our March 2020 newsletter featuring an article about "The Mapmakers Who Made the 16th Century," which gives an overview of some of the most important cartographers of the 1500s and their most iconic maps. Also in this newsletter is a list of free online resources that offer cartographic content to help you expand your worldview while staying safely at home.

Auction Trends in 2017 & Braun & Hogenberg headline image

Auction Trends in 2017 & Braun & Hogenberg

This December 2017 newsletter features two articles. The first gives an overview of the auction market for antique maps in 2017, with some interesting insights about the big winners and losers. The second article discusses Braun & Hogenberg and their incredible town book, "Civitates Orbis Terrarum."

Three "Old-School" Dealers & a Book Summary on Abraham Ortelius headline image

Three "Old-School" Dealers & a Book Summary on Abraham Ortelius

This May 2016 newsletter features an article about 3 "old school" dealers: Luke Vavra of Cartographic Arts, Jonathan Potter of Jonathan Potter Ltd., and Steve Luck of Tooley Adams & Co.Find out how the map business has changed over the last 40 years and what their thoughts are on the future. Also included is a book summary of "Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) Life, Works, Sources, and Friends" by Marcel van den Broecke.

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