David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
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The David Rumsey Collection includes 18th and 19th century historical North and South American atlases, globes, school geographies, maritime charts, and separate maps including wall, pocket, and manuscript.
- Based in United States of America
- Roughly three posts per year
- First post on
Posts per year
Year starting | Posts |
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2019 | 3 |
2020 | 5 |
2021 | 2 |
2022 | 3 |
2023 | 4 |
2024 | 0 |
Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.
Most recent posts
Over the past 20 years, I have featured these maps and images to rotate on my home page. They represent the growing depth and breadth of the collection.
Documentary – 90 minutes – 2023 David Rumsey has spent the last 30 years building one of the biggest historical map collections in the world. He calls it his poem. As seen through the eyes …
David Rumsey is one of the most important map collectors of the last half century. He has thought deeply about the importance the history of cartography and has brought together a collection that spans the …