David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 …