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A lecture by Harold White Fellow, Christa Knellwolf, at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, August, 2002

Antique Maps of New York. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of New York and New York City from the 17th to the 19th century.

Antique Maps of the West Indies & Caribbean. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of the West Indies, the Antilles, and the Caribbean from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

From a 25,000-square -foot Romanesque mansion to the largest residential library in Kentucky, here are nine must-visit historic places in Kentucky.

ALTHOUGH a medieval Market Cross stood in Cardigan’s High Street at the top of St Mary Street for six hundred years, the only previous clue to its…

    1 : 2000000 Description This is a beautiful strike of Gerhard Mercators map of Iceland, included by Jodocus Hondius and his heirs in their Atlas sive Cosmographicae. It is the second map of Iceland to appear in a modern atlas, and the second map overall of Iceland based on data originating from an Icelander, placing it among the first accurate maps of the island. Mercators map first appeared in 1595, only five years after Abraham Ortelius famous map; both maps shared the same ultimate ...

THE various locales of Hampshire have been explored in a new book that delves into the history of the wonderful county. 50 Gems gems of Hampshire by Peter Kilby contains insightful and intriguing information about the quieter areas of the county as well as its major conurbations. The following is a small taste of what the new book offers:   Southampton Common Southampton Common is one of the best-known open spaces within the environs of the city, comparable with the city parks and vast...

Last modified on Mon 3 May 2021 13.02 EDT Resting on gingham cloth, a sugar-crusted apple pie cools on the window sill of a midwestern farmhouse. Nothing could be more American. Officially American. The Department of Defense once featured the pie in an online collection of American symbols, alongside Uncle Sam and cowboys. Not that apples are particularly American. Apples were first domesticated in central Asia, making the journey along the Silk Road to the Mediterranean four thousand years ago...

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  1654 (undated)         1 : 70000 Description This is a classic 17th-century map Dutch of Bermuda, printed by Jan Jansson in 1654 and here in an original color example from the collection of the illustrious map collector, dealer, and scholar Kenneth Nebenzahl. Actually engraved by Janssons brother-in-law Henricus Hondius, this map was based on Richard Norwood’s chart produced in 1618 for the Bermuda Company. Norwoods chart provides the primary depiction of the island available for ...