Simultaneous with the production of folio atlases and geographies was the emergence of a "pocket" genre, often produced by the same cartographers or publishers (14, 15). This product was both portable and relatively inexpensive (12) in comparison to ...
The maps displayed on this wall are generally acknowledged to be cartographic treasures, as judged by conventional standards: they are old, rare, valuable, and historically important. They range in age from approximately 250 years (11) to more than 5...
This exhibition is about cartographic "treasures," which is to say maps and geography books which possess value. For most old items, that value is determined by beauty (1), rarity (2), or historical significance (3). Historians also value those works...
Five years ago the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education opened with an exhibition called Treasures of the Collection. The objects then on display were drawn from the library's two founding collections, formed by the late Lawr...
This exhibition was curated by Dr. Peter M. Enggass, Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography and Geology, Mt. Holyoke College, Yolanda Theunissen, and George S. Carhart. Valuable assistance was given by Dr. Harold L. Osher, Prof. Matthew H. Edney...
The copper printing plates used for maps generally had long lives, some remaining in use for many decades, or even centuries. Plates were edited or reworked by successive cartographers and printers as a matter of course. Some were sold or inherited, ...
The importance of a map to an historian or historical geographer lies not only in the information depicted graphically but also in the texts that frequently accompany maps. Such texts provide a variety of important evidence for understanding the past...
A "cartouche" is the frame used to highlight and emphasize pieces of text on a map. The text might be the map's title, its place and date of publication, the maker's name, a dedication, or some explanation of the map's features. As innately decorativ...
The use of illustrations on or with a map to commemorate an important event has long been common. One such example is this combined map and image by the Danckertses. The map was first published by Justus Danckerts in 1680; Justus's son, Cornelis Danc...
Towards the end of the 16th century, travel literature began to appear for readers who wished to "travel" without leaving home. Publishers were challenged to give their readers pictorial representations of cities that were both pleasing to the eye an...
