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The Rumsey Collection’s Augmented Reality Globe App

Apr 12 2018 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  antique maps astronomy augmented reality celestial maps ios


314 Rare Books and Maps Stolen from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Apr 03 2018 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  antique maps libraries map thefts pittsburgh


‘Art of the Spheres’ at the Osher Map Library

Mar 31 2018 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  antique maps astronomy exhibitions libraries osher


The Boston Globe on ‘Breathing Room’

Mar 30 2018 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  antique maps boston boston globe bpl cities


Breathing Room: Mapping Boston’s Green Spaces

Mar 26 2018 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  antique maps boston bpl cities exhibitions


Globes Exhibit in Abu Dhabi

Mar 22 2018 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  abu dhabi antique maps exhibitions globes uae


Van Duzer Assesses Urbano Monte’s Work

Mar 19 2018 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  1500s antique maps planisphere rumsey urbano monte


Ogilby’s Britannia

Mar 19 2018 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  1600s antique maps john ogilby uk


The Rise and Fall of the Thomas Guide

Mar 10 2018 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  antique maps cities los angeles travel


Helen Wallis

Mar 08 2018 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  antique maps british library libraries


The Chiswick Timeline

Feb 23 2018 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  antique maps art chiswick cities london


Connecting Texas: Map Exhibition in San Antonio

Feb 20 2018 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  antique maps exhibitions texas


Family’s Maps Exhibited in Fort Lauderdale

Jan 26 2018 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  antique maps exhibitions


Seymour Schwartz at 90

Jan 22 2018 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  antique maps collecting seymour schwartz


More on Two Books About Nonexistent Places

Jan 22 2018 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  antique maps books map errors phantom islands


Urbano Monte’s 1587 World Map, Digitally Assembled

Jan 18 2018 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  1500s antique maps planisphere rumsey urbano monte


Alex Clausen and the Fake Waldseemüller Globe Gores

Jan 11 2018 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  1500s antique maps auctions collecting forgeries


How Ptolemy’s Geography Helped Get a Man Burned at the Stake

Jan 10 2018 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  1500s antique maps ptolemy


Book Roundup for January 2018

Jan 09 2018 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  antique maps audio books maryland podcast


The Texas Restorers Who Examined the Fake Globe Gores

Jan 04 2018 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  1500s antique maps auctions collecting conservation



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