James MacDougald believes he has rewritten Florida history and added further intrigue to the early story of the Tampa Bay area. St. Augustine, founded in 1565, is considered the first successful ...
Every month, Untapped Cities Insiders get to go behind-the-scenes at some of New York City’s most unique locations and meet the experts behind them. This week, Insiders got an in-depth look at the ...
Images: Courtesy of the Princeton University Library Department of Rare Books and Special Collections An exhibition of historic maps and rare books, focusing on 250 years of Pacific Ocean exploration ...
A “priceless” rare map of Australia that was understood to be lost forever has been discovered in an attic and returned to its permanent home. Unearthed in 2010 in storage in Sweden where it spent ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X E. Forbes Smiley III, a rare map dealer, was rewarded in federal court Wednesday for his ...
An exceptional exhibition of rare mountain maps opens Friday at the Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum in Golden. Titled “On High, the Cartography of Topography,” the exhibition is drawn ...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A man who admitted stealing rare and valuable old maps from libraries has been sentenced to five years in a Connecticut prison. E. Forbes Smiley III, 50, of Chilmark, Mass., will ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Antique maps and atlases are certainly a niche collectible, but are gaining in popularity, according to Crouch, a London-based ...