Antique Maps Information & News

Antique maps are generally classed as those maps printed more than 100 years ago. Antique maps and old antiquarian map prints can make a unique gift for a special occasion such as a wedding, birthday, retirement or at Christmas, and make interesting and unusual decorative items for the home or office. Original antique maps dating fromaround the fifteenth century onwards are not only found in history museums, but can also be bought and collected for pleasure and investment. We offer resources and collector tops to help you find some of the best original antique maps, charts, engravings, globes and map prints available. Many of the antique maps that have survived were originally produced for atlases and antiquarian travel guides and travel books for geography scholars and ancient travellers. You can browse and purchase antique prints such as historical atlases, books and antiquarian maps. Antique maps are not only beautiful works of art but the historical information contained in these maps make them direct sources for education and research into world history, battles and ancient peoples; local history such as town plans through the ages as well as family history and genealogy. This is a great site for information and advice on collecting antique maps.

Public Boat Auction Planned During 3rd Annual Palm Beach Marine Flea Market and Seafood Festival

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The February 12 auction of boats, vehicles and watercraft is one of the top highlights scheduled for the 3rd Annual Palm Beach Marine Flea Market and ...

Gallup Map finds a new path in a GPS world

In hindsight, Patrick Carroll thinks a city bus crashing through the back wall of his downtown store in 2004 probably saved his century-old Gallup Map Co. from extinction, and it wasn't because of a big payout. Because the caved-in back wall exposed the building to robbers and rain, Carroll had to clear out the attic.

Dallas Metro Antique Postcard & Paper Americana Show and Sale Hits Plano, TX

Organizers are anticipating hundreds of attendees for the Spring Dallas Metro Antique Postcard & Paper Americana Show and Sale in Plano, TX, March 2, 3. This is the 2012 Edition of the Dallas Metro Postcard Club Spring Show and Sale, produced with the club by CourthouseSquare.net.Plano, TX (PRWEB) February 02, 2012 Organizers are anticipating hundreds of attendees over a two-day period when the ...

Antique atlases to be exhibited in Miami

Miami International Map Fair is an annual event showcasing antique maps, rare books, panoramas and atlases.

Antique Postcard and Paper Americana Show Comes to Springfield, MO

Buyers and sellers from seven states bring nearly a million antique postcards for sale at the Postcard and Paper Americana show in Springfield, Mo.(PRWEB) January 29, 2012 Organizers are anticipating hundreds of attendees over a two-day period when the Springfield, Spring Antique Postcard & Paper Americana Show and Sale hits Springfield, Mo., Friday and Saturday, February 24-25. This is the 18th ...

Historic maps on display, for sale at Map Fair

Map buffs can add to their collections at the 19th annual Miami International Map Fair.

Papermania Plus Lures Many Book Hounds And Paper-Chasers To Its 61st Show

:Papermania Plus, considered the largest event of its kind in the Northeast, conducted its 61st edition, devoting two days to antique paper, ephemera and collectibles on January 7–8 at the Hartford XL Center. "We had a great opening.

Antique mapping

There is a dealer of Afghan carpets in Mumbai who would invite affluent ladies home for biryani. While they would be walking around the house with their heaped plates, he would remark, “Be careful about spilling it.” The ladies would automatically look down on the floor, which would conveniently be strewn with his wares. Exclamations of admiration would follow, and by the time lunch was over, he ...

The Golden Age of travel

That era of genteel exploration comes alive in “Journeys Through the Mediterranean,’’ a fun and informative exhibit at Grand Circle Gallery in Bostonm using vintage maps, posters, pocket guidebooks and artifacts to evoke the Golden Age of Travel.

Nashville Antiques Week site taking off

Over the past last 31 years, Nashville has blossomed into an antique buyers center. NASHVILLE, TN.- When NashvilleAntiquesWeek.com launched in November 2011 as the destination site for the antiques shows and happenings that make Nashville the place to be the first week in February, not even the site’s co-founders expected it catch on as quickly as it has.