Links
This page offers a handful of links to other websites of interest to New York Map Society members and other visitors to this site. For a more extensive listing, visit Tony Campbell's Map History/History of Cartography site.
New York Map Society Member websites
Las Encantadas: Human & Cartograhic History of the Galápagos Islands
The “Maps” page at member John Woram's http://www.galapagos.to/ website offers link to maps and charts of the islands from his personal collection and elsewhere.
NYC Streets: A Guide to Former Street Names in Manhattan
Member Gilbert Tauber's http://www.oldstreets.com/ will help you find the modern equivalent for streets mentioned in old sources, or seen on old maps. The site also includes information about old wharves, parks, public markets and some other urban features.
Occultation Maps for North America
Charlie Ridgeway's website at http://digitalmagic.i8.com/Astronomy/Occultations/ lists the asteroidal occultations that will be visible over North America, Central America and the Caribbean during the next month. Maps for each event show the path of the asteroid above the earth.
Vintage Maps
The Vintage World Antique Maps & Prints website is at http://www.vintagemaps.com. Here, online dealer Neil Street offers a selection of antique maps and prints, plus articles about collecting and conservation.
Watch This Space!
New York Map Society Members—If you have a website related to maps, let us know about it. We'll add a link here so that other members and guests will know about it too.
Map Dealers
George Glazer Gallery is located on Manhattan's upper east side, offering antique and vintage globes, maps and prints for sale on its web site. The site also features an online archive of sold items, Glossary of Globe Terms, Guide to Globe Makers and an Art of Collecting section with globe-related online exhibitions.
Now in its 31st year, map auction company Old World Auctions offers four cartographic-themed auctions each year, each with over 800 lots of fine maps and charts, globes, atlases and reference books. Based in Sedona, Arizona, the company has been a charter member of the International Antiquarian Mapsellers Association since that organization was founded in 2003.
Other websites of Interest
British Library
The Library's Map Collections form the national collection of cartographic materials. The Map Library provides access to maps, atlases and globes of all parts of the world dating back to the 15th century. Visit the Library's website at http://www.bl.uk/collections/maps.html to learn more.
Library of Congress
The Library's Geography and Map Division at http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/ has the largest and most comprehensive cartographic collection in the world, with over 5 million maps, 72,000 atlases, 6,000 reference works, over 500 globes and globe gores, and much more.
Map History/History of Cartography
Retired British Library Map Librarian Tony Campbell runs the Map History site at http://www.maphistory.info/index.html. The site forms part of the WWW-Virtual Library. It offers a non-commercial mixture of comment and tips (spread over about 100 pages) and many thousands of links to free sites. It is the work of one individual, who (as both author and webmaster) can make and implement decisions immediately.
David Rumsey Map Collection
The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection at http://www.davidrumsey.com has over 13,600 maps online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America maps and other cartographic materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented. Collection categories include antique atlas, globe, school geography, maritime chart, state, county, city, pocket, wall, childrens and manuscript maps. The collection can be used to study history, genealogy and family history.