A collection of historic city maps is a great way to show a person’s interest in history and in how map making progressed through the ages. The maps can come from the era in which the city is depicted or they may simply be reproductions. The original maps sell for more money than the reproductions of course. A map of New York from 2001, produced just a few days before the attacks on the World Trade Center can fetch a high price, but many people look for older historical maps. Finding a map

The Nuremberg Chronicle was an illustrated history of the world that was first printed in the city of Nuremberg in 1493. Nearly 1500 copies were printed in Latin and another 1000 were printed in German. An unauthorized version was also published in Augsburg four years later. The book was compiled by the Nuremberg physician Hartmann Schedel.
The Nuremberg Chronicle relates the history of humanity as given by the Bible, and supplements that with the events following the birth of Christ up until the late Fifteenth Century.

North is up and east to the right. That is correct. Or is it? The famous “Blue Marble” photo taken from Apollo 17 was originally oriented with the North Pole at the bottom, Madagascar left of center and Africa to right. It was re-oriented to fit the conventional Northern Hemisphere views.

The original “Blue Marble” photo is a reversed map or a map that is oriented with the south at the top. Roman astronomer Ptolemy established the convention of north is up when he used it in his main work, “Geographia,” which contained all known world geography of the

Polar maps are enjoyable to collect and compare: Maps are available for all periods of time; however, the maps from the 18th and 19th centuries are particularly collectible. The hobby is unique in that wherever the world region, political boundaries do change over time: so collecting antiquarian maps and comparing them with contemporary maps of the same region is a history lesson in and of itself.

Too: different materials in way of paper lend to the hobby of polar map collecting; and map collecting in general.Is this new to you? Catch up here In example, a