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myimaginarybrooklyn:Denizler Kitabevi Bookshop in Istanbul, specializing in antique maps and maritim

Hippo says hello!This map focuses on popular points for tourists, emphasizing Malawi’s beaches and b

This colorful map, A Chart of the History of Printing in Europe, by R. T. Aitchison, was printed in

These three plates were used to print USGS topographic maps of Rock Island. Each paper would have be

The images on these maps are gorgeous, with a great amount of attention paid to tiny details. The si

I really love the detail in London maps. The photo featuring the obelisk also shows a Halfway House,

If you’ve ever wondered how maps were printed, this is it! There are ink stains on the sides and bac

The Territory of Iowa was established on July 4, 1838. This map was published just two years later,

Just a few closeups of the Franklin Terrestrial globe in the Vine video a month or so ago. No catalo

We’re switching things up so that the content can keep on coming! Farewell to anniversaries, and hel

April 10, 1606: The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England

April 4, 1581: Queen Elizabeth I knighted Francis Drake aboard his ship, Golden Hind.I think there a

April 2, 1513: Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now Florida.By 1737,

March 23, 1806: Lewis and Clark began their journey home from the Pacific.We posted the map of their

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!Book: Inglis, Henry David. Ireland in 1834. A journey throughout Ireland, du

!!!!!!!! Happy Holidays from the Hevelin Collection !!!!!!!! Incinerations was a fanzine published

I love the cover illustration for the June 1937 of Unique Tales, a fanzine edited by Russell Leadabr

We recently digitised some illustrations from a cook book written around 1570 by Bartolomeo Scappi,

Three martially-themed heraldic shields: a trebuchet, battering rams, and a cannon.

One of Chef Louis’ interests relating to culinary history was the history of travel, so there are se

Details from an engraved title page. Images include a satyr, a pastor, and the personification of co

George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878) and Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827) were popular English caricaturists

Charles Atkinson, an Englishman born in 1756, wrote this travelogue about his adventures in other pa

This album is composed of photos of the Toshogu shrine located in Nikko, Japan.The shrine is notable

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