Jeroen BosJan 23, 2025

Antwerp! Lovely touristic map of the city of Antwerp in 1892 from the collections of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

What I appreciate, next to the map, are the vintage advertisements of Antwerp shops and restaurants. This one is from Ferd. Moris where you could find Asian objects like porcelain and bronzes.

#antwerpen #anvers #touristmap #cityplan #advertisement #asiatica #chineseporcelain #asianbronzes #vrijeuniversiteitamsterdam #mapcollection

SonjaAug 26, 2024
Neue Rezension veröffentlicht:
Es gibt neue Spielpläne für #ZugUmZug mit der #MapCollection Nr. 8
#Iberia +#Südkorea
Verlag: #daysofwonder / Vertrieb: @asmo_dee
Autor(en): Alan R. Moon
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Spieleranzahl: 2 – 5 Spieler
Dauer: 30 – 60 Minuten
https://brettspielpoesie.de/zug-um-zug-iberia-suedkorea-21695/
Zug um Zug – Iberia (+ Südkorea) - Brettspielpoesie

Fünf Jahre ist es mittlerweile her, dass die letzte Map Collection für Zug um Zug erschienen ist. In der achten Ausgabe ging es nach Italien und Japan. Seitdem sind weitere kleine Städteversionen erschienen und natürlich das grandiose Zug um Zug – Legenden des Westens. Daher überraschte mich die Ankündigung dieser neuen Erweiterung nun schon ein…

Brettspielpoesie
💧🌏 Greg CocksDec 21, 2023
The American Geographical Society Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-american-geographical-society-library-milwaukee-wisconsin <-- shared article
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https://americangeo.org/ <-- AGS home page
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[I enjoy being a member]
“Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection…
Within the campus University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is a geographer’s treasure trove: More than a million artifacts from the American Geographical Society, one of the most incredible collections of maps, atlases, and globes to be found anywhere in America.
It’s an inconspicuous home for such a storied collection: This is the final resting place of the library of the illustrious American Geographical Society…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #maplibrary #AmericanGeographicalSociety #AGS #artifacts #cartography #maps #cartographic #geography #geographer #atlas #atlases #globe #globes #library #collection #mapcollection
The American Geographical Society Library

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

Atlas Obscura
KaylinQApr 27, 2023

"The #DavidRumsey #MapCollection was founded in 1985 and went online in 1999 at davidrumsey.com. The collection includes over 200,000 rare 16th through 21st century maps of the entire World and parts of the Universe. 115,000 maps and related items are available online and 60,000 of those have been georeferenced.

https://archive.org/details/david-rumsey-map-collection?tab=collection

David Rumsey Map Collection

The David Rumsey Map Collection was founded in 1985 and went online in 1999 at davidrumsey.com. The collection includes over 200,000 rare 16th through 21st century maps of the entire World and parts of the Universe. 115,000 maps and related items are available online and 60,000 of those have been...