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August 19, 2013 - 5,359 New Maps Added 17 Aug 2013 | 10:35 pm
5,359 new maps and images have been added to the David Rumsey Map Collection, bringing the online collection to 42,725 maps and related images. Highlights in this addition are Rizzi Zannoni's 1808 Atl...
DPLA Announces Partnership with Rumsey Map Collection 2 May 2013 | 01:19 am
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is partnering with the David Rumsey Map Collection to provide online access to tens of thousands of significant historical maps and images. As part of the ...
February 11, 2013 - 2,745 New Maps Added 1 Feb 2013 | 02:24 am
2,745 new maps and images have been added to the David Rumsey Map Collection, bringing the online collection to 37,365 maps and related images. Highlights in this addition are Cruz Cano's large wall m...
PBS NewsHour Story links Apple, Google, and Historical Maps 1 Nov 2012 | 10:07 pm
The October 31, 2012 edition of the PBS NewsHour has a story by Spencer Michels on the competition between Apple and Google map services, and included an interview with David Rumsey on the "cartograph...
September 23, 2012 - 2,174 New Maps Added 16 Sep 2012 | 03:56 am
2,174 new maps and images have been added to the David Rumsey Map Collection, bringing the online collection to 34,595 maps and images. Highlights in this addition are Arrowsmith's Large Maps of Europ...
Joshua Jelly-Shapiro on the Revolution in Cartography 25 Aug 2012 | 04:37 am
The September 2012 issue of Harper's Magazine has a very interesting article by Joshua Jelly-Shapiro titled "All Over The Map - A Revolution in Cartography." Jelly-Shapiro reviews two recent books, "M...
Mapping the Heavens in 1693 18 Aug 2012 | 03:24 am
Ignace Gaston Pardies created a series of six beautiful star and constellation maps in the late 17th century. All six map plates join together to make a unified view of the Heavens as seen from the Ea...
Stanford Gives Howell Award to David Rumsey 10 Jul 2012 | 07:44 am
On May 18, 2012, David Rumsey received the Warren R. Howell Award from the Stanford University Libraries in recognition of his service to Stanford. Fine press printer Peter Koch designed a commemor...
June 24, 2012 - 1,828 New Maps Added 24 Jun 2012 | 08:52 am
1,828 new maps and images have been added to the David Rumsey Map Collection, bringing the online collection to 32,413 maps and images. Included in this addition are early Yosemite guide books; the Al...
Atlas for The Blind 1837 21 May 2012 | 09:29 am
The Atlas of the United States Printed for the Use of the Blind was published in 1837 for children at the New England Institute for the Education of the Blind in Boston. Without a drop of ink in the b...
