A Quick Guide to Map Collecting

WHAT TO COLLECT?  This remains the big question for lovers of cartography.  Well here's a quick guide. Senior specialist Julian Wilson of Christies charts the map collector’s world, from the landmark 16th-century atlases published by Ortelius and Blaeu to Nasa’s psychedelic maps of the dark side of the moon. Illustrated with lots past and present offered at the auction house.

Subjects covered includes:

• The golden age of cartography: Ortelius and Blaeu
  Real rarities 
  Portolan atlases
  The appeal of the unusual, from Scotland to California
  The importance of provenance
  Affordable entry points for starting a collection
  Find alternative and unexpected areas to collect
  Visiting map fairs and map dealers to find out more about atlases and maps

Here's the link to GUIDE TO COLLECTING MAPS

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