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All things 'rare maps'. Here we focus on different aspects of antique maps that cannot otherwise be addressed through our category system or product listings.

Animals Take Over the Map: Baloghné Hajós Terézia and the Art of Teaching Through Cartography

Baloghné Hajós Terézia, Pioneering Hungarian Educator Teaching Through Cartography

Enormous animals turn geography into discovery in the pictorial maps of Hungarian educator Baloghné Hajós Terézia. Explore how her remarkable animal maps and zoological atlas brought wildlife into the classroom, combining natural history, bold illustration, and cartography to spark curiosity about the world.

Kevin J. Brown — September 28, 2026

Hysterical Maps of the Lindgren Brothers: A Cartobibliography

An Evolving Cartobibliography

Geographicus Rare Antique Maps cartobibliography of the Lindgren Brothers Hysterical Map Series, cataloging their map output from roughly 1932 - 1950.

Kevin J. Brown — July 02, 2025

Mapmaker in Focus: Edward Spofford, inventor of the Supervue

Forgotten 20th Century Viewmaker

How aerial photography inspired a new kind of bird's-eye view.

Kevin Brown — January 07, 2025

Gordon-Michael Scallion's Doomsday Maps

Using cartography to push prophecy.

How Gordon-Michael Scallion used cartography and psudo-science to promote his prophetic doomsday visions.

Kevin J. Brown — January 16, 2024

W. H. Whitney Maps of Railroad Cities

A Little-known Series of Important Early Maps of Western American Railroad Cities.

J. H. Whitney issued a his railroad maps between 1888 and 1890. They are rare and little known, but represent some of the earliest and most important maps of their respective subjects: Salt Lake City, Pueblo, Trinidad, Portland, Seattle, Port Townsend, Astoria, Spokane, Bellingham Bay.

Kevin Brown — January 10, 2023

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