A rare collection of engravings by cosmographer André Thevet is set to be auctioned in Paris on. The starting price is set at ...

Every month, Untapped Cities Insiders get to go behind-the-scenes at some of New York City’s most unique locations and meet the experts behind them. This week, Insiders got an in-depth look at the ...

The map seemed to be an unbelievable find, an unknown fifth original of the rarest of documents, a vision of the world, circa 1507, by famed German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller. It features 12 ...

James MacDougald believes he has rewritten Florida history and added further intrigue to the early story of the Tampa Bay area. St. Augustine, founded in 1565, is considered the first successful ...

SAN ANTONIO — History buffs and proud Texans will get to glimpse unique maps, focusing on the Lone Star State at the Briscoe Western Art Museum later this year. The museum is set to unveil "Going to ...

A “priceless” rare map of Australia that was understood to be lost forever has been discovered in an attic and returned to its permanent home. Unearthed in 2010 in storage in Sweden where it spent ...

A new exhibit, “Mapping Texas: From Frontier to the Lone Star State,” is on display at the Witte Museum, featuring more than 40 original maps and documents from collections of the Witte, Texas General ...

Christmas came early at the historic archives of the General Land Office with a gift Texans worldwide will be eager to share. A private collection of some of the oldest and rarest maps of Texas is now ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A man who admitted stealing rare and valuable old maps from libraries has been sentenced to five years in a Connecticut prison. E. Forbes Smiley III, 50, of Chilmark, Mass., will ...

AUSTIN - Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush is pleased to announce the acquisition of some of the most important maps in Texas history by the Texas General Land Office Archives. This historic ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. The rare maps E. Forbes Smiley III admitted stealing had been carefully preserved for centuries, providing a glimpse of how past generations saw the new world unfolding long before ...