Yorkshireman with Britain's largest map collection says sat navs are 'cheating'

Meet Nigel Brown, the 70 year old man who boasts Britain's largest collection of maps, owning over 2,000, and believes that ...

Hill of Tarvit Mansion & Garden 2

The roadshow visits Hill of Tarvit Mansion & Garden in Fife, where finds include a rare Oasis demo CD, an embroidered map ...

Internet Baffled by 'Torenza' Map: Does This Ancient Book Prove This 'Lost Civilisation' Once Existed Near Syria?

The digital world is currently alight with debate over a baffling artefact: the 'Torenza' map. Found within the pages of an ...

7 Lesser-Known Collectibles That Could Be Worth Thousands of Dollars

From ancient DC comic books to antique maps used in search of treasures, here are seven of the least common collectibles that ...
Le Monde.fr

Antique map collections are a market waiting to be rediscovered

'Caloiero d'Andros, known as the Good Old Man,' map from 'Le Grand Insulaire' by cosmographer André Thevet (1516-1592). MILLON On September 24, the Parisian auction house Millon will be selling a ...
NDTV

Africa Is 7 Times Bigger Than Europe. The World Map We're Used To Is A Lie

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that ...
Yahoo

World maps get Africa’s size wrong: cartographers explain why fixing it matters

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...
The Washington Post

Here’s how Africa wants to redraw the world map

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the African Union wants to use instead ...
CNN

African Union urges adoption of world map showing continent’s true size

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa ...
SFGate

San Francisco estate auction offers peek into Dianne Feinstein's private world

Among the items up for auction from Feinstein’s mansion at 2460 Lyon St. in San Francisco (search for “Senator” or “Feinstein” in the larger catalog) are a German carved chest circa 1740 (valued from ...
Spear's Magazine

The best antiques and collectibles advisers

For HNW individuals, there is no need to compromise on quality or rarity when purchasing an antique piece or a collectible item. The antiques and collectibles market is notoriously opaque and ...
The Shreveport Times

From furniture to art, these are Louisiana's best antique shops, according to HGTV

If you're someone who loves to peruse antique stores and shop for collectible pieces, you'll want to check out HGTV's list of the best vintage shops in each state. HGTV has asked antique and vintage ...