Historical maps, like this world map from the Portolan Atlas by ... as an island until the late 18th century—many of these antique maps were filled with remarkably accurate details.

Cartographers shape how we think about the world. The designers and explorers who create maps influence things like whether we think of North America as above South America or below, how big we ...

But longtime dealers said antique maps and charts continue to be a draw ... collects and sells items in the field of Americana and world travel. Reese primarily works with rare books, but he ...

In my office hangs an antique world map drawn in 1717, on which Antarctica, the Arctic Ocean, Alaska, and Hawaii are absent. The Mercator projection was already widely adopted in drawing maps with ...

A rare antique map of the world found during building work has gone on public display after being saved by conservation experts. The map, found in Aberdeenshire, was identified as a late 17th ...

A rare antique map of the world found during building work has returned to Aberdeenshire after being saved by conservation experts. The map, found in the 1980s, was identified as a late 17th ...

Check out Laura Ten Eyck's appraisal of a 1791 Jane Young world map needlework in Junk in the Trunk 12. Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on ...