Hey everyone,
I discovered this local store a few weeks ago after looking to sell some transit memorabilia I have. They have tons of original and reproduction maps from all over the country and world. I figured some of you would get a kick out of it:
www.wardmaps.com
Damn! I was just in Cambridge two months ago to get to the Globe Bookstore (may it rest in peace) before it closed....
Best place I've found to visit for maps: at UT here in Austin the bottom floor of the library is a huge room full of old maps. Spent about an hour there (well I wasnt there alone or I'd have been there 12 hours). Favorite map was of the US pre-US highways.
Quote from: texaskdog on August 08, 2011, 04:06:20 PM
Best place I've found to visit for maps: at UT here in Austin the bottom floor of the library is a huge room full of old maps. Spent about an hour there (well I wasnt there alone or I'd have been there 12 hours). Favorite map was of the US pre-US highways.
I've seen plenty of map/cartographic website provide a link to the Perry-Castaneda map collection. Them and the David Rumsey collection in San Francisco seem to be the most referenced map collections I see on the 'net.
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on August 11, 2011, 11:17:16 AM
Quote from: texaskdog on August 08, 2011, 04:06:20 PM
Best place I've found to visit for maps: at UT here in Austin the bottom floor of the library is a huge room full of old maps. Spent about an hour there (well I wasnt there alone or I'd have been there 12 hours). Favorite map was of the US pre-US highways.
I've seen plenty of map/cartographic website provide a link to the Perry-Castaneda map collection. Them and the David Rumsey collection in San Francisco seem to be the most referenced map collections I see on the 'net.
What I love is you can just rummage thru a bunch of old maps. They aren't displayed, you just open them and carefully look them over.