Rare maps

Specialists

Libraries

Blogs

Barry Lawrence Ruderman conference on cartography | September 29, 2021
Arman Kassam named winner of the David Rumsey Map Center/California Map Society Essay Contest 2019-20 | July 29, 2020
Introducing Andrea Renner, Assistant Rare Map Librarian, Rumsey Map Center | June 25, 2020
Mapping slavery and emancipation | June 19, 2020
Academy Hall open house in pictures | November 19, 2019

Notable collections

  • The David Rumsey Map Collection at Stanford University Libraries

    David Rumsey Map Collection

    Collection focusing on the Mapping of North America, also contains maps from around the world. The majority of the collection is from the 16th - 21st century.

  • Iconic image for the Antiquarian maps of Africa from the collections of the late Dr. Oscar I. Norwich and the Stanford University Libraries.

    Maps of Africa

    Antiquarian maps of Africa from the collections of the late Dr. Oscar I. Norwich and the Stanford University Libraries.

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