Magnificent Maps at the British Library
The British Library will host an exhibition "Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art," opening on 30 April 2010. The show includes 100 out of some 4.5 million maps from the British Library cartographic reserves - the world's largest map collection. The majority of the collection is acknowledged as the most impressive ever created. - Art Daily
One of the largest collections of rare and historical maps in America is being donated by a California real estate developer to Stanford University. David Rumsey, who has spent 30 year amassing the huge collection of 150,000 maps, has created one of the premier cartographic collections of American history in the United States. By giving the physical maps, their digital images and his database to Stanford, Mr. Rumsey hopes to encourage other donors to give their original pieces along with digital copies at the same time.
