... Mercator Society of the NYPL, which provides major funding for the acquisition of antique maps by the library, presents a discussion and book-signing ... Toponymic Landscapes: Ways of Seeing Patagonia in Early Argentinean Maps Refreshments follow the presentation, which is free and open to ... Jr. Blvd. Mapping the Past: A Selection of Antique Cartography from the Newton Collection. An exhibition focusing ...

... to lettering, but it feels too modern to be a true fantasy map. To give a more antique feel, I often fall back on browns, and a grained paper surface, as in this version ... lends itself to easy lettering (imagine trying to show the names of cities against this background). Different maps, even of the same terrain, have different uses. The next stage is to start to put cities on the map. This is ...

... contemporary imagery and by adjusting the transparency in Google Earth you can see how much has been developed. Click here to download the KMZ file for Google Earth Image links to Google Maps Transcription below: NATIONS GROW EASTWARD GROW WESTWARD Is Swinging Towards HIGHLANDS The Washington Times, May 27th, 1910 London, Paris, Berlin, St. Petersburg, all the other great Capitals of the ...

... ." None of that, no. It is something less, the absence of, the wrinkles in crisp bedsheets missing his form, the tautness of the groove that hugged us there "What's on tv?" It is the first time I see the open bedroom so-stark-sun remembering, caresses the antique poster bed windows lifted to sanitize, and the March wind reminds me I am alive. He is not. It is the empty bed.

... travels to distant lands through the pages of his books or much-loved tales from the nursery: pirates and soldiers, airplanes, steam ships and railroads. Antique maps and a telescope enable him to navigate the stormy seas and charter new territory (even if it is by means of his bicycle through nature's paths). Old-fashioned collectibles become his ...

... Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College. A specialist in contemporary art, Berry has organized several exhibitions for the Tang that combine collections of antique maps, scientific equipment, Edward Curtis photographs, Rube Goldberg cartoons, and Shaker furniture with new works of international contemporary art. Among ...