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 ...

For me, rare maps are a wonderful amalgam of art and science, myth and metaphor, discovery and design; at heart, they are beautiful vehicles for a good story,” says Daniel Crouch, co-founder of Daniel ...

From ancient DC comic books to antique maps used in search of treasures, here are seven of the least common collectibles that ...