which has an enormous map collection of its own. “But what’s more impressive from my perspective is that he’s developed it almost as a public resource.” Anyone with a scholarly interest ...

The historical map viewable in the spyglass above comes from the David Rumsey Map Collection. We recently asked David Rumsey, a map expert who has been collecting maps since the 1980s, to describe ...

One of the map's 60 sheets shows Northern Europe. (David Rumsey Map Collection) Monte was a wealthy socialite from Milan who dedicated his life to learning, writing and teaching about geography.