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I had a chance to visit David Rumsey and his map collection (which this map is a part of) at his home in 2013. The breadth of that collection and this man's ded
by mvexel 8y ago
I had a chance to visit David Rumsey and his map collection (which this map is a part of) at his home in 2013. The breadth of that collection and this man's dedication to maps is fantastic.
This is a picture of his 2013 digitizing setup: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rhodes/9066129105 https://www.flickr.com/photos/rhodes/9066129105 which he built in what was basically his garage. I don't remember much technical detail about it.
I believe (part of?) the collection has since moved to Stanford.
The collection's web site is a great resource and fun to explore for anyone interested in maps. There's even a link to view part of the collection in Second Life.
- sb057 8y agoMy favorite map in his collection is the 1838 "Atlas von Central Europa", a 1:500,000(!) scale map of the entirety of northwestern Europe. [1] https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~295714~90066389:Composite--Atlas-von-Central-Europa?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=w4s:/where%2FEurope;q:Europe;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=0&trs=1820 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~2...
- marton78 8y agoIf it's a map of northwestern Europe, why do they call it "central"?
- JetSpiegel 8y agoThe title is in a Germanic language, it is centered on their home.