cartography

Columns, Gavels n Paddles

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Ptolemy world map, $317,000, Christie's

Gavels ‘n’ Paddles: Ptolemy world map, $317,000, Christie’s Recent Auction Results From Near & Far By Ken Hall A map of the world by cartographer Claudius Ptolemy, dated July 16, 1482, sold for $317,000 at a sale of rare maps…

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June 20, 2014

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Ken's Korner: Map suggests China may have discovered America

Ken’s Korner: Map suggests China may have discovered America – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – April 2006 An 18th-century reproduction of a map dated 1418 that suggests a Chinese fleet sailed to America decades before Christopher Columbus has…

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April 12, 2006