Author Archives: Christine

Colors in 17th and 18th centuries’ maps

What were the pigments and colors used in hand-made or printed and color-enhanced maps 17th [...]

Carta Marina 1516 : A New Approach to Mapmaking

"For his 1516 "Carta Marina" world map, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller completely changed his [...]

Maps: La California as an island

Over 40 years, Glen McLaughlin, a Californian venture capitalist, bought nearly 800 maps showing California [...]

Marquis de Lafayette’s Cartographer

Michel Capitaine du Chesnoy, the Marquis de Lafayette’s cartographer, produced gorgeous watercolor maps of the [...]

Defining Lines: Cartography in the Age of Empire

"Defining Lines: Cartography in the Age of Empire" was a student-curated exhibit at the Nasher [...]

An Exhibit Explores Art in the Margins of Maps

This exhibition presents the artistic elements of some fifty maps from the 13th to the [...]

Mapping Our World: Terra Incognita to Australia

An exhibit which presents more than 100 maps, atlases, and globes featuring Australia from Terra [...]

Old Maps of Lake Champlain

I am particularly interested in old maps from the Lake Champlain Region, as I researched [...]