The David Rumsey Map Collection

Full citation

David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries

Details

Type

Database

Author / creator

David Rumsey

Publication

David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries

Publisher

David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries

Notes

"The David Rumsey Map Collection was started over 35 years ago and contains more than 200,000 maps. The collection focuses on rare 16th through 21st century maps of North and South America, as well as maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. The collection includes atlases, globes, wall maps, school geographies, pocket maps, books of exploration, maritime charts, and a variety of cartographic materials including pocket, wall, children's, and manuscript maps. Items range in date from around 1550 to the present."