TELL THE STORY OF NORTH AMERICA. AT THE LEVENTHAL MAP CENTER. INSIDE THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. THAT STORY STRETCHES BACK CENTURIES. MAPS AREN’T JUST STATIC DEPICTIONS OF THE WAY THE WORLD IS, BUT ...

A famous map, the Vinland Map, once promised proof of Norse explorers in North America before Columbus. However, advanced ...

FOOD, SOAPS, LEATHER AND JEWELRY. A HISTORIC MAP MADE BY THE ORIGINAL SPANISH COLONISTS OF SANTA FE RETURNED TO ITS RIGHTFUL OWNERS TODAY. THE SANTA FE MAP, HAND-DRAWN IN THE EARLY 1600S, SHOWS THE ...

It’s not every day that a cache of historic maps of Texas and the Western Hemisphere — appraised at $3.5 million — passes from private to public hands. That’s what happened recently: After years of ...

The histories of some pieces of land in Chicago are well-known. The Thompson Center in the Loop stands on the former site of the Sherman House Hotel. The Chicago Police Belmont Area Headquarters and ...