The first time William C. Wooldridge held an antique map of Virginia, he was a young Army officer taking a meandering, homesick stroll through the streets of Heidelberg, Germany. Catching his eye from ...

Oculi Mundi, a new online collection, shares the artistry of early creators. By Susanne Fowler Reporting from London Centuries before global positioning systems and computer-aided design software, ...

Map collector Marcopolo Tam Siu-cheung wants to turn part of his extensive collection into haute couture to promote the Olympics. Among his 230,000 cartographs, antique papers and photographs are maps ...