Maps as pocketbooks of previous lives International Herald Tribune | May 28, 2005| | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Holly Hubbard Preston
International Herald Tribune
05-28-2005
For centuries, historians, geographers, collectors and profit-minded speculators have been drawn to maps. As Tom Lamb, director of Christie's book and manuscript department in London, explained, they are like ''pocketbooks of history'' that, when collected wisely or even serendipitously, can offer pockets full of sustained value.Lamb's employer is gearing up to auction, this autumn, one of the rarest maps ever sold. Created by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemuller in 1507, the map is the first to lay out the world in a 360 ...

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