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While surfing about I discovered a website that sells original antique maps: http://www.raremaps.com/index.html Since the actual maps are actually what are for sale, they post some pretty high-res images of them for interested parties that are free for the "save picture as"!
Some of you may even find an antique map or three to decorate your home ;) (I own a couple myself).
Nice find. Would be awesome to see some fantasy gaming maps designed in the styles that some of those maps where done in..
$24,500! :O
Sure, I'm a cartography fan, but 24,5K for what is basically a really old map/art bastard hybrid!? Me thinks its worth that much probably because it's old...
You sometimes see old maps on Antiques Roadshow but they are never valued that high. I wonder how many people buy a $20k+ off the internet?Quote:
Originally Posted by Daelin
Great resource and inspiration though.
I am not sure if this book has been posted yet as a resource but it has many of the old maps found on that site...
Mapping the World by Michael Swift
I have it and look through it all the time... it is also quite large and I use it as a drawing "lap" table.
-RPGMM