PCL Map Collection

More maps in the news.

"Most maps aren't to get from point A to point B. Most maps are about how we as a civilization, as different cultures, perceive our lives in this box that we live in."
-John Hessler, a mapkeeper at the Library of Congress's Madison Building
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'Map' Is An Exquisite Record Of The Miles — And The Millennia Map: Exploring the World is a new collection of maps, selected by an international panel of cartographers, academics and collectors, spanning everything from the Aztecs to modern digital imaging.

It at once a dream and nightmare come true!

How a Cache of Thousands of Hoarded Maps Transformed L.A.'s Library One man's astounding lifelong collection came close to being destroyed.