While modern viewers might chuckle at historical inaccuracies—such as California depicted as an island until the late 18th century—many of these antique maps were filled with remarkably ...

Image of 18th-century map newly acquired by Fray Angélico Chávez History Library November 2014. Photo by Blair Clark. ... a Mexican antiques dealer who owned the map.

At the beginning of the present millennium, it was 17th- and 18th-century maps that were particularly sought after by collectors, and so were increasing significantly in value.

In this 18th century portrait, the sitter is wearing pearl earrings, which was very common for a woman of this era, even though there are far more portraits without.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A hand-drawn, 18th-century map of New Mexico now officially belongs to the New Mexico History Museum’s research library, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported (https://bit.ly ...

“I realized that 57 was too young to retire,” said Carson, the owner of Tod Carson Antiques, his Scottsdale shop that specializes in 18th- and 19th-century French and English pieces.

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Frank Castle, president and owner of Castle Fine Arts, Inc., has been an active fine-art dealer for more than 35 years, specializing in 18th- through 20th-century Japanese prints, antique maps ...