Some say that Chicago was the last great capital of cartography!
If there’s a capital of commercial mapmaking in the U.S. today, it’s probably in Silicon Valley. But from the late 19th century to the post-World War II era, Chicago was America’s city of maps. East...
View ArticleThe Map Thief in California!
The California Map Society and Stanford University are arranging a distinguished speaker series with talks in San Diego, Los Angeles and Stanford in mid September. Michael Blanding will be our first...
View ArticleSeats are filling up for the Speakers Series
Bookings are filling up fast for the Michael Blanding speaking engagements in San Diego, Los Angeles and The Bay Area. Don’t miss out, book now at our website. See more about the series and his book,...
View ArticleSave the Date! Fall Members Meeting to be on October 31st
The next Society Members Meeting will take place in the downtown Los Angeles Richard J. Riordan Central Library on Saturday October 31, 2015. The meeting will be FREE and open to the public. It will...
View ArticleFall Reading: See Our New Book List
Julie Sweetkind-Singer of Stanford University offers her latest list of recommended map reading. It includes CMS member Judith Tyner’s latest publication, “Stitching the World: Embroidered Maps and...
View ArticleGorgeous Maps from the 19th Century
The Huffington Post recently searched the Digital Public Library of America for beautiful maps and discovered some of the best came from the 19th century. You may recognize a few when you go to this...
View ArticleMapping the Nation
An interesting snippet of how maps developed over the years. Click on “Continue Reading” to access the link.
View ArticleMaps from a different viewpoint
Maps from Elsbeth English We recently received this very interesting set of maps from Elsbeth English, a long time member. Click on Continue Reading to see them.
View ArticleCMS Partners with Rumsey Map Center at Stanford
The David Rumsey Map Center, which opened at Stanford in April 2016, houses one of the premier map collections in the country. The California Map Society is a founding friend of the David Rumsey Map...
View Article“Revolution” CMS Lecture Series
News Flash! Cancelled due to illness of the lecturer – more details later! Richard H. Brown and Paul E. Cohen will discuss their book Revolution: Mapping the Road to American Independence in a series...
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