If you like Maps, check this out

[Kadie]

http://www.davidrumsey.com/

David Rumsey made a living in real estate. Then he charted his future to match his passion: maps.

Jane Ganahl
Monday, September 27, 2004

David Rumsey was nearing 40 and enjoying a successful career in real estate development when his true calling -- the private obsession that he had successfully kept in check since boyhood -- finally claimed him.

"I was at the Argonaut rare-book store on Sutter, and there it was," says Rumsey, a 60-year-old cross between a scholar and a kid in a candy store.

"It was a little school atlas from 1839. It showed Texas, outlined in red, as a separate country. It was about 12 by 18 inches, with copperplate engraving, all hand-colored, and it even smelled wonderful."

He sighs at the memory, as if recalling his first love, or his childhood hobby of wallpapering his bedroom with National Geographic maps.

"Well, I was hooked."

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/09/27/DDG6K8UNN81.DTL

[ironflange]

1. OMG! That is fabulous!

I am forever in your debt for this. I'm sure glad I'm on cable, though.

[Kadie]

6. My husband is a big fan of maps,

I was sure there would be a few out here that are too. Glad you like the site.

[WyLoochka]

2. Thanks, nice article on David Rumsey

Have been visiting his site for some time. Check it out.

http://www.davidrumsey.com/

[Lefty48197]

3. I love Rumsey's maps

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[Zomby Woof]

4. I am a map geek too

And yes, still have the family's National Geographics going back to the 50's...

I even have a map of AZ on my cube wall at work... I bet my colleagues wonder why. :-)

[5thGenDemocrat]

5. Map geek here, too

I've got boxes of 'em upstairs -- mostly gas company maps from and of any place you can name. The oldest one I've got is a 1928 White Star map of Michigan.
John
They're probably worth something. Never really bothered to check.