Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-05
GREAT COLLECTIONS OF naps
All Tesd. Thsrs Ars Abess 1oacoo e
Tha0 In UneiO oaMS

What n NOT only TIE hrUsSe ~
also the most remarkAAlo eo1eckIoa
Of maps In the world = owned ~ 10
United States government and cared
for In the congressional library. 10
the wing ret apart for their prssAva.
ton como the most eminent Of geo
graphers. and here Command0r PeaEy.
discoverer OF the north pols. has done
some OF his scientific research
ALI told, there arc about 1OO,OoO
maps In the collection One room has
huge aliases piled tier uDoa ter fssM
the door 70 The roof; old-1ash1oa0A
ones dating from tho beginning q
atlas making b de uDto-date cToo-
tons Of the binders art An Wpsgt
IL kept continually at WORK DounttnE
maps, for many that are purchased
are In . d~ilapidated condition and
must be mounted or backed" on linen
OF the newest and strongest texture.
The market from which they arO
procured co~er the world. From
Greenland to India, from China to
Patagonia, maps are gathered, and
the older they are the more they are
valued. One map Of China n printed
with the odd designs a rivers, noun,
tains, trees and men In q tumble q
which the American mind can make
nothing. but possibly to q Celestial
it is perfectly clear.
Among the most interesting and
most precious are early maps, some
OF them dated prior to the discovery
Of America One Of these ID . hanAool-
ored affair made in 1482, Just Tan
years before Columbus discovered tho
new world. A map made By CoGa. q
companion Of Columbus, and dated
1900, shows an odd-lookinS ooattnent
meant to represent America There
are rude drawings scattered about on
this queer picture, most Of them at-
tempts to show dwellings and peoplA
of strange aspect. In 1908 q map &C
the new world vas engraved for tha
first time and its g~rotesque outlines
seem pitifuiiy childish under the aiass
OF the handsome case In which Il re,
poses. BY its side Ia perhaps the
queerest OF all maps. q powdsrhornI
on which a map n etched In brown!
while not far OF In q map made BIZ
n OF the famous pirates Of that day!
a Capt. Bart, who probably Used Il In
his buccaneering expeditions after
Spanish gold.
A map dated 1897 shows America an
consisting Of Florida mostly, while
Virginia occupies the rest Of the con
ttnent almost exclusively. One Of Eng,
land In the time Of Queen Mltzabeth
n made by Saxton Is shown In o
fac state Of preservation.
OF revolutionary maps there ara
several dozen. representing different
states or the location or troops ut a
particular time. To this period be-
nj a most interesting relic of Wash.
ington, which is a survey OF one of his
own farms, every field being accurate.
ly drawn TO scale and the number c1
acres 1t contained written clearly 1t
the top.
The freak maps attract the most at.
tention from the visitor. They are
ranged in a cas- containing about ten
Q specimens OF the map-makha
art, and all are modern. Perhaps the
most ludicrous of these is q drawing
representing "All the World Watch
ing" showing the outlines of all the
nations fashioned into facea, but the
characteristic Of each country shows
In Its c~ountenanoe. and the correct
geographical lines are given. Brazil,
the United States. England, Spain,
Portugal, Norway and Sweden are so
drawn that their line forms a
human face. with the eyes watching
sharply.