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Kevin Brown - ArticlesGeographicus Antique Maps was founded by Kevin James Brown in 1999. We are generalist antiquarians dealing in antique maps from all over the world and in all price ranges. Our enthusiasm, passion and devotion to scholarship is expressed in our meticulously researched descriptions, among the most detailed and comprehensive available anywhere, for each and every map that passes over our desk.
This same devotion guides the relationships of honesty and trust we have fostered with our clients, whether through purchasing or selling a map, getting an appraisal, or simply calling to discuss antique maps in general. We are happy to assist you no matter whether you are a decorator, an institution, an experienced collector, or are just looking for a single map. Geographicus is a member of the Philip Lee Phillips Society, the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the International Map Collectors Society and the Society for the History of Discoveries. While primarily an internet-based company, we are happy to meet with clients by appointment at our New York City location. http://www.geographicus.com Lederer’s Lake, Desert, and Savanna – An Early Exploration of CarolinaEvaluation of John Lederer's exploration of Carolina via antique maps. Fact or fiction? Cayamay Lactus – Apocryphal Source of the five Great River Systems of Southeast AsiaFor nearly four hundred years many maps of Asia, and particularly India and Southeast Asia, depicted an enormous lake far to the northeast of the Bay of Bengal. This lake, alternately called Chiamay, Chiam-may, Chian-nay, or Cayamay, is postulated to be the source of four to five of the great Southeast Asian river systems: the Irrawaddy, the Dharla, the Chao Phraya, the Bramaputra, and the Mekong. Today we know that the Chiamay is entirely non-existent, but where did this myth come from? El Dorado, Manoa, Lake Parima, Patiti, and the “Lost City of Z”Many early maps of South America depicted the supposed golden city of El Dorado. This article discusses both the realities and the fictions regarding the mapping of El Dorado from the 1600s to the 1800s. Theoretical Cartography and the Sea of the West or Mer de l’OuestMany early cartographers believed that there was a gigantic inland sea or bay covering much of the American west. This article discusses the history of the Sea of the West and the speculative cartographers who promoted it. Antique Maps and Rare Maps as InvestmentsRare and Antique Maps can be extremely profitable as investments. This article by a prominent New York Antique map dealer, Kevin Brown of Geographicus Rare and Antique Maps, offers insight into the map trade as well as suggestions for avoiding the pitfalls of art investment.
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