BOSTON – The Boston Public Library has recovered a centuries-old map compiled by French explorer Samuel de Champlain that was believed stolen from the library more than a decade ago. The library ...

Graphic designers, cartographers and coffee-table owners might find themselves fascinated with the new book Maps: Their Untold Stories, to be published on October 14 by Bloomsbury. Those with an ...

After being missing for more than a decade — and believed to have been stolen — a centuries-old map that depicts 17th century Canada and New England has been returned to the Boston Public Library. The ...

A horseshoe crab. A lobster. A 6-month-old moose calf. A merganser. A bow and arrow. These were among the novelties that French explorer and mapmaker Samuel de Champlain brought back to France with ...

BOSTON — A centuries-old map compiled by French explorer Samuel de Champlain and believed to be among dozens stolen more than a decade ago from the Boston Public Library has been recovered, library ...

A map of Eastern Canada drawn by French explorer Samuel de Champlain has sold at auction for $286,570 Cdn, three times its estimated price. Sotheby's auction house in London said the work sold to a ...

An unidentified collector bought a rare print of a 396-year-old map of Canada created by French explorer Samuel de Champlain for nearly $250,000 -- triple the expected price. *Billed as $4 plus GST ...

Author/geographer Adam Shoalts delves into the history of Canada, and the fearlessness and ingenuity of its explorers. Perhaps none were as influential, and skilled at mapmaking, as Samuel de ...

A 403-year-old map documenting Samuel de Champlain's first voyages to New France and New England has been recovered, bringing to life one of the earliest European explorations of the region. The ...