Monday, January 17, 2011

Cunning, Care and Sheer Luck Save Rare Map

By MICHAEL WILSON
New York Times

It was rolled up among other yellowed maps and prints that came off a delivery truck at the Brooklyn Historical Society’s stately office near the East River. Carolyn Hansen, the society’s map cataloguer, began to gently unfurl the canvas. [Interactive Graphic]

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