Day: April 9, 2009

Front facade of Houghton Library

Digital Showcase: Blaeu Celestial Gores

In 1951, through the gift of Stephen W. Phillips (Class of 1895) and Curt H. Reisinger (1912), the map collection of the Prince Liechtenstein was purchased and brought to Houghton Library. Among the over 150 wall and sheet maps, for the most part collected by General von Hauslab, there are printed gores for making globes….