Course curriculum

  • 1

    How to Make Money from Old Maps

    • Introduction

    • Income Methods Summary

    • Income Method #1: Selling Images

    • Income Method #2: Sell Prints

    • Income Method #3: Merch

    • Income Method #4: Sell "Digital Paper"

    • How to charge a lot more for physical prints

    • What to do with images of faded, tattered, worn out maps

    • TIP: How to Sell Prints of Highly Coveted Collector Maps

    • How to Find Info For Your Old Map Listings

    • How to Write and Optimize Your Map Print Listing
  • 2

    Treasure Vault - Get Images of Maps Here

    • Intro

    • Map Search Tips

    • How to Find the Best, Biggest Image of a Map

    • WikiMedia - Start Pages

    • WikiMedia: How to Know What Images You Can Legally Use & Sell

    • WikiMedia: Downloading Images Tips

    • WikiMedia Deeper Digging Tips

    • Finding Collector Maps Titled in Other Languages

    • The Smithsonian 

    • The MET Museum 

    • The Wellcome Collection 

    • World Digital Library

    • Maps in the Skokloster Castle Collection

    • The NY Public Library 

    • Library of Congress 

    • TIPS on Downloading Content from LoC

    • Maps from old Books & Atlases

    • The Harvard Collection 

    • The Getty Museum

    • National Library of Australia

    • The Basel University Library

    • British Library Map Collection

    • Map Collection of Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde

    • Amsterdam Museum Map collection

    • British Museum Collection of Maps

    • Maps from Nasjonalbiblioteket

    • Eran Laor Cartographic Collection

    • Florida State Archives
  • 3

    The Best Types of Collector Maps to Sell

    • The Most Expensive Types of Collector Maps to Sell Reprints of

    • Ancient Maps of Certain Countries

    • Pictorial Maps

    • Cosmographic Maps

    • Geocentric, Macrocosmic, and Heliocentric maps

    • Cellarius Maps

    • Ocean & Sailor Maps

    • Double Hemisphere World Maps

    • Ptolemaic Maps

    • Novi Orbus

    • Mappea Mundi

    • Portolan Maps

    • Biblical Maps

    • Celestial Charts & Early Astronomy Maps

    • Nautical Charts

    • Satirical, Diplomatic & Caricature Maps

    • Historical Maps

    • Historical Battle Maps

    • City Plan Maps

    • Special One-of-a-kind Maps

    • Flat Earth Maps

    • Kleberblat Map

    • BONUS: Compass Roses

    • BONUS: City Litographs

    • BONUS: Art featuring maps or globes

    • Zodiac Maps

    • More Pretty Maps
  • 4

    More Map Resources

    • Maps of the World

    • Maps by Date Made

    • Maps of Europe

    • Maps of the US

    • Maps of Africa

    • Maps by Famous Cartographers

    • Maps in a specific language

    • Maps of Specific Places

    • Maps of Asia & China
  • 5

    How to Revive & Enhance Images of Old Maps

    • How to Crop Images of Maps

    • How to Fix Images that are Too Light/Too Dark

    • How to Revive Faded Old Maps & Bring Out the Colors

    • How to Add Color to Monochrome or Black & White Maps
  • 6

    How to Make a Modern Map Look Old

    • Make Money Selling Modern Maps That Look Old

    • Part 1: Preparation

    • Part 2: How to Make a Modern Map Look Old