As estate sales of the über-wealthy go, the Ann and Gordon Getty Collection sell-off at Christie’s last year was a major success. Across 2,300 sold lots, it netted $200 million for charity, set a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. La Jolla map dealer Alex Clausen came across this rare 14th century nautical chart at an estate sale for Ann and Gordon Getty.

The rare 14th-century portolan chart is worth $7.5 million. Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images Last fall, Christie’s auctioned off a “highly unusual” nautical map as part of an estate ...

One drawback is that nautical charts are often pretty big, perhaps three feet across and two-and-a-half feet from top to bottom. On big ships, navigators use a large chart table to view charts ...

Teledyne Geospatial has launched the CARIS AutoChart, a nautical chart production solution. Traditionally, the production of nautical paper charts has been labor-intensive and time-consuming. It often ...

In the last third of the 16th century, the Spanish crown set in motion a project to obtain a complete map of the New World. The method thought up for this was to use surveys, known as Relaciones ...

The new nautical chart 11525 extends eastward, to cover an additional pilot boarding area for vessels headed to the Charleston Harbor. Ships entering the Port of Charleston will have a new and ...