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Ward Maps in Cambridge is an excellent map store. It's BIG and has a ton of delightful MBTA merch that is creative and fun. I'm suspicious of most antique dealers who are just scavengers of history but Ward's owner is a real maker because he cowrote an excellent book about Boston map history.

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The Map Center
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Anne Hall Prints and Antiques in Newport is this lovely little walkup studio with all kinds of lovely natural history prints and maps. Elegant. Refined. Small. Killer location. They've been doing great work for decades.

The Map Center
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Argosy Books doesn't need my endorsement. They're one of the oldest book sellers in the country and they have a gorgeous four story Manhattan store with this gloriously rickety elevator up to the top where they have a superb collection of maps. Their staff are all scholars, nerds and kind people.

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Mainely Maps and Frames is one of my favorite parts of Portland. Classic, expansive (and a whole downstairs!!) and comprehensive. The collection is kind of boring but they have something for everyone walking in the door no matter where they're from. That's hard to pull off! And beautiful frames obvi

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Metsker Maps in Seattle is a place I still have never been to. I've heard lovely things. I've been compared favorably by some of our mutual customers. One day I'm going to be that cool and professional.

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Maps of Antiquity in Chatham is one I've only been to once and I NEED the backstory. Easily the most impressive collection I've ever seen in a cozy little cottage. I was picking up 400 year old maps by accident. I was trembling. And it's all catalogued??? HOW

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Special shoutout to online map store East of Nowhere from Camillus NY. He's a geologist turned online map mogul who is thriving. He also takes the time to talk me down every time I tell him I want to quit. His maps are all manual Blenderbumps he does personally with truly rare attention to detail.

The Map Center
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A thing that I have found consistently the case about map people is that they are simply lovely. It's a tough industry. If it were easy it would be more common. We all benefit by encouraging readers, explorers and lovers of visual storytelling. We're competitors who want us all to succeed.