Help

You can search our online catalogue of many thousands of antique maps and prints in a variety of ways. For the impatient there is a 'quicksearch' at the top of each page as well as on the home page itself.

The more precise amongst you may prefer to search by subject and or category.

The results should appear in pages of ten, each with its own thumbnail image. When you click on 'More information' you will be get a fuller description, the item's unique id number (useful if you wish to telephone and enquire) and , if you click the image again, a wonderfully large image which will give you a very good idea of the condition and detail of the map/print.

Frequently Asked Questions:

The image is not enlarging:

In some browsers you will need to click on the bottom right hand corner of the magnified image and a yellow cross will appear, click this and the image will enlarge.

When I put in a key word I get a lot of unrelated stuff:

If you put 'speed' in the keyword box and get a list including a lot of Van Den Keere maps then it is because the word 'speed' appears in the map description as 'miniature speed'.

How does the date search work?:

The search facility on this, our third site, is very much improved. Use the drop down lists in the four boxes of numbers to search from 1650 to 1780 for example.

How can I be sure that my credit card details are safe?:

Your credit card details are never seen by us. Your details go straight to Worldpay and we never see them. Even if you order over the telephone, we will not store your credit card details. So, order in confidence.

How do I know that these are genuine antique items and not modern reproduction?:

We have been in the business since 1978 and so have a lot of expertise. The items are guaranteed to be antique maps or antique prints and to have been published at or around the year stated and any item found not to be so could be returned for a refund any time after purchase.

Browser compatibility and Mostlymaps.com

A web browser is an application on your computer that you use to visit websites and access web pages - in essence it enables you to 'surf the net'. On most Microsoft Windows based computers this takes the form of Internet Explorer (with a blue 'e' icon). On Macintosh computers the default browser is Safari. In addition to these system defaults the latest Mozilla based application is called Firefox - available for both PC and Macintosh.

Each type of web browser is a translation device. It takes a document written in the HTML language and translates it into a formatted Web page. When comparing two different types of browser the result of this translation is a little like giving two human translators a sentence written in Italian and asking them to translate it into English. Both will get the meaning across, but may not use the same words to do so. The difference in translation causes web designers many problems, not least because something that works in Internet Explorer may not work in Safari or vice versa.

The problem is further compounded by the launch of newer versions of the same browser which may carry support for newer portions of the HTML language. A new browser is generally better at displaying Web pages than an old one.

The new website at mostlymaps.com has been built and tested throughly on the current major browsers and operating systems - those which are most popular among web users:

> Windows XP and Internet Explorer 5.5 & 6.0 or Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2
> Macintosh's OSX and Safari 1.3 or Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2

If you experience problems with viewing our website we recommend that you upgrade to a newer version of browser by following the links below. This won't only help you to view our website but also the majority of others as the Internet evolves very rapidly!:

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Alternative functional problems may be caused if you have 'cookies' or 'JavaScript' disabled, both of which enable us to provide the correct search results to you and also reserve items that are being viewed by you for up to one hour.