Join Kevin Brown and the team at Geographicus Rare Antique Maps as they partner with Silver Sound to bring you the stories behind history's most obscure maps.
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Today we are presenting the geography of William Emerson Baker. Called the "Porcineograph", it is one of the greatest, and earliest American Pictorial images.
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Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello
Music by Luke Allen and El Buru
Sound by Silver Sound
13 Jun 2026
Formosa
Listen as Kevin Brown of Geographicus Rare Antique Map takes a look at a remarkable con perpetrated by the Japanese against the Chinese to seize control of Taiwan.
Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com (https://www.geographicus.com/)
Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello
Edited by Zach Traenor
Music by Luke Allen and El Buru
Sound by Silver Sound
17 Apr 2026
Franklin's Lost Expedition
Take a listen as Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explains the story behind Sir John Franklin's lost expedition as he searched for the fabled Northwest Passage.
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Featuring Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, and Ivan Bronson
Music by Luke Allen and El Buru
Sound by Silver Sound
9 Jan 2026
Tolkien's Middle Earth
ake a listen as Kevin Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps tells us about the depth, realism, and impact of Tolkien's maps of Middle Earth.
Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com (https://www.geographicus.com/)
Featuring Kevin Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello
Music by El Buru and Luke Allen
Sound by Silver Sound
9 Jan 2026
A Mapmaker's Misfortune
Listen as James Roy of Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explains why copyright laws and backing-up your work is so important with this unfortunate story.
Featuring James Roy of Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello
Music by El Buru and Luke Allen
Sound by Silver Sound
9 Jan 2026
Royal Siamese Maps
When you work in the antiquarian trade, sometimes you might be fortunate enough to come across an object that is truly one-of-a-kind. Listen as Kevin Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps recounts how a chance visit to an antique store resulted in discovering a map from a country which has virtually no known history of making them.
Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com (https://www.geographicus.com/)
Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello
Music by Luke Allen and El Buru
Sound by Silver Sound
9 Jan 2026
Highway History
Take a listen as Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explains the origin of modern day road traveling.
Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com (https://www.geographicus.com/)
Featuring Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello
Music by Luke Allen and El Buru
Sound by Silver Sound
9 Jan 2026
Buried Ships
As miners searched for buried treasure during the California gold rush, their ships became buried treasure for historians. Listen as Kevin Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps interviews Michael Jennings from Neatline Maps about the buried ships of San Francisco
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Check out the Neatline website here: neatlinemaps.com (https://neatlinemaps.com/)
Featuring Kevin Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps and Michael Jennings from Neatline Maps
Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello
Edited by Jada Mackinnon
Sound by Silver Sound
9 Jan 2026
The Bastille
Napoleon Bonaparte once said, “In revolutions there are only two sorts of men: those who cause them and those who profit by them.”
Join Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps as he chronicles the first shots of the French Revolution and the story of the man who seized the opportunity to benefit from the destruction of one of Paris’s most infamous structures.
Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com (https://www.geographicus.com/)
Featuring Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello
Music by Luke Allen and El Buru
Sound by Silver Sound
9 Jan 2026
1st Map of The North Pole
When it comes to map making, intentions are never as important as actual exploring. Listen as Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explains Gerard Mercator's misinterpretations.
Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com (https://www.geographicus.com/)
Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello
Music by Luke Allen and El Buru
Sound by Silver Sound
9 Jan 2026
The Peutinger Table
Some maps are small, and some can cover an entire wall. Today, Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps will describe a very uniquely shaped one created for travelers of the Ancient Roman world.
Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com (https://www.geographicus.com/)
Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello
Music by Luke Allen and El Buru
Sound by Silver Sound
9 Jan 2026
World War II Route Maps
World War II is probably the most widely-documented and studied conflict in all of history. And yet, 80 years after it has ended, we are still uncovering documents and memorabilia that would otherwise have collected dust in grandpa’s trunk.
Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps recounts how he combined his passion of studying the Second World War with the discovery and research of maps made by veterans of the war.
Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com (https://www.geographicus.com/)
Featuring Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello
Music by Luke Allen and El Buru
Sound by Silver Sound
9 Jan 2026
The Zendian Problem
Imagine Dungeons and Dragons but for the purpose of helping the United States military. Listen as Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explains how he stumbled upon a classified part of American history.
Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com (https://www.geographicus.com/)
Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello
Music by Luke Allen and El Buru
Sound by Silver Sound
9 Jan 2026
Leigh Read County
Politics, duels, and frontier justice are all a part of this Florida man's story. Listen as Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explains this American drama.
Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com (https://www.geographicus.com/)
Featuring Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello
Music by Luke Allen and El Buru
Sound by Silver Sound
9 Jan 2026
Zeno's Frisland
"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." - Mark Twain
Listen as James W. Roy from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explains this family fraud.
Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com (https://www.geographicus.com/)
Featuring James W. Roy from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello
Edited by Jada Mackinnon
Music by Luke Allen and El Buru
Sound by Silver Sound
9 Jan 2026
Peñalosa
Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps offers a glimpse into the imagined geographies of the New World, blending fact, myth, and political ambition.
Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com (https://www.geographicus.com/)
Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello
Music by Luke Allen and El Buru
Sound by Silver Sound
9 Jan 2026
Terra Australis
Maps? People still use those? Well, not only do people still use them, but people like Kevin J. Brown even specialize in rare antique maps dating back to the 15th century. Take a listen to this fascinating story about the largest continent that never was.
Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com (https://www.geographicus.com/)
Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello
Music by Luke Allen and El Buru
Sound by Silver Sound
9 Jan 2026
Fusang
Historical cartography is rife with anomalies that make you scratch your head. Take a to listen Kevin J. Brown explain the story behind Fusang and its mysteries.
Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com (https://www.geographicus.com/)
Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, and Tom Fama
Music by Luke Allen and El Buru
Sound by Silver Sound
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