This man’s map collection is off the charts.
David Rumsey, 79, has acquired more than 200,000 maps over four decades, with a collection that spans from around 1500AD to the present day.
The collector, who is based in San Francisco, reveals he had been ‘fascinated by maps’ since childhood. Speaking to MailOnline Travel, he says: ‘I grew up with National Geographic maps on all the walls of my bedroom. I would lie in bed and look at all of them