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The Darlington Collection is extensive collection housed by the Archives Service Center, University Library System, University of Pittsburgh. William McCullogh Darlington amassed his collection of rare maps and documents during his lifetime. Included are thirty-six rare maps, eight of which show various iterations of the world, including Gerhard Mercator’s world view created in 1613. Some maps are large and unbound. Others are included in rare books. These maps were part of an exhibition on June 12, 2015 at the Hillman library. The exhibition was conducted on the 200th anniversary of William Darlington’s birth on May 1, 1815. == History of the collection == Mr. Darlington was an attorney from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and spent much of his life collecting maps. Some of these date back to the 1500s . The earliest maps of the New World are also part of the collection Devoted much of his 74 years to collecting some of the earliest printed maps of the New World.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette )〕 Mr. Darlington died in 1889, his wife Mary, continued to acquire materials since she also had an interest in history and art. The Darlinton's childre O’Hara, Mary, and Edith, also added to the family collection. In 1918 the gave their initial donation to the University of Pittsburgh The bulk of the collection was acquired in 1925 by the estate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://digital.library.pitt.edu/d/darlington/ ) 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Darlington Collection」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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