Wesley Brown has been a collector of old maps for forty years. His collection focuses on two areas (1) the earliest world maps from 1472 to 1540 and (2) the exploration and settlement of Colorado from the 16th through 20th centuries. A Denver resident, he co-founded the Rocky Mountain Map Society in 1991. Wes has served as the Co-Chairman of the national map and geography society of the Library of Congress. He is a frequent speaker at map and history conferences and has published many papers on maps.
Wes fell in love with maps at age 16 using U.S. Geological Survey maps for climbing mountains. He has since climbed over 400 named peaks. For 14 years he used topo maps weekly as a Field Active member of Alpine Rescue Team in Colorado.
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