Dr. Deane was born in England and is a medical doctor now retired. He is a Vancouver cartophile who has compiled a collection of maps and atlases dating from the 16th - 19th century, which includes maps by a number of significant cartographers, such as Blaeu, Coronelli, Janson, Hondius, Bonne, Delisle, Senex and Speed. The collection features mainly maps of Europe but includes some other areas of the world. The collection contains almost three hundred maps, 6 atlases, and 3 geographies.