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Spreading the Age of Discovery.
Claudii Ptrolemaei Alexandrini Geographicae Enarrationis Libri Octo Ex Bilibaldi Pirckeymheri tralatione...
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This is Lorenz Fries' expanded version of Ptolemy's Geography: an attractive, complete example of the 1535 issue edited by Michael Villanovus (Servetus). It is a key document of the Discovery Era, containing an array of the earliest disseminated maps of Africa, the Indies and the New World; one of its trio of world maps is the earliest acquirable map to name 'America.' This 1535 Servetus edition is scarce. Many were burned when the editor was condemned for heresy in 1553: only one example of this edition is listed in an institutional collection. (more details)
Champlain's lost map of the Great Lakes, printed in 1664 from his original copperplate: a landmark of exploration whose true origins lay hidden for three centuries.
Le Canada faict par le Sr. de Champlain ou son La Nouelle France, La Nouvelle Angleterre, La Nouvelle Hollande, La Nouvelle Svede, La Virginie…
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This is a 1664 Pierre Du Val issue of one of the great maps of North American discovery: Samuel de Champlain's long-lost 1616 map, engraved after his extraordinary journey into the Great Lakes region and first printed in 1653 from Champlain's original copperplate. It preserves the geographical revelations of Champlain's 1615-16 expedition, when travel with Indigenous allies carried him deep into the continental interior and transformed European understanding of the Great Lakes. Intended for Champlain's account of these discoveries, the map lay unfinished for four decades before Du Val completed the engraving and published it in 1653. This example belongs to that remarkable publishing history, through which the major work of Champlain's exploration finally reached the public. Its true origins remained unrecognized until 1953 - exactly 300 years later! - when the discovery of an unfinished impression at the John Carter Brown Library revealed that beneath Du Val's additions survived Champlain's own lost map. (more details)
One of the Earliest maps to name America.
[Tabula terrae novae]
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A cartographic landmark, this is Lorenz Fries' edition of the first separate, printed map of America. First printed in 1522, it succeeds and synthesizes Martin Waldseemüller's 1513 Tabula Terre Nove and his 1516 Carta Marina. No improved, acquirable map of this part of the world appeared until Münster's 1540 map of the Americas. (more details)
Greatest 19th century map of the East Indies.
Algemene Kaart van Nederlandsch Oostindie...
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This expansive 1842 8-sheet map of the East Indies, compiled by Gijsbert Franco von Derfelden van Hinderstein, is the largest and most important map of the East Indies produced in the mid-19th century. Compiled from 1820 to 1840, it is the first map to depict the administrative divisions of the Dutch East Indies as the islands progressively came under Dutch administration. The current example is handsomely housed in 9 gilt-stamped leather slipcases. (more details)
Foundational cartographic document of Saratoga, the Franco-American alliance, and the transformation of the American Revolution into a global war.
Carte du Theatre de la Guerre entre les Anglais et Les Americains.
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This is the rare first edition of Louis Brion de la Tour's significant 1777 map of the northern theater of the American Revolutionary War. Published in Paris in the immediate aftermath of the American victory at Saratoga and the surrender of General John Burgoyne's army, it is the first published illustration of the Battle of Saratoga to appear in France. The map brought French audiences cartographic news of the victory that transformed the course of the Revolution, helping convince France that the American cause was viable and setting the stage for the Franco-American alliance of 1778. As such, it captures a pivotal moment when an American colonial rebellion was becoming an international war. (more details)
Misunderstood map central to the establishment of Maltese national identity.
Malta colle sue Citta, Fortificazioni, Terre, Villaggi, Valloni, e Luoghi Alpestri, con le sue Isole adiacenti.
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This is a seminal and long-misunderstood separate-issue, possibly proof, example of Giovanni Antonio Ciantar's 1772 map of Malta and Gozo. Engraved for Giovanni Antonio Ciantar's Malta Illustrata, this map is significant in the development of Maltese historical identity. It presents the Maltese archipelago as a homeland with an ancient history both separate from and intertwined with the Knights of St. John. Its publication and printing in Malta also coincide with the late 18th-century revival of Maltese printing and scholarship. (more details)
Engel's 1765 Map of an American West Shaped by Indigenous Knowledge, Exploration, and Myth.
Carte du la Partie Septentrionale et Occidentale de l'Amerique d'apres les relations les plus recentes dresses en 1764 par M.
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This scarce, influential, and often misunderstood map of North America was published in 1765 by Samuel Engel. Engel composed this map to address and reconcile conflicting speculations regarding the American West and North Pacific - specifically the Buache-Delisle-Müller-Bering controversy. He compiled it from primary-source material, ranging from Lahonton's fictional expedition to the factual account of the American Indian voyager Moncacht-Apé. The latter led to Engel's mapping of the Columbia River - the first such map to do so based on actual observation. Although obscure today, Engel's work was well received when published, providing source material for some of the most significant maps of the latter 18th century. (more details)
Mining and Land Use in the Postcolonial Age.
Federation of Malaya Land Development Maps.
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This is a rare 1961 atlas of land development (i.e., land use) in the newly independent Federation of Malaya, prepared by the Federation's Geological Survey Department under the leadership of Joseph B. Alexander. Focusing on mining and mineral exploitation, the 56 maps provide a remarkably comprehensive overview of the Federation's constituent parts in the years just after independence. Both the content and production (overseen by a British geologist) reflect the distinctive, gradual transition away from colonialism on the Malay Peninsula. (more details)
Pursuing Peace in Shanghai.
The Reader's Map of the Sino-Japanese Conflict In and Around Shanghai / A Plan for the Administration of the Shanghai Area.
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A unique discovery! This 1932 map of Shanghai was produced by Henry Monsel Cumine, a 'Eurasian' (biracial) architect and real estate developer in the city. It was created during the 1932 Sino-Japanese conflict over Shanghai, also known as 'the Shanghai Incident,' which destroyed a portion of the city and was a prelude to even worse destruction five years later in the Second Sino-Japanese War. The map is accompanied by a 'private and confidential' plan, addressed to a French admiral who commanded French forces in Shanghai, to end the conflict and establish the city as a demilitarized zone. (more details)
Insular Korea, in Striking Original Color.
Japoniae Nova Descriptio.
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This is a scarce, original-color c. 1636 example of Jan Jansson's map of Japan and Korea. The map follows the model of Luís Teixeira, the 16th-century court cartographer to the King of Spain. It is notable as an early European attempt to use the best available sources (mostly Jesuit) to map Japan and Korea, while tentatively maintaining the latter as an island. (more details)
Earliest Accurate England.
Das kunigreich Engellandt mit dem anstossenden Reich Schottlandt/ so vor zeiten Albion und Britannia han geheissen.
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This is Sebastian Münster's scarce woodcut map of England and Scotland and the northern parts of the European world, first added to his Geographia in 1540. It is the first detailed, modern printed map of England. 'This is a new map, substantially in advance of any others printed hitherto'. (Shirley). Although it was later included in his Cosmographia in 1544, it appeared in only 9 of the 34 editions, making it one of Münster's scarcest maps. (more details)
Venice after the Fall of the Republic.
Nouva Pianta Iconografica dell'Inclita Citta di Venezia.
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This is a scarce 1798 separate-issue city plan or map of Venice, Italy, prepared and published by Teodoro Viero. It depicts the city during a difficult period, when it fell under foreign occupation and saw the dissolution of the centuries-old republic. Nevertheless, the city's layout, its close connection with the water, and its grand churches and piazzas remained distinctive and a source of strong local identity. (more details)
Bird's-eye reconstruction of ancient Rome in all its imperial glory.
Antiquae Urbis Romae Imago Accuratiss: ex Vetustis Monumentis...
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This is a 1704 François Halma bird's-eye view of ancient Rome, based on Pirro Ligorio's influential 1561 reconstruction. Ligorio restores Rome to its ancient glory, with its temples, baths, theaters, circuses, and imperial monuments rising above a dense fabric of streets and houses. Side panels identify 269 monuments and sites, giving the pictorial detail an antiquarian framework. Published in connection with Johann Georg Graevius' Thesaurus Antiquitatum Romanarum, the view carried a Renaissance conception of Rome into the scholarly publishing world of the early 18th century. (more details)
Riches of the Orient.
Opulentissimum Sinarum imperium juxta recentissimam delineationem in suas provincias disterminatum, cura et sumtibus Matthaei Seutteri, Sac. Caes. et Reg. Cath. Majest. Geogr. August. Vindelic.
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This is a c. 1736 Matthäus Seutter map of China and Korea presenting the Chinese empire as a source of wealth, geographical knowledge, and maritime commerce. The composition places China's densely mapped interior beside an allegorical celebration of European engagement with the East. (more details)
Early Expansion of Treaty Port Yokohama.
御開港橫濱之圖 / [Map of the Open Port of Yokohama].
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This is a c. 1862 ukiyo-e city map or plan of Yokohama, Japan, by Ichikawa Yoshikazu. It depicts the city several years after it opened as a treaty port in 1859, when it was rapidly developing into Japan's main hub of trade and cultural exchange with foreign powers. From a fishing village a few years before, the city had become an incubator for the hybrid modernity of the Meiji era, complete with a significant foreign population, Western imports like a horseracing track, and a sizable red-light district meant to service (and confine) the sexual desires of foreigners. (more details)
A Planned Interoceanic Route in Colombia's Remote Northwest.
Intendencia Nacional del Choco. Plano general de la via Quibdo Negria y de algunas de sus conexiones.
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This is a c. 1924 map of the Chocó intendencia (now a departamento) in northwest Colombia, prepared by the territory's Anglo-Colombian engineer, Roberto J. White. The map presents an ambitious scheme White laid out to connect north- and south-running rivers in Chocó that empty into the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, respectively, creating an interoceanic route capable of handling heavy cargo. This was a particularly important goal at the time as Chocó became one of the main international sources of platinum in the early 20th century and experienced a mining boom. (more details)
Osaka on the Eve of the Meiji Restoration.
改正增補國寶大阪全圖 / [Revised and Supplemented Complete Map of National Treasure Osaka].
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This is an 1863 large-format woodblock city plan or map of Osaka, Japan, prepared by Kawachiya Tasuke and Itamiya Zenbē. It offers a remarkably detailed overview of the city in the late Tokugawa period, when it was one of Japan's largest and wealthiest cities, second only to Edo (later Tokyo). In this era, Osaka remained a major center of commerce and finance despite heavy damage from an uprising in the 1830s. (more details)
82nd Airborne Division and the Occupation of Berlin.
'All American' Paraglide Berlin Edition.
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This is a World War II 1945 82nd Airborne Division pictorial map of Europe. The map highlights the 82nd's combat experience, with a focus on Berlin and the Division's role in the post-war occupation. (more details)
Postwar Tourist Boom in Oahu.
Oahu. / Oahu Souvenir Map Hawaii.
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This is a c. 1970 pictorial promotional map of Oahu prepared by Freya Tanz. It was produced at a time when tourism from the U.S. mainland was surging, reorienting Oahu's economy. This shift brought clear economic benefits, but it also raised questions about the commodification of culture and sustainability that remain points of contention on Oahu today. (more details)
WWII German POW camps holding Americans.
Location of German Camps and Hospitals Where American Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees Are Held. based on information received to December 31, 1944.
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This is a poignant 1945 American National Red Cross map locating German camps holding American prisoners of war and civilian internees during the final year of World War II. Camps marked in red give geographical form to the wartime captivity of airmen, soldiers, sailors, merchant mariners, and civilians. Read alongside the Red Cross’s relief efforts, the map connects the distant places of their confinement with the families awaiting news and the vast undertaking of sending food and essential supplies to prisoners overseas. (more details)