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Earliest Acquirable Example of a Foundational Americanum.
Virginia. Discovered and discribed by Captayn John Smith/ Graven by William Hole
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This is the earliest acquirable state of Captain John Smith's 1612 map of the Virginia colony and Chesapeake Bay, in a remarkably clean, bright example. Its importance cannot be overstated. Smith's fine survey work, combined with reports from indigenous American Indian tribes, resulted in one of the most essential maps of America to emerge in the 17th century. Philip D. Burden, the author of The Mapping of North America, called it 'one of the most important maps of America ever produced and certainly one of the greatest influence.' (more details)
Early edition of an essential collection of travels
Regnum Congo hoc est. Vera Descriptio Regni Africani.../ II Pars Indiae Orientalis, in qua Iohan Hugonis Lintscotani Navigatio in Orientem.../ Tertia Pars Indiae Orientalis.../ Pars Quarta Indiae Orientalis...
$55,000.00
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This is a handsome 1601 collection of the first four books of the brothers Johann Theodor and Johann Israel de Bry's Indiae Orientalis, in their first Latin editions. These comprise the first four books of what would later be termed De Bry's Petits Voyages. Published serially from 1598 to 1628, this work offered European readers up-to-date reports of discoveries in Africa and the East, supported by a wealth of images and maps. These first editions contained what was probably the most complete picture available of the latest discoveries from Africa to the Spice Islands. In the case of Cornelis de Houten's voyage to the Spice Islands, De Bry's copies of the Cornelis Claesz maps suppressed from the initial Dutch report were the first glimpses of the momentous journey available to readers. When these editions were printed and sold, the discoveries within their pages were still current and would have been received eagerly. Indeed, collectors for centuries sought out the volumes of De Bry's Voyages in an effort to assemble a complete or 'perfect' De Bry, with no less a book fiend than Thomas Jefferson among them. (more details)
Most important map of the Mississippi during the Revolutionary War.
Course of the River Mississipi, from the Balise to Fort Chartres; Taken on an Expedition to the Illinois, in the latter end of the Year 1765.
$6,500.00
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A scarce, important, and dramatic map of the Mississippi River Valley from the Gulf of Mexico to Fort Chartres (Illinois). This was the best map of the Mississippi to appear before the American Revolutionary War (1775 - 1783) and remained significant even after the war, when it was the best demarcation of the western boundary of the United States. (more details)
Signed, Hand Colored, 'Collector's Edition'.
Cayo Huesco / Key West Florida.
$5,000.00
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The most spectacular and desirable pictorial map of Key West, Florida, from the Golden Age of American Pictorial Maps, here in a 1940 'Collector's Edition' signed, numbered, and hand colored by artist Arthur B. Suchy. These Collector's Editions are exceedingly rare, having only been made in 100 examples (if that); signed and numbered examples are even scarcer. (more details)
Mansucript record of a multinational Survey the Himalayas on the Eve of the Great War.
Карта южной пограничной полосы азиатской россіи XIX. ТАШКЕНТЪ ; XX. КАШГАРЪ ; КАБУЛЪ (XXVII) ПЕШАВАРЪ ; XXVIII ЛЕ, СИМЛА, ДЕЛИ/ [Map of the Southern Border Zone of Asiatic Russia XIX. Tashkent ; XX. Kashgar ; Kabul (XVII) Peshawar ; XXVIII Leh, Shimla, Delhi].
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This unique set of four Russian military topographic maps of Central and Inner Asia (each measuring 22.25 x 26.25 in.) bears English-language manuscript notes recording Filippo De Filippi's scientific expedition of 1913 - 1914. The expedition greatly improved scientific mapping of the Karakoram Pass, an ancient caravan route through the Himalayas connecting India and China (more specifically, Leh and Tibet), and attempted to trace the Yarkand River's origins. Though billed as an Italian expedition, it was in fact a multinational team that drew on the expertise of earlier Russian and British explorers, Filippi's own previous surveys in the region, and local Survey of India workers deeply familiar with the region's landscape, languages, and climate. This scientific cosmopolitanism is especially notable given the recent 'Great Game' tensions between Britain and Russia, ameliorated by the early 20th century, and when set against the backdrop of World War I (1914 - 1918), which broke out while the expedition was in the field. The map's annotations, most likely made by Major Henry Wood of the Survey of India, connect Srinagar, Skardu, Leh, the eastern Karakoram, and Kashgar, identifying successive bases for exploration, illustrating the expedition unfolding in situ. (more details)
Most beautifully executed woodcut map of Europe.
Europa / die erste Tafel diser Chronicken / so im ersten Buech begrissen.
$3,750.00
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This is a bold, attractive 1606 edition of Johann Stumpf's 1548 south-oriented map of Europe. It is the only map derived from Sebastian Münster's Europe and is thus the last derivative of Martin Waldseemüller's unobtainable 1511 map of Europe. While Münster's map went to many editions and is readily acquirable, Stumpf's work was produced in smaller numbers and is a rarer work: larger, more beautifully executed, and more desirable. (more details)
Bear wrestling.
Leavitt's Map with Views of the White Mountains, New Hampshire.
$3,500.00
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Complete with frightening bears, this is Franklin and Victor Leavitt's idiosyncratic 1888 pictorial map of New Hampshire's White Mountains. The map is most admired for its folksy central illustration, incorporating local legends Old Crawford, Tom Miller, Old Gib, and Harry Crawford engaged in mortal combat with bears and a lynx against the backdrop of the White Mountains. There is even one image of a particularly adventurous woodsman, Col. Whipple, relaxing in the embrace of a moose's massive antlers. (more details)
The Sun, Spinning Around the Earth.
Solis Circa Orbem Terrarum Spiralis Revolutio.
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This beautiful work is Andreas Cellarius' celestial chart, in its 1661 second state with sumptuous color, illustrating the spiraling orbit of the sun around the Earth, assuming a geocentric solar system. Its lush, baroque presentation - filled with clouds and putti - frames a useful visual glossary illustrating terminology important to the astronomer and the geographer. (more details)
Foundation of the mapping of Arabia.
[Tabula Sexta Asiae].
$2,750.00
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This is Laurent (Lorenz) Fries' 1522 map of Arabia, among the earliest acquirable maps of the Arabian Peninsula. Although presenting 2nd-century Ptolemaic geography, this map remained accurate and relevant and was one of the best maps of the peninsula available. (more details)
Collage of American Indian Culture.
Indians of North America.
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This rare first edition of Jo Mora's 1936 Indians of North America presents a pictorial chart that brings his longstanding study of Native American life into the decorative format of his celebrated cartes. Rather than locating peoples on a conventional map, Mora assembles a visual survey of clothing, dwellings, transportation, craftsmanship, and ceremonial life. Its particular emphasis on the Southwest reflects his years among the Hopi and Navajo, and some of the objects illustrated belonged to his own collection. The dedication to his friend, trader Lorenzo Hubbell, makes that personal connection explicit. (more details)
Rochambeau's March to Yorktown.
[Revolutionary War Map Showing Rochambeau's March from Boston to the Chesapeake.]
$1,800.00
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This is the first edition of François Soulés map of the American coast during the Revolutionary War, illustrating Rochambeau's epic march from Boston to the Chesapeake Bay and Yorktown - a key achievement that contributed to the decisive American victory at Yorktown. (more details)
Celebrating the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor.
ハワイ大海戦圖 / [Illustration of the Great Naval Battle in Hawaii].
$1,200.00
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This is a 1942 Furushima Matsunosuke bird's-eye view of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, issued by King magazine to celebrate the destruction of the American battleships for a Japanese audience. Published less than three months after the attack, at the apex of Japan's wartime imperial expansion, it combines a panorama of Ford Island with an emphatically triumphalist account of Japanese naval power. The accompanying text asks readers to hang the picture nearby, remember the servicemen's sacrifices morning and evening, and cultivate confidence in ultimate victory. (more details)
Aquarius from the most important 17th century celestial atlas.
[Aquarius].
$950.00
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This is Johann Bayer's celestial chart of the zodiacal constellation Aquarius. It was engraved for Bayer's seminal 1603 celestial atlas, Uranometria: omnium asterismorum content schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa. As the forerunner of all later celestial atlases, this work's importance and relevance are underscored by its continued publication throughout the mid-17th century. (more details)
Cartographic Card Game for Children.
The Game of Nations or Quaker Whist.
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This is a c. 1890 McLoughlin Brothers geographical card game titled 'The Game of Nations or Quaker Whist,' in which chromolithographed continental maps replace aces and illustrated people replace the conventional court cards. Published in New York and accompanied by its red, gold-lettered box, the game brought geography to the family parlor through a familiar pastime. Its four continental suits associate places with distinctive inhabitants and dwellings, offering an illustrated geography lesson that also reveals the cultural stereotypes embedded in late 19th-century children's entertainment. (more details)
Scarce large format map of Dalian, China.
大連市街全圖 / [Complete Street Map of Dalian / Dairen].
$900.00
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This is Saito Katsuzō's unrecorded, large-format 1910 city map or plan of Dalian, or Dairen, documenting the port's early development as Japan's commercial springboard into Manchuria. Published five years after Japan acquired Russia's leasehold rights following the Russo-Japanese War (1904 - 1905), it combines a detailed street and property plan with railway timetables, extensive business advertising, and a photographic panorama on the verso. Its advertisements connect Dalian with businesses in Japan and with inland centers such as Harbin, revealing commercial relationships that extended beyond the boundaries of the Japanese-administered Kwantung Leased Territory, setting the stage for further Japanese expansion into Manchuria in the following years. (more details)
Stunning pictorial map of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem.
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This is a 1969 first-edition example of Herman Bollmann's large-format bird's-eye view of Jerusalem, accompanied by its original promotional marketing material and order sheet from Wim van Leer Publications. Bringing the Old City, the commercial center, and the western university and government district into a single architectural panorama, it presents a city whose political and physical geography had just changed profoundly due to Israel's capture of East Jerusalem during the Six-Day War. (more details)
Great Lakes Commerce at the Dawn of WWII.
The Last of the Free Seas.
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This July 1940 map by Boris Mikhailovich Artzybasheff dramatically illustrates the Great Lakes' crucial importance to American interests, especially as the war in Europe seemed to turn in Nazi Germany's favor. (more details)
Down of the Skyscraper Age.
North View from the Singer Tower.
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This is a dramatic 1909 Edward W. Spofford view of New York City celebrating the opening of the Singer Tower. The Singer Tower was worthy of such a view, for this kind of high oblique perspective would have been a novelty to most New Yorkers, as the newly finished Singer Tower was, at the time, the world's tallest skyscraper, New York's most innovative building, and a Beaux-Arts design wonder. (more details)
Children of the Large-Beaked Bird.
Historical Map of the Crow Indian Reservation : home of the Crows or Absarokee 'children of the large beaked bird.'
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This is a circa 1970 Ralph M. Shane pictorial historical map of Montana's Crow Indian Reservation, conceived to preserve stories of the Crow homeland alongside the better-documented history of battles and treaties. Its dense annotations connect sacred places, intertribal conflicts, schools, and tribal government to a landscape often presented primarily through Custer's defeat at the Battle of Little Bighorn, toward top here, in 1876. A Bureau of Indian Affairs road engineer, Shane developed his reservation maps as a personal educational project intended to encourage understanding of Native American history. (more details)
Comprehensive History of the Blackfeet Nation.
Early History Blackfeet Indian Reservation Montana.
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This 1966 pictorial historical map of Montana's Blackfeet Indian Reservation was prepared by Ralph M. Shane. It combines an illustrated account of Blackfeet life with a pointed examination of dispossession, commercial exploitation, and dependence on government rations. A Bureau of Indian Affairs road engineer, Shane developed his reservation maps as a personal educational project intended to encourage understanding of Native American history. Here, buffalo drives, former agency sites, and historic trails share the landscape with modern highways and annotations recording the devastating floods of June 1964. The result presents the reservation as both a historical homeland and a contemporary community. (more details)