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Romanticizing African travel in the Era of the 'Africa Queen'.
Sabena Belgian World Airlines.
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An attractive c. 1950 Claude Dohet art deco map of Africa and Europe advertising Sabena Airlines, the Belgian national carrier. The map features striking gold highlighting of air routes connecting Africa with Europe. It captures the mystique of Africa and the Congo, specifically, at the height of the 'African Queen' era. (more details)
Smash the Swastika.
U.S.P.F. II
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This is Frederick Henri Kay Henrion's striking c. 1944 anti-Nazi poster produced during the Allied counter-offensive against Germany during World War II (1939 - 1945). Although emphasizing unity among the Allies, it also subtly hints at underlying tensions. (more details)
One of the Earliest Obtainable Maps of Taiwan.
L'Isle Formose et Partie des Costes de la Chine.
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This is Jacques-Nicolas Bellin's important c. 1756 map of Taiwan, which appeared in l'Abbé Prévost's Histoire Générale des Voyages, here with hand-coloring. Drawing on information from Jesuit missionaries, Bellin's map was among the earliest European maps to focus on the island and the first to employ its contemporary official Chinese name (Taiwan, here as 'Taiouan or Taivan'). (more details)
Capital of French Indochina.
Ville de Hanoi.
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This is a c. 1930 Bureau du Tourisme en Indochine city plan or map of Hanoi, Vietnam, capturing the city as the bustling colonial capital of French Indochina (1902 - 1945). This printing of the map specifically promotes Shell Oil products and services. (more details)
Multiethnic Heartland of the Habsburg Realm.
Charte von den Kaiserlich Oesterreichischen Ungarischen Ländern.
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This is Friedrich Wilhelm Streit's rare 1830 map of the Kingdom of Hungary and associated territories, published by the Geographisches Institut, Weimar. It displays the Lands of the Hungarian Crown, including Transylvania, Slovakia, and much of today's Croatia, in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815) as the Habsburgs adjusted to a changed political landscape. (more details)
Stomping Grounds of Freud, Mahler, Klimt, Zweig, and Herzl.
Plan der Reichshaupt und Residenzstadt Wien mit Angabe der neuen Bezirkseintheilung und der früheren Gemeindegrenzen.
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This 1897 chromolithographed large-format folding map of Vienna was prepared by Freytag and Berndt for publication by A. Hartleben's Verlag. It presents the city during a period of drastic transformation when it had become one of the most dynamic intellectual and artistic centers in the world. (more details)
Published by the Belgian Army for the children of its soldiers stationed in Germany.
The United States of America.
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This is an extremely rare c. 1957 pictorial map of the United States published by the Forces belges en Allemagne (FBA) (Belgian Forces in Germany). This map was published by the Belgian army in Germany for the children of Belgian soldiers stationed there (see below). (more details)
International competition to reach the North Pole.
Expédition Française au Pôle Nord sou le Commandement de Mr. Gustave Lambert. Régions Polaires Boréales.
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This is an 1867 Victor-Auguste Malte-Brun and Georges Erhard Schièble map of the North Pole highlighting three proposed polar expeditions. The map captures the peak of the global competition to reach the North Pole. Reaching the Pole was considered a matter of national pride, with both government-funded and private expeditions making the attempt. This map captures rival proposals by French, English, and German explorers. (more details)
Early Jesuit Map of China.
Paradigma XV Provinciarum et CLV Urbium Capitalium Sinensis Imperij Cum Templis quae Cruce X Signatur Et Domiciliis S.I.
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This is Joseph Stöcklein's c. 1729 map of China, prepared for his Der Neue Welt-bott. It was an important piece of early cultural exchange between China and Europe, which helped spur the Enlightenment. (more details)
Pictorial map of Colorado's historic railways.
Colorado Railroads.
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This is a dramatic 1943 Linn H. Westcott / Trains Magazine pictorial map of Colorado highlighting its historic railroads. The map captures Colorado's complex and often confusing railroad history and its influence on westward expansion, mining booms, urbanization, and tourism. (more details)
First view of Georgetown, Malaya, center of the Spice Trade. Manuscript.
A View of Pulo Pinang or Prince of Wales Island.
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A remarkable, finely executed manuscript view of Georgetown, Penang Island (modern-day Malaysia), drawn in 1788, just 2 years after that colony's founding. This is most likely the earliest surviving image of Georgetown, the first British settlement in Southeast Asia and, by the early 19th century, the center of the spice trade and the epicenter of British power in Southeast Asia. (more details)
Glorious Return of Exiles to the Waldensian Valleys following the Piedmontese Easter.
Nieuwe Caerte der Valleyenin Piemont Door de Waldensen etc. Tegen alle Gewelt Beschernt. / Nouvelle Carte Des Vallees De Pieomont Etc, Vaillamment Defendues, Contre Toute Laviolenge Des Francois, Par Les Vaudois Reformes, Etc.
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An extraordinary discovery of great rarity, the is the 1691 Malet / Ottens separate-issue map of the Piedmontese Alps illustrating the 1689 Glorieuse Rentrée of the Waldensians to their traditional Alpine valleys following their exile in the wake of the 1655 ethnic cleansing known as the Piedmontese Easter. (more details)
Colorado Silver Boom.
Baldwin's Map of Mining Claims, Near Leadville California Mining District, Lake co. Colorado.
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A rare and impressive 1879 Sizer / Baldwin map of Leadville, Colorado, and the California Gulch mining district at the dawn of the Colorado Silver Boom (1879-1893). The map reveals a cacophony of overlapping mining claims, underscoring the complexity and lawlessness of American mineral rushes, where ambitious prospectors intentionally and unintentionally laid claims to land without official recognition or proper surveys. (more details)
Rare, French-printed Edition.
Africae nova Tabula.
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This is Peter Mariette's 1650 map of Africa, published in his Theatre Géographique de France. The present example is a rare French edition that does not appear in OCLC and has appeared only twice on the market since 2008. (more details)
Elegantly Composed Double Hemisphere World Map.
Nova Delineatio Totius Orbis Terrarum Per Petrum Vander Aa.
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This elegant double-hemisphere map of the world, engraved in 1660 by Jacob van Meurs, encapsulates the European understanding of the world during the second part of the 17th century. It is notable as well for its stately decorative imagery. (more details)
'A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism...'
La Loro Pace.
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This is a powerful Italian anti-Communist Cold War propaganda poster printed c. 1953 by Gros-Monti. Referencing the Korean War, the poster emphasizes the Communist threat to (Western) Europe and the specter of a Korean-style conflict on the continent. It was most likely intended to bolster anti-Communist political parties in the run-up to Italy's 1953 general election. (more details)
Meiji Era map with interesting anomalies.
萬國全圖 / [Complete World Map].
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This is a rare and peculiar 1888 Yoshimura Sentarō world map produced during the Meiji Period when the literate Japanese public was eager to learn about the world. (more details)
Das Land der Freien.
Charte von den Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-America nebst Louisiana und Florida : nach Murdochischer Projection und den neuesten astronomischen Ortsbestim[m]ungen
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This is an 1817 Franz Ludwig Güssefeld German-language map of the United States of America that appeared in Gaspari's Grosser Hand-Atlas, published by the Geographisches Institute in Weimar. It provides a fascinating glimpse into the dissemination of knowledge to a European audience about the young republic across the Atlantic. (more details)
Disney's outreach to the non-English speaking world.
Disney Disney's World of English.
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This is a 1976 Mondadori Editore Italian-language map of the world featuring a parade of Disney characters along the bottom. It is part of 'Disney's World of English' program, a now-defunct initiative to expand the brand through educational centers into non-English speaking markets. (more details)
Unique Spanish-language pictorial map of the Gulf War.
A la 00,00 horas del día 17 de enero, se desencadena la operación 'Tormenta del Desierto.'
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This is a curious large-format c. 1991 Spanish-language map of Operation Desert Storm, published as a supplement to the ephemeral periodical El Sol. Produced during the conflict, it represents an early effort to depict the complex military maneuvers and technologies at play. (more details)