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Harkening to the Earliest Days of New Orleans.
Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans Capitale de la Louisiana 1728.
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This is an exceptional original c. 1880 manuscript draft map of New Orleans in 1728 drafted by eccentric German-American civil engineer Baron Ludwig von Reizenstein for later publication in George E. Waring Jr.'s influential 1881 History and Present Condition of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Report on the City of Austin, Texas. (more details)
Americas in the Midst of Revolutions.
Carte de l'Amerique dressée d'après les meilleurs materiaux anglais, francais et sur les observations astronomiques de Mr. de Humboldt.
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This is Franz Fried's scarce 1818 folding map of the Americas, published by Artaria of Vienna. The map is significant for capturing the fast-paced political changes sweeping the continent in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815) and the breakdown of Spanish hegemony in Latin America. (more details)
Pacific Coast of Newly Independent Countries.
A New Chart of the Western Coast of North America from the Gulf of Nicoya to the Gulf of California, Drawn Chiefly From the late Spanish Surveys.
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This is J. W. Norie's 1828 large-format nautical chart of the west coast of Mexico and Central America, corrected to 1846. The map was updated and republished to capitalize on increased activity along this strategic coastline during the Mexican-American War (1846 - 1848). Being outside of U.S. waters, naval commanders resorted to existing and updated commercial charts, like this one, to control the coast. (more details)
Meiji Japan navigates the modern world.
新譯詳密萬國海陸全圖 / [Newly Translated Detailed Map of the World's Seas and Lands].
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This is a very rare 1892 world map on a Mercator Projection by Aoki Tsunesaburō, one of the most prominent publishers of books and maps dealing with foreign knowledge during the Meiji period. The map reflects the increasing development and dissemination of open-ocean navigational knowledge and interest in the latest geographical discoveries in Meiji Era Japan. (more details)
Mapping Japan's Minerals.
大日本帝國中部地質圖 / [Geological Map of the Central Part of the Empire of Japan].
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This is a large-format folding geological map of Central Japan, prepared in 1914 by the Geological Survey of Japan, then part of the Nōshōmushō, Japan's Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. (more details)
Early Appearance of the Wabash and Erie Canal.
The Travellers Pocket Map of Indiana with its roads and distances. / Indiana Traveller.
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This is a scarce 1831 pocket map of Indiana prepared by Henry Schenck Tanner and engraved by John Knight. It presents the state as its population was growing rapidly in the wake of statehood and several wars against Native Americans, particularly Tecumseh's Confederacy, which opened most of the state's territory up to settlement. (more details)
A Pacified Frontier.
The Travellers Pocket Map of Ohio with its canals, roads and distances. / Ohio Traveller.
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This is a scarce 1830 pocket map of Ohio by Henry Schenck Tanner and engraved by Edward B. Dawson. It presents the state during a period of rapid growth after the War of 1812, as settlers arrived in large numbers to settle the pacified frontier. (more details)
A pause in the Caucasian War.
Karte der Kaukasus - Länder und der Angränzenden Türkischen und Persischen Provinzen Armenien, Kurdistan, und Azerbeidjan.
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This is an 1854 map of the Caucasus, published during the Caucasian War (1817 - 1864) and the Crimean War (1853 - 1856) by Heinrich Kiepert, the most accomplished 19th-century cartographer working in the Caucasus and Trans-Caucasus. For 50 years, this served as a definitive map used for treaty negotiation, military activity, and administration. (more details)
Best and largest map of Tenerife to appear during the Second Spanish Republic.
Isla de Tenerife.
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This is a c. 1931 Spanish Depósito Geográfico e Histórico del Ejército large-scale map of Tenerife, Canary Islands. It is the largest and most detailed map of Tenerife to appear during the Second Spanish Republic. Tenerife is the largest and most populated of the Canary Islands. While it is now a popular tourist destination, historically, Tenerife was a crucial stopping point on trans-Atlantic voyages. (more details)
Published 4 months before the American invasion.
Philippines MacArthur's Objective.
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This is a June 1944 Edwin Sundberg map of the Philippines published by the Sunday News, published 4 months before the Allied invasion of the Philippines. The map offers an overview of the strategically important archipelago and provides a brief history of foreign involvement. (more details)
Savoy Switches from Bourbon to Habsburg.
Regiæ celsitudinis Sabaudicæ status in quo ducatus Sabaudiæ principatus Pedemontium et ducatus Montisferrati...
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This is an early state of Johann Baptist Homann's 1707 map of the Duchies of Savoy and Montferrat and the Principality of Piedmont. The map illustrates the region during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701 - 1714). Coverage extends from Lake Geneva and Switzerland in the north to Nice and the Mediterranean Sea in the south, including parts of Dauphine and Provence and part of the Duchy of Milan to the east. (more details)
Vineyard Haven at the height of its Whaling Boom.
View of the Village of Holmes' Hole, Marthas Vineyard, Mass. 1856.
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This is a striking 1856 bird's-eye view of Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, by William H. Sturtevant and J. H. Bufford. It depicts Vineyard Haven when it was emerging as a center of whaling and a stop on the Underground Railroad. (more details)
Planning the Colonial Capital.
附圖第一號 京城都市計畫區域圖, 附圖第二號 京城都市計畫地域圖... / [Appendix Map No. 1. Keijo Capital City Plan Area Plan, Appendix Map No. 2. Keijo Capital City Plan Land Use Map...].
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This is a set of seven large-format c. 1925 planning maps of Seoul (Keijō), produced during the Japanese colonial period. Together, they constitute a remarkable survival from the Japanese colonial era and provide a window into a forgotten chapter in the history of one of the world's largest cities. (more details)
Planning the Back Bay.
Plan of the Receiving Basin Showing Certain Avenues and lines of Release.
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One of the earliest published maps of the Back Bay, Boston, surveyed in 1852 in anticipation of the Back Bay Landfill. The map represents one of the earliest representations of the Back Bay, then a tidal swamp, overlaid with streets and avenues, thus part of Boston's grid. It shows the beginnings of the Back Bay Landfill efforts, as well as the beneficiaries of the project who would build enormous fortunes on the development. (more details)
Based on Chinese Sources.
A Map of China, drawn from those of the particular provinces made on the spot by the Jesuit missionaries...
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This is Emanuel Bowen's rare 1738 map of China and Korea, derived from the geography of Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville. It is not a direct copy of D'Anville's maps but rather is a distillation of Chinese provincial maps included in Du Halde's 1737 Nouvel atlas de la Chine, which Bowen reproduced in the 1738 English edition of that work. Via D'Anville, this is one of the best 18th-century maps of China originating from Chinese sources. (more details)
Duty, Honor, Country.
West Point, from Phillipstown. To Colonel S. Thayer Superintendant of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point...
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This is a scarce c. 1860 Currier and Ives view of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, based on an earlier painting by William James Bennett. (more details)
New York Builds to its Limits, Before Removing Its Limits.
(On Verso) Land on Chatham Street Surveyed by Fran. Maerschalk 1757.
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This is an early 19th-century manuscript map of the City Hall Park area, New York City. It is an early 19th-century copy of a 1759 survey by Francis Maerschalk detailing the future City Hall Park and the area directly to the southeast. The survey fits into a gap in the mapping of the city between the 1755 Maerschalk plan and the 1760s plans of Montresor and Ratzer. (more details)
Dangerous seas around the Virgin Islands.
West Indies. [Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands].
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A rare 1888 Charles Wilson nautical chart or maritime map of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. This is the largest and finest specific map of Puerto Rico we have yet encountered. (more details)
British mapping of the Peruvian coast during the Bolivar Regime.
The Port of Santa. / Pacasmayo Roads.
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These two c. 1927 manuscript maps, drawn on a single sheet, detail anchorages along the coast of Peru: one of the Island of Santa and the approaches to Pacasmayo. They were taken from the 1824-27 voyage of HMS Mersey during the ship's tenure in South America and were likely the work of either her Captain or her Master. (more details)
Infographic analysis of the New York Commute - in 1922!
New York City and Contiguous Territory Railroad Passenger Service showing the Number of Passenger Trains in 24 Hours...
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This is a 1922 Regional Plan proof state infographic map of New York City, highlighting passenger rail traffic. The map is an early attempt to analyze the New York commute to better manage passenger rail networks. (more details)