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Greatest Landowner in the West.
Map showing Location of Land Grants S.P. Land CO. / Southern Pacific Railroad Lands for Sale in California Nevada and Utah.
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A scarce c. 1914 map and pamphlet covering the Western United States demonstrating the land grants owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad in the early 20th century. It promotes the sale of lands held by the Land Company established by the railroad in California, Nevada, and Utah. (more details)
End of Ottoman Expansion into Europe.
Regnum Hungaria in Omnes suos Comitatus Accurate Divisum et Editum Per F. De Wit Amstelodami.
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This is a c. 1688 Frederic De Wit map of Hungary and the surrounding region, including parts of modern-day Austria, Slovakia, Croatia, and Serbia. The map was issued at the height of the Great Turkish War (1683 - 1699), which ravaged the region, but a string of European victories ended Ottoman expansion into Europe. (more details)
A stunning 18th century map of Denmark.
Royaume de Danemarck, qui comprend le Nort-Jutland divisé en ses quatre Dioceses, le Sud-Jutland divisé en ses deux Duchés de Sleswick et de Holstein, et les Isles de Fionie, Selande, Laland, etc.
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This is a c. 1768 Didier Robert de Vaugondy map of Denmark. Vaugondy's work presents a high degree of accuracy (for the period) since the Atlas Universel in which it was printed was one of the first atlases based upon actual surveys. (more details)
One of the first maps of a unified British Isles.
Magna Britannia complectens Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae Regna in suas Provincias et Comitatus Divisa.
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A beautiful first-edition example of Johann Baptist Homann's 1707-1710 map of Great Britain, including England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The map illustrates the consolidated kingdom of Great Britain formed under Queen Anne by the 1707 Acts of Union. It is one of the first maps of the British Isles united under one monarch. (more details)
Scenic town on eastern Long Island.
Riverhead Suffolk Co.
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This is the 1873 F.W. Beers map of the town of Riverhead, Long Island, New York. (more details)
First issue of an early depiction of Quebec.
Plan du Bassin de Quebec et de ses Environs.
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A scarce 1744 first state first issue of Bellin's map of the vicinity of Quebec City, Canada, illustrating the shallows of the St. Lawrence River. When this map was issued, Quebec dominated the French fur trade with its strategic position on a vital St. Lawrence artery. (more details)
First Atlas Map dedicated to Scandinavia.
Septentrionaliū Regionum Suetiae Gothiae Norvegiae Daniae et terrarium adiacētium recens exactaque description per Livinum algoet Auctorem Gerardus de Jode excudebat.
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This is Gerard De Jode's rare map of Scandinavia, the first folio map specifically focused on the area, in its 1593 edition published by the younger De Jode, Cornelis. It is the fullest realization of the Olaus Magnus Carta marina to appear in an atlas. (more details)
North America from the Great Age of Exploration.
Novi Orbis Pars Borealis, America Scilicet, Complectens Floridam, Baccalaon, Canadam, Terram Corte . . . 1585.
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A beautifully engraved, rare, and important 1600 map of North America by Matthias Quad, in its first edition. This is one of the most significant obtainable maps to incorporate the cartography of Cornelis de Jode, John White, and Jacques Le Moyne. It is additionally significant for its postulation of an open Northwest Passage. (more details)
Geographical Reassessment of the eastern Sahara and the Lower Nile.
Africae Tabula VI.
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This elegant map of Egypt, focusing on the Lower Nile and Eastern Mediterranean coast was printed in a single edition in 1588 for Livio and Giulio Sanuto's twelve-sheet 'atlas' of Africa. Of the 16th century maps focusing north Africa, Sanuto is unique. His depiction of the continent differed sharply from any contemporaneous map, the result of his thorough reconsideration of African geography in the light of both conventional and newly available sources - marking it as a unique and underappreciated masterpiece of geographical thought. (more details)
Taipei as the capital of 'Free China'.
臺北市圖 / [City Map of Taipei].
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A one-of-a-kind 1957 large-format folding map of Taipei by Yeh Hsien-k'ai. It depicts the city as it developed to accommodate a flood of refugees and government officials from mainland China, who fled the armies of the victorious Chinese Communist Party in the Chinese Civil War. (more details)
Best 16th century map of the region around Marrakesh.
Africae Tabula II.
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This is Livio Sanuto's rare and beautiful 1588 map of central Morocco, focusing on Marrakesh and the area lying between the Oum Er-Rbia and the Sous Rivers. The map depicts the rugged western end of the Atlas Mountains with details drawn almost exclusively from the reports of the Berber-Andalusi traveler, diplomat, and author Johannes Leo Africanus (1494 - 1554). It is moreover a strikingly beautiful engraving, a masterwork of Livio's brother Giulio, who engraved all twelve of the maps comprising their atlas of Africa. (more details)
Newburyport at its height as a Maritime Center.
Plan of Newburyport, Mass. From an actual Survey by H. McIntyre C.E. 1851.
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A rare 1851 map of Newburyport, Massachusetts, produced by surveyor Henry McIntyre. The map captures Newburyport at the height of its prominence as a maritime center. This is a very scarce work by a local mapmaker. (more details)
One of the Most Successful Partnerships in History.
Geographic Map of the Southern Hijaz Quadrangle, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-210B. / [خريطة جغرافية للوحة الحجاز الجنوبي بالمملكة العربية السعودية ابحاث جيولوجية مختلفة ؛ خريطة رقم I 210B].
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A remarkable map of the southern portion of the Hijaz (Hejaz, ٱلْحِجَاز), Saudi Arabia - includding Mecca / Mekkah. This map was prepared by Glen F. Brown and Roy O. Jackson of the U.S. Geological Survey in 1958 for the oil conglomerate Saudi Aramco, then updated with information to 1968. It represents one part of a special partnership between the USGS and Aramco that has helped make the latter among the largest and most profitable corporations in the world. (more details)
Classic Dutch Golden Age map of Continental Africa.
Africae nova Tabula Auct. Hen. Hondio.
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This is an attractive example of the Hondius map of Africa. It is a classic of Dutch decorative cartography. The map is embellished with lions, zebras, elephants, ostriches, and monkeys, while the oceans display seven sailing ships menaced by sea monsters. Flying fish skim the waters west of Guinea. A merman and mermaid embrace in the southern Atlantic - a recurring image in Hondius' maps (the identical couple appears in at least one other, Hondius' 1631 map of Italy.) (more details)
Fantastic vexillology chart.
Tableau des Pavillons ou Bannieres Que La Pluspart des Nations Arborent a la Mer.
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This is an exceptional 1756 J. N. Bellin / Dépôt de la Marine vexillology or flag chart illustrating worldwide maritime ensigns. It illustrates a total of 160 flags, most representing European powers, but some representing religious societies, Asian and African nations, and trading companies. (more details)
Connecting Biblical events pictorially with modern geography.
Karte von Palästina oder dem heiligen Lande.
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This is an 1843 Carl Beiling map of Palestine or the Holy Land. The richly illustrated and colorful map was designed as a didactic tool, connecting Biblical events pictorially with modern geography. (more details)
The Pirate Coast.
Arabien.
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This is an 1848 Heinrich Kiepert map of the Arabian Peninsula. It displays the region, only poorly understood by Europeans, in impressive detail. Of note is the controversial term 'Pirate Coast' (roughly the UAE), and the route of Finnish Arabist George August Wallin. (more details)
Propagandizing the mighty British Navy at the outset of World War II.
Depuis Plus de Deux Siecles les Flottes Britanniques ont Aide a Assurer Dans Tous les Oceans la Securite d'un Pacifique Commerce Entre les Nations.
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This is a 1941 Eric Fraser pictorial persuasive map of the world highlighting British naval bases during World War II (1939 - 1945). The map was published and released in multiple languages to stress the power and security provided by the British Royal Navy against the looming aggression of the Axis powers. (more details)
Spanish-Era Land Grants in New Mexico.
Territory of New Mexico.
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This is a large and detailed 1896 Robert H. Morton and General Land Office map of the New Mexico Territory. The map highlights private land grants, American Indian reservations, military bases, and forest reserves. Of greatest interest are the illustrated land grants, including the Tierra Amarilla Grant, the Beaubien and Miranda Grant, and the Mora Grant. Other annotations represent private grants that required new boundary surveys, were unconfirmed, or that had been rejected or dismissed by the U.S. government. Yellow areas represent reservations granted to the Jicarilla Apache, the Navajo, the Southern Ute, the Zuni, and the Mescalero Apache. (more details)
French Edition of the First Map of New South Wales.
Carte de La Nle. Galles Meridle. Ou de la Cote Orientale de la Nle. Hollande Decouverte et visitee par le Lieutenant J. Cook, Commandant de L'Endeavour, vaisseau de sa Majeste en 1770.
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This is the 1774 first French edition of James Cook's seminal first map of New South Wales, Australia. The map is a product of Cook's search for the often speculated upon southern continent or 'Terra Australis,' which scholars from the 16th century on believed, based upon ancient Greek texts, must exist at the base of the world. This map is significant for Australia collectors as the first definitive mapping of the coasts of New South Wales. (more details)