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Electrifying Manhattan.
The United Electric Light and Power Company.
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An unrecorded 1903 wall map of Manhattan, New York City, prepared by William F. Monaghan for the United Electric Light and Power Company. The map illustrates the early days of Manhattan's electrification and debates over direct and alternating current. It also illustrates the early stages of the Interborough Rapid Transit System, a precursor to the modern Subway. (more details)
First sight of the Pacific on the Central Pacific.
Through to the Pacific.
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This is an 1870 Currier and Ives lithograph celebrating the arrival of the Central Pacific Railroad on the West Coast - San Francisco is in the background. This is one of Currier and Ives' most iconic small-format views. (more details)
Benchmark Map of the Northwest Territory.
A New Map of Part of the United States of North America, exhibiting The Western Territory, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and C. Also, the Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Ontario and Erie; with Upper and Lower Canada and C. From the Latest Authorities.
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Prepared by John Cary in 1805, this is one of the most interesting and attractive maps of the American Frontier and the Great Lakes to emerge in the first years of the 19th century. It provides a detailed snapshot of the western United States in the early years of the republic. (more details)
The 'lowest' place.
A Hysterical Map of Death Valley National Monument Its Lookin' Mighty Low.
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A blend of the comic and the practical, this is a 1950 Jolly Lindgren larger format pictorial map of Death Valley National Monument. This is one of the rarer of Lindgren's 'Hysterical' map series, which gained popularity against the grim backdrop of first the Great Depression and World War II. (more details)
Vexillology.
Carte des Pavillons Accompagneé D' Observatioons Pour En Faire Comprendre le Blazon et les Differentes Devises Aussy bien que d'une Table Alphabetique Pour les Trouver Facilement.
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This 1720 Chatelain flag chart illustrates the world's flags during The War of the Spanish Succession (1701 - 1714) and the Great Northern War (1700 - 1720). (more details)
Immigration to Floria after WWII.
After Victory - Scenic and Picturesque Florida.
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This is a scarce 1943 map and pamphlet published by the Florida Department of Agriculture promoting veteran emigration after World War II. (more details)
Pictorial map of Maine by a Northeast Harbor local.
A Map of the State of Maine.
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This is the 1963 second edition of Northeast Harbor artist Luther S. Phillips' pictorial map of Maine. (more details)
Dawn of the daily commute.
Sunrise trails on Long Island.
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An impressive 1927 map of Long Island printed by Redfield-Kendrick-Odell and White Way Maps for the Long Island Chamber of Commerce. It promotes the 'Sunrise Trail', an early named road traversing Long Island. The map, moreover, illustrates the suburbanization of Long Island through a new highway system and the Long Island Rail Road. (more details)
First map of the American Concession in Shanghai?
Plan of the Hong Kew (Hong Que.) or American Settlement, at Shanghae.
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A remarkable, rare, and highly detailed 1866 map of Hong Kew (Hongkou, 虹口区), or the American Concession in Shanghai - possibly the earliest known map to specifically illustrate the American Settlement. The map follows shortly after the formal establishment of the Concession and subsequent International Settlement in 1863 and details in manuscript the construction of subterranean drainage lines by the Shanghai Municipal Council. (more details)
Best neutral-perspective map of the French and Indian War.
Theatrum belli in America Septentrionali. II. foliis comprehensum jussu Acad. Reg. Scient. et Eleg. Litt. exhibet I. C. Rhode Ac: Geogr. Berger, sculpsit berol.
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An important separately issued c. 1761 Johann Christoph Rhode map of eastern North America published in Berlin is considered the most important neutral perspective map of the French and Indian War (1754 - 1763). Rhode's map is little known and often overlooked by collectors, surprising as it is unquestionably the most exceptional map of the Theater of the French and Indian War published in any country other than the belligerent nations. (more details)
An epic cartographic achievement.
Map of Kashmir with part of Adjacent Mountains surveyed on the basis of the Great Trigonometrical survey of India, under the instructions of Lieutt. Colonel A. S. Waugh, Engineers, F.R.S. F. R.G.S. Survey General of India, by Captain T. G. Montgomerie, Engineers. F.R.G.S. 1st. Assistants under his orders, during 1855, 56 and 57.
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This is the first edition of Thomas G. Montgomerie's 1859 large-scale map of Kashmir and Jammu - considered the greatest achievement of one of the most epic concerted cartographic efforts in history, the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India. (more details)
First view of Sutter's Fort from first-hand observation.
Sutter's Fort, Sacramento, Cal. 1847.
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A scarce c. 1859 view of Sutter's Fort, California, as it appeared just one year before the California Gold Rush. Sutter's Fort occupies the site of modern-day Sacramento. Drawn from actual observation, this piece offers the best image of Sutter's Fort prior to the Gold Rush, which spurred breakneck development and the establishment of Sacramento. The view presents a small but well-defended fort, with multiple cannon, strong walls, and a proud American Flag. (more details)
First Modern Atlas Map of the British Isles.
Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae, Sive Britannicar: Insularum Descriptio.
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This is Abraham Ortelius' 1570 map of the British Isles, the first atlas map of the British Isles, in a beautiful example of the third state. (more details)
'X' marks the spot. Victoria Gold Rush.
Whitehead's Map of Victoria, with Alphabetical Key, 1869.
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This is an 1869 Whitehead map of Victoria, Australia. The map is an early edition of one of the most successful cartographic enterprises of the Victoria Gold Rush Era. It also includes manuscript annotations marking gold diggings - 'x' marks the spot! (more details)
A Classic Insular California Map.
Cette Carte de Californie et du Nouveau Mexique...
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A landmark 1700 map showing California as an island and the first published dissemination of Fr. Eusebio Kino's groundbreaking explorations in New Mexico and California. (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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A colorful c. 1862 ukiyo-e map of Yokohama, Japan, by Ichikawa Yoshikazu. It presents the city several years after its opening as a treaty port in 1859, when it was rapidly developing into Japan's main point of trade and cultural interaction with Western powers. (more details)
One of the Earliest Modern European Views of Ethiopia
The Town of Dixan in Abyssinia.
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A lovely aquatint view of the village of Dixan, near the present border of Ethiopia and Eritrea, encountered by Henry Salt on his travels through Abyssinia (Ethiopia). (more details)
Occupied Paris.
Plan Blondel Paris et Banlieue.
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This is a c. 1942 Editions Blondel la Rougery city plan or map of Paris, France. The map illustrates Paris during the World War II (1939 - 1945) Nazi occupation. The name on the back, Capt. Franklin G. Fischrist (or possibly Tischrist), suggests it was used by an English or American officer after the war. (more details)
Bringing hurricane mapping to the general public.
Hurricane Tracking Chart.
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An interesting c. 1960 chart devised by the U.S. Weather Bureau, forerunner to the National Weather Service. The map was created to track hurricanes through the Atlantic and Caribbean. The map is significant as part of a national effort to leverage the general public in weather recording and prediction. (more details)
Paul Revere's Midnight Ride.
Boston from 1630 From Wigwam to State House From Puritan to Racketeer From Calash to Automobile From Saints and Sinners to Sinners and Saints All Set Forth Diagramed and Dated. / Picture Story of the Historical Rides of Paul Revere William Dawes Dr. Prescott April 18-19, 1775.
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This is Ivan Chisholm and Robert Winn's 1947 pictorial map of Boston from 1630 to the 1940s - featuring the Midnight Ride made by Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Prescott. (more details)