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The Middle East by an Anarchical anti-authoritarian internationalist.
L'Asie antérieure : d'après le texte de la Nouvelle Géographie Universelle et d'autres documents récent.
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This beautifully detailed 1883 map of the Middle East is the work of geographer, anarchist, free union advocate, and nudist Jacques Élisée Reclus, produced in conjunction with fellow anarchist Charles Eugène Perron as part of Reclus's nineteen-volume Nouvelle Géographie Universelle. Reclus' maps were widely admired for their scientific precision and detail; his atlas was notable for its reflection and support of anti-authoritarian internationalism. (more details)
Cold War Listening Post, Conduit for Cultural Exchange.
Welcome to Hong Kong.
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This 1959 map of Hong Kong was printed by Metropole Press for the Servicemen's Guides Association and intended for American military personnel passing through Hong Kong at the height of the Cold War. Although Hong Kong was a British colony inhabited primarily by Chinese people, this map reflects a period when American military, cultural, and economic influence in Hong Kong was large and growing. (more details)
The Earliest Printed Image of Besançon, France.
Warhafftige abcontrafehtung der Herzlichen und Beruempten Statt Bisantz.
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This lively and remarkably accurate woodcut bird's eye view of Besançon, France, is the earliest acquirable printed image of that city. (more details)
Get Your Kicks (and Chicken In A Basket) On Route 66.
Legend to Best-Stops.
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This is a 1952 map of northern Arizona, printed in two colors on a diner napkin. This 'Mapkin', produced by the Best Stops Travel Service of Salt Lake City, Utah, represents a pictorial icon of the pre-interstate Arizona road trip, focusing specifically on the region along the fabled Route 66 from Gallup, New Mexico to Barstow California. The region covered runs from Phoenix, Arizona in the south, up to the Grand Canyon in the north. This was an area that BestOPS had covered in 1948; the present work not only features different restaurants, but also sharpens the focus on Route 66 as the major corridor of the region. (more details)
Tokyo's Foreign Quarter in the Early Meiji Period.
東京繁榮流行の往来 / [The Comings and Goings of Prosperity and Fashions in Tokyo].
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This is an 1870 ukiyo-e depiction of the Tsukiji neighborhood of Tokyo, drawn by Utagawa Hiroshige III and published by Masadaya Heikichi. It displays the neighborhood just months after it was designated as the foreign residence quarter of Tokyo following the Meiji Restoration, emphasizing the rapid importation of foreign technologies, fashion, and manners. (more details)
High Point of Egyptian-Saudi Relations.
هَدِيَّة من جريدة' القاهرة' / [A Gift from 'Al-Qahira' Newspaper].
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This is an unrecorded c. 1955 Arabic-language map of Saudi Arabia prepared by the Al-Ragha'ib Press in Egypt. It was issued during a warm period of Egyptian-Saudi relations, before the two countries became leaders of opposing blocs in the Arab Cold War. (more details)
Featuring the Guif of Mexico and Lake Ontario!
The United States of America with The British Possessions of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland divided with The French, also the Spanish Territories of Louisiana and Florida according to the Preliminary Articles of Peace Signed at Versailles the 20th of Jany. 1783.
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A striking 1794 Laurie and Whittle map of the newly independent United States, capturing North America's transformation in the turbulent decades between the American Revolution (1775 - 1783) and the War of 1812 (1812 - 1815). Most remarkable is its magnificent title cartouche, surmounted by one of the earliest printed representations of the thirteen-star American flag - a bold visual declaration of the new republic's place on the world stage. (more details)
Building Dams and Identity
خارطة الجمهورية العراقية الإدارية / [Administrative Map of the Republic of Iraq]. / [Verso title panel] دَلِيل السَّائِح وَالطَّالِب وَالمُوَاطِن فِي خَارِطَة عِرَاقِنَا الحَضَارِي [Guide for the Tourist, Student, and Citizen to the Map of Our Cultural Iraq].
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This is a 1972 Arabic-language wall map of Iraq prepared by Tuma Al-Sadi, a high-level bureaucrat in the Ba'athist government, and printed by the General Directorate for Survey. Packed with information, it covers everything from irrigation projects (the main focus of the General Directorate for Survey) to resorts, historical landmarks, tourist riverboats, and other information relevant to tourists. These dual purposes - highly technical on the one hand and leisurely on the other - seem an odd pairing but make sense within the context of the ambitious goals set by the Ba'athists. (more details)
One of the earlist obtainalbe maps of the Galapagos.
The Gallapagos Islands Discovered and Described by Capt. Cowley in 1684.
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This 1744 Emmanuel Bowen map of the Galápagos Islands is one of the earliest specific maps of the remote archipelago, later made famous by Charles Darwin and the voyage of HMS Beagle. Based on 1683 survey work by Captain William Ambrose Cowley, this is the first substantial English mapping of the Galápagos. This map represents a critical stage in the cartographic history of the Galápagos, being the definitive cartography of the islands until Darwin and FitzRoy's 1835 voyage. (more details)
Stunning view of the Holy Land!
Bacon's Bird's-Eye View of the Holy Land.
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A scarce c. 1890 chromolithograph bird's-eye view of the Holy Land, Israel, and Palestine, published in London by G. W. Bacon. Brilliantly colored and rendered from an elevated oblique perspective, the view presents the Biblical landscape from Mount Lebanon and Mount Hermon south along the Jordan River Valley, encompassing the Sea of Galilee, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and the Dead Sea. Bacon dramatically exaggerates key geographical features, transforming the ancient Biblical landscape into an immediately comprehensible three-dimensional panorama. (more details)
Meeting of Ancient and Modern in Meiji-Era Tokyo.
淺艸觀世音境内細圖 兩國橋及淺草橋眞圖 / [Detailed View of the Grounds of Asakusa Kannon Temple / Accurate View of Ryōgoku Bridge and Asakusa Bridge].
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This is an 1887 bifurcated ukiyo-e triptych view of the Sensō-ji in Asakusa and the Ryōgoku neighborhood of Tokyo by Inoue Yasuji. Juxtaposing Tokyo's oldest temple alongside novelties like factories and mass transit, the view captures the spirit of the early Meiji era, when Tokyo was transformed into a modern city. (more details)
Nagoya in the Wake of the Meiji Restoration.
[Nagoya].
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This is a c. 1880 manuscript map of Nagoya, Japan, prepared by an unnamed cartographer. It reflects the city in the aftermath of the Meiji Restoration, which set Japan on a crash course of modernization. (more details)
The great outdoors.
Disaster Lake (Teneya).
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A whimsical and apparently unique c. 1950 manuscript pictorial map and game centered on Tenaya Lake in Yosemite National Park. Hand-drawn by an unknown artist, the map transforms the celebrated alpine landscape surrounding Tenaya Lake into a playful outdoor obstacle course, where campers navigate a maze of hazards, mishaps, and natural wonders on their way to the finish. Familiar Yosemite landmarks are humorously reinvented: Tenaya Lake becomes 'Disaster Lake,' Tioga Road is recast as 'Runaway Road,' and a nearby campground becomes 'Camp Olde Smokey.' Part pictorial map, part board game, and part affectionate satire of mid-20th-century camping culture, this manuscript captures both the romance and misery of outdoor adventure in Yosemite. (more details)
Presentation issue of foundational Kentuky Geolgical Map.
Geologic Map of Kentucky.
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An exceptional presentation issue of Willard Rouse Jillson's 1929 geological map of Kentucky, compiled from the landmark Sixth Kentucky Geological Survey (1925 - 1928). The map provides an extraordinary record of the state's geology and mineral wealth during a formative period of industrial and natural resource development. This presentation example is inscribed to Major Maurice Kirby Gordon (1878 - 1974), an important Madisonville attorney, Kentucky historian, World War I officer, and founding figure of the American Legion whose research focused extensively on western Kentucky coal mining and regional development. (more details)
Groundbreaking infographic chart of the East African Coast / Western Indian Ocean.
Maury's Wind and Current Chart Series A, Indian Ocean No. 4.
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A colorful 1854 Matthew Fontaine Maury nautical map of the eastern coast of Africa, from Kenya to South Africa. Matthew Fontaine Maury, the greatest American hydrographer of his time, produced it, and like all his wind and current charts, it is a marvel of infographic mapping. (more details)
Chromolithograph of the battle that ended Spanish rule in the Philippines.
The Battle of Manila, May 1, 1898.
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A rare Xanthus Russell Smith chromolithograph of the 1898 Battle of Manila, a pivotal event in the Spanish-American War. The May 1, 1898, battle was the opening naval engagement of the Spanish-American War and one of the most decisive naval battles in history, effectively ending 350 years of Spanish colonization in the Philippines. (more details)
Modernization of Egypt's Infrastructure.
خريطة طرق مواصلات الإقليم المصري، الجمهورية العربية المتحدة / [Transportation and communication map for the Egyptian region, United Arab Republic.]
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This is a c. 1960 large-format Arabic-language map of Egypt under the United Arab Republic, prepared by Abdel-Aal Mohammed Rashdan of the Cairo Drafting Office. It reflects the Egyptian government's modernization drives under Gamal Abdel Nasser. (more details)
Readjusting for the Meiji Era.
改正再刻亰都區組分細圖 / [Revised and Reengraved Detailed Map of Kyoto Divided into Wards].
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This is an 1883 city plan or map of Kyoto, Japan, prepared by Hashimoto Chōgetsu. It was published after Kyoto lost its status as Japan's imperial capital, but just as its partial revival as an industrial and transportation hub was beginning. (more details)
The South's Second Great Port on the Gulf.
H No. 10 Preliminary Sketch of Mobile Bay.
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This rare, separately issued example of the U.S. Coast Survey's 1851 nautical chart of Mobile Bay, Alabama, captures one of the antebellum South's most important commercial gateways at the height of the cotton boom. By 1851, these waters carried an immense flow of cotton from Alabama's Black Belt to markets in the North and Europe, transforming Mobile into one of the Gulf Coast’s great ports. (more details)
One of the Earliest Modern Maps of Italy.
Tavola Nuova d' Italia.
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An influential 1561 map of Italy by Girolamo Ruscelli, based upon Giacomo Gastaldi's groundbreaking cartography and representing one of the defining maps of Renaissance Italy. Engraved by Giulio Sanuto for Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy, the map greatly enlarged and refined Gastaldi's seminal 1548 map. From the Alps and Venice to Sicily, it presents Italy with a wealth of cities, mountains, rivers, and coastal detail, enlivened by a dramatically erupting Mount Etna and a miniature view of Venice. Gastaldi's geography, disseminated through Ruscelli's widely read atlas, remained the dominant cartographic representation of Italy until Giovanni Antonio Magini's 1608 map. (more details)