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The Fight for the Philippines.
Philippine Islands.
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A rare c. 1899 pocket map of the Philippines or Philippine Islands coinciding with the American occupation of the archipelago and the resulting conflict with Filipino independence fighters. It was published in Chicago by the Fort Dearborn Publishing Company and issued on behalf of a local business in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (more details)
A Vast and Wondrous Wilderness.
Beaver River Survey (Base-Lines and Topography), 1876-79. Section No. 1.
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A colorful 1879 map of Beaver Lake in Lewis County, the Adirondacks, New York, drawn by Frank Tweedy for Verplanck Colvin's Topographical Survey of the Adirondack Region. Europeans settled this portion of New York sporadically since the 17th century. Nonetheless, the thick forests and mountains made surveying so onerous that it was not mapped thoroughly until the late 19th century. (more details)
At Loggerheads over Logging Rights.
Maine.
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An example of Thomas Bradford's 1846 map of Maine, published in his Universal Illustrated Atlas. (more details)
Bargaining Chips of Colonial Competition.
West India Islands.
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A map of the Caribbean islands of Grenada, Curacao, Trinidad, and Tobago in the Lesser Antilles, prepared by John Thomson and engraved by Samuel Neele for Thomson's New General Atlas. (more details)
Uncommon separate issue map of New York.
Map of the State of New York Showing the location of Boundaries of Counties and Townships Cities, Towns and Villages: the Courses of Rail Roads, Canals and Stage Roads.
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This is a separate-issue 1858 J. Calvin Smith and J. Disturnell pocket map of New York. (more details)
Individual residences in and around Portsmouth.
Map of the City of Portsmouth N. H. From Original Surveys Under the Direction of H. F. Walling, Civil Engineer.
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A scarce 1850 Henry Francis Walling map of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Kittery, Maine. Walling began publishing separately issued town plans on his own account in 1850, making this one of his earliest maps. Moreover, of Walling's nearly 150 separately issued town plans, this is one of the largest scale and most highly detailed. (more details)
The June 1851 San Francisco Fire.
View of the last great Conflagration in San Francisco on the 22nd of June 1851. Ten Squares burned, Loss $3,000,000. View from the head of California Street during the progress of the fire.
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An extremely rare Justh, Quirot and Co. 1851 letter sheet or broadsheet view of San Francisco during the San Francisco Fire of June 1851. It looks down on the burning city from a pastoral hill at the head of California Street. This letter sheet was issued in San Francisco just days after the June 22nd conflagration. The small size of this letter-sheet is reflective of the small and press that the firm, one of San Francisco's first printers, was able to salvage from the earlier May 3-4th conflagration. It would not be until 1852 that they finally acquired a larger format press. (more details)
Europe after the Congress of Vienna.
A Map of Europe with the Political Divisions after the Peace of Paris and Congress of Vienna / Europe after the Congress of Vienna.
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A stunning map in four sheets (conjoined in twos to form a top and bottom half), this 1816 work by John Thomson depicting Europe in the wake of the Congress of Vienna clocks in at more than three feet tall by four feet wide. It represents the summation and apogee of Thomson's diligent and aesthetically-pleasing cartographic work in his New General Atlas. (more details)
Advocating for a Northwest Passage.
Carte Des Terres aux environs du Japon ou du Nord-Est de l'Asie et du Nord-Ouest de l'Amerique Extraite d'une Carte Japonnoise de l'univer apportee en Europe par Kaempfer et depose dans le Cabinet de feu Mr. Hans-Sloane President de la Societe Rle. de Londres.
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This is a rare 1758 map related to the Phillipe Buache / Robert de Vaugondy debate at the Paris Académie des Sciences over the cartographic configuration of the Pacific polar regions. This map was prepared for publication with Buache's Considerations Geographiques. (more details)
19th Century Japanese Infotainment.
燒場方角繪圖 / [Directional Map of the Burned Areas].
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This is a scarce 1858 (Ansei 5) Japanese kawaraban illustrating damage caused by a fire that occurred in Edo (Tokyo) on the 15th day of the 11th month of the traditional soli-lunar calendar (December 12, 1858). (more details)
Wealth and glamour in Beverly Hills.
Map of Beverly Hills California.
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This is a rare 1937 Howard W. Norton city map of Beverly Hills, California. This map emerged as the city was transforming from a modest community to a haven for Hollywood's Golden Age luminaries. (more details)
First Specific Copperplate Map of Brazil.
Brasil Nuova Tavola.
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This is a bold, sharp strike of Girolamo Ruscelli's 1561 map of Brazil. It is among the first detailed specific maps of any part of South America. While most of the maps in Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy were based on those appearing in Gastaldi's 1548 Ptolemy, this map was a new composition. It is predated only by the Ramusio woodcut map of 1556, whose geography is also credited to Gastaldi, and from which much of the detail of the Ruscelli is derived. (more details)
Rare, Venetian Imprint.
Di Hungaria et Transilvania Tavola novissima Franco for.
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This is a rare 1597 map of Hungary and Transylvania by the Venetian mapmaker Giacomo Franco. The map is credited as the work of Bernardino Valle, that draftsman's sole known work. It is derived from the cartography of János Zsámboky, probably via the intermediary of Abraham Ortelius. (more details)
A bastion of Europe against Ottoman invasion.
Vue de Malte. (Vue de la Partie Sed Est de la Ville Capitale de Malte.)
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An uncommon c. 1780 Chez Basset vue d'optique of Valletta, capital of Malta. The view reveals a busy and well-defended harbor. (more details)
Fallout of the Zimmerman Telegram.
Uncle Sam Goes Blindfolded Into Treachery.
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This c. 1917 W. Knox WWI manuscript political cartoon depicting Uncle Sam walking blindfolded, with his hands folded behind his back, toward an assailant, Mexico, holding a knife. It represents tense Mexican-American relations during World War I (1914 - 1918) following the revelation of the Zimmerman Telegram - a correspondence between Mexico and Germany advocating for an anti-US alliance. (more details)
The United States of Texas.
Map of the United States which is Part of Texas.
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This manuscript map of the United States circa 1943 humorously illustrates the idea that the United States is, in fact, part of Texas. More poignantly, it plays on pride surrounding Texas's unique contributions to World War II (1939 - 1945), including some of the world's largest shipyards and the Big Inch Pipeline, which safely supplied petroleum to Allied forces, avoiding German U-Boat attacks. (more details)
Search for a Northeast Passage.
Nouvelle représentation Des Côtes Nord et Est de l'Asie pour servir d'éclaircissement aux Articles du Supplement de L'Encyclopédie qui concernent le passage aux Indes par le Nord.
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This is the 1772 Robert de Vaugondy map of Siberia, Kamchatka, and the northeastern extremes of Asia. The map is the third of ten maps Robert de Vaugondy supplied for Diderot's Encyclopédie. This seminal map series, exploring the mapping of North America, Asia, and specifically the Northwest and Northeast Passages, was one of the first studies in comparative cartography. As its title suggests, this map was intended to clarify the articles in the Encyclopédie that pertained to European efforts to discover a viable northeast passage to the East Indies. The Northeast Passage, much like America's Northwest Passage, was a long sought after sea route through the Arctic that would save European merchantmen the expense of rounding Africa in order to access the trade riches of East Asia. (more details)
Charm City.
Baltimore.
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This is Thomas Bradford's 1846 city plan or map of Baltimore, Maryland, as it appeared in his Universal Illustrated Atlas. The map captures Baltimore at the height of its mid-19th-century growth spurt. (more details)
Quieting Quebec.
Lower Canada and New Brunswick.
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A nice example of Thomas Bradford's 1846 map of Lower Canada (Quebec), New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, that appeared in his Universal Illustrated Atlas. (more details)
Rearranging Canada.
Upper Canada.
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A nice example of Thomas Bradford's 1846 map of Upper Canada, concurrent with much of today's Ontario Province. (more details)