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Beautiful Iteration of a Crucial Philippines Chart.
Carte du Canal des Iles Philippines Par lequel passe le Galion de Manille, et des Iles voissins de ce Canal.
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This is the 1751 edition of British circumnavigator and George Anson's most important published map, his nautical chart of the Philippines. Anson's 1744 swashbuckling voyage was celebrated, and his maps were reproduced in various editions and in several languages. This one, included in the French edition of Anson's Voyage published by Amsterdam and Leipzig publishers Arkstée and Merkus, is the most attractive, with bold engraving, a superb compass rose, and a rococco cartouche crowned with laurels. (more details)
1st year of the French Second Republic.
Paris en Proportion avec son enceinte.
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This is a strikingly decorative 1849 Charles Dyonnet city plan or map of Paris, France. Published during the first year of the French Second Republic (1848 - 1852), the map details Paris, highlighting its buildings, parks, avenues, and other sites. Among these are the Jardin des Tuileries, the Champs- Élysées, the Louvre, the Palais du Luxembourg, the Jardin du Luxembourg, and Père Lachaise Cemetery. Streets and avenues are illustrated and labeled throughout. Train stations are illustrated, and rail lines are highlighted. Paris is surrounded by the recently completed Thiers Wall with its 94 bastions numerically identified. An alphabetic street index appears to the left and right, while an index of theaters, town halls, libraries, and museums occupies the upper right. The whole is surrounded by a arresting acanthus border. (more details)
Fine pirate treasure.
Carte de L'Isle au Trésor. Position de l'isle et Routes des Corsaires.
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A most remarkable and unusual c. 1930 French game board map. The map is the board of Carte de l'Isle au Trésor, a game designed by Robert Habert and published in Monaco by Le Triboulet. (more details)
Dramatic Map of Conquest.
Nova et Accurata Hungariae cum Adiacentibus Regnis et Principatibus Tabula, Aeri Incisa et Venum Exposita À Matthaeo Seütter, Chalcographo Augustano.
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This is an early 18th century Matthias Seütter map of Hungary and its borderlands. The map follows Habsburg victories over the Ottoman Empire, resulting in the absorption of Ottoman lands by Hungary. It is among Seütter early corpus, prior to his becoming official cartographer for the Holy Roman Emperor - though likely no earlier than 1718, at which point most of the territorial acquisitions mapped here had been set by treaty. (more details)
Classic Dutch Map of Prussia.
Prussiae Nova Tabula Auctore Gasparo Henneberg Erlichensi.
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A beautiful, original-color example of Willem Blaeu's map of Prussia, among the maps first added to the Appendix in 1630. It depicts the region now comprised of northern Poland (as far south as Toruń on the Vistula River), the Russian province of Kaliningrad, and western Lithuania. Detail spans from just west of Gdansk to Augustów in the east. The northeast limits of the map are marked with the region of Samogitia, and the Lithuanian coastal town of Palanga. (more details)
Fighting for Taiwan.
A Mouthful of False Teeth?
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A satirical c. 1955 original art manuscript political cartoon by George White for the Tampa Morning Tribune. It was produced in the context of the ongoing Chinese Civil War, and specifically the First Taiwan Straits Crisis in 1954 - 1955. (more details)
The dawn of instant global communication.
The Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies' Cable System.
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This is a 1920 Waterlow map of the world illustrating the global telegraph network. Red overprinting highlights the lines of the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies. Connecting London with the world, the network 'jumps' from port to port, with a few overland connections in British India and Australia. (more details)
British ascendence in South and Southeast Asia.
Charte von Ostindien diesseits und jenseits des Ganges.
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A beautiful 1804 German-language two-sheet map of the East Indies by J. C. M. Reinecke. It depicts the region as British power was ascendant, displacing both indigenous kingdoms and European rivals. (more details)
The long forgotten 'other' telegraph company.
Postal Telegraph-Cable Company.
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A scarce complete 1896 calendar and chromolithograph promotional map produced by Knapp for the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of New York City. Though little known today, the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company was, at the time this map was produced, the only viable competitor to Western Union, with which it eventually merged. (more details)
The First Atlas Map of France.
Galliae Regni Potentiss. Nova Descriptio.
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This is Abraham Ortelius' 1570 map of France, based on the now-lost 1560 Nouvelle Description des Gaules of French priest and cartographer Jean Jolivet. The map includes the areas that would become Switzerland and Savoy, as well as Italy's Piedmont and part of Lombardy. Franz Hogenberg's expert engraving includes the evocative, pictorial representation of the Alps and the Pyrenees mountain ranges, as well as forests throughout northern France. Descriptive notes in French appear throughout.
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One of the first maps to include an operating commercial railroad.
Pigot and Co.'s New Map of England and Wales with part of Scotland Including the New Lines of Canals, Rail Roads, etc.
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An 1830 map of England, Wales, and part of Scotland issued by James Pigot - one of the first maps of anywhere to include an operating commercial railroad. It was published at the beginning of the railway building craze in Britain and is one of the earliest maps to include the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the first recognizably modern railway line. (more details)
Ohio's extensive railroad network.
Railroad Map of Ohio.
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This is a 1909 Columbus Lithograph Company railroad map of Ohio. (more details)
George Town on the eve of World War II.
George Town, Penang.
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A rare 1938 map of Penang, George Town that appeared in the Penang Information Guide. It reflects the city's diversity as well as the foundations of British colonial rule. (more details)
The Happiest Place on Earth?
Walt Disney's Disneyland.
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This is a 1979 Walt Disney Productions pictorial wall map of Disneyland. It was published shortly after the opening of 'Big Thunder Mountain', still one of the park's most beloved rides. The railroad and the monorail both grab attention. The whole is surrounded by a border of Disney characters: Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, Alice from Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Dumbo, and Bambi. (more details)
Savannah near the end of World War II.
Dolph's Map of Savannah, Georgia.
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This is a c. 1945 Frank B. Dolph city map of Savannah, Georgia, depicting the city near the end of World War II. (more details)
Celebrating the revival of San Francisco in 1912 and the First Saving Building in 1968.
The Exhibition City San Francisco.
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An extraordinary 1968 / 1912 bird's-eye view perspective view and map of San Francisco, risen from the ashes of the 1906 earthquake and fire, ready to retake the world stage by hosting of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. This view was originally published in 1912, with the present example being a much reduced 198 restrike. (more details)
One of the original Texas counties.
Jackson Co.
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A rare 1880 plat map of Jackson County, Texas, produced by the Texas General Land Office and printed (lithographed) by August Gast. It depicts the county on the eve of an important transformation brought by the railroad. (more details)
Münster's Map of the Upper Rhine.
Die erste Tafel innhaltend das Schweytzerlandt/ mit den anstossenden Laendern.
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This is Sebastian Münster's map of the northern part of Switzerland and the sources of the Rhine, re-engraved for inclusion in the 1588 edition of his Cosmographey. Among the many cities and towns are Berne, Basel, Konstans, Lucerne, and Friburg. (more details)
The Surf Hotel, a Block Island landmark.
The Surf Hotel.
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This is a c. 1966 W. Boucher pictorial map of Block Island created as a placemat for The Surf Hotel, a Block Island landmark. (more details)
Niagara Falls and the Niagara Belt Line.
The Niagara Belt Line - Around and Through the Niagara Gorge.
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This is an extremely attractive c. 1910 panorama of the Niagara Falls by the Gies Company. This bird’s-eye view map depicts the Niagara Gorge and the Great Gorge Route or the Niagara Belt Line. Important monuments are illustrated: Brock’s Monument, Whirlpool Rapids, Devil’s Hole, Niagara Falls, and Table Rock, among others. The route of the Niagara Belt Line is highlighted with orange trolley cars. (more details)