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The only railroad built in tropical Africa during the 'Scramble for Africa'.
Mombasa - Victoria Lake Railway.
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This is an 1893 Royal Geographical Society map of the Mombasa-Lake Victoria Railway in modern-day Kenya. The map details the early planning and construction stages of one of the worlds more infamous and loved heritage railroads, the famed 'Lunatic Line'. Parts of the railroad still run. (more details)
Scarce first state.
Typus Geographicus Chili Paraguay Freti Magellanici etc.
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This is an early example of the 1733 Homann Heirs map of southern South America, in a rare first state example. It covers roughly from 18 degrees south latitude south to Tierra del Fuego, and includes the modern-day nations of Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina, along with the southern portions of Brazil and Bolivia. The map renders the entire region in extraordinary detail offering both topographical and political information with forest and mountains beautifully rendered in profile. (more details)
Mine gold in Nevada!
Gold Placer Map of Nevada.
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This is a c. 1956 Walter J. Robertson diazotype map of Nevada's placer gold deposits. Fifty-eight locations where placer gold was discovered are numerically identified throughout and correspond with an index in the lower-left. Some deposits are embellished with short comments. Among these are Site 58, which includes the caption 'a 24-pound nugget was found in Dry Gulch!', and Site 14, which notes that 'a 9-pound nugget found here'. Robertson includes a note about other gold mining and prospecting literature he has for sale along the bottom border, including four books about gold prospecting, such as 'Confidential Tips on Placer Mining in Nevada'. (more details)
South Americans complex linguistic landscape.
Ethnographische Karte von Süd-Amerika...
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A fascinating 1847 ethno-linguistic map of South America by Wilhelm Alt for Berghaus' Physikalischer Atlas, a landmark achievement in German cartography. It reflects the intellectual environment of the mid-19th century and, along with the entire atlas, can be regarded as an early example of cartographic representation of social science research. (more details)
Myrtle Beach welcomes over ten million visitors a year.
The Grand Strand.
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This is a 1972 Jak Smyrl pictorial map of the Grand Strand, a sixty-mile stretch of South Carolina coastline known for its beautiful beaches and fantastic weather. Myrtle Beach, a haven for college students and families alike all year round, is the most well-known tourism center. Identified as the 'Hub of the Grandstrand' on the map, Myrtle Beach's amusement park and 'Sun Fun Festival' are promoted. Comic vignettes and notes populate the rest of this amusing piece. The 'hiway patrol' writes a ticket for a slow-moving turtle, while tourists from all over go fishing off the coast. People lounge on the beaches and surf, while others sail (or try to). The Georgetown Lighthouse appears near the bottom border, although it is suffering technical difficulties since its candle has gone out. Smyrl even includes some historical notes, including where indigo and other plantations were, along with the possible site of the ill-fated Spanish settlement from 1526 near Winyah Bay. (more details)
Peru and Bolivia in the early years of independence.
Peru and Bolivia.
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This is the Henry Teesdale / John Dower 1831 map of Peru and Bolivia published in A New General Atlas of the World. It depicts the titular countries and their neighbors as they emerged from Spanish rule and contended with internal and external conflicts over borders, social structures, and systems of government. (more details)
America's waterways from the era of peak canal building.
Stromgebiete der Neüen Welt.
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This is an attractive hand-colored 1849 map of the major river basins in North and South America made for Berghaus' Physikalischer Atlas, a landmark achievement in German cartography, published by Justus Perthes. As with the atlas as a whole, it shows great attention to detail and the concise presentation of scientific data. (more details)
Targeting map for the invasion of Iwo Jima.
Special Air and Gunnery Target Map. Iwo Jima.
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This is a 1944 U.S. Navy map of Iwo Jima prepared for the American Invasion of Iwo Jima - one of the most hard-fought battles in World War II's Pacific Theater. The map is the smaller but broader of two maps issued by the U.S. Navy for the invasion, and in this case, is intended as a gunnery and targeting map. The smaller size, likely made it more practical in the field, while the larger scope, allowed for a wider targeting range. (more details)
The 'closed' countries of Korea and Japan.
Corea and Japan.
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This fascinating hand colored 1815 map depicts Joseon Korea and Tokugawa Japan, both of which would be drastically changed by the end of the century. The level of detail attempted here is impressive given the great difficulties faced by foreigners trying to travel to either country at the time. (more details)
Poland on the eve of Partition.
Poland.
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This is a fine example of John Thomson's 1814 map of Poland. It illustrates the lands of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the end of the Napoleonic Wars and on the cust of its partition betweem Russia, Prussia, and Austria. (more details)
Highlights the Oregon Trail!
Old Oregon Trail.
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This is a 1948 Irvin Shope pictorial map of the western United States celebrating the Oregon Trail. Coverage embraces the western United States from roughly the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers to the Pacific seaboard. The Oregon Trail, covering some 2,170 miles, was an important artery of trade and westward expansion in the mid to late 19th century - used by more than 400,000 settlers, farmers, miners, ranchers, and business owners and their families. (more details)
The brith of New York Public Transit - view Includes the largest theaters in New York!
New York Elevated Railroad Station at Bowery and Canal Street.
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This is a c. 1880 Charles Magnus view of the elevated train station at Bowery and Canal Street in New York City. The focus is on the New York Elevated Railroad, the first public rapid transit system in the United States and an object of considerable popular interest. The view looks across the elevated railroad toward the Thalia Theatre and the Atlantic Garden beer hall. Trains can be seen traveling in both directions and fashionable New Yorkers waiting on the platform in the foreground. Horse-drawn carriages and more well-dressed New Yorkers can be seen on the street below the railroad. (more details)
Nautical chart of the Mississippi River Delta.
H No. 8 Reconnoissance of the N.E. and S.E. Passes and Passe A l'Outre of The Delta of the Mississippi Louisiana.
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This is an attractive 1851 U.S. Coast Survey nautical chart or maritime map of the Mississippi Delta. Depicting the Louisiana coast from Passe À L'Outre to the Southeast Pass, numerous depth soundings are indicated, and the locations of lighthouses, shoals, drift trees, and stakes are illustrated. Due to the quick and dramatic changes in the Delta area caused by sudden storms and hurricanes, charting the Mississippi Delta was one of the U.S. Coast Survey's most daunting tasks. Notes on tides, sailing instructions, and commentary on the chart are situated in the upper right corner. (more details)
Bonne's beautiful representation of the Arabian Peninsula and environs.
Carte de l'Arabie.
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This is Rigobert Bonne and Guillaume Raynal's 1780 map of the Arabia and Abyssinia (Ethiopia). It covers from the Nile Delta south as far as the Horn of Africa and west to Persia, fully or partly inclusive of the modern-day countries of Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. (more details)
Bonne's drawing of the Guinea coast, epicenter of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Carte de la Haute et de la Basse Guinee.
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This is Rigobert Bonne and Guillame Raynal's 1780 map of West Africa, corresponding to modern-day Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Togo, Benin, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea. (more details)
Long Island, primed for a population boom.
Topographic Map of Long Island, New York.
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This is a large format 1913 U.S. Geological Survey topographic map of Long Island. Aside from topography, the map provides a clear sense of the growing population and infrastructure of the island when the map was made. (more details)
Long Island, from the ground up.
Geologic Map of Long Island, New York.
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This is a colorful large format 1913 geological map of Long Island made by the U.S. Geological Survey and the geologist Myron Fuller. It displays geological data, mostly defined by glacial activity in the last ice age, as well as signs of development on the island, whose population was rapidly increasing when this map was made. (more details)
An early map of one of the world's most treacherous bays.
Plan du Port des Francais.
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This is a fine example of La Perouse's important 1786 mapping of Lituya Bay, which he named 'Port des Français,' on the southern portion of the Alaska coastline. When drawn in 1786, La Perouse's map was the only available map of this region not based on the survey work of Captain Cook. (more details)
An early voyage of exploration in the North Pacific.
Carte des cotes de l'Amerique et de l'Asie...
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This is a wonderful example of La Perouse's important 1786 mapping of the North Pacific. When drawn in 1786 La Perouse's map was the only available map of much of this region not based on the survey work of Captain Cook. (more details)
Tour of American literature.
The Booklover's Map of the United States.
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This is a 1949 Amy Jones pictorial literary map of the United States. Book titles appear across the country, with at least one in each state, including Gone with the Wind, Walden, My Ántonia, and Main Street. Authors are also referenced throughout, such as William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Emily Dickinson, and Robert Frost. Pictorial vignettes are scattered throughout as well, illustrating scenes and characters from many of the referenced works. Three insets are situated along the bottom border and focus on the 'New York Area', the 'Chicago Area', and the 'Boston Area'. Portraits of ten authors flank the title cartouche and include depictions of Irving, Longfellow, Poe, and Twain. (more details)