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Narragansett Bay - including Providence!
Narragansett Bay.
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This is an uncommon c. 1900 George H. Walker bird's-eye view map of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. This is one of a series of view and maps published by Walker, among others, to serve the on-board and in-terminal newsstand market. The views were sold as souvenirs as well as practical guides to the journey. (more details)
Emphasizes Arizona's natural, historical, and cultural wonders.
Reg Manning's Cartoon Map of Arizona.
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This is a 1938 Reg Manning pictorial cartoon map of Arizona. Pictorial vignettes populate the state and emphasize Arizona's natural beauty. Many national parks and monuments are illustrated, including the Grand Canyon (which dominates the upper portion of the map) and Canyon de Chelly. Arizona's Native American population, both past and present, are remembered here, with ancient cliff dwellings identified throughout and illustrations of the Hopi snake dance and Navajo sand painting appearing. The Painted Desert and Monument Valley are both illustrated as well. Native plant and animal life are illustrated as well. Giant Saguaro, yucca, Mexican Organ Pipe Cactus, and the Century Plant rank among the plant life that appears here alongside the horned toad, antelope, and deer. (more details)
From Harper Lee to Mark Twain.
The Literary Map of the American South.
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This is a 1988 Linda Ayriss and Brian Ladner literary map of the American Southeast. Coverage extends from Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, south as far as central Florida. Eighty locations associated with regional literature are numerically labeled. Among these are the homes of authors and where works were set. The index along the right border lists authors alphabetically, including Truman Capote, Hellen Keller, Flannery O'Connor, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and others. (more details)
Pictorial map promoting Ohio!
Being a Cartograph of Ohio.
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This is a beautiful 1933 Sewah Studios pictorial map of Ohio published by the Ohio Commission to A Century of Progress International Exposition at the Columbian Exposition or The Chicago World’s Fair. Numerous illustrations populate the state, referencing history, topography, fun facts about Ohio, points of interest, and animals. Some of these include ‘The only Y bridge in the United States’, Natural Bridge, ‘Throughout Ohio are many interesting caves and caverns. In this locality are some of the most extensive’, ‘birthplace of Senator Grant’, etc. (more details)
Surveying Alaska in the 1920s.
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Condition of Field Work Alaska. June 30, 1926.
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This is a 1926 U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey map of Alaska. (more details)
Utah in the Roaring Twenties!
Auto Trails Map of Utah.
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This is a 1924 Rand McNally road map of Utah. Distributed by the Continental Oil Company, the map highlights Utah's highway network. Several named highways traverse the state, including the Lincoln Highway and the National Park to Park Highway, and are marked by small bold placards along the routes. Cities and towns throughout the state are identified, with the largest cities (such as Salt Lake City) appearing in the largest text. Populations are noted next to many cities and towns, and distances between them are provided. Mountains, lakes, and other landmarks are identified. Advertisements for Conoco Gasoline and the Continental Oil Company occupy the top portion of the sheet above the map. (more details)
The first official Japanese regional map using western cartographic technology. A wonder of copper engraving!
峨羅斯及亞西亞ノ圖 / [Map of Russia and Asia].
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An extraordinary 1867 (Keio 3) map of Siberia and Alaska illustrates a moment of cultural collision and transformation. Printed in Japan using a remarkable multi-color copperplate process, the map is a conic projection covering Asia from the Caspian Sea to the Bering Strait. It extends farther east to include Alaska, and south to encompass Nepal, Korea, Tibet, most of China, and all of Japan. This is the first Japanese regional map to incorporate contemporaneous western cartographic technology for official strategic and military use. (more details)
The height of the Great Game.
Carte Physique et Politique de l'Asie. Physical and Political Map of Asia Showing British Possessions. Mapa Físico y Político de Asia. Carta Fisica y Politica dell'Asia.
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This is an 1888 Jean Dosseray map of Asia, published at the height of the Great Game. Dosseray's map broadly covers all of Asia. It is titled in French, English, Spanish, and Italian, suggesting he intended it for a pan-European audience. Regions are identified by a mix of local and Western names, with tribes referenced in certain areas, suggesting a remarkable level of ethnic sensitivity for the period. (more details)
Territorial Ambitions of Imperial Russia in the Ukraine.
Tabula Geographica qua pars Russiae Magnae, Pontus Euxinus, seu Mare Nigrum et Tartaria Minor cum finitimis Bulgariae, Romaniae, et Natoliae Provinciis exhibitur.
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This is a beautiful original color example of Johann Baptist Homann's 1716 map of the Black Sea region, including modern-day Ukraine, Moldova, and Russia. The map was produced during the reign of Peter the Great, when Russia actively warred with Sweden, the Crimean Tatars, and the Ottoman Turks. The region from the Don River on north to Moscow is here designated Russiae Maximae - or 'Greater Russia' thus expressing the extent of Peters ambitions. (more details)
Stay fashionable, wipe the sweat from your brow, and know your way around Paris like a local!
Paris. Foulard Renault, Guide dans Paris. Renaut's Illustrated Paris Guide.
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Stay fashionable, wipe the sweat from your brow, and know your way around Paris like a local! This is Renault's c. 1875 foulard map of Paris. Geared toward tourists, this handsome map is printed on linen and promises durability and practicality. As the author comments, this foulard ne craint ni L'humidite ni la pluie ni le vent (fears neither humidity, nor rain, nor wind). The map details the fortified center of Paris with all major streets, boulevards, and important buildings noted. It is surrounded by extensive textual annotation describing train stations, tramways, bals d'ete (summer balls), theaters, cafes, and more. This itself is surround by engraved images of 51 important Parisian monuments along with descriptions. (more details)
The Ohio Company of Associates and Virginia Military Tract.
Map of the British Settlements, and the United States of North America, from the Coast of Labrador to Florida. Intended to illustrate the Travels of Mr. Lambert through those Countries.
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This is an 1813 Cradock and Joy map of the United States and Canada issued to accompany the first volume of John Lambert's Travels through Canada and the United States of America, in the years 1806, 1807, and 1808. Coverage extends along the Eastern Seaboard from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to roughly St. Augustine, Florida, embracing the Canadian Maritimes, the United States as far west as Ohio and Lake Erie. Of note, Washington D.C. is named, as the Federal government occupied the capital in 1800. (more details)
One of the most beautiful parks in Europe.
Planta do Parque da Pena.
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This is a c. 1912 Egreja map of the Parque da Pena (Pena Park), Sintra, Portugal. The map details one of Portugal's most famous public parks. It names the Pena Palace (Palacio da Pena), the Chalet da Condessa, and the Castle of the Moors (Castelo dos Mouros), among other sites. Also included are the winding forested paths throughout that make the park so charming. (more details)
A comical pictorial map of the California Gold Rush and the Comstock Lode.
Mother Lode Map incorporating mother lodes of California and Nevada scenes of 'Romantic Days of Gold'.
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This is a c. 1931 Robert C. Cormack pictorial map of the 'mother lodes' in California and Nevada from the 'Romantic Days of Gold'. It embraces not only the 'Mother Lode Belt' in the Sacramento Valley, but also the Comstock Lode around Virginia City, Nevada, and recreational wonders such as Lake Tahoe, Giant Sequoias, and Yosemite. The map is a product of the Golden Age of Pictorial Maps, a global phenomenon that began in the late 1910s in Europe, but by the 1920s-30s developed several regional styles, including, as here, the 'Jo Mora' California style. (more details)
A beautiful map of the Pacific!
Carte Générale de l'Océanie. General Map of Oceania Showing British Possessions. Mapa Général de Océania. Carta Général dell Océania.
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This is the 1888 Jean Dosseray map of the Pacific Ocean. Composed in French (with titles in French, English, Spanish, and Italian), islands, island chains, and seas are illustrated and identified throughout. Colors highlight colonial claims of England, France, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands. Insets along the bottom focus on New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands, Nuku Hiva (the largest of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia), Tahiti, and part of Antarctica. (more details)
Forgotten county on the edge of the Bay Area.
Weber's Map of Mendocino County California.
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This is a 1914 map of Mendocino County, California, produced by C.F. Weber and Co. and the Punnett Brothers. It depicts the county as its population was rapidly increasing in tandem with the local lumber industry. (more details)
Routes of colonial control and resistance.
[Untitled map of Southern Vietnam / Cochinchine].
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This is a very rare c. 1936 diazio or whiteprint map of roads in Cochinchine, French Indochina that was most likely made by the Service géographique de l'Indochine. It shows the rapidly developing road infrastructure of the colony, built in part to forestall anti-colonial sentiment among the local population. As a diazioprint, production of this map would have been severely limited, so likely no more than 10 - 15 examples were printed. (more details)
Bali at the start of its tourist boom.
Bali.
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This is a rare c. 1962 François ten Have pictorial view of Bali, Indonesia from the book Bali in Kleuren (Bali in Colors). It was produced following the Dutch decolonization at the start of Bali's tourist boom, which has defined the island's economy ever since. (more details)
Salt Lake City at the beginning of the 20th Century.
Map of Salt Lake City Utah.
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This is a 1909 Clason Map Company city plan or map of Salt Lake City, Utah. The Temple Block, situated in the upper left, is labeled and the Temple, Tabernacle, and Assembly Hall are illustrated and labeled as well. Streets and city blocks are identified, along with the post office, Liberty Park, the State University of Utah (today's University of Utah), and the State Capital Grounds. Fort Douglas Military Reservation dominates the upper right quadrant with Newhouse Park just outside its boundaries. The City Cemetery, Hebrew Cemetery, Catholic Cemetery, and Mt. Olivet Cemetery are all labeled as well. (more details)
Lost Treasure!
Wild Bill Hickok Treasure Map.
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This is a 1952 Robert Glaubke pictorial map of the United States highlighting buried treasure. Small red 'X's mark the spots where buried treasure is presumed to be hidden. Wealth amassed by Spanish priests, Caribbean pirates, frontier miners, and Old West bandits is said to be hidden away anywhere from Los Angeles to the the high plains and the deserts of the American Southwest. Each location is accompanied by a sentence or two discussing the treasure is said to be buried there and, if it is known, how much wealth (usually gold) is purportedly waiting to be unearthed by the lucky and intrepid. Vignettes decorate the map, many which are violent clashes between Indians and the original bearer of the buried treasure. Large portraits of a plains Indian, a desperado, a bandit, and a conquistador, among others, line the top of the map. The whole is surrounded by a decorative border filled with the iconography of the Old West and the heyday of Caribbean Piracy. (more details)
First map of Africa published in the American Republic.
Africa according to the best authorities.
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This is a 1796 map of Africa from Carey's General Atlas, the first atlas published in the new American Republic. It was made at the height of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the transformation of the institution of slavery in the early Republic. (more details)