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One of the few specific maps to illustrate Wyoming as part of Idaho Territory.
Map of Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado, Showing also the Eastern Portion of Idaho.
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A very ephemeral and surprisingly scarce 1863 Samuel Augustus Mitchell, Jr. map of Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and that part of Idaho Territory which is today Wyoming. The map depicts the region from the Utah-Colorado border to Iowa and Missouri and from the Big Horn Mountains to northern Texas and Santa Fe, New Mexico. This map holds the distinction of being one of the few to include Wyoming as Idaho Territory, which was formed in March 1863. The iteration of Wyoming/Idaho as seen here is exceptionally ephemeral and present only in this edition (1863), with subsequent editions (1864 - 1868) attaching Wyoming to Dakota (See below). Apart from this rare iteration of Idaho Territory / Wyoming, other intriguing aspects of this map include the fact that only about one half of Nebraska and the eastern third of Kansas are illustrated as having been divided into counties, while Colorado only has fifteen counties that vary wildly in relative size. Myriad towns and villages are labeled, along with the Pony Express route and proposed routes for the transcontinental railroad. (more details)
The ruins of Boston after the 1872 Great Fire.
Boston - General View of the Ruins, From the West Side of Washington Street - The Old South Church and the 'Transcript' Building in the Foreground.
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A dramatic journalistic view of Boston, Massachusetts, this work was prepared by Harper's Weekly to illustrate the Great Boston Fire of 1872. Issued just three weeks after the tragic fire (November 7-8, 1872), this work is one of the first publications to illustrate the fire's fury and devastation. With the Old South Church and the 'Transcript' Building in the foreground, the ruins of Boston loom in the distance, gray shells that used to be houses, businesses, and other buildings vital to the life of the city. (more details)
French Edition of the First Chart of the Great Barrier Reef!
Carte d'une partie de la Côte de la Nle. Galles Meridle. depuis le Cap Tribulation jusqu'au Détroit de l'Endeavour
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This is the 1774 first French edition of the first chart to detail the Great Barrier Reef, discovered by the legendary navigator James Cook during his first voyage aboard the H.M.S. Endeavor. This west-oriented chart captures the great explorer's difficult journey along the coast of Australia from Cape Tribulation to Cape York, during which he became the first European to navigate - with difficulty, and under duress - the Great Barrier Reef, which he tellingly named 'The Labyrinth.' (more details)
Published as a supplement to the May, 14, 1898 edition of the Public Ledger, a daily newspaper in Philadelphia.
War Maps of Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines.
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This is an 1898 Public Ledger and Gustav Buek map of Cuba and the Philippines during the Spanish American War. (more details)
Newfoundland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence attractively engraved
Carte Du Golphe De St. Laurent et Pays Voisins : Pour servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyage
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This is an attractive 1780 Bellin map of Acadia, the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River, and Newfoundland. It includes Anticosti island, Prince Edward Island (here named I. St. Jean) and Isle Royale (Cape Breton Island.) While a number of rivers are shown, the focus overall is on the coastlines and interior detail is sparse. (more details)
Vignettes of Paris monuments!
Nouveau Plan Illustré de la Ville de Paris avec le systéme complet de ses Fortifications et Forts Détaches.
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A beautiful 1847 illustrated pictorial map of Paris, France, by Charles Fatout. Centered on the Seine, this map covers embastilled Paris as contained by the Thiers Wall as well as its immediate vicinity, including the Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes. Gardens, monuments, and parks are illustrated either in profile or in the form of vignette engravings – making this an ideal companion for the curious tourist. Trains are delightfully drawn entering and leaving the city in four locations. (more details)
Highlights many of Guatemala's volcanoes, three of which are currently active.
Kartenskizze der Vulkane in West-Guatemala.
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This is an 1895 Bruno Hassenstein map of volcanoes in western Guatemala. It depicts western Guatemala from the Tacaná Volcano on the Guatemala-Mexico border to Amatitlán and Lake Amatitlán, numerous volcanoes are illustrated and labeled, including the Volcán de Agua, the Volcán de Fuego, and the Volcán de Santa Maria. Cities and towns throughout the region are also labeled, along with rivers and the Lago de Atitlán. A dashed line marks the route followed by Dr. Sapper through the region. Topography lines are also illustrated, allowing the viewer some idea of the very mountainous nature of the terrain. An inset map situated in the upper right corner details the region around the Volcán de Tacaná, and labels both the town of Tacaná and Sabinal. Two other insets along the bottom focus on the Volcán San Pedro and the peak of the Volcán Acatenango. (more details)
Includes photographs of HA. 19, the captured Japanese mini-sub!
Newsmap. Monday, September 28, 1942. Week of September 18 to September 25. Volume 1, No, 23.
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One of the earliest maps in the series, this is a 1942 Army Orientation Course Newsmap of the world. Nearly half of this fascinating piece is occupied by a map of the world, with the Americas at center, that uses color to illustrate how the world is divided between the Allied Powers and the Axis. Here, the orange marks 'Axis and Axis Occupied' territory, while the green marks the 'United Nations'. Nine war-related events that took place across the world are marked as well, with numbered arrows and captions informing the viewer what the event was, and a line and a circle indicating the general area where the event took place. (more details)
A rare pictorial map created to commemorate the centennial of the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company.
Centennial Map 1836 - 1936.
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This is a 1936 Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company map of the United States. Depicting the entire continental United States, pictorial vignettes highlight important events in the history of the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company in the United States, many of which are devastating fires, since this company primarily sold fire insurance. The vignette on the upper right recounts the company losses incurred due to the Chicago, Boston, Baltimore, and San Francisco fires. Other vignettes tout the company's involvement in investing in the first steam fire engine in Philadelphia, the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory, Utah, and Chief Executive Swinton Boult's trip from New Orleans to San Francisco to open the first insurance office on the West Coast. (more details)
Created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the purchase of Alaska by the United States.
Alaska. Headline Focus Wall Map 14.
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This is a 1967 Civic Education Service pictorial wall map of Alaska celebrating the centennial of the purchase of Alaska. Pictorial vignettes dot the state and highlight the state's industry, people, and wildlife. Fishing boats promote Alaskan halibut and king crab and a special vignette references the impounding of Soviet fishing trawlers discovered in Alaskan waters. Several fish canneries are illustrated, along with mines for gold, tin, and beryllium, and successful trappers. North of the Arctic Circle, Eskimos and Indians are stated to be the only people in residence, with vignettes of caribou, grizzly bears, and a dogsled team alongside them. Alaska's remoteness is also emphasized, aside from the barrenness of the land above the Arctic Circle. The map states that only 550 miles of railroad track has been built in the state, which is the largest in the U.S. Cities and towns are labeled, including Juneau, the state capital, Fairbanks, Seward, Anchorage, and Dutch Harbor. Several rivers are illustrated and labeled, and Mt. McKinley, the tallest mountain in the U.S., is featured in a vignette, as is the Brooks Range above the Arctic Circle. A textbox in the lower left celebrates the 100th anniversary of 'Seward's Folly', better known as the purchase of Alaska from Russia by the United States, while a second, larger textbox summarizes Alaska's people, land, and industries. (more details)
Attractive French Map of the Northern Extremities of Russia.
Carte Des Pais Habités par Les Samojedes et Ostiacs Pour l'Histoire Générale des Voyages.
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This is a 1749 Bellin map of the northwestern coast of Russia, focusing on the island of Nova Zembla, the mouth of the River Ob, and the limits of European efforts to achieve a northeast passage. The eastern shore of Nova Zembla is sketched in and noted to be entirely unknown; The Kara sea is not named, but it is described as a gulf 'nearly always full of ice.' The Ob and the Yenisea rivers are shown with reasonable accuracy, but beyond the mouth of the unnamed Pyasina River, the coastline is conjectural and, again, n'est pas connue.
Despite its appearance in Prévost's Histoire générale des voyages - a work perhaps better known for its imaginative flourish than for its factuality - Bellin drew on state-of-the-art knowledge for the maps he contributed. Though the map was intended to contextualize Prévost's discussion of Russias indigenous tributaries to the Tsars, Bellin's map presents a reasonably accurate depiction of what Europeans understood of the geography of this remote region. (more details)
Despite its appearance in Prévost's Histoire générale des voyages - a work perhaps better known for its imaginative flourish than for its factuality - Bellin drew on state-of-the-art knowledge for the maps he contributed. Though the map was intended to contextualize Prévost's discussion of Russias indigenous tributaries to the Tsars, Bellin's map presents a reasonably accurate depiction of what Europeans understood of the geography of this remote region. (more details)
A rare city plan or map of Vancouver created for an incredibly popular and successful department store chain.
Map of City of Vancouver British Columbia.
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This is a c. 1920 David Spencer Department Store city map or plan of Vancouver, British Columbia. The map depicts the city from the University of British Columbia to Boundary Road and from First Narrows and Stanley Park to the Fraser River. A large arrow indicates the location of the David Spencer Limited Department Store, which is identified by large lettering in Vancouver Harbor. Concentric circles centered on the store emanate from here, informing the viewer of the distance in miles from the store to different parts of the city. Apart from emphasizing the location of the department store, an incredible level of detail is present. Myriad streets throughout the city are labeled and blocks along major thoroughfares are numbered. Parks, country clubs, and beaches are identified, as are several neighborhoods. (more details)
An extremely rare view of the Battle of Manila during the Spanish-American War.
The Battle of Manila.
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This is an 1898 Muller, Luchsinger, and Company chromolithograph view of the Battle of Manila Bay, which took place on May 1, 1898. The battle, faught between the American Asiatic Squadron under Commodore George Dewey and the Spanish Pacific Squadron under Admiral Patricio Montojo, was one of the most decisive naval battles in naval history and effectively ended Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines. The view depicts two massive American battleships, one of which is likely Commodore Dewey's flagship, the U.S.S. Olympia, and a smaller American vessel to the left, all three of which are firing on two Spanish vessels steaming ahead of the Americans. After the battle was over, Commodore Dewey reported that the American fleet suffered nine injured and one fatality, due to a heart attack. Those numbers are disputed by some historians. A portrait of Dewey is situated below the view on the left. (more details)
A Beautiful Map of the Lower Danube and the Turkish Frontier in Europe
Exactissima Tabula qua tam Danubii Fluvii Pars Inferoir, a Belgrado Urbe usq ad Ejus Ostia, et Minores in eum Influentes Fluvii, quam Regiones Adjacentes, ut Transylvania, Valachia, Moldavia, Bulgaria, Bessarabia et Romonia,, aliqu Ucraniae ac Podoliae Tractus Finitimi Ostenduntur per Nicolaum Visscher.
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This is a beautiful, contemporary-color example of Nicolas Visscher's c. 1677 map of the lower Danube River, showing the Turkish administrative regions along the Black Sea coast. The map encompasses Transylvania, Serbia, Wallachia, Bulgaria and Romania. Portions of Greece and the Ukraine appear as well. Belgrade, Bucharest, and Istanbul are among the major cities appearing here. This map is notable in naming the Sanjaks, or Ottoman provinces in this contentious frontier region. These extend from the Sanjak of Ochakov (Ukraine on the Black Sea Coast) to the Sanjak of Gallipoli on the Sea of Marmora. Turkish rule in these regions was, by the time this map was produced, so established that many of the place names here are given both in approximations of the Turkish toponymy as well as European. (more details)
Details continental Europe and its military installations on the brink of World War II.
Europe 1939.
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This is a 1939 Richard Edes Harrison map of Europe on the brink of World War II. Depicting the entirety of continental Europe, Harrison employs small icons to indicate air and naval bases as well as fortified lines along international borders. The fortifications built between France and Germany, the vaunted Maginot and Siegfried Lines respectively, represent the highest concentration of illustrated military force. Harrison also uses color to identify military alliances as they stood when this map was published. The Allied powers, France, the United Kingdom, and Poland, are shaded blue, while Germany is colored red. It is important to note that Germany’s borders here include the Anschluss, or the Reich’s forced annexation of Austria, and its invasion of Czechoslovakia, neither of which were opposed by the Western powers. World War II began in earnest in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland from the west, and France and Great Britain declared war on Germany, but did little to come to Poland’s defense. As agreed in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, the Soviets invaded Poland on September 17th. The Soviets would not join the Allied side until Operation Barbarossa (Unternehmen Barbarossa) the June 22, 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union. (more details)
This expedition established without question that Greenland is an island.
Map Shewing Route of the North Greenland Expedition of 1891-92. R.E.Peary, U.S. Navy.
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This is an 1893 Royal Geographical Society map of northern Greenland depicting the 1891-92 Peary Expedition to confirm the insularity of Greenland. Different patterns are used to trace both Peary’s inbound and outbound routes between McCormick Bay and Independence Bay. Channels, capes, basins, fjords, and other formations are labeled. Two inset maps are situated in the lower right quadrant, with one detailing Independence Bay and the Academy Glacier that marked the end of Peary’s outbound journey, while the other, larger inset details the area immediately surrounding McCormick Bay and Peary’s base of operations for the entire expedition. (more details)
A rare map of the Arabian Peninsula published with a history of Western knowledge of the region.
Ritter's Map of Arabia (1852).
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This is a 1904 John Bartholomew map of the Arabian Peninsula. A reduction of Heinrich Kiepert’s Ubersichts-Karte von Arabien, the map centers on the Arabian Peninsula and depicts from Egypt to the Gulf of Oman and from Jerusalem to the Bab-el-Mandeb, the strait between Yemen and Djibouti and Eritrea. Cities, towns, and villages throughout the region are labeled, including Jerusalem, Basra, Kuwait City, and Mecca. The route of the Hajj is noted, as are other trade routes and the routes of two German explorers. (more details)
A one-of-a-kind manuscript road map of Leyte during the Battle of the Philippines.
[Leyte].
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This is a one-of-a-kind c. 1945 manuscript road map of Leyte, the Philippines, drawn during the Battle of the Philippines. The base map was likely traced from a source map, given the level of detail present along the coastlines and the courses of the rivers, but the roads were drawn freehand. Towns along Leyte's coastlines are labeled, as are several bays. (more details)
Focuses on the Shire Highlands, a region in Central Africa claimed by both the British and Portuguese.
Sketch Map of the Shire Highlands shewing the routes of B.L. Sclater, R.E. F.R.G.S.
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This is an 1893 William Shawe map of the Shire Highlands in Malawi, which then was part of the British Central Africa Protectorate. Depicting the region just south of Lake Malawi, known then as Lake Nyasa, black lines track the movements of Lieutenant B.L. Sclater during the two years when he served as an assistant to the Commissioner of British Central Africa. Numerous towns and villages are labeled, as are rivers, mountains, and other locations. Printed notes, such as ‘open grass plain’ and ‘rolling plain, poorly forested’, provide some insight into the terrain. The Shire River arcs through the left half of the map. (more details)
Details gold fields in northeastern modern-day South Africa.
Map of the Zoutpansberg Goldfields.
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This is an 1893 Friedrich Jeppe map of the Zoutpansberg Goldfields in northeastern South Africa, what was then the South African Republic. Per Jeppe, Zoutpansberg, a district in the northern portion of the South African Republic, covered about 25,000 square miles. Here, the proclaimed gold fields are highlighted in yellow, with the known gold belts further emphasized by yellow dashes within these yellow sections. The gray areas mark lands set aside for native Africans that were administered by the tribes. Gold and other mineral deposits were known to exist in some of these areas, and certain tribes allowed for mining and prospecting rights on their land. Settlements are identified, all of which, per Jeppe, are connected by telegraph and roads. (more details)