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The Charting of a Key English Port of Call in the Age of Cook.
Carte de Maidenland ou de la Virginie de Hawkins, Découvere par Sir Richard Hawkins en 1574 et du Canal Falklanf ainsi appellé par le Cap.ne Jean Stron qui le traversa en 1689 sur le Farewell Vaisseu de Londres.
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This 1774 Hawkesworth map of the Falkland Islands, or Malvinas shows the charting of the archipelago's waters just as the British were about to withdraw from active possession of the islands in anticipation of the American Revolutionary War. The place name used here, 'Maidenland ou Virginie de Hawkins' refers to the name bestowed on the islands by English commander Richard Hawkins, combining his own name with that of Queen Elizabeth I, the 'Virgin Queen.' (It was later determined that Hawkins had actually sighted only Steeple Jason island, one of the very small islands appearing in the northwest corner of the map.) The archipelago did appear on earlier maps based on the Portuguese, though the attributions of early sightings are uncertain and at odds with one another. (more details)
The Solomon Islands, Rediscovered and Renamed by Carteret
Isles De La Reine Charlotte.
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This is a 1774 map of the Solomon Islands, renamed by Carteret after his 'rediscovery' of the islands during his calamitous 1767 journey around the world. The map is beautifully engraved, with topography shown pictorially, and showning predominant winds. The map shows the track of HMS Swallow through the islands; there is a volcanic island shown centrally - this is Tinakula island, an island stratovolcano which last erupted in 2012 and whose earliest recorded eruption dates to the Álvaro de Mendaña expediion of 1595 . (more details)
Focuses on the military situation in Europe between the beginning of World War II and the German invasion of France and the Low Countries.
Major George Fielding Eliot's Strategy Map of Europe.
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This is a 1940 Richard Edes Harrison and George Fielding Eliot map of Europe during the 'Phoney War'. 'Phoney War' is the name given to the period at the beginning of World War II between September 3, 1939, when the United Kingdom and France declared war on Nazi Germany, and May 10, 1940, when Germany launched its invasion of France and the Low Countries. Very little fighting occurred between the Western Allies and Germany during these eight months, which led U.S. Senator William Borah to comment in September, 'There is something phoney about this war'. This collaboration between Eliot and Harrison provides an impressive overview of the military situation during this period of relative calm. The Maginot Line and Siegfried Line, fortification systems built by France and Germany respectively along the border between their respective countries, are immediately evident due to the high concentration of symbols illustrating fortifications and air bases in the area. Air and naval bases are identified throughout continental Europe and the U.K., along with oil fields, oil pipelines, and railroads. Color is used to illustrate topography. A key situated in the upper right corner explains the different notations used. (more details)
One of the earliest speciic maps to detail Manhattan Valley and the northern part of the Upper West Side.
Map of the Strikers Bay Farm Estate of Mrs. Ann Rogers Decd. Part of the estate of John Glendining and part of the Herman Le Roy Farm.
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One of only 5 known examples of John Bute Holmes's c. 1874 cadastral map of the northern part of the Upper West Side and Manhattan Valley, New York City. The map covers from 96th street to 107th street and from the Hudson River to Central Park (8th Avenue / Central Park West). Today, with its proximity to both Riverside Park and Central Park, this is one of Manhattan's most desirable neighborhoods. (more details)
Rare cadestral map of New York City's Spanish Harlem.
Maps of the Estates of Morris Randel, Philip Milledoler and William Wood, in the Twelfth (Formerly Ninth) Ward of the City of New York.
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A rare cadastral or property map of northeastern Manhattan, New York City, between Second Avenue and the Harlem River, and from 113th to 125th Streets. This area is today generally considered part of Spanish Harlem. The map employs color coding to define the limits of the former estates belonging to the Swiss-American Philip Milledoler (September 22, 1775 – September 22, 1852, 5th president of Rutgers College/University), William Wood (1777 - 1857, businessman), and Morris A. Randel. (more details)
A map of central Tokyo created to help orient Allied personnel during the Occupation of Japan.
Tokyo City Plan : Marunouchi.
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This is a 1948 General Headquarters, Far East Command city plan or map of the Marunouchi District in central Tokyo, Japan, created for Allied (predominantly American) soldiers during the brief Allied occupation of Tokyo. This map provides an extraordinary overview of life in the city during an ephemeral period. Streets throughout the district are labeled, many of which, such as 1st Street, 10th Street, and 5th Street, were simply given names by the occupying officials who could not understand the Japanese names. Others are marked simply as Ave Y and Ave Z. Hundreds of locations are labeled by name and small circles, which identify whether that location is frequented by 'Allied Forces', 'Allied Forces and Japanese or non-Allied Forces', or 'Japanese or non-Allied Forces'. To cite only a handful of these: various motor pools, the American clubs, supply stores, and government office buildings are among these sites. Many are hotels and those billeted there, be they officers, enlisted men, women, or civilians, are identified in parentheses. Many GHQ buildings are noted, along with the headquarters of Stars and Stripes in Tokyo, the British Embassy, and the Japanese Diet Building. (more details)
Promotes American aviation advancements and accomplishments in both the military and civilian spheres at the height of World War II.
Aviation Panorama. A Pictorial History of American Aviation. A Tribute to the Pioneer Spirit, the Inventive Genius, and the Courage of American Men and Women of the Air.
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Published in November 1943 at the height of World War II, this F.E. Cheeseman advertising broadside map of the United States promotes achievements and advances in American aviation. Dozens of different airplanes, varying from early biplanes to the most modern military bombers, fighters, and transport aircraft, are illustrated flying over the United States. (more details)
A Beautifully Engraved Record of Cook's 1769 Passage around Tierra del Fuego.
Plan de la Baye Du Bon Succés dans le Détroit de le Maire/ Carte de la partie S. E. de la Terre de Feu comprenant le Détroit de Le Maire et une Partie de la Terre Des Etats. Par le Lieut. J. Cook 1769.
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This 1774 Hawkesworth map of the Strait of Le Maire details the passage through the strait made by Lieutenant Cook (1728-1779) during his 1769 circumnavigation aboard HMS Endeavor. This, Cook's first Pacific voyage, was undertaken in order to observe the 1769 transit of Venus from Tahiti. The relevant portion of the voyage diverged sharply from its precursors, in that Cook took Endeavor through the Strait of Le Maire, rather than that of Magellan, thereafter sailing south to find evidence of the legendary Terra Australis Incognita. (more details)
The Most Distant island Mapped in Ptolemy's Era
Tavola Duodecima Dell'Asia
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This is Giovanni Antonio Magini's map of Taprobana, appearing in his 1598 Italian edition of Ptolemy's Geographia. This island represented, for Ptolemy, nearly the limit of European geographic knowledge: later geographers typically identified the island as Sri Lanka, though Munster, Mercator and others speculated that the better candidate was Sumatra. The map is oriented to the north and includes not only ‘Taprobana’ but also twenty surrounding islands. The mainland appears above and on the right of the map, which would correspond to the Malay peninsula were the map correctly identified with Sumatra, although the map roughly adheres to Sri Lanka's teardrop shape. To the left of the map is an attractively-engraved illustration of an elephant, and eleven lines of text describing the pepper trade - explicitly identifying the island as Sumatra. Magini joins Gastaldi, and Ruscelli in following the model of Münster, whose version of this map in his own edition of Ptolemy contained these same elements.
Magini's Italian letterpress text below the engraved map describes the island, its people, and its produce. (more details)
Magini's Italian letterpress text below the engraved map describes the island, its people, and its produce. (more details)
Issued in the final days of Old Shangai just after the January 28 Incident or Shanghai Incident.
Map of Shanghai.
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An extremely rare 1933 North-China Daily News and Herald map of Shanghai. Focusing on the Bund and the International Settlement, the map extends from the Shanghai Hangchow Railroad in the west to the Shanghai Baptist College (now the University of Shanghai) in the east. Derived roughly from the Municipal Council Map of the same year, this map is in intensely detailed, with streets, businesses, clubs, parks, government offices, and civic institutions noted. This map was issued shortly after the 1932 Shanghai Incident in the final days of Shanghai's pre-war boomtime. (more details)
Presents Communist China to 1960s American schoolchildren.
Communist China. Headline-Focus Wall Map 15.
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This is a 1966 Civic Education Service pictorial map of China, more specifically 'Communist China'. Created just before U.S.-China relations began thawing in the 1970s, the entirety of China is shaded red, the color most associated with Communism. Pictorial vignettes highlight Chinese industry, with particular interest paid to mining and manufacturing. Chinese progress in the realm of nuclear weapons is also prominently noted. An illustration of an atom marks industrial plants suspected of making the plutonium necessary in the development of these weapons, and a mushroom cloud, the most infamous image associated with nuclear weapons, marks the nuclear test site near Lop Nor. Icons of soldiers, situated throughout China and all of the surrounding countries, reinforce the tense military situation in the region. Short texts also explain that Soviet and Chinese forces had clashed along the border separating the two countries, as have Chinese and Indian troops along their mutual border. 'U.S. and other anti-Communist forces', essential to the American policy of 'containment' are stationed in Thailand, South Vietnam, Taiwan, the Philippines, South Korea, and Japan. A text box entitled 'Nation Wrapped in Conflict' provides details for the viewer about the population and geography of China, as well as the economic, military, and diplomatic situation in China. (more details)
A rare piece of history that harkens back to the rest and relaxation periods offered to Allied troops serving in the Pacific during World War II.
The City of Sydney.
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Created for Allied personnel during World War II, this 1944 David Jones city plan or map of Sydney, Australia highlights locations that would be most important to Allied personnel either stationed in the city, visiting on a weekend pass, or returning from combat. Depicting the city from Darling Harbor to Elizabeth Point and from Walsh Bay to Belmore Park and the central train station, thirty-nine locations are numerically identified. The first nine and last three, hostels and American Red Cross Clubs, are listed on the recto along the right border. The remaineder, of which two dozen are cinemas and theaters, are listed on the verso. Several sites around the city are illustrated in profile, including St. Mary's Cathedral, the general post office, and the central train station. Both Government House and the conservatorium are illustrated and labeled within the botanic gardens, which are shaded green, and the art gallery is highlighted in The Domain. Hyde Park and Belmore Park are also both identified and shaded.. Verso content also includes short descriptions of places of interest in a near Sydney as well as short trips in the immediate vicinity and a map of Sydney's beaches. (more details)
Details a provincial capital just south of the Mekong Delta.
Bản Đồ Chĩ Dân Tĩnh Lỵ Bạc Liêu. / [Map Of People's Villages, Bac Lieu Province].
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This is a c. 1960 Saigon Moi Newspaper city map or plan of Bạc Liêu, Vietnam, the capital of Bạc Liêu Province. The Bạc Liêu River flows through town, and city streets are illustrated and labeled along both banks. Fourteen locations within the city are numerically identified and correspond with a key situated in the lower left corner, including the cemetery, two temples, the football field, and the hospital. During the French colonial period, Bạc Liêu was a prosperous town, with many wealthy farmers and other successful inhabitants. However, during the years of the Vietnam War, people began leaving Bạc Liêu, and the city slowly shrank, and even today is still trying to recover from the hardships suffered during the war years. (more details)
Extremely Rare, Ingenious Map of Los Angeles
(verso) E-Z Guide Map of Los Angeles California with Patent Indicator.
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The earliest example we have found, dated 1915, of this ingenious and detailed map of Los Angeles and its surrounds. Produced by the advertising firm of Fred B. Bain, it was received by a grateful world, as testified by a doubtless completely unbiased party in the October 1916 Long Beach Press:
There has been nothing handier turned out in the way of a map, so far as I have been able to discover,’ said Philetus A. Clark 2818 Marquita street, ‘than the E-Z guide map of Los Angeles, which is gotten out by the German-American Trust and Savings bank, Spring and Seventh street. This map with its patent indicator shows at a glance the location of every street, park, public square, also the banks, apartment houses, depots, railway offices, theaters, stores and other places of interest. It is indeed a boon to travelers, especially strangers in a strange city, to have something reliable at hand to enable them to get about in pursuit of their business or pleasure with a minimum of effort and worry.’The main, circular map of Los Angeles - oriented to the north - uses a cleverly-graded rotating indicator to help the perplexed traveler find specific streets, by referring to an index on the verso, pointing the indicator at the relevant number, and then looking up the letter listed along its length. The map also shows railway lines, streetcar and interurban lines, and automobile roads. Neighborhoods are also named on the map, including Arlington Heights, Pico Heights, and Hollywood. Outside the circular city map, a regional map (this time oriented to the east) shows Los Angeles in relation to San Pedro, Pasadena, Pomona, and San Bernardino. (more details)
A map of the East Indies created to help educate soldiers during World War II.
Netherlands East Indies.
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This is a c. 1943 Army Orientation Branch map of the East Indies. Depicting the region from the Indian Ocean to New Guinea and from Hainan and French Indochina to northern Australia, maps like this one created by the Army Orientation Branch were meant to help educate soldiers about where World War II was being fought in a general sense. Major cities are marked throughout, including Haiphong, Saigon, Darwin, Manila, Singapore, and Batavia. No information about the current state of the fighting is included, likely because these maps were meant to be used as educational aids in classes and the war front was constantly fluid. (more details)
Detailed Early Coastal Chart of Edgartown Harbor
Section I, Edgartown Harbor and Cotamy Bay, Mass.
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A very rare 1871 U.S. Coast Survey Map of Edgartown and Katama Bay on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. This detailed working harbor chart was produced to illustrate the buildup of sand in the bay (making it unnavigable) in order to argue for the opening of a safe passage through Katama Beach. The chart shows the approaches to Edgartown - both the main approach from the northeast, marked by a lighthouse, and also the approaches via Katama Bay (Cotamy on the map)- whose mouth is shown entirely blocked by Katama Beach. Historical natural openings in the beach are noted, including a 1776 opening which had appeared on Des Barres' chart of the island, are noted. Nine cross sections of the beach are shown, indicating the height of the beach above sea level. A further cross section, showing the increasing silt blockage of the northern mouth of the Bay between the west shore and Chappaquiddick Point is shown as well. Tidal patterns measured inside and outside Katana bay are compared in a chart. Detailed soundings are provided throughout. (more details)
Published between the third and fourth Allied assaults on Monte Cassino, a key strongpoint in German defenses in central Italy.
Cassino Corner.
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Highlighting the bloody campaign to liberate Italy during World War II, this 1944 Robert M. Chapin, Jr. map of Monte Cassino was published before the Battle of Monte Cassino was decided. Monte Cassino was the lynchpin of the Axis Winter Line, a series of defensive lines that stretched across the Italian peninsula from the Adriatic Sea to the Tyrrhenian Sea. Constructed to defend Rome, the Winter Line withstood Allied attacks from December 1943 until June 1944, when it was finally fell in the face of the fourth Allied assault. (more details)
Features an artistic rendering of several submersible vehicles - including the Aluminaut, the world's first aluminum submarine.
World Ocean.
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This is a 1970 Civic Education Service broadside map of the world's oceans. The world map situated at center labels Earth's four major oceans (the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific) and provides the area of each in square miles and each ocean's deepest point. Visually captivating content frames the central map, with photographs of ocean waves, researchers aboard the 'Alvin', and a porpoise delivering a message from a submersible off the California coast. Other photographs present a desalinization plant at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an island being formed in Indonesia, and oceanography students conducting field research. (more details)
Promotes the growing importance of fishing cooperatives in Mexico.
Los Recursos Tecnicos Pesqueros de Mexico.
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This 1965 Tonatiuh Gutierrez infographic map of Mexico promotes the increasing prominence of fishing cooperatives in the country's coastal states, highlighting the comparatively strong numbers of cooperative members versus permisionarios libres (free permit holders). These states are split into five different zones: four coastal zones and a fifth for Mexico City. Illustrations of fishing vessels below each zone provide the percentage of the national total of fishermen, along with the number of cooperatives and the number of permisionarios libres in each of the zones. Smaller ships closer to the coastline provides the same figures for each individual state. Other icons mark airports, freezers, fishing schools, and factories. A table in the upper right corner breaks down each category by state, including the numerous of cooperatives and how many people are cooperative members. Two pie charts in the lower left corner break down the percentage of ships operated by cooperatives and permisionarios libres out of a national total, and even break that percentage down further based on the size of vessel (broken down by tonnage) and their home port. (more details)
A charming city map of Manila that highlights the American embassy and United Nations Park.
Table and Pocket Map Guide City of Manila Republic of the Philippines.
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This is a 1960 Domingo de Jesus city plan or map of Manila, Philippines. Districts are labeled throughout the city, including Intramuros, as are streets, parks, railroad stations, and universities. United Nations Park, situated near south Manila Bay, is prominently illustrated, as is the U.S. Embassy, the University of Philippines, and Philippine General Hospital. Thirty-seven locations across the city are numerically identified and correspond with an index situated in the upper right corner. A photograph of the Monument of the National Hero of the Philippines Dr. Jose P. Rizal is printed in the lower right corner. (more details)