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The absolute pinnacle of 1970s scientific infographic design.
Continental Drift.
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The absolute pinnacle of 1970s scientific infographic design. A delightful 1979 flipbook illustrating continental drift by the scientist Christopher R. Scotese. There are 46 miniature plates in the book, which, when flipped, illustrate theories of continental drift from the Cambrian to the Miocene eras, or from roughly 535 million years ago to about 5 million years ago. There are three comic-bookesque plates indicating moments when continents collided 'CRASH!', move apart 'RRRIPPP!', and come back together 'CRUNCH!' (more details)
One of the Only Acquirable Turkish Maps of Üsküdar
(Turkish Plan of Üsküdar)
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This is a 1909 Turkish plan of Üsküdar, produced by the Turkish educator and publisher Mehmet Eşref. It is one of the earliest, if not the only early Turkish printed plan of this part of Istanbul available to the collector. All titles and descriptive text are in Ottoman Turkish. The plan encompasses the neighborhoods of Harem, Doğancılar, Nakkaştepe and İcadiye, and indicates significant green space beyond these limits. Depth soundings are noted in the Bosphorus, and the famous 'Maiden's Tower,' or Kiz Kulesi, is marked just off the shore. Chromolithograph. (more details)
Depicts Boeing's school set up to train mechanics to repair the B-29 for the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
Superfortress School Seattle, Wash. Areas 1 and 2.
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This is a c. 1945 Boeing map of their 'Superfortress School' at an airfield outside Seattle, Washington. The map depicts the school's campus, with manuscript notations marking barracks, school buildings, library, mess hall, PX (Post Exchange), homes, and the shipping and receiving area. Three buildings are marked as hangers in manuscript, with sketches of three airplanes present near these hangers. Arrows point the way to the air field, downtown Seattle, the Pacific Ocean, and Long Beach. (more details)
Rare, Detailed Plan of Redwood City Promoting the City and its Erstwhile Paper of Record
Map of Redwood City and Vicinity San Mateo County, California Revised and Issued By The Redwood City Chamber of Commerce. Revised December 1st., 1948.
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A rare 1948 map of Redwood City, drafted by Arthur F. Granucci for the Redwood City Chamber of Commerce and the Redwood City Tribune. Areas falling within the actual Redwood City limits are colored gold, but the map shows the neighboring areas as well. It encompasses the area from Brittan Avenue to Marsh Road, and from Bayshore Road to Cañada Road. Emerald Hills is particularly well detailed: Emerald Lake and Upper Emerald Lake both appear amongst the winding streets of the hilly neighborhood. An inset map shows the Port of Redwood City and its wharves. (more details)
Edition of the Earliest Map of the Amazon Produced by One Who Explored It.
Strom Maragnon Autore R. P. Samuele Fritz, é Soc. Iesu. Prov. Bohem. 1707. Delineatus.
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This scarce 1728 Stöcklein map of the Amazon River is among the earliest acquirable maps based upon actual exploration to illustrate the full course of the Amazon River from the Andes to the Atlantic. The map is derived from the surveys of Samuel Fritz, a Czech Jesuit missionary who lived and worked in South America for over forty years. As a result of surveys intended to settle a border dispute, Fritz was able to determine the correct sources for the Marañón River, the primary source of the Amazon itself. The map shows forts, cities, and differentiates those cities with bishoprics and archbishoprics. Special notations on the map mark locations of the source of the Marañón 'as it is indicated on old maps,' and a further notation marks 'Die Insel Guar' in the middle of the Amazon. (more details)
Makes an effort at preparing the American people for a long, bloody war in the Pacific against Japan.
Arteries of the Pacific.
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This is an enlarged, separate issue version of a 1943 Robert M. Chapin, Jr. pictorial map of the Pacific Ocean fortifications and supply routes at the height of the Pacific War during World War II. Wonderfully compiled, the map depicts the region from India to Hawaii and from Kamchatka and the Aleutian Islands to Australia and New Zealand. Concise and clear iconography is used to delineate both American and Japanese fortifications and supply lines, allowing viewers to easily comprehend the strategic reality of the Pacific War. Icons in the shape of shore guns mark the fortified locations of both Japan and the United States, with white 'arteries' connecting them all. Moreover, a very frank text along the right border explains in no uncertain terms why the Pacific campaign has been so much more difficult for the Americans than it was for the Japanese in late 1941 and the first half of 1942. One of the many important factors in the relating to the American advance pointed out the reality of a 10,000-mile supply line between where combat was taking place and the California coast. The establishment and protection of this 'artery' was essential. Another such factor was that the Japanese had the advantage of attacking unfortified positions, while the Americans, in order to roll back Japan's conquests, had to land troops on beachheads on heavily fortified islands. (more details)
Highlights the events of the American Civil War in Oklahoma, then known as the Indian Territory.
Prepared By Muriel H. Wright Oklahoma Historical Society and LeRoy H. Fischer Oklahoma State University for the Oklahoma Civil War Centennial Commission State of Oklahoma.
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This is a 1963 Muriel H. Wright and LeRoy H. Fischer pictorial map of Oklahoma commemorating events of the American Civil War in the Indian Territory. The map depicts the state from Cimarron County and Fort Nichols to Fort Smith, Arkansas and from the Kansas border to the Red River. Forty-nine sites around the state are identified by a small illustration and numbered, with the numbers corresponding to an index situated along the bottom border. Civil War battles from 1861 through 1864 are identified throughout the state, along with the date, and a pair of crossed swords mark the location. Several Civil War routes cross Oklahoma and are referenced here using solid differently colored lines. Rivers and counties throughout the state are also illustrated and labeled. Portraits of four Civil War officers are included to the left of the map. Major General James G. Blunt and Colonel William A. Phillips were Union Army officers while Brigadier General Douglas H. Cooper and Brigadier General Stand Watie fought for the Confederacy. Brigadier General Watie was the only Native American to attain a general's rank in the Confederal Army. Five views are included below the portraits and present the Armstrong Academy, Bird Creek, Fort Arbuckle, the ruins of Fort Gibson Hospital, and Fort Washita. (more details)
Earliest map to compile the exploration of the Congo River Valley during the Scramble for Africa
Map of Part of the South Eastern Congo-Basin Showing Recent Exploration
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A rare 1895 Royal Geographic Society map of the southeastern Congo River Basin - the first detailed map to compile over twenty years’ exploration along the courses of the Sankuru, Lomami and Lualaba rivers. This period culminated in the Congo Arab War, a conflict pitting the Belgian proxy government against a coalition of Arab slavers attempting to wrest control of the Congo Free State. (more details)
Illustrates land reserved for U.S. Soldiers after the American Revolutionary War.
Carte De La Partie Septentrionale Des Etats-Unis.
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An important and highly detailed 1801 map of the northeastern United States by Pierre Francis Tardieu. The map was issued to a accompany Michel Guillaume de Crevecoeur's Le Voyage dans la Haute Pennsylvania et dans l'État de New-York, one of the most important post-Revolutionary War books about life and economy in the fledgling United States. Coverage extends from Maine to the District of Columbia and west as far as Ohio and the Connecticut Reserve, including modern-day New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and parts of Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia. The map is notable for its exceptional detail, naming towns and roads, as well as surveyed military tracts intended to compensate Revolutionary War soldiers for their war effort. (more details)
Sumptuously Engraved Map of the Home Port and its Surrounds
Insulae Divi Martini et Uliarus, Vulgo l’Isle de Re et Oleron.
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An exquisite 1649 Blaeu map of the La Rochelle region of western coastal France, including the Isle de Re and the Isle de Oleron. The centrally depicted, largely Protestant city of La Rochelle was a port of prime importance for Atlantic exploration and trade until the religious wars of the 17th century. The east-oriented map shows coastal forts, roads, wetlands and salt plains. In many respects it also resembles a chart, with rhumb lines, three fine compass roses, and navigational hazards such as shallows marked. The map's rich decoration alludes to the region's maritime importance, with nineteen ships, a sea monster, and a beautiful cartouche portraying a mermaid nursing a mer-infant. The quality of the engraving is typical of the superb standard set by the younger Blaeu, this example being embellished with delicate contemporary color. (more details)
Attractively engraved map of Southeast Asia, China, Korea and Japan featuring the 'Gulf of Corea'
Map for Mr. Pennant's Outlines of the Globe. Vol. III. 1800.
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Printed in 1800 by David Pennant (posthumously on behalf of his father, Thomas) an elegantly engraved map of Southeast Asia, revealing a remarkably idiosyncratic view of the region to a British audience. It appeared in the posthumously-published third volume of Pennant’s Outlines of the Globe, which had been intended to extend to fourteen volumes. Each published volume was to contain a fold-out map. Pennant’s earlier works – travelogues of Scotland, Wales and England – had all been based on his own observations, but his ambitious and unfinished global project expected to draw on other travelers’ journals. Though many of the place names are quite recognizable, showing familiarity with contemporary geographical research, there are some that appear that baffle the modern reader. For example, the desert appearing north of China is labeled ‘The Great Desart or Cobi or Shamu or Belgium’ Even allowing for archaic spellings (Cobi) or archaic appellations (Shamu,) we are not aware of another similar use of the place name ‘Belgium.’ (more details)
Civil War-Era Map of Iowa as the Railroads Stab Westwards
Johnson's Iowa and Nebraska.
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This is Johnson and Ward's 1865 map of Iowa and Nebraska. The map covers the entire state of Iowa as well as the eastern portions of Nebraska. Offers color coding according to county and notations for railways, roadways, cities, towns, and river systems. The ... (more details)
The first published map of the area around Appomattox Court House - where the U.S. Civil War ended.
Appomattox Court House.
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This is an 1867 John Weyss and Nathaniel Michler map of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, where the American Civil War came to a close. The map depicts the region from Appomattox Station on the South Side Railroad to the Jenkins homestead and from the homestead of L. Marshall to Evergreen Station. Beautifully engraved, the area surrounding Appomattox Court House is illustrated in detail, with numerous homesteads noted throughout. Roads traverse the area, along with the South Side Railroad, and rivers and streams are noted. Forests and hills are also included. Troop locations and movements, however, are not depicted. (more details)
Map of France with inset of Corsica and the Paris region.
France.
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This is an attractive example of S. A. Mitchell's 1849 map of France. Each of France's 32 provinces are identified by number and associated with a table at the left border. Insets in the upper right and left quadrants focus on the environs of Paris and the ... (more details)
Rare pictorial map of Leeds by architect Denis M. Jones.
Leeds from A.D. 1626 - the year of the Royal Charter granted by King Charles the First.
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A rare and stunning 1948 pictorial map of Leeds, England by the architect and artist Denis M. Jones. This is probably Jones' first pictorial map, it covers Jones' hometown of Leeds from Water Lane and Great Wilson Street to Blackman Lane and Rondhay Road. Important buildings are rendered in profile with the Civic Hall at center. The River Aire appears prominently at center. The map is surrounded by heralding imagery and the profiles of important Leeds buildings. The armorial crest of the city of Leeds appears at top center. (more details)
A city map of Saigon published by one of the city's daily newspapers.
Bản Đồ Chỉ Dẫn Saigon - Cholon. [Map of Saigon - Cholon].
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This is a c. 1960 Saigon Moi Newspaper city map or plan of Saigon, South Vietnam. The map depicts the city center, roughly District 1 of today's Ho Chi Minh City. Streets throughout the district are labeled. Forty-four locations are numerically identified and correspond with an index situated in the lower right corner. Street signs are illustrated along the left and right borders and captions provide instruction as to what each sign means. Photographs of sites all across the city are situated along the top and bottom borders. Some of the photographed sites include a post office, City Hall, Le Loi Boulevard, and Saigon Market. An alphabetical street index is situated along the bottom border. (more details)
Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Vicinity.
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This is a 1968 U.S. Geological Survey topographical map of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and its vicinity. The map depicts the region from the Cherokee National Forest and the Tennessee River to the Pisgah National Forest and from the Bays Mountains and the Tennessee River to the Nantahala National Forest. Highly detailed, innumerable locations throughout the park and its vicinity are identified. Ridges, peaks, gaps, knobs, and tops are all labeled. The Appalachian Trail winds its way across the map, as do numerous other trails (both maintained and not) and roads of varying degree of improvement. Blue colored creeks, rivers, and lakes stand out against the brown terrain of the surrounding mountains. Towns are noted throughout the vicinity of the park, such as Sevierville and Maryville, Tennessee and Robbinsville, North Carolina. Counties are also noted. (more details)
A topographical map and city plan of Auckland, New Zealand.
Auckland.
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A city plan superimposed on a topographical chart, this is a 1949 first edition New Zealand Department of Lands and Survey map of Auckland, New Zealand, and vicinity. The map depicts the region from Nihotupu to Clevedon and from Whenuapai Point to Manurewa. Information abounds, with districts, neighborhoods, suburbs, and towns all labeled, as are major roads, railroads, and parks. Coastal locations, such as points, and bays, as well as the mouths of streams and creeks, and channels between islands, are also identified. Several aerodromes are noted. A pair reference tables are present along the bottom border that detail all the different notations used here, including those to illustrate railways, tramways, and roads. (more details)
Published during the Austro-Turkish War.
Helespont ou Detroit de Dardanelles pour servir de renseignement à la Carte des Limites des trois Empires ou Théatre de la Guerre.
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This is a 1788 François Joseph Maire map of the Dardanelles or the Hellespont in Turkey. A strait that forms a part of the boundary between Europe and Asia, separating Asian Turkey from European Turkey, the map depicts the Dardanelles from the east with the Gallipoli peninsula at center. Cities and towns are labeled all along the coast of the Strait, with particular attention paid to Gallipoli (now called Gelibolu). Topography is illustrated and Mount Ida is labeled. (more details)
A map of the Rhine River and the Electorate of Cologne, one of the many administrative divisions of the Holy Roman Empire.
Parte Settentrionale degli Stati Dell'Elettore di Colonia. / Parte Meridionale degli Stati Dell'Elet. Di Colonia.
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This is a 1690 Vincenzo Maria Coronelli map of the Rhine River in northwest Germany in what was then known as the Electorate of Cologne. Presented on two sheets that can function independently, the map depicts the region along the river from Wesel to Koblenz. Numerous cities, towns, and villages are labeled along the river's course and on both sides, including Wesel, Orsoy, Cologne (Colonia), Homberg, and others. Each settlement is marked by a dot or a small collection of buildings, allowing the viewer to have some understanding of the relative size of each population center. The terrain is shown pictorially, with mountains and forests providing some idea of what the country looks like. Beautiful title cartouches are illustrated on each of the maps. An inset map of the entire course of the Rhine is situated in the bottom left corner of the lower sheet. (more details)