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Reshaping Campus and City Alike.
The Price and Lee Co's New Map of the City of New Haven, Connecticut.
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This is a 1919 city plan or map of New Haven, Connecticut, prepared by civil engineer A. B. Hill for the Price and Lee Company. It captures the city in the immediate post-World War I era, when both it and Yale University were undergoing significant changes. (more details)
First Full Map of Australia, and the First to name Sydney.
Carte Generale de la Nouvelle Hollande dressee par M L Freycinet Commandant La Goelette, Le Casuarina an 1808.
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This landmark 1811 map of Australia by French explorer and cartographer Louis de Freycinet is celebrated as the first published map to depict the continent's complete coastline and the first to identify Sydney by name. Based on surveys conducted during Nicolas Baudin's French expedition to Australia aboard the Géographe and Naturaliste (1801 - 1803), it presents the continent as Nouvelle Hollande and preserves the expedition's politically charged French nomenclature, including Terre Napoléon. Issued three years before Matthew Flinders' competing map, Freycinet's chart represents a defining achievement in the exploration, mapping and naming of Australia. (more details)
First Swedish printed description of the Americas.
Kort berattelse om Wåst Indien eller America.
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This rare volume is the first and only edition of Ambrosius Svenonis Nidelberg's 1675 description of the New World: it is the earliest substantial Swedish printed work pertaining to America. Sabin described it as 'one of the scarcest of the Swedish typographical productions of the seventeenth century on America.' The work is both geographical and ethnographic: it is the first Swedish description of North America's indigenous population. In particular, it is the first Swedish description of the English colonies in Bermuda and Virginia. (more details)
First map of South Australia: politically charged French toponymy.
Carte Générale de al Terre Napoléon (À la Nouvelle Holland.)
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This landmark 1811 map of South Australia, including modern-day Adelaide and Melbourne, by French explorer and cartographer Louis de Freycinet. Based on surveys conducted during Nicolas Baudin's expedition to Australia aboard the Géographe and Naturaliste (1801 - 1803), it presents South Australia with politically charged French nomenclature, including, as here, Terre Napoléon. Issued three years before Matthew Flinders' competing map, Freycinet's chart represents a defining achievement in the exploration, mapping and naming of South Australia. (more details)
American - Chinese - Japanese exchange in Yokohama.
橫濱異人商館之圖 / [View of Foreign Merchant House in Yokohama].
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An absorbing 1861 depiction of Japanese-foreign interactions in Yokohama, this ukiyo-e triptych was prepared by Sadahide, the great chronicler of the treaty port in its early years, and published by Sanoya Kihei. It is notable, among other features, for revealing the three-way exchange between Westerners, Chinese, and Japanese in Yokohama. (more details)
The Foundation for British Rule in East Africa.
Rough Road Chart of Sabakhi Route from Makangeni to Machagos.
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This rare 1890 map of Kenya illustrates Frederick Lugard's first expedition along the Sabaki River between Mombasa and Machakos. The expedition and Lugard's subsequent public pressure campaign were important steps in establishing a British 'sphere of influence' and, eventually, protectorates over Kenya (British East Africa) and Uganda. (more details)
Forgotten Portuguese explorers of Africa's interior.
Carta do curso do rio Zaire de Stanley-Pool au Oceano.
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This is a remarkable 1883 map of the Congo River and adjoining regions produced by the Portuguese Comissão de Cartografia das Colónias. It highlights knowledge gained from the forgotten but important 1877 - 1879 Capelo-Ivens Expedition, a Portuguese effort to map and claim the lands along the river in the early days of the Scramble for Africa. (more details)
Rare First Edition of the Pioneering Lindgren Yellowstone Map.
A Hysterical Map of the Yellowstone Park with Apologies to the Park. Smilage Guaranteed. / The Famous Hysterical Map of Yellowstone Park Including a Few Minor? Changes.
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This is the extremely rare 1934 first edition pictorial map of Yellowstone Park, 'hatched and scratched' by the American printer and humorist Jolly Lindgren. It is one of only a handful of silkscreen-printed maps produced by the Lindgren Brothers early in their career. (more details)
American yachting!
American Yachts Signal Chart.
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This scarce 1884 chromolithograph by maritime artist Frederick S. Cozzens presents a compendium of American yacht signals on the eve of the pivotal 1885 America's Cup. Centered on the graceful sailing yacht Yolande and surrounded by brilliantly colored code, yacht-club, and night-signal flags, the chart captures the pageantry and technical sophistication of Gilded Age yachting as American sailors prepared to defend the Cup against Britain's Genesta. (more details)
Gardasee, guarding the frontier.
Der Gardasee und seine nächste Umgebung.
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A c. 1890 map and set of views of Lake Garda, Italy, produced by the Kartographisches Institut, based in Hildburghausen. It was intended for German-speaking tourists, who were drawn to Garda despite the relatively recent fighting during the Italian Risorgimento, continued territorial divisions, and simmering tensions. (more details)
One the earliest obtainable maps of Yosemite!
Map of the Yosemite Valley from Surveys made by order of the Commissioners to manage the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove.
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This is Clarence King and James Terry Gardiner's detailed map of the Yosemite Valley, California. Published in 1870, it is considered one of the earliest obtainable maps of that region. This map represents early government efforts under Frederick Law Olmsted and Josiah Dwight Whitney to map Yosemite as America's first reserved parkland. It offers superb detail, noting the Merced River, Virgin Tears, Yosemite Falls, Sentinel Rock and Dome, Bridal Veil Falls and Creek, Mariposa Trail, and much more. Important buildings on the valley floor also appear - including Yosemite's first two tourist hotels! (more details)
Irrational Railroad Exuberance.
Map of the United States and Territories, Showing the extent of Public Surveys and other details, Constructed from the Plats and official sources of the General Land Office.
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This is an 1870 map of the United States issued by the U.S. General Land Office, led by Commissioner Joseph S. Wilson. Rich in detail, it illustrates the progress of U.S. government land surveys from coast to coast, also reflecting information on mineral deposits, the development of railways, and settlement patterns on the vast American frontier. (more details)
The first First Couple.
Washington. / Martha Washington.
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A striking c. 1876 set of chromolithograph portraits of George and Martha Washington, published by William Smith of Philadelphia. They were likely intended to coincide with the Centennial Exposition of that year, when portraits, statues, and other commemorations of Washington were prominent draws. (more details)
Inaugural celebrations of the new 59th Street Lexington Avenue express subway station.
NEW IRT LEX. AVE AND 59 ST. EXPRESS STATION.
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This is a 1962 New York City Transit Authority cutaway map of the newly opened 59th Street Express subway station, part of the original program for the station's inaugural ceremonies. One of the most frequented stations on the Lexington Avenue line, the illustration encompasses three levels, 'express' escalators, transfer ramps, and a whole world of newer, faster transit. (more details)
Main Waypoint in the Atlantic.
Iles Bermudas, d'après les travaux les plus récents.
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This is an 1852 nautical chart or map of Bermuda issued by the French Dépôt général de la Marine. It presents the island when it had become the primary waypoint between Europe and the Americas, as well as one of Britain's most important strategic holdings globally. (more details)
Gold Standard.
Münz-Weltkarte : Ein Schlüssel zu den Preisen der Weltausstellung.
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A numismatic world map prepared in 1873 by August Eggers. Its production corresponded with the 1873 adoption of an international gold standard, a key event in modern economic history. The map was exhibited at the 1873 Vienna World's Fair. (more details)
One of the founding institutions of modern American medicine.
A Map of Johns Hopkins Hospital attempting to show the general plan, HABITS of the STAFF, STUDENTS, and PATIENTS, curious CUSTOMS etc. and so forth.
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This is a c. 1935 Richard Q. Yardley pictorial map of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. The hospital and its associated medical school were the progenitors of the modern American medical education system, and the hospital has long been considered among the best in the world. (more details)
The Earliest Collectible Printed Image of Belgrade.
Kriechisch Wyssenburg.
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This is the 1550 Sebastian Münster woodcut view of Belgrade - the earliest obtainable printed image of that city. (more details)
Comic yet honest pictorial map of Baltimore County.
Being Ye Historical Map of Baltimore County.
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This is a c. 1935 Richard Yardley pictorial map of Baltimore County, Maryland, presented here in an unusual two-tone printing. Populated by comical caricatures of the county's residents, Yardley both mocks and celebrates Baltimore history. (more details)
Holy grail of Ge'hog'raphy.
This Porcineograph. / This Good-Cheer Souvenir.
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The coveted Porcineograph, in its rare first edition, considered one of the greatest examples of cartographic whimsy ever made! This is a comical 1876 William Emerson Baker chromolithograph pictorial map - geo'hog'raphy - of the United States as a pig. Issued as a party favor for the founding of Baker's 'Sanitary Piggery', the image is not only humorous but also examines the impact of pigs in American history, including their role in the foundation of the Massachusetts Senate and the Declaration of the War of 1812. (more details)