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Stronghold of Lutheranism.
Mansfeldiae Comitatus Descriptio.
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This is an old-color 1595 map of the town of Mansfeld in central Germany and its environs, published in Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. It depicts the region after the early decades of the Protestant Reformation and the establishment of Lutheranism, whose founding figure was born and raised here. (more details)
Hotbed of Religious Radicalism.
Turingiae Noviss. Descript. / Misniae et Lustaiae Tabula.
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This is a fine example of Abraham Ortelius' 1595 two-map sheet covering Thuringia and the historical regions of Misniae, centered on Meissen and Leipzig, that appeared in his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. At this time, these regions were best known for their mines, universities, and importance for the emergence of Lutheranism and even more radical branches of Protestantism. (more details)
Odessa at its cultural and economic zenith.
ПЛАНЪ ГОРОДА ОДЕССЫ. / Plan of the City of Odessa.
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This is a 1912 chromolithograph map of Odessa, Ukraine, capturing the city at its economic and cultural zenith. It was produced for the Imperial Society of Agriculture of Southern Russia (Императорское Общество Сельского Хозяйства Южной России) by the Odessa lithographer A. Til and Company. At the time, Odessa was one of the largest cities in the Russian Empire, often called the 'Southern Capital of Russia' for its economic, military, and cultural significance. The map records the breakneck pace of development Odessa underwent in the early 20th century, when it was Russia's largest port and home to its most active stock exchange. It was also, as this map reflects, an extremely diverse city, home to large Russian, Jewish, Ukrainian, Greek, and Armenian communities. (more details)
Geography for the Nation, in Greek!
ΧAΡΤΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΜΕΡΙΚHΣ / ΧAΡΤΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΥΣΤΡΑΛIΑΣ / ΧΆΡΤΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΣIΑΣ / ΧAΡΤΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΦΡΙΚHΣ.
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This is an extremely rare c. 1856 set of four Greek-language educational maps published by the Athenian printer Karl Joseph Kolmann. The maps represent an early attempt by the newly independent Greece to reform and nationalize its educational system. (more details)
Russia trying to make light of the early stages of the Russo-Japanese War.
Хоть мал, да удал. / [Small But Dangerous].
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A rare 1904 Russian chromolithograph lubok by A. P. Korkin illustrating the Battle of Port Arthur (February 1904), the opening salvo of the Russo-Japanese War (1904 - 1905). It is an ironic scene of optimism, indicative of Russian arrogance during the first stage of the war. Soon after, in the subsequent battles, Japanese forces soundly defeated the Russian Navy, embarrassing the Russian Empire, changing the balance of power in East Asia, and setting the stage for Japanese Imperial expansion into Manchuria. (more details)
Slice-of-life image of early colonial railroad image.
Railway between Brindjey + Stabat - Sumatra -. / Railway Station in Medan. - Sumatra -.
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A remarkable c. 1890 photographic image of the Brindjey Tobacco Estate narrow-gauge railroad, at a stop between Medan and Banda, Sumatra. The images provide unique slice-of-life insights into plantation life in the Dutch East Indies. (more details)
One of the Finest Ships in China, in Her Heyday.
Service de Hong Kong - P.S. Hankow - China Navigation Company (1886) / Ile de Shamian ou Shameen (Canton).
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This is a remarkable pair of c. 1890 photographs of southern China taken by an unknown photographer. They relate to the PS Hankow, one of the best-known ships of the China Navigation Company, and foreign residences on Shamian, the small island adjacent to Canton (Guangzhou) to which foreigners had been restricted before the First Opium War. (more details)
Canton in the Late Qing Period.
Temple des Six Banians (Canton) / Canal de Shamian à Canton - ile de Shamian concession etrangère 1880
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This is an extraordinary set of c. 1890 photographs of Canton (Guangzhou), China, including the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees and the canal between Canton and Shamian Island. Together, the provide a rare photographic glimpse into the life of the city in the late Qing period. (more details)
Imperial Civil Service Examinations in Guangzhou.
Examination Hall. -Canton-. / Bridge over the Rutla Delhi River. -Sumatra-.
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A striking c. 1890 photo of the Examination Hall of Guangzhou (Canton), China. Guangzhou Examination Hall (貢院; Gongyuan Provincial Examination Hall). The image presents a long paved path leading to the main building; to either side are the testing cubicles, each identified by a Chinese character. The meaning of the characters along the sides of the examination stalls is not immediately clear, though the most legible string at right (海河鱗...島人始文乃衣推讓有陶坐問垂) closely resembles a portion of a novel included in the 12th volume of the compendium Selected Notes on Novels from Past Dynasties (歷代小說筆記選). The message would assuredly be meant to reiterate Confucian values in one form or another. The imperial exams, an ancient Confucian-inspired system to determine education and suitability for prestigious civil service positions within the Chinese Empire, were abolished in 1905.
The verso features a photo of a long iron railway bridge in northern Sumatra, near Medan. This is almost certainly the historic railway bridge over the Belawan River, constructed by the Deli Spoorweg Maatschappij (Deli Railway Company, DSM). (more details)
The verso features a photo of a long iron railway bridge in northern Sumatra, near Medan. This is almost certainly the historic railway bridge over the Belawan River, constructed by the Deli Spoorweg Maatschappij (Deli Railway Company, DSM). (more details)
Venice of the North - a gleaming symbol of Catherine the Great’s Enlightenment reign.
Charte vom St. Petersburgischen Gouvernement nach dessen jetzigen.
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This is a 1790 I.D. Schlepper map of the environs of St. Petersburg, Russia - at the time, the capital of the Russian Empire and a gleaming symbol of Catherine the Great’s Enlightenment-inspired reign. (more details)
Go West!
The Popular Through Car Line Between the East and West. New York, Boston, Chicago, and St. Louis. The Niagara Falls Route.
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A 1898 Wynkoop Hallenbeck railroad map of the northeastern United States promoting the West Shore Railroad and its connections between Boston, New York, Chicago, and St. Louis. (more details)
A unique woven silk view of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Declaration of Independence July 4th, 1776.
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This is an 1893 Stevengraph Works woven silk view of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The view depicts the Continental Congress in Philadelphia signing the Declaration of Independence, with Thomas Jefferson standing in the foreground in a black coat flanked by other members of the Congress. There is some confusion over which painting acts as the view's inspiration, but most believe it to be John Trumbull's monumental painting, which currently hangs in the rotunda of the United States Capitol Building. The silk itself measures 2.5 x 7.25 inches. It is mounted on its original board, which bears the inscription 'Woven in pure silk at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, by the Stevengraph Works, Coventry, England. (more details)
Clink Liberty: and the Rules of London.
Cruchley's New Plan of London. Improved to 1826.
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This is a 1827 George F. Cruchley pocket city plan or map of London, England. The map is interesting for its documentation of the Rules of the King's Bench and Fleet Prisons - 'Clink Liberty' zones where convicts could serve out their sentences outside of prison. (more details)
Adrift on an Arctic ice floe.
Map of the North Polar Region.
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This is a 1876 William Bauman map of the North Polar region, highlighting over 400 years of Arctic Exploration. The map is notable for its illustration of the ill-fated Polaris Expedition - one of the first American attempts to reach the North Pole. (more details)
Promotes American patriotism less than a year after Pearl Harbor.
Patriotic Panorama of the United States.
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This is the F.E. Cheeseman 1942 pictorial map of the United States promoting American patriotism soon after the United States entered World War II (1939 - 1945). (more details)
Cheerful Cold War propaganda.
Mapa pictórico de los Estados Unidos de América: mostrando las riquezas regionales principales, productos y topografía.
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This is a c. 1952 Spanish language pictorial map of the continental United States published by the U.S. Department of State and distributed by the U.S. Information Agency (U.S.I.A.). Versions of this map were produced in many languages for international publication. Its innocuous presentation belies its role in the United States' worldwide propaganda campaign during the Cold War. (more details)
Glorious Revolution.
Regni Angliae et Walliae Principatus Tabula, divisa in LII Regiones, Anglice Shire dictas, prae coeteris correcta et edita per I. Covens et C. Mortier Amstelo-Batavum.
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This is Carel Allard's 1697 map of England and Wales, in its 1725 Covens and Mortier edition. Between the superb engraving of the map and its ornate cartouches, it is one of the most richly decorative maps of England produced in that era. (more details)
Manuscript mapping of Cleveland railroads.
Cleveland and Environs.
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This is a unique c. 1939 Mountcastle Map Company city plan or map of Cleveland, Ohio, and its environs. The map was used and meticulously updated in manuscript by employees of the Pennsylvania Railroad for internal planning and administrative purposes. (more details)
Bulgarian manuscript map of WWI Western Front.
ПЪРВА СВЕТОВНА ВОЙНА западен Фронт. / World War I Western Front.
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This is a c. 1914 Bulgarian-language broadsheet manuscript map of the Western Front during World War I (1914 - 1918), including coverage of Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. The map reflects intense Bulgarian interest in the conflict despite its official policy of neutrality. Then aggressively courted by both the Allied (Entente) and Central powers as a strategic pathway to the Balkans and the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria understood that retaining neutrality was merely a pipe dream. Bulgaria joined the war on the side of the Central Powers in October 1915. (more details)
Contemporaneous View of Tenochtitlan's Great Temple.
[Untitiled Woodcut].
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This scarce 1565 woodcut, appearing in Giovanni Battista Ramusio's description of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, is among the earliest depictions of the main temple at the center of the capital of the Aztec empire. It is drawn from the report of an anonymous conquistador who accompanied Hernan Cortéz, whose account detailed the European view of the city for the first time. (more details)