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Preserving the Many Marvelous Temples of Angkor.
Carte Archéologique de la Région d'Angkor.
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This is a rare, large-format 1939 archaeological map of Angkor prepared by the Service géographique de l'Indochine. It reflects the culmination of years of surveying and conservation work by the École française d'Extrême-Orient in the early 20th century to document and understand the area's remarkable Khmer temple complexes. (more details)
First Atlas Map of the Caribbean in its First Printing
Culiacanae, America Regionis Descriptio./ Hispaniolae, Cubae, Aliarumque Insularum Circumiacentium, Delineatio./ Cum Imp. et Regio./ privilegio decennali 1579.
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This is a superb, first-edition example of Ortelius' 1579 map of Cuba and the Caribbean, combined with his map of the Viceroyalty of Culiacan in Northwestern Mexico. While Ortelius' Theatrum had been in print since 1570, it was not until 1579 that this map was added to the book. This example exhibits a bold, sharp strike resulting from the youth of its plate; it is consequently very desirable. (more details)
Australia Remade by World War II.
Australia Her Natural and Industrial Resources.
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This is a colorful 1942 pictorial map of Australia prepared by MacDonald Gill, a pioneer of the genre. Produced in the early phase of the Pacific War (1941 - 1945) against Imperial Japan, part of World War II (1939 - 1945), the map focuses on Australia's resources, which would prove critical to winning the war. (more details)
Where the Mississippi meets the Gulf.
Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana. Mississippi River The Passes to New Orleans.
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This is a 1903 / 1908 British Admiralty nautical chart or map of the Mississippi River from New Orleans to The Passes: a richly detailed working chart for the navigation of one of the most important water routes in the United States, with all the data necessary for navigating the mouth of the great river. (more details)
Italian Catholics' Information War against Mao Zedong.
I partigiani della pace hanno buon appetito.
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This is a very scarce 1954 Italian persuasive poster prepared by Giovanni Luciolli denouncing the Chinese Communist Party and 'Bolshevism' more broadly. It reflects the evolving politics and internationalization of the Cold War; by this time, Italy was safely within the Western camp, but fears of global Communist conspiracies were widespread, particularly on the right-wing, in Western democracies. (more details)
Published three years before the Adirondack Park was created!
Map of the Adirondack Wilderness.
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This is an 1889 Seneca Ray Stoddard map of the Adirondacks, New York, highlighting the Adirondack State Park. This is one of the earliest obtainable commercial maps of the Adirondack Wilderness, published prior to the park's founding, at the height of the Naturalist Movement and the Adirondack Gilded Age. (more details)
Circumnavigators visit Paradise.
Carte des Isles découvertes aux environs d'Otahiti, dans plusieurs Voyages faits autour du Monde Par les Capitaines Byron, Wallis, Carteret et Cook en 1765, 1767, 1769.
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This is a 1774 map showing the explorations of Captains Cook, Byron, Wallis, and Carteret in the vicinity of Tahiti and the Society Islands from 1765 to 1769. The chart extends from the Scilly Islands in the west to Whitsunday Island in the east and from Tepoto Island in the north to Oheiroa in the south. Each of the circumnavigators' tracks is shown as they tacked through the islands. Tahiti, Bora Bora, Otaha, Marma, Ulietea, and other islands are named and shown. These voyages represented the first recorded European contacts with many of these remote places. (more details)
Between the Loire and Massif Central.
Regionis Biturgium... / Limaniae Topographia...
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This is a lovely, old-color 1595 Abraham Ortelius map of the historic regions of Berry and Limagne (in Auvergne) in central France. Around the time this map was produced, these regions, like much of Europe, were caught between opposing forces in the Wars of Religion. (more details)
The first English Printed Nautical Chart to the Indies.
Carta prima Generale dell' Asia.
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This is a superb, first-state example of Robert Dudley's 1646 general nautical map of South Asia, from the Arabian Peninsula to the Philippines, including the coastlines of India, the Malay Peninsula, Cochinchina, and southern China. Countless islands of the Indian Ocean are charted, as are the western parts of the East Indies. It is the first printed chart of the route to the Spice Islands produced by an Englishman; it is the first to utilize the Mercator Projection, and the first to show prevailing winds, currents, and magnetic variation. The chart's portolan-like lines suggest its origin in the manuscript charts that informed it. Aesthetically, they distinguish this chart as one of the most elegant works dedicated to the region. It is a rarity on the market and a prize map for collectors. (more details)
First Comprehensive Geological Survey of Bahrain
Bahrain Geomorphology and Superficial Materials.
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This is a colorful c. 1976 geological map of Bahrain, prepared by the country's Ministry of Works, Power, and Water in conjunction with a team of British scientists. It was the product of the seminally important first comprehensive geological Survey of Bahrain, compiled soon after independence. (more details)
Second earliest, and earliest obtainable scientific map of the Galapagos.
Carte d'une Partie de L'Archipel des Galapagos Levée et dressée en 1838 à bord de la Vénus...
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An extraordinary discovery, this is Urbain Dortet de Tessan's 1842 nautical map of the Galapagos Islands, considered the second scientific map of the Galapagos. The map is the result of survey work performed in July of 1836 on the westward circumnavigation of the Vénus under Admiral Abel Aubert Dupetit-Thouars. The Vénus's visit to the Galapagos followed Darwin by just one year, and thus Beagle hydrographer Robert Fitzroy's contemporaneous mapping of the archipelago. This chart, published in 1842, and Fitzroy's chart, published in 1841, constitute the first comprehensive nautical overview of the islands and are comparable in both rarity and significance. (more details)
Capturing a glimpse of Cartier's meeting with the St. Lawrence Iroquois.
La Terra de Hochelaga Nella Nova Francia.
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This is an attractive example of the first map of 'Montreal,' in its scarce 1565 second edition. Its first 1556 printing was what Schwartz called 'The very first plan of a village in the United States or Canada,' and it is the earliest printed map to use the place name 'Monte Real,' which would become Montreal. Perhaps even more significantly, this woodcut is one of the only images from the Discovery Period of an intact indigenous town, reflecting its customs. (more details)
Second Map Printed in Palestine by a Palestinian Mapmaker.
المستعمرات الإسرائيلية في المناطق المحتلة ١٩٦٧ – ١٩٩٣ / [Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Territories 1967-1993].
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This is a scarce Arabic-language wall map of Israel-Palestine published in 1994 by Dr. Khalil Toufakji of the Arab Studies Society in Jerusalem. A map of great importance, focusing on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, this is the second map ever printed in post-1948 Palestine and made by a Palestinian map maker. (more details)
Earliest specific map of Brazil.
[Brasil].
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This is Giovanni Battista Ramusio's scarce 1565 map of Brazil, the first printed map to focus specifically on the area. It first appeared in Ramusio's 1556 Navigationi et Viaggi, the first collection of explorers' first-hand accounts of their travels. The woodcut represents the first specific glimpse, in print, of Brazil. While the map's geographical information is frequently credited to Giacomo Gastaldi (1500 - 1566), Ramusio's map is far more likely to have been drawn from his own French sources. (more details)
Reluctant relief expedition to the Sudan.
Bacon's large-print map of Egyptian Sûdan.
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A colorful, large-format c. 1884 G. W. Bacon chromolithograph folding map of the Sudan. The map was produced during the Mahdist War, a widespread revolt against the British-backed Khedivate of Egypt, more specifically during or soon after the Siege of Khartoum and a failed British expedition to relieve the city. (more details)
Afridi revolt in the Kyber.
Stanford's Sketch Map of The North-Western Frontier of India.
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A remarkable 1887 map of northwestern Pakistan and northeastern Afghanistan produced at the height of the Great Game to satisfy British interest in the Tirah Campaign. Centered on Peshawar, the map covers modern-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Khyber Pass), from Fayzabad (Faizabad), Afghanistan, to Jhelum, Pakistan, and parts of Punjab. (more details)
The best map of Macau.
A Plan of the City and Harbour of Macao A Colony of the Portugueze situated at the southern extremity of the Chinese Empire in Lat. 22 ⁰12ʹ44'' N., long. 113⁰35ʹ0'' east of Greenwich.
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A stunning large-format 1796 nautical chart and city map of Macao, its harbor, and the surrounding seas. This map was drawn by Benjamin Baker based on observations collected by the George Macartney Embassy - the first British embassy to China. The map is impressively proportioned and finely engraved, offering meticulous detail of Portugal's primary entrepôt in China. This map is considered the largest and finest 18th-century map of Macao obtainable. (more details)
News of colonial conquest, distributed to the masses.
台灣諸島全圖 / [Complete Map of the Islands of Taiwan].
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This is an important early Japanese map of Taiwan or Formosa drawn in August 1895, shortly after the island was seized following the First Sino-Japanese War (1894 - 1895). It was published as an appendix to Miyako Shinbun (都新聞, or Capital News) and shows the basic geography, infrastructure, and administrative divisions of Taiwan, along with nearby islands and portions of the Fujian coast. (more details)
From the Midwest to Midway.
Illinois Central Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Central of Georgia Ocean Steamship Co. of Savannah.
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This is a striking, large-format 1922 Poole Brothers map of the United States produced for the Illinois Central Railroad and affiliated railroads. In addition to promoting the Illinois Central network, the map is also notable for demonstrating the increasingly global economic reach of the United States. (more details)
Rare Advertisment for Civil War-era Lithographic Printer
Photographic Lithographic Drawing, Engraving and Printing Office W. Boell Practical Lithographer 311 Walnut Street Philadelphia.
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This is a rare and unusual c. 1866 letter sheet trade advertisement for the Philadelphia lithographer William Boell. It reflects the developing sophistication of lithographic printing at the time, including ornate flourishes and cursive text. (more details)