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Important Precursor to the Great War.
1912 War Map / The Balkan States.
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This is a 1912 C. S. Hammond map of the Balkans and southeastern Europe illustrating the theater of war of the First Balkan War (October 1912 - May 1913), an oft-forgotten but important precursor to World War I (1914 - 1918). (more details)
The Isle of Beauty.
The Fifteen Marvels of Corsica / Corse France.
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This is a colorful c. 1960 tourist map of Corsica, produced by France's Commissariat générale du tourisme. It provides a broad overview of the island's rich culture, history, and products. (more details)
A tourist map pf Paris from the era of the Great War.
Nouveau Paris Monumental Itineraire Pratique de L'Etranger Dans Paris.
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An iconic c. 1916 tourist pocket map of Paris, France. Presented as a same field birds-eye view, this map centers on the Seine River, and covers the embastilled heart of modern Paris. Although ostensibly designed as a subway map, this map offers much more, with important buildings and monuments shown in profile, including the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, Sacre-Coeur, the Pantheon, etc. Paris itself is set as if in a verdant garden surrounded by the Bois de Boulogne and various suburban villages. In the north, under a blue sky rolling hills stretch indefinitely into Normandy and possibly the English Channel. Tom Conley, referencing the map in his brilliant discussion on cartographic influences in cinema describes it beautifully,
…the north, at the top, is capped by the Sacre-Coeur; the station at the Port d'Orleans marks a southern limit; to the west the maze of alleys in the Bois de Boulogne offers a fantasy of infinite promenades under leafy trees; to the east, at the Place de la Triomphe de la Republique, is found a sculpture celebrating secular France, that is protected by the moat-like circle of a subway line. A railway inside of a circular, crenelated wall of mediaeval aspect surrounds much of the city. Blocks of pink, denoting the inner space of the city, are cut by a broad swath of white lines indicating the width and length of Baron Haussmann's creation of boulevards. The Seine, colored in blue, bends its way through Paris, dividing the Right Bank (above) from a lesser mass of the Left Bank (below). The major monuments of the city are finely drawn and situated at their proper places. Yet their scale, of far greater proportion than that of the map itself, make clear that he city is an assemblage of enduring monuments…And indeed it is, the tableau of modern punctuated, as with the monuments illustrated here, by its long and fascinating history as a center of commerce, education, arts, and culture. (more details)
Humorous yet puzzling cartouche.
Picardia Regio Belgica, Auctore Ioanne Surhonio.
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This is Willem Blaeu's map of Picardy, easily the most entertaining map ever produced of this region of northern France. The map focuses on the Somme River valley. Amiens, St. Quentin, and La Fere are given particular emphasis. Putti bear a superb coat of arms with Fleurs-de-lis aloft in the upper right, and the scales are presented in a strapwork frame. (more details)
The World from Midway Airport.
Midway One of Chicago's Two Great Airports.
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This is a 1985 Midway Airlines promotional pictorial view of Chicago, done in the style of Saul Steinberg's New Yorker covers, such as The World from 9th Avenue. Though Midway Airlines went bankrupt in 1991, it is credited with reviving the fortunes of Midway Airport, which was underutilized until the airline began operating. (more details)
Jesuit Foothold in the Chuanshan Archipelago.
Land-Taffel der Insel Sanciano.
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This is the Joseph Stöcklein and Caspar Castner 1729 map of the south coast of China near Macau and Hong Kong. It highlights the Jesuit foothold on Shangchuan Island on the southern coast of Guangdong, China, dramatically overstating its size and proximity to Macao and Guangzhou, likely intentionally so that Stöcklein could incorporate additional detail. (more details)
Building warplanes in Chicago during WWII.
Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc. Chicago Plant Plant Layout. Factory Bldg. Plot Plan.
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This is a 1944 plan or map of the Douglas Aircraft Company plant in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of construction, the plant (now part of O'Hare International Airport) was the largest all-timber structure in the world. The plant built hundreds of transport aircraft to help the United States and the other Allied powers win World War II (1939 - 1945) and was constructed out of timber because steel was a strategically critical resource. (more details)
Commemorating America's Great War Dead.
Cemeteries and Memorials in Europe Constructed and Maintained by the United States of America / American War Memorials 1917 1918.
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This is a c. 1937 pictorial map of Western Europe issued by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). It denotes the locations of cemeteries of American servicemembers who died during the World War I (1914 - 1918) that were under the management of the ABMC. (more details)
First Lithograph Map of Iran and Afghanistan.
Partie de la Perse et du Caboul Asie no. 66.
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This is the 1827 Vandermaelen map of the eastern deserts of Iran and the Western part of Afghanistan. It is the first large-scale atlas map to focus on the area, and the first to be executed in lithography. (more details)
First lithograph map of Xinjiang, China.
Partie de L'Empire Chinois. Asie no. 44.
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This is Vandermaelen's 1827 map of Xinjiang Province, northwestern China, and south-central Mongolia. It is the first map of the region produced by lithography. Xinjiang, even in the 19th century, remained for Europeans one of the least-understood parts of the world. (more details)
Biblical History in Modern Context.
Carte de la Dispersion des Peuples 'Après le Déluge. Par Fx. Delamarche 1830.
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This is an elegantly-engraved map of the ancient world, depicting the resettlement of the children of Noah after the Biblical flood. It was printed in 1832 by Felix Delamarche. (more details)
Gearing Up for Total War.
The Army Air Forces Defend the Americas.
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This is a colorful September 1941 pictorial map of the Americas, Atlantic, and Pacific that appeared in Flying and Popular Aviation magazine. It depicts the defensive arrangements of the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF), reflecting that the country was already largely on a war footing even before Pearl Harbor. (more details)
An optimistic view of the upcoming war.
Rand McNally standard map of Europe. / Sears Silvertone radio European War Map.
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This is a 1940 Rand McNally Map of Europe, published for Sears and Roebuck as a promotion for their Silvertone line of electronics - 'Keep Posted with a Silvertone Radio!' (more details)
First printed English Nautical Chart of New York and New England. / First use of the name 'Connecticut' in any form.
Carta particolare della nuova Belgia è parte della nuova Anglia La longitudiné Cominca da l'Isola di Pico d'Asores. D'America Carta II.
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This is a superb example of Robert Dudley's 1647 / 1661 nautical map of the coast of New York and New England - according to Burden, the 'first printed sea chart of New England and the New Netherlands.' Moreover, it is the first chart of New England to be produced by an Englishman. The chart's portolan-like lines and exquisite Florentine calligraphy distinguish it as one of the most beautiful works dedicated to the region. It is a rarity on the market, and a prize map for collectors of New York and New England. (more details)
Striking large anatomical studies.
Angéiologie planche 14, vaisseaux lymphatiques. / Planche 7. Myologie aponévrologie. Plan lateral.
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This is a striking c. 1839 pair of landmark lithographic anatomic studies by anatomist Jean-Marc Bourgery and artist Nicolas-Henri Jacob. The left study (14) represents the lymphatic system, while the right (7) is a profile illustration of the muscular system. Both were issued as part of a landmark collection of 20 large-scale plates issued in a loose-leaf anatomical atlas entitled Anatomie élémentaire en 20 planches. (more details)
The Battle of Bunker Hill.
The Battle at Bunker's Hill June 17th 1775.
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A scarce 1875 Henry Atwell Thomas chromolithograph view of the 1775 American Revolutionary War Battle of Bunker Hill (Charlestown, Boston, 1775). (more details)
Record of the American Whaling Industry.
Whalemen's Shipping List, and Merchants' Transcript.
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This is a remarkable collection of nine issues of the scarce publication the Whalemen's Shipping List, and Merchants' Transcript, published in the mid-19th century in New Bedford, Massachusetts, headquarters of the American whaling industry. Published between 1873 and 1882, these issues provide an insider's view of the whaling industry in a period when it was declining in the face of new sources of lighting fuel. (more details)
The St. Paul Winter Carnival - proving Minnesota can be fun in the winter!
Storming of the St. Paul Ice Palace January 20th and 27th 1887.
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This is a rare 1887 Shober and Carqueville chromolithograph view of the storming of the Ice Palace at the St. Paul Winter Carnival in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Ice Palace dominates the view, with the fireworks used to 'Storm the Palace' illuminating the sky. The roman candles carried by the forces of the Fire King stream toward the Palace, and the Fire King's army attacks from all sides. (more details)
The California Dream and Disneyland.
Aerial Atlas Orange County. / 1985 Aerial Atlas of Orange County.
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This is a first edition example of an unusual aerial photographic atlas of Orange County, California, published in 1985 by Air Photo Services in conjunction with Thomas Brothers. It depicts the communities of Orange County in gorgeous detail, providing visual evidence of the tremendous population boom underway at the time. (more details)
A Gentleman's Pastime.
A. F. Rolfe's Angling Scenes. Salmon Fishing.
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This is a 1857 hand-tinted stone lithograph of two English sportsmen salmon fishing, likely in Scotland or Wales. The image was issued by William Tegg after a painting by the angler and landscape artist Alexander F. Rolfe. It is one of Rolfe's most iconic images, included in his 'A. Fl Rolfe's Angling Scenes' series. (more details)