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Saudi map of the Arab World in transition.
الْجَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ خَرِيطَةٌ طَبِيعِيَّةٌ سِيَاسِيَّةٌ / [The Arabian Peninsula A Physical and Political Map].
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This is a c. 1950 Mohamed Abdelmonem Arabic-language wall map of the Middle East, printed by the Egyptian Mustafa al-Babi al-Halabi and Sons Press. It is recorded as being approved by the 'Directorate of Education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,' suggesting that it was intended for classroom use in the kingdom. (more details)
Arab World in the Wake of World War II.
بلاد العرب / [Arab Lands].
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This is a rare c. 1950 Arabic-language wall map of the Arab World, prepared by Ahmed Al-Bajuri and published by Mustafa Al-Babi Al-Halabi and Sons. It presents the region in the wake of World War II (1939 - 1945), as European colonial empires collapsed and Arab nations gained independence. (more details)
Ornate Wartime Bird's-Eye View of Mecca.
رسم مشاعر الحج : نقلا عن كتاب مراة الحرمين لأمير الحج اللواء ابراهيم رفعت باشا / [Depicting the Emotions of Hajj: Excerpted from the book Mir'at al-Haramayn by the Commander of the Hajj Caravan, Major General Ibrahim Rifaat Pasha].
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This is a c. 1942 decorative Hajj souvenir view of the Muslim holy city of Mecca (Makkah) and surroundings, based on the work of Ibrahim Rifat Pasha. Taking in the Kabaa, the Great Mosque, and the Plain of Arafat, it would have been intended for a Hajji to remind them of the apex and core ritual components of their pilgrimage. (more details)
African American shipwrights in Boston.
Boston and its environs. / und seine Umgebungen / et ses environs.
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A striking 1859 view of Boston, with surrounding vignettes, engraved by Johann Poppel, printed by Charles D. Andrews, and published by Frederick Goth. It reflects the changing face of the city, as older buildings were being demolished or replaced to make way for more modern structures, including rail stations and museums. Notably, the main image prominently depicts a team of African American workers building a ship in the foreground. (more details)
Cowboy Culture, by a cowboy.
I dedicate this Carte of Evolution to The California Rodeo of Salinas...
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Considered Jo Mora's most iconic image, this is the 1933/41 Evolution of the Cowboy. The image celebrates all things cowboy, from the rodeo to saddles, steers, and chuckwagons. Mora himself became a rodeo cowboy, and his depictions of cowboy life and culture reflect realism grounded in experience. (more details)
Khyber Pass during the Mohmand Campaign of 1935.
Peshāwar Guide Map.
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An intriguing and evocative piece, this is a 1935 first-edition Survey of India map of Peshawar, Pakistan. This is likely the earliest scientific survey of Peshawar, following the 1927 Survey of India map of Peshawar City, which did not include the Cantonment. The map was issued during the Second Mohmand Campaign, a major British offensive out of Peshawar against the Pashtun Mohmand hill tribes of the Khyber Pass. (more details)
Belle Epoque France satirized.
Nouvelle Carte de France, d'après les dernières découvertes des Savants et des Explorateurs.
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This is a lively 1882 pictorial satirical map of France drawn by Albert Robida and engraved by Yves and Barret for the publication La Caricature, which Robida edited. With a mix of celebration and ridicule, it presents cultural stereotypes and humorous observations of France's regional identities in the early Belle Époque. (more details)
Informing and inspiring the Navy in WWII.
NavWarMap No. 3 World War 2 in the North Sea Area. / NavWarMap No. 4 The North Pacific Area.
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This is a 1944 double-sided Navy Education Services pictorial map, with northwestern Europe and the North Atlantic on one side and the northern Pacific Ocean on the other. These maps were issued for distribution to American naval personnel with the intent to both inform and inspire. (more details)
Front line of the Cold War in Asia.
澎湖縣地圖 / [Map of Penghu County].
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This is a c. 1971 Ch'en I-jen map of the Penghu Islands (also known as the Pescadores) in Taiwan (Republic of China). As it was being produced, the international context was rapidly changing, and the Cold War tensions that had made the strategically located Penghus a focus of international attention were decreasing. (more details)
Largest Soviet-era map of Kiev.
Киев план-схема / [Schematic Plan of Kiev].
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This is an enormous, classified, and scarce four-sheet map of Kiev (Kyiv), standing more than six feet tall, produced in 1989 by the Soviet Military Topographic Directorate of the General Staff. It depicts the city near the end of the Soviet Era, holding high the flag of socialism and Russian-Ukrainian unity, but also reflecting some cracks in the edifice of state power. (more details)
Locally produced view of Swampscott.
Swampscott, Essex County Mass., 11 Miles from Boston.
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This is a rare 1871 locally produced view of Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts. The view was issued by John L. Robinson, likely to promote his Swampscott real estate interests. It is composed of two-color chromolithographs of photographs taken by Frederick M. Smith of Boston. (more details)
Meiji-era Tokyo.
明細改正東京新圖 / [Detailed, Revised New Map of Tokyo].
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This is a stunning and detailed 1887 city plan of Tokyo produced by Inoue Katsugorō. It highlights the city's growth during the Meiji era and its division into wards and neighborhoods. (more details)
WWII Philippine Campaign - planning and prep.
Philippine Islands.
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A unique survivor, this is a 1944 World War II Allied Geographical Section mimeographed map of the Philippines, issued for planning and preparation for the Philippine Campaign. Reproduced by Battalion Landing Team 184-2 less than a month before the invasion of Leyte, it captures the moment when Allied plans for returning to the Philippines were becoming battlefield reality. Its stark presentation and utilitarian mimeograph printing reflect its purpose as a working military document, prepared for troops about to enter one of the Pacific War's decisive campaigns. (more details)
First modern chart of the Azores.
Carte Réduite des Îles Açores dressée Par Ordre du Ministre de la Marine Pour le Service des Vaisseux Français, d'après les Observations faites par M. de Fleurieu, en 1769 et par Don Vicente Tofiño en 1788. / Publiée au Dépôt général des Cartes, Plans et Journaux de la Marine. 1791.
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This elegant, separately-issued, Depot de la Marine nautical chart / map of the Azores is the first to employ modern nautical surveys using marine chronometers. This chart combines the data of the French hydrographer Charles Pierre Claret, Comte de Fleurieu (1738 - 1810), with that of the Spanish hydrographer Vincente Tofiño de San Miguel (1732 - 1795), whose respective surveys represented the first scientific charting of the Azores. It represents a vast improvement over the 1755 Bellin Carte Réduite des Îles Açores, which, until 1791, was the best French charting of the islands. (more details)
Legendary Skiing Destination.
Breckenridge.
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This is a 1975 promotional pictorial view of Breckenridge, Colorado, drawn by Jerli Perine and published by Pict-o-graph. It depicts the town as it was in the process of becoming a well-known skiing destination, a project begun in the early 1960s. (more details)
Languages on the roof of the world.
Map of the Dialects of the Tibetan Language, the Himalayan Tibeto-Burman dialects, and the North Assam Group.
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A fascinating linguistic map of the Himalayas, focusing on Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and environs, produced in 1908 by the Survey of India when Nepal was still closed to foreign visitors. It provides insight into the cultural and linguistic complexity of the Himalayas, which at the time formed the furthest edge of the British Empire's influence in Inner Asia. (more details)
Unprecedented collection of 55 Mathew Brady photos capturing the Eastern Theater of the Civil War.
[Mathew Brady American Civil War Photo Archive (1861 - 1865)].
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An extraordinary opportunity, this is a collection of 55 original Mathew Brady / Brady and Company albumen photographs covering the span of the American Civil War (1861 - 1865). The documentation of the Civil War by Brady and his colleagues marks the first instance in which the brutal realities of war were communicated to the general public via a medium as immediate and visceral as photography - an achievement that has led Brady to be called the 'First Photojournalist'. While individual Brady photos occasionally appear at auction and on the market, a collection of this magnitude is unprecedented. (more details)
Earliest detailed mapping of western Martha's Vineyard.
[Buzzard's Bay and Vineyard Sound.]
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This beautifully engraved map is the earliest acquirable issue of J. F. W. Des Barres' 1776 map of Buzzard's Bay and Vineyard Sound, capturing western Martha's Vineyard and the southern harbors of the Massachusetts mainland at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (1775 - 1783). It contains the first detailed mapping of the western part of Martha's Vineyard and the most accurate chart of the waters of Buzzard's Bay and Vineyard Sound. It remained authoritative for nearly 50 years. (more details)
Ethan Allen's brother Ira: Mapping his way out of jail.
A Map of the State of Vermont Drawn under the Direction of Ira Allen Esq.
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A remarkable 1798 Ira Allen map of Vermont, northern New England, New York, and southern Canada, engraved in London during Allen's detention by British authorities. Although titled simply A Map of the State of Vermont, it is less a conventional state map than a calculated political and commercial argument. Allen, the younger brother of Ethan Allen, emphasizes Vermont's strategic position between the Hudson-Champlain corridor and the St. Lawrence River, illustrates his proposed canal into British Canada, and presents the young state as both the natural center of a potentially lucrative international trade network and a vulnerable frontier requiring military protection. (more details)
Superb Original Color.
Carte Particuliere d'une Partie d'Asie ou sont Les Isles D'Andemaon, Ceylan, Les Maldives.../ Partie Occidentale d'une D'Asie ou sont les Isles De Zocotora De l'Amirante...
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This is a premium full-original-color example of Pierre Mortier's 1700 nautical chart and map of the Indian Ocean and the adjacent parts of eastern Africa, Arabia, Persia, India, and the Malay Peninsula. Countless islands are mapped, including the Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Sumatra. (more details)