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Evacuation Plan in the event of an H-bomb attack.
Your Guide for Defense Against the H-Bomb. Portland Target Area Evacuation Routes.
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This is a 1955 Civil Defense Cold War Era map of Portland, Oregon, illustrating evacuation plans in the event of a nuclear attack. (more details)
Advancing to the Rhine.
Germany 1:25,000 Sheet No. 4203 Defence Overprint 6 Feb. 1945.
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This is a February 1945 World War II (1939 - 1945) Defence Overprint map of eastern Germany, illustrating the town of Kalkar (Calcar) and its immediate vicinity. Published on February 6, 1945, this map was part of the planning for Operation Blockbuster, the final Allied offensive in the Rhineland. (more details)
Dutch Golden Age Map of the British Isles.
Nova Totius Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae Tab: Auctore Frederick de Wit.
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This beautifully engraved map is Frederick De Wit's c. 1680 map of the British Isles. Between its artful presentation and up-to-date cartography, it represents a classic of the Dutch Golden Age of Mapmaking. (more details)
Innovative geographical textbook by the
'Master of the Margins.'
Barnes's Complete Geography.
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This is the 1885 edition of Barnes's Complete Geography, an influential geographical school atlas by the pioneering geographer James Monteith. The atlas is lavishly illustrated, utilizing the most advanced chromolithographic printing techniques to feature richly colored plates and maps. This textbook was foundational for American education in the late 19th century, with the atlas being present in as many as 80% of all schoolrooms. (more details)
Tatar Empire based on Tatar Sources.
Carte de l'Asie Septentrionale Dans l'Estat où Elle s'est trouvée du temps de la grande Invasion des Tartares dans l'Asie Meridionale sous la Conduite de Genghizcan pour servir à l'Histoire Universelle d'une Societe de Gens de Lettres.
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This 18th-century map of Asia shows the Tatar Empire during the rule of Genghis Khan. Its 1726 engraver is unknown, despite the map having been used in several works (in this case, a general history printed in 1761.) The map has its genesis in the work of Philipp Johann von Strahlenberg; it is an example of that mapmaker's first map of Russia and Siberia, stolen from him in 1715. (more details)
Brilliant, data rich depiction of mid-century New York.
The City of New York.
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This 1939 Richard Edes Harrison map of New York City - published in conjunction with the New York World's Fair - represents a triumph of the visual display of quantitative information. Its aesthetic impact is all the more impressive in its clear expression of municipal and demographic data, making this a map of the people of New York City, as much as of the physical city itself. All five boroughs are represented in the primary map. On it, Harrison's masterful use of vivid color to distinguish between residential, commercial, industrial, and federal use of land is clear yet supple, able to clearly present (for example) low-income housing projects using the same palette. Parks and cemeteries both appear as green spaces, with white spots - evoking headstones - indicating the difference between the two. The two major airports (Floyd Bennett Field and North Beach Airport) are given their own color as well. The city's industrial areas, shown in black, dominate the East River and Hudson coastlines, a reminder of the centrality of trade to the city's development and history. (more details)
Finest 17th century large-scale map of the Holy Land.
[Situs Terrae Promissionis.]
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Commonly known as the 'Hornius Map', this is the 1662 Johannes Jansson and Georgius Hornius 6-sheet map of the Holy Land in a beautifully colored, joined example. This map is an expansion on the allegorical Holy Land cartography pioneered by Christian van Adrichem around 1590. Jansson expanded and embellished Adrichem's map to illustrate the text composed by Georgius Hornius (George Horn) for volume six of his Novus Atlas, Accuratissimia Orbis Antiqui Delineatio. (more details)
Rare, separately-issued Biblical Jerusalem.
Jerusalem comme elle estoit du temps que Nostre Sauveur Jesus Christ souffrit mort et passion pour nous.
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This is a rare, separately-issued c. 1670 Gerard Jollain the Elder broadsheet map of Biblical Jerusalem, after Christian van Adrichem: an allegorical depiction of Jerusalem during Christ's lifetime. This work was instrumental in codifying elements of Christian veneration of the Holy City, in particular the Stations of the Cross. (more details)
Pueblo - the Pittsburg of the West?
Map of Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado.
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A scarce 1888 map of Pueblo, Colorado, issued by W. H. Whitney. The map was issued at a heady time in Pueblo's development. Robust promotion, industrialization, and general regional prosperity led to rapid urbanization. The smaller towns of Pueblo (incorporated 1870), South Pueblo (incorporated 1873), and Central Pueblo (incorporated 1882) quickly grew into one another and legally consolidated as the City of Pueblo in 1886 - just two years before this map was issued. The present map is all about real-estate promotion, with developments named and color-coded, and individual blocks numbered where appropriate. (more details)
Birth of the Silo-based multistage Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.
Preliminary Briefing Proposed Subcontracts for the Activation of Operational Bases T-2 Through T-5.
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This 1960 briefing packet, here in its only known example, outlines the planning stages for the broad implementation of the Titan I (SM-68/HGM-25A), the United States' first multistage intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), operational from 1959 to 1962 as a backup to the Atlas ICBM and a Cold War deterrent to the Soviet Union. The packet includes an artistic rendering of what one of the silo sites would look like, along with maps and aerial views of the completed silo sites. (more details)
Heart of the Hudson Valley.
Aero-View of Hudson New York 1923.
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This is a rare c. 1923 bird's-eye view of Hudson, New York, by the firm of Hughes and Bailey. Hudson is one of the most beloved and vibrant towns in the Mid-Hudson Valley. (more details)
'One of the most important maps of America ever produced.' -Burden
Nova Virginiae Tabula.
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A beautiful, original-color example of Guillaume Blaeu's 1635 map of the Virginia colony and the Chesapeake Bay. The map represents a combination of exceptional cartographic achievement and meaningful wishful thinking - suggesting possible connections to the Pacific from Virginia. (more details)
Rare chart of the Singapore Strait.
A New Chart Containing the Southwest Part of the China Sea, comprised between The Malaya Peninsula, Straits of Sincapore andc, The Straits of Banca, Gaspar and Billiton, and The Isle of Borneo.
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A scarce 1794 Laurie and Whittle nautical chart or maritime map of the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, including the island of Singapore (the city had not yet been founded), the Straits of Malacca, and adjacent parts of Sumatra and Borneo. Cartographically, this chart is a vastly updated variant of Jean-Baptiste d'Après de Mannevillette's earlier chart issued in the Neptune Oriental. (more details)
The World plagued by illness.
Il Mondo Ammalato. La Rana. N. 5.
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A remarkable January 1878 Italian La Rana political broadside illustrating the world as a globe plagued by illness. The Il Mondo Ammalato, or 'The Sick World,' is beset with riots, broad governmental changes, the Russo-Turkish War (1877 - 1878), calls for democracy in Egypt, high taxes, the failure of old alliances, and political backstabbing. The author laments the global breakdown of monarchy and the decline of old-world values. (more details)
Earliest Printed Chart of Jeddah Harbor. (Makkah)
Plan de la Rade de Gedda, situee a la Cote D'Arabie sur la mer Rouge.
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This is the earliest specific chart of the port of Jeddah, Arabia. It was produced by Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Denis d'Après de Mannevillette for inclusion in his 1775 Neptune Oriental. Now the second-largest city in Saudi Arabia, Jeddah was for centuries the most critical port on the Red Sea of the Arabian Peninsula and the primary water gateway for Muslim pilgrims en route to Mecca. Despite its importance for European traders reaching eastwards, non-Muslim access to the city was strictly limited, resulting in the absence of printed charts or views of the city itself prior to this work. (more details)
Getting Off the Ground.
[Flight Game: New York City and Hudson River Valley].
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This is the sole surviving example of a c. 1909 chromolithograph promotional view of New York City and the Hudson Valley issued by the druggists Hegeman and Co. A remarkable piece in several respects, it is perhaps most notable for reflecting the popular enthusiasm around the early days of aviation in the United States. (more details)
One of Japan's Earliest Modern Warships.
開成丸調練歸帆圖 / [View of Kaisei Maru Sailing Training and Return].
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This is a scarce 1858 ukiyo-e view of the Kaisei Maru, prepared by Miura Kenya, the vessel's chief carpenter. Although it was in service for only a short time and was quickly eclipsed by more modern vessels, the ship is significant as one of Japan's first domestically produced modern warships. (more details)
Devilish Fight to Dislodge the Boers.
Bird's Eye View of War District Natal. To Accompany the Official Railway Guide.
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This is a 1903 George Philip and Son bird's-eye view of Natal, now KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It provides a detailed and comprehensive overview of the Second Boer War (1899 - 1902), a difficult conflict that had important implications for the British Empire and the changing nature of warfare. (more details)
The Best Laid Plans...
System Of Sewerage for the City and County of San Francisco.
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This is a scarce 1899 map of a planned but never-realized sewer system for the city (and county) of San Francisco, printed by Britton and Rey. Aside from its representation of the planned sewer system, the map is also significant for representing similar planned but only partly realized street layouts in newly-developing areas in the western and southern parts of the city. (more details)
Follow the 186th from Omaha Beach to Czechoslovakia.
V Corps Artillery. 8 June 1944 - 9 May 1945. 186th Field Artillery Battalion.
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This is a 1945 World War II route map of the 186th Field Artillery Battalion in Europe. A striking visual summary of the battalion's war in Europe, this map follows the 186th from landing on Omaha Beach to Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, where they were when the war ended. It also chronicles the battalion's support of 12 divisions while fighting across Europe and notes its five battle stars. (more details)