Rare and Antique Map Blog

48th Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair

Friday November 6 - Sunday November 8, 2026

The only early Siamese map outside of Thailand.

Unveiling an largely unknown cartographic tradition.

Only Printed Example of Jedediah Smith's Map of the American West

A "tour-de-force unprecedented and never equaled in the annals of Western exploration." - Wheat

Refugee Map Preserving Ming Cartographic Heritage

An enormous map of China based on Ming administrative cartography - most of which was lost or suppressed under the Qing.

Previously unknown 1769 Chinese-language manuscript map ipreserving official Ming Dynasty geographic knowledge transmitted to Tokugawa Japan by descendants of Chinese scholars who fled the Qing conquest.

Earliest View of Qingdao

Drawn shortly after the German takeover by a masterful Chinese hand.

Placed with a prestigious New York private collection, this 1899 Chinese-drawn view is the earliest image of Qingdao (青岛市, Tsingtao).