http://www.geographicus.com Our online antique map gallery is updated daily. For your enjoyment and consideration, please find below a list of our most recent acquisitions. en-us info@geographicus.com (Kevin J Brown) info@geographicus.com (Kevin J Brown) http://www.geographicus.com http://www.geographicus.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/antiquemaprss.gif 144 39 Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Itinerario-linschoten-1638 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Itinerario-linschoten-1638
Histoire de la Navigation. / Le Grand Routier de Mer. / Description de l'Amerique.

Revealing Portuguese Secrets of the East.

12.5 x 8.5 inches

This is a beautiful, lavishly illustrated adn colored, 1638 French-text edition of one of the most important and influential geographical works: Jan Huygen van Linschoten's Itinerario . More than any other text, Linschoten's assemblage of charts, sailing instructions, and sociological observations revealed - first to the Dutch, then to the rest of Europe - the path to the Spice Islands of the East Indies. ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Tabriz-muhammadreza-1880 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Tabriz-muhammadreza-1880
نقشه دارالسلطنه تبریز / [Map of Dār al-Salṭana (the Royal City) Tabriz].

First printed map of Tabriz.

34.5 x 43 inches

This rare 1880 Persian-language map of Tabriz, Iran, was prepared by engineer Mohammad Reza and military officer Colonel Qarajadāghī at the pioneering Tabriz Darulfunun (Tabriz State School). It is notable not only as one of the few surviving Persian-language maps from the 19th century and as the most detailed map of Tabriz at the time, but also for reflecting the situation of Tabriz and Qajar Iran. ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/World-bunting-1592 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/World-bunting-1592
Cosmographia Universalis. / Wlastnj a oprawdowý spůsob wsseho okrsslku Země y Moře.

Rare Czech Edition.

11 x 14.5 inches

This is Heinrich Bünting's 1585 map of the world, in its rare 1592 Czech edition. Bünting's more famous 'cloverleaf' world map was less a literal depiction of geography than an expression of patriotic devotion. (The cloverleaf was the sigil of his birth city, Hanover.) This map, which appeared in the same work, does represent an effort to show the actual shape and positions of the continents as they were understood in the early 16th century. ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/TakanawaShinagawaTrain-kunisadaii-1872 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/TakanawaShinagawaTrain-kunisadaii-1872
東京高縄品川口蒸氣車往來之圖 / [View of the Coming and Going of the Steam Train at Tokyo Takanawa - Shinagawa].

Japan's First Railway in the year it was built.

14.75 x 28.5 inches

This is a ukiyo-e triptych drawn by Kunisada II and engraved by Kokaiya Katsugorō in 1872. It depicts Japan's first modern railway, which opened the same year, on its route between Tokyo and Yokohama. The line not only helped revolutionize Japan's economy but also changed basic notions of space and time, setting Japan on a path toward becoming one of the world's premier railway nations. ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/SanSebastian-vincenteordozgoiti-1882 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/SanSebastian-vincenteordozgoiti-1882
Plano de la Ciudad de San Sebastian.

San Sebastián’s past, present, and imagined future.

36.25 x 50.75 inches

This is Adolfo Morales de los Ríos's striking 1882 chromolithographic map of San Sebastián, Spain, printed and published by Vicente Ordozgoiti. Combining the vanished fortified town, the expanding modern city, and ambitious proposals for its future, the map captures San Sebastián amid reinvention. Its architect-cartographer helped shape that transformation: Morales de los Ríos (the mapmaker) and Luis Aladrén designed the Gran Casino, whose construction began in the year this plan appeared. ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/MecklenburghBay-desbarres-1776 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/MecklenburghBay-desbarres-1776
Mecklenburgh Bay.

Site of the enigmatic Treasure of Oak Island.

29 x 41.5 inches

This is the first state of Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres's 1776 nautical map of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, titled Mecklenburgh Bay . An intricate record of the bay's islands, sheltered harbors, and navigational hazards, the chart includes Oak Island, identified as Gloucester Isle and later famed for its enduring buried-treasure legends. ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Atlantic-jansson-1650 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Atlantic-jansson-1650
Mar del Nort.

Beautifully Engraved Chart of the Atlantic.

17.25 x 21.5 inches

This is Johannes Janssonius's 1650 Mar del Nort , a decorative sea chart of the North Atlantic. Covering from Dutch New Netherland to the Caribbean and the shores of Europe and Africa, the map presents the ocean at the center of an expanding maritime world. Elaborate cartouches, a dense network of rhumb lines, and the phantom islands of Brasil and Buss combine the elegance of Dutch Golden Age engraving with the uncertainties of early oceanic exploration. ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/NouveScoperte-zatta-1776-5 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/NouveScoperte-zatta-1776-5
Nuove Scoperte De'Russi al Nord del Mare del Sud si nell'Asia, che nell'America.

An Ostrich, Elephant, and Alligator walk into the Northwest Passage...

12.5 x 16.5 inches

This is Antonio Zatta's 1776 map of the North Pacific, a richly decorative vision of northwestern America before Cook's surveys transformed European understanding of the region. Extending from Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes westward to Siberia and Japan, it assembles an extraordinary collection of geographical conjectures: de Fonte's Northwest Passage, the Strait of Anian, a supposed Chinese colony, the River of the West, and the legendary lands of Quivira and Teguayo. ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/SilverLakePark-raileyfitzpatrick-1925 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/SilverLakePark-raileyfitzpatrick-1925
Plat of Silver Lake Park.

From 'Amusement Resort' to Campus Extension to Model Suburb.

41.5 x 33.25 inches

This is a 1925 blueprint map of Silver Lake Park, an artificial lake and residential development just outside of Atlanta in today's city of Brookhaven in western DeKalb County. Though not initially successful as a residential development, the land owned by the Silver Lake Park Company has historically been closely tied to Oglethorpe University and newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, who donated the lake and much of the surrounding land to the university in 1929. ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/MuslimsAlgeria-servicecartesplans-1898 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/MuslimsAlgeria-servicecartesplans-1898
Domaine géographique des confréries religieuses musulmanes.

Sufi Orders and Anti-Colonial Resistance in French Algeria.

40.5 x 53.5 inches

This is a very large format (40.5 x 53.5 in.) map of Algeria and the Arab World, prepared by the French colonial Gouvernement Général's Service des Cartes et Plans. Charting the distribution of various Muslim confréries (associations, societies, orders, brotherhoods), particularly Sufi tariqas , it provides a glimpse of the great variety of religious devotion throughout the Arab World. ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/NileBasin-surveyofegypt-1949 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/NileBasin-surveyofegypt-1949
...خَرِيطَة حَوْضِ النِّيل / [Map of the Nile Basin…]. / مصلحة المساحة ١٩٤٩ (٣٤٢ / ٤٩) ١٩٤٩ (٤٦٠ / ٤٩) / [Survey Department 1949 (342/49) 1949 (460/49)].

Grandiose Scheme to tame the Nile.

35.25 x 19.75 inches

This 1949 Survey of Egypt hydrological map presents an ambitious vision for harnessing the Nile: Century Storage, as it was known, proposed a coordinated network of reservoirs designed to capture floodwaters in wet years and release them during drought. The grandiose scheme, proposed by British hydrologist Harold Edwin Hurst, promised to transform the Nile's unpredictable flow into a dependable water supply. ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/AfricaPictorial-airfrance-1957-2 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/AfricaPictorial-airfrance-1957-2
Carte Dunlop Itinéraires Air France France Afrique.

Africa takes flight: vibrant 1957 map of Air France routes.

29.75 x 21.5 inches

This colorful 1957 Dunlop pictorial map of Africa, produced for Air France, blends the romance of air travel with a continent-spanning panorama of cities, wildlife, and landmarks. Bold red routes cross ochre landscapes and turquoise seas, connecting France with destinations throughout Africa and the western Indian Ocean. A Closer Look Coverage extends from western Europe and the Mediterranean to the Cape of Good Hope, including Madagascar, Mauritius, and Réunion. ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/PictureMapHolyLand-brown-1928-3 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/PictureMapHolyLand-brown-1928-3
The Picture Map of the Holy Land.

Holy Land: From Exodus to the age of steam.

31.25 x 22 inches

This is Harold Haven Brown's 1928 chromolithograph pictorial map of the Holy Land, combining biblical geography with illustrated cities, ancient trade routes, and modern railways. Coverage encompasses present-day Israel and the Palestinian territories, the Sinai Peninsula, and adjoining parts of Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. From the Israelites' wanderings to steamships navigating the Suez Canal ot the Hejaz Railway, Brown presents the region as a landscape of overlapping histories. ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/ArabWorld-surveyofegypt-1945 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/ArabWorld-surveyofegypt-1945
خَرِيطَة العَالَم العَرَبِيّ / [Map of the Arab World].

Formation of the Arab League.

23.25 x 24.5 inches

This is a 1945 Arabic-language persuasive map of the Arab World published by the Survey of Egypt. It was created to celebrate the formation of the League of Arab States (Arab League) on March 22, 1945. A key event in the history of Pan-Arabism, the Arab League was closely connected to worsening violence in Palestine. ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Chicago-blanchard-1909-2 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Chicago-blanchard-1909-2
Blanchard's map of Chicago with new street names, steam railroads, street car lines, street numbers and sections.

Reconsidering Chicago's streets.

35.75 x 24 inches

This is a large 1909 folding map of Chicago issued under the Rufus Blanchard imprint, with a supplementary diagram copyrighted by George F. Cram. Published as Chicago introduced its modern house-numbering system, it captures a metropolis working to bring order to decades of rapid expansion. An extensive network of railroads, elevated trains, and streetcar lines links the city's neighborhoods, passenger terminals, industrial districts, and the Union Stock Yards. ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/ArabIslamicWorld-unknown-1930 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/ArabIslamicWorld-unknown-1930
خَرِيطَة العَالَم الإِسْلَامِي وَالعَرَبِي / [Map of the Islamic and Arab World].

Striving for Pan-Arab and Pan-Islamic Unity.

10.5 x 15.25 inches

This is a rare, unrecorded c. 1930 Arabic-language map of the Muslim and Arab worlds, produced by an unknown maker. By noting the locations of the world's Arabs and Muslims, the map aimed to inform its audience (likely intellectuals across the mostly colonized Muslim world) and build momentum for growing pan-Arab and pan-Islamic movements that would reach their fruition in the post-World War II period. A Closer Look The map covers all of Africa along with most of Europe and Asia. ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/CapeCod-waugh-1930-3 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/CapeCod-waugh-1930-3
The Map of Old Cape Cod. The Land of Bold explorers Heroic Pilgrims Hardy seamen Great fisheries and Famous ships.

A visual celebration of Cape Cod's maritime history and identity.

9 x 13 inches

This is the small-format edition of Frederick Coulton Waugh's 1930 pictorial map of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Filled with sailing ships, sea creatures, shipwrecks, and historical vignettes, it celebrates the Cape's maritime identity through a lively combination of geography, local history, and decorative illustration. Elaborate borders and a prominent Mayflower cartouche frame a peninsula defined as much by its seafaring traditions as by its towns and roads. ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/WilshireDistPlan-laplanningdept-1975 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/WilshireDistPlan-laplanningdept-1975
Citizen Advisory Committee Options Map No. 1. Wilshire District.

Bringing People into the Urban Planning Process.

35 x 47 inches

This is a rare, large-format 1975 urban planning map of the west side of Los Angeles, prepared by the City Planning Department. Among other features, it discusses proposed land use and includes a late representation of the canceled Beverly Hills Freeway. More broadly, it reflects the greater participation of citizens' groups in urban planning following the backlash against interstates ('freeway revolts') in the preceding years. ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Oman-nationalsurvey-1994 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Oman-nationalsurvey-1994
سلطنة عمان / [Sultanate of Oman]. / المجموعة: عمان متنوعة ٠٦, الطبعة: هـ و م ٠٤ / [Series: Oman Miscellaneous 06, Edition: National Survey Authority 04].

Transformation of Oman.

39 x 27 inches

This is a large-format 1994 map of the Sultanate of Oman prepared by the country's National Survey Authority. It depicts the country during a period of rapid change and modernization under Sultan Qaboos, who would go on to lead the Sultanate for 50 years and fundamentally transform it. The map's production reflects these developments, as the National Survey Authority had existed for only a decade when it was issued. ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/WilshireCirculation-laplanningdept-1971 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/WilshireCirculation-laplanningdept-1971
Circulation Map - Wilshire District.

Phantom Freeways through Beverly Hills.

31.75 x 51.25 inches

This is a rare large-format 1971 map of the western portion of Los Angeles, including Beverly Hills, produced by the city's Planning Department. It charts different schemes for solving the thorny, persistent problems of traffic in the area. The map is especially interesting due to its inclusion of three 'phantom freeways,' which were conceived but never built and which would have radically altered the neighborhoods they traversed. ]]> +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/EtatKatanga-dressen-1960_d http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/EtatKatanga-dressen-1960_d




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La Geografia, con alcuni comenti e aggiunte fattevi da Sebastiano Munstero, con le tavole non solamente antiche and moderne solite di sta(m)parsi, ma altre nuovo aggiuntevi di Jacopo Gastaldo, ridotta in volgare Italiano da Pietro Andrea Mattiolo.

Foundational Work in the History of the Atlas.

7 x 4.5 inches

This is Giacomo Gastaldi's 1548 La Geografia , the first iteration of Ptolemy's foundational ur-atlas to be published in a vernacular. It is the most important proto-atlas to be produced between Martin Waldseemüller's 1513 Ptolemy and Ortelius' 1570 Theatrum . Nordenskiöld hailed it 'the very first atlas of the New World,' citing the work's groundbreaking inclusion of separate maps of the Americas. ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/TypusReligionis-moreau-1763 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/TypusReligionis-moreau-1763
Tipe de la religion. Estampe, du tableau trouvé dans l'église, des ci-devant soi-disans-Jésuites de Billom en Auvergne, l’an 1762. voyez le compte-rendu aux chambres assemblées des collèges de Clermont-Ferrand et Billon le 15 juillet 1763.

Satire and Suppression.

12.25 x 20.25 inches

This extraordinary 1763 engraving emerged from one of the great religious and political controversies of 18th-century France. It reproduces the notorious Tableau de la Religion , a monumental allegorical painting discovered at the Jesuit college in Billom and subsequently seized upon as evidence during the campaign to suppress the Society of Jesus. ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/SableIsland-desbarres-1776 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/SableIsland-desbarres-1776
[Sable Island.]

Charting the Graveyard of the Atlantic.

29.5 x 41.5 inches

This extraordinary 1776 Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres navigational map suite devoted to Sable Island combines the first scientifically surveyed chart of the notorious Atlantic hazard with coastal recognition views and detailed sailing instructions. Sable Island haunted North Atlantic navigation for centuries, appearing on European charts since the early age of transatlantic exploration. ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/MorningtonPeninsula-blackalexander-1891 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/MorningtonPeninsula-blackalexander-1891
Contour Map of Mornington Peninsula.

Defending Victoria against rival colonial powers.

30.25 x 39.5 inches

This is a rare 1891 Alexander Black map of the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne, Australia, prepared for the use of the 'Defence Department of the Colony of Victoria'. It is primarily a topographical map but also offers comprehensive information about the peninsula and its defensive potential - increasingly significant in the face of a proactive German effort to establish a colonial presence in the Pacific. ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/1115EngineerCombatGrp-ledonne-1945-3 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/1115EngineerCombatGrp-ledonne-1945-3
Operations from Omaha Beach to Elbe River.

Building Bridges from Normandy to the Elbe.

27 x 106.25 inches

This monumental 1945 John A. LeDonne route map chronicles the 1115th Engineer Combat Group's advance across Europe during the final year of World War II (1939 - 1945). Among the largest and most elaborate American unit route maps, it follows the 1115th from Normandy through France, Belgium, and Holland and deep into Germany to the Elbe, recording command posts, dates, movements, and an extraordinary 100 bridge-building operations along the way. ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/MarthasVineyard-tardieu-1785-3 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/MarthasVineyard-tardieu-1785-3
Carte de L'Ile de Martha's Vineyard avec ses dependances, pour les Lettres d'un Culuvateur Ameriquain.

Creating the American Dream: Martha's Vineyard for Europe.

9 x 11 inches

This is the earliest obtainable separate map of Martha's Vineyard, published in 1787 to illustrate Michel-Guillaume St. Jean de Crèvecoeur's enormously influential Lettres d'un Cultivateur Américain . ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Mexico-delisle-1722-3 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Mexico-delisle-1722-3
Carte du Mexique et de la Floride des Terres Angloises et des Isles Antilles... / Tabula Geographica Mexicae et Floridae etc.

'A towering landmark along the path of Western cartographic development' - Wheat

19 x 23.5 inches

This is the 1722 Covens and Mortier issue of Guillaume de L'Isle's groundbreaking map of North America, focusing on Mexico, the Mississippi watershed, and the West Indies. De L'Isle first published this map in 1703, at which point it was the most sophisticated map of the region obtainable: the first map to accurately denote the course of the Mississippi River, the first to accurately place the Great Lakes, and the first appearance on a map of updates from La Salle, Bienville, and D'Iberville. ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Exodus-bunting-1581-2 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Exodus-bunting-1581-2
Reisen der Kinder Israel aus Egypten.

Exodus as Cartographic Pilgrimage.

10.75 x 14.25 inches

This is Heinrich Bünting's remarkable 1581 map of the Exodus, a defining image of his revolutionary approach to Biblical geography. Bünting conceived Scripture as a kind of cartographic pilgrimage, allowing readers to follow the journeys of Biblical figures across an imagined geographical landscape. ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/GuberniiSibiriensis-treskot-1775 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/GuberniiSibiriensis-treskot-1775
Mappa Gubernii Sibiriensis, continens procincias Toboliensem et Jenisejensem.

Siberia Revealed: An Empire Mapped at Monumental Scale.

18 x 22 inches

This is a c. 1775 Ivan Treskot map of the Siberia Governorate, one of the great achievements of 18th-century Russian imperial cartography. Produced as part of the ambitious 1770 - 1776 project undertaken by Treskot and Jacob Friedrich Schmidt to remap Siberia, it synthesizes Russia's rapidly expanding regional geographical knowledge. ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/TabulaMagellanica-blaeu-1635-2 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/TabulaMagellanica-blaeu-1635-2
Tabula Magellanica, qua Tierrae del Fuego, cum celeberrimis fretis.

A Separately Issued Tierra del Fuego

17 x 21.5 inches

This is a beautifully engraved c.1635 map of the Strait of Magellan and Tierra del Fuego by Willem Blaeu, in a likely separate issue lacking verso text. It is the second map in the Blaeu atlases to focus on this region, and brought Blaeu's mapping of the southernmost part of America up to date with the charts of the West India Company produced by Hessel Gerritsz. ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/WorldWarMap-cbc-1942-2 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/WorldWarMap-cbc-1942-2
CBC World War Map on Mercator's Projection.

Little-known WWII octopus map.

37.5 x 49.5 inches

This is a colorful, large-format c. 1942 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) pictorial map of the world illustrating events early in World War II (1939 - 1945). Aside from presenting the conflict from the often-overlooked Canadian perspective, the map is notable for its distinctive aesthetic. ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/HistomapEvolution-sparks-1949 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/HistomapEvolution-sparks-1949
The Histomap of Evolution Earth, Life and Mankind for Ten Thousand Million Years.

10,000 Million Years: The History of Everything on One Sheet.

58 x 21.5 inches

This is the 1949 edition of John B. Sparks's infographic triumph, Histomap of Evolution , an audacious attempt to compress Earth's, life's, and humanity's history into a single spectacular infographic. Beginning with the planet's formation billions of years ago, its great streams of color trace the emergence, diversification, and extinction of life through geological time before converging on human civilization and the geopolitical world of the mid-20th century. ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/692ndTankDestBatt-yost-1945-2 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/692ndTankDestBatt-yost-1945-2
692nd Tank Destroyer Battalion.

692nd Take Destroyers in WWII.

16.5 x 22.75 inches

This is a rare c. 1945 World War II campaign route map of the 692nd Tank Destroyer Battalion in Europe prepared by 1st Lieutenant Francis L. Yost. This map highlights the battalion's movements across the continent, details its campaigns, and remembers the members of the battalion who were killed in action. A Closer Look Coverage embraces northern and central Europe from Cherbourg, France, east to Salzburg, Austria. An orange line follows the 692nd's movements across Europe. ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Orders-basset-1862 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Orders-basset-1862
Tableau Général des Croix des Ordres Français et Étrangers. Nouvelle Édition.

Orders and Honors in a Changing Europe.

21 x 27 inches

This spectacular c. 1862 André Basset chromolithographic chart illustrates the orders of chivalry, decorations, and medals of France and dozens of foreign states. Hundreds of brilliantly colored crosses, stars, badges, collars, and ribbons transform the complex hierarchy of 19th-century honors into an encyclopedic visual display. ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/CartoonFlorida-friedman-1938-2 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/CartoonFlorida-friedman-1938-2
Ken Friedman's Cartoon Map of Florida.

Sunshine, Sea Monsters, and the Open Road.

16.375 x 19.625 inches

This exuberant 1938 Kenneth A. Friedman pictorial map of Florida transforms the Sunshine State into a sprawling playground of beaches, fishing, wildlife, history, and roadside adventure. Drawn to accompany Friedman's Cartoon Guide of Florida , the map combines genuine geography and tourist information with cartoons, visual jokes, and a distinctly irreverent sense of humor. ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Alexandria-dapper-1686 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Alexandria-dapper-1686
De Stadt Alexandrie of Scanderik. La Ville Alexandria ou Scanderik.

Alexandria: Ancient Glory, Ottoman Port.

10.5 x 13.75 inches

This striking 1686 Olfert Dapper view of Alexandria, Egypt, presents the legendary Mediterranean port as it appeared to European readers in the late 17th century. Viewed dramatically from the sea, the fortified city spreads across the horizon while an animated harbor crowded with sailing vessels dominates the foreground. ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/CookStrait-cook-1774 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/CookStrait-cook-1774
Carte du Detroit de Cook dans la Nle. Zélande.

French Edition of the First Chart of New Zealand's Cook Strait.

11.5 x 13 inches

This is the 1774 first French edition of James Cook's landmark chart of Cook Strait, one of the most consequential maps produced from his first voyage to the Pacific (1768 - 1771). When Cook sailed through the passage between New Zealand's North and South Islands in 1770, he resolved a fundamental geographical question left unanswered since Abel Tasman's 1642 encounter with New Zealand: the two great landmasses were separated by a navigable strait. ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Sydney-unknown-1925 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Sydney-unknown-1925
North Sydney / Mosman.

Development of the Lower North Shore.

14.75 x 13 inches

This is a fascinating c. 1925 double-sided map of Mosman and North Sydney, capturing Sydney's Lower North Shore in the midst of dramatic suburban transformation. Dense networks of trams, ferries, railways, new roads, real-estate development, and automobile advertising document communities expanding rapidly across the harbor from central Sydney. ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/WWICartoons-kettlewell-1935 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/WWICartoons-kettlewell-1935
[Kettlewell Cartoons].

Unique historical record.

18 x 14 inches

A collection of 30 manuscript political cartoons, many with cartographic content, drawn by Frank 'Ket' Kettlewell for the Oakland Tribune . As a group, they constitute a unique comic record of world events c. 1916 - 1935. Each hand-drawn cartoon is a visually striking San Francisco-centric commentary on domestic or international affairs. 'Ket' has signed each, with many most featuring his signature tiny bird (which occasionally comments). ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/NorthAmerica-hennepin-1697 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/NorthAmerica-hennepin-1697
Carte d'un tres grand Pays entre le Nouveau Mexique et la Mer Glaciace Dediee a Guilliaume IIIe. Roy de La Grand Bretagne Par le R. P. Louis de Hennepin Mission: Recol: et Not: Apost: Chez G. Broedelet a Utreght.

First state of a groundbreaking map of North America.

17 x 20.5 inches

This is the rare 1697 first state of Louis de Hennepin's map of North America. Wheat hailed this foundational work as ' an important cartographic stepping stone … the first made by a Frenchman from on-the-spot experience '. It is the first map to place Hennepin's firsthand mapping of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River in the broader context of the mapping of the continent, and it would exert a lasting impact on the next century's mapping of America. ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/YokohamaSteamTrain-hiroshigeiii-1874 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/YokohamaSteamTrain-hiroshigeiii-1874
橫濱往返鐵道蒸氣車海上之圖 / [View of Steam Engine on the Seaside Yokohama Line].

Japan's first train.

14.25 x 28.5 inches

A fascinating 1874 ukiyo-e triptych by Utagawa Hiroshige III celebrating Japan's first passenger railway and the astonishing modernization of Yokohama under the Meiji. Opened between Yokohama and Tokyo in 1872, the steam railway became one of the most potent symbols of a country transforming itself at extraordinary speed, linking Japan's leading international treaty port with the imperial capital. ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/YokohamaCoast-hiroshigeii-1860 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/YokohamaCoast-hiroshigeii-1860
橫濱海岸圖會 / [View of the Coast at Yokohama.]

Yokohama emerging as an international port.

30 x 14.75 inches

An early 1860 ukiyo-e triptych by Utagawa Hiroshige II, capturing Yokohama, Japan, as it emerged as an international treaty port. Published just months after Yokohama opened to foreign trade in 1859, this panoramic view presents a city poised between the insular world of Tokugawa Japan and the profound transformations that would soon accompany sustained contact with the West. ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/UnitedStatesAmeriqueAngloise-lotter-1776-4 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/UnitedStatesAmeriqueAngloise-lotter-1776-4
Carte Nouvelle de L'Amerique Angloise contenant tout ce que les Anglois possedent sur le Continent de L'Amerique Septentrionale savoir le Canada, la Nouvelle Ecosse ou Acadie, les treize Provinces unies

Thirteen Colonies on the Brink of Revolution.

24 x 19.5 inches

This is an uncommon 1776 French-language map of the Thirteen Colonies and emerging United States by Augsburg cartographer Matthias Albrecht Lotter, published at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. Drawing heavily on French cartographic traditions, the map presents British North America at the very moment the colonies declared independence and the United States began to take shape. ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/ActionsAlcohol-denoyergeppert-1935 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/ActionsAlcohol-denoyergeppert-1935
Characteristic Actions of ALCOHOL.

You don't drink paint - so why drink beer and wine?

30.25 x 43 inches

This iconic 1935 Denoyer-Geppert persuasive anti-alcoholism poster highlights the product's negative effects on the human body. Issued after Prohibition's 1933 repeal, this piece pointedly asks: why ingest beer, wine, and liquor when the same key chemicals are used in paint, shellac, varnish, perfume, and explosives? Due to its powerful imagery, this piece has been widely reproduced, but this is our first time encountering an original. ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/ChinaSeaNorth-admiralty-1873 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/ChinaSeaNorth-admiralty-1873
China Sea Northern Portion.

World's most disputed waters.

39.5 x 48 inches

This exceptional 1867 / 1873 British Admiralty map of the South China Sea includes Hong Kong and the Philippines, depicting some of the world's most disputed waters. A Closer Look Coverage embraces from the Vietnamese coast and Tong-King Gulf east to the western Philippines, and from the Pearl River Delta, as far as Guangzhou (Canton) and Southern Taiwan, to Mindoro and northern Palawan. ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Inghilterra-petrini-1700 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Inghilterra-petrini-1700
L'Inghilterra Divisa in sette Regni quarttro de Sassoni e'tre dell' Inglesi, et il Principato di Galles, ciascuno diviso ne loro Shire, overo Contadi. La Scotia Regno diviso in due parte principali, di qua'e di la del Tay, overo ne due Regni, dei Pitti, e de Scoti. L'Irlanda Regno diviso in quattro Provincie, e queste ne suoi Contadi.

Unrecorded Proof State.

22 x 17.5 inches

This is the unrecorded first state of Paolo Petrini's c. 1700 map of the British Isles, including England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. The engraving here is so fresh and the strike so early that the plate haze and text guidelines remain visible. ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/HongKongLemaIs-ams-1945 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/HongKongLemaIs-ams-1945
Hong Kong and Lema Islands. South Sheet. Second Edition - AMS 3.

Last Days of Japan's Occupation of Hong Kong

28.5 x 39 inches

This is a 1945 Army Map Service map of Hong Kong, produced in the closing days of World War II. By this time, Hong Kong had suffered through nearly four years of starvation and oppression under Japanese occupation. A Closer Look This map covers the most urbanized parts of Hong Kong, including the shores of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon on either side of Victoria Harbor, at the top. ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Barbadoes-jefferys-1794 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Barbadoes-jefferys-1794
Barbadoes, surveyed by William Mayo, Engraved and Improved by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King.

Barbados, the heart of a global sugar empire.

26 x 20 inches

A striking 1794 Thomas Jefferys map of Barbados in fine original color, capturing the island at the height of its extraordinary wealth as the powerhouse of Britain's Caribbean sugar empire. Based on the first systematic survey of Barbados, the map reveals a landscape intensively organized around sugar production, with hundreds of plantations, an extensive road network, coastal fortifications, and one of the densest populations in the British West Indies. ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Ezo-hayashishihei-1785 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Ezo-hayashishihei-1785
蝦夷國全圖 / [Complete Map of Ezo].

Underground Manuscript Map of Japan's Northern Frontier.

19.5 x 36 inches

A vividly colored and historically significant c. 1785 Hayashi Shihei manuscript map of Ezo (today's Hokkaido) and environs, including the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula, Sakhalin, and part of Manchuria. Based on the earliest detailed Japanese surveys of Ezo, this map is one of the most important maps of the Edo period, an early manifestation of a Japanese-Russian territorial struggle that is still disputed. ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/GastronomicaBelPaese-niculin-1949 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/GastronomicaBelPaese-niculin-1949
Carta Gastronomica del Bel Paese.

Celebrating Italian cuisine.

31 x 24 inches

This is a 1949 Vsevolode Nicouline pictorial gastronomic map of Italy. The map celebrates Italian culinary tradition with pictorial illustrations of delicacies filling the peninsula, Sicily, and Sardinia. A Closer Look Grapes, lemons, oranges, bread, and numerous types of salumi and cheese fill the map alongside bottles of Italian wine, liquor, and beer. A wild boar runs through Sardinia while a pig bounds atop a fork near the Italian border. Fish appear from Venice to Sicily. ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Tokyo-naohashuhei-1880 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Tokyo-naohashuhei-1880
改正 東亰區分明細圖 / [Revised Detailed Map of Tokyo Divided into Wards].

Transformation of Tokugawa Edo into a Imperial Tokyo.

27.675 x 19.5 inches

A striking 1880 Meiji-era city plan of Tokyo, Japan, by Naoha Shūhei, capturing the imperial capital as it transformed from Tokugawa Edo into a modern metropolis. Published shortly after the creation of Tokyo's 15 urban wards, the map combines traditional Japanese cartographic aesthetics with Western conventions, vividly documenting both the city's new administrative geography and its rapidly changing infrastructure. ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/AvventuraPlaymobil-lineagig-1987 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/AvventuraPlaymobil-lineagig-1987
Mappa Transamerica. L'Avventura Sulle Strade playmobil.

Use your Playmobil to race across the U.S.!

23 x 32.75 inches

This is a 1987 GiG Playmobil pictorial game map of the United States published as part of a promotional scheme where children could send proofs of purchase to win 10 million lire. The game combines traveling across the United States with promoting Playmobil sets related to traveling. A Closer Look The map depicts the continental United States in a slightly unconventional manner: Los Angeles appears where we expect to find Texas. ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/ShaTauHK-waroffice-1949 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/ShaTauHK-waroffice-1949
Hong Kong and the New Territories. Sha Tau.

Shenzhen, in the Old Days.

25.25 x 34.5 inches

A 1949 British War Office topographic map of a portion of the border between Hong Kong and Bao'an County, today's Shenzhen Municipality. The bottom portion of the map includes the border between Hong Kong's New Territories and mainland China, which took on new significance with the establishment of the People's Republic of China the same year this map was produced. ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/OverThereAndBack-rothegibbs-1933 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/OverThereAndBack-rothegibbs-1933
Over There' and Back with the 301st First Field Artillery.

Personal insights into the 301st Field Artillery during World War I.

13.5 x 19 inches

This rare 1933 Lewis Rothe and Warren Gibbs pictorial map of Europe playfully commemorates the peregrinations of the 301st Field Artillery during World War I (1914 - 1918). The map traces the 301st's movements from Boston through Nova Scotia and England to France, then back across the Atlantic to New York City after the war ended. Lewis Rothe drew the map in collaboration with Warren R. Gibbs, a veteran of the 301st. ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Acre-picart-1629 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Acre-picart-1629
Civitas Acon Sive Ptolomaida.

Medieval Acre, as a Hospitaller Stronghold.

9.25 x 13.25 inches

This is J. Picart's striking 1629 plan of the fortified city of Acre (in modern day Israel / Palestine), based on the c. 1320 manuscript plan of Pietro Vesconte: a depiction of the medieval port as a stronghold of the Knights Hospitaller in the Holy Land and the most important Crusader beachhead to the east. A Closer Look This bird's-eye view of the Mediterranean port is oriented to the east and depicts the multi-layered city walls and their many towers. ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Philippines-pictorialreview-1941 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Philippines-pictorialreview-1941
Philippines Need Fortification...

Prescient Warning Weeks before the Pearl Harbor Attack.

20.25 x 15.5 inches

Published in the Herald-American Pictorial Review in late September 1941, this map of the Philippines is a prescient warning of the coming catastrophe. It portrays the Philippine Islands as dangerously unprepared for a foreign invasion, with Japan's threat looming over the archipelago. ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/TorreBabilonia-unknown-1848 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/TorreBabilonia-unknown-1848
La Torre di Babilonia. Almanacco per l'Anno 1849.

Decrying the Revolutions of 1848 in Italy. Or Just The Disorganization?

16.25 x 21 inches

This is a c. 1848 Italian satirical broadside decrying the chaos of the 1848 People's Revolutions in Italy. The evocative political propaganda piece combines a woodcut image, a poetic description of said image, and an almanac for 1849. It is an excellent example of 19th-century Italian political ephemera. A Closer Look The central image features the Tower of Babel rising on top of an inflated balloon. The balloon has portholes, open to reveal the chaos inside. ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/China-stieler-1804 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/China-stieler-1804
Charte von China nach Murdochischer Projection entworfen, nach den neuesten und zuverlässigsten astronomischen Ortsbestimmungen berichtiget, und gezeichnet.

Richly detailed China and Korea.

18.25 x 20 inches

This is H. F. A. Stieler's scarce 1804 German-language map of China and Korea, presenting the region broken into provinces and applying the novel (and accurate) Murdoch Projection. It was one of the first maps Stieler produced for the newly formed Geographical Institute of Weimar. A Closer Look The map presents China from Hainan Island to Mongolia and the Gobi Desert, and from Tibet to the Korean Peninsula. Taiwan is shown and named as such (as opposed to Formosa). ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/WelcomeToHK-metropolepress-1959 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/WelcomeToHK-metropolepress-1959
Welcome to Hong Kong.

Cold War Listening Post, Conduit for Cultural Exchange.

15 x 20.5 inches

This 1959 map of Hong Kong was printed by Metropole Press for the Servicemen's Guides Association and intended for American military personnel passing through Hong Kong at the height of the Cold War. Although Hong Kong was a British colony inhabited primarily by Chinese people, this map reflects a period when American military, cultural, and economic influence in Hong Kong was large and growing. ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Besancon-munster-1572 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Besancon-munster-1572
Warhafftige abcontrafehtung der Herzlichen und Beruempten Statt Bisantz.

The Earliest Printed Image of Besançon, France.

11.5 x 14.5 inches

This lively and remarkably accurate woodcut bird's eye view of Besançon, France, is the earliest acquirable printed image of that city. First Image of Besançon Although it first appeared in a 1572 Latin edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia , the woodcut was executed far earlier. It bears the monogram of formschneider Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch (1525 - 1571). ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Arizona-bestops-1952-4 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Arizona-bestops-1952-4
Legend to Best-Stops.

Get Your Kicks (and Chicken In A Basket) On Route 66.

13 x 13 inches

This is a 1952 map of northern Arizona, printed in two colors on a diner napkin. This 'Mapkin', produced by the Best Stops Travel Service of Salt Lake City, Utah, represents a pictorial icon of the pre-interstate Arizona road trip, focusing specifically on the region along the fabled Route 66 from Gallup, New Mexico to Barstow California. The region covered runs from Phoenix, Arizona in the south, up to the Grand Canyon in the north. ]]> Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/TokyoTsukiji-hiroshigeiii-1870 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/TokyoTsukiji-hiroshigeiii-1870
東京繁榮流行の往来 / [The Comings and Goings of Prosperity and Fashions in Tokyo].

Tokyo's Foreign Quarter in the Early Meiji Period.

14 x 28.5 inches

This is an 1870 ukiyo-e depiction of the Tsukiji neighborhood of Tokyo, drawn by Utagawa Hiroshige III and published by Masadaya Heikichi. It displays the neighborhood just months after it was designated as the foreign residence quarter of Tokyo following the Meiji Restoration, emphasizing the rapid importation of foreign technologies, fashion, and manners. ]]> Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/ArabiaSaud-alraghaib-1955 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/ArabiaSaud-alraghaib-1955
هَدِيَّة من جريدة' القاهرة' / [A Gift from 'Al-Qahira' Newspaper].

High Point of Egyptian-Saudi Relations.

26.5 x 29 inches

This is an unrecorded c. 1955 Arabic-language map of Saudi Arabia prepared by the Al-Ragha'ib Press in Egypt. It was issued during a warm period of Egyptian-Saudi relations, before the two countries became leaders of opposing blocs in the Arab Cold War. A Closer Look Coverage embraces the Arabian Peninsula from Iraq, Syria, Jordan and Palestine at top to Abyssinia and Socotra Island off the Horn of Africa at botto; the primary focus is on Arabia, particularly the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ]]> Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/UnitedStates-lauriewhittle-1794 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/UnitedStates-lauriewhittle-1794
The United States of America with The British Possessions of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland divided with The French, also the Spanish Territories of Louisiana and Florida according to the Preliminary Articles of Peace Signed at Versailles the 20th of Jany. 1783.

Featuring the Guif of Mexico and Lake Ontario!

18 x 20 inches

A striking 1794 Laurie and Whittle map of the newly independent United States, capturing North America's transformation in the turbulent decades between the American Revolution (1775 - 1783) and the War of 1812 (1812 - 1815). Most remarkable is its magnificent title cartouche, surmounted by one of the earliest printed representations of the thirteen-star American flag - a bold visual declaration of the new republic's place on the world stage. ]]> Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Iraq-tumaalsadi-1972 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Iraq-tumaalsadi-1972
خارطة الجمهورية العراقية الإدارية / [Administrative Map of the Republic of Iraq]. / [Verso title panel] دَلِيل السَّائِح وَالطَّالِب وَالمُوَاطِن فِي خَارِطَة عِرَاقِنَا الحَضَارِي [Guide for the Tourist, Student, and Citizen to the Map of Our Cultural Iraq].

Building Dams and Identity

39.5 x 27 inches

This is a 1972 Arabic-language wall map of Iraq prepared by Tuma Al-Sadi, a high-level bureaucrat in the Ba'athist government, and printed by the General Directorate for Survey. Packed with information, it covers everything from irrigation projects (the main focus of the General Directorate for Survey) to resorts, historical landmarks, tourist riverboats, and other information relevant to tourists. ]]> Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Galapagos-bowen-1744-2 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Galapagos-bowen-1744-2
The Gallapagos Islands Discovered and Described by Capt. Cowley in 1684.

One of the earlist obtainalbe maps of the Galapagos.

13 x 9 inches

This 1744 Emmanuel Bowen map of the Galápagos Islands is one of the earliest specific maps of the remote archipelago, later made famous by Charles Darwin and the voyage of HMS Beagle . Based on 1683 survey work by Captain William Ambrose Cowley, this is the first substantial English mapping of the Galápagos. This map represents a critical stage in the cartographic history of the Galápagos, being the definitive cartography of the islands until Darwin and FitzRoy's 1835 voyage. ]]> Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/HolyLandView-bacon-1890-3 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/HolyLandView-bacon-1890-3
Bacon's Bird's-Eye View of the Holy Land.

Stunning view of the Holy Land!

38.25 x 27 inches

A scarce c. 1890 chromolithograph bird's-eye view of the Holy Land, Israel, and Palestine, published in London by G. W. Bacon. Brilliantly colored and rendered from an elevated oblique perspective, the view presents the Biblical landscape from Mount Lebanon and Mount Hermon south along the Jordan River Valley, encompassing the Sea of Galilee, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and the Dead Sea. ]]> Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/AsakusaRyogoku-inoueyasuji-1877 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/AsakusaRyogoku-inoueyasuji-1877
淺艸觀世音境内細圖 兩國橋及淺草橋眞圖 / [Detailed View of the Grounds of Asakusa Kannon Temple / Accurate View of Ryōgoku Bridge and Asakusa Bridge].

Meeting of Ancient and Modern in Meiji-Era Tokyo.

14 x 28.5 inches

This is an 1887 bifurcated ukiyo-e triptych view of the Sensō-ji in Asakusa and the Ryōgoku neighborhood of Tokyo by Inoue Yasuji. Juxtaposing Tokyo's oldest temple alongside novelties like factories and mass transit, the view captures the spirit of the early Meiji era, when Tokyo was transformed into a modern city. A Closer Look This sheet is divided into a top and bottom half. ]]> Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Nagoya-manuscript-1880 http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Nagoya-manuscript-1880
[Nagoya].

Nagoya in the Wake of the Meiji Restoration.

47 x 33 inches

This is a c. 1880 manuscript map of Nagoya, Japan, prepared by an unnamed cartographer. It reflects the city in the aftermath of the Meiji Restoration, which set Japan on a crash course of modernization. A Closer Look This map covers much of the modern city of Nagoya and its suburban area. Nagoya Castle (御城), the historic core from which the city grew, sits near center. Different districts of the city and rural counties (郡) are indicated. ]]>