Featured Maps
Plan of the Siege of Plattsburg and Capture of the British Fleet on Lake Champlain
1816
Tanner's map shows the positions of the American ground forces around Plattsburg, and of the British and American fleets in Plattsburg Bay.It was printed to accompany Benjamin Tanner's large engraving of 'Macdonough's Victory on Lake Champlain, and...
A Complete Map of the Southern Continent Survey’d by Capt Abel Tasman & depicted by Order of the East India Company in Holland
1744
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Sekai Shin Manga Chokanzu
1924
~This is a rare Taisho 13 or 1924 Japanese manga or cartoon map of the world by artist Maekawa Senpan and Ogawa Jihei. The map was published by Toshiaki Ishihara (石原俊明) and the International Information Company (國際情報社). Centered on Ja...
"Meddo" Sea Chart-Marshall Islands
c.1920
This ‘Meddo’ sea chart from the Marshall Islands, where navigation was, and still is, an essential survival skill, was a closely guarded secret and only passed on within a small number of families. In order to memorise the main navigationa...
A Dog’s Idea of the Ideal Country Estate
c.1931
This is an 'imaginative' pictorial map of a dog’s idea of the ideal country estate. The source in “Country Living “magazine. The map depicts numerous locales, activities, and items that any dog would include in its ideal country ho...
TAI/ Transportes Aeriens Intercontinentaux
c.1960
A whimsical, double hemisphere world route-map with illustrations of early forms of aviation and sea travel. The good-natured feeling can be summed up by the small notice in the bottom right corner, which explains that the map was designed "in the styl...
Sunshine Air Trails
1947
A very early “road map of the air” where surface roads are replaced by air routes and airfields predominate over gas stations. Playing into the post-war interest in private aviation (the cover features a Piper Cub) this colorful map is...
Map of Burlington. Vermont, 1853
1853
As with all Presdee & Edwards maps, the very large scale of 16 rods (264 feet) to the inch is sufficient to provide immense detail, including not only the street plan and rail lines, but property lines, landowners, and the placement and footprints of...
Map of the City of Quebec with Historical Notes
1932
This eye-catching pictorial map of Quebec City is in the style of Macdonald Gill, best known for his humorous London Underground map. The densely filled map displays parks, buildings, named streets and historic notations. A note in the bottom right co...
Le Maroc
c.1948
Published in Paris by “Perceval” as one of the “Editions Africaine”. Does not appear to be related to Air France. Highly decorative.
