Featured Maps
U.S.N. Ships-Bases-Men as of January 1938
1938
An early more traditional style map by Harrison. Outlined here is the Navy’s worldwide presence in the years preceding WW II. Of note is the relative weakness of the “Asiatic Fleet” compared with the Atlantic (though 3 0o the ...
Financial Irrigation of the United States
1934
This is one of two allegorical maps illustrating articles on New Deal spending and taxes that appeared in Fortune Magazine in consecutive months. This map, published in December 1934, shows the "Financial Irrigation of the United States By...
Balgownie Golf-New Zealand
1909
Offering at public auction of a subdivision in Waganui New Zealand (SW porti...
Complete Map of the Airlines of K.N.I.L.M
c1935
Featuring a Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra, or “Lockheed 14”, the flagship of the KNILM passenger fleet, soaring over the East India archipelago and parts of Southeast Asia, formerly the Dutch East Indies, and now modern Indonesia. The rou...
Plan de Paris
1927
Karasz's design and the vivid color printing used for this large--37 x 27 inches---map of Paris are especially unusual and striking. All of the principal avenues of the City are clearly depicted and appear heightened with gold color finish that enhan...
Pictorial Map of Oregon & Washington
1940
A colorful pictorial of these two states highlighting their products and resources. Done to accompany an article on the politics of the Pacific Coast and added as an insert to the March 1940 edition.
Ollie Hammond's Steak House
1848
Dinner menu/pictorial map for March 25th, 948. Menu in printed in brown inkThe pictorial map is of the Los Angeles region and beyond. Has inset views of the 3 Ollie Hammond Steakhouses. Vibrant colorThe restaurant chain began in the 1930's and lasted...
America the Wionderland
1941
Pictorial map of the United States of America, filled with an abundance of illustrations of buildings and landmarks, natural resources, scenic highlights and other attractions. Included are the Empire State Building, the Capitol building, the Rose...
Geographiae opus novissima traductione a Grecorum archetypis castigatissime pressum
1513
This is one of the most important editions of Ptolemy's geography, containing many new regional maps: twenty new maps based on contemporary knowledge "unlike many of the alleged 'new' maps produced by earlier editors, [they] contained a ...
Belgiae Descriptio
1593
A very scarce example of Jodocus Hondius’ roundel Leo Belgicus. It is one of a set of five roundel maps Hondius produced while in London in 1590 (“Jodocus Hondius fecit 1590” is visible next to the lion’s left forepaw). H...
