Featured Maps
Belgiae Descriptio
1593
A very scarce copy 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.
The "Ratzen Plan" .... of This Plan of the City of New York...
1769
This very rare first state of the "Ratzen Plan" is one of the most important eighteenth-century maps of New York City. Prepared by Bernard Ratzer a decade prior to the start of the American Revolution, the map is by far the most accurate pu...
Carte de la Nouvelle-Zelande pour Servir au Voyage Pittoresque autour du Monde...
1835
Detailed early map of New Zealand, including a separate Stewart Island.Rear Admiral Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) was a French explorer and naval officer, who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Anta...
Stanford's Library map of Australasia
1859
A magnificent large library map, beautifully coloured and in very fine condition, showing Australia and New Zealand as well as Papua New Guinea, large portions of the East Indies as far west as Borneo and covering to the east as far as the Solomons an...
Hydrographical Chart of the World According to Wright's or Mercators Projection
1814
Arrowsmith's towering achievement of English cartography of the early 19th century: arguably the most advanced and detailed map of the world available at the time, and a superb example. A map of great scale on eight, unfolded, elephant-folio sheets-it wo...
Map of the Goldfield Mining District, Goldfield Nevada
1905
Designed and drawn by R.W.Griswold and published by the well-known Rand McNally & Co., this map attests to the importance of the gold strke at Goldfield (Esmeralda County, Nevada) a few years prior. At this time Goldfield was on its wa...
London Underground Advertising Poster - "In the Heat of the Summer you will find me cool.."
1922
Set against a black background is a central pictorial map, similar in decorative style and comic content to Gill's original "Wonderground" map of 1914, which shows central London from Docklands & Whitechapel in the East to Barnes Br...
The First Woodcut Map of the World
1482
A FINE MAP OF THE WORLD, ISSUED BY HOLLE OF ULM IN 1482, AND SHOWING GREENLAND AND SCANDINAVIA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A PTOLEMAIC MAP. This magnificent map of the world comes from the first atlas to be printed in Germany, the first atlas to contain...
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...
Carte du Theatre de la Guerre entre les Anglais et les Americains
1777
THEATRE OF WAR Separately published, an early issue, not noting Saratoga, nor the location of Burgoyne’s surrender to the American army there. An important French map of the north American colonies at the beginning of the American Revo...
