Featured Maps
PWA Rebuilds the Nation.
1939
“Cartographic monument to the New Deal” (Hornsby) Nearly one hundred projects commissioned by the PWA are illustrated in and spread evenly over the map. The border, which includes more than forty vignettes depicting men at work and the ...
Map of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia shewing the Architecture and History from the Most Ancient Times Down to the Present.
1926
Clark and Olsen collaborated on two other maps of Boston (their first map) and Philadelphia, which all hold much in common with Gill’s “Wonderground Map of London. Their map of Washington was to “be the most prestigious in the series,… it...
Map of Gaya
2nd half 20th-century
This vibrant pictorial map of Gaya in India is oriented with west at the top, the title and place names are in English and in Hindi, the whole is surrounded by a border of vine-leaves. The map, possibly designed for those on a religious pilgrimage, cent...
Panair do Brasil. Nos Ceus de Tres Continentes. A Frota Bandeirante
1947
Eymonnet’s vibrant map, heightened in gold, is very much in the style of the planispheres created by Lucien Boucher for Air France. The image shows the origin of airline in Brazil and the many destinations that it reached at the time of the map. It...
A Map of the most Inhabited part of New England...
1755
The very rare first state, with “Konektikut” in the title, of the pre-eminent 18th-century map of New England, and of great geographic and political significance. Issued in 1755, Green’s “Map of the Most Inhabited Part of...
Topographical Map of the City of New York
1865
"The most enduring nineteenth-century map of Manhattan is Egbert Ludovicus Viele's Water Map, which was first published in 1859 and is still in use today” (Augustyn & Cohen). Viele’s iconic map of New York: “Topograph...
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...
