Featured Maps
Map of the United States completely surrounded by Texas
1949
“Holly-Wood-Fornia”, “Knee-va-dugh”, and “Arid-zona”…This witty map, full of bold exaggerations as to how Texas is the biggest and best, and making terrible puns at the expense of the rest of the US, was issue...
UAT Route Map of Africa
c1956
“la plus importante compagnie privee Francais de transport aerien”This colourful poster map was created for ‘UAT Aeromaritime’, a French airline originally founded as ‘Aeromaritime’ in 1937 by the shipping line Les Chargeu...
Didactic Manuscript Map of Africa
c1813
An exceptional manuscript composition most likely done in, or for, a German school classroom. The central map of Africa is surrounded by finely detailed vignettes including a coastal view of the mountains from the south-east coast, exotic natural history wit...
Descrittione Universale Della Terra Con L'Uso Del Navigare
1660
A superb example of this rare and magnificent 10-sheet map of the World, first published on this scale by Matteo Florimi in Siena in 1600. A Belgian artist, who worked with Giovanni Magini in Italy, this extraordinary and beautiful map is among Ar...
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...
Dai Nihon Dochu Saikenzu (Japan)
1882
Large color-printed engraved map of Japan on three sheets joined. 14x57 inches overall, folding into original self-wrappers with printed paper label; covers a bit worn, map excellent. A fine Meiji map of Japan profusely illustrated with over 70...
Pan Am. On the Routes of the Flying Clipper Ships
1949
Pictorial map of North and South America. Covers from San Francisco to south of Buenos Aires. showing the routes of Pan American Airways "Flying Clipper Ship" routes, a commercial airline service in operation from 1931 to 1946. The fl...
A Hysterical Map of the Grand Coulee
1935
Large dams, like the Grand Coulee, constituted an important part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal. These included the Bureau of Reclamation's Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State. A concrete gravity dam, Grand Coulee took eight ye...
Hishu Nagasaki zu
1778
A superb map of Nagasaki, and one of the earliest examples of printing from the city.The upper and lower halves were each printed from two large woodblocks (one for the main map image in black including the outlines of the buildings and land; and the ti...
"Meddo" Sea Chart-Marshall Islands
c1920
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...
