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Historical Fun Map of New Zealand

c1938

This charming pictorial map of New Zealand packs in nearly 600 years of history. Over 50 historical events and facts are illustrated throughout the map with captions. A short description of each event is on verso. Also on verso is space for a mailing...

 

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Northwest Orient Airlines System Map

c1955-59

 2 x 37 inch silkscreen pictorial showing the airlines' routes, current and projected. At the time, a direct flight to Moscow may have been wishful...or hopeful.. thinking. Vibrant color

 

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A New Mapp of the Whole World

1738

The map describes the world in two hemispheres, with two smaller pairs of hemispheres above and below, showing the heavens and the polar regions respectively. This design reflects the world maps published by Gerard Valk at the end of the seventeenth c...

 

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Manuscript pictorial map archive

2002-16

Nearly half of the 215 maps in this archive illustrate the Americas, from the northernmost reaches of the Arctic Circle to the southernmost tip of Tierra del Fuego, from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic. Africa and Asia are also very well repres...

 

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Carta Esferica le las Costas y Golfo de California....hasta el Puerto de S. Diego

1825

Rare large scale map of Baja California, prepared for the Mexican Government shortly after its Independence from Spain.The map is dedicated to Guadalupe Victoria, the first president of the Mexican Republic. In addition to all of Baja California, the ...

 

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Congo Belge

1949

 A stylistic map of the Congo and its surrounding areas. The map shows regions with their exports and highlights the effects of colonization.In the upper left is a table with legends of the natural resources, locations in the colony and place of Cat...

 

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New Haven

1928

Shows streets, parks, waterways, and major buildings, with historical notes on red and yellow banners. Along the left and right borders are illustrations of important historical events or milestones in New Haven history, and a map of the center of th...

 

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A Map of the State of Vermont

1798

As a map of Vermont, Allen’s has at least two curious features, one glaring, the other all-but hidden. The first is the coverage: Allen’s map takes in not just the state, but almost all northern New England, Northeaster New York and a large sw...

 

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La Jolla "The Jewel"

1968

  A delightful and quite scarce pictorial of the Village and vicinity in 1968. Covers as far south as Bird Rock and North to the Torrey Pines Golf Course which is noted as “Golfer’s Paradise”. Perhaps not surprisingly, many of the est...

 

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A Pictorial Map South Africa

1950

 This charming souvenir map was created by Bernard Sargent for the South African Tourist Corporation. The map shows the major roads and the sites that can be seen along those roads, representing "diverse places and extraordinary manner of stran...

 

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