Featured Maps
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 Showing the Overland and Overseas Flights of Charles A. Lindbergh
1928
This is a pictorial celebrating Lindbergh's Transatlantic flight. It traces Lindbergh's flying career from his 1923 first solo flight at Americus, Georgia, to the delivery of his now world-renowned airplane The Spirit of St. Louis to the Smit...
Armour Food Source Map
c1960
In this promotional pictorial map of the United States, each state is defined by its agricultural produce. A History of the American Food Industry appears on the verso. It is the fourth edition, preceded by smaller versions of the map issued as pa...
Congo Belge
1949
Pictorial map of the Belgian Congo (today's Zaire), showcasing local exports, and highlighting the effects of colonization. In the upper left is a table with legends of the natural resources, locations in the colony and place of Catholic and Prot...
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 se...
"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 navigational...
Holland West-Afrika Lijn
1949
An important post-WWII map showing West Africa carved up by Colonial powers: Britain, France, Spain, Portugal and Belgium. Vignettes throughout the map highlight the rich natural resources of the territories, and how they may be accessed by the flight ro...
Danny Arnold's Pictorial Map of The Old West
1962
Published to coincide with, and cash in on the success of, the 1962 Cinerama film 'How the West Was Won'. The film hosted an all-star cast: Carroll Baker, Henry Fonda, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Debbie Reynolds, Jimmie Stewart,...
Carte des Lignes, French Line
1959
This fine map of the Atlantic Ocean, outlines the routes taken by the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, French Line between Europe and the Americas. The company was founded in 1861, and began sailing from Le Havre to Mexico in 1862. From 1864 they ad...
SABENA Africa Route Map
1950
Dramatic and stylish map showing the routes of Sabena Airlines throughout Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.SABENA: Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne - Belgian Corporation for Air Navigation Services – was the nat...
