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Ragbrai XIV

1986

Carolyn Blattel-Britton was a local Iowa artist. This pictorial map was done for the XIV running of the Ragbrai Bicycle cross-country race*. The race covers over 400 mile from Mineola to Muscatine and the artist shows many of the small towns and local si...

 

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East Africa Land of Sunshine (Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika)

1949

Nice vintage pictorial map of British east Africa in 1949. Today the map would ecompass Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

 

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British Commonwealth of Nations

October 1945-April 1946

Rare separately issued pictorial map of the world, published at the end of World War II by the British Information Services, but issued from their office at 30 Rockefeller Center, New York City. The British Information Services (BIS) was the New York...

 

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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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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 add...

 

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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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