Featured Maps
"Colorado: the Centennial State"
1958
This lively map of Colorado, was, according to OCLC, created by local 11th-grader, Gerald Herndon, of North High School, in aid of the Junior Red Cross, in 1958. Given how evident his artistic talent at such a young age is, it is strange not to find ...
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 eighteenth century map of New England, and of great geographic and political significance. Issued in 1755, Green’s 'Map of the Most Inhabited Part of...
The City of Quebec with Historical Notes
1932
This eye-catching pictorial map of Quebec City is in the style of Macdonald Gill, best known for his humorous London Underground map. The densely filled map displays parks, buildings, named streets and historic notations. A note in the bottom right co...
The 'Ratzen 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 Partie de la Virginie ou l'Armee Combinee
c1782
Esnauts and Rapilly's map is widely regarded as one of the most important of all Battle Plans of the American Revolution and one of the very few to be drawn from a French eyewitness perspective. Their fine depiction of the Battle of Yorktown is on...
Weekend Vacation Guide in the Western Southland
c1957
A lovely pictographic map of the US Southwest created by James Lewicki for the the Ford Motor Company and included in an edition of 'Ford Times. A Car Owners Magazine'. Lewicki's style, while unique, is closer to that of Ru...
Untitled Map of the World.
c1960
A whimsical, double hemisphere world route-map with illustrations of early forms of aviation and sea travel, was created for TAI (Transports Aeriens Intercontinetaux). The good-natured feeling can be summed up by the small notice in the bottom right ...
A New Map of the City of San Diego California
1906
The earliest map of San Diego printed by Rodney Stokes, San Diego's first major mapmaking establishment.A large scale map showing the subdivisions of San Diego, distributed by the Richards Realty Company, of 922 Sixth Street, in San Diego. Of note are...
A Dog’s Idea of the Ideal Country Estate
1930
Held's is an 'imaginative' pictorial map of a dog’s idea of the ideal country estate, published in 'Country Living' magazine. The map depicts numerous locales, activities, and items that any dog would include in its ideal co...
The San Diego Exposition / 1915 Panama-California Exposition 1915
1912
Published also as a post card by Eno & Matteson of San Diego, in November of 1913. Townsend Brown’s view represents an early design for the Goodhue - Allen vision of the exposition after the resignation of the Olmsted first in mid-1911.In spite of int...
