Featured Maps
World Island. A Fortune Map. Orthographic Series III
1943
Centered on the “World Island”, a phrase coined by Sir Halford Mackinder in the 1920s, consisting of what we normally think of as the eastern hemisphere: Europe, Africa, and Asia. “Washed at its edges by more than seven seas, this Wor...
America for the Foot-Loose: An Indispensable guide for Married Couples Contemplating Seperate (sic) Vacations
c1952
Apparently unpublished, but possibly intended for publication in Esquire Magazine. There are many humorous little details… from “Farm house (ask for daughter)” to the red lights on Havana, Tijuana, Mexicali and Cuidad Juarez and on a...
Sketch Map of the Proposed Development Mission Bay Recreational Area, San Diego
April 1945
The earliest published official depiction of the planned post-war development of the Mission Bay Recreational Area. The vision is Glenn C. Rick's, the City’s Planning Director, who had submitted the first suggested plan of development in 1935. &ldq...
Mapa de Ruta. Pan American Grace Airways Inc.
1934
“Ahora Si, El Mundo es Chico” (Yes, now the World is smaller)A rare Spanish language route map and guidebook published by Pan American & Grace Airways Inc. The front cover is illustrated with a portrait of a DC-2, while inside is a sm...
"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...
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...
Sportsman's Map of Orego
1965
Published for the Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Co. of Portland, OR. The text welcomes both the “Sportsman” and the “Sport”. “Come on over to Oregon and Relax in a State of excitement”.Selander was a noted modernist ...
A Chart of Manhattan
1936
This pocket-size folding map was produced for the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. It shows principal sights, shopping districts, churches and clubs. Hornsby ("PIcturing America") notes: "Annand liked to use orange as his base color in his maps,...
“The Palm of God’s Hand” - A Map of the Coachella Valley
1950
An attractive and privately published map of the Coachella Valley, known as “The Palm of God’s Hand”, and in Spanish as “La Palma de la Mano de Dios”. D’Ambly was a resident artist of Indio, California, specializing in...
