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Map of Lancaster County with Pennsylvania Dutch and Historic Interest

1949

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"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...

 

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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...

 

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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 ...

 

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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,...

 

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“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...

 

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East Africa. Land of Sunshine

1949

This lively map of East Africa, includes modern day Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, and Uganda.  Centered on the Rift Valley, which is colored in a darker green, the map covers from Lake Tanganyika to the Indian Ocean and from the Sudan/Ethiopia border to...

 

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Plan de Paris

1927

Karasz's dramatic map of Paris is typical of her design: rich in colour and detail; references theatre and textiles; combining old cartographical tropes with ideas drawn from the work of Max Gill.Her prize-winning textile designs for the “Desi...

 

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A Collection of Four “NAVWARMAP”s

1944

Four of six propaganda “Nav War Maps” issued in 1944 by the U.S. Navy, including five focusing on different theatre of war and a sixth providing a global overview. All are visually compelling, with vibrant colors and energetic graphic desi...

 

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The Greyhound Map of This Amazing America. Natural and Man-Made Wonders...

1941

One in a series of pictorial maps done by Greyhound to advertise and promote travel by bus. Wartime events would soon put severe limits to recreational travel. In addition to the colorful vignettes, the text on the verso is a numbered index of 117 d...

 

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