Featured Maps
Pan Am. On the Routes of the Flying Clipper Ships
1949
Pictorial map of North and South America. Covers from San Francisco to south of Buenos Aires. showing the routes of Pan American Airways "Flying Clipper Ship" routes, a commercial airline service in operation from 1931 to 1946. The fleet began in 1...
Dai Nihon Dochu Saikenzu (Japan)
1882
Large color-printed engraved map of Japan on three sheets joined. 14x57 inches overall, folding into original self-wrappers with printed paper label; covers a bit worn, map excellent. A fine Meiji map of Japan profusely illustrated with over 70...
Visit Saratoga Springs . King of Resorts. Queen of Spas
c1941-49
A charming small pictorial touting the many attractions of Saratoga Springs. On the map, about 40 ‘Points of Interest” are noted, most with a cartoon-ish vignette shown. Thre is a guide at the bottom of the map. 14 x 16 inches...
KLM Europa
c1958
Colorful and incredibly busy advertisement for the Dutch Royal Airline. Large Compass Rose/cartouche in the right corner showing all the signs of the zodiac. The map is surrounded by vignettes, perhaps a nod to the earlier Dutch mapmakers. The name ...
A Map of the State of Vermont
1798
As a map of Vermont, Allen’s has at least two curious features, one glaring, the other all-but hidden. The first is the coverage: Allen’s map takes in not just the state, but almost all northern New England, Northeaster New York and a large sw...
Pictorial Map of Fresno County & Mid-California's Garden of the Sun
c1923
The anonymous bird’s-eye view, which extends north to San Joaquin, south to Kern, and west to Gala Veras, Tuolumne and Mariposa counties, is surrounded by 31 mostly photographic vignettes illustrating landmarks, natural resources and industries. Within t...
Pacific Arena. A Fortune Map. Orthographic Series II
1942
Centered on the North Pacific, the map shows the American Northwest, Russia, China, Southeast Asia and Australia. “Of all great arenas of this, the first true world war, the Pacific is the most difficult to conceive and visualize as a whole. That is ...
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...
U.S.N. Ships-Bases-Men as of January 1938
March 1938
Unusually for Harrison, the current map, dramatically centered on the American naval base of Pearl Harbor, is presented on a Mercator Projection. A small inset orthographic projection of the North Pacific Ocean appears upper left.The United States Navy’s w...
Financial Irrigation of the United States
1934
One of two allegorical maps illustrating articles on the New Deal spending and taxes that appeared in Fortune Magazine in consecutive months. This map, published in December 1934, shows the "Financial Irrigation of the United States By Funds Appropriate...
