Featured Maps
TWA - the Gentleman's Airline - World Route Map
1948
TWA was formed in 1930, when Transcontinental Air Transport merged with Western Air Express. By 1939 the new airline was owned by the legendary Howard Hughes, under whose stewardship it gained a reputation as the gentleman’s airline. The Royal Am...
A Souvenir of the Legendary Hotel Hana Ranch
after 1946
White's map of the Island of Maui appears on the inside of a folding souvenir for the ‘Hotel Hana Ranch. Hana Maui, Territory of Hawaii’.White’s first ‘cartograph’ of the Island of Maui was published in col...
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...
Louisiana: Nature's Cornucopia
1969
This educational map of Louisiana shows the crops and flowers of the State, as well as a list of 20 "Plantation Homes Open to the Public". Along the left margin are "Floral Bouquets for Every Month of the Year". It is on...
Digital Deli Map of Personal Computer America
1984
Meyerowitz's original manuscript map, for the illustration commissioned by the Workman Publishing Company, as both a promotional poster for, and published in, their book ‘Digital Deli: The Comprehensive, User-Lovable Menu of Computer Lore, Cul...
Tahiti
c1950
Brightly colored and humorous map by Jean Rousaute showing the peoples, wildlife, and tourists found around Tahiti. On the verso ‘An Invitation to Tahiti’ written by William Stone paints a romantic portrait of this South-Sea paradise, augmente...
Sekai Shin Manga Chokanzu
1924
Issued as a supplement to the educational publication ‘Kokuisai shashin jōho / 国際写真情報’, this is a rare Taisho 13 or 1924 Japanese manga (or cartoon) map of the world. Centered on Japan, the map covers most of the known wor...
Isola di Madagascar
1697
Typical of Coronelli's meticulously researched work, this chart of Madagascar, with the adjacant coast of Mozambique, and the charts in-between provides an detailed catalogue of the are. The interior of Madagascar has been divided into administrative re...
Complete Map of Vermont Showing Highways and Natural Features
1902
This is a striking, large and colorful antique case map of Vermont, published right at the turn of the twentieth century in 1902.As noted in the title, the map presents the state with abundant detail regarding its highways, natural features, cities, v...
