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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 fl...

 

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A Hysterical Map of the Grand Coulee

1935

Large dams, like the Grand Coulee, constituted an important part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal. These included the Bureau of Reclamation's Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State. A concrete gravity dam, Grand Coulee took eight ye...

 

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Hishu Nagasaki zu

1778

A superb map of Nagasaki, and one of the earliest examples of printing from the city.The upper and lower halves were each printed from two large woodblocks (one for the main map image in black including the outlines of the buildings and land; and the ti...

 

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Kyoto - the Heart of Japan

c1785

A Tenmei era, colour-printed woodblock map of Kyoto, Japan, oriented with north to the left, created during the reign of Emperor Kokaku, who came to power during a great famine, but whose reign (1780-1817) is generally thought to have been peaceful. He...

 

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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, Culture, L...

 

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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...

 

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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 colour i...

 

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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...

 

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Map of the Colony of New Zealand from Official Documents

1853

One of Arrowsmith’s scarcest maps, first published in 1841. John Arrowsmith was the nephew of Aaron Arrowsmith (1750-1833). The younger Arrowsmith introduced ‘The London Atlas’ in 1834. Subsequent editions appeared with title pages dated 1...

 

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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 ...

 

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