A rare and early map of the city of Pierre, published eight years after it was founded, and one year before it became the capital of the newly formed state of South Dakota. Founded in 1880, during the Great Dakota Boom of 1878-1887, Pierre began as a ferry landing...
A bilingual map of the city of Shanghai, printed in Japanese and English, showing the heart of the city, bissected by the Whangpoo (Huangpu) River. Many wharves, streets and green spaces are identified in English, while many other features are in Japanese only, including the keys on the bottom...
A skillfully drawn manuscript map, which appears to have been compiled for an official purpose, but does not appear to have been published. This map focuses on the waterfront villages of Marshfield, Massachusetts, a town perhaps best known as the home of Daniel Webster, whose house in Green Harbor...
Henry Walling’s fine map of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, showing the city and the immediate vicinity. Depicted here are Portsmouth itself, a portion of the Piscataqua River, a number of islands, including Nobles Island, Badger’s Island and Pierce’s Island, as well as part of Kittery, Maine, opposite Portsmouth, including the...