A rare railroad advertising map, depicting Chicago from 12th Street to Chicago Avenue, and from Canal Street to the waterfront. The depot of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul is printed in red, as is their ticket office. Other railway depots appear on the map, as well as hotels, theaters.....
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 rare and quite detailed, large-scale map of Tarrytown, New York, showing both the more densely developed village, as well as outlying areas. Commercial, public, and domestic buildings are identified (their very footprints, in fact, are shown), as well as a number of large estates. Among the latter are the.....
Styled the “First Annual Edition” on the title page, this is the only directory of Madison issued by Seymour. Pages 9 to 78 consist of a history and description of Madison, as well as a list of state and federal government officials. Pages 79 to 126 lists the citizens and.....
A scarce, early real estate promotion map of Spokane Falls—around this time, the largest city between Minneapolis and Seattle—showing the booming town shortly after the Northern Pacific Railroad reached the Pacific coast and the 1889 fire which destroyed part of the town. Showing the entirety of the town, situated.....
A large-scale promotional map of North Augusta, South Carolina, issued by the North Augusta Land Company just a year after the company was established. Situated on the Savannah River opposite Augusta, Georgia, the city of North Augusta developed during the late 19th century on the site of the antebellum.....
A lively pictorial map of Portland, Maine “designed, drawn and colored by Katherine Dudley” evidently to raise funds for the cause of baby welfare. A banner flying over Casco Bay reads “The Country of Aucocisco at the Bottom of a Large Deep Bay Full of Many Great Isles Capt.....
A handsome and highly informative plan of the Siege of Charlestown, one of the worst colonial defeats during the Revolution. First published by Faden in 1784, this is the later state of the map, published by Stedman in 1794. This plan of Charleston Harbor—located at the nexus of the.....
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A rare manuscript receipt in the hand of mapmaker John G. Hales for the advance purchase of a copy of the map that would prove his most notable cartographic achievement. Recorded here is Hales’ receipt of “the sum of three dollars” from one “En. Silsby” for “a Map of.....
An important and beautiful map of Boston and its surroundings, reflecting Hales’ pioneering application of advanced surveying techniques to the mapping of New England. The region represented in this map extends from Boston as far north as Danvers and Beverly, to Concord, East Sudbury, Dover and Medfield in the.....
One of the largest and most spectacular bird’s eye views of Boston ever published, with the built environment of the city rendered in meticulous detail. This magnificent view shows the city from an elevated imaginary vantage point in the east, looking toward the Charles River and Cambridge in the.....
A very scarce map of the historic town of Danvers in Essex County, Mass., situated just north of Salem. This informative and handsome map shows the town’s streets, buildings, and landowners, as well as rail lines and topography. Seven detailed vignettes of local scenes embellish the margins, including a......
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.....
A very scarce and dramatic map produced by an important engraver in Boston during the Revolutionary War, including details of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The first map of the Battle printed in Boston, it shows all of Boston and Charlestown, and depicts the Battle at its height, including the.....
A scarce bird’s eye view of Tallapoosa, Georgia, published at the peak of the city’s investment boom while the chief developer was being exposed for massive fraud. Tallapoosa was first settled in the 1830s amid America’s first Gold Rush which took place in Northern Georgia. Only in 1882—when a Georgia.....
A large and handsome bird’s eye view of the historic sea-side town of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This richly detailed view depicts the city and the surrounding area, as seen from an imaginary elevated vantage point in the northwest looking southeast. In the foreground, various vessels are shown plying the waters.....
An early, important and very rare depiction of the Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Roughly equidistant from Cape Town and Durban, Port Elizabeth was founded in 1820. As a seaport it great rapidly, to the extent that in 1861, the year before Bowler drew this image, the town was granted.....
An attractive map of Gloucester and Rockport by one of the most accomplished and prolific U.S. mapmakers of the mid-nineteenth century. The map is divided into four sections, with maps of Rockport Village and Gloucester Harbor Village on the left, a general map of Rockport and Gloucester at the.....
A large and quite impressive bird’s eye view of Portland, Maine, as it appeared after a decade of rebuilding, following the great fire of 1866. This fine, richly detailed view of Portland depicts the city—viewed from an elevated eastern vantage point—as a lively, prosperous place, with a busy harbor.....