A rare, early, and large map of the first railroad across Missouri, intended to promote the lands granted by the U. S. government to fund its construction. Likely published while the railroad was under construction, this map depicts the Hannibal & St. Joseph in its entirety, extending across the northern.....
A fascinating map of the Antarctic depicting the scene of the Wilkins-Hearst Expedition of 1928–29, and featuring an inset map of the Antarctic Archipelago showing Wilkins’s historic flight of December 20th, 1928. Centering on Antarctica, the main map also includes portions of South Africa and Australia in the lower corners.....
A large and boldly lettered map, centering on the Ottoman Empire and depicting various missionary outposts therein, constituting a powerful visual tool designed to promote the missionary cause. The map extends from the Caspian Sea in the northeast to southern Bulgaria in the northwest, and from the upper Persian Gulf.....
A scarce and handsome wall map of the Northwestern Connecticut iron-boom town of Canaan, with mines, ironworks, and sawmills shown along the Housatonic Railroad. This informative map shows the “Town of Canaan,” its ten administrative districts, and its notable environs. The town consists of a “Village” (identified on the map.....
A brilliantly colored and richly detailed case map of Ulster County, New York by John Homer French, the compilation of which was part of the foreground to the publication of his landmark map, The State of New York from New and Original Surveys, which appeared a year later. The map.....
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 view.....
A handsome example of the first edition of the third of Samuel Lewis’s three wall maps of the United States. It is one of the earliest large-scale maps to incorporate information from the Lewis & Clark map published in 1814—a map to which Samuel Lewis himself was intimately connected, as.....
A lovely example of the 1834 edition of Robinson’s small-format wall map of Vermont and New Hampshire, first published in 1828. The map covers an area spanning from a portion of Maine in the east to a part of New York state in the west, and from a sliver of.....
Henry Walling’s fine map of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, showing the city and the immediate vicinity. Depicted 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 Navy Yard.....
A scarce and richly detailed map of the city of Bangor and vicinity published in the year the city was incorporated and at the outset of a period of rapid development driven by a robust lumbering economy. Divided into two sections, this wall map consists of a plan of the.....