A New Deal-era propaganda map celebrating the breadth of projects throughout the land commissioned by the Public Works Administration (PWA). This government-issued map is replete with a colorful smattering of several dozen vignettes—each indicating a specific PWA project—that span every state in the continental U.S. An additional forty-three projects, depicted.....
A richly detailed pocket map showing the western United States at the height of expansionism during the American Indian Wars, among the most widely distributed of its time and recognized as one of the best to depict the region. First published in 1864, this remarkably well-drawn and expansive map appears.....
![Item #9671 [Can It Be That My Tail Is Trying to Wag Me?]. Louis M. Glackens](https://jamesarsenault.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9671.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1744632958)
A delightful pen and ink political cartoon map showing California as the “tail that wags the dog,” drawn by a notable cartoonist. This original drawing was published in the May 14th, 1913 issue of Puck and makes reference to the growing influence of California in national politics during the first.....
A pioneering geological map of a portion of the United States by the eminent American geologist James Hall. The map extends from New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia in the east to the Mississippi River, and from the Great Lakes south to Kentucky. Twenty-three different geological strata are.....
The first state of this rare War of 1812 map, reflecting American territorial ambitions in Canada, and a fine example of early-nineteenth-century American mapmaking, co-produced by two noted engravers of the early republic. The map is additionally of interest for its detailed depiction of the Northwest Territory, being the first.....
A rare map illustrating potential routes for a “National Road” from Washington to New Orleans, proposed in the 1820s by the John Quincy Adams Administration. The map was issued separately, but in tandem with a report by the Board of Engineers submitted to Congress on April 13, 1826, “Letter from.....