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Italiae-covensmortier-1721 $1,000.00 Title   1721 (undated)         1 : 2400000 Description This is an attractive and scarce map of Italy, engraved c. 1680 by Frederik De Wit, but updated in 1721 by the Amsterdam publishers Covens and Mortier. Covens and Mortier added many place names and included the post road system first introduced on a 1695 map of Italy by Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola. The map covers the Italian Peninsula in its entirety including the Dalmatian coast, at the time c...

  1570 (undated)         1 : 20000000 Description A richly-colored example of Ortelius seminal map of Tartary, this is one of the first maps to focus on the North Pacific. While the map is primarily intended to detail Asia as dominated by the Great Khan, it is also notable for what it shows of America. The map includes what is now the west coast of the United States, northwestern Canada and Alaska, bit was then almost entirely unknown lands. It is the earliest obtainable map to name C...

Description This is an 1865 American Civil War manuscript letter and map of Fort Powhatan, Virginia, written by Abraham Slack, a member of the 38th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry. Consisting of three handwritten pages and a map on a single folded sheet. Slack wrote the letter to his son, John William Slack (1850 - c. 1910). In the letter, Slack describes Fort Powhatan in detail, expresses sympathy for desperate condition of the Confederate forces (and families) across the river, details recent ...

Antique Maps of the United States. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of the United States from the colonial era to the 19th century.

Muscovy-ortelius-1570 $2,500.00 Title Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae Descriptio. Auctore Antonio Ienkensono Anglo, edita Londini Anno. 1562 et dedicata illustriss: D. Henrico Sÿdneo Wallie presidi.   1570 (undated)         1 : 12000000 This is a 1601 example of Abraham Ortelius Russia, Moscoviae et Tartariae, the first atlas map of Russia, and the first to be produced based on actual exploration. Its content is based on the travels of English merchant and diplomat Anthony Jenkin...

Antique Maps of Canada. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of Canada and British America from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Antique Maps of the Middle East, Arabia & Persia. Gallery of authentic historic & rare maps of the Middle East, Arabia, Persia, & the Holy Land, 16th- 19th centuries.

Antique Maps of the West Indies & Caribbean. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of the West Indies, the Antilles, and the Caribbean from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

    1 : 1140000 Description This is a 1931 Illinois Terminal Railroad System pictorial map of Illinois. Vignettes illustrate events throughout the states history, including the first Lincoln-Douglas debate, European exploration, battles fought between Native Americans and settlers, and other historical events. Universities and colleges, such as Northwestern and the University of Chicago, are identified. A text box on the left promotes Illinoiss history, while a text box on the right extolls...

  1958 (dated)     Description One of only two known surviving examples of Byrel W. Burgesss magnificent 1958 pictorial map of Seoul, Korea. Encompassing the heart of modern-day Seoul, the map humorously captures the ephemeral post-Korean War experience of American soldiers stationed there. Truly one of the great mid-century pictorial maps, following in the spirit of Frank Dorn (with whom Burgess served in the World War II China-Burma Theater), comic vignettes populate the map. These vig...