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  1867 (undated)         1 : 5000 Description A scarce map of New York Citys Upper West Side, including the southern half of Central Park, issued in 1867 by Matthew Dripps. This is likely the earliest obtainable specific map of the Upper West Side, predating the maps of Egbert Vielé (1868), John Bute Holmes (1874), and Herman Knickerbocker Vielé (1879). Moreover, as the map predates most major development on the Upper West Side, its ichnographic qualities - showing the layout of n...

  1828 (undated)     Description The first printed view of Singapore, issued less than 10 years after it was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781 - 1826). This aquatint view was published in 1828 after a painting by Royal Navy Captain Robert James Elliot. It looks on Singapore from Government Hill, covering the Plain, Singapore River, and Chinatown. Even at this early stage, presents a bustling city with numerous buildings and a lively port. We have not been able to trance Ellio...

KiHeiManchuria-printingbureau-1923 $2,500.00 Title 吉黑郵務區輿圖 / Carte du District Postal de Ki-Hei. / Postal Map of Ki-Hei District.   1923 (dated)         1 : 1250000 Description This is an am impressive 1923 official tri-lingual (Chinese, French, English) postal wall map of Jihei, at the time known as Ki-Hei, northern Manchuria. Coverage is centered on the district capital of Harbin. The map is bordered on the north and east by Siberia and the Heilon...

  1945 (undated)         1 : 2700000 Description This is a bilingual English and German 1945 World War II (WWII) Atlanta Service map of Germany delineating the Allied Occupation Zones after the defeat of Nazi Germany. Germany follows its 1937 borders. The Oder-Neisse Line, the basis for the border between Germany and Poland, is in bold. The four Occupation Zones, administered by the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union, are divided and shaded. What was formerly E...

MiddleEarth-blackburn-1967 SOLD Title Middle Earth. Being a map purporting to trace the divers routes taken by the companions of the ring during their heroic and historical journeys through Middle Earth.   1967 (undated)         1 : 4000000 Description A rare map of J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle Earth drawn in 1967 by M. Blackburn and issued in by Bruin Inc. This map is based upon the classic map of Middle Earth drawn by J. R. R.s son, Christopher Tolkien, for the release of the Fellow...

  1901 (undated)     Description A striking chromolithograph Edwardian Era pictorial plan of London issued in 1901 by Charles Baker and Co. Ltd. Centered on Charing Cross, the map covers from Albert Bridge and Kensington Palace to the London Docks and Southwark Park. It extends south to the Grand Surrey Canal and north to include all of Regents Park and Kings Cross Station. The cartographer combines pictorial elements with axonometrical style mapping in which important buildings are rep...

  1940 (dated)         1 : 19700000 Description This is a 1940 or Showa 15 Japan Indochina Association map of French Indochina detailing agricultural production. At the time, French Indochina consisted of modern-day Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Indochinese cities and villages, such as Hanoi, Haiphong, Saigon, Vientiane, and Phnom Penh, are labeled with either their Vietnamese name or their French name. Geographic locations throughout are labeled in the same manner, either in Vietnames...

USSRForPeace-tradeunions-1950 $1,250.00 Title Po Boku SSSR S Pracujícím Lidem Celého Světa - za Mír! / By The Side Of The USSR With The Working People Around The World - For Peace!   1950 (dated)         1 : 35000000 Description Published by the Cultural Promotion Department of the Central Council of Trade Unions of Czechoslovakia in 1950, this persuasive propaganda map of the world promotes the Communist (and Soviet) narrative that the Soviet Union and its Communist a...

Hamarich, the capital of the kingdom of the mythical Christian king Prester John. A Visually Compelling MapOf the early maps of Africa, Münsters is the most entertaining, with its decorative elements such as parrots, an elephant, and a giant Cyclops. The grand ship shown sailing near the Cape of Good Hope does more than decorate: it reinforces the news that those waters were navigable, a reality not reflected in Ptolemys mapping of the world until scholars began revising the 2nd century geogra...

  1540 (undated)         1 : 40000000 Description This is a 1578 strike of Sebastian Münsters 1540 map of Asia, the first printed map of that continent based on contemporary data, and the earliest obtainable map of the continent overall. The map depicts the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf to the Pacific Ocean, and from the Arctic Ocean to the Indian Ocean. Although the interior detail is based heavily on Ptolemy, Münster also blends in information glean...