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  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...

  1841 (dated)         1 : 15000000 Description A beautiful example of the scarce 1840 first edition of James Wylds First Opium War Era map of China, with Hong Kong identified here as Heong Kong. The map covers all of China, extending from the Tibet border to western Japan and from Manchuria to Hainan. Korea, rendered in full, is wildly malformed. Taiwan, appearing near the cartouche, is misshaped and only the western coast features any detail. There are notes in industry, transporta...

  1890 (dated)     Description A striking c. 1890 chromolithograph view of the Holy Land / Israel / Palestine by G. W. Bacon. Coverage extends from Mt. Lebanon and Mt. Hermon to the Dead Sea, Bethlehem, and Gath - thus covering the northern half of modern-day Israel and southern Lebanon. The Jordan River valley is particularly striking, with bold exaggerated depictions of both the Sea of Galilee and the northern part of the Dead Sea. Jerusalem is prominent at bottom center. Chromolitho...

  1900 (dated)         1 : 4500000 Description A most intriguing discovery capturing the pivotal historical moment when China embraced the railroad, in the processing sacrificing much of its sovereignty to vast network of railroad concessions and foreign interests. This is a 1900 ferro-gallic transfer of Emilii Vasilevich Bretschneiders original manuscript map of China, accompanied by extensive manuscript annotation in the authors hand regarding the development of Chinas railroad syst...