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    1 : 120000000 Description This is Sebastian Münster's 1550 map of the world, one of the most distinctive produced during the Age of Discovery. In the mid-sixteenth century, it was the best summation of the rapidly expanding known world available to the literate European. The map was included in Münster’s magnum opus, Cosmographia Universalis, for over forty years was the primary source for anyone who wished knowledge of the world. Consequently, this map would have had a disproportionate impact, providing the first presentation of a circumnavigable world for nearly half a century...

RockIslandRoute-cram-1888 $1,000.00 Title New and Correct Map of the Great Rock Island Route Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific and Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railways.   1888 (dated)         1 : 4850000 Description This is an 1888 George F. Cram and Rock Island Railroad map of the United States. Centered on the railroad network of the 'Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad', every stop from Chicago to Omaha is labeled. The same detail is present along the lines of the 'Chicago, Kansas, and Nebraska Railway'. The rest of the transcontinental railroad network is illustrated as ...

Description A scarce 1884 Frederick Cozzens chromolithograph chart of the American yacht signals. The chart centers on an illustration of the small sailing yacht Yolande and is surrounded by three sections of flags. Flags B through W represent Code Signals. Flags 2 - 66 are Club Signals. And Flags I - VI are Night Signals. A digital image of the key to the chart is included for reference, but we do not have the original key. ChromolithographyChromolithography is a color lithographic technique developed in the mid-19th century. The process involved using multiple lithographic stones, one...

Singapore-jackson-1828-2 $3,250.00 Title Plan of the Town of Singapore by Lieut. Jackson. / Plan of the British Settlement of Singapore by Capt. Franklin and Lieut. Jackson.   1828 (dated)         1 : 20500 Description Known as the Jackson Plan or Raffles Plan, this is the first published map of Singapore. Published in 1828, the map was drawn by Lieutenant Philip Jackson at the request of Singapore founder Sir Stamford Raffles (1781 - 1826). It is divided into two sections, a map of the island of Singapore, and a close-up plan of the town of Singapore. The city plan presents an ...

  1828 (undated)         1 : 84480 Description This is the earliest known map of Bangkok, Thailand, issued in 1828 shortly following John Crawfurd's diplomatic mission to the royal court of Siam. The map itself purports to be 'by a native', and was likely drawn for Crawfurd in 1822, when he visited. The map is oriented to the north, with the Royal Palace and temple complex at center. The Chao Phraya River is here identified by the archaic name, Manam. The area covered roughly corresponds to the modern-day Grand Palace and Wat Pho complex. The Powder Mills at the right of the pal...