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  1828 (undated)     Description A striking early view of Bangkok, Thailand, issued in 1828 shortly following John Crawfurd's diplomatic mission to the royal courts of Siam. The view looks eastward across the Chao Phraya River towards what is today Bangkok's Chinatown. Chinese riverfront shops line the Chao Phraya. Dusit Maha Prasat, King Rama I's (1737 - 1809) great throne hall, built in 1789, rising in the background. A large Chinese junk occupies the foreground. Crawfurd on BangkokWhen Crawfurd arrived Bangkok it was not yet an exceptionally large city, but nonetheless had been mad...

Description A striking 1895 George E. Norris lithograph view of Newport, a historic town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire. The view looks on Newport from a fictional highpoint to the south. At center the conjunction of various branches of the Sugar River and the town's urban center. To the northwest of the town center the famous Corbin Covered Bridge (today a replica stands here), is recognizable for its tall narrow frame. Another covered bridge, just south of the Sugar River convergence, passes out of town on Elm (today's Maple) Street. Other Newport landmarks on the map include the Cour...

  1867 (undated)         1 : 5000 Description A scarce map of New York City's 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 numerous individual buildings - are of the utmost historical significance. For example, no doubt on...

  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 Elliot's original painting. Census and Publication HistoryThe map view drawn in late 1822 or early 1823,...

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 Heilong River (Amur River), and on the south by Mongolia, Fengtien, and Korea. The impressively detailed c...