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A Chart of North and South America, Including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest Coasts of Europe, Africa, and Asia
Sayer-Bennet-Mead’s 1775 chart of the Western Hemisphere with Pacific and Arctic routes of exploration.
Place/Date: London / 1775$4,200 Add to cart -
Peiping
John Kirk Sewall’s famous pictorial 1930 map of Beijing.
Place/Date: Tientsin, China / ca. 1930$1,250 Add to cart -
Map Showing Indian Reservations Within the Limits of the United States, Compiled Under the Direction of Hon. D.M. Browning. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1893
Map of Native American tribes and reservation land at the end of the 19th century.
Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1893$295 Add to cart -
Gettysburg Battle-Field
Proof state of Bachelder’s iconic 1863 view of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Cartographer(s): John Badger BachelderPlace/Date: New York / 1863$5,000 Add to cart -
Map of the Avenue leading to Golden Gate Park Showing the Proposed Plan of Improvement, Together with that of the Entrance to the Park
1872 William Hammond Hall map of the Panhandle.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1872$250 Add to cart -
San Francisco
A panoramic view of San Francisco with graphic key to identify landmarks.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1976$280 Add to cart -
PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO. WHERE THE FAR EAST BEGINS [Japanese language version]
Rare Japanese language bird’s-eye-view in the style of Saul Steinberg showing the port of San Francisco as the gateway to Pacific commerce.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1984$875 Add to cart -
Pascaart vertoonende de Zeecusten van Chile, Peru, Hispania Nova, Nova Granada, en California.
Superb first state of Doncker’s chart of the Pacific with California as an island.
Cartographer(s): Hendrick DonckerPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1659$4,500 Add to cart -
Colton’s Map of the Oil District of West Virginia and Ohio
Mapping an early American oil boom: rare first state of Colton’s Map of West Virginia and Ohio.
Cartographer(s): Joseph Hutchins ColtonPlace/Date: New York / 1865$3,600 Add to cart -
Nuevo Mapa de Europa Politico y Comercial Illustrado con los Tipos y Uniformes Militares de los Estados de Europa…
Decorative World War I map of Europe with military uniforms and up-to-date borders.
Cartographer(s): GadolaPlace/Date: Paris / 1914$1,100 Add to cart -
Paskaerte Zynde t’Oosterdeel van Oost Indien, met Alle de Eylanden daer Ontrendt Geleegen van C. Comorin tot aen Japan
An accomplished work of design and engraving: 1666 chart of Southeast Asia by Abraham Goos with original color.
Cartographer(s): Pieter GoosPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1666$9,000 Add to cart -
Cairo
Large and detailed 1942 Survey of Egypt bilingual map of Cairo and the Nile Delta.
Cartographer(s): Survey of EgyptPlace/Date: Cairo / 1942$350 Add to cart -
Nuevo Mapa de la República Argentina Publicado por Ángel Estrada y Cía.
Detailed late 19th century folding map of Argentina on contemporary linen in original case.
Place/Date: Buenos Aires / 1888$150 Add to cart -
Mapa de los ferrocarriles en explotación, construcción y proyecto en España y Portugal
Absolutely gorgeous 1956 railroad map of Spain and Portugal with Francoist coat-of-arms.
Cartographer(s): Alfredo Forcano CatalánPlace/Date: Madrid / 4th edition 1956$775 Add to cart -
Klassischer Boden oder Malerisches Relief des Vierwaldstättersees / Plan Pittoresque du Lac des IV Cantons 1853. Lith Frères Eglin à Lucerne.
Spectacular panoramic view of Lake Lucerne, with dynamic topographic relief and pictorial cities and towns.
Cartographer(s): Frères EglinPlace/Date: Lucerne / 1853$1,250 Add to cart -
Planisphère des Croyances Religieuses et des Missions Chrétiennes
Up-to-date statistical map presenting the worldwide distribution of religions in the late 19th century.
Cartographer(s): Valérien GroffierPlace/Date: Paris / 1890$975 Add to cart -
Inside [San Francisco]
A bi-coastal artistic dialogue — San Francisco’s response to Steinberg’s View of the World from 9th Avenue.
Cartographer(s): Rare Maps by James McCaffryPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1978$750 Add to cart -
Routes between ‘Oqair and Jabrin Oasis in Eastern Nejd from surveys by Major R.E. Cheesman O.B.E. 1923-24
A pioneering expedition for the mapping of the Arabian coast from the Gulf of Salwah to Uqair.
Cartographer(s): Robert Ernest CheesmanPlace/Date: London / 1925$700 Add to cart -
Mount Diablo, Historic Meridian Mountain, and Routes of Motorways to Summit
Excellent Worthington Gates bird’s-eye-view of the East Bay and Mt. Diablo.
Cartographer(s): Worthington GatesPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1916$575 Add to cart -
Alameda
1990 Alameda business map with illustrations of individual owners — perhaps you know someone on the map?
Cartographer(s): T.T. GraphicsPlace/Date: Tracy (?) / 1990$545 Add to cart -
San Francisco to Point Arena
World War II era coastal chart from San Francisco to Point Arena.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1940$125 Add to cart -
Map Showing Main Highways to Beringer Bros. Winery and Other Interesting Points
Cool pictorial Bay Area and wine country map for a St. Helena winery.
Cartographer(s): Koersch Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1938$325 Add to cart -
Mappe Monde ou Carte Generale de L’ Univers D’Apres Une Proejction Nouvelle D’Une Sphere Ovale…
Charting Captain James Cook – 1790 world map with Cook’s three voyages and Hawaii (O-Why-hee).
Cartographer(s): Mathias Albrecht LotterPlace/Date: Augsburg / 1790$900 Add to cart -
Within the Golden Gate
Ray Sullivan pictorial bird’s-eye-view with economic sectors of the Bay Area at the end of World War II.
Cartographer(s): Raymond SullivanPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1945$400 Add to cart
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Map of Mexico & California Compiled from the latest authorities by Juls Hutawa Lithr. Second St. 45 St, Louis, Mo. 2nd Edition 1863
Hutawa’s mysterious 1863 map of the American West: an icon in St Louis publishing history and a forerunner of the Santa Fe mining industry.
Cartographer(s): Julius HutawaPlace/Date: St. Louis / 1863Read more -
Novissima et accuratissima totius Americae descriptio; Accuratissima totius Asiae tabula recens emendata; Totius Africae accuratissima tabula; & Nova et accurata totius Europae descriptio. Per FREDERICUM DE WIT.
A spectacular set of four continental maps, likely colored by Dirk Janz van Santen, the finest cartographic colorist of the Dutch Golden Age.
Place/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1680Read more -
Map of San Francisco Showing Principal Streets and Places of Interest
The greatest and grandest pictorial map of San Francisco, representing the best of Roaring Twenties cartographic wit and optimism.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1927Read more -
Britton & Rey’s Guide Map of the City of San Francisco. 1887. Copyright. (with) Index to Street Guide Map of San Francisco, Cal. by Britton & Rey
Unusual 1887 Britton & Rey map of San Francisco with a rare depiction of the Bay District Racing Track.
Cartographer(s): Britton & ReyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1887Read more -
The “Chevalier” Commercial, Pictorial and Tourist Map of San Francisco From Latest U.S. Gov. and Official Surveys. Designed-Engraved And Copyrighted By Aug. Chevalier, Lithographer Publisher, 507 Mission St. San Francisco.
Chevalier’s famous map of San Francisco for the 1915 Exposition.
Cartographer(s): August ChevalierPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1915Read more -
Map of San Francisco Showing Principal Streets and Places of Interest
The greatest and grandest pictorial map of San Francisco, representing the best of Roaring Twenties cartographic wit and optimism.
Cartographer(s): Harrison GodwinPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1927Read more -
San Francisco Bay Cities Map
Understanding the natural landscape of northern California: an unusual 1967 San Francisco Bay Area panoramic view.
Cartographer(s): B/C Associates, Inc.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1967Read more -
Manuscript Chart of the Western Atlantic and Eastern American Seaboard
Master & Commander: a manuscript map of Napoleonic War Atlantic maritime activity unlike any other.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Not listed / ca. 1797Read more -
Congo Belge
An in-depth study for the regional peoples and cultures of Congo as it was.
Cartographer(s): James ThiriarPlace/Date: Courtrai, Belgium / 1958Read more -
Pictorial map of Japan
A fun and interesting 1963 pictorial map of Japan.
Cartographer(s): Radio JapanPlace/Date: Tokyo / 1963Read more -
Plano Comercial de la Capital Federal y sus Alrededores por A. Bemporat [AND] Gran Mapa de Ferrocarriles Sud Americanos compilado por A. Bemporat
Two of Bemporat’s iconic and monumental Argentinian wall maps: a stunning city plan of Buenos Aires and a national railway map.
Cartographer(s): Oficina Cartografica BemporatPlace/Date: Juncal/Buenos Aires / 1914Read more -
Map of the United States of America, the British provinces, Mexico, the West Indies and Central America with part of New Granada and Venezuela
A map of American potential; a map that points towards a great, but still unfulfilled future.
Cartographer(s): The Colton Mapmaking CompanyPlace/Date: New York / 1850Read more -
Amerique Septentrionale…
Pre-Mexican-American War map of North America.
Place/Date: New York / ca. 1836Read more -
Map of Cook County Illinois.
Rare Cook County wall map showing pre-Fire Chicago in exceptional detail.
Place/Date: Chicago / 1862Read more -
Carte ethnographique de l’Epire du Nord en 1913.
Rare – a highly sophisticated, large format ethnographic map of the region of Northern Epirus, disputed frontier land.
Place/Date: Thessaloniki / 1913Read more -
Political Map of the World [:] The Alignment of Forces in the Global Arena.
Cold War persuasion: a Warsaw Pact propaganda map emphasizing the imperialist threat.
Cartographer(s): General Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography (USSR)Place/Date: Leningrad / ca. 1971Read more -
Pariser Plan: das Geschichtliche und Kunsthistorische Paris
Sightseeing and occupying: a tourist map of Occupied Paris issued to German Soldiers during WWII.
Cartographer(s): Moullier & DermontPlace/Date: Paris / October 1940Read more -
Prospetto della situazione delle dogane e posti di guardia dépendti. dalle sei direzione provinciali de D.I. in Sicilia.
Unusual map of Sicily with a rich array of information.
Cartographer(s): Francesco ArancioPlace/Date: Palermo / First edition 1845Read more -
The “Graphic” Map of South-Central Africa Shewing the British and German Possessions
Interesting Victorian-era map of European colonies in sub-equatorial Africa.
Cartographer(s): The GraphicPlace/Date: London / 1890Read more -
The “Chevalier” Commercial, Pictorial and Tourist Map of San Francisco From Latest U.S. Gov. and Official Surveys. Designed-Engraved And Copyrighted By Aug. Chevalier, Lithographer Publisher, 507 Mission St. San Francisco.
Chevalier’s famous map of San Francisco for the 1915 Exposition.
Cartographer(s): August ChevalierPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1915Read more -
Carte du Dahomey pour suivre les opérations militaires…
The Fall of the Kingdom of Dahomey: an unrecorded theater of war map for French colonial Africa.
Cartographer(s): Garnier FrèresPlace/Date: Paris / 1892Read more -
Carte de l’Île de Madagascar d’après les documents les plus récents
Rare broadside detailing operations of the Franco-Hova War, with a map of Madagascar.
Cartographer(s): Lèon HayardPlace/Date: Paris / 1894Read more -
Map showing Territorial Growth of the City of Seattle to accompany the Annual Report of the City Engineer.
Superb color-printed map of Seattle focusing on the expansion of the city in the last quarter of the 19th century.
Cartographer(s): Albro GardnerPlace/Date: Seattle / December 1891Read more -
Map Showing The Rides of Paul Revere, Wm. Dawes and Dr. Prescott April 18-19, 1775
“The British are coming!” — Delightful pictorial map of the most famous horse ride in American history.
Place/Date: Boston / 1929Read more -
Bart Opens Embarcadero. First port o’call in San Francisco
A celebration of public transit — pictorial view of downtown San Francisco announcing the 1976 opening of the Embarcadero BART station.
Cartographer(s): Heather KingPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1976Read more -
Detroit United Lines and Interurban Connections
Scarce interurban rail map of connections between Detroit, Toledo, Kalamazoo, Bay City, Port Huron, and more.
Cartographer(s): Calvert Lithographing Co.Place/Date: Detroit / 1916Read more -
China. As seen from the direction of Guam.
Richard Edes Harrison bird’s-eye-view of China detailing its dramatic wartime inland shift.
Cartographer(s): Richard Edes HarrisonPlace/Date: New York / 1941Read more -
The Best Little Whorehouses in Nevada
An uncommon map for a cultural underworld that was a tourist focus for drivers passing through the state.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Not listed / 1989Read more -
Sunkist Map of California
Scarce pictorial map of California highlighting one of the state’s great industries.
Cartographer(s): Cal RambeauPlace/Date: Los Angeles / 1940Read more -
Silicon Valley
A tongue-in-cheek map that is rooted in the work of Saul Steinberg’s famous “View of the World from 9th Avenue.”
Cartographer(s): Kirby ScudderPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1986Read more -
San Francisco California
A crisp and uncommon pictorial view of San Francisco, conveying an ideal of the city.
Cartographer(s): Steven ScottPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1987Read more -
Where Nazis and Reds Clash
A classic image for the “Totalitarian Tussle” where the expanding Nazi and Communist empires were at odds.
Cartographer(s): Howard BurkePlace/Date: San Francisco / 1941Read more -
A Pictorial Map of Palo Alto and the San Francisco Peninsula
1950s pictographic map and promotional pamphlet for Palo Alto, CA, the “University City.”
Cartographer(s): Palo Alto Chamber of CommercePlace/Date: Palo Alto / ca. 1950Read more -
Tourist Map of Kenya
Pictorial map of Kenya published in Nairobi shortly after independence.
Cartographer(s): Survey of KenyaPlace/Date: Nairobi / 1968Read more -
A New Map Of The Kingdom of Poland with its Dismembered Provinces and the Kingdm. Of Prussia
A fine overview of the history of Poland’s boundaries in the second half of the 18th century.
Cartographer(s): Laurie & WhittlePlace/Date: London / 1794Read more -
Myths, Maps, and Men. Merrill Lynch Salutes the Year of the Moon
Iconic double hemisphere pictorial map of the moon — among the most desired Moon Landing commemorations ever created.
Cartographer(s): Michael RamusPlace/Date: New York / ca. 1969Read more -
Sana’a: Nortech Surveys (Yemen)
A large, separately-issued map of Sanaʽa, capital of the newly reunited Republic of Yemen.
Cartographer(s): The Survey AuthorityPlace/Date: Sana'a / 1992Read more -
[Cairo Islamic Monuments Map] Kharitat al-Qahira tubayyinu al-athaar al-Islamiyya
Fine large-format city plan of Cairo with Islamic monuments color-coded by era.
Cartographer(s): Survey DepartmentPlace/Date: Cairo / 1948Read more -
Go ye into all The World and preach the Gospel to every creature…
Monumental 1905 T. D. Collins Missionary Map of the World (on cloth).
Place/Date: New York / 1905Read more -
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Excellent map of the Arabian Peninsula with prominent Trans-Arabian Pipeline and desert watering points.
Cartographer(s): Arabian American Oil CompanyPlace/Date: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia / ca. 1973Read more -
Latest Pictorial Road Map of Delhi & New Delhi with the Boundary of N.D.M.C and CANTT. Showing existing petrol pump, cinema, newly set up colonies and gen information.
Large and colorful 1968 pictorial map of Delhi.
Cartographer(s): Ashoka PublicationsPlace/Date: Delhi / 1968Read more -
San Francisco Entrance
Attractive chart of the Bay Area with detailed mapping of San Francisco, the East Bay, and Marin County.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1940Read more -
[Map of Mesopotamia, for instruction in military and Ottoman geography]
Mapping the Berlin-Baghdad Railway: official Ottoman government map of Mesopotamia.
Cartographer(s): War Academy PressPlace/Date: Baghdad (?) / 1910Read more -
Skeleton Map of the Union Pacific Railway
Decorative promotional railroad map of the Union Pacific Railway, with a topographic profile.
Place/Date: Buffalo, NY / 1886Read more -
Republic of Indonesia: new nation of the world
Fabulous Covarrubias pictorial map of the Republic of Indonesia.
Place/Date: New York / ca. 1951Read more -
State of California
The finest mid-19th century atlas map of the state of California.
Place/Date: Edinburgh / 1857Read more -
Map Showing Indian Reservations Within the Limits of the United States, Compiled Under the Direction of Hon. D.M. Browning. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1893
Map of Native American tribes and reservation land at the end of the 19th century.
Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1893Read more -
Map of the avenue leading to Golden Gate Park showing the proposed plan of improvement, together with that of the entrance to the park
Golden Gate Park takes shape: 1872 map of the Panhandle by William Hammond Hall.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1872Read more -
Bancroft’s New Map of Central California Compiled by Wm. Henry Knight…
Handsome, separately-Issued California map with Virginia City and Comstock mining regions.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1871Read more -
A New Map of the States of California and Nevada…Exhibiting the Rivers, Lakes, Bays and Islands, with the principal Towns, Roads, Railroads and Transit Routes to the Silver Mining Districts…1867
Rare 1867 edition of Ransom & Doolittle’s map of California and Nevada, published in San Francisco by Warren Holt.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1867Read more -
Map showing sources and lines of Water Supply proposed for the City of San Francisco 1877
Sustaining a growing city – detailed proposal map for supplying water to San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): Britton & ReyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1877Read more -
Map of San Francisco, Showing the location of the different Distributing Reservoirs of The Spring Valley Water Works And the Districts supplied by each.
Where different San Francisco neighborhoods get their water – Spring Valley Water Works reservoir distribution map.
Cartographer(s): Britton & ReyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1877Read more -
Richardson’s New Map of the State of Texas Including Part of Mexico Compiled From Government Surveys and Other Authentic Documents…1873
With manuscript additions showing “the most significant railroad construction venture in Texas” — the Texas & Pacific Railway.
Cartographer(s): Rare Maps by William RichardsonPlace/Date: Philadelphia / 1873Read more -
The United States and its new possessions: Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii, Philippine Islands and Alaska, with general maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and Pan America
Rare document of the Age of Imperialism — post-Spanish-American War map of the United States.
Cartographer(s): National Publishing Co.Place/Date: Boston / 1899Read more -
[Title on Cover] America
Wonderful 1936 pictorial map of the United States.
Cartographer(s): Poole Bros.Place/Date: Chicago / 1936Read more -
Karte von Palätina oder dem heiligen Lande nach ältern und den neuesten besten Quellen entworfen zum Studium der heiligen Schrift und zum Gebrauche für Schulen eingerichtet von Dr. Carl Beiling Director, Mitglied m . gel. Gesellschaften
Gorgeous and rare large-format map of the Holy Land with a plan of Jerusalem.
Cartographer(s): Carl BeilingPlace/Date: Munich / 1843Read more -
Official Map of Sacramento County, California. Compiled from Official Surveys by J. C. Boyd, County Surveyor. 1903
Fabulous turn-of-the-century property map of Sacramento County.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1903Read more -
Birds Eye View of the Soudan and Surrounding Countries
Marvelous piece of Victorian mapmaking commemorating the General Gordon’s exploits at the Siege of Khartoum
Cartographer(s): London Illustrated News; Maclure & Macdonald Lith.ers to the QueenPlace/Date: London / 1888Read more -
San Francisco
Special 1974 Mark Hopkins Hotel issued pictorial map of San Francisco
Cartographer(s): Hollmann Publishing CompanyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1974Read more -
Faust’s Map & Guide of San Francisco
Attractive 1882 folding map of San Francisco.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1882Read more -
Las Mariposas Estate, Mariposas County, California
Gorgeous 1863 map of Mariposa Estate — indicates Frémont’s estate!
Place/Date: New York / 1863Read more -
Sicilia ossia Reali Domini al di là del Faro
Detailed pre-Risorgimento map of Sicily.
Cartographer(s): B. MarzollaPlace/Date: Naples / 1853Read more -
San Mateo Quadrangle (Topography)
1913 topographic map of San Mateo County – early city grids
Cartographer(s): U.S. Geological Survey; George Otis Smith (Director)Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1913Read more -
Haywards Quadrangle (Topography)
1913 topographic map of Fremont, Hayward, and San Leandro.
Cartographer(s): U.S. Geological Survey; George Otis Smith (Director)Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1913Read more -
Map of Oregon and Upper California from the Surveys of John Charles Fremont and Other Authorities
Frémont & Preuss mapping the West
Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1848Read more -
fetzer wine country
Lovely 1978 pictorial map of Mendocino County for Fetzer Wines.
Cartographer(s): Paul KrausPlace/Date: Not listed / 1978Read more -
Map of California Roads For Cyclers [with Cycling Atlas]
A rare and beautiful map of cycling routes in California from America’s Gilded Age cycling boom.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1896Read more -
Route of the Mormon Pioneers from Nauvoo to Great Salt Lake.
A rare, separately-published version of this striking panoramic bird’s-eye-view of the route of the Mormon pioneers.
Cartographer(s): Millroy & HayesPlace/Date: Salt Lake City / 1899Read more -
View of Great Salt Lake City
Important early view of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Place/Date: Walla Walla (Washington Territory) / 1867Read more -
Map of the Battle Field of Gettysburg. July 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Bachelder’s authoritative three-part map of the Gettysburg battlefield.
Cartographer(s): John Badger BachelderPlace/Date: Boston / 1876Read more -
Necrópolis de Barcelona. Plano de Distribucion
Gorgeous 1883 chromolithograph of Montjuïc Cemetery in Barcelona.
Cartographer(s): Lit Suc Ramirez y Ca Barcelona; Leandro AlbaredaPlace/Date: Barcelona / 1883Read more -
Colombia Prima or South America Drawn from the Large Map in Eight Sheets by Louis Stanislas D’Arcy Delarochette
Lovely mid-19th century map of South America.
Cartographer(s): James WyldPlace/Date: London / ca. 1854Read more -
Firenze Monumentale
Splendid turn-of-the-century view of Florence.
Cartographer(s): Emilio TarchiPlace/Date: Florence / ca. 1900Read more -
To Mark Wood Esq. M.P., Colonel of the Army in India, Late Chief Engineer and Surveyer General, of Bengal, This Map of India Compiled from various Interesting and Valuable Materials Is Inscribed in Grateful Testimony of His Liberal Communications By his obedient and most humble Servant A. Arrowsmith.
An extraordinarily detailed wall map of British interests and possessions in the Indian Subcontinent at the dawn of the 19th century, executed by one of the Empire’s foremost cartographers.
Place/Date: London / 1804Read more -
L’America settentrionale nuovamente corretta, et accresciuta secondo le relationi più moderne da Guglielmo Sansone
Spectacular old color Italian edition of Sanson’s seminal map of North America.
Cartographer(s): Giacomo Giovanni de RossiPlace/Date: Rome / 1677Read more -
A Map and History of Peiping; formerly known as Peking; capital of provinces, princedoms and kingdoms since 1121 B.C.; in 1264 A.D. the capital of the Mongol Empire of Kublai Khan; made the capital of the Ming Empire through the Ming and Ching Dynasties…
Iconic 1936 pictorial map of Beijing.
Cartographer(s): Frank DornPlace/Date: Tientsin-Peiping / 1936Read more -
Guide Map of the City of San Francisco Compiled from the Official Surveys &c.
1891 map of San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): Henry G. LangleyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1891Read more -
Official Map of Chinatown in San Francisco [bound in] San Francisco Municipal Reports for the Fiscal Year 1884-85…
Mapping vice in San Francisco: rare 1885 map of Chinatown, “a city within the city”.
Cartographer(s): B. Farwell, John E. Kunklet, E. B. Pond; A.L. Bancroft & Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1885Read more -
Map of the City & County of San Francisco
Fascinating 1927 wall map of San Francisco with new additions, including Golden Gate Heights and St. Mary’s Park.
Cartographer(s): H. A. CandrianPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1927Read more -
The Islands of Hawaii / Sail S.S. Leilani.
Original 1960s Hawaiian Islands pictorial map.
Cartographer(s): DessiaumePlace/Date: Hawaii / ca. 1960Read more -
Map of San Francisco, Points of Interest, A Birdseye View of the City by the Golden Gate
Rare 1952 pictorial map of San Francisco
Cartographer(s): Don BloodgoodPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1952Read more -
Chart of the World on Mercator’s Projection
Excellent 1871 world map with extensive detail, original Edward Stanford case
Cartographer(s): Hermann BerghausPlace/Date: Gotha / 1871Read more -
San Francisco Bay Cities Map
1967 San Francisco Bay Area panoramic view.
Cartographer(s): B/C Associates, Inc.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1967Read more -
Map of Western Palestine from surveys conducted for The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. By Lieuts. C. R. Conder and H. H. Kitchener, R. E. Reduced from the one inch map in twenty six sheets. Special Edition Illustrating The Divisions of The Natural Drainage And the Mountain Ranges…
Large 1882 Special Edition of Kitchener & Conder’s famous Map of Western Palestine.
Cartographer(s): Claude R. Conder & Horatio KitchenerPlace/Date: London / 1882Read more -
Carte Touristique de la ville de Rio de Janeiro. La Capitale des Etats Unis du Brasil
1940 c. art-deco pictorial map of Rio de Janeiro
Cartographer(s): YpirngaPlace/Date: São Paulo / ca. 1940Read more -
Carte du Duché de Bourgogne, Comtés et Pays adjacents dressée par Ordre de M.M.
1782 Gauthey wall map of Burgundy (Bourgogne) wine region in France.
Cartographer(s): Emiland Marie GautheyPlace/Date: Bourgogne / 1782Read more -
Map of the University of California Sponsored by the California Club in Commemoration of the Golden Gate International Exposition
Splendid 1930s pictorial map of the University of California system
Cartographer(s): S. Lachman, LIPABAPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1939Read more -
Nuova California (Stati Uniti dell’America Settentrionale)
1851 California Gold Rush region map published in Italy.
Cartographer(s): B. MarzollaPlace/Date: Naples / 1851Read more -
Peru, Chili and La Plata
Thomson’s detailed 1821 map of Peru, Chile, and Argentina
Cartographer(s): John ThompsonPlace/Date: Edinburgh / 1821Read more -
Carte de la Manche
1710 sea chart of the English Channel including Dunkirk and Mont Saint Michel
Place/Date: Amsterdam / 1710Read more -
England
Thomson’s classic 1814 map of England and Wales.
Cartographer(s): John ThompsonPlace/Date: Edinburgh / 1814Read more -
Map of the Denver & Rio Grande System and the Western Pacific Railway and connections
1911 map of the Denver and Rio Grande railway system.
Cartographer(s): Denver & Rio Grande R.R.Place/Date: Denver / 1911Read more -
Salt Lake City: Map and Route of the Mormon Pioneers, their names, story of their trip and the dates, Mormon Church history and organization – The Wilson Hotel, Salt Lake City…
Marvelous 1899 pictorial panoramic route map of the Mormon pioneers
Cartographer(s): Millroy & HayesPlace/Date: Salt Lake City / 1899Read more -
Map of the United States including Canada and a large portion of Texas. Showing the Base Meridian and Township Lines of the U.S. Surveys, the lands allotted to the Indian Tribes west of the Mississippi…
Striking large-format 1845 map of the United States with independent Texas
Cartographer(s): John Calvin SmithPlace/Date: New York / 1845Read more -
Official Map of Marin County, California 1892 Compiled from Records and Surveys.
Dodge’s monumental 1892 wall map of Marin County: the greatest Marin map ever made.
Cartographer(s): George M. DodgePlace/Date: San Francisco / 1892Read more -
Mitchell’s Reference and Distance Map of the United States, by J. H. Young
Mitchell’s amazing wall-map of an adolescent America, presented here in a rare first edition with brilliant original color. A seminal and impressive masterpiece in American cartography.
Place/Date: Philadelphia / 1834Read more -
Map of the Southern Pacific Rail Road and Connections. June 1875
Rare — first known map focused on Southern Pacific Railroad.
Cartographer(s): F. T. NewberryPlace/Date: Not listed / 1875Read more -
Map of the Country 40 Miles Around San Francisco, Exhibiting County Lines, and correct Plats of all the Ranchos finally surveyed and of the Public Land Sectionized. Compiled from United States Surveys by Leander Ransom
A rare and important 1860 Bay Area rancho map.
Cartographer(s): Leander RansomPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1860Read more -
Arabia, Egypt, Abyssinia, Red Sea &c.
1814 Thomson map of Arabia with caravan routes.
Cartographer(s): John ThomsonPlace/Date: Edinburgh / 1814Read more -
Plat of the Pueblo Lands of San Francisco finally confirmed to the City of San Francisco. Surveyed under instructions from the U.S. Surveyor General by F. von Leicht, U.S. Dep. Surv. in December 1883 Containing 17754 36/100 Acres.
Remarkable 1883 manuscript map of land grants in San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): Ferdinand von LeichtPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1883Read more -
Map of San Francisco Showing Principal Streets and Places of Interest
Delightful 1927 pictorial map of San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): Harrison GodwinPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1927Read more -
California
A donation from the Jo Mora Trust: Jo Mora’s wonderful 1945 pictorial ode to California.
Cartographer(s): Jo MoraPlace/Date: Monterey, CA / 1945Read more
