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[1906 EARTHQUAKE PANORAMA – CITY HALL]
A Pillsbury Picture Company panorama highlighting the 1906 destruction of San Francisco’s City Hall.
Cartographer(s): Pillsbury Picture Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1906$1,200 Add to cart -
Map no. 3. Salt marsh and tide lands situate in the city and county of San Francisco. To be sold at public auction by order of the Board of Tide Land Commissioners by Talbert & Leet, auctioneers, at their sales rooms no. 526 California Street, San Francisco. Sale to commence Friday Nov. 26th, 1869.
Rare cadastral and Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way tidal lands map of Mission Bay.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1869$3,400 Add to cart -
Costantinopoli città principale del gran turcho
Lafreri-school 1568 Zenoi reverse-image bird’s-eye-view of Istanbul.
Place/Date: Venice / 1568$1,700 Add to cart -
Internationally Famous Jack London District…Oakland, California.
A scarce 1952 pictorial map promoting Oakland’s Jack London District, published just one year after its dedication.
Cartographer(s): Alva "Ted" Hubbard (Hubbard Advertising Agency)Place/Date: Oakland / 1952$825 Add to cart -
Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem Exactissime Depicta 1522 L.F.
One of the earliest obtainable maps on the open market to name ‘America.’
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Lyon / 1535$8,300 Add to cart -
Diefert Situs Orbis Hydrographorum ab eo quem Ptolomeus Posuit
Laurent Fries’ third world map from the 1535 Servetus Edition.
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Lyon / 1535$6,300 Add to cart -
Nova Pulcherrimæ Civitatis Florentiae Topographia Accuratiss Delineata
Gorgeous and richly-detailed Late Renaissance bird’s-eye-view of Florence, Italy.
Cartographer(s): Donato RascicottiPlace/Date: Venice / ca. 1598$6,500 Add to cart -
[Pair of views] Rade et Ville de Sincapour & Rade de Sincapour prise de la maison du Gouverneur
Two of the earliest obtainable views of Singapore.
Place/Date: Paris / 1846$7,000 Add to cart -
RECONNAISSANCE OF THE WESTERN COAST OF THE UNITED STATES MIDDLE SHEET FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO UMPQUAH RIVER
Eminent geographer and historian George Davidson tracks the West Coast voyage of Sebastian Vizcaino.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / [1864] 1854$2,900 Add to cart -
Typus Cosmographicus Universalis
Vadianus’ 1534 Ptolemaic World Map: the finest woodblock impression of any early world map.
Cartographer(s): Joachim VadianusPlace/Date: Zurich / 1534$13,500 Add to cart -
[1906 EARTHQUAKE PANORAMA – FINANCIAL DISTRICT]
An urban panorama unlike any other: documentation of the devastation caused by the 1906 earthquake and fire.
Cartographer(s): Pillsbury Picture Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1906$3,400 Add to cart -
Panama-Pacific International Exposition Panorama Photograph 1915
A snapshot in time for San Francisco’s Marina District: a stunning full panoramic view of the 1915 Panama–Pacific International World’s Fair.
Cartographer(s): Cardinell-Vincent Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1915$5,500 Add to cart -
Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis per Antonium de Herrera.
The first map to show California as an island!
Cartographer(s): Michiel ColijnPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1622$2,900 Add to cart -
Rhodi Insula nobilissima nel Mare
A fantastic rarity of the island of Rhodes.
Cartographer(s): Natale BonifacioPlace/Date: Venice / ca. 1570$4,400 Add to cart -
De Maiorica Insula.
Rare Lafreri-school map of the island of Mallorca.
Cartographer(s): Giovanni Francesco CamocioPlace/Date: Venice / ca. 1575$2,150 Add to cart -
Carte des Découverts des Russes dans la Mer Orientale, et en Amerique Pour Servir à L’essai, Sur le commerce de Russie.
Between Bering & Cook: 1777 Croisey Map of Russian Discoveries in Alaska and the Bering Strait.
Cartographer(s): P. CroiseyPlace/Date: Paris / 1777$1,700 Add to cart -
Rand McNally Defense Map of the United States
Fascinating World War II era map of U.S. military bases and vital raw materials.
Cartographer(s): Rand, McNally & Co.Place/Date: Chicago / ca. 1941$650 Add to cart -
New Voyages to North-America. Containing an Account of the Several Nations of That Vast Continent…
First English edition of Lahontan’s description and mapping of New France, which propagated the myth of the Northwest Passage.
Place/Date: London / 1703$9,000 Add to cart -
The up to date map of San Francisco: from latest U. S. Gov. and official surveys.
Scarce pocket map by the famous August Chevalier.
Cartographer(s): August ChevalierPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1915$975 Add to cart -
General Map of the Surveys for the San Francisco Water Supply made under the direction of the Board of Supervisors…
Large, impressive San Francisco water supply system map.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1875$600 Add to cart -
Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering’s Strait, to Co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty’s Ship Blossom, Under the Command of Captain F.W. Beechey…in the Years 1825, 26, 27, 28
The preferred large-paper Admiralty issue of Beechey’s famous account, including a description of California.
Place/Date: London / 1831$6,500 Add to cart -
Pacific Ocean. Eastern Part. Cape Corrientes, Mexico to Kadiak Island. Compiled from the most recent Surveys in the Hydrographical Office. 1876. London, 21 June 1877
Large, detailed sea chart of the West Coast of North America with added notations and sighting information.
Cartographer(s): British Admiralty Hydrographic OfficePlace/Date: London / 1895$900 Add to cart -
[Tunisi]
Fascinating 1566 Lafreri bird’s-eye-view of Tunis with the ruins of Carthage.
Cartographer(s): Paolo ForlaniPlace/Date: Venice / 1566$2,000 Add to cart -
Gettysburg. Repulse of Longstreet’s Assault
Bachelder’s magnificent rendering of Longstreet’s Assault (Pickett’s Charge).
Cartographer(s): John Badger BachelderPlace/Date: Boston / 1876$2,600 Add to cart -
San Francisco. From California Street. Drawn from a Daguerreotype, the property of Eugene Delessert, Esq.re
Spectacular Gold Rush era view of San Francisco published in Paris.
Cartographer(s): Joseph LemercierPlace/Date: Paris / ca. 1855$8,000 Add to cart -
Railroad Map of the City of San Francisco California
Documenting a rapidly expanding city: 1866 map of San Francisco.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1866$975 Add to cart -
Delineatio Nova Et Vera Partis Australis Novi Mexici
Scherer’s detailed map of Lower California and adjacent mainland, based on correspondence with Father Kino.
Cartographer(s): Heinrich SchererPlace/Date: Munich / 1703$975 Add to cart -
Californien. Veröffentlicht von der Einwanderungs-gesellschaft von Californien. (“The Immigration Association of California.”) San Francisco. No. 10 California Str. (wrapper title)
1882 Guide for German immigrants with up-to-date California rail routes.
Cartographer(s): Britton & ReyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1882$750 Add to cart
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General Chart Embracing Surveys of the Farallones Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco
Ringgold’s famous Gold Rush-era sea chart of the entrance to San Francisco Bay with an illustration of the Golden Gate trompe l’oeil.
Cartographer(s): Cadwalader RinggoldPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1850Read more -
All About San Francisco Illustrated. Know and Visit Unique Places located on keyed map of principal streets [with a] new map of Golden Gate Park
An unusual variant of James Ladd Delkin’s pictorial bird’s-eye-view of San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): James Ladd DelkinPlace/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1939Read more -
Granata Nova et California
One of the most fantastic and interesting early maps of California ever to be produced!
Cartographer(s): Cornelius van WytflietPlace/Date: Louvain / 1597Read more -
41st Assembly District Showing its Election Precincts, City and County of San Francisco
A rarity of San Francisco — unrecorded 1888 precinct map of the Marina and Pacific Heights with mysterious East Van Ness.
Cartographer(s): Dakin Publishing CompanyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1888Read more -
Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
An evocative black and white photo of San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts taken shortly after its construction.
Cartographer(s): Cardinell-Vincent Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1915Read more -
Map of the Town of Folsom California
One-of-a-kind, unrecorded early 1900s manuscript map of Folsom, California.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Not listed / ca. 1910Read more -
AMERICA SETTENTRIONALE Colle Nuove Scoperte fin all’Anno 1688…
Coronelli’s decisive 1688 map of the North American continent depicting California as an Island.
Cartographer(s): Vincenzo CoronelliPlace/Date: Venice / 1688Read more -
Palace Hotel. San Francisco.
A scarce and evocative view of the Palace Hotel: a monument to celebrate San Francisco’s coming-of-age.
Cartographer(s): Berghaus & SchimpfPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1880Read more -
Florida et Apalche
The first great regional map of Florida and the Gulf Coast.
Cartographer(s): Cornelius van WytflietPlace/Date: Louvain / 1597Read more -
De Maiorica Insula
Extremely rare Lafreri-school map of the island of Mallorca.
Cartographer(s): Ferrando BertelliPlace/Date: Venice / ca. 1568Read more -
[Map for the Blind] Afrika…Hergestellt im Lehrmittel-Verlag der Marburger Blindenstudienanstalt
World War II German relief map of Africa for the blind, with Arabia and the Middle East.
Cartographer(s): Lehrmittel-Verlag; Marburg Institute for the BlindPlace/Date: Marburg / 1941Read more -
Carta particolare dello istreto e Mare iscoperto da Hen:º Hudson Ingilese nel. 1611…
An essential map for Canada collectors: the first sea chart of Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait, leaving open the possibility of a Northwest Passage.
Cartographer(s): Sir Robert DudleyPlace/Date: Florence / (1647) 1661Read more -
City Plan of Tokyo
The attack that never was: 1945 U.S. Army map of Tokyo published in advance of Operation Downfall.
Cartographer(s): General Headquarters U.S. Army Forces in the PacificPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. (?) / August 1945Read more -
Mapa Misional Juniperiano. Mallorca, México y Alta California.
Mapping the life and work of Junipero Serra, including the Spanish mission system in California.
Cartographer(s): Ramón Ferrer de Sant Jordi Truyols (Formiguera)Place/Date: Spain? / 1979Read more -
Ganz neu aufgenommener und einzig richtiger Plander Hauptstadt Prag in Böhmen
The jewel of Bohemia: a rare town plan of Prague on the eve of Jüttner.
Cartographer(s): Franz HaasPlace/Date: Prague / ca. 1810Read more -
Nova Descriptio Geographica Tattariae Magnae Tam Orientalis Quam Occidentalis In Particularibus Et Generalibus Territoriis Una Cum Delineatione Totius Imperii Russici Imprimis Siberiae Accurate Ostensa.
A special issue of Strahlenberg’s masterpiece map of Imperial Russia and Siberia.
Place/Date: Paris / 1730Read more -
India int. Gangem merid., India ext. Gangem, Sinarum situs.
Locating Ptolemy on a contemporary map: 19th century map of India and Southeast Asia with classical references.
Cartographer(s): Christian Gottlieb ReichardPlace/Date: Nuremberg / 1827Read more -
Main Logic Board Schematic (Apple II)
Original Apple II logic board schematic.
Cartographer(s): Apple Computer, Inc.Place/Date: Cupertino / ca. 1977Read more -
L’Amerique, Meridionale et Septentrionale Dressee selon les Dernieres Relations et Suivant les Nouvelles Decouvertes…
Finely-engraved small map of the Western Hemisphere featuring a prominent Island of California and three elaborate cartouches.
Cartographer(s): Nicholas de FerPlace/Date: Paris / 1700Read more -
Seno de California, y su costa oriental nuevamente descubierta, y registrada desde el Cabo de las Virgenas, hasta su termino, que es el Rio Colorado ano 1747…
Consag’s seminal map of California, which conclusively ended the classic cartographic myth that California was an island.
Cartographer(s): Fernando ConsagPlace/Date: Madrid / 1757Read more -
Sketch of the Route of Capt. Warner’s Exploring Party in the Sacramento Valley and Sierra Nevada. During the Months of August, September, and October, 1849
Map of the Sacramento Valley detailing an important California route and the demise of Captain William Warner.
Cartographer(s): R.S. WilliamsonPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1850Read more -
1906 Britton & Rey’s Map of Greater San Francisco Showing Burned District
Unrecorded map of the destruction in San Francisco, published soon after the earthquake and fire.
Cartographer(s): Britton & ReyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1906Read more -
Lands In and Near San Rafael Marin County Cal. Owned by John W. Mackay and Jas. L. Flood. Formerly known as the Coleman Tract
A rarity of Marin County: 19th century San Rafael silver baron map.
Cartographer(s): Britton & ReyPlace/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1888Read more -
Texaco Harbor Guide: San Francisco Bay, Calif.
1936 Bay Area guide map of harbors, lighthouses, buoys, and fisheries.
Cartographer(s): The Texas CompanyPlace/Date: New York / 1936Read more -
Carta Esferica De Una Parte de la Costa Setentrional y Meridional de la Isla de Cuba…
Excellent Spanish sea chart of western Cuba.
Cartographer(s): Direccion Hidrografica de MadridPlace/Date: Madrid / 1837Read more -
[Old Damascus]
Unrecorded large-scale cyanotype archaeological plan of Old Damascus during the Crusades.
Cartographer(s): Syrian Department of AntiquitiesPlace/Date: Damascus / ca. 1923Read more -
A Map of Mackenzie’s Track from Fort Chipewyan to the North Sea in 1789
Important early map showing Mackenzie’s route from the Lake of the Hills and Fort Chipewayan to Whale Island.
Cartographer(s): Alexander MackenziePlace/Date: London / 1801Read more -
Bancroft’s Official Guide Map of the City and County of San Francisco, Compiled from Official Sources in Surveyor’s Office…1883
Map of San Francisco issued on occasion of the Knights Templar Parade of 1883.
Cartographer(s): The Bancroft CompanyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1883Read more -
Map showing changes on the Water Front of the City and County of San Francisco made by proposed Thoroughfare and System of Piers. T. J. Arnold. Chief Engineer of Board of State Harbor Commissioners.
Constructing San Francisco’s Embarcadero – 1877 map of proposed changes to the waterfront.
Cartographer(s): Britton & ReyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1877Read more -
Map Showing the Water Front of the City and County of San Francisco. as established by the Board of State Harbor Commissioners, the Governor of the State of California, and the Mayor of the City & County of San Francisco. September 12th, 1877.
Large 1877 map of the San Francisco waterfront.
Cartographer(s): Britton & ReyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1877Read more -
The Sacramento Valley from The American River to Butte Creek, Surveyed & Drawn by Order of Gen.l Riley…by Lieut Derby…September & October 1849
Important 1849 map of the Sacramento Valley & California Gold Region
Cartographer(s): George DerbyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1849Read more -
Prima Africae Tabula
Excellent, pre-Columbus 1478 map of Northwest Africa and part of Iberia.
Cartographer(s): Conrad Sweynheym, Arnold BuckinckPlace/Date: Rome / 1478Read more -
ELBA / ILBA sive ILVA insula…
Rare Lafreri map of Elba and the Tuscan town of Piombino
Place/Date: Venice / ca. 1575Read more -
Land Value Maps: Bureau of Appraisal, City and County of San Francisco, James F. Stafford, Superintendent, 1926-1927
Land value maps of San Francisco 1927
Cartographer(s): James F. StaffordPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1927Read more -
All About San Francisco Illustrated. Know and Visit Unique Places located on keyed map of principal streets [with a] new map of Golden Gate Park
An unusual variant of James Ladd Delkin’s pictorial bird’s-eye-view of San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): James Ladd DelkinPlace/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1939Read more -
Pacific Coast from San Francisco to Point Arena California…
Detailed 1901 sea chart of the California coast, from San Francisco to Point Arena.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1901Read more -
Plan du Port de St. François, Situé su la côte de la Californie Septentrionale. La Pointe de Rois par 37o.59′. de Latitude Nord et 124o.54′. de Longitude Occidentale
The first widely disseminated map of settlements and key places at San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): La Pérouse, Jean François de Galaup dePlace/Date: Paris / 1797Read more -
India Orientalis
Landmark map of Southeast Asia
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Lyon / 1535Read more -
A Pictorial Map of the Inauguration, January 20, 1937
Pictorial map of Roosevelt inauguration 1937 with vignette scenes of inauguration activities at bottom.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1937Read more -
4 San Francisco water supply maps
Four 1875 city water supply maps for San Francisco, engraved by the famous George Baker.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1875Read more -
Plat of the Sutro Gift for a Highway
1897 proposal for new rights of way around Laguna Honda reservoir
Cartographer(s): Geo E. Gresley-JacksonPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1897Read more -
Map of the City of San Francisco with its additions, Showing Two of the Routes for the Introduction of Water by the Mountain Lake Water Company. As Surveyed By Henry S. Dexter C. E. December 1851
Extremely rare 1851 map illustrating San Francisco’s first water project.
Place/Date: New York / 1851Read more -
Tripoli citta di Barbaria
Rare Lafreri bird’s-eye-view of Tripoli depicting the expedition of King Philip II that never made it
Cartographer(s): Antonio LafreriPlace/Date: Rome / ca. 1559Read more -
La Nuova Francia
Extremely rare first edition of the first map devoted to New England.
Place/Date: Venice / 1556Read more -
Plate XVI from Atlas severnoi chasti Vostochnago Okeana [Atlas of the Northern Part of the Pacific Ocean]
Documenting Russian settlement in North America – rare map of south Kodiak Island with inset view of Pavlov’s Harbor.
Cartographer(s): Gavril Andreevich SarychevPlace/Date: St. Petersburg / 1826Read more -
[proof state] Carte topographique de la Palestine / Dressée d’après la carte topographique levée par le savant Jacotin…
Unrecorded proof state of the Vandermaelen-Jacotin map of Palestine.
Place/Date: Brussels / 1847Read more -
Map of Oregon and Upper California from the surveys of John Charles Fremont and others authorities drawn by Charles Preuss…1848
“The one great general map of 1848 was that of Fremont and Preuss…” – Wheat
Place/Date: Baltimore / 1848Read more -
North Pacific
Striking sea chart of the northern Pacific Ocean with large inset of Hawaii and Pearl Harbor.
Cartographer(s): James Imray & SonPlace/Date: London / 1873Read more -
Mare Rubrum seu Sinus Arabicus ad observationes maximam partem ab Auctore annis MDCCLXII et MDCCLXIII institutas delineatus a C. Niebuhr
Carsten Niebuhr’s transformative map of the Red Sea.
Cartographer(s): Carsten NiebuhrPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1774Read more -
Carta Marina Nuova Tavola
Rich, dark impression of Ruscelli’s world sea chart.
Cartographer(s): Girolamo RuscelliPlace/Date: Venice / ca. 1561Read more -
Brevis, Exactaq. Totius Novi Orbis, et Peruviae Regionis Descriptio, Recens Edita
Exciting map of the Americas filled with place names along the coastlines, an uncommon feature for this region in the mid-16th century
Cartographer(s): Jean BellèrePlace/Date: Antwerp / 1567Read more -
South America West Coast Sheet XIV Peru. Independencia Bay to Begueta Bay…
Chart surveyed by the H.M.S. Beagle (Darwin’s ship) with sextant pencil notations showing it was used at sea.
Cartographer(s): British AdmiraltyPlace/Date: London / 1840Read more -
A Map of Mackenzie’s Track from Fort Chipewyan to the Pacific Ocean in 1793
Mackenzie becomes the first European to reach the Pacific by land, 1793
Cartographer(s): Alexander MackenziePlace/Date: London / 1801Read more -
Railroad Map of the City of San Francisco California
1867 railroad map of San Francisco
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1867Read more -
Tabula nova utriusque Indiae
1541 woodcut Ptolemaic map of India and Southeast Asia.
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Vienne / 1541Read more -
Map of Golden Park. San Francisco, California
Post-WW2 map of Golden Gate Park and the Panhandle.
Cartographer(s): Hugh MooneyPlace/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1947Read more -
Map of Upper California by the U.S. Ex. Ex. and Best Authorities
1841 pre-Fremont map of the West
Cartographer(s): Charles WilkesPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1841Read more -
The California Herald
Important document of the California Gold Rush
Cartographer(s): James Gordon BennettPlace/Date: New York / 1Read more -
Nouveaux Voyages de Mr. Le Baron de Lahontan Dans L’Amerique Septentrionale, Qui contiennent une relation…
Rare first edition of Lahontan’s description and mapping of New France, which propagated the myth of the Northwest Passage
Cartographer(s): Louis Armand, Baron de LahontanPlace/Date: The Hague / 1703Read more -
Septentrionalium Partium Nova Tabula
The earliest obtainable map of the Nicolò Zeno expedition to Frisland & Greenland in 1380.
Cartographer(s): Girolamo RuscelliPlace/Date: Venice / ca. 1561Read more -
Gli Stati Uniti dell’America Delineati sulle ultime Osservazioni…
Cassini’s multi-sheet map of Colonial North America in original black and white
Cartographer(s): Giovanni Maria CassiniPlace/Date: Rome / 1797Read more -
Partie de la Nouvelle France…
The “first printed information…on the geography of the region to the north and west of Lake Superior” (Kershaw)
Cartographer(s): Alexis Hubert JaillotPlace/Date: Paris / 1695Read more -
W. Rose’s Revised Chart of the Comstock Mines and Sutro Tunnel, State of Nevada
Map of the Comstock Mines and Sutro Tunnel – A remarkable image from the Nevada Silver Rush
Cartographer(s): W. RosePlace/Date: San Francisco / 1878Read more -
Plan du Golfe de Palerme et des Environs…
Detailed 1826 chart of Palermo with coastal views.
Cartographer(s): Adm. William Henry SmythPlace/Date: Paris / 1826Read more -
Guide Map, the City and County of San Francisco
1915 map of San Francisco with a plan of the Panama Pacific International Exposition
Cartographer(s): W. Bashford SmithPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1915Read more -
South Pacific
1869 Imray sea chart stretching from Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia to western South America
Cartographer(s): James Imray & SonPlace/Date: London / 1869Read more -
Railroad map of the United States, showing the through lines of communication from the Atlantic to the Pacific, together with the various steamship lines along the seaboard. Copyright 1886 by Wm. M. Bradley & Bro.
Detailed 19th century map of U.S. rail and steamship lines
Cartographer(s): Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr.Place/Date: Philadelphia / 1886Read more -
Tantum Distamus Ap Invicem
1703 Scherer map of the Pacific with California and Japan in mirror and California as an island
Cartographer(s): Heinrich SchererPlace/Date: Munich / 1703Read more -
City and County of San Francisco compiled from official surveys and sectioned in accordance with U.S. surveys
Rare 1861 first edition of Wackenreuder’s famous map of San Francisco.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1861Read more -
Europa Prima Pars Terrae Forma Virginis.
Bünting’s famous depiction of Europe as a Queen
Cartographer(s): Heinrich BüntingPlace/Date: Magdeburg / ca. 1581Read more -
Primae Partis Asiae accurata delineatio…
Rare 1593 de Jode map of the Black and Caspian Seas, with the eastern Mediterranean and a prominent Cyprus
Cartographer(s): Gerard & Cornelis de JodePlace/Date: Antwerp / 1593Read more -
Correct Map of the Railway & Steamship lines operated by the Southern Pacific Company…
A seemingly unrecorded special edition of the Southern Pacific Railway’s large-format promotional map, prepared especially for German-speaking immigrants, with a large side map of Texas
Cartographer(s): Poole Bros.Place/Date: Chicago / ca. 1885Read more -
Additamentum IV. Theatri Orbis Terrarum
1590 Ortelius including Islandia, Maris Pacifici, and many more.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1590Read more -
Report upon the San Francisco and Ocean Shore Railroad Company, California
1881 map of proposed San Francisco and Ocean Shore Railroad
Cartographer(s): E. Wells Sackett & RankinPlace/Date: New York / 1881Read more -
Zee Custe van Sweeden Otrent de Westerwijk en Tgatt vann Stockholm Beginnende va Kalmar Tot sen Wigsteen en Rookoe Gelegen bijnnen Tgatt va Stockholm / Coste Marine de Suede a l’entour de Westerwijck & bouchede Stockholm…
Scarce sea chart of part of Sweden
Cartographer(s): Lucas Janszoon WaghenaerPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1584Read more -
Beschreibung des heiligen Landes Canaan
Decorative late 16th century woodcut map of the Holy Land
Cartographer(s): Heinrich BüntingPlace/Date: Leipzig / ca. 1590Read more -
Preliminary Chart of Entrance to San Francisco Bay California
Gold Rush era sea chart of San Francisco Bay
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1856Read more -
Sicilia
Lovely 1594 map of Sicily with inset of King Phillip II
Cartographer(s): Matthias QuadPlace/Date: Colonge / 1594Read more -
San Antonio Creek California
1857 United States Coast Survey map of old San Antonio Creek watershed and Oakland.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1857Read more -
Il Texas, la ferrovia Nuova York-Texas-Messicana. Il Texas e la colonizzazione italiana della costa del Texas.
Rare Texas railroad pamphlet promoting Italian emmigration
Cartographer(s): Henman & SonsPlace/Date: London / 1881Read more -
Tabula Asiae VI
16th century map of Arabia on a Ptolemaic projection.
Cartographer(s): Girolamo RuscelliPlace/Date: Venice / ca. 1574Read more -
Map of Santa Clara County showing topography, geography, post offices, school houses, county roads, etc. Compiled for the San Jose Board of Trade
Map of Santa Clara County with Bay Area inset
Cartographer(s): H.X. Van de CasteelePlace/Date: San Jose / 1887Read more -
Map of Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
Uncommon map of Sacramento
Cartographer(s): Raymond J. SquiresPlace/Date: Sacramento / 1909Read more -
Contour Map of the Lake Merced properties showing improvements
Rare 1917 Spring Valley Water Company contour map of area around Lake Merced
Cartographer(s): Spring Valley Water CompanyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1917Read more -
Map of the Exterior Boundary of the Proposed Inverness-Municipal Water District, Inverness, Marin County, California
1948 town plan and property map of Inverness.
Cartographer(s): J. C. OglesbyPlace/Date: Not listed / 1948Read more -
Plat Showing Subdivision and Survey of Lots 2 and 3 in the Block L and M 25th and 26th Streets in the City of Sacramento, Cal. Sept. 7th 1892 C.M. Phinney, Surveyor
1892 manuscript plat of Sacramento blocks with official seal
Cartographer(s): C. M . PhinneyPlace/Date: Sacramento / 1892Read more -
Reconnaissance of the Harbors of Santa Cruz, San Simeon, Coxo and San Luis Obispo California
1852 United States Coast Survey California harbor map, including Santa Cruz
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1852Read more -
H. Benzos Scheep-togt uit Italie over Spanje na de Westindize Eylanden, en Kusten van’t Zuider America
1707 exploration map set in a decorative border
Cartographer(s): Pieter van der AaPlace/Date: Leiden / 1707Read more -
Golfe Arabique ou Mer Rouge…
18th century French chart of the Red Sea.
Cartographer(s): Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'AnvillePlace/Date: Paris / 1765Read more -
Delineatio Syracusarum Antiquarium Quadriurbium
Rare 1725 bird’s-eye-view of ancient Syracuse, Sicily
Cartographer(s): Pieter van der AaPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1725Read more -
The British Governments in Nth. America Laid Down Agreeable to the Proclamation of Octr. 7. 1763
Map of boundaries following the French and Indian War, with Bermuda inset
Cartographer(s): John GibsonPlace/Date: London / 1763Read more -
Britannischen Insula
1570 woodcut Ptolemaic map of the British Isles
Cartographer(s): Sebastian MünsterPlace/Date: Basel / 1570Read more -
Plano de la Ciudad de Santiago de Chile
Nineteenth century town plan of Santiago, Chile.
Cartographer(s): Carlos BrandtPlace/Date: Santiago / ca. 1878Read more -
Italia mit dreien fürnemsten Inseln / Corsika / Sardinia und Sicilia
1600 Münster woodblock map of Italy from Sicily to the Alps
Cartographer(s): Sebastian MünsterPlace/Date: Basel / 1600Read more -
Tabula Asiae X (India)
Mid 16th century Ptolemaic map of India with the Ganges and Indus rivers.
Cartographer(s): Sebastian MünsterPlace/Date: Basel / 1545Read more -
Tabula Europae III (France)
Mid-16th century Ptolemaic woodcut map of France.
Cartographer(s): Sebastian MünsterPlace/Date: Basel / 1545Read more -
Carta Particolare del Mare di Ethiopia con l’Isola di S. Elena e Parte della Costa. Carta VIIII
First state of Dudley’s magnificent 1645 sea chart off West Africa
Cartographer(s): Sir Robert DudleyPlace/Date: Florence / 1645Read more -
Bancroft’s Official Guide Map of City and County of San Francisco, Compiled from Official Maps in Surveyor’s Office
Fine example of Bancroft’s pocket map of San Francisco
Cartographer(s): The Bancroft CompanyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1887Read more -
San Francisco Peninsula. U.S. Coast Survey. Benjamin Peirce, Superintendent. 1869. Price $1.50. Verified J.E. Hilgard. Assist Coast Survey. In Charge of Office.
Striking late 19th century Coast Survey topographical chart of San Francisco Peninsula.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / ca. 1880Read more -
Rail and Motor Coach Lines of the Pacific Electric Railway in Southern California
1949 Pacific Electric transportation map of Los Angeles
Cartographer(s): Pacific Electric Railway Co.Place/Date: Los Angeles / 1949Read more -
Map of the Central Pacific Railroad and its Connections
1871 Central Pacific Railroad map surrounded by vignettes of the West
Cartographer(s): Central Pacific RailroadPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1871Read more -
Tabula Superioris Indiae et Tartariae Majoris
First European map focused on China; based on Marco Polo.
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Lyon / 1535Read more -
Venetia
A spectacular 1641 Merian bird’s-eye-view of Venice.
Cartographer(s): Matthäus MerianPlace/Date: Frankfurt / ca. 1640Read more -
America oder Neu Europa
1758 German map of America with peculiar (and late) Island of California
Cartographer(s): Johann Bernhard MeullersPlace/Date: Berlin / 1758Read more -
Map of the City and County of San Francisco. Compiled from official surveys and engraved expressly for the San Francisco Health Department
1898 Public Health Department map of San Francisco
Cartographer(s): San Francisco Health DepartmentPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1898Read more -
Chart of the North Polar Seas
Linen-backed 1890 British Admiralty chart of the polar seas
Place/Date: London / 1890Read more -
Salt Lake City, 1887
1887 bird’s-eye-view lithograph of Salt Lake City.
Place/Date: Salt Lake City / 1887Read more -
Africae Vera Forma, et Situs
Cornelius de Jode’s superb 1593 map of Africa.
Cartographer(s): Gerard & Cornelis de JodePlace/Date: Antwerp / 1593Read more -
Mare del Nord
Late 17th century chart of the Eastern Seaboard and North Atlantic, by the “King’s cartographer”
Cartographer(s): Vincenzo CoronelliPlace/Date: Venice / 1691Read more -
Carta marina nuova tavola
Rare first state of Ruscelli’s world sea chart.
Cartographer(s): Girolamo RuscelliPlace/Date: Venice / 1561Read more -
The Isle of California, New Mexico, Louisiane, The River Misisipi and the Lakes of Canada
Moll’s 1701 North America with California as an island
Cartographer(s): Herman MollPlace/Date: London / 1701Read more -
Calecut Nova Tavola
Ruscelli’s Indian peninsula with sea monster and ships
Cartographer(s): Girolamo RuscelliPlace/Date: Venice / 1598Read more -
America noviter delineata
1631 Merian map of the Western Hemisphere with polar insets
Cartographer(s): Matthäus MerianPlace/Date: Frankfurt / 1631Read more -
Harbour of San Francisco California. Sketched from Beechey’s Surveys
Authoritative 1849 Gold Rush map of San Francisco Bay.
Cartographer(s): Joseph Warren ReverePlace/Date: New York / 1849Read more -
Granata Nova et California
The first printed map to focus on California and the American Southwest, from the first atlas devoted entirely to maps of the Americas.
Cartographer(s): Cornelius van WytflietPlace/Date: Louvain / 1597Read more -
New and Correct Map of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway Popularly Known as the Great Rock Island Route
1881 Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway map with dining car vignette.
Cartographer(s): Railroad Companies (various)Place/Date: Chicago / 1881Read more -
Taffel der Lender darin den Apoftel Paulus geprediget hat
1585 Bünting eastern Mediterranean wood-cut map illustrating the travels of St. Paul.
Cartographer(s): Heinrich BüntingPlace/Date: Leipzig / ca. 1585Read more -
Beschreibung des Heiligen Landes
1585 Bunting woodcut map of the Holy Land.
Cartographer(s): Heinrich BüntingPlace/Date: Leipzig / 1585Read more -
World Map [without title]
1703 Scherer world map with decorative Catholic iconography.
Cartographer(s): Heinrich SchererPlace/Date: Munich / 1703Read more -
Olisippo Lisabona
Nice 1635 bird’s-eye-view of Lisbon.
Cartographer(s): Matthäus MerianPlace/Date: Frankfurt / 1635Read more -
Map of North America from the Latest Authorities
Uncommon Colton map of North America with detailed gold region
Cartographer(s): Joseph Hutchins ColtonPlace/Date: New York / 1852Read more -
Portugallia et Algarbia quae olim Lusitania
Fine 1635 map of Portugal by Merian based on Portuguese sources
Cartographer(s): Matthäus MerianPlace/Date: Frankfurt / 1635Read more -
City of San Francisco and its Vicinity
1853 United States Coast Survey map of San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1853Read more -
America noviter delineata
Hondius 1631 western hemisphere with polar inserts.
Cartographer(s): Henricus HondiusPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1639Read more -
Diefert Situs Orbis Hydrographorum Ab Eo Quem Ptolomeus Posuit…
Ptolemaic world map based on Waldseemüller.
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Vienne / 1541Read more -
Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem Exactissime Depicta. (Tabula orbis cum descriptione ventorum)
1541 Ptolemaic world map with the name ‘America’.
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Vienne / 1541Read more -
Hispalensis Conventus Delineatio, Auctore Hieronymo Chiaues
1579 Ortelius map of Southern Spain.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1579Read more -
Road Map of the Bay Counties: Compiled from the latest and most accurate official data
1907 Whitaker & Ray Bay Area road and rail map in case.
Cartographer(s): Whitaker & Ray Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1907Read more -
San Francisco Peninsula
1869 United States Coast Survey map of the San Francisco Peninsula
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1869Read more -
Positions of the Upper and Lower Gold Mines on the South Fork of the American River, California.
1848 California gold mine map drawn by William T. Sherman
Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1848Read more -
Britton & Rey’s Reduced Map of the State of California…With Additions Showing the Railroad System of California
Britton & Rey 1871 railroad map of California.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1871Read more -
Map of the City of San Francisco Published by Britton & Rey
Never-folded mid-19th century map of San Francisco by Britton and Rey.
Cartographer(s): Britton & ReyPlace/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1856Read more -
Official Map of San Francisco, Compiled From The Field Notes of the Official Re-Survey made by William M. Eddy, Surveyor of the Town of San Francisco, California, 1849…
Eddy’s 1849 map — One of the earliest obtainable maps of San Francisco!
Cartographer(s): William EddyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1850Read more -
Americae Septentrionalis Circuitus
Mid-17th century French copperplate map with cartographic myths
Cartographer(s): Claude Bartholomy MorisotPlace/Date: Dijon / 1643Read more -
Limes Occidentis Quivira et Anian.
The second printed map of northwest North America, including the Northwest Passage.
Cartographer(s): Cornelius van WytflietPlace/Date: Louvain / 1607Read more
