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Typus Corporis Lunaris Panselini [First edition]
Athanasius Kircher’s pioneering map of the Moon.
Place/Date: Amsterdam / 1665$1,000 Add to cart -
Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827. [First Edition]
The narrative of Captain John Franklin’s second great expedition into the Arctic Canadian wilderness.
Place/Date: London / 1827$3,500 Add to cart -
Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21 and 22. [First Edition, First Issue]
The narrative of Captain John Franklin’s first expedition to the Polar North. A landmark of historic travel literature from an icon in the history of Arctic exploration.
Place/Date: London / 1823$5,000 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 -
BANCO DE BILBAO [Map of Spain]
A highly decorative and historically interesting map of Spain from the height of the Franco era.
Cartographer(s): I. G. ValverdePlace/Date: San Sebastian / 1950$575 Add to cart -
General Charte von America nach dem besten hilfsmitteln
An unusual depiction of America’s changing borders in the Jacksonian Era.
Cartographer(s): Friedrich Wilhelm SpehrPlace/Date: Braunschweig / 1827$375 Add to cart -
Map of the Outside Lands of the City and County of San Francisco Showing Reservations Selected for Public Purposes, under the Provisions of Order No. 800
Mapping the Outside Lands – a foundational map for the history of San Francisco.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1868$3,800 Add to cart -
Hammond’s Map of Mankind
A testimony to the deep and historical roots of racism, yet also evidence of slow but positive progress.
Place/Date: New York / 1946$200 Add to cart -
A New & Accurate Map of Turky in Asia, Arabia &c…
Emanuel Bowen’s decorative 18th-century folio-map of the Ottoman Empire and the greater Middle East.
Cartographer(s): Emanuel BowenPlace/Date: London / 1747$600 Add to cart -
Nuclear America
A thematic protest map produced at the height of the Cold War: a powerful reminder of the tensions and anxieties that marked that period of the 20th century.
Cartographer(s): War Resisters LeaguePlace/Date: New York / 1979$345 Add to cart -
L’Amerique meridionale et septentrionale
Nicolas de Fer’s seminal map of the Americas.
Cartographer(s): Nicholas de FerPlace/Date: Paris / 1727$1,800 Add to cart -
Globi coelestis in tabulas planas redacti Pars I, in qua longitudines stellarum fixarum… exhibentur.
1742 Northern Hemisphere Celestial Chart from Doppelmayr’s Atlas Coelestis.
Cartographer(s): Johann Gabriele DoppelmayrPlace/Date: Nuremberg / 1742$1,200 Add to cart -
Map of Sutro Heights Lots for Sale by Will E. Fisher and Co. Agents.
An 1893 commercial broadsheet for the real estate development at Sutro Heights – the site of San Francisco landmarks like the Sutro Baths and Cliff House.
Cartographer(s): Bosqui Eng. Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1893$650 Add to cart -
Slavonic Bay
Celebrating San Francisco’s Slavic Communities during the 1915 Expo.
Cartographer(s): Cardinell-Vincent Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1915$2,200 Add to cart -
A New Map of the Great West
From the creator of the dime-novel and the pulp fiction genre: this is Erastus Flavel Beadle’s rare and highly desirable map of the Great West.
Cartographer(s): Erastus Flavel BeadlePlace/Date: Buffalo, NY / ca. 1856$775 Add to cart -
Carte Du Mexique et de la Floride des Terres Angloises et des Isles Antilles du Cours et des Environs de la Riviere Mississipi
De l’Isle’s paradigm-setting chart of the Gulf of Mexico, the first accurate plotting of the full course of the Mississippi River.
Cartographer(s): Guillaume De l'IslePlace/Date: Paris / 1708$1,800 Add to cart -
Aztec Calendar – Easy Map – full color – History and Symbolism
A vivacious color depiction of the Aztec calendar with extensive explanatory notes.
Cartographer(s): Adrian Garcia ValadesPlace/Date: New York / 1992$150 Add to cart -
Carte générale des États-Unis, du Haut et Bas-Canada, de la Nouvle. Ecosse, du Nouvau. Brunswick, de Terre Neuve &a.
1832 Brué map of the United States prior to decades of dramatic westward expansion.
Cartographer(s): Adrien-Hubert BruéPlace/Date: Paris / 1832$350 Add to cart -
The World According To Ronald Reagan
A satirical look at The World According To Ronald Reagan [First State].
Cartographer(s): David HorseyPlace/Date: Seattle / 1982$900 Add to cart -
The Golden Gate from Berkeley Heights
William Henry Jackson’s panoramic photochrom of Berkeley and the Bay Area at the dawn of the 20th century.
Place/Date: Not listed [Detroit] / 1900$2,200 Add to cart -
Historic Kansas
A ‘prairie parallelogram covered with glamorous history’ — F.A. Cooper’s vivacious mid-century pictorial map of historic Kansas.
Place/Date: Lyons, Kansas / 1941$300 Add to cart -
California.
Jo Mora’s iconic 1945 map of California, “designed to help you keep the corners of your mouth on the up and up.”
Cartographer(s): Jo MoraPlace/Date: Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1945$1,800 Add to cart -
Accurata delineatio celeberrimae Regionis Ludovicianae vel Gallice Louisiane ol. Canadae et Floridae Adpellatione in Septemtrionali America Descriptae quae Hodie Nomine Fluminis Mississippi vel St. Louis
A work of early political satire produced at the peak of Voltaire’s popularity.
Cartographer(s): Matthäus SeutterPlace/Date: Augsburg / ca. 1736$2,250 Add to cart -
The Floor of the Oceans
Mapping the greatest mountain range on Earth: a 1970s map that was in many ways as revolutionary as Mercator’s first projection of the world.
Cartographer(s): Marie Tharp & Bruce Charles HeezenPlace/Date: Paris / 1976$950 Add to cart -
5-sheet set showing San Francisco’s post-1906 earthquake water supply [SF’s first fireboat!]
Four technical maps focussing on urban infrastructure and water supply and one engineering blueprint for a new fireboat, together reflecting San Francisco’s coordinated response to the devastation of the 1906 earthquake. With an interesting provenance.
Cartographer(s): Britton & ReyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1908$8,500 Add to cart
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[American Revolution] Neptune Americo-Septentrional contenant les Cotes, Îles et Bancs, les Baies, Ports, et Mouillages, et les Sondes des Mers de cette partie du Monde, depuis le Groenland inclusivement, jusques et compris le Golfe du Mexique avec les Îles de Sous-le-Vent et du Vent, accompagné de Plans particuliers des Ports les plus fréquentés.
A nearly flawless first edition of the French Navy’s official atlas of American coasts during the Revolutionary War.
Place/Date: Paris / 1778Read more -
Birdseye View of San Francisco and Surrounding Country.
Goddard’s rare and remarkable view of San Francisco, Marin, and the East Bay.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1880Read more -
[DRAMATIC ALBUM OF 1906 S.F. EARTHQUAKE]
A stunning collection of photographs showing the immediate aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
Cartographer(s): George S. McCombPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1906Read more -
[Original Photograph] Golden Gate Thoroughbred Breeders Assn. – P.P.I.E. 1915.
A rare gelatin print of a forgotten San Francisco landmark: the Panama-Pacific Expo Racetrack.
Cartographer(s): Not listedPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1915Read more -
Apollo 11 mission.
A scarce and pristine set of Apollo 11 memorabilia.
Cartographer(s): Not listedPlace/Date: USA / 1969Read more -
Official Map of Chinatown in San Francisco.
One of the great thematic maps of a 19th-century American city.
Cartographer(s): B. Farwell, John E. Kunklet, E. B. Pond; A.L. Bancroft & Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1885Read more -
Impero Brasiliano – dalle piú recenti mappe e dall`Amer. di J. A. Buchon per l`Atlante St. Geog. Polit. Letterario di A le Sage edizione di Girolamo Tasso in Venezia.
One of the first maps of Brazil as an independent empire.
Place/Date: Venice / 1825Read more -
[19th-century Commercial Art] CONTINENTAL Fire Insurance Co. of New York.
A stunning large-format chromolithographed broadside for New York’s Continental Fire Insurance Co.
Cartographer(s): J. Ottman Lithographic CompanyPlace/Date: New York / 1895Read more -
Ninety-Three Photographs Documenting the Construction of Hoover Dam in Original Kodak Box.
A remarkable collection of photographs of one of the great engineering marvels of 20th century America.
Cartographer(s): Not listedPlace/Date: Not listed / 1932Read more -
Mexicum In hac forma in lucem edebat Ioannis Baptistae Nicolosii S.T.D.
From mysterious Vatican sources: The first accurate map of the Rio Grande and its tributaries!
Cartographer(s): Giovanni Battista NicolosiPlace/Date: Rome / [First state] 1660Read more -
A New Map of the State of California, the Territories of Oregon, Washington, Utah & New Mexico.
The American West Takes Shape.
Place/Date: Philadelphia / 1854Read more -
The Structural History of the Aqsa Mosque. A record of archaeological gleanings from the repairs of 1938-1942.
The only comprehensive architectural history of one of the world’s most important mosques.
Cartographer(s): Robert W. HamiltonPlace/Date: London, Oxford, Jerusalem / 1949Read more -
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; Undertaken by Command of his Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere…1784.
First octavo edition of Cook’s Third Voyage account, with numerous iconic plates and a large chart of the world as discovered by the 18th century’s most famous explorer.
Cartographer(s): Captain James CookPlace/Date: London / 1784Read more -
Guide Map of San Francisco and Side Trips in California.
A Southern Pacific California guide and San Francisco map that we have never seen before.
Cartographer(s): Southern Pacific RailroadPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1897Read more -
Wilmette – Cook County, Illinois, Compiled from Official Records.
A scarce Depression-era map of Wilmette, Illinois.
Cartographer(s): Charles N. RobertsPlace/Date: Chicago / ca. 1935Read more -
Hotel Clark Los Angeles.
1930s Bird’s-eye-view of Los Angeles, advertising Hotel Clark.
Cartographer(s): PGB MorrisPlace/Date: Los Angeles / 1938Read more -
United States and Texas.
The Republic of Texas at its fullest extent, with large Iowa and Wisconsin Territories.
Cartographer(s): Alexander Keith JohnstonPlace/Date: Edinburgh / ca. 1843Read more -
Bombay City & Suburbs.
Colorful and decorative 1950s city plan of Bombay (Mumbai).
Cartographer(s): Tej BrothersPlace/Date: Bombay / 1950Read more -
Map of Contra Costa & Alameda Counties Cal.
A fine 1913 Weber-Punnett map of the East Bay.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1913Read more -
World of Tobacco.
Department of Agriculture map of global tobacco production.
Cartographer(s): Government Printing OfficePlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1971Read more -
Map of Western Palestine Illustrating the Natural Drainage and the Mountain Ranges.
The topography and ecology of late Ottoman Palestine.
Place/Date: London / 1882Read more -
Map of an Imaginary Estate for an Inveterate Fly-Fisherman.
An imaginative pictorial map of the world as seen by a fisherman.
Cartographer(s): John Held Jr.Place/Date: England / 1931Read more -
A Dog’s Idea of the Ideal Country Estate.
An imaginative pictorial take on a canine world.
Cartographer(s): John Held Jr.Place/Date: England / 1931Read more -
MapEasy’s Guidemap to Napa & Sonoma.
A lovely map of California’s wine country from the year 2000.
Cartographer(s): MapEasyPlace/Date: Not listed / 2000Read more -
A Map History of American Indian Tribes.
A cartographic history of Native Peoples in America, with a decorative border by Sioux artist Wounded Swallow.
Place/Date: Kingman, AZ / 1986Read more -
Untitled [Western Hemisphere]
Rare and early school atlas map of the Americas.
Cartographer(s): Jakob Friedrich KlemmPlace/Date: Tübingen / 1782Read more -
Plans and sections of the Armenian Church of S. James, and mosaics.
19th-century architectural plan of the Armenian Church of Saint James.
Cartographer(s): Ermete PierottiPlace/Date: London / 1864Read more -
[Untitled Mountain Lake Scene]
A stunning large-format landscape photograph by John Kabel.
Cartographer(s): John KabelPlace/Date: Not listed / ca. 1935Read more -
Map of the Yosemite Valley.
High-res topographical map of Yosemite Valley, building on the seminal 1930 chart by Francois E. Matthes.
Cartographer(s): U.S. Geological SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1947Read more -
Map of Western Palestine [on Six Sheets], from Surveys Conducted for the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
The iconic Survey of Western Palestine overview map.
Place/Date: London / 1881Read more -
[Statue of Liberty]
The Statue of Liberty in Noir.
Cartographer(s): John KabelPlace/Date: New York City / ca. 1935Read more -
Official Highway Map of California and Western Nevada.
The early phase of California’s highway culture.
Cartographer(s): California State Automobile AssociationPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1920Read more -
Pakistan.
The first national mapping of Pakistan – published in Karachi.
Cartographer(s): Surveyor General of PakistanPlace/Date: Karachi / ca. 1950Read more -
Tcheng-Te Fou. Moukden. Vladivostok.
A milestone in the mapping of the Korean Peninsula.
Cartographer(s): Service Géographique de l'ArméePlace/Date: Paris / 1904Read more -
[First Edition] Asia Secunda pars Terrae in Forma Pegasi.
Bünting’s iconic Pegasus Map of Asia: an enduring cartographic masterpiece that continues to captivate us centuries after its creation.
Cartographer(s): Heinrich BüntingPlace/Date: Magdeburg / [First edition] 1587Read more -
County Map of the State of California.
An essential map for collectors of California, the American West, and 19th-century American atlas maps.
Cartographer(s): Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr.Place/Date: Philadelphia / 1886Read more -
Nou Grecia secondo tutte regioni, & provinicie di quella di qua…
Blending the Renaissance concept of Ancient Greece with more recent historical developments in the East Mediterranean.
Cartographer(s): Sebastian MünsterPlace/Date: Not listed / 1558Read more -
[Two maps sold together] The First Ordnance Surveys of Jerusalem. By Captain Charles W. Wilson R.E. Under The Direction of Colonel Sir Henry James, R.E. F.R.S. & C. Director of the Ordnance Survey. 1864-5.
The British Ordnance Survey of 1864-65 was the first scientific attempt to map Jerusalem and its environs, a watershed survey that saw two of the finest Victorian maps ever created.
Cartographer(s): Ordinance Survey OfficePlace/Date: London / 1865Read more -
[Data Visualization] Palästina-Wirtschafts-Atlas.
A scarce 1926 Zionist statistical atlas of Jewish life in Palestine, published in Weimar Germany.
Cartographer(s): Davis TrietschPlace/Date: Berlin / 1926Read more -
[India-Pakistan-Bangladesh-Tibet] Tabula Decima Dasia.
One of the earliest printed maps of South Asia ever produced.
Place/Date: Florence / 1482Read more -
[Photographs of early San Francisco]
Incredible photographs from the early days of San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): Carleton E. WatkinsPlace/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1862Read more -
The World in Hemispheres.
A lovely and clever representation of the world, with its most prominent mountains and rivers.
Cartographer(s): Alexander Keith JohnstonPlace/Date: Edinburgh / 1850Read more -
Mission Dolores, San Francisco – 1860, from the Potrero Nuevo
The first printed view of San Francisco’s Mission District.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1866Read more -
安政改正 府鄉御江戶繪圖 / [Sketch Map of the City and Villages of Edo, Ansei Revised Edition].
The Japanese capital on the verge of modernity.
Place/Date: Tokyo / ca. 1855Read more -
Plan of the Bay of Monterey.
The earliest acquirable map of the Bay of Monterey.
Place/Date: London / 1798Read more -
San Antonio Creek watershed and Oakland.
One of the first maps of Oakland, with Alameda as a peninsula.
Place/Date: New York / 1857Read more -
Decima Asiae Tabula.
1490 Ptolemaic map of the Indian Subcontinent.
Place/Date: Rome / 1490Read more -
The Commonwealth of Nations, or The British Empire
Celebrating an empire that was about to disappear.
Place/Date: London / 1937Read more -
Plan of Port St. Francisco in California.
The world’s first detailed look at San Francisco.
Place/Date: London / 1798Read more -
Home Federal Country. Eureka! The Golden State. California.
Probably the best pictorial map of California from the early 1970s.
Cartographer(s): Darrel Wayne 'Bunky' MillsapPlace/Date: Not listed / 1973Read more -
Lone Mountain Cemetery, San Francisco.
A true San Francisco rarity: Gifford and Nagel’s early view of Lone Mountain and the ‘Outside Lands.’
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1866Read more -
Owl’s Eye View of the Bohemian Grove, Sonoma County, CA.
An Owl’s View of the controversial Bohemian Grove Campgrounds in Sonoma County.
Cartographer(s): Phil FrankPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1997Read more -
Fortunes, Follies And Far-Out Ideas. A Look Back At The Personal Computer Era.
A period-specific broadside that maps the incredible journey of personal computing.
Place/Date: San Jose / ca. 1987Read more -
[With Municipal Report] Montgomery Avenue: Showing the land condemned, buildings destroyed, frontage on each block, profile of grade, and district to be assessed.
The changing face of a growing city: the creation map for Columbus Avenue, bound in its original municipal report.
Cartographer(s): Britton & ReyPlace/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1872Read more -
Hetch Hetchy Water System.
Cartoonist Phil Frank’s rendition of the Hetch Hetchy System that supplies the residents of San Francisco with fresh drinking water.
Cartographer(s): Phil FrankPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1995Read more -
Bird’s Eye View of the City of Petaluma, Sonoma County, California.
One of the earliest views of Petaluma.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1871Read more -
Americae Nova Tabula.
Superlative old color example of Blaeu’s famous map of the Americas.
Cartographer(s): Willem BlaeuPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1642Read more -
Bancroft’s Official Guide Map Of City And County Of San Francisco…1873.
Bancroft’s iconic 1873 Blue-Line Map of San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): The Bancroft CompanyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1873Read more -
Société de Géographie de Paris AFRIQUE 1895
Jules Hansen’s seminal map of colonial Africa.
Cartographer(s): Jules HansenPlace/Date: Paris / 1895Read more -
Sexta Europe. Tabula.
The earliest obtainable map of Italy, a gorgeous impression in original black & white.
Place/Date: Rome / ca. 1478Read more -
Vestiges of Assyria. Sheet 3rd being a map of the country included in the angle formed by the River Tigris & The Upper Zab showing the disposition of the various ancient sites in the vicinity of Nineveh
Felix Jones’ third map in the Vestiges of Assyria series, in which the densely inhabited flood plain surrounding the capitals of Nineveh and Nimrud has been depicted.
Place/Date: London / 1855Read more -
Vestiges of Assyria. Sheet lst an Ichnographic Sketch of the remains of ancient Nineveh with the enceinte of the modern Mosul.
Felix Jones’s map of Nineveh: the first modern cartographic visualization of Assyria’s great capital.
Place/Date: London / 1855Read more -
Official Map of Chinatown in San Francisco.
One of the great thematic maps of a 19th-century American city.
Cartographer(s): B. Farwell, John E. Kunklet, E. B. Pond; A.L. Bancroft & Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1885Read more -
Cunard R.M.S. Caronia / Great African Cruise 1950
A stunning and extremely rare advertisement for the Cunard Line’s 1950 cruise to Africa, with a stop in the new capital city of Tel Aviv.
Cartographer(s): D.E. BatesPlace/Date: England / 1949Read more -
The Seattle Waterfront [Colorized Panoramic Photograph]
Seattle as the anchor of the Pacific Northwest.
Cartographer(s): Pierson & CompanyPlace/Date: Seattle / 1917Read more -
Masjid Haram / Great Mosque of Mecca
A highly decorative and deeply symbolic plan of the Holy Precinct in Mecca following a late 19th-century renovation.
Cartographer(s): Fahmy/Sultani OrderPlace/Date: Mecca / [early 20th c.?] 1893Read more -
Tails of the City Alligator Oz The land of Make-Believe.
Henley’s revolutionary 1976 thematic map of homosexual San Francisco — a testament to the city’s progressive track record for tolerance and inclusion.
Cartographer(s): J Clark HenleyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1976Read more -
Americae pars magis cognita. [First State]
De Bry’s seminal map of South America: a manifestation of the courage, determination, and megalomania of those who went forth to explore an unknown world.
Cartographer(s): Theodore de BryPlace/Date: Frankfurt / 1592Read more -
Carta Marina Nuova Tavola.
Drawing on an exhilarating combination of cartographic myth, new discoveries, authoritative precursors, and resilient mental templates, this seminal map captures a world on the cusp of geographic understanding.
Place/Date: Venice / 1598Read more -
Gallia Geographica Galliae descriptio, de integro plurimis in locis emendata ac Regionum limitibus distincta; auctore Petro Plancio…
The famous Ortelius/Vrients map of Greater France.
Place/Date: Antwerp / 1609Read more -
Map Showing Golden Gate Park, the Avenue and Buena Vista Park. Scale 400 ft. to 1 inch.
This lovely early example of Britton & Rey’s iconic plan of Golden Gate Park is an anchor of San Franciscan identity: It speaks to us about origins and progress, urban renewal and civil rights, and is ultimately a testimony to the city’s grand but turbulent history.
Cartographer(s): Britton & ReyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1893Read more -
Map and Street Directory of Sioux City
A 1935 promotional map and street index for Sioux City, Iowa, where Lewis and Clark once camped.
Cartographer(s): Bekins Moving & Storage Co.Place/Date: Not listed / 1935Read more -
America Septentrionalis [Second State, Original Color]
Henricus Hondius’ iconic 17th-century map of North America: an entirely new cartographic vision of the continent.
Place/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1647Read 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 -
Tabula geographica generalis Imperii Russici ad normam novissimarum observationum astronomicarum concinnata a Ioh. Trescotio et Jac. Schmidio.
A beautiful map of the Russian Empire in the era of Catherine the Great.
Cartographer(s): Tobias Conrad LotterPlace/Date: Augsburg / 1780Read more -
Preparations for the Great October Socialist Revolution (March-November 1917) [Подготовка великой Октябрьской социалистической революции (март-ноябрь 1917 г.)]
Teaching revolutionary history in the post-Stalinist Soviet Union.
Cartographer(s): Главное управление геодезии и картографии при Совете Министров СССРPlace/Date: Moscow / 1964Read more -
Mapa etnográfico del archipiélago filipino
America tries to understand its newest colonial possession.
Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / [1890] 1899Read more -
Panoramic and Monumental Map of Havana – Plano Panoramico y Monumental de la Habana
A colorful 1950 bird’s-eye-view of Havana.
Cartographer(s): Rogelio L MirabalPlace/Date: Havana / 1950Read more -
Algerie.
A gorgeous pictorial tourist map of Algeria in the 1960s.
Cartographer(s): Ofalac-AlgerPlace/Date: Algiers/Oran / ca. 1960Read more -
Southern California as seen from fabulous Long Beach
A wonderful 1950s-era pictorial map of Long Beach.
Cartographer(s): Long Beach Chamber of CongressPlace/Date: Long Beach, CA / 1957Read more -
Cartographer’s Impressions of Early Days in Eastbay
Beloved cartoonist Fred R. Lundy’s scarce 1934 pictorial map of Berkeley and Oakland.
Cartographer(s): Fred R. LundyPlace/Date: Oakland / 1934Read more -
[Map of European Russia] Карта Европейской Россiи
The architecture of the Russian Empire’s control of Ukraine.
Cartographer(s): Cartographic Establishment of Alexey IlyinPlace/Date: St. Petersburg / ca. 1880Read more -
Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem. This Survey Was Made In The Years 1864-5 By Captain Charles W. Wilson R.E. and a Party of Royal Engineers From The Ordinance Survey. Under The Direction of Colonel Sir Henry James, R.E. F.R.S. & C. Director of the Ordnance Survey.
The first Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem and environs.
Cartographer(s): Ordinance Survey OfficePlace/Date: London / 1865Read more -
Plan De Jerusalem Ancienne & Moderne
Plan of the Old City of Jerusalem by the Ottoman city’s official architect and engineer.
Cartographer(s): Ermete PierottiPlace/Date: Paris / 1860Read more -
[Mining Map of the Donetsk Coal Basin] Горнопромышленная карта Донецкого камнеугольного бассейна
A superb 1890 coal mining infrastructure map of eastern Ukraine, published in Kharkiv.
Cartographer(s): A. MeviusPlace/Date: Kharkiv / 1890Read more -
i 50 Sbarchi in Gran Bretagna
Persuasive cartography: 1941 Italian map of Great Britain promoting its vulnerability to invasion.
Cartographer(s): ViscegliaPlace/Date: Milan / 1941Read more -
Voyage Autour du Monde / Round the World. 1891.
One of the greatest travel posters of the Belle Époque.
Place/Date: Paris / 1891Read more -
Tails of the City Alligator Oz The land of Make-Believe.
Henley’s revolutionary 1976 thematic map of homosexual San Francisco — a testament to the city’s progressive track record for tolerance and inclusion.
Cartographer(s): J Clark HenleyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1976Read more -
Venetia
A superb bird’s-eye-view of Venice, finely-engraved and exceptionally adorned.
Cartographer(s): Giovanni Antonio de PaoliPlace/Date: Rome / ca. 1600Read more -
Tartariae Sive Magni Chami Regni Typus
From History’s First Modern Atlas: a gorgeous Ortelius map of Asia with references to Marco Polo.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1603Read more -
Geologic Map of the Arabian Peninsula
The first complete geological profile of Saudi Arabia and her neighbors; the result of a collaboration between ARAMCO and the U.S. Geological Survey.
Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1963Read more -
[World] Continentem Dudum Notam Componebat . . . (and) Continentem Noviter Detectam Componebat
Two paradigm-setting milestones in one map: the first printed map to use a full globular projection, and the first world map to accurately depict the course of the Rio Grande flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
Cartographer(s): Giovanni Battista NicolosiPlace/Date: Rome / [First state] 1660Read more -
Ricordo storico della vittoria folgorante
1936 Italian map of East Africa with stark fascist imagery and language.
Cartographer(s): ViscegliaPlace/Date: Rome/Milan / 1936Read more -
City of Scottsdale Arizona
An attractive hand-watercolored map of Scottsdale, Arizona.
Cartographer(s): Scottsdale Chamber of CommercePlace/Date: Scottsdale, AZ / ca. 1970Read more -
Ceylon Survey. Nuwara Eliya.
Locally-published survey of regional Sri Lanka.
Cartographer(s): Survey Department of CeylonPlace/Date: Colombo, Sri Lanka / 1917Read 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 -
Hudson’s New Twin City Map
Hand-colored 1961 map of the Twin Cities.
Cartographer(s): Hudson Map CompanyPlace/Date: Minneapolis, Minnesota / 1961Read more -
Paper-Making Places in Present-Day Japan. East & West.
Charting Japan’s craft papermakers: a 4-map bilingual set.
Cartographer(s): MingeikanPlace/Date: Tokyo / 1960Read more -
Japanese evacuation from the West Coast, 1942: Final Report
A chronicle of one of the most infamous events in American history.
Cartographer(s): United States Government Printing OfficePlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1943Read more -
General Chart Embracing Surveys of the Farallones Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco and San Pablo Straits of Carquines and Suisun Bay and the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers
Gold Rush-era river chart from San Francisco to Sacramento with Vallejo as State Capital.
Cartographer(s): Cadwalader RinggoldPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1850Read more -
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 -
The San Francisco Call. New Era Edition.
A gorgeous 1897 lithograph of San Francisco’s ornate Call Building, once the tallest building west of the Mississippi.
Cartographer(s): H. S. Crocker CompanyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1897Read more -
A bird’s-eye panoramic map of San Francisco
An intricate 1976 axonometric view of San Francisco — the first example we have ever seen for sale.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1976Read more -
[Nebraska Territory, Kansas Territory]
Early survey map of the Kansas and Nebraska Territories.
Cartographer(s): Surveyor General of Kansas and NebraskaPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. (?) / ca. 1854Read more -
Winter Park and vicinity. Florida
1959 promotional map of Winter Park, Florida.
Cartographer(s): Frederic Q. BoyerPlace/Date: Florida / 1959Read more -
Chart of Suisun & Vallejo Bays with the Confluence of the Rivers Sacramento and San Joaquin California
Gold Rush-era chart of the Lower Sacramento River.
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 -
Britton and Rey’s Reduced Map of the State of California
A lovely 19th-century map of California with up-to-date survey work, including railroads.
Place/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1879Read more -
Chart of the Bay of San Pablo Straits of Carquines and part of the Bay of San Francisco California
Marvelous Gold Rush-era sea chart from the Golden Gate to San Pablo Bay.
Cartographer(s): Cadwalader RinggoldPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1850Read more -
Sausalito…a city of many neighborhoods
A fabulous pictorial map of Sausalito by the late beloved local cartoonist Phil Frank.
Cartographer(s): Phil FrankPlace/Date: Sausalito or San Francisco / 1982Read more -
Things to see and do – Mapa Historico de Taos
Commemorative map of Taos with illustrations by noted artist Albert Lujan.
Place/Date: Taos / 1967Read 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 -
Chart of the Sacramento River From Suisun City to the American River California
The 1851 Ringgold chart of the Sacramento River with Sacramento-Boston inset.
Cartographer(s): Cadwalader RinggoldPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1855Read 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 Oakland and vicinity: Alameda, Berkeley, Fruitvale and Piedmont.
The most spectacular early map of the East Bay that we have ever seen, plotting everything from shell mounds to railroads to real estate holdings and more.
Place/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1892Read more -
Piano Regolatore Città di Roma
Fine 19th century cadastral map of Rome — indicates the proposed area of the Victor Emmanuel II National Monument.
Cartographer(s): Ing. E. ZanottiPlace/Date: Rome / 1883Read more -
Three Centuries Of Great Music
New York Philharmonic thematic map tracing the history of classical music from 1650 to 1950.
Place/Date: New York / 1953Read more -
Antartide continente del giorno
The triumph of reaching the South Pole, and the fierce competition between Scott and Amundsen to win that great prize.
Cartographer(s): Officine grafiche de “La Scuola”Place/Date: Brescia / 1956Read more -
[Data Visualization] Le Pétrole Dans Le Monde.
Striking 1956 thematic map of the global petroleum industry — rare first edition published before the Suez Crisis.
Cartographer(s): Union des Chambres Syndicales du PétrolePlace/Date: Paris / 1956Read more -
Central Map of Tehran
An absolutely marvelous lithograph of Tehran, produced during the tumultuous late 1950s.
Cartographer(s): The Sahab Geographic and Drafting InstitutePlace/Date: Tehran / 1961Read more -
[Pair of Panoramas] DAMAS No.1. & DAMAS No.2.
Two unrecorded panoramic photographs of Damascus under the French Mandate.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Not listed / ca. 1925Read more -
Carta Economica dell’Africa Orientale
Interwar Italian pictorial map of East Africa.
Cartographer(s): Luigi PadoanPlace/Date: Milan / 1936Read more -
Orbis Vetus in utraque continente juxta mentem Sansonianam distinctus, nec non observationibus astonimicis redactus.
Lovely 1752 world map with references to the mythical island of Atlantis and a bearded Chronos.
Cartographer(s): Didier Robert de VaugondyPlace/Date: Paris / 1752Read more -
Carte Kilométrique Officielle des Chemins de Fer Suisses
Mountains, lakes, and cities: an outstanding Swiss railway map for the end of the 19th century.
Place/Date: Geneva / ca. 1888Read more -
[Montenegro] КАРТА ЦРНЕГОРЕ | قرطاغ مملكت خريط | Carte du Pays de Montenegro dressée d’après des opérations géodétiques sur les lieux et recherches les plus soigneuses.
The first modern map of Montenegro.
Cartographer(s): Fedor Graf von KaracsayPlace/Date: Vienna / 1838Read more -
Strassen-Karte des Königreich’s Dalmatien. 1831
A bilingual early 18th century travel and infrastructure map of the Austrian Empire’s riviera.
Cartographer(s): Austrian General QuartermasterPlace/Date: Vienna / 1831Read more -
Regni d’Aracan del Pegu di Siam di Camboge e di Laos.
Zatta’s 1783 copper-engraved map of Indochina in original color.
Cartographer(s): Antonio ZattaPlace/Date: Venice / 1783Read more -
Amman in Panorama
A graphic vista of Amman as a modern Arab Metropolis, published less than a decade after Jordanian Independence.
Place/Date: Beirut / 1953Read more -
Le Nouveau Mexique, et la Floride.
Sanson’s landmark 1656 map of America with California as an island. First state, original outline color.
Cartographer(s): Nicolas SansonPlace/Date: Paris / [First state] 1656Read 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 -
Dallas. Texas Sesquicentennial Edition.
A fun and lively pictorial map of 1980s Dallas, TX.
Cartographer(s): Old San Francisco Steak HousePlace/Date: Dallas / 1985Read more -
Nantucket Island. Massachusetts.
A hand-colored map of Nantucket Island, published at the end of World War II.
Cartographer(s): Nantucket Information BureauPlace/Date: Nantucket Island / 1945Read more -
California Wine Land of America
A fabulous 1960s pictorial map promoting the emerging wines of California.
Cartographer(s): Amado GonzalezPlace/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1965Read more -
China Veteribus Sinarum Regio nunc Incolis Tame dicta.
Willem Janzoon Blaeu’s first map of China.
Cartographer(s): Willem BlaeuPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1636Read more -
New Orleans. Louisiana.
A fabulous, hand-watercolored, post-WWII city plan of New Orleans.
Cartographer(s): A. HirschwitzPlace/Date: New Orleans / 1950Read more -
D. Diagram: of Tampa Land District.
A mid-19th century Florida land survey map published a decade after statehood.
Place/Date: Baltimore / 1855Read more -
Plano de Barcelona Especial para los Grandes Almacenes El Siglo
On the eve of civil war: a large and beautiful early 1930s city plan of Barcelona.
Cartographer(s): Grandes Almacenes El SigloPlace/Date: Barcelona / ca. 1931Read more -
Second Year of the State of Israel. . שנת שתיים למדינת ישראל
The ultimate early Israel commemorative map, celebrating its second anniversary with Social Realist imagery.
Cartographer(s): Joseph Szapiro & Michael KarraPlace/Date: Tel Aviv / 1949Read more -
Carte des Isles Sandwich
One of the first available collectible maps of Hawaii, from just a handful of years after the landing and death of Captain James Cook.
Cartographer(s): Rigobert BonnePlace/Date: Paris / ca. 1785Read more -
Official Map of Chinatown in San Francisco [bound in] San Francisco Municipal Reports for the Fiscal Year 1884-85
One of the great thematic maps of a 19th American city: a rare 1885 map of San Francisco 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 -
A Map for the City of Seattle and adjacent territory accompanying a report of MUNICIPAL PLANS COMMISSION.
The famous ‘Bogue Plan’ of Seattle: an ambitious urban design for the city and environs from 1911.
Place/Date: Seattle / 1911Read more -
Chicago’s Gangland. Prepared by Frederic M. Thrasher 1923-26
A first edition presentation copy inscribed by the author — Frederic M. Thrasher’s study and map of Gangs in Prohibition-Era Chicago.
Cartographer(s): Fredric Milton ThrasherPlace/Date: Chicago / 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 -
Romance of the Missions. California
1939 Goodacre poster-map presenting the missions of California as an important part of the state’s historical heritage.
Cartographer(s): WJ GoodacrePlace/Date: Santa Barbara, CA / 1939Read more -
Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino Tradotta di Greco nell’Idioma Volgare Italiano da Girolamo Ruscelli
A superb and fully intact Ptolemaic Geography from 16th century Venice, constituting a cornerstone in the history of cartography.
Place/Date: Venice / 1599Read more -
Accurata delineatio Nobilissmi toti Europae Fluminis Wolgae olim RHA dictae per Adamum Olearium
The greatest early map of the Volga River, with excellent color and condition.
Place/Date: Schleswig / ca. 1647Read more -
Poverty Areas of New York City: Distribution of Public Assistance Recipients by Census Tracts (September 1977)…
Social cartography: a thematic city plan that purports to document the extent and distribution of poverty in New York City in the late 1970s.
Cartographer(s): Allied Map Company, Inc.Place/Date: New Rochelle, NY / 1980Read more -
Algerii Sarace norum urbis fortissimae…
1580 Braun & Hogenberg bird’s-eye-view of Algiers in original colors.
Cartographer(s): Georg Braun & Franz HogenbergPlace/Date: Colonge / 1580Read more -
Map of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1952 promotional city plan of Fort Lauderdale and Lauderdale Harbors, Florida.
Cartographer(s): Arnold J WaldsmithPlace/Date: Fort Lauderdale / ca. 1952Read more -
Prather’s Aerial View of the Rocky Mountain National-Estes-Park
Ralph Carlyle Prather’s sweeping 1922 panoramic view of the Rocky Mountains.
Cartographer(s): Ralph Carlyle PratherPlace/Date: Denver, CO / 1922Read more -
Map of the United States as Californians See It.
Oren Arnold’s charming and pioneering 1947 pictorial map: the epitome of a new genre of comedic cartography that developed following the end of WW2.
Cartographer(s): Oren ArnoldPlace/Date: Riverside, CA / 1947Read more -
Carta particolare della Baia di Messico con la Costa.
The quintessential explorer’s map: the first printed sea chart of the Gulf of Mexico, from one of the most interesting and important characters in the pantheon of pioneer cartographers.
Cartographer(s): Sir Robert DudleyPlace/Date: Florence / 1647Read more -
Placitus Caloirus et Oliva fecit in nobili urbe messane año 1617
This is the Yates-Houghton “Doppia” Portolan, a rare and beautiful masterpiece that delineates a revolution in geographic understanding and represents the dawn of scientifically-anchored cartography.
Cartographer(s): Placitus Caloirus & Joan OlivaPlace/Date: Messina, Sicily / 1617Read more -
The Hancock Automobile and Motorcycle Road Book
The Hancock Automobile and Motorcycle Book: the first California Road Atlas for motorists.
Cartographer(s): J.F. HancockPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1907Read more -
When the Cable was Landed. Sunday, Dec. 14, 1902.
Album with 12 original silver-prints from the landing of the first Trans-Pacific telegraph cable in San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): G. HarringtonPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1902Read 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 -
Bancroft’s Official Guide Map of the City and County of San Francisco, Compiled from Official Maps in Surveyor’s Office
1891 Bancroft City and County of San Francisco in excellent color.
Cartographer(s): The Bancroft CompanyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1891Read more -
A Correct Map of the United States, With The West Indies, from the best Authorities by Samuel Lewis 1813…
Samuel Lewis’ extremely rare patriotic map of the War of 1812.
Cartographer(s): Samuel LewisPlace/Date: Philadelphia / 1813Read 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 -
LA ’84 Summer Games
A fun pictorial map for the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.
Cartographer(s): West Coast VenturesPlace/Date: Los Angeles / 1983Read more -
A New and Accurat Map of the World Drawne according to ye truest Descriptions latest Discoveries & best observations yt have beene made by English or Strangers. 1651.
John Speed’s unparalleled map of the world.
Cartographer(s): John SpeedPlace/Date: London / (1651) 1676Read more -
[World] Continentem Dudum Notam Componebat . . . (and) Continentem Noviter Detectam Componebat
Two paradigm-setting milestones in one map: the first printed map to use a full globular projection, and the first world map to accurately depict the course of the Rio Grande flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
Cartographer(s): Giovanni Battista NicolosiPlace/Date: Rome / [First state] 1660Read 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 -
Europam et Asiæ partem Sic describere Conabar Ioannes Baptista Nocolosius S.T.D. Secondarily: Imperium Romano-Germanicum Secundum Decem Circulos Diuisum Describebat Ioannes Baptista Nicolosius S.T.D. & Italia Secundum Dominatus Descripta per Ioannem Baptistam Nicolosivm.S.T.D.
Nicolosi’s impressive four-sheet map of Europe, with the Holy Roman Empire and late-Renaissance Italy.
Cartographer(s): Giovanni Battista NicolosiPlace/Date: Rome / [First state] 1660Read more -
Asia Ex Conatibus Geographicis Ioannis Baptistae Nicolosii S.T.D.
Nicolosi’s gorgeous four-sheet map of Asia.
Cartographer(s): Giovanni Battista NicolosiPlace/Date: Rome / [First state] 1660Read more -
Africa Ioanne Baptista Nicolosio S.T.D. Sic Describente
A landmark map for the historical cartography of Africa.
Cartographer(s): Giovanni Battista NicolosiPlace/Date: Rome / [First state] 1660Read more -
[Sequential Panoramic Triptych] The Burning City, The Ruins, and the Business Section of San Francisco
A scarce R.J. Waters three panoramic photograph sequence of San Francisco destroyed and rebuilt.
Cartographer(s): R.J. Waters CompanyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1914Read 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 -
View of the World from 9th Avenue
Original run example of Saul Steinberger’s iconic illustration of the world as seen from a typical New Yorker’s perspective.
Cartographer(s): Saul SteinbergPlace/Date: New York / 1976Read more -
The American Union Railroad Map Of The United States, British Possessions, West Indies, Mexico, And Central America. 1871. Published by Haasis & Lubrecht, 107 Liberty Street, New York. Smith & McDougal, Electrotypers, 82 Beekman Street, New York.
First edition of Haasis & Lubrecht’s iconic map of an America connected by rail.
Cartographer(s): Haasis & LubrechtPlace/Date: New York / 1871Read more -
Novae Insulae
Sebastian Münster’s Map of the Americas: The first printed map of the new continents in their entirety.
Cartographer(s): Sebastian MünsterPlace/Date: Basel / [State #13, 1572] 1540Read more -
Birds Eye View of the Soudan and Surrounding Countries
A marvelous piece of Victorian mapmaking commemorating the famous 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 -
Railroad Map of Ohio. Published By The State. 1914.
Connecting people and industries in the Rust Belt: a 1914 folding railroad map of Ohio.
Cartographer(s): Columbus Lithograph Co.Place/Date: Columbus, OH / 1914Read more -
City of San Francisco from Rincon Point Tinted lithographed by C. Parsons N.Y., Deld by F.N. Otis M.D. Surgeon In USM Steamship COS Service, Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855, by F.N. Otis in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York
Before Salesforce Tower: one of the finest and rarest early views of San Francisco.
Place/Date: New York / 1855Read more -
Flood Property Atherton, California. Scale 1″=300′ Apr. 1936. Layout No. 8. By James & Waters – Subdivision Engr’s, Burlingame – Redwood City
Map of Lindenwood, Atherton (CA): subdividing the grand estate of silver-magnate James Clair Flood.
Cartographer(s): James & WatersPlace/Date: Burlingame/Redwood City, CA / 1936Read more -
Colton’s Map of the United States of America Showing the Country from the Atlantic to the Pacific
G.W. & C.B. Colton’s first U.S.-centric coast-to-coast map of the United States.
Cartographer(s): The Colton Mapmaking CompanyPlace/Date: New York / 1867Read more -
Montclair Village [Oakland, CA]
Delightful 1987 pictorial map of Montclair Village, Oakland.
Cartographer(s): Jim KingwellPlace/Date: Oakland / 1987Read more -
Côte d’Ivoire
1943 pictorial French map of Côte d’Ivoire.
Cartographer(s): JylbertPlace/Date: Paris / 1943Read more -
Order of Battle on Western Front 11 A.M., Nov. 11, 1918
A rare and evocative World War I map of the Western Front on the eve of peace, with provenance to an important American officer.
Cartographer(s): Twenty-ninth Engineers, U.S. ArmyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / [Jan/Feb] 1919Read more -
Septentrionaliu regionum Svetiæ Gothiæ Norvegiæ Daniæ
Gerard de Jode’s iconic Scandinavia chart: a testimony to undervalued genius.
Cartographer(s): Gerard & Cornelis de JodePlace/Date: Antwerp / 1593Read 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 -
Islandia
A beautifully preserved example of the most decorative and famous map of Iceland ever produced – with an additional hand-drawn sea-monster on the verso.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1592Read more -
Expedition Citroen Centre-Asie 3eme Mission G.-M. Haardt – L. Audouin-Dubreuil
A remarkable collection of materials related to the first automobile crossing of Asia: the famous Citroën Central Asia Expedition of 1931-32, from Beruit to Peking.
Place/Date: Paris / 1933Read more -
THE EXPULSION OF AXIS FORCES FROM NORTH AFRICA
Overpowering the Desert Fox: a scarce World War II flow map celebrating victory in North Africa.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: England(?) / 1943Read more -
A GENERAL MAP OF NORTH AMERICA; In which is Express’d The Several New Roads, Forts, Engagements, &c. taken from Actual Surveys and Observations Made in the Army employ’d there, From the Year 1745, to 1761: Drawn by the Late JOHN ROCQUE, Topographer to his MAJESTY.
The most accurate map of the continent at the time, finalized and published by the first female cartographer to depict North America.
Place/Date: London / 1762Read 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 -
Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio Quam ex Magna Universali Mercatoris…M.D.LXXXVII.
Gorgeous example of Mercator’s striking double-hemisphere world map.
Cartographer(s):Place/Date: Amsterdam / (Latin edition) 1606Read more -
Silicon Valley
[Unrecorded 1986 issue] Splendid pictorial map of Silicon Valley chronicling the wide array of firms and start-ups in the field of computer technology.
Place/Date: Fremont, CA / 1986Read more -
Silicon Valley [:] Apple Computer, Inc.
A 1990 pictorial map of Silicon Valley published by Apple Computer and giving a whimsical snapshot of the era’s enthusiasm.
Cartographer(s): Apple Computer, Inc.Place/Date: Cupertino / 1990Read more -
Meiguo Sanfan Shi hua qiao qu : xiang xi tu. / Map of San Francisco Chinatown.
Revealing the early 20th century Chinese experience in the Bay Area: a roaring ’20s map of San Francisco’s Chinatown.
Cartographer(s): J.P. WongPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1929Read more -
Europa das ein Drittheil der Erde nach gelegenheit unserer zeit beschrieben…
1588 Münster woodcut and letterpress map of Europe.
Cartographer(s): Sebastian MünsterPlace/Date: Basel / ca. 1588Read more -
VIII Corps In European Theater of Operations
Fighting across Europe from Normandy to Czechoslovakia: VIII Corps World War II theatre of operations map.
Cartographer(s): VIII Corps Office of the Engineer & 665th Engr. Topo. Co.Place/Date: Not listed / May 9th 1945Read more -
[Title in Russian] United Arab Republic
Cold War era Soviet map of the United Arab Republic.
Cartographer(s): General Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography (USSR)Place/Date: Moscow / 1965Read more -
De Maiorica Insula
Extremely rare Lafreri-school map of the island of Mallorca.
Cartographer(s): Ferrando BertelliPlace/Date: Venice / ca. 1568Read 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 -
[Untitled map of the Soviet Union]
Between Nazi Germany and Imperialist Japan: large-format map of the Soviet Union by one of America’s great cartographic illustrators.
Cartographer(s): Robert M. Chapin Jr.Place/Date: New York / Nov. 17 1941Read more -
A General Map of the Russian Empire Divided into the Fifty Provinces, Showing Neighboring Domains and Highways.
The Russian Empire at its height of expansion just before the Napoleonic Invasion.
Cartographer(s): Alexsandr Dmitrievich SavinkovPlace/Date: St. Petersburg / 1809Read more -
Silicon Valley
Pictorial bird’s-eye-view of Silicon Valley on the eve of the Internet age.
Cartographer(s): City Graphics of America, Inc.Place/Date: Fremont, CA / 1985Read more -
Metsker’s Map of San Francisco Bay District California
Large-format post WWII Metsker map of the Bay Area.
Cartographer(s): Charles F. MetskerPlace/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1946Read 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 -
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 -
The Maltese Islands
Excellent pictorial map of Malta with plan of Valetta.
Cartographer(s): Aldo CiqheriPlace/Date: Italy / ca. 1950Read more -
Map of Manila and Vicinity.
Map of Manila belonging to a commander of the anti-guerilla ‘Ilocano Scouts’!
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Manila (?) / January 1905Read more -
The Spanish Heritage and Contribution to the American Independence 1512-1823
A historical map of the United States celebrating Spanish heritage in North America.
Cartographer(s): Alejandro de MunsPlace/Date: Madrid / 1981Read more -
Etats-Unis De L’Amerique Septentrionale Avec Les Isles Royale, De Terre Neuve, De St. Jean, L’Acadie &c.
State names that never were: post-Independence map of the U.S. with Jefferson’s 10 proposed states and early Michigan.
Place/Date: Paris / ca. 1785Read more -
Le Nouveau Mexique et La Floride: Tirees de diverses Cartes, et Relations
A rare first state by one of the seventeenth century’s greatest cartographers.
Cartographer(s): Nicolas SansonPlace/Date: Paris / 1656Read 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 -
Partie Occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada.
Phantom islands and cartographic trickery: Bellin’s seminal map of the Great Lakes, re-issued during the French and Indian War.
Place/Date: Nuremberg / 1755Read 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 -
Planisphère élémentaire et illustré indiquant la description géographique des parties connues de la terre…
Whales, Bears, and Mountains: a superb mid-19th century French world map with compelling illustrations.
Place/Date: Paris / 1853Read more -
Colonie Dell’Africa Orientale Italiana e Abissinia
East Africa on the eve of World War II: the Italian gambit.
Cartographer(s): Arti Grafiche Anselmo TavazzaniPlace/Date: Milan / ca. 1937Read more -
Carte Générale des États-Unis, des Haut et Bas-Canada, de la Nouvelle Ecosse, du Nouveau Brunswick, de Terre-Neuve, etc.
A French map of the United States, updated to include the Republic of Texas and the city of Austin.
Place/Date: Paris / 1843Read more -
The Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County
Looking back at land distribution in pre-American Los Angeles County — pictorial map of Spanish and Mexican ranchos.
Place/Date: Los Angeles / 1937Read 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 -
Tourist Map of Kenya
Pictorial map of Kenya published in Nairobi shortly after independence.
Cartographer(s): Survey of KenyaPlace/Date: Nairobi / 1968Read 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 -
[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 -
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 -
Republic of Indonesia: new nation of the world
Fabulous Covarrubias pictorial map of the Republic of Indonesia.
Place/Date: New York / ca. 1951Read 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 -
Map of San Francisco showing its uneven topography and the present and proposed main conduits reservoirs and pumping plants of the Spring Valley Water Co.
Mapping San Francisco’s famous hills – an unrecorded Spring Valley Water Co. topography map.
Cartographer(s): The Union Litho. Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1908Read 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 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 -
City of San Francisco and Its Vicinity
Colorful and bright 1853 Coast Survey map of SF with downtown, marsh lands, and Mission Dolores.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1853Read 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 -
Map of Central America, Shewing the Different Lines of Atlantic & Pacific Communication
Before the Canal: mapping overland routes in Central America. With Tehuantepic and the first geological survey of Panama!
Cartographer(s): James WyldPlace/Date: London / 1850Read more -
Mapa de la República Oriental del Uruguay
Stunning late 19th century map of Uruguay with large inset of Montevideo.
Cartographer(s): Escuela de Artes y OficiosPlace/Date: Montevideo / ca. 1884Read 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 -
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.
Splendid Chevalier map of San Francisco for the 1915 Exposition.
Cartographer(s): August ChevalierPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1915Read more -
Faust’s Map & Guide of San Francisco
Attractive 1882 folding map of San Francisco.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1882Read 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 Horatio DerbyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1849Read 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 -
fetzer wine country
Lovely 1978 pictorial map of Mendocino County for Fetzer Wines.
Cartographer(s): Paul KrausPlace/Date: Not listed / 1978Read 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 -
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 -
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 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 -
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 -
[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 -
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 -
Carta Marina Nuova Tavola
Rich, dark impression of Ruscelli’s world sea chart.
Cartographer(s): Girolamo RuscelliPlace/Date: Venice / ca. 1561Read more -
Ansight von San Francisco 1877.
1877 bird’s-eye-view of San Francisco with advertisements for German businesses.
Cartographer(s): Philo Jacoby's "California State Almanac"Place/Date: San Francisco / 1877Read 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 -
Amerique Septentrionale
Gorgeous and extremely rare state of Sanson’s landmark map of North America.
Place/Date: Paris / 1651Read 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 -
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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 -
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 -
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 -
Nieuwe kaart van Arabia…
Detailed Tirion map of Arabia in excellent colors.
Cartographer(s): Isaak TirionPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1740Read more -
Map of Oregon and Upper California from the Surveys of John Charles Fremont and Other Authorities
Presentation copy by Senator T.H. Benton.
Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1848Read 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 -
A map of Berkeley, Oakland & Alameda
Exceptional 1930 Art Deco pictorial map of the East Bay.
Cartographer(s): Eugene Neuhaus; Sather Gate Book ShopPlace/Date: Berkeley / 1930Read 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 -
Typus Orbis Terrarum
Spectacular old color Ortelius world map showing the world as known in 1587.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1608Read 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 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 -
Asia, Partium Orbis Maxima
Spectacular old color 1593 De Jode map of Asia, with important depiction of Taiwan and the Great Wall of China.
Cartographer(s): Gerard & Cornelis de JodePlace/Date: Antwerp / 1593Read more -
[Greneland]
Early 17th century map of Spitsbergen surrounded by vignettes of whaling, fishing, and hunting.
Cartographer(s): Samuel PurchasPlace/Date: London / 1625Read more -
A pictorial map of Southern California and adjacent areas
Bright pictorial map from San Diego to San Francisco, east to Salt Lake City.
Cartographer(s): Automobile Club of Southern CaliforniaPlace/Date: Los Angeles / ca. 1969Read more -
Carte De L’Egypte De La Nubie De L’Abissinie
Original Delisle example of this highly-detailed 1708 map of Egypt and Arabia.
Cartographer(s): The De L'Isle familyPlace/Date: Paris / 1708Read more -
Hiking map of Marin County
1925 Northwestern Pacific Railroad promotional hiking map of Marin County.
Cartographer(s):Place/Date: San Francisco / 1925Read more -
Florence. Florence Ville d’Italie, capitale de Toscane…
Scarce and lovely mid-18th century bird’s-eye-view of Florence.
Cartographer(s): Jacques ChereauPlace/Date: Paris / ca. 1750Read 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 -
Plano del Puerto Cabello en la Costa de Tierra Firme… [on sheet with] Plano de la Ensenada de Barcelona en la Costa de Tierra Firme… [on sheet with] Plano del fondeadero de la Guayra en la Provincia de Caracas…
Scarce 1818 chart of three Caribbean ports from the expedition of Fidalgo.
Place/Date: Madrid / 1818Read 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 -
Golfe Arabique ou Mer Rouge…
18th century French chart of the Red Sea.
Cartographer(s): Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'AnvillePlace/Date: Paris / 1765Read more -
Hispaniae novae sive magnae recens et vera descriptio
Ortelius’s map of Mexico, one of the earliest printed maps of New Spain.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1579Read more -
Colton’s Map of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona & New Mexico
1863 Colton map of the Southwest with earliest Nevada-Arizona border.
Cartographer(s): George Woolworth Colton and Charles B. ColtonPlace/Date: New York / 1863Read 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 -
Europae tabula sexta continet italiam.
A gorgeous 1541 map of Italy in the style of Ptolemaic cartography.
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Vienne / 1541Read more -
Venetia
A spectacular 1641 Merian bird’s-eye-view of Venice.
Cartographer(s): Matthäus MerianPlace/Date: Frankfurt / ca. 1640Read more -
Nova Italiae Delineatio
Beautiful mid-17th century hand-colored map of Italy and surrounding islands.
Cartographer(s): Willem BlaeuPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1635Read more -
Novissima et Accuratissima totius Italiae Corsicae et Sardiniae Descriptio
Lovely 17th century Dutch map of Italy.
Cartographer(s): Frederick de WitPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1680Read 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 -
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 San Francisco, California. Showing limits of the Burned Area destroyed by the Fire of April 18th-21st, 1906, following the Earthquake of April 18th, 1906
1906 Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco disaster map made weeks after earthquake.
Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1Read more -
Salt Lake City, 1887
1887 bird’s-eye-view lithograph of Salt Lake City.
Place/Date: Salt Lake City / 1887Read more -
Islandia
Mercator’s Islandia.
Cartographer(s): Gerard MercatorPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1595Read 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 -
Tabula Nova Partis Africae
1541 Ptolemaic map of West Africa with mythical kings and beasts.
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Vienne / 1541Read 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 -
[Title on Verso] Tabula Terra Novæ
1541 map of the New World with references to Christopher Columbus, from the Admiral’s Map
Place/Date: Vienne / 1541Read more -
City of San Francisco and its Vicinity.
1853 United States Coast Survey steel-engraved master sheet map of the San Francisco Peninsula.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1853Read more -
Arabia Felice Nuova Tavola
1561 copper-engraved map of Arabia.
Cartographer(s): Girolamo RuscelliPlace/Date: Venice / 1561Read more -
Mappe-Monde ou Carte Generale du Globe Terrestre Representee en deux Plan-Hemispheres Revue et Changee en Plusieurs Endroits Suivant les Relations les plus Recentes
Sanson’s double hemisphere world map with Island of California.
Cartographer(s): Nicolas SansonPlace/Date: Paris / 1743Read more -
Colton’s California. Published by Johnson and Browning
1859 Colton California with San Francisco inset and Buena Vista & “Frezno” county names.
Cartographer(s): Joseph Hutchins ColtonPlace/Date: New York / 1859Read more -
[Europe as a Queen]
Full-color example of Europe as a Queen.
Cartographer(s): Sebastian MünsterPlace/Date: Basel / ca. 1570Read 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 -
L’Ancien Monde et le Nouveau en deux Hemispheres
Bonne’s 1784 world map on double hemisphere projection.
Cartographer(s): Rigobert BonnePlace/Date: Paris / 1784Read more -
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula
Merian’s 1646 world map with Gothic script and polar insets.
Cartographer(s): Matthäus MerianPlace/Date: Frankfurt / 1646Read more -
Tabula Nova Siciliae, Sardiniae & Corsicae
Bright 1541 Ptolemaic map of Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica.
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Vienne / 1541Read 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 -
America noviter delineata
Hondius 1631 western hemisphere with polar inserts.
Cartographer(s): Henricus HondiusPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1639Read more -
Asia noviter delineata
Wonderful 1635 map of Asia with cities and figures.
Cartographer(s): Willem BlaeuPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1635Read more -
[Untitled – Africa, Asia, Brazil]
Rare eighteenth century map of Jesuit missionary travel routes.
Cartographer(s): Johann Jacob LidlPlace/Date: Augsburg / ca. 1740Read more -
Tabula nova Italiae
Beautiful 1541 woodcut Ptolemaic map of Italy.
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Vienne / 1541Read more -
Iaponiae Insulae Descriptio. Ludoico Teisera Auctore
First map of Japan published in a European atlas.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1595Read more -
Tabula Europae II [Iberia]
Lovely mid-16th century woodblock map of the Iberian Peninsula.
Cartographer(s): Sebastian MünsterPlace/Date: Basel / ca. 1550Read more -
Sketch J No. 12 Reconnaissance of the Western Coast of the United States from Monterey to the Columbia River in three sheets Sheet No. 1
Coast Survey chart of the Pacific Coast from Monterey to Mendocino with inset profile of the Golden Gate.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1851Read more -
A Map of North America with the European Settlements & Whatever Else Is Remarkable in ye West Indies, from the Latest and Best Observations
Seale’s 1745 North America with Island of California and other cartographic myths.
Cartographer(s): R.W. SealePlace/Date: London / 1745Read more -
Africae Tabula Nova
Ortelius’s gorgeous cornerstone map of Africa.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1570Read more -
Preliminary Chart of Entrance to San Francisco Bay California
Lovely hand-colored 1856 United States Coast Survey sea chart of the Bay Area.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1856Read 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 -
Presbiteri Iohannis, sive, Abissinorum Imperii Descriptio
1598 map of East Africa with the mythical kingdom of Prester John.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1598Read 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 -
Carte du Congo et du Pays des Cafres
Exceptionally-detailed map of South Africa and Madagascar.
Place/Date: Amsterdam / 1742Read more -
Map of the Old Saucelito Land and Dry Dock Co.’s Lands Showing the Property for Sale at Auction By Maurice Dore & Co. Auctioneers Tuesday July 22nd 1873
Rare 1873 Sausalito property map with old town spelling.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1873Read 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 -
San Francisco
Scarce 1881 atlas map of San Francisco divided by wards
Cartographer(s): O.W. Gray & SonPlace/Date: Philadelphia / 1881Read 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 -
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 -
Nova Totius Americæ Descriptio
De Wit’s superb western hemisphere with carte-à-figures and Island of California.
Cartographer(s): Frederick de WitPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1666Read more -
Diagram showing Post Offices, visited by trains of the Central Pacific Rail Road on the local lines
1879 map of Oakland post offices and Central Pacific rail routes.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Not listed / 1879Read 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 -
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
