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County Map of Texas.
A fascinating post-Civil War map of Texas.
Cartographer(s): Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr.Place/Date: Philadelphia / 1867$450 Add to cart -
Cassell’s Children’s Book of Knowledge Wonder Map of the World.
Thematic mapping for children: a fabulous circa 1930 world map depicting the history of exploration.
Cartographer(s): Cassell's Children's Book of KnowledgePlace/Date: London / ca. 1930$750 Add to cart -
Peiping
John Kirk Sewall’s famous pictorial 1930 map of Beijing.
Place/Date: Tientsin, China / ca. 1930$1,250 Add to cart -
[With Extensive Contemporary Annotations] Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai Made in 1868-9 By Captains C.W. Wilson, and H.S. Palmer, R.E. Under The Direction of Major-General Sir Henry James, R.E. F.R.S. &c. Director of the Ordnance Survey
The difficult merger between religious belief and scientific thought: an annotated map of the Sinai from the height of the British Empire.
Place/Date: London / 1869$3,500 Add to cart -
St. Francis Wood: San Francisco’s Residence Park
A rare circa 1912 cadastral plan of the nascent San Francisco neighborhood of St. Francis Wood.
Cartographer(s): Mason-McDuffie Co.Place/Date: Not listed / ca. 1912$1,100 Add to cart -
Plan of London in the reign of Queen Elisabeth.
Attractive 1835 city plan of Elizabethan London.
Place/Date: London / ca. 1835$625 Add to cart -
Map Showing Indian Reservations Within the Limits of the United States, Compiled Under the Direction of Hon. D.M. Browning. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1893
Map of Native American tribes and reservation land at the end of the 19th century.
Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1893$295 Add to cart -
Gettysburg Battle-Field
Proof state of Bachelder’s iconic 1863 view of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Cartographer(s): John Badger BachelderPlace/Date: New York / 1863$5,000 Add to cart -
Asia Noviter Delineata
Excellent old color example of Willem Blaeu’s seminal map of Asia — one of the 17th century’s most influential depictions of this cartographically complicated continent.
Cartographer(s): Willem BlaeuPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1630$4,300 Add to cart -
Armour Food Source Map.
From farm to table: mapping sources of food in the United States.
Cartographer(s): Armour & CompanyPlace/Date: Chicago / [1960] 1994$200 Add to cart -
Plan of Ancient Troy
When artifact becomes cartifact — locally-published and detailed archaeological plan of Ancient Troy.
Cartographer(s): AYLAPlace/Date: Çanakkale / 1964$175 Add to cart -
“As the Crow Flies” A 200-Ft. “Airline” Boulevard Between Fort Worth and Dallas
A highly artistic broadside for the visionary Dallas-Fort Worth Airline Boulevard: a Depression-era infrastructure project designed to bridge and unite two Texas cities.
Cartographer(s): C.K. Chambers (Southwestern Engraving Co.)Place/Date: Fort Worth, Texas / ca. 1930$2,900 Add to cart -
A Topographical Map of the Republick of Genoua, Taken from the Celebrated Map by Chaffrion…1764 / To the Right Honourable James Steward Mackenzie, Lord Privy Seal of Scotland, One of His Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council, and Late His Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipoteniary to the King Of Sardina. This Map is most Humbly Inscribed…
A spectacular and historically important 18th century wall-map of the Republic of Genoa.
Cartographer(s): Andrew DuryPlace/Date: London / 1764$4,400 Add to cart -
The Original Silicon Valley Map & Calendar [1994]
On the eve of the dot-com bubble: a vibrant 1994 pictorial bird’s-eye-view of Silicon Valley.
Cartographer(s): Diane GattoPlace/Date: San Jose / 1993$775 Add to cart -
Bacon’s Bird’s-Eye View of the Holy Land
George Washington Bacon’s iconic bird’s-eye-view of the Holy Land.
Cartographer(s): George Washington BaconPlace/Date: London / 1890$2,600 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 -
Map of Eastern Virginia Compiled from the best authorities and printed at the Coast Survey Office, A.D. Bache, Supdt. 1862.
Alexander Bache’s Map of Eastern Virginia: a Union map of Washington’s Confederate backyard.
Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1862$1,700 Add to cart -
Passage System of the Great Pyramid of Giza in the Land of Egypt June – July 1909.
Uncovering the secrets of the Great Pyramid.
Cartographer(s): John and Morton EdgarPlace/Date: Glasgow / 1910$2,500 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 -
[Sutro Baths] ON THE SHORE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN
A monumental and vivacious rendition of San Francisco’s magnificent Sutro Baths.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1896$18,000 Add to cart -
Insulae Iavae Pars Occidentalis Edente Hadriano Relando…Insulae Iavae Pars Orientalis Edente Hadriano Relando
The beating heart of Dutch East India: a rare and beautiful second state of Gerard van Keulen’s visually overwhelming map of Java.
Cartographer(s): Johannes & Gerard Van KeulenPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1753$4,900 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 -
Bird’s Eye View of the Famous Santa Clara Valley Looking Southerly from San Francisco
A rare and dramatic bird’s-eye-view of Santa Clara Valley.
Cartographer(s): Britton & ReyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1886$2,400 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
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Provincia de Angola. Carta Dos Districtos De Benguelila e Mossamedes. 1895.
Victorian-era case map of Angola that unfolds to depict Portugal’s largest and most important colony.
Cartographer(s): Luiz Felipe de Almeida CouceiroPlace/Date: Lisbon / 1895Read more -
Complete Map [Atlas] of the Provinces and Districts [of Japan] / 國郡全圖 [Kokugun Zenzu].
A superb Edo period atlas of southern Japan.
Cartographer(s): Aō TōkeiPlace/Date: Multiple Listed / 1837Read more -
MARIS PACIFICI, (quod vulgó Mar del Zur) cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insulisque in eodem passim sparsis, novissima descriptio.
Ortelius’ pioneering depiction of the Pacific Ocean.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1598Read more -
[Chicago Suburbs — Palos Hills] All Roads Center on Palos Vista.
A wholly unique pre-Depression Chicago real estate promotional map.
Cartographer(s): A.G. BriggsPlace/Date: Chicago? / ca. 1928Read more -
[Chile] Mapa de las Misiones antiguas y modernas de los PP. de S. Francesco…
Roberto Lagos’ map of Missions in Chile.
Cartographer(s): P. Roberto LagosPlace/Date: Barcelona / 1908Read more -
[Data Visualization] Moyen Orient. Essai de Carte économique.
French government map of the economic resources and activities in a newly independent Middle East.
Cartographer(s): Institut Geographique nationalPlace/Date: Paris / 1958Read more -
[Prussian Octopus] En 1788 Mirabeau disait deja: La Guerre est l’industrie Nationale de la Prusse.
Maurice Neumont’s dramatic World War I map of a Europe subject to Prussian aggression.
Cartographer(s): Maurice NeumontPlace/Date: Paris / 1917Read more -
Lentell’s New Railroad, Township, & Educational Map of the State of California.
A little-known late-19th-century wall map of California.
Cartographer(s): J.N. LentellPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1896Read more -
Cartes Blondel Planisphère Politique et Grandes Routes Aériennes.
A wonderful piece of memorabilia from the early days of commercial aviation.
Cartographer(s): Blondel La RougeryPlace/Date: Paris / 1939Read more -
City of San Francisco and its Vicinity.
A cornerstone map for the historical cartography of San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1859Read more -
Santa Barbara.
The birth of the American Riviera.
Cartographer(s): James Imray & SonPlace/Date: London / ca. 1880Read more -
[Australia in 2 Sheets] Ocean Pacifique.
Stunning double-sheet nautical chart of Australia, compiled by the French Hydrographic Service.
Cartographer(s): Service Hydrographique de la MarinePlace/Date: Paris / 1897Read more -
Carte de la Nouvelle Zelande.
Dépót de la Marine’s seminal chart of New Zealand.
Cartographer(s): Service Hydrographique de la MarinePlace/Date: Paris / (1871) 1864Read more -
New-York.
Klemm’s iconic bird’s-eye-view of New York City.
Cartographer(s): Josef Ferdinand KlemmPlace/Date: Leipzig / ca. 1908Read more -
Nouvel Atlas des Enfans.
Early example of a French educational atlas, published in Amsterdam at the height of the American Revolution.
Cartographer(s): B. VlamPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1776Read more -
[Azores] The Western Isles.
Nautical chart of the Azores from the first book of the groundbreaking English Pilot.
Place/Date: London / 1729Read more -
The Rural Californian.
A decorative 1915 map of California with governors’ portraits, railroads, and electric streetcars.
Cartographer(s): Rural California Publishing CompanyPlace/Date: Los Angeles / 1915Read more -
5 panoramic views of Hawaii.
Five fascinating panoramas of late 19th century Hawaii.
Cartographer(s): Not listedPlace/Date: Honolulu / ca. 1890Read more -
Whisky Map of Scotland.
A journey through the heritage and craftsmanship of Scotland’s finest distilleries.
Cartographer(s): John Bartholomew & Son Ltd.Place/Date: Not listed / 1976Read more -
Carte de L’Amerique Septentrionale…
1842 French map of North America with Independent Texas and Russian Alaska.
Cartographer(s): Alexandre Emile LapiePlace/Date: Paris / 1842Read more -
No. 15. Map of Oregon and Upper California…
Oregon and California on the Eve of the Mexican-American War.
Cartographer(s): Samuel Augustus MitchellPlace/Date: Philadelphia / 1845Read more -
The Enterprizing Lunardi’s Grand Air Balloon.
An important historical broadsheet celebrating the first successful balloon ascent in England in 1784.
Place/Date: London / 1784Read more -
The Battle of Leningrad [Битва за Ленинград]
Battle of Leningrad wall map.
Cartographer(s): General Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography (USSR)Place/Date: Moscow / 1978Read more -
Memoria de Pernambuco [Casa de Detencão & Rua da Cruz]
Luis Schlappriz’s rare and iconic views of Recife.
Cartographer(s): Luis SchlapprizPlace/Date: Pernambuco / 1863Read more -
Map of California and Nevada (Atlas of the United States)
After the Gold Rush.
Cartographer(s): Warner and BeersPlace/Date: Chicago / 1872Read more -
Das ist die Abrüstung! [This is Disarmament!]
[Persuasive Cartography] A thematic German map against the harsh limitations set by the Treaty of Versailles.
Place/Date: Berlin / 1931Read more -
Sketch of General Riley’s Route through the Mining Districts July and Aug. 1849. Copied from the original sketch…
Early Depiction of California’s Gold Regions.
Cartographer(s): George Horatio DerbyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1850Read more -
Geological Map of the State of California Issued by State Mining Bureau…1916.
An extraordinary resource for anyone interested in the geology of California.
Place/Date: San Francisco / [1916] 1929Read more -
The Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC April 14th 1865.
The iconic 1865 Courier & Ives print depicting Lincoln’s Assassination.
Cartographer(s): Nathaniel Currier & James IvesPlace/Date: New York / 1865Read more -
In Darkest England, And the Way Out. Salvation Army Social Campaign, Work for All.
England’s path out of Darkness: a lithographic poster depicting William Booth’s vision for the Salvation Army.
Cartographer(s): William BoothPlace/Date: London / ca. 1890Read more -
Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Descriptio.
De Wit’s magnificent chart of the still partly obscure American continents.
Cartographer(s): Frederick de WitPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1680Read more -
City of San Francisco and its Vicinity.
A cornerstone map for the historical cartography of San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1859Read more -
Carta General de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.
A national map for the people, compiled by the father of modern education in Mexico.
Cartographer(s): Ezequiel Adeodato ChávezPlace/Date: Paris / 1926Read more -
Promotional Maps for California City, Antelope Valley, California.
An Elusive Mojave Desert Paradise.
Cartographer(s): Not listedPlace/Date: Not listed / ca. 1970Read more -
Relief Map of the Ocean Floor.
Commemorating the Trieste’s historic dive into the deepest point of the Mariana Trench.
Cartographer(s): Caleb Stillson HammondPlace/Date: Maplewood, NJ / 1960Read more -
Multi-user computer systems market by administrative division in Western Europe.
Tracing the rise of the shared, connected computer networks in Europe.
Cartographer(s): Ute J. Dymon & Terry N. SylviaPlace/Date: Framingham, MA / ca. 1991Read more -
Northern California Bay Area – A Production Paradise.
California’s other film industry.
Cartographer(s): Robert Zell-BreierPlace/Date: Jacksonville, FL / 1990Read more -
Map of Western Palestine in 26 Sheets, from Surveys Conducted for the The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
The Survey of Western Palestine’s grandiose 26-sheet map in original covers.
Place/Date: London / 1880Read more -
Central Valley Project — California.
Lithographic broadsheet depicting government initiatives to manage California’s water supply.
Cartographer(s): A. Hoen & Co.Place/Date: Los Angeles / 1938Read more -
Johnson’s California, with Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona.
Capturing the American Southwest during a period of transition and transformation near the end of the Civil War.
Cartographer(s): Alvin Jewett JohnsonPlace/Date: New York / ca. 1864Read more -
Сталинградская Битва [Battle of Stalingrad 30th Anniversary Commemoration].
An impressive, large-format 1972 Russian-language map honoring the 30th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad.
Cartographer(s): Главное управление геодезии и картографии при Совете Министров СССРPlace/Date: Moscow / 1972Read more -
San Francisco Entrance, Section of Chart No. 5532
A Nautical Chart of San Francisco Bay Promoting the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1915Read more -
Birdseye View of the City of Stockton and Its Industries.
An unrecorded bird’s-eye-view of Stockton, California.
Place/Date: Not listed / ca. 1890Read more -
February 17, 1939 San Francisco Chronicle Map.
A unique 1939 full-page San Francisco Chronicle bird’s-eye-view for the Golden Gate International Exposition.
Cartographer(s): MagillPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1939Read more -
Mt. Tamalpais, California / Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway.
A Fine View of the San Francisco Bay and the “Crookedest Railroad in the World.”
Cartographer(s): Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods RailwayPlace/Date: Not listed / 1917Read more -
Carte des Pays Situès entre Richard-Toll (Fleuve), et Dakar.
Pujol’s map of the Saint Louis-Dakar Railroad in Senegal: A masterful cartographic visualization of French Colonial Dominance in West Africa.
Place/Date: Senegal / 1899Read more -
Senegal Fleuve de St. Louis aux Chütes du Félou.
A cartographic rarity from the Armée coloniale in French West Africa.
Place/Date: Senegal / 1899Read more -
[Manuscript] Plan du Port de Mombase
Anonymous French manuscript map of Mombasa Island, likely created by an early French slaver sailing on Omani-controlled East Africa in the mid-18th century.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: France / ca. 1742Read more -
America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and manner of buildings described and inlarged by I.S. Ano 1626.
Speed’s cartes-à-figures map of the Americas: a milestone in English cartography.
Cartographer(s): John SpeedPlace/Date: London / 1676Read more -
La Figure du Monde Universel.
Sebastian Münster’s fascinating map of a new world.
Cartographer(s): Sebastian MünsterPlace/Date: Basel / ca. 1560Read more -
World Energy.
Buckminster Fuller’s prophetic view of a world defined by its unbalanced energy consumption.
Cartographer(s): Richard Buckminster FullerPlace/Date: Not listed / 1939Read more -
British North America.
The SDUK’s map of British North America highlighting disputed borders.
Place/Date: London / 1834Read more -
Islandia.
The most decorative and famous map of Iceland ever produced – here in elegant original color.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1603Read more -
[Turkey with Constantinople] Tabula Asiae I.
The first edition of Munster’s map of Turkey, based upon Claudius Ptolemy.
Cartographer(s): Sebastian MünsterPlace/Date: Basel / 1545Read more -
The Annals of Trinity County, Containing a History of the Discovery, Settlement and Progress, Together with a Description of the Resources and Present Condition of Trinity County…
FIRST EDITION of the earliest California county history and one of the rarest.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1858Read more -
A True Picture and Story of Two Brethern borne in Genoa in Italie, 1620, the one called Lazaz, the other John Baptist, both at this present living, and to be seene in the Strand at London, 1637. Decemb.6. [title repeated in Latin].
Exceptionally rare Parasitic Twins Broadside: a cultural prism of early modern England.
Cartographer(s): Robert MilbournePlace/Date: London / 1637Read more -
Vues panoramiques du désert, Afrique du Nord [Four Desert Views]
Four original gelatin prints with desert scenes produced by the iconic orientalist studio Lehnert & Landrock.
Cartographer(s): Lehnert & LandrockPlace/Date: Cairo / ca. 1920Read more -
The Gold and Coal Fields of Alaska, Together With The Principal Steamer Routes and Trails.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s official Gold Rush map of Alaska and the Klondike.
Cartographer(s): U.S. Geological SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1898Read more -
Map of the United States and the Provinces of Upper & Lower Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Compiled from the Latest Surveys and Other Authentic Information.
An unrecorded variant of Wyld’s monumental map of the United States and Republic of Texas.
Cartographer(s): James WyldPlace/Date: London / 1841Read more -
Earthquake in California, April 18, 1906; Special Report of Maj. Gen. Adolphus W. Greely
The official U.S. Army report on the San Francisco earthquake with a large folding map of the destroyed cityscape.
Cartographer(s): Maj. Gen. Adolphus W. GreelyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1906Read more -
A computer GLOSSARY or, coming to terms with the data processing machine.
The dawn of personal computing: IBM’s first computer glossary.
Place/Date: Not listed / 1968Read more -
A Graphical History Of Gold
A visually enticing 1930s graphical history of the global gold industry.
Cartographer(s): Barrett McCullagh & Co.Place/Date: Toronto / ca. 1935Read more -
A Report to the City Planning Commission on a Transportation Plan for San Francisco – November 1948
A largely unrealized proposal for highways through San Francisco.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1948Read more -
[Group of 7] Panoramic views of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
A set of seven panoramic views of San Francisco showing the utter destruction left by the 1906 earthquake.
Cartographer(s): San Francisco ExaminerPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1906Read more -
Resources Development View of California
A vibrant view of how California’s water resources were harnessed and developed during the 1950s and 60s.
Cartographer(s): Irrigation Districts Association of CaliforniaPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1965Read more -
Map of the United States of America, the British Provinces, Mexico, the West Indies, and Central America: with part of New Granada and Venezuela.
Colton’s seminal 1849 map of the United States: an encapsulation of the pivotal political developments of the 1840s.
Cartographer(s): The Colton Mapmaking CompanyPlace/Date: New York / 1849Read more -
Powell & Kingman’s Map of Southwestern New Mexico
An unrecorded wall map from pre-statehood New Mexico.
Cartographer(s): E. Kingman, Jr.Place/Date: Not listed / 1883Read more -
Whitney’s Map Of Seattle And Environs, Washington. Compiled From Official Records By O.P. Anderson And Co. Engineers and Draughtsmen. 1890.
Whitney’s iconic 1890 map of Seattle: the Emerald City in its infancy following Washington statehood.
Place/Date: Seattle / 1890Read more -
Carta particolare della parte ocidentale dell nuoua Spagnia è della California. La longitudine Comincia da l’Isola di Pico d’Asores. D’America Carta XXXI.
Dudley’s Sea Chart from Southern Baja California to South of Acapulco.
Cartographer(s): Sir Robert DudleyPlace/Date: Florence / ca. 1647Read more -
Pianta Topografica di Roma Pubblicata Dalla Direzione Generale Del Censo ed Aggiornata a Tutto il Corrente anno MDCCCLXVI
The most important 19th-century plan of Rome.
Cartographer(s): Direzione Generale del CensoPlace/Date: Rome / 1866Read more -
Map of Mexico & California Compiled from the latest authorities by Juls Hutawa Lithr. Second St. 45 St, Louis, Mo. 2nd Edition 1863
Hutawa’s mysterious 1863 map of the American West: an icon in St Louis publishing history and a forerunner of the Santa Fe mining industry.
Cartographer(s): Julius HutawaPlace/Date: St. Louis / 1863Read more -
The Castro, San Francisco
A rare poster map of unknown origin depicting San Francisco’s iconic Castro District in the mid-1980s.
Cartographer(s): Graham BrucePlace/Date: San Francisco / 1985Read more -
View of San Francisco, Formerly Yerba Buena, In 1846-7 Before the Discovery of Gold
San Francisco Before Gold: the town of Yerba Buena as it appeared in March 1847, shortly after its capture by the U.S.S. Portsmouth.
Cartographer(s): Bosqui Eng. Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1884Read more -
Norumbega et Virginia 1597
First state of Wytfliet’s important map of the Mid-Atlantic Seaboard, derived from the first atlas to focus on mapping the New World.
Cartographer(s): Cornelius van WytflietPlace/Date: Louvain / 1597Read more -
The only correct & fully complete map of San Francisco
1853 Zakreski San Francisco letter sheet map with personal notes.
Cartographer(s): Alexander ZakreskiPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1853Read more -
L’Amerique Septentrionale Dressee sur les Observations de Mrs. de l’Academie Royale des Sciences & quelques autres, & sur les Memoires les plus recens…
The Dutch edition of Guillaume de l’Isle’s seminal map of North America, which saw one of the first attempts at rectifying the erroneous notion that California was an island.
Place/Date: Amsterdam / 1708Read more -
Map Showing Property of South San Francisco Land and Improvement Co at South San Francisco, San Mateo County, California
A large-format urban plan of South San Francisco.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1907Read more -
Venetia.
Merian’s spectacular bird’s-eye-view of Venice.
Cartographer(s): Matthäus MerianPlace/Date: Frankfurt / ca. 1640Read more -
Africa Tertia Pars Terrae
Excellent woodcut map of Africa with Mountains of the Moon and mythical cities.
Cartographer(s): Heinrich BüntingPlace/Date: Leipzig / ca. 1585Read more -
The Liberation Bulletin of Phillipine Internment Camp No:I at Santo Tomas University
Rare WWII P.O.W. Ephemera, from the estate of a Santo Tomas survivor. Complete with an internment camp plan.
Cartographer(s): Peter E. RichardsPlace/Date: Not listed / 1945Read more -
Novae Insulae XVII Nova Tabula [First State!]
Sebastian Münster’s Map of the Americas: The first printed map of the new continents in their entirety. Here a rare First State, Second Edition example.
Cartographer(s): Sebastian MünsterPlace/Date: Basel / 1542Read more -
Etats-Unis par Th. Duvotenay
A wonderful cartographic snapshot of the United States just as it annexed Texas.
Cartographer(s): Thunot DuvotenayPlace/Date: Paris / 1846Read more -
America Septentrionalis [First State, Original Color]
Henricus Hondius’ iconic 17th-century map of North America: an entirely new cartographic vision of the continent.
Place/Date: Amsterdam / 1636Read more -
Presidio of San Francisco. Established 1776 A.D.
1955 Ted Hubbard map of the Presidio of San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): Alva "Ted" Hubbard (Hubbard Advertising Agency)Place/Date: Oakland / 1955Read more -
San Francisco Bay Project, John Reber
A little-known but nearly-realized plan to completely reshape the Bay Area.
Cartographer(s): Alex R. HuntPlace/Date: Not listed / ca. 1948Read more -
Faust’s Map of the City and County of San Francisco, California
Faust’s late-19th century map of San Francisco.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1890Read more -
Israel and the Arab states – Area and population
Six Day War persuasive cartography: a demographic map of Israel and the Arab states in 1969.
Cartographer(s): Merkaz ha-hasbaraPlace/Date: Jerusalem / 1969Read more -
Novissima et Perfectissima Africae Descriptio
De Wit’s Africa triumph in lovely old color.
Cartographer(s): Frederick de WitPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1680Read more -
United Nations Map of the World
The idealism of the United Nations represented visually.
Place/Date: Edinburgh / ca. 1947Read more -
La Chine Nouvelle en Marche
French Communist Youth Cheer on Communist Forces in the Chinese Civil War.
Cartographer(s): Avant garde / Union de la jeunesse républicaine de FrancePlace/Date: Paris / ca. 1950Read more -
Report on a plan for San Francisco by Daniel H. Burnham. Assisted by Edward H. Bennett. Presented to the Mayor and Board of Supervisors by the Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco.
Daniel Burnham’s plan to reshape San Francisco, resurrected after the 1906 earthquake but scrapped after backlash from property owners.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1905Read more -
[Untitled Map of Sicily, Syracuse, and Carthage]
Rare antique engraved map of Sicily, Syracuse, and Carthage, prepared for Sir Walter Raleigh’s History of the World.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: London / ca. 1652Read more -
Atlanta Karte der Besatzungszonen mit neuen Postleitgebieten; Map of the Occupation Areas. Carte des Zones d’Occupation. Der Besatzungs-Zonen mit Neuen Postleitgebieten. Karta Okkupacionnych Zon
A post-WWII map of occupied Germany and Central Europe divided into American, British, French, and Russian zones.
Cartographer(s): Atlanta ServicePlace/Date: Franfurt am Main / 1945Read more -
Regni Norvegia Nova Tabula In Quinque Praefecturas Generalis Aggerhusiensem, Bergensem, Nidrosiensem, Warhusiae Et Bahusiae
Frederik de Wit’s intricate map of Norway in old color.
Cartographer(s): Frederick de WitPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1690Read more -
San Francisco 1849, Drawn on the Spot by Henry Firks
Henry Firks’ iconic birds-eye-view of San Francisco at the height of the Gold Rush.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1886Read more -
Map of Columbia, S.C.
1914 Town plan of Columbia, South Carolina.
Cartographer(s): Columbia Chamber of CommercePlace/Date: Columbia, SC / 1914Read more -
Palestine. Land of Dispute.
1947 British broadside featuring three maps of Palestine on the eve of partition.
Cartographer(s): Bureau of Current AffairsPlace/Date: London / September, 1947Read more -
[Jacques Tanesse Manuscript Map Of New Orleans and Document From the Governor of Louisiana]
Fine, Early Plan of New Orleans, with Certifications by the Governor of Louisiana, Mayor of New Orleans and Secretary of State.
Cartographer(s): Jacques TanessePlace/Date: New Orleans / 1817Read more -
Map of San Francisco Showing Principal Streets and Places of Interest
The greatest and grandest pictorial map of San Francisco, representing the best of Roaring Twenties cartographic wit and optimism.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1927Read more -
La Città di Palermo
Vasi’s remarkable Baroque town plan and view of mid-18th century Palermo and surroundings.
Cartographer(s): Giuseppe VasiPlace/Date: Rome / ca. 1757Read more -
A New and Correct Map of North America, with the West India Islands. Divided According to the Last Treaty of Peace…1779.
Sayer and Bennet’s monumental chart of North America in revolt.
Place/Date: London / 1779Read more -
Latest Map of the Situation in Europe (with an overview of the national strength and defenses of the major powers) [最新歐洲大地圖 (附列強國勢國防一覽)]
A Japanese perspective on the European Crisis in the lead-up to World War II.
Cartographer(s): Dai Nippon PrintingPlace/Date: Tokyo / 1936Read more -
Town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Manhattan District, Corps of Engineers.
Building the town that helped build the atom bomb.
Cartographer(s): Skidmore, Owings & MerrillPlace/Date: Not listed (presumably Chicago or NYC) / September 27, 1945Read more -
Typus orarum maritimarum Guineae, Manicongo & Angolae ultra Promentorium Bonae spei susq…
Linschoten’s gorgeous 16th-century chart of West Africa and the Southern Atlantic.
Cartographer(s): Jan Huygen van LinschotenPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1596Read more -
Map of Abyssinia and the adjacent districts laid down partly from original Observations taken in the Country and partly compiled from information collected there by Henry Salt…
Henry Salt’s scarce and important map of Abyssinia.
Cartographer(s): Henry SaltPlace/Date: London / 1814Read more -
La Tour de 300 mètres, construite en 300 vers
A remarkable 1889 thematic calligram of the Eiffel Tour.
Place/Date: Paris / 1886Read more -
(Monterey Area, California.) Honoring the Memory of Fray Junipero Serra, Founder of the California Missions.
Rare 1933 pictorial map honoring Junipero Serra and depicting Monterey and surroundings, including Pebble Beach and Carmel Bay.
Cartographer(s): Jos. SmithPlace/Date: Not listed / 1933Read more -
[Suez Crisis Sinai Peninsula Map]
1956 Israeli battlefield map of the Sinai Peninsula Campaign from the Second Arab-Israeli War (Suez Crisis).
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Not listed / 1956Read more -
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula ex officina Iusti Dankerts Amstelodami
Justus Danckerts’ impressive 1680 double-hemisphere world map, with unique manuscript annotations listing ownership back to 1695.
Cartographer(s): Justus DanckertsPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1680Read more -
California Lost Mines and Ghost Towns. Early Spanish Missions
Mines, Missions, and Ghost Towns: a highly decorative map encapsulating California as the ‘Old West.’
Place/Date: La Jolla, CA / 1969Read more -
[Untitled Ptolemaic World Map]
A revolution in printed cartography, this is Gregor Reisch’s groundbreaking 1504 map of the world.
Cartographer(s): Gregor ReischPlace/Date: Strasbourg / ca. 1504Read more -
Tripoli
1918 British Survey Map of Tripoli (Lebanon) and Surroundings.
Cartographer(s): Survey of EgyptPlace/Date: Cairo / Oct. 1918Read more -
Les États Associés d’Indochine
French Indochina, on the road to independence.
Place/Date: Paris / 1949Read more -
City of Honolulu. Territory of Hawaii
Hand-watercolored pre-statehood town plan of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Cartographer(s): City Planning Commission (Honolulu)Place/Date: Honolulu / 1928Read more -
Bancroft’s Map of the Cable Railway System and Connections of San Francisco. 1890.
A late 19th century Cable Railway map with early bike shop advertisement.
Cartographer(s): The Bancroft CompanyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1890Read more -
[Untitled Map of Miami]
Mapping the Magic City: a compelling 1930s map of Miami.
Cartographer(s): Miami Post Publishing CompanyPlace/Date: Miami / ca. 1930Read more -
Typus Orbis Description Ptolemaei
Laurent Fries’ Ptolemaic world map from the 1535 Servetus Edition.
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Lyon / 1535Read more -
Ashburn’s Map of Oklahoma City
1966 map of Oklahoma City with city skyline vignette.
Cartographer(s): J. Foster AshburnPlace/Date: Fort Worth, TX / 1966Read more -
Secunda etas mundi
The Ptolemaic world map from Hartmann Schedel’s Nüremberg Chronicle. First state.
Cartographer(s): Hartmann SchedelPlace/Date: Nuremberg / 1493Read more -
Merry-Maker’s Map of San Francisco
A 1940 pictorial map of San Francisco that captures the zeitgeist of Herb Caen’s “Baghdad-by-the-Bay.”
Cartographer(s): Milt SchenkofskyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1940Read more -
Authorized Birds Eye View of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Seattle, U.S.A. 1909.
A dramatic bird’s-eye-view of the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.
Cartographer(s): Schmidt Label & Litho. Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1909Read more -
Clark’s New Sectional Map of Missouri compiled & engraved from the United States land surveys and other reliable sources. St. Louis: J.C. Clark & Co., 1860
Rare St. Louis-printed map of antebellum Missouri, meant to inspire a new wave of emigration and settlement.
Place/Date: St. Louis / 1860Read more -
Il Nilo dal Mediterraneo al Sudan
A fantastic bird’s-eye-view of the Nile River, with the Suez Canal, railroads, and pyramids.
Cartographer(s): Antonio Vallardi EditorePlace/Date: Milan / ca. 1875Read more -
Totius Regni Hungariae, Maximae que Partis Danubii Fluminis.
Outstanding original color Visscher map of the Kingdom of Hungary, published at a time when the region hung in the balance.
Cartographer(s): Nicolas VisscherPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1687Read more -
Carte de la Lune Dressee Par L’Abee Th. Moreux…
A comprehensive visual journey across the visible surface of the moon.
Cartographer(s): Theophile MoreauxPlace/Date: Paris / ca. 1949Read more -
Fiorenza
A Late Renaissance bird’s-eye-view of Florence, with the Medici family crest.
Cartographer(s): Matteo FlorimiPlace/Date: Siena / ca. 1600Read 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 -
Map of San Francisco, Points of Interest, A Birdseye View of the City by the Golden Gate
Excellent 1952 pictorial bird’s-eye-view of San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): Don BloodgoodPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1952Read more -
Philippine Campaign.
Battle of the Philippines: mapping U.S. Army operations in the campaign to defeat Imperial Japanese forces in the Philippines during World War II.
Cartographer(s): U.S. ArmyPlace/Date: Not listed / 1945Read more -
Mappe-monde, ou carte générale de la terre et des mers, suivant les dernières observations…
Fascinating 1785 world map filled with myths and misconceptions, including: a prominent Northwest Passage, the legend of Fousang, and Alaska as an island.
Place/Date: Paris / 1785Read more -
Highway map of Florida
A colorful 1980 map of Florida decorated with native fauna.
Cartographer(s): Gresh GraphicsPlace/Date: Florida / 1980Read more -
Map of Boston and Vicinity
An excellent late 19th century large-format city plan of Boston.
Cartographer(s): George H. WalkerPlace/Date: Boston / 1893Read more -
The Rand-McNally Vest Pocket Map of Florida
A rare pocket version of Rand, McNally and Co.’s 1895 railroad map of Florida.
Cartographer(s): Rand, McNally & Co.Place/Date: Chicago / 1895Read more -
Clason’s Road Map of Florida Showing Paved Roads, All Weather Roads and Other Thoroughfares
An early road map of Florida.
Cartographer(s): Clason Map CompanyPlace/Date: Denver / 1931Read more -
Tampa
A fun and exciting 1988 pictorial bird’s-eye-view of Tampa, FL.
Cartographer(s): Jean-Louis RheaultPlace/Date: Grimsey, Ontario / 1988Read more -
Tribal Areas of California
Informative 1988 map of distribution of Native American tribes in California.
Cartographer(s): Pacific Western TradersPlace/Date: Folsom, CA / 1988Read more -
Map of San Francisco Showing Principal Streets and Places of Interest
The greatest and grandest pictorial map of San Francisco, representing the best of Roaring Twenties cartographic wit and optimism.
Cartographer(s): Harrison GodwinPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1927Read more -
The City by the Golden Gate and some of its world-famed sight seeing spots
A wonderfully inventive 1950s pictorial map and promotional brochure of San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): Crocker First National BankPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1953Read more -
[Victorian Travel] 19th century linen-backed manuscript sea chart
A personal document of Victorian-era travel — a vivid reminder of British power in the 19th century, and the many personal histories that formed the Empire.
Cartographer(s): Lieutenant Richard WacePlace/Date: Not listed / ca. 1866Read more -
Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio.
The most important and influential map of Virginia and Carolina to appear in the 17th century, in excellent original color.
Cartographer(s): Jodocus HondiusPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1630Read more -
[Republic of Texas] Phelps & Ensign’s Travellers’ Guide, and Map of the United States, containing the roads, distances, steam boat and canal routes &c.
Phelps & Ensign’s 1841 map of the United States: the embodiment of early American enterprise and patriotism.
Place/Date: Brooklyn, NY / 1841Read more -
Africae nova descriptio.
Excellent old color example of Willem Blaeu’s seminal map of Africa, the most influential depiction of the continent produced in the 17th century, and a cornerstone of any collection focussing on the cartography of Africa.
Cartographer(s): Willem BlaeuPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1630Read more -
[1958 Brussels World’s Fair] The United States The Land of the People / Les Etats-Unis Le Pays et ses Habitants / De Verenigde Staten hed Land en het Volk
A cheerful pictorial of the United States for the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair.
Cartographer(s): Mary RoninPlace/Date: Not listed / 1958Read more -
Islandia.
The most decorative and famous map of Iceland ever produced.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1612Read more -
Polska W Trzech Zaborach W Granicach Przedrozbiorowych W 1770 R. Oraz W Innych Wazniejszych Okresach Historycznych
This vivacious map of an independent and unified Poland was created after the end of The Great War. For the first time in more than a century, Poland was again a whole and autonomous nation. This map is a celebration of that freedom, and of the historical process that lead to it.
Cartographer(s): Józef Michal BazewiczPlace/Date: Warsaw / ca. 1922Read 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 -
MapEasy’s Guidemap to San Francisco. A Location Map and Guidebook in one!
City travel on the eve of the world wide web: a detailed two-sided tourist map of San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): MapEasyPlace/Date: Amagansett, NY / 1993Read more -
Pictorial map of Japan
A fun and interesting 1963 pictorial map of Japan.
Cartographer(s): Radio JapanPlace/Date: Tokyo / 1963Read more -
Dakota Territory…1866
One of the earliest obtainable maps to focus on Dakota Territory, and one of the first to depict its nascent counties.
Cartographer(s): General Land OfficePlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1866Read more -
California [Deluxe edition screen-printed on linen]
The Ultimate Pictorial Map of California in the late 60s, here the highly sought-after and larger limited edition.
Place/Date: San Jose / 1968Read more -
Map of the United States of America, the British provinces, Mexico, the West Indies and Central America with part of New Granada and Venezuela
A map of American potential; a map that points towards a great, but still unfulfilled future.
Cartographer(s): The Colton Mapmaking CompanyPlace/Date: New York / 1850Read more -
Map of the City of San Francisco, full and complete to the present date. Compiled by Wm. M. Eddy, City Surveyor. January 15th, 1851
A unique and unrecorded variant of William M. Eddy’s iconic 1851 Red Line Map of San Francisco. With evidence of ownership by the great San Franciscan jurist Samuel Wirth Holladay, the first known civil rights lawyer to fight for African-American rights in California.
Cartographer(s): William EddyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1851Read more -
Colton’s Map of the United States of America, The British Provinces, Mexico and The West Indies Showing the Countries From the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
Colton’s spectacular wall map of a rapidly expanding America.
Cartographer(s): The Colton Mapmaking CompanyPlace/Date: New York / 1854Read more -
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 / 1535Read more -
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. 1598Read more -
Roma
Old color 1572 bird’s-eye-view of Rome by Braun and Hogenberg.
Cartographer(s): Georg Braun & Franz HogenbergPlace/Date: Cologne / ca. 1572Read more -
Plan of the Sewerage System of Sacramento
The underbelly of a growing city: 1877 sewer map of Sacramento, CA.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Sacramento / ca. 1877Read more -
Amerique Septentrionale…
Pre-Mexican-American War map of North America.
Place/Date: New York / ca. 1836Read more -
Generalkort over Danmark
Colonel J.H. Mansa’s wall map of a Denmark reeling from its devastating Prussian defeat.
Cartographer(s): Jacob Henrik MansaPlace/Date: Copenhagen / 1875Read more -
Merry-Maker’s Map of San Francisco
A 1940 pictorial map of San Francisco that captures the zeitgeist of Herb Caen’s “Baghdad-by-the-Bay.”
Cartographer(s): Milt SchenkofskyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1940Read more -
A New Map of Texas, Oregon and California with the Regions Adjoining. Compiled from the most recent authorities
Samuel Augustus Mitchell’s definitive chart of the American West: a quintessential guide for those drawn to the frontier.
Cartographer(s): Samuel Augustus MitchellPlace/Date: Philadelphia / 1846Read more -
“SWORD AREA” BEACH CHARTLET. Enlargement of Portion F.1016
World War II hydrographic chart used for planning the British D-Day landing at Sword Beach in Normandy.
Cartographer(s): Office of the British Admiralty HydrographicPlace/Date: London / 18th February 1944Read more -
The New California Sugar Refinery, San Francisco.
The New California Sugar Refinery: an emblem of late 19th century industrial San Francisco.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1881Read more -
San Francisco Potrero Hill Showplace Square
Images of a different era: an exciting, block-by-block glimpse of late 1980s Potrero Hill San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): City Graphics of America, Inc.Place/Date: Fremont, CA / 1988Read more -
Florida et Apalche
The first great regional map of Florida and the Gulf Coast.
Cartographer(s): Cornelius van WytflietPlace/Date: Louvain / 1597Read more -
Map Exhibiting the Salt Marsh, Tide and Submerged Lands Disposed of by the State of California in and Adjacent to the Bays of San Francisco and San Pablo and now Subject to Reclamation Prepared from Maps of the U.S. Coast Survey & Official Records by Order of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners for the United States Commissioners on San Francisco Harbor…
The power of private enterprise in America: a rare and important map of the San Francisco Bay Tide Lands, showcasing ambitions behind the city’s development.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1874Read more -
Map of Cook County Illinois.
Rare Cook County wall map showing pre-Fire Chicago in exceptional detail.
Place/Date: Chicago / 1862Read more -
Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Region. Showing Oil & Gas Fields & Prospects, Pipe Lines, Refineries & Principal Highways [Special Supplement to THE OIL WEEKLY]
Mapping Interwar Oil & Gas in Texas and Louisiana — rare and detailed map of the Gulf Coast oil industry.
Place/Date: Houston / 1933Read more -
Carta de las Costas de la Escambia, Alabama y Bocas de Rio Misisipi, la Luisiana, Tejas, con la Provincia del Nuevo Santander en el Golfo de Mejico…
A rare Gulf coast sea chart with the Republic of Texas and antebellum New Orleans.
Place/Date: Madrid / 1846Read more -
Carte ethnographique de l’Epire du Nord en 1913.
Rare – a highly sophisticated, large format ethnographic map of the region of Northern Epirus, disputed frontier land.
Place/Date: Thessaloniki / 1913Read more -
Kauai. Hawaii
Delightful pictorial map of the island of Kauai.
Place/Date: Minneapolis, MN / 1982Read 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 -
Carte pittoresque & maritime de l’Europe: indiquant la division des Etats, les routes et chemins de fer…
Excellent large-format folding map of Europe with city views and figures in local dress.
Place/Date: Paris / 1851Read more -
Political Map of the World [:] The Alignment of Forces in the Global Arena.
Cold War persuasion: a Warsaw Pact propaganda map emphasizing the imperialist threat.
Cartographer(s): General Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography (USSR)Place/Date: Leningrad / ca. 1971Read more -
Prospetto della situazione delle dogane e posti di guardia dépendti. dalle sei direzione provinciali de D.I. in Sicilia.
Unusual map of Sicily with a rich array of information.
Cartographer(s): Francesco ArancioPlace/Date: Palermo / First edition 1845Read more -
[Spain & Portugal]
Exceptional bird’s-eye-view of the Iberian Peninsula.
Cartographer(s): A. TrubPlace/Date: Aarau / ca. 1925Read more -
Neueste Post-u. Eisenbahn Karte der Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-America.
Rare German pocket map with inset showing California gold fields and unusual boundaries.
Cartographer(s): Sigmund BeyerleinPlace/Date: Nürnberg / 1856Read 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 -
Ierusalem, et suburbia eius, sicut tempore Christi floruit…
Illustrating the last days of Jesus in Jerusalem: a magnificent 1588 plan of the city in the Second Temple Period.
Cartographer(s): Georg Braun & Franz HogenbergPlace/Date: Cologne / 1588Read more -
The “Graphic” Map of South-Central Africa Shewing the British and German Possessions
Interesting Victorian-era map of European colonies in sub-equatorial Africa.
Cartographer(s): The GraphicPlace/Date: London / 1890Read more -
“Vincere!”
The persuasive iconography of conflict: a double WWII theater of war Italian propaganda map.
Place/Date: Rome / 1943Read more -
A Map of the Marked Historical Sites of California. Compiled from the official registrations of the California State Department of Natural Resources
Large-format pictorial map of California documenting the state’s historical sites.
Place/Date: Not listed / 1952Read more -
Carta delle Terre Antartiche Esplorate e Scoperte dalla “Belgica” Compilata da A. Faustini secondo i dati del Commandante A. de Gerlache
Documenting a first in Antarctic exploration: the Belgian Expedition of 1897 to 1899.
Cartographer(s): Stab. P. CasettiPlace/Date: Rome / ca. 1900Read more -
Map of San Francisco, Points of Interest, A Birdseye View of the City by the Golden Gate
Excellent 1952 pictorial bird’s-eye-view of San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): Don BloodgoodPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1952Read more -
Souvenir Map of San Francisco Chinatown
Fine pictorial map of San Francisco Chinatown by a Chinese-American artist.
Place/Date: San Jose / ca. 1967Read 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 -
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 -
Indiae orientalis nova descriptio
Mapping Dutch influence in Southeast Asia: elegant 1633 map with newest discoveries.
Cartographer(s): Jan JanssoniusPlace/Date: Amsterdam / (French edition) 1633Read more -
Carte du Théatre de la Guerre actuel entre les Anglais et les Trieze Colonies Unies de l’Amerique Septentrionale dressée par J. B. Eliot Ingénieurs des Etats Unis 1778.
First map to name the United States and a contemporaneous illustration of the American Revolutionary War.
Cartographer(s): Louis-Joseph MondharePlace/Date: Paris / 1778Read more -
Walnut Creek California
1985 pictorial bird’s-eye-view of Walnut Creek.
Cartographer(s): Joseph C. PipiaPlace/Date: Not listed / 1985Read more -
Pony Express Route April 3, 1860 – October 24, 1861
Vivid pictorial commemoration of the Pony Express centennial.
Place/Date: New York / 1961Read more -
Cartes Générale des Chemins de Fer et des Voies Navigables de La France
Well-executed 1861 railroad map of France published under Napoleon III.
Cartographer(s): Napoléon ChaixPlace/Date: Paris / 1861Read more -
Carte de l’Île de Madagascar d’après les documents les plus récents
Rare broadside detailing operations of the Franco-Hova War, with a map of Madagascar.
Cartographer(s): Lèon HayardPlace/Date: Paris / 1894Read more -
Map showing Territorial Growth of the City of Seattle to accompany the Annual Report of the City Engineer.
Superb color-printed map of Seattle focusing on the expansion of the city in the last quarter of the 19th century.
Cartographer(s): Albro GardnerPlace/Date: Seattle / December 1891Read more -
Map Showing The Rides of Paul Revere, Wm. Dawes and Dr. Prescott April 18-19, 1775
“The British are coming!” — Delightful pictorial map of the most famous horse ride in American history.
Place/Date: Boston / 1929Read more -
Main Logic Board Schematic (Apple II)
Original Apple II logic board schematic.
Cartographer(s): Apple Computer, Inc.Place/Date: Cupertino / ca. 1977Read more -
Bart Opens Embarcadero. First port o’call in San Francisco
A celebration of public transit — pictorial view of downtown San Francisco announcing the 1976 opening of the Embarcadero BART station.
Cartographer(s): Heather KingPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1976Read more -
Detroit United Lines and Interurban Connections
Scarce interurban rail map of connections between Detroit, Toledo, Kalamazoo, Bay City, Port Huron, and more.
Cartographer(s): Calvert Lithographing Co.Place/Date: Detroit / 1916Read more -
China. As seen from the direction of Guam.
Richard Edes Harrison bird’s-eye-view of China detailing its dramatic wartime inland shift.
Cartographer(s): Richard Edes HarrisonPlace/Date: New York / 1941Read more -
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 -
The Best Little Whorehouses in Nevada
An uncommon map for a cultural underworld that was a tourist focus for drivers passing through the state.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Not listed / 1989Read more -
Sunkist Map of California
Scarce pictorial map of California highlighting one of the state’s great industries.
Cartographer(s): Cal RambeauPlace/Date: Los Angeles / 1940Read more -
Silicon Valley
A tongue-in-cheek map that is rooted in the work of Saul Steinberg’s famous “View of the World from 9th Avenue.”
Cartographer(s): Kirby ScudderPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1986Read more -
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 -
Where Nazis and Reds Clash
A classic image for the “Totalitarian Tussle” where the expanding Nazi and Communist empires were at odds.
Cartographer(s): Howard BurkePlace/Date: San Francisco / 1941Read more -
A Pictorial Map of Palo Alto and the San Francisco Peninsula
1950s pictographic map and promotional pamphlet for Palo Alto, CA, the “University City.”
Cartographer(s): Palo Alto Chamber of CommercePlace/Date: Palo Alto / ca. 1950Read more -
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 -
A New Map Of The Kingdom of Poland with its Dismembered Provinces and the Kingdm. Of Prussia
A fine overview of the history of Poland’s boundaries in the second half of the 18th century.
Cartographer(s): Laurie & WhittlePlace/Date: London / 1794Read more -
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 -
Sana’a: Nortech Surveys (Yemen)
A large, separately-issued map of Sanaʽa, capital of the newly reunited Republic of Yemen.
Cartographer(s): The Survey AuthorityPlace/Date: Sana'a / 1992Read more -
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Excellent map of the Arabian Peninsula with prominent Trans-Arabian Pipeline and desert watering points.
Cartographer(s): Arabian American Oil CompanyPlace/Date: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia / ca. 1973Read more -
Latest Pictorial Road Map of Delhi & New Delhi with the Boundary of N.D.M.C and CANTT. Showing existing petrol pump, cinema, newly set up colonies and gen information.
Large and colorful 1968 pictorial map of Delhi.
Cartographer(s): Ashoka PublicationsPlace/Date: Delhi / 1968Read more -
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 -
San Francisco Entrance
Attractive chart of the Bay Area with detailed mapping of San Francisco, the East Bay, and Marin County.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1940Read more -
[Map of Mesopotamia, for instruction in military and Ottoman geography]
Mapping the Berlin-Baghdad Railway: official Ottoman government map of Mesopotamia.
Cartographer(s): War Academy PressPlace/Date: Baghdad (?) / 1910Read more -
Thomas Bros. Map of Sausalito, Marin County, Calif.
Interesting Thomas Bros. map of Sausalito just after the completion of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Cartographer(s): Thomas Bros.Place/Date: Oakland / ca. 1938Read more -
Skeleton Map of the Union Pacific Railway
Decorative promotional railroad map of the Union Pacific Railway, with a topographic profile.
Place/Date: Buffalo, NY / 1886Read more -
State of California
The finest mid-19th century atlas map of the state of California.
Place/Date: Edinburgh / 1857Read more -
Map Showing Indian Reservations Within the Limits of the United States, Compiled Under the Direction of Hon. D.M. Browning. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1893
Map of Native American tribes and reservation land at the end of the 19th century.
Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1893Read more -
Map of the avenue leading to Golden Gate Park showing the proposed plan of improvement, together with that of the entrance to the park
Golden Gate Park takes shape: 1872 map of the Panhandle by William Hammond Hall.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1872Read more -
Map showing sources and lines of Water Supply proposed for the City of San Francisco 1877
Sustaining a growing city – detailed proposal map for supplying water to San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): Britton & ReyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1877Read more -
Colton’s New Topographical Map of the Eastern Portion of the State of North Carolina with Part of Virginia and South Carolina from the latest and best authorities.
Rare and important contemporary Civil War map of the Carolina coast Union blockade.
Place/Date: New York / 1861Read more -
Portugallia et Algarbia quae olim Lusitania
Attractive mid-17th century map of Portugal
Cartographer(s): Jan JanssoniusPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1645Read more -
Mapa de America: Razas, Indumentaria, Banderas, Escudos Y Producciónes
Pictorial Interwar North & South America
Place/Date: Barcelona / ca. 1927Read more -
Le Plan des Cinemas a Paris [and verso] Europe Movie Map
Two splendid pictorial maps in one – cinema locations in Paris and famous film locations in Europe
Cartographer(s): Yuki Miyazaki (Illustration); Eiga Houko (Publisher)Place/Date: Tokyo / ca. 1970Read more -
Karte von Palätina oder dem heiligen Lande nach ältern und den neuesten besten Quellen entworfen zum Studium der heiligen Schrift und zum Gebrauche für Schulen eingerichtet von Dr. Carl Beiling Director, Mitglied m . gel. Gesellschaften
Gorgeous and rare large-format map of the Holy Land with a plan of Jerusalem.
Cartographer(s): Carl BeilingPlace/Date: Munich / 1843Read more -
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 -
Plano de la Ciudad de San Sebastian. 90 Aniversario 1879-1969. Caja de Ahorros Municipal de San Sebastian
Huge town plan of San Sebastián commemorating the city’s 90th anniversary
Place/Date: San Sebastian / 1969Read more -
Official Map of Sacramento County, California. Compiled from Official Surveys by J. C. Boyd, County Surveyor. 1903
Fabulous turn-of-the-century property map of Sacramento County.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1903Read more -
[Marin County]
Excellent 1914 C.F. Weber map of Marin County
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1914Read more -
Birds Eye View of the Soudan and Surrounding Countries
Marvelous piece of Victorian mapmaking commemorating the General Gordon’s exploits at the Siege of Khartoum
Cartographer(s): London Illustrated News; Maclure & Macdonald Lith.ers to the QueenPlace/Date: London / 1888Read more -
San Francisco
Special 1974 Mark Hopkins Hotel issued pictorial map of San Francisco
Cartographer(s): Hollmann Publishing CompanyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1974Read more -
Allgemeine Darstellung der Oberflächen der Weltkörper unseres Sonnengebietes, besonders der Erde, des Mondes, der Venus und des Merkur’s, zur Vergleichung ihrer wundervollen Naturbaue und merkwürdige Naturkräfte.
A pair of wonderful early 19th century data visualization engravings comparing mountain heights on Earth and its moon, Venus, and Mercury.
Place/Date: Leipzig / 1811Read more -
Mappa jeneralna Wojewodztwa Augustowskiego
Rare 1826 Polish regional map —an important piece of Polish-language cartography.
Cartographer(s): Juliusz KolbergPlace/Date: Warsaw / 1826Read more -
A Journey from Prince of Wales’s Fort in Hudson’s Bay, to the Northern Ocean: Undertaken by Order of the Hudson’s Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North West Passage, &c., in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772
Gorgeous first edition of Hearne’s description of his discoveries on behalf of the Hudson’s Bay Company
Cartographer(s): Samuel HearnePlace/Date: London / 1795Read more -
Las Mariposas Estate, Mariposas County, California
Gorgeous 1863 map of Mariposa Estate — indicates Frémont’s estate!
Place/Date: New York / 1863Read more -
Geologische Wandtafeln für den Anschauungs-Unterricht.
Marvelous 1872 geological treatise with color diagrams of the Earth’s stratigraphy.
Cartographer(s): Dr. Oscar Friedrich von Fraas; lith. v. Jul. Joh. Haecker; Lith. Dampfschnellpressendruck J.F. Schreiber EsslingenPlace/Date: Ravensburg / 1872Read 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 -
Sicilia ossia Reali Domini al di là del Faro
Detailed pre-Risorgimento map of Sicily.
Cartographer(s): B. MarzollaPlace/Date: Naples / 1853Read more -
San Mateo Quadrangle (Topography)
1913 topographic map of San Mateo County – early city grids
Cartographer(s): U.S. Geological Survey; George Otis Smith (Director)Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1913Read more -
Haywards Quadrangle (Topography)
1913 topographic map of Fremont, Hayward, and San Leandro.
Cartographer(s): U.S. Geological Survey; George Otis Smith (Director)Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1913Read more -
Map of Oregon and Upper California from the Surveys of John Charles Fremont and Other Authorities
Frémont & Preuss mapping the West
Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1848Read more -
India Orientalis
Landmark map of Southeast Asia
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Lyon / 1535Read 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 -
Stanford University
1963 bird’s-eye-view of Stanford University
Cartographer(s): Ralph C. ArnholdPlace/Date: Palo Alto / 1963Read more -
De Witt’s Indexed Map of the City of San Francisco Compiled from the Latest Data
Detailed pre-1906 map of San Francisco
Cartographer(s):Place/Date: San Francisco / 1904Read more -
Carte Reduite des Isles Britanniques Troisime Feuille Patie Meridionale de L’Ecose…
Lovely 1757 Depot de la Marine map of southern Scotland and Northern Ireland, including Edinburgh and Glasgow
Cartographer(s): Jacques Nicolas BellinPlace/Date: Paris / 1757Read more -
Bancroft’s Official Guide Map of the City and County of San Francisco, Compiled from Official Sources in Surveyor’s Office…1873
Bancroft’s iconic Blue-line map of San Francisco
Cartographer(s): The Bancroft CompanyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1873Read 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 -
Route of the Mormon Pioneers from Nauvoo to Great Salt Lake.
A rare, separately-published version of this striking panoramic bird’s-eye-view of the route of the Mormon pioneers.
Cartographer(s): Millroy & HayesPlace/Date: Salt Lake City / 1899Read more -
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 -
View of Great Salt Lake City
Important early view of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Place/Date: Walla Walla (Washington Territory) / 1867Read more -
Map of the Battle Field of Gettysburg. July 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Bachelder’s authoritative three-part map of the Gettysburg battlefield.
Cartographer(s): John Badger BachelderPlace/Date: Boston / 1876Read more -
Totius Africae tabula, & descriptio universalis, etiam ultra Ptolemaei limites extensa.
Exceptional example of one of the earliest maps to focus on the entire continent of Africa
Cartographer(s): Sebastian MünsterPlace/Date: Basel / ca. 1554Read more -
La Nuova Francia
Extremely rare first edition of the first map devoted to New England.
Place/Date: Venice / 1556Read more -
Map of the State of California. Compiled from the most recent surveys and explorations…
1860 map of California with a large bird’s-eye-view of post Gold Rush San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): VincentPlace/Date: Paris / 1860Read 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 -
Guide Map of Jerusalem Ancient and New
Pictorial map of Jerusalem with both ancient and modern sites
Cartographer(s): H. M. King & S. SpyridonPlace/Date: Jerusalem / ca. 1930Read 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 -
Map Of San Francisco Showing The Water Service Of Spring Valley Water Works. Distributing Reservoirs, Districts Supplied By Each And Location Of Principal Distributing Mains, Contour Lines, Showing Elevation Above Water & Fire Department And Fire Patrol Buildings.
Important pre-1906 earthquake water system map of San Francisco
Cartographer(s): Britton & ReyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1894Read 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 -
Lettres Edifiantes Et Curieuses, Ecrites Des Missions Estrangeres, par quelques Missionnaires de la Compagnie de Jesus. V. Recueil
First printed appearance of Father Kino’s influential map, along with Piccolo’s text on California missions.
Cartographer(s): Father Eusebio F. KinoPlace/Date: Paris / 1705Read more -
Marvelous Marin, Home of Muir Woods National Monument
Nice pictorial promotional map of Marin County.
Cartographer(s): Marin Tourism BureauPlace/Date: San Rafael / ca. 1960Read more -
Recettes des tramways de Paris des bateaux-omnibus et du chemin de ceinture et mouvements des voyageurs dans les gares de paris en 1880.
Gorgeous statistical graphic plan of Paris depicting passenger movements in the year 1880
Cartographer(s): Ministere des Travaux Publics; Imp. MonrocqPlace/Date: Paris / 1882Read more -
A General Map of the Post Roads of Europe wherein all the post stages with their distances are particularly expressed.
Rare first edition of Rocque’s spectacular map of the post roads of Europe in original colors
Cartographer(s): John RocquePlace/Date: London / 1758Read more -
Mappa geographiae naturalis sive tabella synoptica / inventa et adornata à Matth. Seuttero. S. Caes. Maj. geogr. Aug.
Unusual and fascinating look at mapmaking in the 18th century
Cartographer(s): Matthäus SeutterPlace/Date: Augsburg / 1730Read more -
Discovering California Through Books
Delightful literary-themed map of California
Cartographer(s): Schenkofsky-HeckingPlace/Date: Not listed / 1961Read 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 -
A Map of Canada and the North Part of Louisiana with the Adjacent Countrys
Remarkable 1762 coast-to-coast map of Canada, Upper Midwest & Plains.
Cartographer(s): Thomas JefferysPlace/Date: London / 1762Read more -
L’America settentrionale nuovamente corretta, et accresciuta secondo le relationi più moderne da Guglielmo Sansone
Spectacular old color Italian edition of Sanson’s seminal map of North America.
Cartographer(s): Giacomo Giovanni de RossiPlace/Date: Rome / 1677Read more -
Carte Nouvelle du Mexique du Texas et d’une Partie des Etats Limitrophes
Brué’s landmark map of the West with the Republic of Texas — first use of ‘Texas’ in the title
Cartographer(s): Adrien-Hubert BruéPlace/Date: Paris / 1840Read more -
Map of Jordan. Holy Land
Pre-Six-Day War map of Jordan including Jerusalem, with vignettes of important monuments.
Cartographer(s): Tourism Bureau of the Hashemite Kingdom of JordanPlace/Date: Amman / 1961Read more -
Pictorial map of the United Arab Republic
1969 map of the short-lived United Arab Republic with pictorial vignettes.
Cartographer(s): K. Kamel; Ministry of Tourism in EgyptPlace/Date: Cairo / 1969Read 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 -
Island of Oahu. City and County of Honolulu
Colorful 1921 map of Oahu, Hawaii
Cartographer(s): U. MatsuPlace/Date: Honolulu / 1921Read more -
Faust’s Map of the City and County of San Francisco, California
Gorgeous pre-1906 earthquake map of San Francisco.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1900Read more -
A New & Accurate Map of the North Pole, with all the Countries hitherto Discovered…
Fine map of the North Pole and surrounding hemisphere on a polar projection.
Cartographer(s): Emanuel BowenPlace/Date: London / 1746Read more -
A New & Accurate Map of Persia with the adjacent Countries. Drawn from the most approved Modern Maps, &c.
Map of the Persian Empire, with parts of the Ottoman Empire
Cartographer(s): Emanuel BowenPlace/Date: London / 1747Read more -
San Francisco Water System
Fascinating 1995 pictorial poster map of the San Francisco water system
Cartographer(s): San Francisco Water WorksPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1995Read 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 -
San Francisco Quadrangle (Topography)
Extensively detailed map of San Francisco and the East Bay
Cartographer(s): U.S. Geological SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1913Read more -
General Map of the Panama Canal
Rare relief map booklet of the Panama Canal Zone
Cartographer(s): William M. Baxter, Jr.Place/Date: Boston / ca. 1915Read more -
Map of Beverly Hills California
1937 map of Beverly Hills – “Center of the Next Million”
Cartographer(s): Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce and Beverly Hills Realty BoardPlace/Date: Los Angeles / 1937Read more -
Pony Express Route April 3, 1860 – October 24, 1861
Cool pictorial commemoration of the Pony Express centennial
Place/Date: New York / 1961Read more -
A New and Accurate Map of Chili, Terra Magellanica, Terra del Fuego &c. Laid down according to the latest improvements and regulated by astron.l observat.ns.
Hand-colored 1747 Bowen map with insets of Santiago and Tierra del Fuego
Cartographer(s): Emanuel BowenPlace/Date: London / 1747Read more -
Tabula nova utriusque Indiae
1541 woodcut Ptolemaic map of India and Southeast Asia.
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Vienne / 1541Read more -
Guide Map of the City of San Francisco Compiled from the Official Surveys &c.
1891 map of San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): Henry G. LangleyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1891Read more -
The California Herald
Important document of the California Gold Rush
Cartographer(s): James Gordon BennettPlace/Date: New York / 1Read more -
Les Isles Philippines Molucques et de la Sonde
1654 French map of the Philippines in original outline color
Place/Date: Paris / 1654Read 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 -
Aegyptus Antiqua
Stunning full color example of Ortelius’s two-sheet map of Egypt.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1584Read more -
Rollandet’s Map of the City of Denver Colorado — Fourth Edition– February 1st, 1889
Rare 1889 map of Denver with vignettes of important buildings
Cartographer(s): Edward RollandetPlace/Date: Denver / 1889Read more -
A Map of America, between Latitudes 40 and 70 North, and Longitudes 45 and 180 West, Exhibiting Mackenzie’s Track from Montreal to Fort Chipewyan & from thence onto the North Sea in 1789, & to the West Pacific Ocean in 1793
Before Lewis & Clark: map of Mackenzie’s expedition across North America
Cartographer(s): Alexander MackenziePlace/Date: London / 1801Read 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 -
Carte des Isles Philippines, Celebes et Moluques. Carte des Isles Philippines… 1re. Feuille Carte des Isles Philippines… 2e. Feuille.
Complete set of three maps of the Philippines from Bellin’s Le Petit Atlas Maritime
Cartographer(s): Jacques Nicolas BellinPlace/Date: Paris / 1764Read more -
Haec est nobilis florens illa Neapolis, Campaniae civitas…
Lovely hand-colored Renaissance view of Naples
Cartographer(s): Georg Braun & Franz HogenbergPlace/Date: Colonge / 1580Read more -
Nieuwe Gelijk Gradige of Platte Zekaart Van Het Noorder deel van Europa Vertoonende de Geheele Groenlandse En Moskovise Scheepvaard Waer in Elk de Miswijsinge Van het Compas selver moet Verbeeteren (repeated in French)
Spectacular and rare 1709 Van Keulen chart of the North Atlantic with erupting Hekla
Cartographer(s): Johannes & Gerard Van KeulenPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1709Read 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 -
Deliniantur in hac Tabula, Orae Maritimae Abexiae, Freti Mecani; al Maris Rubri; Arabiae, Ormi, Persiae, Supra Sindam usq, Fluminis Indi, Cambriae India & Malabaris, Insulae, Ceylon
1596 Navigational chart of the Indian Ocean in spectacular full color.
Cartographer(s): Jan Huygen van LinschotenPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1596Read more -
A New Map of Texas, Oregon, and California with the Regions Adjoining
Mitchell’s seminal 1846 pocket map of the West with contemporary personal note – “Forget me not”
Cartographer(s): Samuel Augustus MitchellPlace/Date: Philadelphia / 1846Read more -
Point Reyes Quadrangle (19 x 15 mintues map)
1969 topographic map of West Marin
Cartographer(s): U.S. Geological SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1969Read more -
Territory of Hawaii – Samoa
Marvelous 1935 Ruth Taylor White pictorial map of Hawaii and Samoa
Cartographer(s): Ruth Taylor WhitePlace/Date: Boston / 1935Read 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 -
Map of San Francisco, Points of Interest, A Birdseye View of the City by the Golden Gate
Rare 1952 pictorial map of San Francisco
Cartographer(s): Don BloodgoodPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1952Read more -
Islandia
1609 Ortelius extraordinary map of Iceland with Spanish text on verso
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1609Read more -
Carte du Canal des Iles Philippines Par lequel passe le Galion de Manille, et les Isles voisins de ce canal
Lovely mid-18th century Anson chart of the Philippines
Cartographer(s): George AnsonPlace/Date: Paris / ca. 1750Read 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 -
Ischia quae olim Aenaria
1590 old color Ortelius Island of Ischia
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1590Read 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 -
Regiones Sub Polo Arctico
1644 W. Blaeu signature map of the Arctic
Cartographer(s): Willem BlaeuPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1644Read 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 -
Insularum Aliquot Maris Mediterranei Descriptio
1587 Ortelius six maps in one: Sicily, Malta, Sardinia, Corfu, Elba, and Djerba.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1587Read 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 -
A Pictorial Map of North America
Signed Ernest Dudley Chase 1945 pictorial map of North America
Cartographer(s): Ernest Chase DudleyPlace/Date: Winchester / 1945Read 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 -
Grondvlakte van Nieuw Orleans, de Hoofdstad van Louisiana [with] De Uitloop vande Rivier Missisippi [and] De Oostelyke ingang van de Missisippi met een Plan van het Fort
1740 plan of New Orleans and the Mississippi River Delta
Cartographer(s): Isaak TirionPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1740Read more -
Road Map to Iran
Folding tourist map of Iran with photographic vignettes
Cartographer(s): Aziz HatamiPlace/Date: Tehran / ca. 1972Read more -
Hierosolymia, Clarissima totius Orientis civitas…
1582 town-plan of Jerusalem
Cartographer(s): Georg Braun & Franz HogenbergPlace/Date: Colonge / 1582Read more -
Carte Particulere de la Mer Rouge & c. Levee par Ordre des Roys de Portugal
Decorative c. 1700 Mortier map of the Red Sea with important inset maps of Mombasa and Perim.
Cartographer(s): Pierre Mortier the ElderPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1700Read more -
Sketch map of Italy with the Lines of Communication by Road, Rail, Sea, and Air
Interesting 1953 pictorial map of Italy
Cartographer(s): SalomonePlace/Date: Rome / 1953Read more -
Bird’s-eye-view of the Panama Canal
Bird’s-eye-view and map of the Panama Canal issued the first year after its opening
Cartographer(s): I.L. Maduro Jr.Place/Date: Panama / 1915Read more -
Nouvelle Carte Générale des Provinces Asiatiques de l’Empire Ottoman (sans l’Arabie) dressée par Henri Kiepert, Berlin 1883. Chemins De Fer d’après l’état de 1909.
Colossal 1909 map of the Ottoman Empire composed during the ‘New Great Game’and the lead-up to World War I
Cartographer(s): Heinrich KiepertPlace/Date: Berlin / 1909Read more -
Carte Touristique de la ville de Rio de Janeiro. La Capitale des Etats Unis du Brasil
1940 c. art-deco pictorial map of Rio de Janeiro
Cartographer(s): YpirngaPlace/Date: São Paulo / ca. 1940Read more -
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 -
Totius Europae Littora Novissime Edita. Pascaert Vertoonende alle de See-Custen van Europa
Splendid 1745 portolan-style sea chart based on De Wit
Cartographer(s): Reiner & Joshua OttensPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1745Read 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 -
Indiae Orientalis, Insularumque Adiacentium Typus
1590 Ortelius map of Southeast Asia in original colors
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1590Read 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 -
A Pictorial Map of Palo Alto and the San Francisco Peninsula
Superb 1940s pictorial map with Stanford University
Cartographer(s): Palo Alto Chamber of CommercePlace/Date: Palo Alto / ca. 1940Read more -
Map of the University of California Sponsored by the California Club in Commemoration of the Golden Gate International Exposition
Splendid 1930s pictorial map of the University of California system
Cartographer(s): S. Lachman, LIPABAPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1939Read more -
Map of San Francisco, California
Late 19th century map of San Francisco with missing Marina street names
Cartographer(s): Matthews, Northrup & Co.Place/Date: New York / 1891Read more -
America Septentrionalis a Domino d’Anville in Galliis edita nunc in Anglia Coloniis in Interiorem Virginiam…
1777 Revolutionary War issue of Homann’s map of the United States
Cartographer(s): Homann HeirsPlace/Date: Nuremberg / 1777Read more -
Map of the lines of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company RMH
Attractive mid-1920s Northwestern Pacific Railroad map
Cartographer(s): Northwestern Pacific RailroadPlace/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1925Read more -
Sicilia
Lovely 1594 map of Sicily with inset of King Phillip II
Cartographer(s): Matthias QuadPlace/Date: Colonge / 1594Read more -
Marin County California
Vivid c. 1954 Thomas Bros. map of Marin County
Place/Date: Oakland / ca. 1954Read 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 -
Die Eigentliche und Warhafftige Gestalt der Erden und des Meers. Cosmographia Universalis
16th century woodcut world map with unexplained Australian landmass.
Cartographer(s): Heinrich BüntingPlace/Date: Magdeburg / ca. 1581Read more -
24 Miles round London
24 Miles round London with original color & case
Cartographer(s): George Frederick CruchleyPlace/Date: London / ca. 1839Read more -
Ride the roads to romance along the Golden Coast and thru the sunshine empire of Southern California
Roads to Romance pictorial map of Southern California
Cartographer(s): Roads to Romance AssociationPlace/Date: Los Angeles / 1952Read 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 -
Tab. II. Europae, Hispaniam ac Lusitaniam Complectens
Attractive mid-18th century map of the Iberian Peninsula
Cartographer(s): Gerard MercatorPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1730Read 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 -
Carte de la Californie Suivant I. la Carte Manuscrite de l’Amerique de Mathieu Neron Pecci…
Vaugondy’s essential 1772 presentation of California variants
Cartographer(s): Didier Robert de VaugondyPlace/Date: Paris / 1772Read more -
No. 3 Map of North America Engraved to Illustrate Mitchell’s School and Family Geography
Early edition of Mitchell & Young’s North America with Independent Texas
Place/Date: Philadelphia / 1839Read more -
Terra Sancta, sive Promissionis, olim Palestina Recens Delineata, et in Lucem Edita
1680 De Wit map of the Holy Land with Jerusalem
Cartographer(s): Frederick de WitPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1680Read more -
Colton’s California and Nevada
1873 Colton California and Nevada with extended San Bernadino County
Cartographer(s): George Woolworth Colton and Charles B. ColtonPlace/Date: New York / 1873Read more -
[Title on Verso] Tabula Septima Asiae Complectitur Margianam, Bactrianam, Sogdianam, Sacas, & Scythiam, Intra Imaum Montem
1541 Ptolemaic map of Central Asia
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Vienne / 1545Read more -
Carte de la Nouvelle France, ou se voit le Cours des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens & de Mississipi Aujour d’hui S. Louis, aux Environs des Quelles se Trouvent les Etats, Pais, Nations, Peuples &c…
Chatelain’s map of French possessions in the U.S. in full color
Cartographer(s): Henri Abraham ChatelainPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1719Read 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 -
[Title on Verso] Tabula Duodecima Asiae Continet Taprobanam Insulam
1541 woodcut Ptolemaic map of Sri Lanka
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Vienne / 1545Read more -
[Title on Verso] Tabula IIII Aphricae
1535 Ptolemaic Africa with Prester John
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Lyon / 1535Read more -
No. 15 Map of Oregon and Upper California
1846 school atlas map of Oregon and Upper California
Cartographer(s): Samuel Augustus MitchellPlace/Date: Philadelphia / 1846Read 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 -
Le Plan de Paris, ses Faubourgs et ses Environs / Platte Grond van Parys, zyn Voorburgen en Omleggende Plaatse
Stunning hand-colored 1730 map of Paris
Place/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1730Read 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 -
Legionis, Biscaiae et Guipiscoae Typus
Old color 1630 Mercator & Hondius map of the Basque region
Place/Date: Amsterdam / 1630Read more -
Maris Pacifici
Stunning 1595 example of Ortelius’ landmark map of the Pacific Ocean.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1595Read 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 -
Ins. Ceilan que incolis Tenarisin dictur
Mercator & Hondius’s striking 1609 map of Ceylon
Place/Date: Amsterdam / 1609Read more -
Peru, Chili and La Plata
Thomson’s detailed 1821 map of Peru, Chile, and Argentina
Cartographer(s): John ThompsonPlace/Date: Edinburgh / 1821Read more -
Seu Graecia Universa Autore J. Laurenbergio
1680 map of Greece with an elaborate cartouche and fine detail
Cartographer(s): Nicolas VisscherPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1680Read more -
Carte de la Manche
1710 sea chart of the English Channel including Dunkirk and Mont Saint Michel
Place/Date: Amsterdam / 1710Read 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 -
Madagascar
French pictorial map of Madagascar
Cartographer(s): JylbertPlace/Date: Paris / 1943Read more -
England
Thomson’s classic 1814 map of England and Wales.
Cartographer(s): John ThompsonPlace/Date: Edinburgh / 1814Read more -
SEPTENTRIONALIUM Terrarum descriptio. Per Gerardum Mercatore
1623 map North Pole heightened in gold and filled with cartographic myths.
Place/Date: Amsterdam / 1623Read 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 -
Islandia
Excellent old color Ortelius map of Iceland
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1598Read 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 -
Preliminary Chart of Drake’s Bay California
1860 United States Coast Survey map of Point Reyes and Drake’s Bay
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1860Read more -
Mare Rubrum seu Sinus Arabicus ad observationes maximam partem ab Auctore annis MDCCLXII et MDCCLXIII institutas delineatus a C. Niebuhr
Seminal Red Sea map
Cartographer(s): Carsten NiebuhrPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1774Read 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 -
Map Showing The Pacific Railways and Their Branches. Prepared for the United States Pacific Railway Commission
Detailed 1887 Colton railroad map with color-coded routes
Cartographer(s): George Woolworth Colton and Charles B. ColtonPlace/Date: New York / 1887Read more -
Post Route Map of California and Nevada Published By Order of Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield. June 15, 1954
1954 large-format official map of postal routes in California & Nevada
Cartographer(s): United States Post Office DepartmentPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1954Read more -
Carte Générale Du Théâtre De La Guére dans les États-Unis de L’Amérique avec Une Carte du Mexique pour suivre les Opérations Militaires
French map of the United States with California Gold Region
Cartographer(s): A. Bes & F. DubreuilPlace/Date: Paris / ca. 1850Read 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 -
California
Cram’s end of 19th century California map with color-coded rail lines and Bay Area inset
Cartographer(s): George F. CramPlace/Date: Chicago / ca. 1894Read more -
Trans-Continental Tourist, Containing a Full and Authentic Description of Over Five Hundred Cities…
Crofutt’s 1874 promotional guide with splendid map of transcontinental routes
Cartographer(s): George A. CrofuttPlace/Date: New York / 1874Read 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 -
General Map of North America, drawn from the best surveys, 1795
Late 18th century North America atlas map with manuscript notations
Cartographer(s): John ReidPlace/Date: New York / 1796Read more -
États-Unis de l’Amérique Septentrionale avec les Isles Royale, de Terre Neuve, de St. Jean, l’Acadie &c.
1785 map of the United States with alternative state names proposed by Thomas Jefferson
Cartographer(s): Antoine BoudetPlace/Date: Paris / 1785Read more -
Southern Pacific R.R. and Connections. June 1883
Definitive 1883 map of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Cartographer(s): Rand, McNally & Co.Place/Date: Chicago / 1883Read 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 -
New Map of that Portion of North America, Exhibiting the United States and Territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands
1854 Jacob Monk wall map of North America with California Gold Region – exceptional example!
Cartographer(s): Jacob MonkPlace/Date: Baltimore / 1854Read 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 -
Official Map of Marin County, California 1892 Compiled from Records and Surveys.
Dodge’s monumental 1892 wall map of Marin County: the greatest Marin map ever made.
Cartographer(s): George M. DodgePlace/Date: San Francisco / 1892Read more -
Chart of the North Polar Seas
Linen-backed 1890 British Admiralty chart of the polar seas
Place/Date: London / 1890Read more -
Arabia
J. Blaeu atlas map of Arabia
Cartographer(s): Joannes BlaeuPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1661Read more -
Mitchell’s New National Map Exhibiting the United States with the North American British Provinces, Sandwich Islands, Mexico and Central America, Together with Cuba and other West India Islands
Mitchell’s iconic mid-19th century wall map of the United States
Cartographer(s): Samuel Augustus MitchellPlace/Date: Philadelphia / 1858Read more -
Watson’s New County and Railroad Map of the Western States and Territories
Watson’s rare 1871 county and railroad map of the West.
Cartographer(s): Gaylord WatsonPlace/Date: Chicago / 1871Read more -
Africae Nova Tabula
Highly decorative mid-17th century map of Africa
Place/Date: Amsterdam / 1646Read more -
Indiarum Orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio…
This rare Italian world map is based on Ortelius’s 1570 Typus Orbis Terrarum
Cartographer(s): Giovanni MaffeiPlace/Date: Colonge / 1589Read 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 -
Tierra Nueva
Rare first state of one of the earliest maps of the Eastern Seaboard.
Cartographer(s): Girolamo RuscelliPlace/Date: Venice / 1561Read more -
Calecut Nova Tavola
Ruscelli’s Indian peninsula with sea monster and ships
Cartographer(s): Girolamo RuscelliPlace/Date: Venice / 1598Read more -
Arabia Felice Nuova Tavola
16th century map of the Arabian Peninsula
Cartographer(s): Girolamo RuscelliPlace/Date: Venice / 1564Read more -
Tabula Africae III
16th century map of Egypt and Libya
Cartographer(s): Girolamo RuscelliPlace/Date: Venice / 1564Read more -
America noviter delineata
1631 Merian map of the Western Hemisphere with polar insets
Cartographer(s): Matthäus MerianPlace/Date: Frankfurt / 1631Read more -
Egitto Nuova Tavola
Attractive 1598 Venetian map of Lower Egypt and the Nile Delta.
Place/Date: Venice / 1598Read 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 -
Antiquae Urbis
1641 town plan of ancient Rome with illustrated monuments.
Cartographer(s): Giacomo LauroPlace/Date: Rome / 1641Read more -
Bologna celebre madre de’ studi
Exceptional c. 1673 bird’s-eye-view of Bologna.
Cartographer(s): Giuseppe LonghiPlace/Date: Bologna / ca. 1673Read more -
L’Europe divisée suivant ses principx Etats
Nice colorful mid-18th century map of Europe.
Cartographer(s): G. Robert de VaugondyPlace/Date: Paris / 1748Read more -
Chili
Rare English edition of the Mercator-Hondius map of Chile.
Cartographer(s): Henricus HondiusPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1635Read more -
Carte de l’Isthme de Panama et des Provinces de Veragua Terre Ferme et Darien
Detailed mid-18th century map of the Isthmus of Panama.
Cartographer(s): Jacques Nicolas BellinPlace/Date: Paris / 1754Read more -
Map of the Southern Pacific Rail Road and Connections. June 1875
Rare — first known map focused on Southern Pacific Railroad.
Cartographer(s): F. T. NewberryPlace/Date: Not listed / 1875Read more -
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 -
Europa Prima Pars Terrae In Forma Virginis.
Striking example of Bünting’s famous depiction of Europe as a Queen.
Cartographer(s): Heinrich BüntingPlace/Date: Leipzig / ca. 1581Read more -
Carte de l’Ancien et du Nouveau Monde, Suivant une Projection Nouvelle, pour les Premieres Etudes; Dirigee par Mr. Philippe…
Attractive world map with prominent River of the West
Cartographer(s): Etienne Andre Philippe De Pretot,Place/Date: Paris / 1771Read more -
Beschreibung des Heiligen Landes
1585 Bunting woodcut map of the Holy Land.
Cartographer(s): Heinrich BüntingPlace/Date: Leipzig / 1585Read 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 -
Map of the Country 40 Miles Around San Francisco, Exhibiting County Lines, and correct Plats of all the Ranchos finally surveyed and of the Public Land Sectionized. Compiled from United States Surveys by Leander Ransom
A rare and important 1860 Bay Area rancho map.
Cartographer(s): Leander RansomPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1860Read more -
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 -
Arabiae Felicis, Petrae ae et Desertae Nova et Accurata Delineatio
Decorative Dutch map of Arabia.
Cartographer(s): Jan JanssoniusPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1660Read more -
Tartaria sive Magni Chami Imperium
W. Blaeu’s decorative map of China.
Cartographer(s): Willem BlaeuPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1635Read more -
Graeciae Universae Secundum Hodiernum Situm Neoterica Descriptio
Ortelius Greece in attractive colors.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / ca. 1588Read more -
Tabula VI Asiae [Arabia]
Beautiful 1535 Ptolemaic woodcut map of Arabia.
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Lyon / 1535Read more -
Europ, and the cheife Cities contained therin, described; with the habits of most Kingdoms now in use
1627 John Speed cartes-à-figures map of Europe with city-views.
Cartographer(s): John SpeedPlace/Date: London / 1627Read more -
Asia recens summa cura delineata
Early 17th century map of Asia with misshapen Korea.
Cartographer(s): Henricus HondiusPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1631Read more -
Turcici Imperii Imago
Early 17th century Ottoman Empire with conqueror of Constantinople.
Cartographer(s): Jodocus HondiusPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1606Read more -
Suecia, Dania, et Norvegia, Regna Europae Septentrionalia
Attractive mid-17th century map of Scandinavia.
Cartographer(s): Willem BlaeuPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1640Read more -
Secunda Africae Tabula [Tunisia, Lybia, Sicily and Sardinia]
1511 Sylvanus Ptolemaic North Africa with red type.
Cartographer(s): Bernadus SylvanusPlace/Date: Venice / 1511Read more -
Arabia, Egypt, Abyssinia, Red Sea &c.
1814 Thomson map of Arabia with caravan routes.
Cartographer(s): John ThomsonPlace/Date: Edinburgh / 1814Read more -
Deliniantur in hac Tabula, Orae Maritimae Abexiae, Freti Mecani; al Maris Rubri; Arabiae, Ormi, Persiae, Supra Sindam usq, Fluminis Indi, Cambriae India & Malabaris, Insulae, Ceylon
Jan Huygens van Linschoten’s iconic navigational chart of the Indian Ocean in spectacular full color.
Cartographer(s): Jan Huygen van LinschotenPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1596Read more -
New Relief Map of the Bay Counties
Wonderful Whitaker & Ray pictorial wall map of the Bay Area.
Cartographer(s): Whitaker & Ray Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1905Read more -
Map Showing Property of South San Francisco Land and Improvement Co at South San Francisco, San Mateo County, California
Detailed 1907 Britton & Rey lithograph of South San Francisco.
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 -
Plat of the Pueblo Lands of San Francisco finally confirmed to the City of San Francisco. Surveyed under instructions from the U.S. Surveyor General by F. von Leicht, U.S. Dep. Surv. in December 1883 Containing 17754 36/100 Acres.
Remarkable 1883 manuscript map of land grants in San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): Ferdinand von LeichtPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1883Read more -
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 -
A New Map of the State of California, the Territories of Oregon, Washington, Utah & New Mexico
1853 Mitchell California with extended Utah
Place/Date: Philadelphia / 1853Read more -
Central Pacific R.R. and Leased Lines; Southern Pacific R.R. and Connections. September 1882. A.N. Turner, General Manager. R.H. Goodman, Gen’l Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
Attractive 1882 map of Central and Southern Pacific Railroad lines
Cartographer(s): Rand, McNally & Co.Place/Date: Chicago / 1882Read more -
Map of the City and County of San Francisco. Carefully Compiled from recent surveys, including all the new additions of Cities, Towns, and Villas, delineating the lines of Ranchos, Private Claims, Water Works, Railroads, &c. &c. Drawn for the San Francisco News Letter and the Pacific Mining Journal
Stunning 1864 map of San Francisco with detailed land grants and property boundaries
Cartographer(s): James ButlerPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1864Read 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 -
Galliae Regnum in Omnes suas Provincias Accurate Divisum
Detailed 1709 Schenk map of France with provincial shields and interesting manuscript notations on the verso.
Cartographer(s): Pieter SchenkPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1709Read more -
Africæ Accurata Tabula
17th century Visscher map of Africa
Cartographer(s): Nicolas VisscherPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1670Read more -
La Castille Propre ou Vieille, et la Nouvelle; avec l’Estremadure Castillane Dressé sur les Memoires de Rodrigo Mendes Silva, et Autres
Late 17th century Visscher Castille with Madrid town grid.
Cartographer(s): Nicolas VisscherPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1690Read more -
Map of the City & County of San Francisco Prepared by the Board of Public Works
1916 O’Shaughnessy map of San Francisco
Cartographer(s): M.M. O'ShaughnessyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1916Read more -
Persici sive Sophorum Regni Typus
Lovely 1601 Ortelius map of the Persian Empire
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1601Read more -
Amerique Meridionale, dressée, sur les Mémoires les plus récents et assujétie aux observations astronomique
Mid-18th century French map of South America
Cartographer(s): Didier Robert de VaugondyPlace/Date: Paris / 1750Read more -
Africa Secundum Legitimas Projectionis Stereographicae regulas et juxta recentissimas relationes et observationes in subsidium vocatis quoque veterum Leonis Africani…
Classic 1737 Dutch map of Africa
Cartographer(s): Homann HeirsPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1737Read more -
L’Afrique Divisee Suivant l’Estendue de Ses Principales Parties ou sont Distingues les uns des Autres…
Late 17th century Jaillot map of Africa
Cartographer(s): Pierre Mortier the ElderPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1695Read more -
Appraisal of Structural Properties of the Spring Valley Water Company City Distributing Pipe System Subsoil Map Prepared by M.M. O’Shaughnessy City Engineer December 1913
1913 O’Shaughnessy Spring Valley Water subsoil pipe map of San Francisco
Cartographer(s): M.M. O'ShaughnessyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1913Read more -
Sketch J No. 2 Mare Island Strait California
1851 United States Coast Survey map of Mare Island and Vallejo
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1851Read more -
Audience de Guadalajara nouveau Mexique, Californie. &c.
Excellent Sanson Island of California map.
Place/Date: Paris / 1667Read more -
Anglia Regnum
Decorative map of England and Wales
Cartographer(s): Willem BlaeuPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1640Read more -
Americae Septentrionalis Circuitus
Mid-17th century French copperplate map with cartographic myths
Cartographer(s): Claude Bartholomy MorisotPlace/Date: Dijon / 1643Read more -
Fraser’s Panoramic Plan of London
19th century London with vignettes of important buildings.
Cartographer(s): James FraserPlace/Date: London / ca. 1837Read more -
Europae
1584 Ortelius Europe with cartouche featuring Europa riding bull.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1584Read more -
[Napoleonic Survey of the Lagoon of Venice] Croquie de la Reconnaissance faite entre Le Po et le Lizonzo Par Le Colonel Sorbier
Napoleon’s Survey of Venice After The Fall of the Venetian Republic.
Cartographer(s): Jean Joseph Augustin SorbierPlace/Date: Venice / ca. 1806Read more
