Rare Maps of The United States
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Colton’s Intermediate Railroad Map of the United States.
The quintessential Colton railroad map of America.
Cartographer(s): George Woolworth Colton and Charles B. ColtonPlace/Date: New York / 1882$5,400 Add to cart -
Carte des Possessions Angloises & Francoises du Continent de L’Amerique Septentrionale 1755.
An early state of Jean Palairet’s map depicting English and French possessions in America.
Cartographer(s): Jean PalairetPlace/Date: London / ca. 1756$7,500 Add to cart -
Map showing the location of the Indian Tribes within the United States.
Eastman’s 1852 Map of Indian Tribes in the United States.
Cartographer(s): Seth EastmanPlace/Date: Philadelphia / 1852$375 Add to cart -
Nuclear America
A thematic protest map produced at the height of the Cold War: a powerful reminder of the tensions and anxieties that marked that period of the 20th century.
Cartographer(s): War Resisters LeaguePlace/Date: New York / 1979$200 Add to cart -
Map of the Overland Railroad
Rare early map showing the proposed route of the Central Pacific Railroad during a relatively early period of its construction.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Not listed / ca. 1866$850 Add to cart -
Baseball. 1987 Edition
A 1987 baseball-themed pictorial map of the United States.
Cartographer(s): World ImpressionsPlace/Date: Foster City, CA / 1987$250 Add to cart -
Map Showing Indian Reservations Within the Limits of the United States, Compiled Under the Direction of Hon. D.M. Browning. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1893
Map of Native American tribes and reservation land at the end of the 19th century.
Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1893$295 Add to cart -
Chicago’s Gangland. Prepared by Frederic M. Thrasher 1923-26
A first edition presentation copy inscribed by the author — Frederic M. Thrasher’s study and map of Gangs in Prohibition-Era Chicago.
Cartographer(s): Fredric Milton ThrasherPlace/Date: Chicago / 1927$3,500 Add to cart -
Pony Express Route April 3, 1860 – October 24, 1861
A vivid 1961 pictorial commemoration of the Pony Express centennial.
Place/Date: New York / 1961$350 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 -
Watson’s New Rail Road and Distance Map of the United States and Canada
Watson’s New Rail Road and Distance Map of the United States and Canada.
Cartographer(s): Gaylord WatsonPlace/Date: New York / 1869$4,500 Add to cart -
A THING WELL BEGUN IS HALF DONE. UNCLE SAM—“Finish the canal, McKinley, and make our national expansion complete in your first administration.”
William McKinley & Uncle Sam: a wonderful 1899 persuasive map advocating for the construction of the Nicaragua Canal.
Cartographer(s): Frederick Victor GillamPlace/Date: New York / 1899$975 Add to cart -
They’ve got an invisible program to end an undeclared war backed by a silent majority.
A sharp anti-Vietnam War protest broadside that captured the zeitgeist of the time, matched the moment, and pulled no punches.
Cartographer(s): Robert GrossmanPlace/Date: New York City / 1970$1,450 Add to cart -
Colton’s Map of the Oil District of West Virginia and Ohio
Mapping an early American oil boom: rare first state of Colton’s Map of West Virginia and Ohio.
Cartographer(s): Joseph Hutchins ColtonPlace/Date: New York / 1865$3,600 Add to cart -
Hyde Park Illinois
The University and its environs: a bird’s-eye-view pictorial map of Hyde Park Chicago.
Place/Date: Chicago / 1987$675 Add to cart -
Rand McNally Defense Map of the United States
Fascinating World War II era map of U.S. military bases and vital raw materials.
Cartographer(s): Rand, McNally & Co.Place/Date: Chicago / ca. 1941$650 Add to cart -
Gettysburg. Repulse of Longstreet’s Assault
Bachelder’s magnificent rendering of Longstreet’s Assault (Pickett’s Charge).
Cartographer(s): John Badger BachelderPlace/Date: Boston / 1876$2,600 Add to cart -
Williams New Trans-Continental Map of The Pacific R.R. and Routes of Overland Travel To Colorado, Nebraska, The Black Hills, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Montana California and the Pacific Coast
1876 Pacific Railroad map with references to notorious stagecoach robber Black Bart.
Cartographer(s): Henry T. WilliamsPlace/Date: New York / 1876$2,400 Add to cart
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Americae Nova Tabula.
Superlative old color example of Blaeu’s famous map of the Americas.
Cartographer(s): Willem BlaeuPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1642Read 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 -
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 -
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 -
[Vietnamese Maps of North America: Mexico, Canada, USA]
Three curious maps of North America made in South Vietnam.
Cartographer(s): Saigon MoiPlace/Date: Saigon / ca. 1965Read more -
Carte des États-Unis d’Amérique, du Canada, du Nouveau Brunswick et d’une Partie de la Nouvelle Bretagne
1842 French map of the United States with the Republic of Texas.
Cartographer(s): Alexandre Emile LapiePlace/Date: Paris / 1842Read 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 -
Le Nouveau Mexique, et la Floride.
Sanson’s landmark 1656 map of America with California as an island. First state, original outline color.
Cartographer(s): Nicolas SansonPlace/Date: Paris / [First state] 1656Read more -
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 -
Armour Food Source Map
From farm to table: mapping sources of food in the United States.
Cartographer(s): Armour & CompanyPlace/Date: Chicago / [1960] 1994Read 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 -
Carta particolare della Baia di Messico con la Costa.
The quintessential explorer’s map: the first printed sea chart of the Gulf of Mexico, from one of the most interesting and important characters in the pantheon of pioneer cartographers.
Cartographer(s): Sir Robert DudleyPlace/Date: Florence / 1647Read more -
Manuscript Chart of the Western Atlantic and Eastern American Seaboard
Master & Commander: a manuscript map of Napoleonic War Atlantic maritime activity unlike any other.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Not listed / ca. 1797Read more -
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 -
The American Union Railroad Map Of The United States, British Possessions, West Indies, Mexico, And Central America. 1871. Published by Haasis & Lubrecht, 107 Liberty Street, New York. Smith & McDougal, Electrotypers, 82 Beekman Street, New York.
First edition of Haasis & Lubrecht’s iconic map of an America connected by rail.
Cartographer(s): Haasis & LubrechtPlace/Date: New York / 1871Read more -
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 -
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 -
Railroad Map of Ohio. Published By The State. 1914.
Connecting people and industries in the Rust Belt: a 1914 folding railroad map of Ohio.
Cartographer(s): Columbus Lithograph Co.Place/Date: Columbus, OH / 1914Read more -
Colton’s Map of the United States of America Showing the Country from the Atlantic to the Pacific
G.W. & C.B. Colton’s first U.S.-centric coast-to-coast map of the United States.
Cartographer(s): The Colton Mapmaking CompanyPlace/Date: New York / 1867Read more -
Amerique Septentrionale…
Pre-Mexican-American War map of North America.
Place/Date: New York / ca. 1836Read more -
A GENERAL MAP OF NORTH AMERICA; In which is Express’d The Several New Roads, Forts, Engagements, &c. taken from Actual Surveys and Observations Made in the Army employ’d there, From the Year 1745, to 1761: Drawn by the Late JOHN ROCQUE, Topographer to his MAJESTY.
The most accurate map of the continent at the time, finalized and published by the first female cartographer to depict North America.
Place/Date: London / 1762Read more -
Florida et Apalche
The first great regional map of Florida and the Gulf Coast.
Cartographer(s): Cornelius van WytflietPlace/Date: Louvain / 1597Read more -
Map of Cook County Illinois.
Rare Cook County wall map showing pre-Fire Chicago in exceptional detail.
Place/Date: Chicago / 1862Read 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 -
The Spanish Heritage and Contribution to the American Independence 1512-1823
A historical map of the United States celebrating Spanish heritage in North America.
Cartographer(s): Alejandro de MunsPlace/Date: Madrid / 1981Read more -
Etats-Unis De L’Amerique Septentrionale Avec Les Isles Royale, De Terre Neuve, De St. Jean, L’Acadie &c.
State names that never were: post-Independence map of the U.S. with Jefferson’s 10 proposed states and early Michigan.
Place/Date: Paris / ca. 1785Read more -
Le Nouveau Mexique et La Floride: Tirees de diverses Cartes, et Relations
A rare first state by one of the seventeenth century’s greatest cartographers.
Cartographer(s): Nicolas SansonPlace/Date: Paris / 1656Read more -
Carte Générale des États-Unis, des Haut et Bas-Canada, de la Nouvelle Ecosse, du Nouveau Brunswick, de Terre-Neuve, etc.
Partie de la République du Texas – French map of the United States updated to include the Republic of Texas and the city of Austin.
Place/Date: Paris / 1843Read 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 -
Pony Express Route April 3, 1860 – October 24, 1861
Vivid pictorial commemoration of the Pony Express centennial.
Place/Date: New York / 1961Read 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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
The United States and its new possessions: Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii, Philippine Islands and Alaska, with general maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and Pan America
Rare document of the Age of Imperialism — post-Spanish-American War map of the United States.
Cartographer(s): National Publishing Co.Place/Date: Boston / 1899Read more -
[Title on Cover] America
Wonderful 1936 pictorial map of the United States.
Cartographer(s): Poole Bros.Place/Date: Chicago / 1936Read more -
A Pictorial Map of the Inauguration, January 20, 1937
Pictorial map of Roosevelt inauguration 1937 with vignette scenes of inauguration activities at bottom.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1937Read more -
Route of the Mormon Pioneers from Nauvoo to Great Salt Lake.
A rare, separately-published version of this striking panoramic bird’s-eye-view of the route of the Mormon pioneers.
Cartographer(s): Millroy & HayesPlace/Date: Salt Lake City / 1899Read more -
View of Great Salt Lake City
Important early view of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Place/Date: Walla Walla (Washington Territory) / 1867Read more -
Map of the Battle Field of Gettysburg. July 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Bachelder’s authoritative three-part map of the Gettysburg battlefield.
Cartographer(s): John Badger BachelderPlace/Date: Boston / 1876Read more -
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 -
Pony Express Route April 3, 1860 – October 24, 1861
Cool pictorial commemoration of the Pony Express centennial
Place/Date: New York / 1961Read 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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Stanford’s Map of the United States and Part of the Dominion of Canada
Stanford’s 1873 map of the U.S. with detailed geography of the West.
Cartographer(s): Edward StanfordPlace/Date: London / 1873Read more -
Map of the Denver & Rio Grande System and the Western Pacific Railway and connections
1911 map of the Denver and Rio Grande railway system.
Cartographer(s): Denver & Rio Grande R.R.Place/Date: Denver / 1911Read more -
Salt Lake City: Map and Route of the Mormon Pioneers, their names, story of their trip and the dates, Mormon Church history and organization – The Wilson Hotel, Salt Lake City…
Marvelous 1899 pictorial panoramic route map of the Mormon pioneers
Cartographer(s): Millroy & HayesPlace/Date: Salt Lake City / 1899Read more -
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 United States including Canada and a large portion of Texas. Showing the Base Meridian and Township Lines of the U.S. Surveys, the lands allotted to the Indian Tribes west of the Mississippi…
Striking large-format 1845 map of the United States with independent Texas
Cartographer(s): John Calvin SmithPlace/Date: New York / 1845Read more -
The American Union Railroad Map of the United States, British Possessions, West Indies, Mexico and Central America
Striking and rare 1873 railroad map of the United States.
Cartographer(s): Haasis & LubrechtPlace/Date: New York / 1873Read more -
Mitchell’s Reference and Distance Map of the United States, by J. H. Young
Mitchell’s amazing wall-map of an adolescent America, presented here in a rare first edition with brilliant original color. A seminal and impressive masterpiece in American cartography.
Place/Date: Philadelphia / 1834Read more -
Map of the United States of America, The British Provinces, Mexico, the West Indies and Central America with part of New Granada and Venezuela
Colton’s 1849 U.S. with California gold region and extended borders of Texas.
Cartographer(s): Joseph Hutchins ColtonPlace/Date: New York / 1849Read 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 -
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 -
New and Correct Map of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway Popularly Known as the Great Rock Island Route
1881 Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway map with dining car vignette.
Cartographer(s): Railroad Companies (various)Place/Date: Chicago / 1881Read more -
A Map of North America with the European Settlements & Whatever Else Is Remarkable in ye West Indies, from the Latest and Best Observations
Seale’s 1745 North America with Island of California and other cartographic myths.
Cartographer(s): R.W. SealePlace/Date: London / 1745Read more -
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 -
Americae Septentrionalis Circuitus
Mid-17th century French copperplate map with cartographic myths
Cartographer(s): Claude Bartholomy MorisotPlace/Date: Dijon / 1643Read more
