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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….
Cartographer(s): Issac Cox, Commercial Book and Job Steam Printing Establishment
Date: 1858
Place: San Francisco
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Notes on the State of Virginia.
The only map attributed to Thomas Jefferson and the origin of Frankland!…
Cartographer(s): Thomas Jefferson, ​John Stockdale, Joshua Fry, Samuel John Neele
Date: 1787
Place: London
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Bird's Eye View of the City & County of San Francisco, 1868.Bird's Eye View of the City & County of San Francisco, 1868.
A spectacular and rare First Edition of the most iconic late 19th-century view of San Francisco….
Cartographer(s): William Vallance Gray, Charles Braddock Gifford
Date: 1868
Place: San Francisco
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Birdseye View of San Francisco and Surrounding Country.
Goddard’s rare and remarkable view of San Francisco, Marin, and the East Bay….
Cartographer(s): George E. Goddard, Snow & May, Britton & Rey
Date: 1880
Place: San Francisco
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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.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….
Cartographer(s): John Rocque, Mary Anne Rocque, Andrew Dury
Date: 1762
Place: London
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Manuscript Chart of the Western Atlantic and Eastern American SeaboardManuscript 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): Anonymous
Date: 1797
Place: Not listed
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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.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 Mondhare
Date: 1778
Place: Paris
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[Sutro Baths] ON THE SHORE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN[Sutro Baths] ON THE SHORE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN
A monumental chromolithograph of San Francisco’s magnificent Sutro Baths….
Cartographer(s): Anonymous
Date: 1896
Place: San Francisco
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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 Wyld
Date: 1841
Place: London
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Carte de la Cote de L'Amérique sur l’Océan Pacifique Septentrional le Territoire de l'Orégon, les Californies, la Mer Vermeille, Partie des Territoires de la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson, et de l'Amérique Russe.Carte de la Cote de L'Amérique sur l’Océan Pacifique Septentrional le Territoire de l'Orégon, les Californies, la Mer Vermeille, Partie des Territoires de la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson, et de l'Amérique Russe.
Landmark map of the American West by Duflot de Mofras, with period annotations….
Cartographer(s): Eugène Duflot de Mofras
Date: 1844
Place: Paris
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Mexicum In hac forma in lucem edebat Ioannis Baptistae Nicolosii S.T.D.
From mysterious Vatican sources: The first accurate map of the Rio Grande and its tributaries!…
Cartographer(s): Giovanni Battista Nicolosi
Date: 1660
Place: Rome
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Birds Eye View of the City of Sacramento State Capital of a California.
Augustus Koch’s rare and monumental 1870 view of Sacramento….
Cartographer(s): Augustus Koch
Date: 1870
Place: San Francisco
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Mitchell's Reference and Distance Map of the United States, by J. H. Young.Mitchell's Reference and Distance Map of the United States, by J. H. Young.
Mitchell’s wall-map of an adolescent America, presented here in a rare first edition with brilliant original color….
Cartographer(s): Samuel Augustus Mitchell, J.H. Young
Date: 1834
Place: Philadelphia
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AMERICA SETTENTRIONALE Colle Nuove Scoperte fin all'Anno 1688...
A beautiful hand-colored example of Coronelli’s ground-breaking 1688 map of North America….
Cartographer(s): Vincenzo Coronelli
Date: 1688
Place: Venice
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A New Map of Texas, Oregon and California with the Regions Adjoining. Compiled from the most recent authoritiesA 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 Mitchell
Date: 1846
Place: Philadelphia
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[DRAMATIC ALBUM OF 1906 S.F. EARTHQUAKE]
A stunning collection of photographs showing the immediate aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire….
Cartographer(s): George S. McComb
Date: 1906
Place: San Francisco
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Carta particolare dello istreto e Mare iscoperto da Hen:º Hudson Ingilese nel. 1611...Carta particolare dello istreto e Mare iscoperto da Hen:º Hudson Ingilese nel. 1611...
An essential map for Canada collectors: the first sea chart of Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait, leaving open the possibility of a Northwest Passage….
Cartographer(s): Sir Robert Dudley
Date: 1661
Place: Florence
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Novae Insulae XVII Nova Tabula [First State!]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 Münster
Date: 1542
Place: Basel
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Colton's Map of the United States of America Showing the Country from the Atlantic to the PacificColton'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 Company
Date: 1867
Place: New York
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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 1851Map 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….
Cartographer(s): Henry S. Dexter, F. Mayer Lith.
Date: 1851
Place: New York
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Mission Dolores, San Francisco - 1860, from the Potrero Nuevo
The first printed view of San Francisco’s Mission District….
Cartographer(s): Charles Braddock Gifford, Louis Nagel
Date: 1866
Place: San Francisco
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Authorized Birds Eye View of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Seattle, U.S.A. 1909.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.
Date: 1909
Place: San Francisco
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Powell & Kingman's Map of Southwestern New MexicoPowell & Kingman's Map of Southwestern New Mexico
An unrecorded wall map from pre-statehood New Mexico….
Cartographer(s): E. Kingman, Jr.
Date: 1883
Place: Not listed
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Map of Washington Territory West of the Cascade Mountains.
The first large-format map of Washington Territory….
Cartographer(s): Charles A. White, The Colton Mapmaking Company
Date: 1870
Place: New York
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Map of the City of San Francisco, full and complete to the present date. Compiled by Wm. M. Eddy, City Surveyor. January 15th, 1851Map 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 Eddy
Date: 1851
Place: San Francisco
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Americae pars magis cognita. [First State]Americae pars magis cognita. [First State]
De Bry’s seminal map of South America: a manifestation of the courage, determination, and megalomania of those who went forth to explore an unknown world….
Cartographer(s): Theodore de Bry
Date: 1592
Place: Frankfurt
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City of San Francisco from Rincon Point Tinted lithographed by C. Parsons N.Y., Deld by F.N. Otis M.D. Surgeon In USM Steamship COS Service, Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855, by F.N. Otis in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New YorkCity of San Francisco from Rincon Point Tinted lithographed by C. Parsons N.Y., Deld by F.N. Otis M.D. Surgeon In USM Steamship COS Service, Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855, by F.N. Otis in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York
Before Salesforce Tower: one of the finest and rarest early views of San Francisco….
Cartographer(s): Charles Parsons, Endicott & Co.
Date: 1855
Place: New York
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[Photographs of early San Francisco]
Incredible photographs from the early days of San Francisco….
Cartographer(s): Carleton E. Watkins
Date: 1862
Place: San Francisco
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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. Lentell
Date: 1896
Place: San Francisco
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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. Dodge, Schmidt Label & Litho. Co.
Date: 1892
Place: San Francisco
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The Exposition City San Francisco.
The grandest and rarest post-1906 bird’s-eye view of San Francisco….
Cartographer(s): North American Press Association, Pingree-Traung Company
Date: 1913
Place: San Francisco
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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 Ortelius
Date: 1598
Place: Antwerp
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[Title on Verso] Tabula Terra Novæ[Title on Verso] Tabula Terra Novæ
1541 map of the New World with references to Christopher Columbus, from the Admiral’s Map…
Cartographer(s): Martin Waldseemüller, Laurent Fries
Date: 1541
Place: Vienne
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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.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 Transcontinental Railroad map….
Cartographer(s): Haasis & Lubrecht
Date: 1871
Place: New York
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Lone Mountain Cemetery, San Francisco.
A true San Francisco rarity: Gifford and Nagel’s early view of Lone Mountain and the ‘Outside Lands.’…
Cartographer(s): Charles Braddock Gifford, Louis Nagel
Date: 1866
Place: San Francisco
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A Correct Map of the United States, With The West Indies, from the best Authorities by Samuel Lewis 1813...A Correct Map of the United States, With The West Indies, from the best Authorities by Samuel Lewis 1813...
Samuel Lewis’ extremely rare patriotic map of the War of 1812….
Cartographer(s): Samuel Lewis
Date: 1813
Place: Philadelphia
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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 Company
Date: 1849
Place: New York
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Pasadena Tract Book.
An extremely rare tract book of Pasadena and Altadena, with numerous unrecorded pasted-in extra maps….
Cartographer(s): Albert G. Thurston
Date: 1927
Place: Pasadena, CA
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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 JournalMap 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 Butler
Date: 1864
Place: San Francisco
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Map of the County of San Mateo California Compiled from the County Records by Davenport Bromfield, Civil Engineer, Ex-County Surveyor, 1910.
Before Silicon Valley: a stunning, large-scale 1910 map of San Mateo County….
Cartographer(s): Davenport Bromfield, Britton & Rey
Date: 1910
Place: San Francisco
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Route of the Mormon Pioneers from Nauvoo to Great Salt Lake.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 & Hayes
Date: 1899
Place: Salt Lake City
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Richardson's New Map of the State of Texas Including Part of Mexico Compiled From Government Surveys and Other Authentic Documents...1873Richardson's New Map of the State of Texas Including Part of Mexico Compiled From Government Surveys and Other Authentic Documents...1873
With manuscript additions showing “the most significant railroad construction venture in Texas” — the Texas & Pacific Railway….
Cartographer(s): Rare Maps by William Richardson
Date: 1873
Place: Philadelphia
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A Map of New England and New York.
A superlative copy of the finest 17th-century English map of New England, with fantastic old color and red-ruling denoting a noble English provenance….
Cartographer(s): John Speed, Thomas Basset & Richard Chiswell
Date: 1676
Place: London
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Lima, Ciudad de los Reyes, Corte y Emporio del Imperio Peruano.
The first printed map of Lima….
Cartographer(s): Joseph Mulder
Date: 1688
Place: Antwerp
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Novae InsulaeNovae Insulae
Sebastian Münster’s Map of the Americas: The first printed map of the new continents in their entirety….
Cartographer(s): Sebastian Münster
Date: 1540
Place: Basel
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Plano Comercial de la Capital Federal y sus Alrededores por A. Bemporat [AND] Gran Mapa de Ferrocarriles Sud Americanos compilado por A. BemporatPlano Comercial de la Capital Federal y sus Alrededores por A. Bemporat [AND] Gran Mapa de Ferrocarriles Sud Americanos compilado por A. Bemporat
Two of Bemporat’s iconic and monumental Argentinian wall maps: a stunning city plan of Buenos Aires and a national railway map….
Cartographer(s): Oficina Cartografica Bemporat
Date: 1914
Place: Juncal/Buenos Aires
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The Manual of the Corporation of the City of San Francisco…
With Two Early San Francisco Maps and Interesting Provenance….
Cartographer(s): Alexander Zakreski, B.F. Butler, Clement Humphreys, G.K. Fitch & Co.
Date: 1852
Place: San Francisco
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Map of Cook County Illinois.Map of Cook County Illinois.
Rare Cook County wall map showing pre-Fire Chicago in exceptional detail….
Cartographer(s): J.W. Flower, S.H. Burhans & J. Van Vechten, Edward Mendel
Date: 1862
Place: Chicago
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Le Nouveau Mexique, et la Floride.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 Sanson
Date: 1656
Place: Paris
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Meiguo Sanfan Shi hua qiao qu : xiang xi tu. / Map of San Francisco Chinatown.Meiguo Sanfan Shi hua qiao qu : xiang xi tu. / Map of San Francisco Chinatown.
Revealing the early 20th century Chinese experience in the Bay Area: a roaring ’20s map of San Francisco’s Chinatown….
Cartographer(s): J.P. Wong
Date: 1929
Place: San Francisco
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Panama-Pacific International Exposition Panorama Photograph 1915.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.
Date: 1915
Place: San Francisco
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Map of Palm Springs and Palm Valley Colony Lands / Palm Springs! On the Line of the S.P.R.R. in San Diego County
The Earliest Map of Palm Springs!…
Cartographer(s): Britton & Rey, Southern Pacific Railroad
Date: 1887
Place: San Francisco
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The Seattle Waterfront [Colorized Panoramic Photograph]
Seattle as the anchor of the Pacific Northwest….
Cartographer(s): Pierson & Company
Date: 1917
Place: Seattle
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Norman's Plan of New Orleans & Environs. 1849.
Locally published plan of New Orleans, issued three years before the 1852 city charter….
Cartographer(s): Benjamin Moore Norman
Date: 1849
Place: New Orleans
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Map of the United States of America, The British Provinces, Mexico, the West Indies and Central America with part of New Granada and VenezuelaMap 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 Colton
Date: 1849
Place: New York
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Map of the United States of America, the British provinces, Mexico, the West Indies and Central America with part of New Granada and VenezuelaMap 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 Company
Date: 1850
Place: New York
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New Relief Map of the Bay Counties. Published by The Whitaker and Ray Co.New Relief Map of the Bay Counties. Published by The Whitaker and Ray Co.
A Map That Reads Like a Landscape — Whitaker and Ray’s 1905 New Relief Map of the Bay Counties….
Cartographer(s): Whitaker & Ray Co.
Date: 1905
Place: San Francisco
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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 RansomMap 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 Ransom
Date: 1860
Place: San Francisco
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Pascaart vertoonende de Zeecusten van Chile, Peru, Hispania Nova, Nova Granada, en California.Pascaart vertoonende de Zeecusten van Chile, Peru, Hispania Nova, Nova Granada, en California.
Superb first state of Doncker’s chart of the Pacific with California as an island….
Cartographer(s): Hendrick Doncker
Date: 1659
Place: Amsterdam
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Tails of the City Alligator Oz The land of Make-Believe.
Henley’s revolutionary 1976 thematic map of homosexual San Francisco….
Cartographer(s): J Clark Henley
Date: 1976
Place: San Francisco
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Birds-Eye View of Clear Lake and Surroundings Lake Co., Cal.
A rare large-format bird’s-eye-view of California’s Lake County….
Cartographer(s): Elliott Publishing Company
Date: 1890
Place: San Francisco
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Official Map of the City of Marysville, California. Compiled by N. Wescoatt, City Surveyor, and W. S. Watson, Civil Engineer, from Recent Surveys by N. Wescoatt.
An exceptional and monumental Gold Rush-era city plan of one of early California’s most prosperous river ports at its peak….
Cartographer(s): A. Boardman, Charles Melville Scammon, Nathaniel Wescoatt, Britton & Rey, William S. Watson
Date: 1856
Place: San Francisco
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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.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….
Cartographer(s): Joseph Hutchins Colton, Lang and Laing
Date: 1861
Place: New York
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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., 1860Clark'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….
Cartographer(s): Julius Hutawa, J.C. Clark & Co.
Date: 1860
Place: St. Louis
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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 Wytfliet
Date: 1597
Place: Louvain
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[Chicago Suburbs -- Palos Hills] All Roads Center on Palos Vista.
A wholly unique pre-Depression Chicago real estate promotional map….
Cartographer(s): A.G. Briggs
Date: 1928
Place: Chicago?
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New-York.
Klemm’s iconic bird’s-eye-view of New York City….
Cartographer(s): Josef Ferdinand Klemm
Date: 1908
Place: Leipzig
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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...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….
Cartographer(s): Britton & Rey, T. J. Arnold
Date: 1874
Place: San Francisco
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View of Great Salt Lake CityView of Great Salt Lake City
Important early view of Salt Lake City, Utah….
Cartographer(s): Christian Inger, Philip Ritz
Date: 1867
Place: Walla Walla (Washington Territory)
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Bird's Eye View of the City of Petaluma, Sonoma County, California.
One of the earliest views of Petaluma….
Cartographer(s): Augustus Koch, Britton & Rey
Date: 1871
Place: San Francisco
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Map of Mexico & California Compiled from the latest authorities by Juls Hutawa Lithr. Second St. 45 St, Louis, Mo. 2nd Edition 1863Map 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 Hutawa
Date: 1863
Place: St. Louis
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Map of the City of Ottawa, Published by A.S. Woodburn. Ottawa.Map of the City of Ottawa, Published by A.S. Woodburn. Ottawa.
A.S. Woodburn’s rare 1885 map of Ottawa: one of the earliest acquirable large-scale city plans of Canada’s national capital….
Cartographer(s): A. S. Woodburn
Date: 1885
Place: Montreal
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Colton's Intermediate Railroad Map of the United States.Colton's Intermediate Railroad Map of the United States.
The quintessential Colton railroad map of America….
Cartographer(s): George Woolworth Colton and Charles B. Colton
Date: 1882
Place: New York
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Partie Orientale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France...
1689 Coronelli-Nolin Map of Eastern Canada and the Northeastern United States….
Cartographer(s): Vincenzo Coronelli, Jean-Baptiste Nolin
Date: 1689
Place: Venice
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Granata Nova et CaliforniaGranata Nova et California
One of the most fantastic and interesting early maps of California ever to be produced!…
Cartographer(s): Cornelius van Wytfliet
Date: 1597
Place: Louvain
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Pearsall's Map of Long Beach and Vicinity.
A unique example of Pearsall’s 1927 Long Beach plat atlas with added maps and provenance paste-ins….
Cartographer(s): Ropha V. Pearsall
Date: 1927
Place: Los Angeles
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Bancroft's New Map of Central California Compiled by Wm. Henry Knight...Bancroft's New Map of Central California Compiled by Wm. Henry Knight...
Handsome, separately-Issued California map with Virginia City and Comstock mining regions….
Cartographer(s): The Bancroft Company, William H. Knight
Date: 1871
Place: San Francisco
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Flood Property Atherton, California. Scale 1"=300' Apr. 1936. Layout No. 8. By James & Waters - Subdivision Engr's, Burlingame - Redwood CityFlood Property Atherton, California. Scale 1"=300' Apr. 1936. Layout No. 8. By James & Waters - Subdivision Engr's, Burlingame - Redwood City
Map of Lindenwood, Atherton (CA): subdividing the grand estate of silver-magnate James Clair Flood….
Cartographer(s): James & Waters
Date: 1936
Place: Burlingame/Redwood City, CA
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Map of the Old Saucelito Land and Dry Dock Co.'s Lands Showing the Property for Sale at Auction By Maurice Dore & Co. Auctioneers Tuesday July 22nd 1873Map of the Old Saucelito Land and Dry Dock Co.'s Lands Showing the Property for Sale at Auction By Maurice Dore & Co. Auctioneers Tuesday July 22nd 1873
Rare 1873 Sausalito property map with old town spelling….
Cartographer(s): George E. Goddard, George Holbrook Baker
Date: 1873
Place: San Francisco
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California.
A unique, hand-drawn, and watercolored mid-century pictorial map of California….
Cartographer(s): R.C. Hicks
Date: 1940
Place: Not listed
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Chicago’s Gangland. Prepared by Frederic M. Thrasher 1923-26Chicago’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 Thrasher
Date: 1927
Place: Chicago
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[19th-century Commercial Art] CONTINENTAL Fire Insurance Co. of New York.
A stunning large-format chromolithographed broadside for New York’s Continental Fire Insurance Co….
Cartographer(s): J. Ottman Lithographic Company
Date: 1895
Place: New York
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Map no. 3. Salt marsh and tide lands situate in the city and county of San Francisco. To be sold at public auction by order of the Board of Tide Land Commissioners by Talbert & Leet, auctioneers, at their sales rooms no. 526 California Street, San Francisco. Sale to commence Friday Nov. 26th, 1869.Map no. 3. Salt marsh and tide lands situate in the city and county of San Francisco. To be sold at public auction by order of the Board of Tide Land Commissioners by Talbert & Leet, auctioneers, at their sales rooms no. 526 California Street, San Francisco. Sale to commence Friday Nov. 26th, 1869.
Rare cadastral and Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way tidal lands map of Mission Bay….
Cartographer(s): George F. Allardt, George Holbrook Baker
Date: 1869
Place: San Francisco
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Map of the State of California. Compiled from the most recent surveys and explorations...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): Vincent
Date: 1860
Place: Paris
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View of San Francisco, Formerly Yerba Buena, In 1846-7 Before the Discovery of Gold.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.
Date: 1884
Place: San Francisco
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Map of the City of San Jose [manuscript].
A monumental manuscript map of San Jose, the most comprehensive map of the city we have ever seen….
Cartographer(s): Chief Engineer's Office
Date: 1917
Place: San Francisco
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[Republic of Texas] Phelps & Ensign's Travellers' Guide, and Map of the United States, containing the roads, distances, steam boat and canal routes &c.[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….
Cartographer(s): Edward Hooker Ensign, Humphrey Phelps
Date: 1841
Place: Brooklyn, NY
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Merry-Maker's Map of San FranciscoMerry-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 Schenkofsky
Date: 1940
Place: San Francisco
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Sale map no. 8 of salt marsh and tide lands situated in the county of Marin.
An engrossing historic 1871 map of Marin County from Corte Madera to Novato….
Cartographer(s): G.T. Brown & Co. Lith., George F. Allardt
Date: 1871
Place: San Francisco
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Map of Town Site and Hot Springs of El Paso de Robles.
Likely the earliest specific map of Paso Robles….
Cartographer(s): Britton & Rey
Date: 1886
Place: San Francisco
Out of stock
City and County of San Francisco compiled from official surveys and sectioned in accordance with U.S. surveys.
One of the most interesting and important post-Gold Rush maps of San Francisco….
Cartographer(s): Vitus Wackenreuder, Britton & Rey
Date: 1861
Place: San Francisco
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Ansight von San Francisco 1877.Ansight von San Francisco 1877.
1877 bird’s-eye-view of San Francisco with advertisements for German businesses….
Cartographer(s): Philo Jacoby's "California State Almanac"
Date: 1877
Place: San Francisco
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San Francisco Bay Project, John ReberSan Francisco Bay Project, John Reber
A little-known but nearly-realized plan to completely reshape the Bay Area….
Cartographer(s): Alex R. Hunt
Date: 1948
Place: Not listed
Out of stock
Map showing Territorial Growth of the City of Seattle to accompany the Annual Report of the City Engineer.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 Gardner
Date: 1891
Place: Seattle
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Official Map of Sacramento County, California. Compiled from Official Surveys by J. C. Boyd, County Surveyor. 1903Official 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….
Cartographer(s): H. J. Furley, Britton & Rey
Date: 1903
Place: San Francisco
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Britton & Rey's Guide Map of the City of San Francisco. 1887. Copyright. (with) Index to Street Guide Map of San Francisco, Cal. by Britton & ReyBritton & Rey's Guide Map of the City of San Francisco. 1887. Copyright. (with) Index to Street Guide Map of San Francisco, Cal. by Britton & Rey
Unusual 1887 Britton & Rey map of San Francisco with a rare depiction of the Bay District Racing Track….
Cartographer(s): Britton & Rey
Date: 1887
Place: San Francisco
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1906 Britton & Rey's Map of Greater San Francisco Showing Burned District1906 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 & Rey
Date: 1906
Place: San Francisco
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Official Map of San Francisco, Compiled From The Field Notes of the Official Re-Survey made by William M. Eddy, Surveyor of the Town of San Francisco, California, 1849.Official Map of San Francisco, Compiled From The Field Notes of the Official Re-Survey made by William M. Eddy, Surveyor of the Town of San Francisco, California, 1849.
Eddy’s 1849 map — One of the earliest obtainable maps of San Francisco….
Cartographer(s): William Eddy
Date: 1850
Place: Washington, D.C.
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Mappa del Jazz.
Charting an American pastime: an unrecorded pictorial map poster of Jazz….
Cartographer(s): Vladimir Lupi
Date: 1984
Place: Ferrara
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Town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Manhattan District, Corps of Engineers.Town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Manhattan District, Corps of Engineers.
Building the town that helped build the atom bomb….
Cartographer(s): Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Date: 1945
Place: Not listed (presumably Chicago or NYC)
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Cartographer's Impressions of Early Days in EastbayCartographer's Impressions of Early Days in Eastbay
Beloved cartoonist Fred R. Lundy’s scarce 1934 pictorial map of Berkeley and Oakland….
Cartographer(s): Fred R. Lundy
Date: 1934
Place: Oakland
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Sonoma & Marin Rail-Road Map, May 1875.
Railroad manuscript map with early Petaluma town plan and survey work down to Marin County….
Cartographer(s): Marc La Riviere Stangroom
Date: 1875
Place: Santa Rosa?
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Bird's-eye view of the borough of Brooklyn showing parks, cemeteries, principal buildings, and suburbs.
A stunning view of Brooklyn, heralding consolidation with New York City….
Cartographer(s): The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Date: 1897
Place: Brooklyn, NY
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41st Assembly District Showing its Election Precincts, City and County of San Francisco41st 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 Company
Date: 1888
Place: San Francisco
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[Original Photograph] Golden Gate Thoroughbred Breeders Assn. - P.P.I.E. 1915.
A rare gelatin print of a forgotten San Francisco landmark: the Panama-Pacific Expo Racetrack….
Cartographer(s): Not listed
Date: 1915
Place: San Francisco
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Lands In and Near San Rafael Marin County Cal. Owned by John W. Mackay and Jas. L. Flood. Formerly known as the Coleman TractLands 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 & Rey
Date: 1888
Place: San Francisco
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Souvenir Map of San Francisco ChinatownSouvenir Map of San Francisco Chinatown
Fine pictorial map of San Francisco Chinatown by a Chinese-American artist….
Cartographer(s): Bob Chan, Jin-A-Graphics Printing Company
Date: 1967
Place: San Jose
Out of stock
The American Union Railroad Map of the United States, British Possessions, West Indies, Mexico and Central AmericaThe 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 & Lubrecht
Date: 1873
Place: New York
Out of stock
A map of Berkeley, Oakland & AlamedaA map of Berkeley, Oakland & Alameda
Exceptional 1930 Art Deco pictorial map of the East Bay….
Cartographer(s): Eugene Neuhaus; Sather Gate Book Shop
Date: 1930
Place: Berkeley
Out of stock
Myths, Maps, and Men. Merrill Lynch Salutes the Year of the MoonMyths, Maps, and Men. Merrill Lynch Salutes the Year of the Moon
Iconic double hemisphere pictorial map of the moon — among the most desired Moon Landing commemorations ever created….
Cartographer(s): Michael Ramus
Date: 1969
Place: New York
Out of stock
Map of the City & County of San Francisco Prepared by the Board of Public WorksMap 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'Shaughnessy
Date: 1916
Place: San Francisco
Out of stock
When the Cable was Landed. Sunday, Dec. 14, 1902.When the Cable was Landed. Sunday, Dec. 14, 1902.
Album with 12 original silver-prints from the landing of the first Trans-Pacific telegraph cable in San Francisco….
Cartographer(s): G. Harrington
Date: 1902
Place: San Francisco
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Angelino Heights.
Scarce c.1906 promotional map of Los Angeles’s Angelino Heights, one of the city’s earliest and most fashionable suburban neighborhoods….
Cartographer(s): The Fielding J. Stilson Co.
Date: 1906
Place: Los Angeles
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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 1913Appraisal 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'Shaughnessy
Date: 1913
Place: San Francisco
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Upside's Ultimate Millennium Party - Sponsored by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.
[Silicon Valley History] A time capsule of the dot-com era….
Cartographer(s): David Bunnell, Ron Barber, Upside Media, Inc.
Date: 2000
Place: Not listed
Out of stock
The San Francisco Call. New Era Edition.The San Francisco Call. New Era Edition.
A gorgeous 1897 lithograph of San Francisco’s ornate Call Building, once the tallest building west of the Mississippi….
Cartographer(s): H. S. Crocker Company
Date: 1897
Place: San Francisco
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Map of Encino City Being Encino Tract.
A rare early promotional tract map of Encino City, San Fernando Valley….
Cartographer(s): William Hamilton Hay
Date: 1922
Place: Los Angeles
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Members of the Sacramento Society of California Pioneers. Arrived in California in 1849.
Group portrait of Sacramento’s ‘founding fathers,’ compiled by one of California’s pioneer photographers….
Cartographer(s): John A. Todd
Date: 1878
Place: Sacramento?
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Fortunes, Follies And Far-Out Ideas. A Look Back At The Personal Computer Era.
A period-specific broadside that maps the incredible journey of personal computing….
Cartographer(s): Jim Bartimo, Bob Reynolds
Date: 1987
Place: San Jose
Out of stock
Palace of Fine Arts, San FranciscoPalace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
An evocative black and white photo of San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts taken shortly after its construction….
Cartographer(s): Cardinell-Vincent Co.
Date: 1915
Place: San Francisco
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Il Texas, la ferrovia Nuova York-Texas-Messicana. Il Texas e la colonizzazione italiana della costa del Texas.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 & Sons
Date: 1881
Place: London