Featured Maps
Untitled Map of the World
1480 [but 1590]
One of four known examples of “the most visually satisfying of all the incunable maps” (Campbell).The map appears to be an original piece of fifteenth century mapmaking with no obvious cartographic ancestor.“Although the information conveyed...
Untitled Map of the World
1504
Probably an intermediate state of Reisch's unusual world map. He published his first world map in his ‘Margarita Philosophica’ of 1503. This map is a reduced version, with four rather than twelve windheads, published in Gruninger...
Geographiae opus novissima traductione a Grecorum archetypis castigatissime pressum
1513
This is one of the most important editions of Ptolemy's geography, containing many new regional maps: twenty new maps based on contemporary knowledge "unlike many of the alleged 'new' maps produced by earlier editors, [they] contained a ...
The United States as Californians See It
1947
Orren Arnold's marvelously distorted map of the United States, providing a California-centric view of the United States.Published by the Brags Publishing Company, the map is adopted from the book California Brags.As noted by Rumsey:“A humo...
Visit Saratoga Springs . King of Resorts. Queen of Spas
c1941-49
A charming small pictorial touting the many attractions of Saratoga Springs. On the map, about 40 ‘Points of Interest” are noted, most with a cartoon-ish vignette shown. Thre is a guide at the bottom of the map. 14 x 16 in...
Plan de la Baie de Monterey
1797
First edition of La Perouse's plan of Monterey Bay, the earliest obtainable map of the region.During his round the world voyage, La Perouse coasted southward along the California coast in 1786, passing San Francisco on September 10, and arriving in Monterrey on September 13, where ...
Manuscript Mappemundi and Solar Eclipse
c1200
A thirteenth century manuscript map of the world from an early copy of William of Conches’ ‘Dragmaticon philosophiae’. The map depicts the world as a circle with east at the top, the points labelled “Oriens”, “Occi...
Trans-Mar de Cortes Route map
c1955
Pictorial Route guide for an airline that has disappeared without a trace. The map side shows the airline’s routes in Sonora and Baja California. Using “luxurious” DC-3s, Trans Mar de Cortes flew from Tijuana and Juarez to...
"Meddo" Sea Chart-Marshall Islands
c1920
This ‘Meddo’ sea chart from the Marshall Islands, where navigation was, and still is, an essential survival skill, was a closely guarded secret and only passed on within a small number of families. In order to memorise the main navigationa...
More or Less Inaccurate Map of Taos, N.M.
c1940
A humorous map of the Taos region by a well-known artist of the Taos School, Ward Lockwood. Included is the area from Rancho de Taos to the Taos Pueblo. The title notes that the map is the “Guide to the Land of Manana in a Stat...
