Featured Maps
You've Only Got to Choose Your Bus.
1920
Large comic pictorial map illustrating the bus routes in the area between Epsom and Horley, north to south, and Godstone to Effingham, east to west.Illustrated in the same medieval modernist manner as Gill’s other iconic map of the period, the Wonde...
A Hysterical Map of Yellowstone Park and the Jackson Hole Country. Slightly Cockeyed.
c1936
Humorous pictorial map "Drawn in Broken English by Jolly Lindgren" featuring the highlights of the area of the Jackson Hole country and Yellowstone National Park: hotels, peaks, lakes, etc. with a constant flow of humorous quips to engage th...
Map of San Francisco showing Principal Streets and Places of Interest.
1927
A large color lithographed pictorial map by Harrison Godwin depicting San Francisco from the Pacific Ocean to the San Francisco Bay, enlivened by comic figures capturing the life of the city. Districts include the Sunset, Richmond, Hayes Valley, Mi...
Colour of an Old City. A Map of Boston Decorative and Historical
1926
A brightly colored and detailed historical map of Boston designed, drawn, and coloured by Edwin Olsen and Blake Clark, with Boston Common at the centre; the city is surrounded by a border of vignettes of historical events and places. One of the three ma...
Lake George and Lake Champlain
1926
"The Charm and Beauty of Lake George and Lake Champlain Can Be Fully Enjoyed Only from the Steamer's Deck" Two elegant maps, one shows both lakes from Albany to Montreal, and the other Lake George and environs in more detail. The form...
Weekend Vacation Guide in the Western Southland
c.1957
A lovely pictographic map of the US Southwest created by James Lewicki for the the Ford Motor Company and included in an edition of "Ford Times. A Car Owners Magazine". Lewicki's style, while unique, is closer to that of...
Map of Gaya
2nd half 20th-century
This vibrant pictorial map of Gaya in India is oriented with west at the top, the title and place names are in English and in Hindi, the whole is surrounded by a border of vine-leaves. The map, possibly designed for those on a religious pilgrimage, cent...
Southern Pacific Lines follow the trails blazed by the pioneers...
1928
An uncommon and visually appealing map poster "done in the old style" with decorative galleons and sea monsters and an elaborate compass rose. Southern Pacific's Shasta Route, Overland Route, Golden State Route and Sunset Route are marked, &q...
Panair do Brasil. Nos Ceus de Tres Continentes. A Frota Bandeirante
1947
Eymonnet’s vibrant map, heightened in gold, is very much in the style of the planispheres created by Lucien Boucher for Air France. The image shows the origin of airline in Brazil and the many destinations that it reached at the time of the map. It...
Children's Map of London
1938, or after
‘Bright colours and pretty fancies’ Bullock’s iconic "Children’s Map of London" was first published in 1938, and the British Library records further editions in 1964 and 1969. All proceeds of the map were donated...
