Featured Maps
Course of the River Mississippi, from the Balise to Fort Chartes...
1775
Highly detailed map of the Mississippi River, from just north of the confluence of the Ohio Riverto the Gulf of Mexico, published by Thomas Jefferys in London.Lieutenant Ross' large scale map of the Mississippi River is of the few large format maps of...
Leo Belgicus, one of only two known examples by Jacob van Doetecum
1630
Exceptionally rare, one of only two known examples of this separately published map, first published by Johan van Doetecum in 1598. The plate was still in van Doetecum's possession in 1626, when an inventory was made of his stock after the death of his wife Magda...
County of London (Children's Map of London)
c1955
A 1955 edition of a pictorial map of Central London by L. G. Bullock, first issued in Edinburgh in November 1938. Bullock worked closely with Edinburgh publisher John Bartholomew & Son through 32 years. As with all of his maps this sh...
Topographical Map of the City of New York
1865
"The most enduring nineteenth-century map of Manhattan is Egbert Ludovicus Viele's Water Map, which was first published in 1859 and is still in use today." -- Augustyn & Cohen, Manhattan in Maps, page 136.
Mt Hope Bridge Bristol Rhode Island
1933
Scarce pictorial map of Mount Hope Bridge and vicinity, published in Bristol, Rhode Island bythe Mount Hope Bridge Corporation.Noted as "Arranged" by John W. Haley, Rhode Island Historian, designed by H.W.Hetherington and lithographed by the J.C...
New Zealand
1943
A decorative pictorial map of New Zealand. Relief shown pictorially. Illustrating the locations of various industrial and natural resources, such as farmland, mines and forests. Includes New Zealand coat of arms, a compass and Key to symbols.
Le Grand Atlas, ou Cosmographie blaviane, en laquelle est exactement descritte la terre, la mer, et le ciel
1663
An exceptionally attractive example of “the greatest and finest atlas ever published” (Verwey).The ‘Atlas Major’ in its various editions was the largest atlas ever published. It was justly famed for its production values, its hig...
The "Ratzen Plan" .... of This Plan of the City of New York...
1769
This exceptionally rare first state is one of the most important eighteenth-century maps of New York City. Prepared by Bernard Ratzer a decade prior to the start of the American Revolution, the map is by far the most accurate published survey of New Yo...
Descrittione Universale Della Terra Con L'Uso Del Navigare
1660
An exceptional example of this rare and magnificent 10 sheet map of the World, first published on this scale by Matteo Florimi in Siena in 1600. A Belgian artist, who worked with Giovanni Magini in Italy, this extraordinary and beautiful map is among Ar...
Hydrographical Chart of the World According to Wright's or Mercators Projection
1814
An exceptionally fine example of Arrowsmith's towering achievement of English cartography of the early 19th century: arguably the most advanced and detailed map of the world available at the time. A map of great scale on eight, unfolded, elephant-folio sh...
