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Rand, McNally &amp; Company's indexed atlas of the world map of Japan.Copyright 1892, by Rand, McNally &amp; Co. (Chicago, 1897)

Japan (1897)

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Commercial Atlas of America. Rand McNally Standard Map of Washington D.C.

Washington D.C. (1924)

BNE (http://www.bne.es/) 
 ・ Lugar geogr.: Barcelona. Planos de población. 1806? ・ Autores Secun: Lartigne, Pierre. Vicq (fl. 1806-1820). Moulinier, Jacques (1753-1828) 
 
・ Título: {spanish} Plano de la Ciudad y del Puerto de Barcelona 
{french} Plan de la ville et du Port de Barcelone 
{english} Plan of the City and Port of Barcelona ・ Escala: Escala [ca. 1:11.000]. 1000 varas castellanas [= 7,5 cm] ・ Publicación: [S.l. : s.n., 1806 ・ Descripción: 1 plano : grab. ; 33 x 46 cm ・ Notas: Pertenece a: "Voyage de l`Espagne" por Alexandre de Laborde. - París, 1806-1820 Orientado con flecha con el N. al NE. del plano.- Cultivos y arbolado representados. - Sondas. - Relieve por sombreado

{spanish} Plano de la Ciudad y del Puerto de Barcelona {french} Plan de la ville et du Port de Barcelone {english} Plan of the City and Port of Barcelona

Barcelona (circa 1806)

Japanese date Genroku 3 [1690] estimated. Folded. Mounted cover title. Wood block print. In Japanese. Relief shown pictorially. Includes index. Title on map :Shinpan Heianjō narabini Rakugai no zu. Copyright by Honʼya Riemon.

Shinpan zōho Kyō no zu.

Kyoto (1690)

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Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Description

North and South America (1670)

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A new chart of the World on Wright's or Mercator's projection in which are exhibited all the parts hitherto explored or discovered; with the tracks of the British circumnavigators Byron, Wallis, Carteret and Cook, &c. and the track of La Perouse in the Pac

World (1800)

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Frankfurt am Mayn, 1845. Aus der Geographischen Graviranstalt des Bibliographischen Instituts zu Hildburghausen, Amsterdam, Paris u. Philadelphia, (1860)

Frankfurt (1845)

Date estimated. Embossed chromolithograph plan printed in color. Little is known about the Bauerkeller cartographic publishing firm. Headed by Georg Bauerkeller, they were apparently based in Darmstadt, Germany, just south of Frankfurt, but also maintained an office in Paris. They were active for about 30 years from the 1830s through the 1860s, and produced maps, plans, and small atlases. They are best known for the maps they produced using the 'geomontographie' - the process employed in the production of the present map.

Plan de Versailles en Relief. Bauerkeller & Cie. Brevetes a Paris.

Versailles (1844)

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City of Brussels. Letts's popular atlas. Letts, Son & Co. Limited, London. (1883)

Brussels (1883)

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Milan. Milano. Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Drawn by W.B. Clarke, archt. Engraved by J. Henshall. Published by Baldwin & Cradock, 47 Paternoster Row, Feby. 1, 1832. (London: Chapman & Hall, 1844)

Milano (1832)

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Potsdam. In Stahl gest. v. J. Zipter. Stich, Druck und Verlag des geographischen Anstalt des Bibliographischen Instituts zu Hildburghausen, (1860)

Potsdam (1860)

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Neapel, Napoli, 1845. (with view) Castello nuovo, Castello St. Elmo. (with view) Aus der Geographischen Graviranstalt des Bibliograph. Instituts zu Hildburghausen, Amsterdam, Paris u. Philadelphia, (1860)

Naples (1845)

Engraved map. Includes views of "Berlin vom Kreutzberge aus," and of statues "Bulow v. Demewitz," and "v. Scharnhorst." Includes list of first class hotels and guesthouses. Designed to be hand colored. "Meyer's Hand Atlas No. 124." David Rumsey Collection copy uncolored.

Berlin. (with) Berlin und Umgegend. Stich, Druck und Verlag des geographischen Anstalt des Bibliographischen Instituts zu Hildburghausen, (1860)

Berlin (1860)

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London. 1843. Drawn & engraved from authentic documents &personal observation by B.R. Davies, 16 George Street, Euston Square.London, published Nov. 1, 1843 under the superintendence of the Societyfor the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, by Chapman & Hall, 1

London (1843)

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Detroit and Vicinity. (with) Map of Detroit and Vicinity.

Detroit (1903)

This is a rare and often underappreciated 1606 mapping New Spain by Hondius and Mercator.  Covering the viceroyalty granted to Hernan Cortez following his conquest of the Aztec Empire, this map details, roughly, from  Mexico City westward to the Pacific coast and northward as far as modern-day Michoacán.  

Cartographically Mercator's map is heavily influenced by Ortelius' 1579 map of the same region.  Though we are uncertain of Ortelius' sources, this map exhibits a combination of known and speculative cartographic elements.  Mexico City appears at right center surrounded by water as it appeared at the time of the conquest.  By the time this map was drawn, much of the region between Mexico City and the Pacific ports along the coast, as well as the mining regions to the north and west, had been roughly mapped by the conquistadores.  

Lake Chapala (Chapalicum Mare) for example is accurately situated and formed.  However, as the map extends further north into only tenuously explored regions, the cartography becomes more speculative.  The large inland sea in the northwestern quadrant with is four numbered and named islands is clearly drawn from indigenous legends, most likely as transmitted via the Codex Mendoza.  Elaborate baroque title cartouche in the upper right quadrant.

Hondius, J. & Mercator, G., L'Atlas ou méditations Cosmographiques de la Fabrique du Monde et Figure d'Iceluy. Commencé en Latin par le très docte Gerard Mercator, parachevé per Jodocus Hondius. Amsterdam, 1609., 1609.

Map of New Spain’s pacific coast - 1606

Author: Mercator, Gerard

Publisher: Janssonius, Johannes

Published: Amsterdam

Publishing year: 1648

Mexico."Hispaniae Novae nova descriptio". Orig. copper-engraving from the German ed. of G. Mercator's Atlas Minor. Engraved by P. Kaerius (van den Keere), published by J. Janssonius in Amsterdam, 1648-51. With ornamental title-cartouche with the scale of map ("Milliaria Germanica. Hispanicae Leucae") and German heading title. 13,5:19,5 cm (5 1/4 x 7 3/4 inch.).

Koeman III, map 9510:352.1, ed. 352:32/33 (1648-51 German). - A decorative miniature map of the western part of Mexico.

Map of New Spain - Hispaniae Novae

A beautiful example of A. J. Johnson’s 1866 map of Florida. This rare map offers a fascinating snapshot of this secessionist state shortly following the close of the American Civil War. Map shows the state in full with color coding according to county. Cartographically this map is
probably based on U.S. Land Survey charts commissioned in the mid-1850s. Makes numerous references to American Indian tribes and to forts and battles sites related to the Seminole Wars. Notes Lake
Okeechobee, the Everglades, the Indian Hunting Grounds, Biscayne Bay,
Tampa Bay and the Okefenokee Swamp. Also shows the course of a proposed canal route leading from Tampa to the Atlantic. The Arredondo Grant is included just to the west of St. Augustine. The Arredondo Grant was a layover of the Spanish Land Grant program, which bequeathed it to a powerful Spanish merchant - Arredondo. With incredible difficulty and protest, the land grants were dissolved when Florida became part of the United States. Nonetheless the Arredondo Grand proved tenacious appearing on mappings of this region well into the late 19th century. An inset map in the lower left hand quadrant details the Florida Keys.
Features the fretwork style border common to Johnson’s atlas work from 1863 to 1869. Published by A. J. Johnson and Ward as plate number 43 in the 1866 edition of Johnson’s New Illustrated Family Atlas. This is the last edition of the Johnson Atlas to bear the Johnson and Ward imprint.
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Johnson's Florida.

Florida (1863)

This is the English edition of the Polish Atlas Swiata. This massive atlas (weighing nearly 5.5 kilograms and containing 48 square meters of maps) is of high cartographic and aesthetic quality, and provides a rich assortment of thematic (over 400) as well as hundreds of physical and political maps. Includes pictures of the flag and a synopsis for each country. Liberal yet tasteful and effective use of tinted colors, especially for topography and bathymetry. Rich use of symbolism creatively conveys the data in a clear manner. Many maps of urban areas. Printed on beige paper. Printed in Warsaw, Poland. Book No. 08 001958 7. Post and screw binding coupled with frequent use of fold-out maps eliminates any problem with the gutter.

Korea. (inset) Cheju-do. Pergamon World Atlas

Korea, 1967

1 atlas : 4 col. maps ; 25 cm. Cover title. Lithograph. In Japanese and
English. Orientation varies. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
Includes distance charts, charts of mountains, rivers, lakes on verso.
Includes preface and legend. East Asian Library call number: Cb153.

Dai Nippon Teikoku tetsudo senro meisho annai chizu = Guide to railways in Japan, with maps of the Northern Hemisphere, Manchurea & Corea : Kitahankyu ichiranzu Man-Kan ichiranzu chirishohyo / Aso Etsuzo. Meiji 38 [1905]

Japan (1905)

Japan - South. Pergamon World Atlas. Pergamon Press, Ltd. & P.W.N. Poland 1967. Sluzba Topograficzna W.P.

South of Japan (1967)

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Karte von Griechenland und der europ. Türkei

Southeast Europe (1829)

Spaceport Map Remix：SPACE AND OUTER SPACE

Map in full color with drawings of interesting features in the United States. Below the main map is an elevation profile with lines leading up to the point along the route noted below. The profile delineates the states, mileage and the height of the features on the profile. The route of the airplane is shown in blue and includes an airplane making the trip. Surround the map and profile are drawings of natural features and cities throughout the United States.