A beautiful example of one of the earliest, acquirable maps to focus on what is now the United States. The Jansson-Hondius was also one of the first Dutch atlas maps to show California as an island, preceded only by the Hondius world map of 1630. A note on the map... More about America Septentrionalis
An attractive example of a pivotal map, which inaugurated a new era in the cartography of North America, as dominance in mapmaking turned decidedly in favor of the French. In addition to being one of the earliest obtainable maps to show all five Great Lakes in a recognizable form, this..... More about Amerique Septentrionale
The rare first state (without New Orleans) of the first edition in a superb example. “This map is the mother and main source of all the later maps” (Kohl) of the interior United States and the Mississippi River. It was, in fact, “the first large-scale map accurately showing the lower..... More about Carte De La Louisiane Et Du Cours Du Mississipi . . . A Paris Chez l’Auteur le Sr. Delisle sur...
The original Bellin issue of this richly detailed map, including some of the most significant updates to the mapping of this region since Del’Isle’s 1718 map. It exercised a strong influence on many Great Lakes maps produced in the mid-18th century. Extensive and descriptive notations mark Indian tribal territories and..... More about Partie occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada
A very rare, separately published and contemporary-bound example of the French edition of what has been called “the most important map in American history” (Martin). It was the map on which the borders of the newly recognized United States were plotted at the conclusion of the War of Independence. The..... More about Amerique Septentrionale avec les Routes, Distances en miles, Villages et Etablissements . . . Par...
A very rare edition of this large-scale, visually impressive wall map the United States. Originally published in 1827, it was presumably updated in this edition. OCLC records copies of the 1827 and 1832 editions but not of this one of 1830. The map captures the country at an important point... More about Lay's Map of the United States. Compiled from the Latest and best Authorities and Actual Surveys…
Very rare. Green Bay, Wisconsin's seminal map, Ellis' plan shows the town as it was originally laid out, extending from the Fox River east to present North Irwin Avenue, and from Walnut Street north to present Eastman Street. All the surveyed blocks are divided into numbered lots, with two public... More about Plat of Navarino Green Bay, Wisconsin Territory. 1836..., Daniel Whitney, Joshua Whitney, Henry...
Separately published. A most interesting and scarce map that was made to aid in the sale of land along the Illinois Central Railroad on behalf of the company. Chartered in 1851, the Illinois Central was the first land grant railroad in the United States. It was required to construct a.... More about Railroad Map Of Illinois. Nine Hundred Thousand Acres Of Land For Sale by the Illinois Central...
Scarce, richly informative map showing the oil, gas and coal discoveries in West Virginia at the beginning of that region’s oil boom. The key areas along the Little Kanawha and Hughes Rivers in West Virginia and on Buck Creek in Ohio are shown in great..... More about Colton’s Map of the Oil District of West Virginia and Ohio
Depicted here with exceptionally fine color is Wolf Point, a seminal area in the Chicago's development, where its earliest hotel, taverns, theatre and other buildings of note were located. The area is shown as it was in 1833, the year the city was first organized. Wolf Point is located at..... More about Wolf's Point in 1833
Scarce. A large, richly detailed map of the state of Minnesota, revealing the dramatic expansion of railway connections from the Great Lakes into the West. First printed in 1870, the map was quickly updated with this 1871 edition in order to keep up with the rapid changes taking place in... More about Burritt's Sectional and Township Map of Minnesota Compiled from the latest authentic sources by...
Rare and in superb condition. The second printed view of the Minneapolis, which was preceded only by Hageboeck view of 1873 and a view of both St. Anthony and Minneapolis in 1867, the year of the latter city obtained its charter. This is the larger, separately-published version of the view... More about Minneapolis, MINN
Very rare: only one copy in OCLC of this detailed and attractive bird’s-eye view of Aurora, Illinois, about 36 miles southwest of Chicago. The northern-oriented view portrays Aurora as it was in 1875, just 6 years before the electrification of the city’s streets that would earn the city its nickname..... More about Aurora, Ill. 1875 from Jennings Seminary
Rare, separately published folding map in excellent condition. A very detailed street plan with the city's parks shown in color. Below is a directory of the city's streets. More about Map of Chicago
Rare. An appropriately elaborate and well-designed and executed broadside poster for what was at the time one of the great agricultural and industrial state fairs. The September 11, 1915 issue of The Prairie Farmer contained an article by the secretary of the Board that stated: “It, today, occupies a leading... More about ILLINOIS STATE FAIR SEPT. 17 TO 25
Attractive example of “one of the most outstanding maps of either the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries.” (Kershaw) It provided the best delineation of its period of the Great Lakes and has been noted by Tooley as the first map to place Detroit "only two years..... More about Carte Du Canada ou De La Nouvelle France
"In its time, it was the best map of Illinois by far, and was probably the most popular. It is one of the only maps to show the vast extent of the prairies by graphic symbol" (Rumsey). A very nicely preserved, small wall map that is very informative in many... More about New Sectional Map of the State of Illinois. Compiled From the United States Surveys
"Flower's map presents an historical snapshot of the Chicago area at the dawn of Civil War that remains unparalleled in its richness of detail" (Holland). Only a few examples of the map have appeared on the market in recent decades, and just seven examples are known in institutional collections. A.... More about Map Of Cook County Illinois