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Islandia.
Quad's : reduced in size Ortelius´ map, of Iceland. With German text on verso, from Geographisch Handtbuch. Signed by the engraver Johan Bussemacher.Matthias Quad was o...
Date: Cologne, 1600
Selling price: $1900
Sold in 2023
South America.
This is John Tallis’ pretty map of South America. The map is surrounded by a number of topical steel engraved vignettes and the whole is surrounded by a decorative vine...
Date: London, 1851
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2023
A Humorous Diplomatic Atlas of Europe and Asia. / 滑稽欧亜外交地図 / Kokkei Ō-A Gaikō Chizu.
A wonderful example of the rare 1904 Kisaburo Ohara satirical 'Octopus Map' of Europe being swallowed by an octopus (Russia). Composed at the outbreak of the Russo-Japane...
Date: Tokyo, April, 1904
Selling price: $4750
Sold in 2023
Bootlegger's Map of the United States
This awe-inspiring pictorial map was originally published in the Washington Post by a staff cartoonist Edward Gerstell McCandlish (1887 - 1946) who at the time was known ...
Date: Detroit, 1926
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2023
The Wonderground Map of London.
A large and pictorially striking 'Wonderland' advertising poster on behalf of the London Underground, published in the late 1920s. The poster was very popular, and ran fo...
- $4000 / ≈ €3678
Date: London, ca 1927
Cockeyed Map of Hollywood
This charming pictorial map of Hollywood and the surrounding areas focuses on the entertainment industry, including big movie studios, restaurants, hotels, and clubs. Not...
Date: 1935
Philippines Islands.
Pictorial map of Philippines Islands, from the famous illustrator, Ruth Taylor White and published in "Our USA: A Gay Geography".Ruth Taylor White was among the...
Date: Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1935
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2018
Philippines Islands.
Pictorial map of Philippines Islands, from the famous illustrator, Ruth Taylor White and published in "Our USA: A Gay Geography".Ruth Taylor White was among the...
Date: Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1935
Selling price: $175
Sold in 2017
A Map and History of Peiping; formerly known as Peking; capital of provinces, princedoms and kingdoms since 1121 B.C. . .
The uncommon second edition of this very decorative and informative pictorial map of Beijing and surrounding areas whimsically illustrates the Forbidden City, essential e...
Date: The Peiyang Press, Ltd. Tientsin-Peiping, 1936
A Map and History of Peiping
A fascinating pictorial map of Beijing that was published by Frank Dorn and the Peiyang Press. Ltd of Tientsin and Peiping in 1936 The map widely regarded as an iconic wo...
Date: Beijing, 1936
Carriers of the New Black Plague.
A powerful satirical commentary on totalitarian control of speech from the first issue of Ken Magazine. "Caught here in all their peculiar beauty by the soul searchi...
Date: USA, 1938
Selling price: $70
Sold in 2021
The Odyssey of F.D.R.
This persuasive map titled "The Odyssey of F.D.R." is best described within as a "free-wheeling trip through the headlines of the last seven years." I...
Date: New York, 1939
Republic of Panama with the Canal Zone
This striking large decorative map of Panama was created in 1941, just before the outbreak of WWII. when the canal under US control. Starting in 1903, a large area of ce...
Date: Seattle, 1940
Pictorial Map of Washington & Oregon
A delightful art-deco style pictorial map of Washington and Oregon illustrating the abundant natural resources of the two states that reside within the Pacific Northwest ...
Date: New York 1940
US ZONE. Bavaria, Hesse, Wurtemberg, Baden.
An unusual decorative pictorial map, from the years immediately following World War II, depicting the American Zone of Occupation in southern Germany. It portrays rural ...
- $450 / ≈ €414
Date: Munich, 1940
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[Mussolini Celebrates Pearl Harbor] Grande Carta Del Pacifico
A world map issued four days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which led England and the United States to declare war on Japan, this message from Mussolini, cele...
- $500 / ≈ €460
Date: Rome / Milan, 1941
Madagascar.
Very decorative, informative map of Madagascar. The map is filled with buildings, animals, figures and two locals in their typical dress.In lower left corner "Imprim...
Date: France, 1943
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2018
World Map of the Major Tropical Diseases
This is a striking map published by Life Magazine in the 1940s depicting the distribution of major tropical diseases throughout the world. The disturbing imagery used to ...
Date: New York, 1944
William Gropper's America Its Folklore
This is a dynamic pictorial map painted by the politically radical artist William Gropper. The map would later become heavily scrutinized by Joseph McCarthy and the House...
Date: New York, 1946
Afrique.
color printed pictorial map of Africa, with decorative title cartouche and borders, depict countries, regions, major cities, animals and wildlife. Includes decorative com...
Date: Paris, 1951
Selling price: $110
Sold in 2018
Slovenija - Jugoslavija
A fine tourist pictorial map of Slovenia. On the backside with a map showing roads and railroads. Also text information in english, french and german.
Date: Ljubljana, 1954
Beatles Map - The Beatles Trail - City of Liverpool
This is a one-of-a-kind pictorial map of Liverpool that celebrates the history of the Beatles. Published by the city of Liverpool Public Relations Office in 1974, this ma...
Date: Liverpool, 1974
Map of the Imperialist Division of China
Unusual, large silkscreened map of China based on the serio-comic map drawn in 1899 by Tse Tsan-tai, Chinese patriot and co-founder of Hong Kong's South China Morning Po...
Date: China, C. 1960-1980
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2023
Persische Teppichknüpfgebiete und Stämme.
Map of Iran and neighboring countries in German language, published in limited edition probably in France : "Gravée à l'eau-forte et au burin. Edition limitée&quo...
- $1500 / ≈ €1379
Date: France ?, after 1935 - before 1991