mapman5000 (54)in #maps • 6 years agoMap, Book and Ephemera Fair to be held at the Newberry Library May 3 - 5, 2019mapman5000 (54)in #art • 7 years ago16th Century Bird's Eye View of Venice - A Woodblock Engraving by Braun & HogenbergVenetia By: Braun and Hogenberg Date: 1574 (Published) Cologne Dimensions: 13.25 x 18.8 inches (33.7 x…mapman5000 (54)in #art • 7 years agoA Playful and Highly Informative Map of Carmel, California in 1942 by Jo MoraCarmel-By-The-Sea By: Joseph Jacinto Mora Date: 1942 (dated) Monterey, CA Dimensions: 18.7 x 24.5…mapman5000 (54)in #art • 7 years agoA Striking 18th Century Map of Scandinavia with an Elaborate Title CartoucheScandinavia complectens Sueciae, Daniae & Norvegiae Regna ex Tabulis Ion. By: Johann Baptiste Homann Date:…mapman5000 (54)in #travel • 7 years agoOne of the Earliest Obtainable Maps to Focus on South America! By: Linschoten, 1596Delineatio Omnium Orarum Totius Australis Partis Americae, Dictae Peruvianae, a R. de la Plata, Brasiliam, Pariam, &…mapman5000 (54)in #history • 7 years agoExtraordinary Historical Find!!! - WWII Era Japanese Manuscript Map of a Portion of the Island of PeleliuWWII Era Japanese Manuscript Map of a Portion of the Island of Peleliu By: Japanese origin author unknown…mapman5000 (54)in #travel • 7 years agoMore of an Antique Poster with a Map, but we will let this one slide for today.Holland-America Line: Tomorrow’s Ship Today By: Eppo Doeve Date: 1959 (published) Amsterdam…mapman5000 (54)in #internationalwomensday • 7 years agoIn Honor of International Women's Day - We Give You Europa, Depicted as a QueenEuropa in de gedaante eener zittende dame. By: Anonymous Date: 1800 (circa) Dimensions: 6.75 x 9.25…mapman5000 (54)in #history • 7 years agoEarly Map of the Eastern U.S. Shows Mohican Villages and the town of New York, I mean New Amsterdam, in New Belgium...Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae Nec Non Partis Virginiae Tabula... By: Nicolaus Johannes Visscher Date: 1656…mapman5000 (54)in #travel • 7 years agoPictorial Map of Canada that Celebrates its History, Nature, and Culture by Peter R Furse 1964Canada By: Peter Reynolds Furse Date: 1964 (Dated) New Brunswick Dimensions: 19 x 25.75 (48.3 x 65.4…mapman5000 (54)in #travel • 7 years agoA Landmark 16th Century World Map by the Guy the Invented the Atlas... Abraham OrteliusTypus Orbis Terrarum By: Abraham Ortelius Date: 1570 (Published) Antwerp Dimensions: 13.25 x 19.5…mapman5000 (54)in #travel • 7 years ago16th Century Map of Transylvania printed from a Woodcut Engraving by Sebastian MunsterTranssylvania XXI Nova Tabula By: Sebastian Munster Date: 1552 (Published) Basel Dimensions: 12 x…mapman5000 (54)in #history • 7 years agoAntique Map of the Strait of Gibraltar made just after the Great Spanish Siege of 1727By: Homann Heirs Date: 1730 (dated) Nuremberg Dimensions: 22.5 x 19 inches (57.2 x 48.25 cm) This is an…mapman5000 (54)in #travel • 7 years agoA Clear Depiction of the Western Frontier of the United States in the Mid-1800s.Colton’s Map of Kansas, Nebraska, Dakota & Indian Territory By: Joseph Hutchins Colton Date: 1864…mapman5000 (54)in #travel • 7 years ago17th Century Map of Asia: Includes 9 views of important cities, ethnic carto-figures and geographic fallaciesAsia Noviter Delineata By: Willem Blaeu Date: 1635 (circa) Dimensions: 22 x 16 inches (55.9 x 40.7…mapman5000 (54)in #travel • 7 years agoA Unique 19th Century Traveller's Map of Moscow that was Made for French and Russian VisitorsNouveau Plan de Moscou By: G.L. De Laveau Date: 1824 (published) Paris Dimensions: 23 x 31 inches…mapman5000 (54)in #travel • 7 years agoIconic Map of the Hawaiian Islands: Produced by the Hawaiian Pineapple Company (Dole) to Promote Industry and TourismThe Dole Map of the Hawaiian Islands U.S.A… By: Hawaiian Pineapple Company Date: 1937 (dated) San…mapman5000 (54)in #travel • 7 years ago18th Century Map of Sicily: Includes the location of a healing sulfur spring, an erupting Mt Etna, and gods of Greek and Roman mythologyMappa Geographica totius Insulae et Regni Siciliae cura graphio et impen sis Matth. Seutteri, S.C.M.G. August…mapman5000 (54)in #ireland • 7 years agoEarly 17th Century Map of Ireland Depicts the Island with a Unique OrientationIrlandiae Accurata Descriptio By: Abraham Ortelius /Joannes Baptista Vrientes Date: 1609 (Published)…mapman5000 (54)in #science • 7 years agoA Fine Representation of Our Geologic Understanding of the United Sates in the Late 19th CenturyGeological Map of the United States Compiled by C.H. Hitchcock and W.P. Blake By: United States GPO Date:…
