Archive for October, 2011

  • Louisiana Lewis' Map of the Louisiana Purchase Territories in 1805 Date: 1805 Author: Samuel Lewis Dwnld: Full Size (5.32mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of exploration that you might want to check out. A map of the Louisiana Purchase territories, as prepared by British atlas maker Samuel Lewis --...0October 31, 2011

    Lewis’ Map of the Louisiana Territories (1805)

    Louisiana Lewis' Map of the Louisiana Purchase Territories in 1805 Date: 1805 Author: Samuel Lewis Dwnld: Full Size (5.32mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of exploration that you might want to check out. A map of the Louisiana Purchase territories, as prepared by British atlas maker Samuel Lewis --...
  • Congrats to the best baseball town in the U.S. for the greatest September and greatest October -- and greatest finish in baseball history. From your proudest son, happily checking out for the night on the South side where things are still popping off. So St Louis, -t59K2October 29, 2011

    St Louis Cardinals are 2011 World Champs

    Congrats to the best baseball town in the U.S. for the greatest September and greatest October -- and greatest finish in baseball history. From your proudest son, happily checking out for the night on the South side where things are still popping off. So St Louis, -t59K
  • Yamashiro no Kuni ezu Map of Yamashiro Region, Japan (1800s) Date: 1800 Author: Unknown Dwnld: Full Size (13.37mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Japan that you might want to check out. Beautiful map, but I couldn't begin to describe it. Little help over here?4October 28, 2011

    Map of Yamashiro Region, Japan (1800s)

    Yamashiro no Kuni ezu Map of Yamashiro Region, Japan (1800s) Date: 1800 Author: Unknown Dwnld: Full Size (13.37mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Japan that you might want to check out. Beautiful map, but I couldn't begin to describe it. Little help over here?
  • L'Ancienne Thebaide, ou, la Carta generale des lieux habitez par les Ss. peres des deserts French Map of the Holy Land (1738) Date: 1738 Author: Nicolas de Fer Dwnld: Full Size (9.04mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of the Middle East that you might want to check out. De...0October 27, 2011

    French Map of the Holy Land (1738)

    L'Ancienne Thebaide, ou, la Carta generale des lieux habitez par les Ss. peres des deserts French Map of the Holy Land (1738) Date: 1738 Author: Nicolas de Fer Dwnld: Full Size (9.04mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of the Middle East that you might want to check out. De...
  • Map illustrating the operations of the Seventh Division under Brig. General G.W. Morgan at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee during a portion of the year 1862 Maps of Civil War - Defenses and Troop Movements (1877) Date: 1877 Author: US Army Corps of Eng Dwnld: Full Size (3.98mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have...0October 24, 2011

    Various Civil War Maps (1877)

    Map illustrating the operations of the Seventh Division under Brig. General G.W. Morgan at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee during a portion of the year 1862 Maps of Civil War - Defenses and Troop Movements (1877) Date: 1877 Author: US Army Corps of Eng Dwnld: Full Size (3.98mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have...
  • Map exhibiting the salt marsh, tide and submerged lands disposed of by the State of California in and adjacent to the bays of San Francisco and San Pablo and now subject to reclamation. Salt Marshes of San Francisco Bay (1874) Date: 1874 Author: T J Arnold Dwnld: Full Size (7.13mb) Source: Rumsey Map Collection Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any...0October 21, 2011

    Salt Marshes of San Francisco Bay (1874)

    Map exhibiting the salt marsh, tide and submerged lands disposed of by the State of California in and adjacent to the bays of San Francisco and San Pablo and now subject to reclamation. Salt Marshes of San Francisco Bay (1874) Date: 1874 Author: T J Arnold Dwnld: Full Size (7.13mb) Source: Rumsey Map Collection Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any...
  • A synopsis of the universe, or, the visible world epitomiz'd Wright's Celestial Map of the Universe (1742) Date: 1742 Author: Tomas Wright Dwnld: Full Size (19.52mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Astronomy maps that you might want to check out. Thomas Wright was an 18th-Century English astronomer who was credited...1October 20, 2011

    Wright’s Celestial Map of the Universe (1742)

    A synopsis of the universe, or, the visible world epitomiz'd Wright's Celestial Map of the Universe (1742) Date: 1742 Author: Tomas Wright Dwnld: Full Size (19.52mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Astronomy maps that you might want to check out. Thomas Wright was an 18th-Century English astronomer who was credited...
  • Nicolai Gerbelij in descriptionem Graeciae Sophiani, praefatio Gerbel's Map of Greece (1540) Date: 1540 Author: Nikolaos Gerbel Dwnld: Full Size (12.00mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Greece that you might want to check out. Here's a 16th-Century map of Greece by Gerbel.0October 19, 2011

    Gerbel’s Map of Greece (1540)

    Nicolai Gerbelij in descriptionem Graeciae Sophiani, praefatio Gerbel's Map of Greece (1540) Date: 1540 Author: Nikolaos Gerbel Dwnld: Full Size (12.00mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Greece that you might want to check out. Here's a 16th-Century map of Greece by Gerbel.
  • Map of California Roads for Cyclers Blum's Map of California Roads for Cyclers (1896) Date: 1896 Author: George W Blum Dwnld: Full Size (18.70mb) Source: Rumsey Map Collection Print Availability: Read the image's Imperfections Manifest page for a better understanding of this print. pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other California maps that you might want to check out. As an avid cyclist, with close...10October 17, 2011

    Blum’s Bicycle Map of California Roads (1896)

    Map of California Roads for Cyclers Blum's Map of California Roads for Cyclers (1896) Date: 1896 Author: George W Blum Dwnld: Full Size (18.70mb) Source: Rumsey Map Collection Print Availability: Read the image's Imperfections Manifest page for a better understanding of this print. pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other California maps that you might want to check out. As an avid cyclist, with close...
  • Map of Missouri River and vicinity from Saint Charles, Missouri, to Mandan villages of North Dakota Map of Missouri River Used by Lewis and Clark (1798) Date: 1798 Author: Nicolas de Finiels Dwnld: Full Size (10.45mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of exploration that you might want to check...0October 14, 2011

    Missouri River Map Used by Lewis and Clark (1798)

    Map of Missouri River and vicinity from Saint Charles, Missouri, to Mandan villages of North Dakota Map of Missouri River Used by Lewis and Clark (1798) Date: 1798 Author: Nicolas de Finiels Dwnld: Full Size (10.45mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of exploration that you might want to check...
  • Map of California shown as an island Vingboons' Map of California as an Island (1650s) Date: 1650 Author: Johannes Vingboons Dwnld: Full Size (10.96mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of California that you might want to check out. Another map by the coolest-named mapmaker I can think of: My...1October 13, 2011

    Vingboons’ Map of California as an Island (1650s)

    Map of California shown as an island Vingboons' Map of California as an Island (1650s) Date: 1650 Author: Johannes Vingboons Dwnld: Full Size (10.96mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of California that you might want to check out. Another map by the coolest-named mapmaker I can think of: My...
  • Colton's New Map Of Long Island Colton's New Map Of Long Island (1888) Date: 1888 Author: Colton Dwnld: Full Size (8.04mb) Source: Rumsey Map Collection Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of New York that you might want to check out. Servicable and detailed, if not fascinating or ground breaking this Colton map of...0October 12, 2011

    Colton’s Map Of Long Island (1888)

    Colton's New Map Of Long Island Colton's New Map Of Long Island (1888) Date: 1888 Author: Colton Dwnld: Full Size (8.04mb) Source: Rumsey Map Collection Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of New York that you might want to check out. Servicable and detailed, if not fascinating or ground breaking this Colton map of...
  • Floridae Americae provinciae recens Map of Florida and the Caribbean in 1588 - by De Morgues Date: 1591 Author: Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues Dwnld: Full Size (5.06mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of the Carribean that you might want to check out. A map of late-16th Century Florida...0October 11, 2011

    Map of Florida and the Caribbean (1588)

    Floridae Americae provinciae recens Map of Florida and the Caribbean in 1588 - by De Morgues Date: 1591 Author: Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues Dwnld: Full Size (5.06mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of the Carribean that you might want to check out. A map of late-16th Century Florida...
  • Atlas Catalan de 1375 Abraham Cresques' “Catalan Atlas” World Map (1387) Date: 1387 Author: Abraham Cresques Dwnld: Full Size: 01, 02, 03, 04 Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Historical maps that you might want to check out. Here's the latest installment of Multi-Map Monday. Famed 14th-Century Jewish cartographer Abraham Cresques...1October 10, 2011

    Cresques’ Catalan Atlas – World Maps (1387)

    Atlas Catalan de 1375 Abraham Cresques' “Catalan Atlas” World Map (1387) Date: 1387 Author: Abraham Cresques Dwnld: Full Size: 01, 02, 03, 04 Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Historical maps that you might want to check out. Here's the latest installment of Multi-Map Monday. Famed 14th-Century Jewish cartographer Abraham Cresques...
  • Puerto Rico, Bahía de San Juan Commemorative Map of Christopher Columbus in Puerto Rico (1992) Date: 1992 Author: US Coast Survey Dwnld: Full Size (9.28mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of exploration that you might want to check out. Tomorrow is Columbus Day so here's a Columbus map. Not...0October 9, 2011

    Christopher Columbus Commemorative Map (1992)

    Puerto Rico, Bahía de San Juan Commemorative Map of Christopher Columbus in Puerto Rico (1992) Date: 1992 Author: US Coast Survey Dwnld: Full Size (9.28mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of exploration that you might want to check out. Tomorrow is Columbus Day so here's a Columbus map. Not...
  • World's fair, St. Louis, 1904: ground plan Louisiana Purchase Exposition Map of the 1904 World's Fair in Forest Park, St Louis Date: 1904 Author: John Carson Dwnld: Full Size (11.67mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of World's Fairs that you might want to check out. This has exactly jack-shit...2October 8, 2011

    Cardinals just won the NLDS (1904 World’s Fair)

    World's fair, St. Louis, 1904: ground plan Louisiana Purchase Exposition Map of the 1904 World's Fair in Forest Park, St Louis Date: 1904 Author: John Carson Dwnld: Full Size (11.67mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of World's Fairs that you might want to check out. This has exactly jack-shit...
  • Rand-McNally New County and Railroad Map Of California And Nevada Rand-McNally New County and Railroad Map Of California And Nevada (1912) Date: 1912 Author: Rand McNally Dwnld: Full Size (11.94mb) Source: Rumsey Map Collection Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of California that you might want to check out. Colorful, if a bit forgettable,...0October 5, 2011

    County and Railroad Map Of California And Nevada (1912)

    Rand-McNally New County and Railroad Map Of California And Nevada Rand-McNally New County and Railroad Map Of California And Nevada (1912) Date: 1912 Author: Rand McNally Dwnld: Full Size (11.94mb) Source: Rumsey Map Collection Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of California that you might want to check out. Colorful, if a bit forgettable,...
  • Leo Belgicus Map of Belgium as a Lion - 1611 Date: 1611 Author: Jodocus Hondius Dwnld: Full Size (10.47mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Europe that you might want to check out. I first saw this Hondius map of Belgium [gmap] depicted as a Lion on some other map...0October 4, 2011

    Jodocus Hondius’ Map of Belgium as a Lion (1611)

    Leo Belgicus Map of Belgium as a Lion - 1611 Date: 1611 Author: Jodocus Hondius Dwnld: Full Size (10.47mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Europe that you might want to check out. I first saw this Hondius map of Belgium [gmap] depicted as a Lion on some other map...
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