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  • Authorized birds eye view of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909) Authorized birds eye view of Seattle's Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909) Date: 1909 Author: William Caughey Dwnld: Full Size (32.17mb) Source: WSU 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. In 1909 Seattle held a World's Fair to publicize...1February 1, 2012

    Seattle’s Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909)

    Authorized birds eye view of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909) Authorized birds eye view of Seattle's Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909) Date: 1909 Author: William Caughey Dwnld: Full Size (32.17mb) Source: WSU 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. In 1909 Seattle held a World's Fair to publicize...
  • Nova et accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula. Blaeu's map of the World (1684) Date: 1684 Author: Joan Blaeu Dwnld: Full Size (9.11mb) 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 World that you might want to check out. Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu's map of the world as it was known...0January 24, 2012

    Blaeu’s map of the World (1684)

    Nova et accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula. Blaeu's map of the World (1684) Date: 1684 Author: Joan Blaeu Dwnld: Full Size (9.11mb) 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 World that you might want to check out. Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu's map of the world as it was known...
  • August, Blue Marble Next Generation NASA's Blue Marble, Next Generation (2004) Date: 2004 Author: NASA Dwnld: Full Size (19.93mb) Source: NASA Visible Earth Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps made by Nasa that you might want to check out. Very high resolution (0.5km resolution) imagery of the planet Earth in the month of August;...1January 23, 2012

    NASA’s Blue Marble, Next Generation (2004)

    August, Blue Marble Next Generation NASA's Blue Marble, Next Generation (2004) Date: 2004 Author: NASA Dwnld: Full Size (19.93mb) Source: NASA Visible Earth Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps made by Nasa that you might want to check out. Very high resolution (0.5km resolution) imagery of the planet Earth in the month of August;...
  • Centennial International Exhibition, 1876. Philadelphia's Centennial Expo (1876) Date: 1876 Author: Thomas Hunter Dwnld: Full Size (7.66mb) 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 Pennsylvania that you might want to check out. Thomas Hunter's map of the Centennial Exposition [gmap] held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [gmap] in 1876. For more map resources and...0January 19, 2012

    Philadelphia’s Centennial Expo (1876)

    Centennial International Exhibition, 1876. Philadelphia's Centennial Expo (1876) Date: 1876 Author: Thomas Hunter Dwnld: Full Size (7.66mb) 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 Pennsylvania that you might want to check out. Thomas Hunter's map of the Centennial Exposition [gmap] held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [gmap] in 1876. For more map resources and...
  • The east coast of Florida is paradise regained. Promotional map of Florida (1898) Date: 1898 Author: J.P. Beckwith Dwnld: Full Size (15.04mb) 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 Florida that you might want to check out. With a name like "The East Coast of Florida is Paradise Regained", J.P....0January 18, 2012

    “Florida is Paradise Regained” map (1898)

    The east coast of Florida is paradise regained. Promotional map of Florida (1898) Date: 1898 Author: J.P. Beckwith Dwnld: Full Size (15.04mb) 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 Florida that you might want to check out. With a name like "The East Coast of Florida is Paradise Regained", J.P....
  • Kiritimati (Christmas) Island: Earliest New Year's celebration on Earth. Kiritimati (Christmas) Island (1785) Dates: 1785, 1814 Authors: Playfair, Bligh Dwnld: 01 || 02 Source:0December 31, 2011

    Kiritimati, first to ring in the New Year – 2012

    Kiritimati (Christmas) Island: Earliest New Year's celebration on Earth. Kiritimati (Christmas) Island (1785) Dates: 1785, 1814 Authors: Playfair, Bligh Dwnld: 01 || 02 Source:
  • Map showing the telegraph lines in operation, under contract, and contemplated, to complete the circuit of the globe World Map of Proposed and Operational Telegraph Lines (1855) Date: 1855 Author: J H Colton Dwnld: Full Size (13.86mb) 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 world maps that you might want to check...1December 21, 2011

    Map of Proposed and Operational Telegraph Lines (1855)

    Map showing the telegraph lines in operation, under contract, and contemplated, to complete the circuit of the globe World Map of Proposed and Operational Telegraph Lines (1855) Date: 1855 Author: J H Colton Dwnld: Full Size (13.86mb) 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 world maps that you might want to check...
  • Robinson's aeroplane map of Sydney Robinson's aeroplane map of Sydney (1922) Date: 1922 Author: Robinson Dwnld: Full Size (14.01mb) 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 featured maps that you might want to check out. Fun-looking and quite expertly-rendered overhead map of Australia's most populous city: Sydney, NSW [gmap] in 1922. Now I've...2November 29, 2011

    Robinson’s map of Sydney, Australia (1922)

    Robinson's aeroplane map of Sydney Robinson's aeroplane map of Sydney (1922) Date: 1922 Author: Robinson Dwnld: Full Size (14.01mb) 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 featured maps that you might want to check out. Fun-looking and quite expertly-rendered overhead map of Australia's most populous city: Sydney, NSW [gmap] in 1922. Now I've...
  • Historical map American Expeditionary Force WWI Map of the American Expeditionary Force (1932) Date: 1932 Author: Ezra C Stiles Dwnld: Full Size (11.39mb) 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 military maps that you might want to check out. Tomorrow is Armistice Day -- the 94th anniversary of the end of World...3November 10, 2011

    WWI Map of the American Expeditionary Force (1932)

    Historical map American Expeditionary Force WWI Map of the American Expeditionary Force (1932) Date: 1932 Author: Ezra C Stiles Dwnld: Full Size (11.39mb) 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 military maps that you might want to check out. Tomorrow is Armistice Day -- the 94th anniversary of the end of World...
  • Buxton & Skinner Stationery Company's "Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis" (1904) Buxton & Skinner's "Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis" Date: 1904 Author: Buxton & Skinner Dwnld: Full Size (17.1mb) Source: David 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 Missouri that you might want to check out. The St. Louis Cardinals are...2November 8, 2011

    Buxton and Skinner’s 1904 St Louis World’s Fair

    Buxton & Skinner Stationery Company's "Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis" (1904) Buxton & Skinner's "Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis" Date: 1904 Author: Buxton & Skinner Dwnld: Full Size (17.1mb) Source: David 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 Missouri that you might want to check out. The St. Louis Cardinals are...
  • New weldt oder Inseln, so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem land India ligen Munster's Map of the New World (1550) Date: 1550 Author: Sebastian Munster Dwnld: Full Size (2.96mb) 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 the Holy Land that you might want to check out. Great 16th-Century map...2November 8, 2011

    Munster’s Map of the New World (1550)

    New weldt oder Inseln, so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem land India ligen Munster's Map of the New World (1550) Date: 1550 Author: Sebastian Munster Dwnld: Full Size (2.96mb) 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 the Holy Land that you might want to check out. Great 16th-Century map...
  • 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
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • “Subterranean World” by Athanasius Kircher of the Society of Jesus in 1668. Mundus subterraneus Date: 1668 Author: Athanasius Kircher Dwnld: Full Size (9.5mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other religious maps that you might want to check out. I'm assuming that Athanasius Kircher's Mundus Subterraneus (“Subterranean World”?) is a religious work, because it's far too...0August 18, 2011

    “Subterranean World” Illustration (1668)

    “Subterranean World” by Athanasius Kircher of the Society of Jesus in 1668. Mundus subterraneus Date: 1668 Author: Athanasius Kircher Dwnld: Full Size (9.5mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other religious maps that you might want to check out. I'm assuming that Athanasius Kircher's Mundus Subterraneus (“Subterranean World”?) is a religious work, because it's far too...
  • Map of San Francisco 2 years after the earthquake by Punnet Bros. - 1908 US40 #13 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA (Fire Damage, 1908) Date: 1908 Author: Punnet Bros Dwnld: Full Size (7mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map is part of a series depicting the 40 largest cities in the United States (as ranked by CBSA). This series will run through...1July 21, 2011

    SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, Fire Damage (1908)

    Map of San Francisco 2 years after the earthquake by Punnet Bros. - 1908 US40 #13 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA (Fire Damage, 1908) Date: 1908 Author: Punnet Bros Dwnld: Full Size (7mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map is part of a series depicting the 40 largest cities in the United States (as ranked by CBSA). This series will run through...
  • Map of the Korean Penninsula from the 19th Century. Author unknown. Part I. Ch'onha chido Date: 18XX Author: unkwn Dwnld: Full Size (5.6mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Asian maps that you might want to check out. I know absolutely nothing about these beautiful maps of the Korean Pennensula, past that they were exhibited...2June 6, 2011

    19th Century maps of the Korean Peninsula

    Map of the Korean Penninsula from the 19th Century. Author unknown. Part I. Ch'onha chido Date: 18XX Author: unkwn Dwnld: Full Size (5.6mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Asian maps that you might want to check out. I know absolutely nothing about these beautiful maps of the Korean Pennensula, past that they were exhibited...
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