1886 Skeleton Map of the Union Pacific Railway

This highly detailed pocket map is a topographical map of the state of Colorado by Louis Nell from 1904. The map "has been compiled from all available...

Presented is an 1859 “Map of the United States of America, the British Provinces, Mexico, the West Indies and Central America with Part of...

This map, printed in 1840, is a detailed representation of Washington, D.C. in the mid-19th century. The map shows block numbers, wards, and government buildings as well as details o...

Offered is an original 1847 ornamental map of the U.S. entitled "Ornamental Map of the United States & Mexico" by Humphrey Phelps. The map was issued as an act of Congress by Phelps on Fulton Street, New York. The broadside is elaborately hand-colored. This is a very detailed and graphic propaganda map of the United States expressing U.S. dominance of the North American continent. The hand-colored map proclaims the Manifest Destiny, with the recent acquisition of Upper California and Texas at the conclusion of the Mexican-American War. The newly acquired land is boldly colored, standing in stark contrast to the rest of the U.S. The map details a potential route for a railroad running from New York City, to Buffalo, to Chicago, then west along the Oregon Trail to Oregon City. This route anticipates the construction of the transcontinental railroad by nearly 20 years. The map includes elaborately detailed renderings of George Washington, Hernan Cortez, and Montezuma at top to represent European expansion to the Americas. At bottom are four inset designs with text showing the following: a chronological history of the U.S. beginning from settlement to the U.S. victory in the Mexican-American war; an illustration of General Zachary Taylor with details on the Oregon Territory; an illustration of the Aztec Temple of the Sun in Tenochtitlan and a chronology of the Conquest of the Aztec Empire under Cortez; a portrait of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna...

Antique map, untitled. A map of the Pacific Ocean, with the coast of Peru in the right edge and the outline of New Guinea in the left edge. In betwe...

Antique map titled 'Mélanésie'. Map of the Pacific ocean around Australia, including Java, Timor, the Solomon Islands and New Zealand. This print or...

Antique map titled 'Carte de la Mer du Sud ou Mer Pacifique - Kaart van de Zuyd-Zee of stille oceaan (..)'. Nautical chart of the Pacific Ocean depicting the trade routes used by Spanish Galleons from Acapulco in Mexico to Manila in the Philippines. In particular this chart depicts the voyages of the Spanish Nostra Seigniora de Cabadonga and the British Navy Commodore George Anson. Anson succeed in capturing the Spanish treasure...

Rare map of the Southern Pacific, illustrating Le Maire's tracks, extending from the La Maire Straits to Nova Guinea, with a large inset of the northern Coastline of New Guinea and a...