1948 Official "Texas Brags" Vintage Map of North America

Presented is an original 1875 map of “North America.” The map was issued in Volume 1 of the Ninth Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, published in Edinburgh. The map was drawn by famous Scottish mapmaker John Bartholomew. The map depicts North America, to include Greenland, the Dominion of Canada, the United States, Mexico, the countries of Central America, and the islands of the West Indies. Prominent rivers, mountain ranges, and cities are labeled on the map, and country borders are emphasized in red. The Encyclopædia Britannica has been published continuously since 1768, appearing in fifteen official editions. The landmark ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, often called "the Scholar's Edition," was published from January 1875 to 1889 in 25 volumes. The editor and author of the “Foreword” was Thomas Spencer Baynes, the first English-born editor after a series of Scots. After 1880, Baynes was assisted by William Robertson Smith. The 9th edition is often lauded as a high point among early editions for scholarship. The 9th edition was far more luxurious than any previously printed Encyclopædia Britannicas, with thick boards and quality leather bindings, premier paper, and a production which took full advantage of the technological advances of printing in the years between the 1850s and 1870s. The publishers took advantage of the new ability to print large graphic illustrations on the same pages as the text, as opposed to limiting illustrations to separate copper plate engravings. Although this technology had first been used in a primitive fashion the 7th edition, and to a much lesser extent in the 8th, in the 9th edition there were thousands of quality illustrations and maps set...

Offered is a map of North America entitled Amerique du Nord from 1864. This rare, separately published wall map was produced by Adolphe Hippolyte Dufour. This map includes vibrant an...

This is a pictorial lettersheet view of the city and harbor of San Francisco. This lithograph was printed on grey wove paper, across a double sheet, by famed lithographers Britton & ...

This beautiful hand-colored road map of Paris was published in 1841. The map shows Paris and the surrounding area in a folding pocket map. Organized and detailed for travelers, this ...

Presented is an antique map of the state of Texas, printed as a pocket map in 1908 by The Kenyon Company. The state map is brightly colored by county, with principal cities and towns listed. The congressional districts are numbered and boldly outlined in red. Rivers, roads, and railroads all appear prominently on this fantastic map...

Presented is "Colton's New Map of the State of Texas Compiled from De Cordova's Large Map", published in Alivin J. Johnson’s “New Illustrated Family Atlas.” The map was published in ...

Antique map of America titled 'Carte de l'Amerique septentrionale'. Scarce map of North America, shortly after the Louisiana Purchase and the first ...

This Map was made by Augustus Mitchell in 1859 It is in amazing condition for being 163 years old. This price is for the rolled up easy to ship version of this piece. I will be Frami...

Antique map titled 'North America'. Original antique map of North America. This map originates from ‘Black's General Atlas of The World’. Published by A & C. Black, 1870.

Antique map titled 'North America'. Original map of North America. This map originates from 'Lowry's Table Atlas constructed and engraved from the...

Antique map titled 'Johnson's North America'. Original map of North America, with an inset map of the Hawaiian group or Sandwich Islands. This map originates from 'Johnson's New Illu...

Antique map titled 'North America'. Original antique map of North America. This map originates from 'An Atlas of the World, Comprehending ...