American Maps

Presented is the 1932 pictorial map of the principal events in George Washington’s life from the General Drafting Company. The map displays the eastern coastline of the United States...

Presented is "Clason's Guide Map to Colorado Springs, Manitou, Colorado City and Pike's Peak Region," published in Denver in 1906 by the Clason Map Company. Issued as a tourist map of the city, the map identifies roads, rivers, and lakes, offers topographical and elevation data, and marks all railroad routes, some of which are further outlined in dark red. In town, a key identifies tourist spots like hotels, sanitariums, hospitals, and churches, marking them with triangles, circled crosses, crosses, and arrows. The legend further differentiates between roads, street car tracks, railroads, wagon roads, and trails, for easy navigation. The border panels around the map are printed with advertisements for the local businesses. Viewers of the map could peruse fine food and beverage offerings like Manitou Table Water and Ginger Champagne, Vincent’s Beet Sugar Syrup, and Kuner’s Pickles, find saddle horses for ladies at the Club Stables, or even consider a real estate purchase through Wills, Spackmen, and Kent. This is a very scarce map of Colorado...

Map of Nantucket by Austin Strong (1881 - 1952), circa 1925, an original print on paper whimsical map of Nantucket Island by Robert Louis Stevenson's...

A very nice antique map of Lower Manhattan, New York City by Thomas Cowperthwait & Co., circa 1850. The map itself measures 13" x 16" and is professionally presented in a nice black ...

19th century Nantucket map by Rev, Ewer, circa 1886, a small version of Ewer's celebrated 1869 original wall chart, done here for The Old Colony...

Often attributed to Paul McCobb, because of the same brass tubing that McCobb used in his furniture. This 1970s Replogle globe is in very nice condition with raised topography and ...

This hanging military wall map of the eastern half of United States was published by H.H. Lloyd & Co., in New York, in 1862. The map shows America during...

This charming and colorful map depicts the east coast from New York City south to Washington D.C. highlighting the various direct routes a traveler may take. The folding pocket map o...

This large map of the United States was issued by Rand McNally and Company on behalf of the Union Pacific Railroad. The map embraces the whole of the United States, illustrating the ...

Offered is a Map of the Surveys of California dating to 1856. The work was issued by the U.S. General Land Office to accompany the Report of the Surveyor General. The map is highly d...

Appomattox Court House from Surveys under the Direction of Bvt. Brig. Gen. N. Michler, Maj. of Engineers. By Command of Bvt. Maj. Gen. A.A. Humphreys, Brig. Gen. & Chief of Engineers, 1867. Surveyed and drawn by Maj. J. E. Weyss, assisted by F. Theilkuhl, J. Strasser & O. Thompson. Published by NY Lithographing, Engraving & Printing Co. Lithographed by Julius Bien. This is a scarce large format plan of the battlefield and region around the famed Appomattox Court House, published by the U.S. War Department in 1867. This extensively surveyed and informative map extends south to Evergreen Station and north to the Bent Creek Bridge area. Noteworthy for a map of this time is the inclusion of dozens of landowners on the map, including Wilmer McLean. The map also identifies roads, bridges, railroads, drainage and woodlands, giving viewers a comprehensive impression of the battlefield. The map is drawn on a scale of 3 inches to 1 mile. In April 1865, General Robert E. Lee and his army found themselves in Virginia, harassed mercilessly by Federal troops and continually cut off from turning south to reach Gen. Johnston's army in North Carolina. After a defeat at Five Forks, Lee’s only defensive move was to escape with his troops west along the Appomattox River, eventually arriving in Appomattox County on April 8th. His objective was the South Side Railroad at Appomattox Station where food supplies awaited. Union cavalry under Brig. Gen. George A. Custer reached them first, capturing and subsequently burning three supply trains. Lee hoped for more supplies further west at Lynchburg, so he refused written requests by Grant to surrender his army. On the morning of April 9th, Confederate Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon’s corps attacked the Union cavalry blocking the road toward the railroad. Initially, Gordon had success in clearing cavalry from the road, but Union infantry moved in and he was unable to make further progress. Gordon sent word to Lee around 8:30 a.m. that he needed Lt. Gen. James Longstreet’s support to make additional headway. Upon receiving this request—and having watched the battle through field glasses—Lee then said, "Then there is nothing left for me to do but go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths." Messages were soon exchanged and Lee and Grant agreed to meet at the Wilmer McLean home at Appomattox Courthouse that afternoon. There, the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia was signed. Three days later, a formal ceremony marked the disbanding of Lee's army and the parole of his men, ending the war in Virginia. The events here triggered similar surrenders across the south, ending the fighting of the Civil War. Mounted in the frame along with the map is a print of Matthew Brady...

Presented is an original map of Nebraska, Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming from 1874. This authentic map was issued as part of J. Davis Williams’s People’s Pictorial Atlas. The map us...