1870s Maps

This is an antique hanging map, “40 Miles Around New York,” published by H. H. Lloyd in New York in 1870. Presented on its original wooden rollers, this small-scale lithographed wall map is centered on Manhattan and its surrounding counties. Throughout the map, the counties are colored and the towns and cities well labeled. A reference key in the bottom margin provides symbols for railroads, railroad stations, proposed railways, aqueducts and canals, cemeteries, blacksmith shops, wheelwrights, grist mills, and sawmills.  This map is especially notable for the countless railway lines and stations depicted, with distances in miles noted between stations. Lloyd’s “40 Miles Around New York” was first issued in 1867 as a folding pocket map.  This map offers interesting insight about the map trade of the times, revealing the competitive nature of print publishing. In the lower margin, Lloyd warns customers of another, similar sounding named map business, presumably map dealer and known rival J. T. Lloyd. He states, “reasons that are well known to many compel us to state that we have no relationship and never had any business connection whatever with another party who advertises ‘Lloyds Maps.’” He also reminds his customers against potential fraud, stressing “We do not collect money in advance for Maps which have never been, and can never be, published. Our agents are not allowed to collect before delivery in any case.”  Henry Huggins Lloyd was born in Blandford, Massachusetts, in 1828. With his brothers, James Lloyd and Myron Lloyd, he worked as H. H. Lloyd & Co., mapmakers and maps publishers based in New York City. H. H. Lloyd & Co. had an impressive map output, especially during the Civil War. He issued maps of coastal cities and harbors, military maps of the northern and southern states, maps of key battle states like Virginia and New York, as well as larger United States maps...

Offered is an original “General Geological Map of Colorado” by F. V. Hayden. The map was printed as part of the 1877 “Geological and Geographical Atlas of Colorado and Portions of Ad...

This colorful original map, titled “United States of America, Western Part,” was issued in Volume 16 of “The American Cyclopædia.” A detailed reference map, the map was printed in co...

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...

Antique map titled 'Map of Asia showing its Gt. Political Divisions and also the various routes of Travel between London & India, China & Japan & c'. This map covers from the Ara...

Description: Antique map titled 'De Vereenigde Staten Noord-Amerika'. Old map depicting the United States. This map originates from 'School-Atlas van alle Deelen der Aarde'. Arti...

Description: Antique map titled 'Gray's New Map of Texas and the Indian Territory'. Detailed map of Texas and Indian Territory, colored by counties, from ...

Great map of Switzerland From the celebrated Royal Illustrated Atlas Lithograph. Original color. Published by Fullarton, Edinburgh. C.1870 Repair to a small edge tear on...

Great map of Texas. Also showing Indian Territory, Arkansas, Louisiana etc From the celebrated Royal Illustrated Atlas Lithograph by Swanston. O...

Great map of British Columbia From the celebrated Royal Illustrated Atlas Lithograph by Swanston. Original color. Published by Fullarton, Edin...

Great map of Africa From the celebrated Royal Illustrated Atlas Lithograph by Swanston. Original color. Published by Fullarton, Edinburgh. C.1870 Repairs to minor edge t...

Great map of Ireland From the celebrated Royal Illustrated Atlas Lithograph. Original color. Published by Fullarton, Edinburgh. C.1870 Repair to a small edge tear on top...