#raremaps

[curiouscatalog]

Ogilby, John, 1600-1676. The road from London to Harwich in Essex.  London : Printed by the author?, approximately 1675

G5753.E7P2 1675 .O3 Voorhees collection

[geographicusrareantiquemaps]

So if I were to guess who would invent an imaginary island dictatorship, with a history, leadership, armed forces and order of battle and make a set of meticulously detailed maps of the place, IN ESPERANTO, I would have expected it to be a Dungeon Master. I would NOT have expected an NSA crypyanalyst and world famous virtuoso flautist. Learn something every day in this biz. Do yourself a favor and Google Lambros Demetrios Callimahos. This guy was amazing. These maps were material for Callimahos' secret NSA cryptanalysis course which ran for 22 years to 12 students at a time. It must have been a hell of a class. We see these in no institutional collections in oclc, and we know of no other examples to ever be offered for sale. #raremaps #geographicusantiquemaps #li #nsa #cryptanalysis #esperanto #zendiaproblem #mykindofgeek (at Geographicus Rare Antique Maps) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_GVJLGJDCa/?igshid=lr0defbu61wv

[victoriacooperantiqueprints]

Today we head to Eastern Canada... 🇨🇦 'Carte des Bayes, Rades et Port de Plaisance dans l'Isle de Terre Neuve. Dressée sur les Manuscrits du Dépôt des Cartes, Plans, et Journaux de la Marine, par N. B. Ingénieur du Roy et de la Marine, 1744.' was drawn by Jacques Nicolas Bellin (marine engineer, hydrographer and cartographer to the King), and engraved on copper by Guillaume Dheulland. It was included in "Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France, avec Le Journal Historique d'un Voyage fair par Ordre du Roi dans L'Amerique Septentrionnale" by François Xavier de Charlevoix. It was published by Chez Rollin Fils of Quai des Augustins, à Saint Athanse, and au Palmier, à Paris in 1744. So this map is only 273 years outdated... it's quite incredible to imagine explorers charting these water and mapping the towns along the coasts, many of which are still expanding cities and ports today. And, on the bottom, you can see the bay where they found it best to keep the boats in the freezing winters. Though these waters may be a tad icy cold today, in the summer months they sure are stunning! ✏️🇨🇦🗺 #cartes #canada #canadianmap #map #mapofnewfoundland #newfoundland #explorenewfoundland #newfie #portdeplaisance #bay #terreneuve #canadianhistory #explorers #traveltheworld #antiquemaps #raremaps #mapsforsale #uniquegifts #giftfortraveler #wallmap #wallart #walldecor #inspiration #homedecor #details #interiordesign #getoutthere #livemore #travelcanada #keepongoing (at Baie de Plaisance)

[curiouscatalog]

John Smith map of New England from: Hamor, Ralph, -1626. Ein warhafftiger vnd gründtlicher Bericht von dem jtzigen Zustandt der Landtschafft Virginien. Gedruckt zu Hanaw : in Verlegung der Hulsischen, 1617

F229 .H192 1617

[geographicusrareantiquemaps]

James' pick: we don't always have maps of the Bronx, but when we do, we have super rare maps drawn up by German-American civil engineer Wilhelm Klein on behalf of American preservationist and ur-NIMBY John Jay McKelvey featuring the innovative architectural designs of Robert Gardner. A lot of the houses pictured here are still there - is one of them yours? #spuytenduyvil #highpointonthehudson #riverdale #robertwgardner #johnjaymckelvey #raremaps #rareantiquemaps #geographicusmaps #li #zip10463 #forsomepeoplethisisupstate (at Geographicus Rare Antique Maps) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8cUEvlJqdz/?igshid=1adyzj0mm3xgl

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#ICYMI, James loves this: the BESTops Mapkin of US routes 66 and 80 in Arizona, a glorious pre-interstate icon of cartographic kitsch! Not in any institutional collections and haven't seen another example of this Mapkin anywhere! #raremaps #geographicusmaps #li #getyourkicks #route66 #midcentury #postwar #grandcanyon #literallyadinernapkinwithamaponit (at Geographicus Rare Antique Maps) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7CSQFaJWAC/?igshid=ar6xuqlruxka

[geographicusrareantiquemaps]

Everybody knows the Arizona lies at the bottom of Pearl Harbor. Not everyone knows the Utah does too. We're posting this rare chart of those waters on Monday. #spencerspick #geographicusrareantiquemaps #pearlharbor #ussarizona #ussutah #li #raremaps #antiquemaps (at Geographicus Rare Antique Maps) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5ynjfTpabq/?igshid=1tdw2oi3js6lf

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Kevin's Pick: the MacDonald Gill 1914 Wonderground Map of London! The map that saved the Underground and inaugurated the Golden Age of Pictorial Cartography! #antiquemaps #raremaps #pictorialmap #geographicusmaps #li #londoncalling (at Geographicus Rare Antique Maps) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6ONza_JzvV/?igshid=yurtquyp60ct