Pacific Shore Maps

A rare Spanish language route map and guidebook published by Pan American & Grace Airways Inc (WorldCat lists only one other copy, located at the National Museum of Peru). The booklet has 3 foldout map pages with one printed verso for a total of 4 maps. Each foldout is approx. 5 x 20 inches. There is a double page (7 x 7) frontis map showing worldwide routes with caption Ahora Si, El Mundo es Chico (Yes, now the World is smaller). Descriptive text and a Notas de Viaje page round out the booklet. The cover picture is a DC-2 while inside is a small drawing of a Sikorsky S-42 flying boat, the pre-cursor to the famed Clippers.

WW II maps by Richard Edes Harrison, one of the early prominent African American Cartographers These were featured in a FORTUNE magazine article. His projections were instrumental in changing map making and how the viewer "saw" things

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WW II maps by Richard Edes Harrison, one of the early prominent African American Cartographers These were featured in a FORTUNE magazine article. His projections were instrumental in changing map making and how the viewer "saw" things

1908 Arizona Territory. Railroad map. Rand McNally & Co: Chicago 20 x 13 offset press This is a 1908 edition of ther1894 Indexed Atlas map, updated and overprinted with the active RRs in the Territory. An index of cities, towns and POs is in the right margin. Verso information states the estimated population at 144,000, A fairly common map made scarce by virtue of the overprinting

Pacific Arena. A FORTUNE Map. Orthographic Series II Harrison, Richard Edes 1942; New York City (publisher: TIME Magazine) Pacific Arena - A Fortune Map Orthographic Series II 21 x 26 inches; offset press... Centered on the vast Pacific, some measure due north west of the Hawaiian islands, this map looks at the frontier of the war in the Pacific theatre. Color distinguishes the allies and axis, as well as regional borders. Details the many islands that will become the battlegrounds in the years to come, and includes some air routes from major destinations. Richard Edes Harrison's innovative maps of the 1940s are critical to the history of American cartography. His techniques defied convention and created a new standard for the look and shape of the world on a map. Harrison designed the maps to be both visually appealing and politically charged, reflecting the urgency of the war while also maintaining an elegant artistic dimension. He is, perhaps, the earliest African American cartographer to gain widespread recognition See more

Pacific Arena. A FORTUNE Map. Orthographic Series II Harrison, Richard Edes 1942; New York City (publisher: TIME Magazine) Pacific Arena - A Fortune Map Orthographic Series II 21 x 26 inches; offset press... Centered on the vast Pacific, some measure due north west of the Hawaiian islands, this map looks at the frontier of the war in the Pacific theatre. Color distinguishes the allies and axis, as well as regional borders. Details the many islands that will become the battlegrounds in the years to come, and includes some air routes from major destinations. Richard Edes Harrison's innovative maps of the 1940s are critical to the history of American cartography. His techniques defied convention and created a new standard for the look and shape of the world on a map. Harrison designed the maps to be both visually appealing and politically charged, reflecting the urgency of the war while also maintaining an elegant artistic dimension. He is, perhaps, the earliest African American cartographer to gain widespread recognition See more

U.S.N. Ships-Bases-Men Harrison, Richard Edes 1938; New York City FORTUNE magazine, March 1938 13 .5 x 22.5, full color offset press... VG+, v centerfold, as issued An early more traditional style map by Harrison. Outlined here is the Navy’s worldwide presence in the years preceding WW II. Of note is the relative weakness of the Asiatic Fleet compared with the Atlantic (though 3 of the 4 Aircraft Carriers are with the Pacific Fleet, most of which is based on the West Coast. The Navy has 597 ships, 200 of which were Decommissioned. 252,000 personnel were serving, almost half of which were reserves or civilians. And there were only 1.000 planes, 300 of which were assigned to Carriers. Most interesting was the depiction of a fence in the NW Pacific which, by courtesy separated the maneuvers of the Japanese and American Navies. See more

Grand Celebration in Honor of the Son of the Tongan King Date and Place: 1785; Paris Publisher: unknown, but engraved by Benard Dimensions & Type: 9 x 18 BW copperplate engraving, 3 vertical folds (as issued) Condition: VG; a nice clean example... Description: First published in England in 1784, Cooks 3rd Voyage was quickly re-published in Paris in 1785. Many consider the engraving quality to surpass the English edition. Desirable and sought-after image sketched by Webber and engraved in Paris by Benard. And it is for sale...

1. Fort Laramie in 1850. B/W Lithograph. $10 2. S. Augustus Mitchell/Bradley 1878. NY State with insets. Lithograph with original hand color.$20

An exhibition at The Blanton Museum of Art in Austin contains work by indigenous map makers from the late 1500s and they demonstrate a very different sense of space than maps drawn by Europeans.

A very rare route map for "Trans-mar de Cortes S.A." airlines showing their routes in Sonora and Baja California. They used DC-3s described as "luxurious". No date, but likely 1950s. No information on the airline was found. They were the "Route of the Missionaries" in their words. 11 x 11, offset press

San Francisco to the Plains of Los Angeles 1854 (59) US Pacific Railroad Railroad Survey Washington DC 24 x 38 BW lithograph or electrotype

Genkon No Kowan Bogyo Ichirei. Anonymous Japan, c1940 Large color-printed Japanese strategy map on 4 sheets joined. 42 x 89 1/2 inches overall, wide margins; folded; occasional small stain and strengthening to fold versos but in general very good condition. Harbor defense training map presenting naval advancements since the time of the Battle of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War in 1904. The map illustrates maneuvers and procedures for the Japanese Navy to strike and defend against the enemy using modern (i.e. 1940) military technology and conceivably anticipates an attack on Pearl Harbor.

1860 J.H. H Colton steel plate engraved map of AUSTRALIA. 13 x 16 inches with decorative border and with original hand coloring. And for sale, as always

Complete Map of the Airlines K. N. I. L. M., Royal Netherlands Indies Airways 1935 (Undated) 22.75 x 30.5 in (57.785 x 77.47cm) A c.1935 art deco map of the East India archipelago and parts of Southeast Asia drawn for KNILM, or the Royal Netherlands Indies Airways (1928-1942). The map covers from Bangkok to Darwin, Australia, and from Sumatra to New Guinea. The former Dutch East Indies, modern day Indonesia, are highlighted with vivid coloration and vignette illustrations of... the indigenous people, architecture, and wildlife. This map was designed by Jan Wijga, published by NEPON, and commissioned by KNILM. Although unattributed, it was most likely printed by J. A. Luli and Company of Amsterdam-as was mot of Wijga’s other work. The map is undated, but based upon the air-routes depicted, we can assume an approximate date of 1935. Only one state is known. All examples are exceedingly rare, with the only identifiable surviving examples being at the Wolfsonian-Florida International University, and at the Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden.