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  • Lovely engraved map based on the cartography by C. Franz Radefeld (1788-1874) showing part of United States which includes insets of New York City, Philadelphia, Niagara Falls, Albany, Pittsburgh and the Baltimore – Washington DC area. From the “Meyer’s Neuester Zeitungs Atlas” published by Bibliographischen Instituts in Hildburghausen in 1849-52. The innovation of this work is that almost all maps had small inserts showing richly detailed maps of major cities and their surrunding areas: so…

    • Author: MEYER Joseph
    • Year: 1849
    • Dimension: 200 x 265 mm
    • Place of publication: Hildburghausen
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    Grande e dettagliatissima carta pittoresca del mondo disegnata da F. Heinrichsen che mostra attraverso deliziose vignette l’ingegno e l’operosità dell’uomo e le caratteristiche di tutte le aeree della Terra: accanto a ogni toponimo sono infatti riportate le caratteristiche del luogo come per esempio il tabacco a Cuba, il rum e lo zucchero nelle isole caraibiche, oro e diamanti in alcune aree dell’Africa, petrolio in Arabia, le famose olive di Creta o le vignette degli agrumi…

    • Author: F. Heinrichsen
    • Dimension: 114 x 66,5 cm
    • Place of publication: Stuttgart
    • Year: 1947
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    Beautiful map of East Africa showing Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar designed by Hameed Moghul for East African Wildlife Society. The map is richly embellished by lovely vignettes of people, birds and safari animals including a giraffe, zebra, elephants and a crocodile.

    • Author: Hameed Moghul
    • Dimension: 48 x 67 cm
    • Place of publication: Nairobi
    • Year: 1973
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    Bellissima e rara mappa pittorica disegnata nel 1947 dall’artista Neozelandese Leo Vernon Bensemann (firma in basso a destra) che mostra l’Africa orientale con gli attuali territori di Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar e Uganda. Arricchita da una decorativa cornice con animali, nativi, scorci tipici e completata in alto, sotto il grande titolo, da una breve descrizione geografica e dalla piccola rappresentazione del globo terrestre centrato sul continente africano. La carta che si estende dal lago Tanganica all’Oceano…

    • Author: Leo Vernon
    • Dimension: 48 x 72 cm
    • Place of publication: London
    • Year: 1948
  • Very fine map of Brazil from Atlas Spheroidal et Universel de Geographie by M.F.A. Garnier published in Paris at Veuve Jules Renouard in 1862. This atlas is exceptional for its “spheroidal” maps of the globe, showing the various continents and poles, shaded to give the effect of a sphere floating in space. The remaining maps are also very well executed and colored. This is the only atlas that Garnier produced, according to Phillips. (836) [cod.1091/15]

    • Author: GARNIER Francis Marie Joseph
    • Year: 1862
    • Dimension: 470 x 340 mm
    • Place of publication: Paris
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    A lovely and uncommon map showing the French establishments in India published in Paris by the pharmaceutical laboratories Neutroses-Vichy in 1939 at Petit Jean. The French establishments of Pondichéry, Karikal, Yanaon, Mahé and Chandernagore are all in the Indian peninsula and are symbolized by small vignette.

    • Dimension: 310 x 210 mm
    • Place of publication: Paris
    • Year: 1939
  • usa map president wilson 1917
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    Rare propaganda map quoting Woodrow Wilson published in France to celebrate the entrance of the United States into World War 1

    • Dimension: 65 x 100 cm
    • Place of publication: Paris
    • Year: 1917
  • The very fine and interesting map shows the boundaries of the US immediately prior to Texas claiming its independence. Many Indian Tribes and early forts noted. Insets of Texas and St. Pierre Miquelon. From Atlas Spheroidal et Universel de Geographie by M.F.A. Garnier published in Paris at Veuve Jules Renouard in 1862. This atlas is exceptional for its “spheroidal” maps of the globe, showing the various continents and poles, shaded to give the effect of…

    • Author: GARNIER Francis Marie Joseph
    • Year: 1862
    • Dimension: 340 x 500 mm
    • Place of publication: Paris
  • Very detailed map of Mexico with the Caribbean includes an inset of Central America and Panama. Interesting Depiction of Arizona and New Mexico. From Atlas Spheroidal et Universel de Geographie by M.F.A. Garnier published in Paris at Veuve Jules Renouard in 1862. This atlas is exceptional for its “spheroidal” maps of the globe, showing the various continents and poles, shaded to give the effect of a sphere floating in space. The remaining maps are also…

    • Author: GARNIER Francis Marie Joseph
    • Year: 1862
    • Dimension: 340 x 500 mm
    • Place of publication: Paris
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    Raro manifesto di propaganda disegnato da Robert Louis che mostra il percorso della 1ª Divisione France Libre attraverso Africa, Europa e Medio Oriente arricchito in alto dallo stemma dell’organizzazione, l’emblema ufficiale (croce di Lorena) e una grande rosa dei venti. La grande rappresentazione è circondata dagli stemmi delle varie unità che componevano il movimento creato da Charles de Gaulle. Pubblicato dalla tipografia Draeger nel 1945 in 2975 esemplari numerati (questo è il numero 2685). cfr.…

    • Author: Robert Louis
    • Dimension: 85 x 62,5 cm
    • Place of publication: Paris
    • Year: 1945
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    This colorful poster was designed for The French Line of cruise ships in 1953 by the French artist Jean Mercier to promote the route that connects France and England to the Caribbean and Central American nations of Colombia and Venezuela. The Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, typically known overseas as the French Line, was a shipping company established in 1861 as an attempt to revive the French merchant marine, the poor state of which was self-evident during…

    • Author: Jean Mercier
    • Dimension: 54 x 32 cm
    • Place of publication: Paris
    • Year: 1953
  • First edition of Reinecke’s map of the Western Pacific Ocean, Australia, Southeast Asia, etc. published by the Geographisches Institut in Weimar in 1801. Neu Holland is named, along with a New South Wales. The coastline of Australia is incomplete. New Zealand is shown as two islands.  Hawaii is shown. Reinecke’s General Charte von Australien was republished five times between 1801 and 1820 and with each edition the latest information was added with new place names…

    • Author: REINECKE Johann Christoph
    • Year: 1801
    • Dimension: 450 x 600 mm
    • Place of publication: Weimar