Scenic Map of Taiwan (Formosa) Island Province of the Republic of China

Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan Travel Service, Publisher. Unbound. no date, perhaps late 1950s. Distributed by the Chinese News Service in New York. Text in English and Chinese. 14 by 10 inches. Black and white printing. A map of Taiwan, promoting its various sites and cities for the tourist, and touting it as the stronghold of Free China. GOOD condition. Two tack holes at the top corners. Minor browning and soiling. Some creasing and wrinkling at the corners. Good .

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Book number: 020080

Catalogue: Cartography

Keywords: Noisbn Asian History

No Author

Color Map of Japan/Java

No Place, Geo. F. Cram, publisher. Unbound. No date, perhaps pre-1918. 14 ½ by 10 3/4 inches (for whole page). A two sided color map, disbound from a larger work, with one side depicting Japan and the other the island of Java. With a little extra piece jutting out from the lower left portion of Japan to include all of the southern Japanese Islands. VERY GOOD condition. Light toning, wrinkling and a hint of soiling. Very Good .

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Book number: 008447

Catalogue: Cartography

Keywords: Noisbn Asian History

Becker, F.P. (Engraver)

Asia. 19th Century Map

London, Geo. Virtue, Publisher. Unbound. no date, circa 1850s. Single sheet, disbound. 11 by 8 ¾ inches. Black and white steel engraving with hand colored borders. A map of Asia from the 19th century, depicting China, Japan, Siberia (Russia), India, Korea and other countries. FAIR/GOOD condition. Heavy chipping, tearing and curling/creasing along the lower edge, with very minor chipping and tearing along the top. Some curling and creasing to the corners. Faint dampstain to the right center of the map. General minor toning, with very light scattered foxing. Fair .

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Book number: 015599

Catalogue: Cartography

Keywords: Noisbn Asian History

No author given

Canadian Pacific Railway and Connecting Lines. Map

Chicago, Poole Bros, 1924. Unbound. Single sheet, approximately 29 by 17 inches. Printed on a single side only. Perhaps removed from a book or booklet. A map of Canada and the United States, depicting the various railroads operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway, with those printed in red, and other rail lines in black. Includes ticketing routes from St. Paul and from Montreal and Toronto. GOOD condition. Horizontal and vertical fold creases present. Minor soiling and wrinkling. Reverse foxed, with some staining and three spots of glue residue present. Handwritten note titling the map in ink on the reverse. Good .

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Book number: 016485

Catalogue: Cartography

Keywords: Noisbn Railroadiana

No author given

Carte de la Guyane Francaise Et Du Territoire de L'Inini. (Map of French Guiana and the Inini Territory)

No Place, No Publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Single sheet, folded, measuring approximately 27 by 42 inches. Printed on a single side only. Based on print quality, this is perhaps a photomechanical reproduction of some sort, with all printing very light. A map of French Guiana and the territory of Inini, which was an inland area to have been developed using prison labor. It was treated as a separate region from 1930 to 1946. Map includes names of settlements, rivers and other features/locations. GOOD condition. Horizontal and vertical fold creases present. Some wrinkling. Printing very light. A few cartographic notations in pencil along the margins. Good .

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Book number: 014030

Catalogue: Cartography

No author Given

The World. On Mercator's Projection. Map of the Continents and Oceans with Hand Colored Borders

London, George Virtue, Publisher. Unbound. no date, perhaps 1830s, based on publisher's address of Ivy Lane. Single sheet, disbound from a larger work. 11 ¼ by 8 ¾. Map of the world, showing some settlements, rivers and other natural features. GOOD condition. Heavy creasing, chipping, tearing and curling along the extremities. Minor to moderate soiling, foxing and staining. Light toning to the paper. A worn copy. Good .

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Book number: 015862

Catalogue: Cartography

Keywords: Noisbn

Lewis, G. Malcolm (editor)

Cartographic Encounters. Perspectives on Native American Mapmaking and Map Use

Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1998. Cloth. Black cloth in unclipped jacket. 318 pp. A few illustrations throughout. A collection of essays examining maps made by Native Americans in their contact with whites, ranging from land claims to hide paintings, and discussing earlier Eurocentric studies of Native American mapmaking. GOOD+ jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Minor to moderate rubbing, some fading and minor edgewear to the jacket. Slight bowing to the book covers. Owner's name in the interior. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 020078

Catalogue: Cartography

Keywords: Noisbn Indigenous/Native American

Moll, Herman (engraver)

Denmark, Dania. Map from a System of Geography

London, No Publisher, 1701. Unbound. Believed to be from the 1701 edition of 'A system of Geography' that was issued in London in 1701. A single leaf, pages 331/332. Measures approximately 12 1/4 inches tall by 7 1/2 inches wide. With a 6 3/4 by 7 1/4 inch map of Denmark on page 331. Engraved by Herman Moll. With the beginning descriptive text on the history of Denmark, although not complete. Herman Moll was a noted cartographer and engraver, located in England, although perhaps originally from the Netherlands or Germany. Initially working for others, he started to work on his own in the late 1690's, with his exacting style serving to influence other cartographers (Wikipedia). GOOD condition. Minor browning to the paper, a bit heavier along the extremities. Small tear and crease near the lower right corner, with a shallow half moon 1 inch piece missing from the upper left extremity. Small faint dampstain along the upper edge. A few minor creases at the corner. Map a bit offcenter. Good .

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Book number: 006530

Catalogue: Cartography

Keywords: Noisbn Denmark Dania