Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

Selection of Rare and Antique Maps recently added to the Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri category of Geographicus Antique Map Gallery.

1855 Public Survey Land Office Map of Kansas and Nebraska

This is an attractive example of the 1855 public survey map of Kansas and Nebraska prepared by J. Calhoun, Surveyor General of Kansas and Nebraska. This map covers the platted portions of eastern Nebraska and Kansas. Most of the significant survey work is limited to the lands to the west of the Missouri River, with hundreds of square plats labeled with an 'S' to denote that they had been fully surveyed or a 'T' to suggested that they were only superficially surveyed. A beautiful example of the 1904 official ground plan of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri. The map covers the exposition grounds from Forest Park to the Suburban R.R. Loop. The right margin features a list of exhibits, state and government buildings, plazas, etc. The verso offers some interesting local facts and information about hotels, transportation, travel facilities etc. A fine example of William M. Bradley's 1887 map of Iowa and Missouri. The map covers both states of Iowa and Missouri in fine detail along with parts of neighboring Nebraska, Kansas, Arkansas, Minnesota and Illinois. Bradley also delineates survey grids referencing the work of the U.S. Land Survey. This map also identifies various cities, towns, rivers, railroads, settlements and an assortment of additional topographical details. A beautiful example of the legendary American map publisher Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr.�s 1872 map or plan of the city of St. Louis, Missouri. The map covers the city from Taylor Avenue outside city limits to the Mississippi River and from Augusta to Keokuk Street. In addition to all major streets, this map identifies the U.S. Arsenal, Lafayette Square, the new reservoir, the Fair Ground, and Bloody Island, as well as Arsenal Island across the Mississippi. A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Nebraska and Kansas. This is most probably the rarest and most desirable of all Colton atlas maps. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map was derived from an earlier wall map of North America produced by Colton and D. Griffing Johnson. An excellent 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Iowa. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map was derived from an earlier wall map of North America produced by Colton and D. Griffing Johnson. Covers the entire state of Iowa as well as adjacent parts of Nebraska, Missouri, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. The map also delineates survey grids and plats referencing the work of the U.S. Land Survey. An excellent 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Missouri. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map was derived from an earlier wall map of North America produced by Colton and D. Griffing Johnson. Covers the entire state of Missouri as well as adjacent parts of Illinois and Kansas. An inset of St. Louis and the juncture of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers appear in the upper right quadrant. The map also delineates survey grids and plats referencing the work of the U.S. A beautiful example of A. J. Johnson�s 1863 map of Missouri and Kansas. One of Johnson�s more decorative maps, this rare map offers a fascinating snapshot of these hotly contested states shortly following the outbreak of the American Civil War. Map shows all three states in full with color coding according to county. Offers three inset woodcuts: 'Fire on the Prairie', 'Santa Fe from the Great Missouri Trail' and American Indians 'Spearing Fish' at night from river canoes. From the 1861 Johnson and Browning edition of the Johnson's Atlas , this is one of the rarest and most desirable states of the Johnson�s Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas map. In this example Nebraska is drawn with a long panhandle extending from Iowa all the way to Fremont�s Peak. To the north, Dakota is a massive and newly partitioned territory extending from Minnesota to the Rocky Mountains and from Nebraska to the border with British Columbia. A fine example of Thomas Cowperthwait and S. A. Mitchell�s 1854 map of Missouri. The map outlines with vivid detail counties, survey platting, towns, topography, and one railroad route from St. Louis to Jefferson City. This fledging railroad route is in fact the beginnings of the Pacific Railroad which, in the course of the next two decades, would make its way westward to Sacramento, becoming America�s first transcontinental railroad. This is an attractive county map of Minnesota and Iowa, showing counties in light pastels, roads, rivers, and relief shown by fine hachures. By William M. Bradley, from his Bradley's Alas of the World for Commercial and Library Reference , 1881. This beautiful 1861 map of Iowa and Missouri shows cities and towns in considerable detail, and counties differentiated by delicate pastels. Notes important river systems, railways, canals, and cities. Updated from the 1860 variant in 1861 to reflect the rapid settlement of this region by European Americans in the mid-19th century. One of the most attractive American atlas maps of this region to appear in the period. Features the floral border typical of Mitchell maps from the 1860-65 period. It had been a daring feat of exploration, succeeding where the mountain men had all failed, and by means of his map ... Stansbury had painted at least one more bold stroke into the unfinished portrait of the national landscape. - William Goetzmann This monumental map details Stansbury's seminal 1852 trek from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas to the Great Salt Lake region of Utah. This is an important and rarely seen complete set of six charts from the 1865 U.S. Coast Survey mapping of the Mississippi River. Prepared by F. H. Gerdes, this map set details the territory from Cairo Illinois to St. Mary's Missouri. During the American Civil War this was a critical artery, the control of which would profoundly influence the course of the war. This is A. J. Johnson�s 1862 map of Iowa and Nebraska. Covers the entire state of Iowa as well as the eastern portions of Nebraska. Offers color coding according to county and notations for railways, roadways, cities, towns, and river systems. Features the strapwork style border common to Johnson�s atlas work from 1860 to 1863. Published by A. J. Johnson and Ward as plate number 54 in the 1862 edition of Johnson�s New Illustrated Family Atlas . An extremely attractive example of Colton�s 1854 pocket map format railroad and township map of the Western States. Covers the states of Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri Iowa Michigan and Wisconsin with parts of Minnesota and Pennsylvania. Offers extraordinary detail with color coding to the county level. A beautiful example of S. A. Mitchell Jr.�s 1864 map of Iowa and Missouri. Detailed to the county level with special attention both political and geographic elements. Notes important river systems, railways, canals, and cities. Updated from the 1860 variant in 1861 to reflect the rapid settlement of this region by European Americans in the mid-19t century. One of the most attractive American atlas maps of this region to appear in the mid 19th century. A beautiful example of the American map publisher Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr.�s 1872 map of the states of Iowa and Missouri. Covers the entire state of Missouri as well as adjacent parts of Illinois and Kansas. Missouri played a pivotal role in the events leading up to the Civil War. The Missouri Compromise, which allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, stipulated that all future states north of Missouri's southern would not hold slaves. This is a beautiful hand colored 1865 United States Costal Survey chart or map of a part of the Mississippi River between Illinois and Missouri, roughly between 78 and 96 miles above Cairo, Illinois. Sheet five of a six sheet set depicting the Mississippi River from Cairo Illinois to St. Mary�s Missouri. The bends in the river are named, as are the many river islands shown. Notes towns, wood lots, landings and farms, many of which are shown with family names.

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Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

1855 Public Survey Land Office Map of Kansas and Nebraska