Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

Selection of Rare and Antique Maps recently added to the Maryland and Delaware category of Geographicus Antique Map Gallery.

1940 Foster and Reynolds Map or Plan of Washington D.C.

150.00 USD — Thu, 14 May 2015 17:23:00 +0000

This is an appealing 1940 map or plan of Washington D.C. by the Foster and Reynolds Company of Washington. It covers Washington D.C. from the Arlington National Cemetery eastward as far as 28th Street and the Congressional Cemetery and from the Soldiers' Home Ground to the Anacostia River and the War College (southern tip of Washington D.C.). The map is exceptionally detailed, noting important buildings, monuments, streets, parks, railroads and an assortment of other topographical details. This is a stunning 1862 birds-eye view map or view of Washington D. C. and vicinity issued in the January 4, 1862 edition of Harper's Weekly. This view offers a fascinating snapshot of the nation's capitol shortly after the outbreak of the American Civil War. The view captures Washington looking southward from around Mayfair towards Warrenton and beyond. The map shows the capital and its vicinity in considerable detail. An attractive 1675 miniature variant on John Speeds rare miniature map of New England and New York issued by Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell. This map was included with the popularly termed 'miniature Speed', an octavo version of Speeds great folio atlas. Like its larger cousin, this map was cartographically derived from Jan Jannson's 1651 Belgii Nova but updated with Anglicized nomenclature and toponymy. This is a beautiful example of A. J. Johnson's 1866 map of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. This map offers a fascinating snapshot of these secessionist states shortly following the close of the American Civil War. The map shows all four states in full with color coding according to county. Throughout, Johnson identifies various cities, towns, rivers and assortment of additional topographical details. A fine example of the esteemed 1676 map of New England issued in the Basset and Chiswell edition of John Speed's Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World . Following in the Jansson-Visscher model, this map covers from the coast of Maine in the vicinity of Penobscot to the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays. This, we might add, is marked departure from the model which typically also includes Virginia. This is a fine 1888 map or plan of Washington D.C. by De B. Randolph Keim. Centered on the National Mall, it covers from the Washington Barracks to Mt. Pleasant and from Arlington Cemetery to Congress Cemetery. The map offers a fascinating snapshot of the nation's capital at a time of rapid expansion and urban development. A spectacular and scarce 1889 map of Washington D.C. issued for The Evening Star newspaper. The The Evening Star hired the photo-lithography firm of Bell Brothers to produce this appealing map to commentate the inauguration of Benjamin Harrison as the 23rd president of the United States. The map details and number each city block with important buildings and intersections identified numerically with an associated tabular legend in the lower left quadrant. This is a charming 1951 map or plan of Washington D.C. by the American Automobile Association. Published by the Greater National Capital Committee, Convention and Tourist Bureau and the Washington Board of Trade, the map covers Washington D.C. from the South Capitol Street bridge over the Anacostia River north to the U.S. Soldiers Home and Cleveland Park and from the Arlington Cemetery eastward as far as Lake Kingman. An uncommon first edition first state example of Robert de Vaugondy's 1755 map of the Ohio River Valley and eastern seaboard from Maine to Carolina. The map coves from Lake Huron to Brunswick North Carolina and from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean. An inset map in the upper right continues the coastline southwards along the Carolina Coast from Cape Fear to Talbot Island. This is a fine example of Robert de Vaugondy's 1755 map of the Virginian, Delaware, and Maryland, including the Chesapeake Bay. The map extends from the Allegany Mountains eastward to the Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Bay, and Atlantic Ocean. Parts of adjacent New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina are also included. Cartographically Vaugondy derives this map from the Virginia-Maryland portions of the 1755 Dalrymple edition of the Fry-Jefferson map. A fine c. 1756 example of one of Tobias Conrad Lotter�s most iconic maps. This is Lotter's important map of the Middle Atlantic and New England regions during the British colonial period. One of the most desirable, interesting and attractive pre-Revolutionary maps of the Middle English Colonies, particularly New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Lotter's map covers from Lake Ontario in the northwest eastward to the Atlantic and as far south as Maryland, Delaware and the Chesapeake Bay. This is a beautiful example of A. J. Johnson's 1866 map of Washington D.C. and Georgetown. It offers a fascinating snapshot of the nation's capital shortly after the close of the American Civil War. Shows the city in considerable detail with color coding according to ward. A fine first edition example of Robert de Vaugondy's 1755 map of the Virginian, Delaware, and Maryland, including the Chesapeake Bay. The map extends from the Allegany Mountains eastward to the Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Bay, and Atlantic Ocean. He also includes parts of adjacent New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. Cartographically Vaugondy derives this map from the Virginia-Maryland portions of the 1755 Dalrymple edition of the Fry-Jefferson map. A fine example of the scarce c. 1694 Schenk and Valk map of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay. Oriented to the west, this map covers from Cape Henry to the Susquehanna River and inland as far as the Appellation Mountains. The Chesapeake Bay is shown in full as are many of its river estuaries, though topographically this map places a number of mountain ranges where there are in fact none. This is a fine example of S. A. Mitchell and Thomas Cowperthwait's 1854 map or plan of Washington D.C. Given that most of Washington D.C. was under construction when this map was drawn, Mitchell's plan is a remarkable combination of existing of existing cartography and future projections. This is an exceptional example of the 1851 U.S. Coast Survey's nautical chart or maritime map for New Jersey and the Delaware Bay. It covers the coast line from New York City south through New Jersey to Cape Henlopen, and from the Delaware Bay north, along the Delaware River, as far as Trenton. New York City, Atlantic City, and Philadelphia are identified. Triangulation points throughout the regions as well as all major islands, rivers, and inlets are also shown. This is a lovely 1833 map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and Virginia issued by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge or S.D.U.K. The map covers the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware in full with parts of modern day Virginia and West Virginia. States are color coded with outline color. Several important topographical features including rivers, mountains, lakes, etc. are noted throughout. This is a fine example of Joseph Meyer's 1852 map of the Mid-Atlantic States. It covers New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia as well as parts of Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont. Six inset maps are also included. These feature New York and vicinity, Philadelphia and vicinity, Niagara Falls and vicinity, Albany and vicinity, Pittsburg and vicinity and Baltimore and Washington DC and vicinity. A scarce, important, and highly desirable 1852 nautical chart or maritime map of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays by Fielding Lucas Jr. This chart covers the entirety of the Chesapeake Bay from Wrightsville (on the Susquehanna River) and Philadelphia (on the Delaware River) to Cape Henry and Norfolk, Virginia. This is a scarce 1835 map of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware by the important American mapmaker T. G. Bradford. It covers what is today Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Maryland. Includes Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay. Cartographically sophisticated, Bradford's map incorporates political and topographical data, naming cities, towns, rail lines, mountains, canals, and rivers. Offers color coding at the county level. This map was published as plate no. 36 in Thomas G.

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Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

1940 Foster and Reynolds Map or Plan of Washington D.C.