Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

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

1943 F. E. Manning World War II Propaganda Map of the World: Target Berlin

1200.00 USD — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 16:37:00 +0000

One of the most iconic American World War II propaganda maps, this is F. E Manning's 1943 propaganda broadside map 'Target Berlin'. The focus of the broadside is a dramatic shaded panoptic view centered on Berlin, then the capital of the Third Reich, from which a series of concentric circles radiate creating a distinctive target-like effect. This is a beautiful view of Trinity Place in New York City issued by D. T. Valentine. The view looks southward on Trinity Place with Trinity Church and the Trinity Church cemetery on the left. It features a gravedigger near a grave, some trees and bushes in the foreground and surrounding buildings. Illustrates the third and current Trinity Church buildings, built in 1846, which, with its spire and cross was the highest point in New York until 1890. This is a beautifully drawn view of Fraunce’s Tavern located on the corner of Broad St. and Pearl St. in Lower Manhattan. The view features Fraunces Tavern, the headquarters for George Washington during the Revolutionary War while negotiating with the British regarding their evacuation. It was from here, on December 4, 1783, that George Washington bade farewell to the officers of the Continental Army. This is a charming and unusual 1888 board game by the Parker Brothers. This game, titled Innocence Abroad, was the first game produced under licence by the Parker Brothers. It consists of a game board with a fictitious stylized map, where players must start from one âdepotâ and reach the one on the end the fastest. Along the way, they have various detours and shortcuts, and an opportunity to eat in the railroad dining room and shop in the shopping area. This is an unusual and attractive 1901 board game of the United States Game, by the Parker Brothers. Considered one of the best of the Parker Games, it consists of a game board featuring the map of the United States. Depicts the entire county (barring Hawaii and Alaska) and features beautiful illustrations of ships sailing the oceans, farms, cities, forests, parks, mountains, rivers and other topography. One of Frederick W. Rose's most iconic caricature or satirical maps, this is the 1899 Angling in Troubled Waters . The map presupposes that the reader will recognize the familiar shape of Europe and its constituent nations, which have here been replaced by caricatures, each of which tell their own political story. This is a beautiful diagram of an Armillary Sphere which appears as the title page to Herman Moll's System of Geography . It depicts Atlas, the titan of astronomy and navigation in Greek mythology, holding the armillary sphere. Neptune, the God of the Sea is shown sitting on a globe, while other Gods and Goddesses look on. Two cherubs are seen holding up world maps. This is an 1852 statistical table of France by V. Levasseur. It lists the various departments of France and their corresponding statistics including population, distances, area, distance from Paris, etc. Brief notes on government, physical geography, soil, agricultural products, commerce, industry and colonies is included in the bottom section. Published by V. Levasseur in the 1852 edition of his Atlas National de la France Illustree . An important and charming 1720 satirical allegory map, commonly known as the 'Fools Head' or 'Fools Cap,' intended to illustrate the dangers and pitfalls of 'bubble economies.' After the bursting of the Dot-Com Bubble and the more disastrous United States Housing Bubble (and subsequent sub-prime mortgage crises) most will find the themes of this 18th century map taunting the speculators in the Mississippi Scheme - poverty, sorrow, and despair - quite familiar. The Mississippi Company (a. A charming and curious 1840 allegorical manuscript map illustrating, according to its title, 'Matter-of-Money'. The title can be somewhat misleading, suggesting that this map is intended to represent business dealings, but from the content, this item clearly follows in the tradition of early 19th century English allegorical representations of the joys and pitfalls of matrimony. This is a scarce 1806 hand color aquatint and etching of a Tub for the Whale, by James Gillray. The lengthy title references the preface of Jonathan Swift's satire A Tale of a Tub , published in 1704. In the etching, we see a whale with horns � John Bull (based on the personification of England) with a gaping mouth, spouting 'Ridicule' and 'Contempt' towards a packet-boat steered by the new Ministry. A rare and extraordinary 1801 Johann Elbert Bode elephant folio celestial, constellation, or star map of Ursa Major (the Great Bear or Big Dipper) and Leo Minor. Considered the largest and most dramatic celestial maps of their era, possibly ever published, Bode's gigantic star charts detail thousands of stars, nebulae, and clusters. Constellations are dramatically represented in pictorial form, as was the convention of the previous century. A rare and extraordinary pair of elephant folio celestial hemisphere charts or star maps issued in 1801 by Johann Elert Bode. Considered the largest and most dramatic celestial map of its era, possibly ever published, these gigantic star charts detail thousands of stars, nebulae, and clusters. Constellations are dramatically represented in pictorial form, as was the convention of the previous century. This is an attractive example of Mitchells 1854 Comparative Mountains and Rivers Charts. Mitchell based his Mountains and Rivers Chart on a nearly identical map first prepared by the American engraver H. S. Tanner in 1836. This stunning center weighted chart, built on the Finley model, makes the significant advance of incorporating both mountains and rivers with substantial scientific and statistical data. An uncommon c. 1835 moralistic broadside attributed to Albert Alden featuring an allegorical illustration of the stages of a woman's life from 1 to 80. Standing astride a brick pyramid, this broadside engraving illustrates a woman's life in 7 stages: 1, 12, 18, 30, 50, 75, and 90. An uncommon c. 1835 moralistic broadside attributed to Albert Alden featuring an allegorical illustration of the stages of a man's life from 5 to 100. Standing astride a brick pyramid, this broadside lithographic engraving illustrates a man's life in 10 stages: 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 0, 80, 90, and 100. An iconic 1825 lithograph illustrating the South Sea Whale Fishery. This view was engraved by T. Sutherland based upon a painting by W. J. Huggins, official Marine Painter to his Majesty. The illustration express the excitement, richness, romance, and brutality of the whaling trade. In this image the sailors of the HMS Amilia Wilson do battle with numerous Sperm Wales with the island of Bouro in the background. This is a fine example of the 1836 Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge or S.D.U.K. map of the Islands of Atlantic Ocean. Essentially sixteen inset maps on one sheet, the map covers the Azores or Western Isles, Faeroe Isles, Madeira Isles, Canary Islands, Princes Island, Anno Bon, Fernando Po, St. Thomas, Ascension Island, St. Helena, Tristan da Cunha Isles, Cape de Verde Isles, Bermuda Isles, Trinidade Isles, Fernando Noronha and the Falkland Islands. A scarce c. 1630 small format map of Bermuda by Johannes Cloppenburg. Based upon an earlier maps by Gerard Mercator and John Speed, this map shows the whole of Bermuda. Around the edges of the map parts of neighboring islands and the mainland of North America peak out - although admittedly wildly out of proportion to the size of Bermuda. This is a fine example of Adam and Charles Black's 1844 chart of the World's Magnetic Curves of equal variation. The chart depicts the magnetic curves over the entire world, but does not show the isomagnetic lines over any continent except North America. It marks the northern magnetic pole at the Boothia Felix (now the Boothia Peninsula) based on the first expedition by James Clark Ross in 1831.

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Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

1943 F. E. Manning World War II Propaganda Map of the World: Target Berlin