Description
A striking 1895 George E. Norris lithograph view of Newport, a historic town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire. The view looks on Newport from a fictional highpoint to the south. At center the conjunction of various branches of the Sugar River and the town s urban center. To the northwest of the town center the famous Corbin Covered Bridge (today a replica stands here), is recognizable for its tall narrow frame. Another covered bridge, just south of the Sugar River convergence, passes out of town on Elm (today s Maple) Street. Other Newport landmarks on the map include the Court House, Town Hall, Railroad Depot, First Burying Ground, Phenix Hotel, Newport House, Flannel Mills, Kimball s Machine Shop, and the Newport Union Carriage Factory.
1930 (dated)
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Description
An extremely rare bi-lingual Chinese/English map of Shanghai, China, here in its second edition, issued by the Shanghai-Japanese cartographer Sugie FusazÅ (ææ±æ¿é ) in March of 1930, or Showa 5. This is the second of Sugie FusazÅ s maps to include a panorama of the city (more specifically the Bund), and the first to depict the bund from across the Huangpu River, a convention coped on the 1932 Cross House map (Shanghai-crosshouse-1932), and one that would be followed in many later editions of the map. The map focus is on the extraterritorial Foreign Concessions huddled around the confluence of the Hunagpu River (Whangpoo) and Soochow Creek (Suzhou). The Japanese area is highlighted in orange, the British in red, the American in Pink, and the large separate French Concession in Yellow. The map extends westward along the Extraterritorial Roads, also administered by the Concessions, as far as the Jessfi
1867 (undated)
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Description
A scarce map of New York City s Upper West Side, including the southern half of Central Park, issued in 1867 by Matthew Dripps. This is likely the earliest obtainable specific map of the Upper West Side, predating the maps of Egbert Vielé (1868), John Bute Holmes (1874), and Herman Knickerbocker Vielé (1879). Moreover, as the map predates most major development on the Upper West Side, its ichnographic qualities - showing the layout of numerous individual buildings - are of the utmost historical significance. For example, no doubt one of these homes was where Edgar Allen Poe (84th and Broadway) composed
The Raven. Coverage extends from West 91st Street to 59th Street and from 5th Avenue to the Hudson River. Cartographically, this map is based upon the 18th century farm surveys of John Randel Jr. (1787 - 1865) and Blackwell, with updates and revisions by the civil engineer John F. Harrison (1824 - 1891).
1828 (undated)
Description
The first printed view of Singapore, issued less than 10 years after it was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781 - 1826). This aquatint view was published in 1828 after a painting by Royal Navy Captain Robert James Elliot. It looks on Singapore from Government Hill, covering the Plain, Singapore River, and Chinatown. Even at this early stage, presents a bustling city with numerous buildings and a lively port. We have not been able to trance Elliot s original painting.
Census and Publication HistoryThe map view drawn in late 1822 or early 1823, but was not printed until John Crawfurd included it in the 1828 publication of his
KiHeiManchuria-printingbureau-1923
$2,500.00
Title
åé»éµåå輿å / Carte du District Postal de Ki-Hei. / Postal Map of Ki-Hei District.
1923 (dated)
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Description
This is an am impressive 1923 official tri-lingual (Chinese, French, English) postal wall map of Jihei, at the time known as Ki-Hei, northern Manchuria. Coverage is centered on the district capital of Harbin. The map is bordered on the north and east by Siberia and the Heilong River (Amur River), and on the south by Mongolia, Fengtien, and Korea. The impressively detailed chart notes postal roads, river crossings, and mileage between post locations. Post Offices appear throughout and are subdivided by size, with seven designations between the single District Head Office (Harbin) and numerous Rural Stations. A key at bottom center breaks down these and other distinctions not used on this map, such as Postal Connexion by Boat suggesting that this coding sy