Rand, McNally & Co.’s map of the United States showing, in six degrees the density of population, 1890.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; ordered by Jeff’n Davis, Secretary of War to accompany the reports of the explorations for a railroad route.
Scale 1:3,000,000. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. LC copy annotated in color to show Indian reservations and military departments, and colored flags to show military establishments. Two copies. Copy 1 has brown flags and is sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Copy 2 has red and brown flags. Incorporates note and surveys added […]
A new & correct map of the whole World.
Two issues, one issue shows colonial sea to sea grants in North America. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. 2 copies, vary slightly. Vault
[Map of California shown as an island].
Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
North America divided into its III principall [sic] parts.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. 2 copies, second copy has been ornamented by the addition of 4 ships in the sea. Vault
Journal du voyage de Laurent Lange a la Chine.
Swedish born Lorenz Lange was among the many West Europeans to enter Russian service during the reign of Peter the Great. In 1715, he was sent to China as a special envoy to promote Russian commercial interests. This book recounts his overland journey through Tobol’sk, Tomsk, Eniseisk, Irkutsk, the Trans-Baikal region, and northern China. He […]
Voyage au Kamtschatka par la Sibérie.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
G.W. Steller’s … Reise von Kamtschatka nach Amerika mit dem Commandeur-Capitån Bering : ein Pendant zu dessen Beschreibung von Kamtschatka
Signatures: pi² A-H⁸(-H1) J⁴. Verzeichnis Deutscher Drucke des 18. Jahrhunderts (VD 18), VD18 10247696 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has armorial bookplate: Ex libris E.F. Nolte M.D. LAC knj 2019-06-19 no edits (1 card) LAC ddw 2023-06-07 update (1 card)
Vniversale descrittione di tvtta la terra conoscivta fin qvi.
Relief shown pictorially. Based on an earlier map by Giacomo Gastaldi. From the Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress, no. 1304. Originally printed on 2 sheets, each 48 x 40 cm. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text and ill. Vault
[Book of running charts of the Yukon and Stewart rivers, 1913-1950
Title devised from content of atlas. Holograph. Accompanied by typed letter to George H. Wallace which describes the work of river pilots on the Yukon and Stewart rivers. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.