Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Names Hunt & Eaton Source Collection Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 ...
Maps of Alaska, from approximately 1568 to 1880 – AK Drawer 01 Folder 17 Item 01. Source Collection Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA ...
Title: Asia according to the best authorities Names Carey, Mathew
Relief shown by hachures. From Pinkerton’s modern atlas, from the latest and best authorities, exhibiting the various divisions of the world : with its chief empires, kingdoms and states…1818. ...
Il disegno della seconda parte dell’Asia. English: The design of the second part of Asia.
Vintage Japanese travel poster from the 1930s, titled “Autumn in Nagoya”. The poster was originally produced by the Nagoya Tourism Association to promote the city during the autumn foliage ...
Bosphorus of Thrace or channel of the Black Sea Relief shown by hachures. Also covers Constantinople and surrounding region. Oriented with north to the upper right. When affixed to ...
This photograph is an original albumen print, dated circa 1880-1890, depicting the entrance to a European bungalow in Colombo, Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). It is a colonial residence surrounded ...
Central Asia. Relief shown by hachures. “Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1885 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian ...
Channels to Hong Kong and Macao. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. Includes 3 insets. “89 & 102 minories.” Available also through the Library of Congress Web ...
In 1880, Egypt was formally part of the Ottoman Empire but was largely under European influence. Britain and France played major roles in Egyptian politics because of the country’s ...
The economy of Egypt in 1880 depended heavily on agriculture, especially cotton exports. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 made Egypt a key route for international trade. ...
Egyptian society at that time mixed ancient traditions with modern influences. Cairo and Alexandria were lively cities with markets, mosques, and schools, but also growing European communities. Education and ...
The Island and City of Metropolitan Goa of India Portuguese title: A ilha e cidade de Goa metropolitana da India Jan Huyghen van Linschoten (1563-1611) was a Dutch traveler ...
Palestinae sivetere sancte descriptio. English: A holy description of Palestine, or rather.
A striking vintage-style travel poster promoting tourism to “JAPAN,” featuring the iconic national tagline “Land of the Rising Sun.” This retro graphic art print captures the quintessential natural and ...
Hierusalem English: Jerusalem.
Journey and Life of the Patriarch Abraham This map tracing the life of the patriarch Abraham was published in Antwerp in 1590 by Abraham Ortelius (1527-98), the Flemish publisher ...
Includes index to districts. Annotations in ink and crayon along bottom of all sheets. In ink on blue bordered label on sheet 1: 69 C14 1857. In ink on ...
Appears in: Standard Atlas of the World, New York, 1897, p.126. At top margin: Rand McNally & Company’s At left corner: 126 “New 14 x 21.” LC copy stamped ...
Notes – From Wilkinson, [John] Gardner, Sir, 1797-1875. Modern Egypt and Thebes: being a description of Egypt, including the information required for travellers to that country.
Iran. Eastern Half Including Afghanistan, Baluchistan, and the Uzbek Khanate on the Oxus. This 1878 map depicts Afghanistan as well as a narrow band of eastern Persia and adjoining ...
Colton’s Japan : Nippon, Kiusiu, Sikok, Yesso and the Japanese Kuriles. Relief indicated by hachures. Insets: Yesso and the Japanese Koriles–Bay of Nagasaki. Washington or Greenwich meridian. Available also ...
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