![Item #17047 [Africa Map, Congo] Institut Geographique Du Congo Belge, Carte Administrative at...](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/17047.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1687899700)
The Belgian Congo (French: Congo belge) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960. The former colony adopted its present name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 1964. In 1960, as the result of a widespread and increasingly radical pro-independence movement, the Belgian.....
Spain: Direccion General del Turismo, 1954. Folded Map. Folded color Brochure/Map, 4 by 9 inches when folded opening to 16 by 19 inches. Large street map with major tourist spots marked and four other maps: 1) Buses, Trolley-Buses, Tramcars; Metro Lines; Outlet Roads from Madrid.
Paris: A. Leconte, Publisher, 1950. Soft cover. Each walk is attended by an itinerary and a map.
Folded map.
![Item #17040 Kort Over Kobenhavn Pios turistkort Nr. 14 og [på bagsiden] specialkort over...](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/17040.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1687785002)
Kobenhavn [Copenhagan]: Jespersen Og Pios Forlag. 1930. Cardstock folded holder with index and attached map. 25 pages of a comprehensive index of street listings with location coordinates and two pages of transportation information. The folder measures 5 by 8.5 inches the map opened 27.6 by 27.7 inches (70.3 x 70.5.....
Aberdeen is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country.
Stockholm: Generalstabens Litografiska Anstalt, 1949.
Sweden: Tourist Traffic Society, 1947. Folded Brochure.
France: [American Express], c1950s. Folded Map. The piece outlines several tours that could be taken in detail with a nice birds-eye map.
New York: Rand McNally, 1952. Folded Map. Atlantic Petroleum was an oil company in the Eastern United States headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a direct descendant of the Standard Oil Trust. It was also one of the companies that merged with Richfield Oil Corporation to form the "AtlanticRichfield Co.", later.....
Italy: Ente Nazionale Italiano per il Turismo / Italian State Tourist Department, [1966]. An advertising piece for the Banca Nazionale Del LavoroThere are no institutional copies listed in the OCLC.
Germany: Halle, Joham, Gebauer, 1756. Background Information:The map shows the conflicts in Mauretania and the province of Africa Proconsularis during the early first century AD. Gaetulien.The Romanised name of an ancient Berber tribe inhabiting Getulia, covering the large desert region south of the Atlas Mountains, bordering the Sahara. Mauretania (also.....
![Item #005290 [1756 German Map of North Africa from Strait of Gibraltar to Tunisia ] Das alte...](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/005290.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1656682690)
Germany: Halle, Joham, Gebauer, 1756. Background Information:The Massylier ( Massylioi , latin Massyli ) were an ancient tribe in eastern Numidia . To the east bordering their territory ( Massylia ) at Carthage.-----Numidia (202 BC - 46 BC) was an Ancient Berber kingdom in what is now Algeria and a......
First Edition, First Printing. Illustrated Wraps. Instructions for attending the Fair with an overview and a schedule of events and descriptions of the exhibits.Background Information:The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, the first official World's Fair to be held in the United States, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 10.....
Washington, D.C. Department of the Interior, 1933. Folded Map. What a difference today when parks are approaching their visitor-limits. Early leaders, Stephen Mather and Horace Albright realized the public would advocate for more park support once they visited.Background Information: Crater Lake National Park is in the Cascade Mountains of southern.....
London: Nicholas Tindal, c1745. This Map is From: "The Continuation of Mr. Rapin's History of England: From the Revolution to the Present Times" by Nicholas Tindal (a translation of Rapin-Thoyras's "Histoire d'Angleterre"), an atlas presenting a history of the military engagements and campaigns of the War of the Spanish Succession.....
Philadelphia: Published by Carey & Lea, 1822. Drawn by Fielding Lucas, Jr. (1781-1854). One of the most detailed maps of the Bahama Islands to appear in a Commercial Atlas. Lengthy narrative text below includes details about the islands, climates, towns, soils, government and history of each.Carey & Lea's Atlas is.....
Philadelphia: Published by Carey & Lea. c.1822. Fielding Lucas, Jr. "The best atlas of early nineteenth century America."With the French part of the island, to the west, shown in pink and the Spanish part in yellow. With the history of unrest on the island described in the text below the.....
Jackson, Calif. Creative Lithograph Company, c1962. Map by William Wintle. Folded Map. Travel the Golden Chain Highway through Central California.This wonderful promotional map drawn by William Wintle combines the historic and the modern to create an inviting opportunity for the adventurous motorist along Highway 49 in California. The route is.....
[Tokyo]: Japanese Government Railways, 1927.
Paris: Blaise. Louis-Francois Cassas - Cartographer. No Binding. Background:Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier (27 September 1752, Paris - 20 June 1817, Aix-la-Chapelle) was a member of the Académie française and the Choiseul-Gouffier family, French ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1784 until the fall of the French monarchy and a scholar of.....
John Ogilby (1600 - 1676). Background Information:John Ogilby (1600 - 1676) was the first cartographer to make use of strip-maps for roads. A Scottish translator, impresario and cartographer. Best known for publishing the first British road atlas, he was also a successful translator, noted for publishing his work in handsome.....
Edinburgh: Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1806. 1st Edition. Soft cover in modern boards. The Grampian Mountains are one of the three major mountain ranges in Scotland, occupying a considerable portion of the Scottish Highlands in northern Scotland. The other major mountain ranges in Scotland are the Northwest Highlands and the.....
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company was a railroad that operated a rail network of 1,143 miles running east from Portland, Oregon, United States, to northeastern Oregon, northeastern Washington, and northern Idaho. After 1896 it operated as a consolidation of several smaller railroads.In 1880, the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company.....
![Item #16144 Oslo, Norway Travel Brochure with Map, 1969 [Shell, Oil]. Oslo Travel Association](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/16144.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1663770547)
Norway: Oslo Travel Association, 1969. Folded brochure.