Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

10/21/2026

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This is an 1862 Walter L. Nicholson map of eastern Virginia and the...

10/19/2026

1970 Freya Tanz Promotional Pictorial Map of Oahu, Hawaii

Oahu. / Oahu Souvenir Map Hawaii.

Postwar Tourist Boom in Oahu.

22 x 36 inches

This is a c. 1970 pictorial promotional map of Oahu prepared by Freya Tanz. It was produced at a time when tourism from the U.S. mainland was surging, reorienting Oahu's economy. This shift brought clear economic benefits, but it also raised questions about the commodification of culture and sustainability that remain points of contention on Oahu today.

http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/OahuHawaii-freyatanz-1970

10/19/2026

1945 American Red Cross Map of German Camps w/ American POWs

Location of German Camps and Hospitals Where American Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees Are Held. based on information received to December 31, 1944.

WWII German POW camps holding Americans.

22.25 x 27 inches

This is a poignant 1945 American National Red Cross map locating German camps holding American prisoners of war and civilian internees during the final year of World War II. Camps marked in red give geographical form to the wartime captivity of airmen, soldiers, sailors, merchant mariners, and civilians.

http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/GermanCamps-redcross-1945-3

10/19/2026

1945 82nd Airborne Pictorial Map of Western Europe - Printed in the 82nd's Newspaper

'All American' Paraglide Berlin Edition.

82nd Airborne Division and the Occupation of Berlin.

23.5 x 17.5 inches

This is a World War II 1945 82nd Airborne Division pictorial map of Europe. The map highlights the 82nd's combat experience, with a focus on Berlin and the Division's role in the post-war occupation. A Closer Look Coverage embraces from the English-Scottish border and northern Ireland south to North Africa and from the Atlantic Ocean to Berlin. 82nd Airborne insignia mark training and battle sites.

http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/AllAmerParaglideBerlinEd-82nd-1945-2

10/19/2026

1736 Seutter Map of China and Korea

Opulentissimum Sinarum imperium juxta recentissimam delineationem in suas provincias disterminatum, cura et sumtibus Matthaei Seutteri, Sac. Caes. et Reg. Cath. Majest. Geogr. August. Vindelic.

Riches of the Orient.

19.5 x 22.5 inches

This is a c. 1736 Matthäus Seutter map of China and Korea presenting the Chinese empire as a source of wealth, geographical knowledge, and maritime commerce. The composition places China's densely mapped interior beside an allegorical celebration of European engagement with the East. A Closer Look The map encompasses China from the northern deserts and Great Wall to Hainan and the Gulf of Tonkin, extending west into Tibet and east across Korea, Taiwan, and western Japan.

http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/China-seutter-1736

10/19/2026

1863 Kawachiya / Itamiya Map of Osaka, Japan

改正增補國寶大阪全圖 / [Revised and Supplemented Complete Map of National Treasure Osaka].

Osaka on the Eve of the Meiji Restoration.

27.25 x 39 inches

This is an 1863 large-format woodblock city plan or map of Osaka, Japan, prepared by Kawachiya Tasuke and Itamiya Zenbē. It offers a remarkably detailed overview of the city in the late Tokugawa period, when it was one of Japan's largest and wealthiest cities, second only to Edo (later Tokyo). In this era, Osaka remained a major center of commerce and finance despite heavy damage from an uprising in the 1830s. A Closer Look This map measures 27.

http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Osaka-kawachiyaitamiya-1863

10/19/2026

1862 Yoshikazu Ukiyo-e Map of Treaty Port Yokohama, Japan

御開港橫濱之圖 / [Map of the Open Port of Yokohama].

Early Expansion of Treaty Port Yokohama.

18.25 x 26.5 inches

This is a c. 1862 ukiyo-e city map or plan of Yokohama, Japan, by Ichikawa Yoshikazu. It depicts the city several years after it opened as a treaty port in 1859, when it was rapidly developing into Japan's main hub of trade and cultural exchange with foreign powers.

http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Yokohama-yoshikazu-1862

10/19/2026

1704 Halma / Ligorio View of Ancient Rome, Italy

Antiquae Urbis Romae Imago Accuratiss: ex Vetustis Monumentis...

Bird's-eye reconstruction of ancient Rome in all its imperial glory.

21 x 25 inches

This is a 1704 François Halma bird's-eye view of ancient Rome, based on Pirro Ligorio's influential 1561 reconstruction. Ligorio restores Rome to its ancient glory, with its temples, baths, theaters, circuses, and imperial monuments rising above a dense fabric of streets and houses. Side panels identify 269 monuments and sites, giving the pictorial detail an antiquarian framework.

http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/RomeAncient-halma-1704

10/19/2026

1924 White Map of Chocó Department, Colombia

Intendencia Nacional del Choco. Plano general de la via Quibdo Negria y de algunas de sus conexiones.

A Planned Interoceanic Route in Colombia's Remote Northwest.

42.25 x 20 inches

This is a c. 1924 map of the Chocó intendencia (now a departamento) in northwest Colombia, prepared by the territory's Anglo-Colombian engineer, Roberto J. White. The map presents an ambitious scheme White laid out to connect north- and south-running rivers in Chocó that empty into the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, respectively, creating an interoceanic route capable of handling heavy cargo.

http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/ChocoColombia-white-1924

10/19/2026

1961 Alexander Land Development Maps, Federation of Malaya (Malaysia)

Federation of Malaya Land Development Maps.

Mining and Land Use in the Postcolonial Age.

34 x 31 inches

This is a rare 1961 atlas of land development (i.e., land use) in the newly independent Federation of Malaya, prepared by the Federation's Geological Survey Department under the leadership of Joseph B. Alexander. Focusing on mining and mineral exploitation, the 56 maps provide a remarkably comprehensive overview of the Federation's constituent parts in the years just after independence.

http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/MalayaLandDevAtlas-alexander-1961