Amsterdam; This finely drawn chart of the Chesapeake Bay appeared as chart 19 in De Nieuwe Groote Lightende Zee-Farkel, Part 4, produced by Johannis van Keuler (1654-1715). First issued in 1684 and reprinted continuously until 1783, this volume…
16.5 x 11.5 cm
Black & White
Handwritten on Back: "Hampden House. Located across from Handley Stadium & Death Valley. Formerly the Minnie Lacy Home occupied by Dr. & Mrs. Frank J. Simes, Aug, 1967"
16.5 x 12 cm
Black & White
Handwritten on Back: "Home of Dr. Philip H. Ropp Formerly Theta Chi fraternity house located on Fraternity Row (Atikinson Ave)"
24 x 18 cm
Black & White
Typed on Back: "Scene from Death Valley, the name given to the athletic complex many years ago. Hundley stadium in the foreground; Gammon Gym in rear".
Oxford; Appearing in Edward Wells' A New Set of Maps, published in Oxford in 1700, this map was included in many editions until 1738. Little information is presented south of New York, but there are five insets: Carolina, New Scotland, I. of Jamaica,…
Philadelphia, 1831; Published in Mitchell's A new American Atlas, which was designed to illustrate the geography of the United States, this is map 7, engraved by J.H. Young. An inset shows a plan of Washington, D.C. and Georgetown, and statistical…
Venice; From Guilliaume Thomas Francois Rayna's Storia dell'America Settentrionale, 1778, which contains 12 colored maps. Relief shown pictorially. Large "D" in Atlantic Ocean. Based on the Fry-Jefferson map of Virginia. Shows area from Filadephia…