Highlights from 1,406 New Maps added to the David Rumsey Collection,
      March 1, 2001. All titles may be found by searching under Search/by

      Publication Author using the author names below.  Total maps on the
site
      now number 4,418.

      Monsieur Danville. Atlas General, 1771. 48 maps, including several
      important maps of the Americas.

      Aaron Arrowsmith. South America, 1814. The huge (over 8 feet tall)
six
      sheet wall map originally issued in 1811.

      John George Bartholomew. Times Atlas of the World, 1922. 117 maps,
the
      second edition of this influential 20th century atlas and the first

      edition to use Bartholomew's maps.

      Joseph Bouchette. Maps of Upper and Lower Canada, 1815 - 1831.
Seven large
      maps by the Bouchette family, including highly detailed maps of the

      Montreal and Quebec districts.

      David Burr. New Universal Atlas, 1835. 63 maps, first edition.

      Osgood Carleton. Map of Massachusetts, 1801. The first official map
of the
      State.

      George Cram. New Commercial Atlas Of The United States and
Territories,
      1875. 35 maps, the rare first edition of Cram's short-lived large
format
      US atlas.

      Cruz Cano y Olmedilla. Mapa Geografico de America Meridional, 1799.
The
      London edition, published by William Faden, of this important early
map of
      South America; originally issued in 1775 in Madrid.

      A. Fullarton & Co. Royal Illustrated Atlas, 1872. 75 maps, one of
the last
      decorative atlases published in the 19th century.

      William Hammond Hall. Los Angeles Basin, 1880. Large unrecorded
manuscript
      topographical map, one of the earliest to show the Los Angeles area
in
      detail.

      Eli Hayes. Illustrated Atlas of the Upper Ohio River and Valley,
1877. 141
      maps and views from this rare "county style" atlas showing the
cities,
      towns, businesses, and residences of the Ohio River Valley from
Pittsburgh
      to Cincinnati.

      J.B. Homann. Atlas Methodicus, 1719. One of the earliest teaching
atlases.


      Thomas Kitchin. General Atlas, 1790. 35 large maps constructed from
62
      separate sheets.

      Herman Moll. Atlas Minor, 1736. 62 maps. Includes 18 maps of the
Americas.


      John Pinkerton. A Modern Atlas, 1815. 64 maps. The first edition.

      Rand McNally. Business Atlas of the United States, 1879. 50 maps,
the
      first atlas of the U.S. by Rand McNally.

      Gilles and Didier Robert de Vaugondy. Atlas Universel, 1757. 109
maps,
      first edition. Includes 25 detailed maps of French Provinces, 7
maps of
      the Americas, and 5 added postal maps of European countries.

      Snyder, Van Vechten & Co. Historical Atlas of Wisconsin, 1878. 142
maps
      and views. Detailed maps of each county and most cities, plus
lithographic
      views of farms, commercial buildings and prominent citizens.

      U.S. General Land Office. Maps Accompanying the Annual Report of
the
      General Land Office, 1866. 23 maps, including maps of all the
western
      states and territories.

      Warner & Beers. Atlas of the State of Illinois, 1876. 155 maps and
views.
      County maps, detailed Chicago maps, views.

      James Wyld. Map of North America, 1823. Rare, first edition of this

      important map, noted for its accurate depiction of the Pacific
Northwest
      and its wildly inaccurate showing of the American Southwest.

      Plus over 100 wall maps of the World and the Americas. Includes
maps of
      the United States by Samuel Lewis and Charles Varle, 1817; John
Melish's
      Map of Pennsylvania, 1826; Herman Boye's Virginia, 1827; William
Eddy's
      California, 1854; William Scully's Brazil, 1866; two maps of Oahu,
      Hawaiian Islands, 1881 and 1899; John Cary's World, 1819; and many
others.
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Philip Hoehn, Librarian
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
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