(New York – New York) A New Yorker’s Idea of the United States Antique Maps Great study of native distribution

Great study of native distribution and culture

this canvas backed wall map of China

Sketch Map Prepared by Calhoun in 1849 Suggesting Localities for Indian Agencies

The Environs of London

A fine work for France by DeJode

(New York – New York) A New Yorker’s Idea of the United States Antique Maps Great study of native distribution(New York New York) A New Yorkers Idea of the United States of America It seems like a common, comic approach today, but this map by Wallingford is one that helped start the whole genre of whimsical perspectival maps. Beginning as early as the late 1920's he hit on a funny style that caught on quickly. This gem for the NYC urbanite shows a jumbled funny map of the states with a radically distorted NYC, Brooklyn and Staten Island. Condition is good