1872 Map of Nevada and CaliforniaBy: Warner & Beers Date of Original: 1872 (Published) Chicago Original Size: 17 x 13. 5 inches (43 x 34. 25 cm) This is a fine print reproduction of California and Nevada by Warner & Beers, published out of Chicago in 1875. The map is color coded by county and includes a wealth of interesting historical content and cartographic detail. Much of this region had previously been part of a variety of larger territories such Upper California, New Mexico,

the “90 miles to Cuba

the Grand Canyon

which is mapped as Eso and connected to the Russian island of Sakhalin and the Kruil islands of Kunashir (Staten Eylant) and Iturop (Compagnies Land)

and a mosque replete with minaret

By: Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Date of Original: 1948 (published) Texas

as well as numerous cities

Northfield is best known as the designer of a series of posters for the Australian National Travel Association

and a sea monster ornament the ocean within an elaborate web of rhumb lines

Montana was added to the map in 1865 and the existing territories were updated with additional counties

Of course homage is paid to Chicago's name sake

By: Henry Popple