(Mass.-Marthas Vineyard) Eldrigde's Lazio Surrounded by a nice decorative

Surrounded by a nice decorative border

This map was brought to our attention by author and scholar Susan Schulten in her discussing early thematic maps

A beautiful map of Japan from a mid-19th century indigenous cartographer

This map also shows the Republic of Texas when it was indeed

Two insets show the centers of the empire in Greece and Italy

(Mass.-Marthas Vineyard) Eldrigde's Lazio Surrounded by a nice decorativeEldridge's Map of Martha's Vineyard. A dramatic large folding map for the island surrounded by sailing ships and steamers. Shows the roads and "proposed route of electric railway", along with towns and points of interest, even the location of the submarine telephone and telegraph cables ("Don't Anchor"). Notes a few places in the nearby Sea that are good for fishing ("Bass Fishing Here"). A large inset in the upper left shows the relative position of