What's New - October 2010

A detailed topographic map from the late 19th century of Puerto Rico. The island is divided into seven Departments (Aguadilla, Mayaguez, Arecibo, Ponce, Bayamon, Guayama, and Humacao), and the map includes numerous cities, towns, rivers and roads.

A railroad map showing the detailed route on the Burlington Line from Chicago to San Francisco. The three horizontal parts show the Chicago to Omaha, Omaha to Salt Lake City, and Salt Lake City to San Francisco portions of the route. The map includes numerous details, including all stops along the way, information on connecting trains and stage coaches, altitude profile for the whole route, and text describing the type of land covered along the route. As the map says, "Armed with this Guide, the passenger needs no further information."

Originally produced as a large classroom wall map, this map shows the configuration of Europe between the World Wars. The new countries of Finland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and Albania are shown, as well as the re-emergence of Poland, Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. The borders of Germany and Poland extend much further east than in present day, and the new enlarged borders of Greece are shown in their present day configuration since the end of the Balkan Wars in the 1910s. An inset map in the upper right corner shows the population densities of Europe at the time.