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Early 20th century view of Chicago and its elevated train lines, extending from Jackson Park in the south northward to Central St in Evanston, and from the lake westward to the Des Plaines River in Oak Park. The map shows the layout and stops of the five elevated train lines: Metropolitan W. S. Elevated, South Side Elevated, North Western Elevated, Chicago and Oak Park Elevated, and the Union Loop Elevated. The map also shows numerous parks in the city, including Jackson Park, Washington Park, Grant Park, Lincoln Park, and Garfield Park, as well as a detailed depiction of major roads, rivers, and surrounding towns.

One of the earliest maps to show the proposed city of Washington in the District of Columbia. Andrew Ellicott was in charge of surveying the land set aside for the District and city, and made several modifications to L'Enfant's original plan for the new capital. The map shows the street layout, with wide diagonal streets named after the states overlaid on a regular grid pattern. The Capitol building, Mall, and President's House are indicated, and explanatory notes are included in the lower corners describing the layout of the streets and details of surveying.

An early map of the United States showing the states extending west only to about the Mississippi River. Beyond that four main territories are indicated: North West Territory (covering Minnesota and Wisconsin), Arkansas Territory (covering Arkansas and part of Oklahoma), Missouri Territory (covering the entire upper midwest from Kansas north to Canada), and Oregon Territory (covering the Pacific Northwest). The map contains a wealth of information about the country at that time, indicating the locations of cities, towns, rivers, and forts, as well as descriptive text in various places (some examples: "On the banks of the Illinois are abundance of wild grapes in 1769 the French planters made 170 hhs. of strong wine", and "Missouri Territory is a vast Wilderness, consisting chiefly of immence Plains, almost destitute of wood except in the neighborhood of Streams. It is traversed by numerous herds of Buffaloes and wild Horses, and by a few roving tribes of Indians"). The map also contains inset charts showing, among other things, the population of the states in 1820 and 1830, and a profile of the Erie Canal.

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A detailed late 19th-century view of Barcelona, showing streets, parks, hills, buildings, rail lines, and more. The city of Barcelona expanded considerably throughout the second half of the 19th-century, with many new neighborhoods added on a regular street grid pattern. The city grew to encompass several smaller towns nearby, and the map shows the new grid pattern fanning out to meet the existing smaller towns. The map also includes inset text on the left outlining the population of the various neighborhoods in 1887, and an inset chart in the upper right showing the distance and direction of cities in Spain and around the world to Barcelona.

A mid 18th century depiction of the city of Venice, originally published in Bellin's "Le Petit Atlas Maritime." Includes the names of numerous canals, as well as an index in the upper right to major landmarks, including bridges, churches, palaces, the Piazza San Marco, and other items of interest.

Detailed city map of Paris from the late 19th century. The coloring indicates the locations of 20 separate districts, and the walls surrounding the city are highlighted in orange. The map is full of many details, including labels for most streets, numerous buildings, churches and parks. The map also contains two inset maps: in the upper left, the area surrounding the city is depicted, and includes Versailles and numerous towns and roads; in the lower left, a map of the tramway system in the city, with each line labelled.