Pictorial Maps

Pictorial maps are a genre in which the cartography is enlivened with illustrations pertinent to the places shown: landmarks and buildings, peoples and ethnography, plants and animals, sometimes rendered in bird’s-eye view. The maps often include historical events and references. Boats, airplanes and other modes of transportation, and local agricultural and manufactured products frequently appear. Generally, they include embellishments such as compass roses, elaborate cartouches, and decorative borders. The maps are usually characterized by humorous, playful or whimsical touches. Although by definition the maps are pictorial, they often include textual explanations of the illustrations. Inasmuch as the maps contain illustrations, they are usually very decorative, also serving the purpose of promoting tourism, and commemorating historical milestones and some annual events. Read more about this popular and highly collectible genre in on our online article About Pictorial Maps.

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Astronomy, Diagram, Moon Map, North American Rockwell, Antique Print, c. 1969

Fine Art, Modern, Pictorial Map, Kidnapping Kissinger, Oyvind Fahlstrom, Screenprint, 1974

Map, Alaska, Pictorial, Far North Frontier, Kleng Rude, Vintage Print, 1959

Map, California, Pictorial, George Hanft, Vintage Print, 1967

Map, California, Pictorial, Map of Hollywood, Harold Grieve, Vintage Print, 1926

Map, California, Pictorial, San Francisco, Chinatown, Ethel Chun, Vintage Print, 1939

Map, California, Pictorial, Yosemite, Jo Mora, Vintage Print, 1940s

Map, Canada, Historic Saskatchewan, Pictorial, A.W. Davey, Vintage Print, 1955

Map, Canada, Ontario, Pictorial, Vintage Print, Toronto,1950

Map, Caribbean, Bahamas, Pictorial, George Annand, Vintage Print, 1951

Map, Caribbean, Pictorial, Trinidad, Edward Everett Henry, Vintage Print, 1936-38

Map, Caribbean, Virgin Islands, Pictorial, Vintage Print, c. 1966

Map, Caribbean, West Indies, Pictorial, Vintage Print, c. 1960s

Map, Central America, Costa Rica, Pictorial, Vintage Print, c. 1950

Map, China, Peking, Pictorial Map, John Kirk Sewall, c. 1938-45

Map, China, Peking, Pictorial, A Map and History of Peiping, Frank Dorn, Vintage Print, 1930s

Map, Colorado, Pictorial, Rocky Mountain National Park, Richardson Rome, Vintage Print, 1938

Map, Connecticut & New York, Pictorial, Greenwich, New Canaan, Bedford, Rye, Garden Club,1927

Map, Connecticut, Fairfield County, Pictorial, Stanley Jerome Hoxie, Vintage Print, 1934

Map, Connecticut, Greenwich 1775-1800, Pictorial, Roger H. Selchow, Vintage Print, 1939

Map, Connecticut, New London, Pictorial, Harve Stein, Vintage Print, 1946

Map, Cuba, West Indies, Pictorial, Eliza Dooley, Vintage Print, 1941

Map, England, Liverpool, Pictorial, Beatles Memorabilia, Vintage Print, 1974

Map, England, Pictorial, Booklovers’ Map of the British Isles, Paul Paine, Vintage Print, 1927

Map, France, Pictorial, Story Map of France, Vintage Print, 1936

Map, Georgia, Plains, Pictorial, Jimmy Carter Presidential Memorabilia, Vintage Print

Map, Historical, United States, Colonial, Pictorial, Vintage Print, 1959

Map, Illinois, Chicago, Pictorial, Clason, Two-sided Vintage Print, c. 1926

Map, Ireland, Story Map of Ireland, Vintage Print, 1930s

Map, Japan, Tokyo, Pictorial Map, Vintage Print, 1955

Map, Long Island, Algonquins, Pictorial, McCue, Vintage Print, 1968

Map, Long Island, Fire Island, Pictorial, Welden, Vintage Print, 1965

Map, Long Island, New York, Aviation, Pictorial, Eric Sloane, Roosevelt Field, Print, c. 1930s

Map, Long Island, New York, Aviation, Pictorial, Eric Sloane, Vintage Aluminum Foil Print,1937

Map, Long Island, New York, Pictorial, Catherine & Theodore Nelson, Vintage Print, 1964

Map, Long Island, New York, Pictorial, Courtland Smith, Vintage Print, 1933

Map, Long Island, New York, Pictorial, Courtland Smith, Vintage Print, 1961

Map, Long Island, New York, Pictorial, Hamptons, Catherine & Theodore Nelson, Vintage Print, c. 1964

Map, Long Island, New York, Pictorial, Hank Schneider, Vintage Print, 1947