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

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

Map, Boston, Pictorial, Birthplace of Telephone, Ernest Dudley Chase, Vintage Print, 1947

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

Map, Canada, Ontario, Pictorial, Vintage Print, Toronto,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, China, Pictorial, A Friendship Map, Louise Jefferson, Vintage Print, 1948

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

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

Map, Connecticut, New Haven, Yale University, Vintage Print, 1928

Map, Connecticut, Pictorial, Historical, Connecticut College, New London, Vintage Print, 1934

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

Map, Florida, Sarasota, Pictorial, Thornton Utz, Vintage Print, 1960s

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

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

Map, Germany, Pictorial, World War II, Set of 6 Ceramic Tiles, Vintage Print, 20th Century

Map, Illinois, Chicago, Pictorial, Historical Centennial, Vintage Print, 1933

Map, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Pictorial, Historical, Abraham Lincoln, Vintage Print, 1953

Map, India, Pictorial, A Friendship Map, Louise Jefferson, Vintage Print, 1946

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

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

Map, Korea, Military, Pacific Stars and Stripes Korean War Map, Vintage Print, 1953

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

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

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

Map, Long Island, New York, Pictorial, Ronald Toelke, Vintage Print, 1974

Map, Long Island, New York, Pictorial, Shelter Island, Claude Martinez, Vintage Watercolor, 1962

Map, Louisiana, New Orleans, Pictorial, Fabulous Wonderland, Humorous Illustrations, Gus Levy, Vintage Print, 1951

Map, Maryland, Pictorial, Historical, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Vintage Print, 1936

Map, Massachusetts, Boston, Pictorial, Alva Scott Garfield, Vintage Print, c. 1960s

Map, Massachusetts, Boston, Pictorial, Bostonian’s Idea of the United States, Daniel K. Wallingford, Vintage Print

Map, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Pictorial, Harvard University & Radcliffe, Tercentenary, Vintage Print, 1935

Map, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Pictorial, Harvard University, Radcliffe College, Garfield, Vintage Print, c. 1960s

Map, Massachusetts, Cape Ann and the North Shore, Pictorial, Vintage Print, 1934

Map, Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, Pictorial, Vintage Print, 1940

Map, Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Pictorial, Clara Katrina Chase, Vintage Print, c. 1950s-1960s

Map, Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Pictorial, Colton Waugh, Vintage Print, 1930