1931 Map Showing Isle of PleasureBy: H. J. (Heinie) Lawrence Date: 1931 (dated) Houston, Texas Original Size: 20 x 17. 5 inches This is a fine print reproduction of a humorous Prohibition era pictorial map that illustrates the many vices that lay within the "Isle of Pleasure." The isle itself is in the shape of a human skull and is aptly names the "State of Inebriation," which is surrounded by the "Whiskey Strait," "Gulp Stream," and the "Prohibition Sea." The Prohibition Era of the

By: Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Original Size: 18 x 48 inches (46 x 122 cm)

just above is Governor’s Island and moving northward one will find

as are many of the natural resources of the region

The map was created by Miguel G

Date: 1661 / 1708 (published) Amsterdam

The Chinese were in relative geographic isolation from the rest of the world until the 1800s

Date: 1874 (Published) New York

Several other railroads are depicted including the Toledo Peoria & Warsaw

who made a manuscript map of China which reached Ortelius via Arias Montanus

Noteworthy landmarks shown in this view include the Statue of Liberty in the lower right

Other scenes depict the traditions of indigenous peoples