Two Rare National Geographic Eastern and Western Hemispheres Chromolithographic Maps by NC Wyeth (1822-1945). Washington, DC, 1928. Each: 16 3/4 x 18 1/2 inches sheet. Fold lines visible, as is frequently the case. Matching wood frames, in frame each 17"x20"x 1./2" Weight 8 pds. NO IN HOUSE SHIPPING ON THIS ITEM.***Pickup only or Shipping on this item offered through Pak Mail 843-849-0310 - info@charlestonshipping.com , Quik Mail Etc 843-723-6598 quickmailetc@gmail.com, Outward Bound 413-854-3676, or locally AJ Williams & Sons 843-442-0462. Please contact one of them or your own choice of shipper directly. **** In 1927, famed American painter N. C. Wyeth completed a series of five murals for Hubbard Memorial Hall, the National Geographic Society’s first formal library. Called “The Romance of Discovery,” the murals were flanked by highly illustrated maps of the eastern and western hemispheres showing the paths taken by some of the world’s most significant explorers. These hemisphere maps have become very scarce and much sought after. The legend of the Eastern Hemisphere map reads: "While simulating the illuminated mariners' charts of the Sixteenth Century, which pictorially dramatized the deeds of dauntless explorers, this map of the Eastern Hemisphere records present-day political boundaries. It also traces the routes of the great discoverers who sailed strange seas and penetrated misty continents to add new areas to the known world." The legend of the Western Hemisphere map reads: "Painted in quaint Sixteenth Century style, this chart of the Western Hemisphere suggests the imagination that launched intrepid explorers to the ends of the earth, yet records accurately the boundaries of to-day. On it are traced the paths, plowed through virgin seas and blazed across unknown continents, that gave to man a realization of the true magnitude of his world."

Fold lines visible, as is frequently the case.