ANTIQUE MAPS OF NORTH AMERICA

ALEXANDER, W. D.

Hawaiian Government Survey Molokai.

1897. 425 x 865.
Laid on fine archivist tissue, signs of old folds but otherwise sound. Coloured lithograph.
A detailed survey of the island of Molokai. Julius Bien & Co.

£120

NEWTON, Herbert E.

Kauai, Territory of Hawaii.

Julien Bien & Co. c.1901. 500 x 590.
Slight restoration to old fold, strengthened with fine archivist tissue. Lithographic colour.
The island of Kauai in the State of Hawaii.

£110

WALL, Walter E.

Lanai. Government Survey 1878.

Washington, H. E. Newton 1906. 495 x 590.
Cropped at the edges with slight loss, repairs to old folds, laid on fine archivist tissue. Lithographic colour.
A detailed map of the island of Lanai in the State of Hawaii.

£85

BELLIN, N.

Karte von der Hudsons Bay.

Leipzig, 1756. 205 x 285.
Dark impression, slight water staining in margins.
Hudson's Bay, from the German edition of Bellin's Prévost &c.

£42

BELLIN, N.

Grundriss von der Bay Chedabuctu heutiges tages Havre de Milfort.

Leipzig, 1756. 200 x 280.
Dark impression.
From the German edition of Bellin's Prévost &c.

£35

BELLIN, N.

Karte von dem Ende der Hudsons - Bay.

Leipzig, 1756. 195 x 145.
Dark impression, slight water staining in margins.
James Bay in southern Hudson's Bay, from the German edition of Bellin's Prévost &c.

£25

SCHREIBER, Johann Georg.

Charte von dem Engellandischen u Franzoesischen Besitzungen in Nord America.

Leipzig, c.1730. 175 x 245.
Original colour.
Published in Schreiber's Atlas Selectus. A fine map of the eastern U.S. from Newfoundland to the Bay of Mexico.

£390

SANSON, Nicholas.

Amerique Septentrionale.

Paris, c.1670. 195 x 275.
Fine dark impression, cut close at margins with no loss of printed surface.
North America with California as an island.

£560

OGILBY, John.

Novi Belgii quod nunc Novi Jorck.

[London, 1671].. 290 x 370.
Fine dark impression.
A fine decorative map of New England.

£1,300

VANDERMAELEN, Phillipe Marie Guillaume.

Partie de la Vielle Californie.

Brussels, 1827. 455 x 640.
Original colour.
A map showing the northern territory of lower California and Mexico, showing land from San Diego to Sebastian Vizcaino Bay and the Sonora region of Mexico.

£280

S.D.U.K.

North America Sheet I. Nova-Scotia with Part of New Brunswick and Lower Canada.

London, 1832. 395 x 320.
Original outline colour, two small holes in left-hand margin due to binding, with no loss. Slight browning to top margin just into printed border. Detailed map, with the counties delineated in colour. Engraved by J & C Walker. 06701.

£48

VAUGONDY, G. Robert de.

Golfe de St. Laurent, Isle et Bancs de Terre Neuve.

Paris, 1749. 170 x 180.Original outline colour. The Gulf of the St Laurence, Newfoundland and the the Grand Banks.

£75

MOLL, Hermann.

America.

London, Thomas Bowles & John Bowles, 1735. 275 x 210.
Original colour; good condition.
North and South America, published in the second edition of Moll's "Atlas Minor", published after his death in 1732. California is shown as an island.

£390

[LAPORTE, Joseph de.].

Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre, Nouvelle York, Nouvelle Jersey et Pensilvanie.

Paris, 1786. 220 x 180.
Original outline colour; slight soiling otherwise good.
A delightful small map of the area, showing an unusual shape for Hudson Bay in Canada. Published in Laporte's 'Atlas Moderne Portatif'.

£210

HONDIUS, Henricus.

America noviter delineata Auct: Henricus Hondio 1631.

Amsterdam, 1606-. 380 x 500.
Fine original colour; some old centrefold defects and minor toning caused by guard paste. Other marginal defects but nothing serious, otherwise a good example.
A fine map of the Americas, with insets of the North and South polar regions, the former showing the legendary island of Frislant and the latter a huge southern continent with Beach Provincia named (Australia). Originally published with four decorative borders by Jodocus Hondius in 1618. After Hondius' death in 1629 the plate passed to brother Henricus, who removed the borders to make it easier to fit into his new atlas. Translated into English by Henry Hexham - Quatermaster to the Regiment of Colonel Goring. UNCOMMON. BURDEN: 192, state 3. KOEMAN: Me 41A.

£2,950

MERCATOR, Michael.

America sive India Nova.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1609, French text edition. 375 x 470.
Finely hand coloured; excellent condition over all with only very minor age-toning to the margins
The only known map engraved by Gerard Mercator's grandson (better known for his engraving of the Drake silver medal while resident in London in 1589). First published in Duisburg, 1595, it shows North and South America within a sphere, with a large New Guinea and "Terra Australis Nondum Cognita". A clear North-West Passage is shown; the St Lawrence river runs past the unknown Great Lakes to rise in a mountain chain mid-continent; the mythical "Friesland" is shown near Iceland; South America has a distinctive bulge in the south-west (removed from Ortelius' map 1587), and at the North Pole is the island invented for magnetic north. Around the map is an extensive floral pattern with roundels in each corner, one for the title, the others for inset maps of the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba and Haiti. BURDEN: 87. KOEMAN: Me 19.

£4,500

BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Grundriss der Stadt Quebec.

Leipzig, 1760. 195 x 275.
Uncoloured; dark impression, minor rust spot otherwise fine condition.
Town plan of Quebec, with a 24-point key. From a German edition of Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages'.

£110

BELLIN, N.

Katre von dem Ostlichen - Stucke von Neu Frankreich oder Canada.

Leipzig, 1744. 395 x 555.
Uncoloured; fine dark impression, old folds and trimmed to printed border at bottom left corner.
Eastern Canada, from the German edition of Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages'.

£260

BOWEN, Thomas.

A Chart of the Delaware Bay and River from the original by Mr Fisher of Philadelphia 1776.

London, London Gazette, c.1780. 185 x 230.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning and print offset as is usual for these particular maps. Slight signs of old embossed private library stamp dated 1861.
A chart of the Delaware River from Cape May to Philadelphia

£56

VAUGONDY, G. Robert de.

Bayes D'Hudson et de Baffins, et Terre de Labrador.

Paris, 1749. 165 x 160.
Original outline colour; very slight overall age-toning otherwise good.
Hudon's Bay, the Davis Straits, Baffin's Bay and Greenland.

£80

VAUGONDY, G. Robert de.

Isle de Terre - Neuve.

Paris, 1749. 170 x 190.
Original outline colour, slight waterstaining mostly confined to top margin.
The island of Newfoundland.

£95

TIRION, Isaak.

Kaart van het Westelyk Gedeelte van Nieuw Mexico en van California.

Amsterdam, 1765. 325 x 350.
Original colour; fine condition with no faults.
A detailed map of California after the Jesuits, shows north of San Diego to Kaap de la Conversion? and the whole of Baja California.

£560

DU VAL, Pierre.

Noweau Mexique.

Paris, 1663. 100 x 120.
Original outline colour; fine condition.
A miniature map of New Mexico. Shows the island of California. First state, from 'La Géographie Universelle'.

£530

DU VAL, Pierre.

Noweau Mexique.

Paris, 1676. 100 x 120.
Uncoloured; fine condition.
A miniature map of New Mexico. Shows the island of California. Second state, from 'La Géographie Universelle'.

£510

DU VAL, Pierre.

La Floride.

Paris, 1676. 91 x 120.
Uncoloured; fine condition.
A miniature map of Florida, covering the whole of the southern States - from New Mexico to Virginia. From 'La Géographie Universelle'.

£340

DU VAL, Pierre.

Carte de La Virginie.

Paris, 1676. 100 x 123.
Uncoloured; fine condition.
A miniature map of Virginia, showing the coastline from Florida to Long Island, with an inset of the island of Bermuda. Lake Eire is now named and the word al=Manhate appears in the sea area. From 'La Géographie Universelle'.

£340

LEVASSEUR, Victor.

Amérique Septrentrionale.

Paris, c.1845. 320 x 450.
Original outline colour; fine condition.
Steel engraving, with finely engraved vignette borders. On the map Texas is an independent country: having revolted from Mexico in 1835, its independence was recognised 1840, but it joined the United States in 1845. According to the table the population of Texas was 200,000 against 19 million in the U.S!

£210

KLEINKNECHT, L.V.

Die Staaten von Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut & Rhode I.

Hildburghausen, 1846. 260 x 195.
Original outline colour; minor spotting, small splits to folds in margins and small holes caused by binding - again in margins.
A map of the north east region, with insets of Massachusetts, New Haven and Hartford.

£130

L'ISLE, Guillaume de.

Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississippi Dressée sur un grand nombre de Memoires entr' autres sur ceux de Mr le Maire Par Guillaume DeL'Isle...…

Amsterdam, Covens & Mortier, c.1730. 450 x 595.
Original outline colour; slight age-toning and minor spotting, otherwise very good.
"One of the most important maps of the North American continent" - William P.Cumming. This edition published by Covens & Mortier remains unchanged from the original edition of 1718. The first detailed map of the Gulf region and the Mississippi, the first printed map to show Texas [Mission de los Teijas establie en 1716], the first to show the land routes of earlier centuries - De Soto in 1539 and 1540 and his successor Moscoso in 1542, Cavelier in 1687, Tonty in 1702 and the recent routes of Denis in 1713 and 1716. The map had political implications and outraged the English by laying claim to Carolina "so named in honour of Charles 9th by the French who discovered it and took possession and established themselves in 15..." and as a further insult, "Charles Town [Carolina] named by the French Carlefort".
TOOLEY: Mapping of America, pp.21-22, #43, plate 11.

£2,400

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Virginia et Florida.

London, Michaell Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 145 x 185.
Uncoloured; very slight show through of text from verso as is often the case with this edition, otherwise fine.
This map of Virginia and Florida is a reduced version of the one by Jodocus Hondius published in his 'Atlas Cosmographicae' of 1606 . This example is from the 'Historia Mundi or Marcator's Atlas'...enlarged with new mapps... by Jodocus Hondy [sic]. English text title outside platemark reads; Virginia. Translated into English by W. Saltonstall.

£530

WEIMAR, GEOGRAPHISCHES INSTITUT.

Illinois.

Weimar, 1826. 410 x 450 including text.
Original outline colour; fine condition.
From the 'Atlas von Amerika' A detailed map of the State of Illinois with details on population and production in the German text either side.

£210

WEIMAR, GEOGRAPHISCHES INSTITUT.

Kentucky.

Weimar, 1826. 455 x 520 including text.
Original outline colour; fine condition.
From the 'Atlas von Amerika' A detailed map of the State of Kentucky with details on population and production in the German text below.

£210

WEIMAR, GEOGRAPHISCHES INSTITUT.

Mexico.

Weimar, 1826. 475 x 550 including text.
Original outline colour; fine condition.
From the 'Atlas von Amerika'. Shows North America as far north as California and almost as far as Louisianna. The numbered key names the 21 states of Mexico. Texas is named, also San Francisco - with details on population and production in the German text either side.

£560

GIBSON, John.

Newfoundland.

London, 1792. 95 x 65.
Uncoloured; fine condition.
A miniature map of the island of Newfoundland. From the 'Atlas Minimus', drawn and engraved by John Gibson , revised, corrected and improved by Emanuel Bowen.

£75

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Virginiae item et Floridae.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius & Johannis CLOPPENBURG, 1632. 190 x 255.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning of paper, minor staining and minor defects to margins, otherwise very good.
Virginia and Florida after John White and Le Moyne, who in turn drew heavily on accounts from the French explorers and also the Indians, this information was at times notoriously unreliable and lead to many misconceptions which perpetuated for well over 100 years. From the rare Cloppenburg edition - a larger format edition of Mercator's pocket atlas.
KOEMAN: Me 200.

£750

WEIMAR, GEOGRAPHISCHES INSTITUT.

Der Noerdlichetheil des Grossenwelt Meeres...…

Weimar, 1826. 520 x 680.
Original outline colour; fine condition.
From the 'Atlas von Amerika'. Basically a map of the North Pacific, shows the Islands of Japan right the way across to California and the Bay of Monterey. Originally done by C G Reichard in 1804, the 'known' coastline of Alaska coloured red the same as that of Russia prior to the purchase by the USA in 1867. The northern coast remains unexplored.

£290

OGILBY, John.

Nova Virginiae Tabula.

[London, 1671]. 290 x 360.
Uncoloured; dark impression, fine condition.
A fine decorative map of Virginia, winged putti, natives, a goat, a long tailed sheep and a llama fill the top corners and enhance the mile scale at the bottom.

£1,200

TALLIS, John.

Mexico, California, Texas &c.

London, London Printing & Publishing Co., 1851. 260 x 330.
Original outline colour; very minor marginal soiling, otherwise a fine unfolded example.
This state of the map has an extra key: "The newly discovered GOLD districts Coloured thus", with a yellow stripe down the centre of California. With engraved vignettes including a view of panning for gold and the ruins at Uxmal, Yucatan

£280

TALLIS, John.

North America.

London, The London Printing & Publishing Co.1851. 350 x 240..
Original outline colour; short repaired tear to left-hand margin just effecting the decorative border and the Wafiti Deer vignette, hardly noticable, otherwise a fine unfolded example.
An attractive steel plate engraving of North and Central America from Greenland to Panama with several decorative vignettes showing Eskimo, Indians, the Niagara falls and various fauna.

£230

HOMANN HEIRS.

Dominia Anglorum in America Septentrionali...…

Nuremburg, 1746. 505 x 550.
Original colour; printers creases to upper and lower margins, just effecting printed surface, minor soiling to margins, cut close at bottom edge but with enough blank paper to facilitate framing, minor spotting and wax staining on the printed surface, otherwise good condition.
Four maps on one sheet: Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick - New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania - Virginia and Maryland - Carolina and north Florida.

£680

FLEMMING, Carl.

TEXAS.

Glogau, c.1860. 400 x 320.
Original outline colour; very minor marginal soiiling otherwise fine.
Unfortunately maps dedicated of Texas are expensive... this one is fairly accurately drawn with the counties coloured separately and much detail. Inset plan of Galveston Bay.

£680

HOGG, Alexander.

Chart of Norton Sound and of Bherings Strait made by the East Cape of Asia and the West Point of America.

London, c.1795. 210 x 330.
Uncoloured; minor age-toning to margins, otherwise good condition.
A chart of the Bering Strait, showing the tracks of Cook, and later by George Vancouver, William Bligh, Charles Clerke, John Gore and James King. Gives the date July 3rd 1779, five months after Cook met his death on the Sandwich Islands.

£48

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni typus.

Antwerp, 1588, Spanish text edition. 350 x 470.
Coloured; fine dark impression.
First published in Ortelius' 'Theartrum' in 1570. An improtant map for signifying the geographical relationship between north east Asia and north west America. California is named, also the Sierra Nevada.
Van den BROECKE: 163.

£980

S.D.U.K.

North America sheet III. The Dominion of Canada. Ontario. With parts of New-York, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

London, Thomas Letts, 1877. 320 x 425.
Original outline colour; trimmed to tope of page with no loss, otherwise superb condition.
Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontarion. Published in the atlas for the Society for the Diffusion of Usefull Knowledge.

£68

S.D.U.K.

North America sheet IV. Lake Superior.

London, Thomas Letts, 1877. 310 x 380.
Original outline colour; superb condition.
Lake Superior in some detail. Published in the atlas for the Society for the Diffusion of Usefull Knowledge.

£78

S.D.U.K.

North America. Parts of Wisconsin and Michigan. Sheet V.

London, Thomas Letts, 1877. 305 x 375.
Original outline colour; superb condition.
Lake Michigan. Published in the atlas for the Society for the Diffusion of Usefull Knowledge.

£78

S.D.U.K.

North America sheet XIII. Parts of Louisiana, Arkasas, Mississippi, Alabama & Florida.

London, Thomas Letts, 1877. 310 x 385.
Original outline colour; superb condition.
The southern States. Published in the atlas for the Society for the Diffusion of Usefull Knowledge.

£78

S.D.U.K.

North America sheet XV Utah, New Mexico, Texas, California &c.

London, Thomas Letts, 1877. 320 x 385.
Original outline colour; superb condition.
Shows the south western United States and part of Mexico. Published in the atlas for the Society for the Diffusion of Usefull Knowledge.

£90

HOMANN, Johann Baptist.

Ampliffimae Regionis Mississipi...

Nuremberg, 1731. 485 x 575.
Fine original body colour; very minor spotting, mainly effecting margins, expert repair to short centrefold split, otherwise a very good example.
North America from New Mexico to the St Lawrence and from Florida to Lake Superior. Insets of the Niagara Falls and a Bison. Highly decorative, one of the classic maps for any collection.

£1,950

S.D.U.K.

North America Sheet XI. Parts of North and South Carolina.

London, Charled Knight, 1847. 380 x 335.
Original outline colour; light age-toning to margins, otherwise fine.
Detailed map, with the counties delineated in colour.

£54

S.D.U.K.

North America sheet XIII. Parts of Louisiana, Arkasas, Mississippi, Alabama & Florida.

London, Charles Knight, 1847. 310 x 385.
Original outline colour; light age-toning to margins, otherwise superb condition.
The Southern States. Published in the atlas for the Society for the Diffusion of Usefull Knowledge. Engraved by J & C Walker.

£68

S.D.U.K.

North America Sheet VIII; Ohio, with parts of Kentucky and Virginia.

London, Charles Knight, 1847. 360 x 315.
Original outline colour; fine condition.
Detailed map, with the counties delineated in colour. Engraved by J & C Walker.

£68

S.D.U.K.

North America Sheet X. Parts of Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas.

London, Charles Knight, 1847. 320 x 395.
Original outline colour; fine condition.
Engraved by J & C Walker.

£68

BLAEU, Johannes.

Nova Virginiae Tabula.

Amsterdam, 1650, Dutch text edition. 375 x 485.
Fine original colour; slight age-tonig caused by the text on the verso, otherwise a fine example.
Originally done by Jodocus Hondius after John Smith's map. This is state 2 of the plate with G Blaeu's name in place of Hondius, Blaeu purchased the plate from Hondius in 1629 and the imprints where altered to reflect the new ownership.
TOOLEY: pp. 161-162.

£2,100

BLAEU, Johannes.

Virginiæ partis australis et Floridæ partis orientalis, interjacacentiumq. regionum Nova Descriptio.

Amsterdam, 1640. Dutch text edition. 385 x 500.
Fine original colour; some minor age-toning caused by the text on the verso, otherwise a fine example.
This map was based on the prototype map of the region by Mercator, but with considerable improvements for the Carolinas, which were heavily contracted by Mercator. Among the many new names that appear are Jamestown and Newport Quays.
Cumming: The Southeast in Early Maps, no.41.

£1,350

LEVASSEUR, Victor.

Amérique Septrentrionale.

Paris, c.1845. 320 x 450.
Original outline colour; steel engraving, fine condition.
A superb steel engraving, profusely illustrated with wild life, including a polar bear, fox, St Bernard dog, bison and a crocodile

£140

S.D.U.K.

North America.

London, Thomas Letts, 1877. 380 x 320.
Original outline colour; fine condition.
The whole of North America. Engraved by J & C Walker.

£58

DE L'ISLE, Guillaume.

Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France et des Decouvertes qui y ont été faies.

Amsterdam, Jean Covens and Cornelius Mortier 1703-08. 485 x 570.
Fine original colour; minor soiling to margins, otherwise a good example.
A fine map of North America from Maryland to Baffin Bay and Greenland. Shows the Great Lakes with more accuracy than the earlier map of N. America by Guillaume De L'Isle in 1700, this example is a closely re-engraved example. The earlier edition was the first map to show Detroit only two years after the founding of the village by Cadillac. Based on the work of Franquelin Joliet and the Jesuits.
TOOLEY: The Mapping of America, # 39, pp. 20.

£950

MERCATOR, Michael.

America sive India Nova.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1619, French text edition. 375 x 470.
Fine original colour; excellent condition.
The only known map engraved by Gerard Mercator's grandson (better known for his engraving of the Drake silver medal while resident in London in 1589). First published in Duisburg, 1595, it shows North and South America within a sphere, with a large New Guinea and "Terra Australis Nondum Cognita". A clear North-West Passage is shown; the St Lawrence river runs past the unknown Great Lakes to rise in a mountain chain mid-continent; the mythical "Friesland" is shown near Iceland; South America has a distinctive bulge in the south-west (removed from Ortelius' map 1587), and at the North Pole is the island invented for magnetic north. Around the map is an extensive floral pattern with roundels in each corner, one for the title, the others for inset maps of the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba and Haiti.
BURDEN: 87. KOEMAN: Me 19.

£4,900

ANON.

A New Map of North America from the latest discoveries, 1763.

London, 1763. 280 x 380.
Original colour; some expert restoration to upper right and lower left corners and at fold intersections, signs of old folds and repairs to short splits in the margins, light age-toning, otherwise good condition.
A map of the Eastern States, engraved by J Spilsbury and probably published in 'The London Magazine'.

£230

BELLIN, N.

Grundiss von Neu - Orleans.

Leipzig, 1744. 200 x 285.
Uncoloured; light signs of age-toning, otherwise a fine dark impresion.
A detailed plan of the City of New Orleans, with 18 point key, from the German edition of Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages'.

£180

BELLIN, Nicolas.

Karte von Nord-America Zur Geschichte von Neu-Frankreich.

[Leipzig], 1743-55. 280 x 350.
Uncoloured; signs of old folds, cut close on the left margin, but with enough blank paper to facilitate framing, otherwise very good.
A map of North America with an interesting Great Lakes area.

£210

BOWEN, Emanuel.

A New & Accurate map of Bermudas or Sommer's Islands taken from an Actual Survey wherein the Errors of former Charts are Corrected.

London, 1752. 355 x 215.
Uncoloured; originally two maps on one sheet, this map has been divided and remargined at the right edge, loss of printed line border has been manuscripted in, otherwise a fine example.
A detailed map of Bermuda showing churches, roads, settlements, shoals, sand-banks and rocks. From 'A Complete Atlas, or Distinctive View of the Known World'.

£580

[KITCHIN, Thos.].

The Country between Crown Point and Albany being the Great Pass from the English to the French settlements in North America.

[London, Gentleman's Magazine, c.1775.] 195 x 115.
Uncoloured; very minor staining to margin, otherwise a good example.
The Hudson River from Albany to Lake Champlain, names Fort Edward, Fort Miller. Fort Massachusets and Fort William Henry.

£90

ANON.

(Sketch Map) Dominion of Canada. Albert Railway of New Brunswick.

Unknown publication date or place. 430 x 520.
Coloured lithograph: signs of old folds, otherwise good condition.
A large scale map of the area around the Bay of Fundy, shows the north coast of Nova Scotia, and southern New Brunswick. Saint John is named and marked as is the 'Inter Colonial Railway' and the 'Albert Railway'.

£45

BELLIN, N.

Karte von dem Ostlichen-Stucke von Neu Frankreich oder Canada.

Leipzig, 1744. 395 x 560.
Uncoloured; fine dark impression, signs of old folds from a smaller volume, trimmed close to the plate mark, but well away from the printed line border, overall very good example.
Eastern Canada; Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

£230

KEERE, Pieter van der.

America.

London, George Humble, 1646. 90 x 125.
Coloured; minor marginal soiling and toning, otherwise a good example.
A map of the America's from the so-called "Miniature Speed". Shows California as an island and a large land mass in the South Pacific… 'The Onknowne World', [sic].

£340

[KITCHIN, Thomas.].

A Plan of the City & Harbour of Louisburg.

London Magazine, 1745 - c.1780 195 x 110.
Uncoloured; light age-toning to the edges of the margins, otherwise a very good example.
A plan of Louisbourg on the north east coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, from the London Magazine. Shows the English Battery, the fortification of Louisbourg and the location where the English landed on April 30, 1745. Louisbourg later became the location for the battle between the French and Canadians against the British and Americans on 27th July 1758, part of the so called 'Seven Year War' (1757-1762)..

£75

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio.

Antwerp, 1579, Latin Text. 355 x 495.
Finely coloured; some marginal soiling and staining, two very small pin sized holes, one at centrefold, the other in the top border, signs of old creasing in the lower part of the map, otherwise very good.
The second copperplate for the map of the America's produced for the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'. The 'bulge' is still present indicating pre-1587, but the engraved border has the semi-circular strapwork of the 1579 plate, also with the largest ship in the Pacific shown sailing eastwards.
BURDEN: No.52.

£4,900

CRUCHLEY, George Frederick.

America.

London, 1854. 450 x 350.
Original coloured lithograph; light toning to the edges of the margins, short centrefold split (repaired), otherwise a fine example.
A map of nineteenth century Americas. Published in Cruchley's 'General Atlas for the use of Schools and Private Tuition'. Dedication to the Prince of Wales.

£110

CRUCHLEY, George Frederick.

United States with Upper & Lower Canada.

London, 1854. 450 x 350.
Original coloured lithograph; light toning to the edges of the margins, short centrefold split (repaired), otherwise a fine example.
A map of nineteenth century United States and Canada. Published in Cruchley's 'General Atlas for the use of Schools and Private Tuition'. Dedication to the Prince of Wales.

£130

L'ISLE, Guillaume de.

Carta Geografica della Florida nell America Settentrionale.

Venice, Girolamo Albrizzi, 1740. 330 x 430.
Uncoloured; light centrefold toning due to guard paste, very light print offset and minor marginal staining, otherwise a fine example.
A map of the southern part of North America from 'Atlante Novissimo che Contiene Tutte le Parti del Mondo'. Shows Florida around to Mexico and north to Maryland and the Delaware River. Decorative figured cartouche.
KERSHAW: Early Printed Maps of Canada, Entry 342.

£560

L'ISLE, Guillaume de.

Carta Geografica dell America Settentrionale.

Venice, Girolamo Albrizzi, 1740. 335 x 430.
Uncoloured; light centrefold toning due to guard paste, very light print offset and minor marginal staining, otherwise a fine example.
A map of North America showing the Great Lakes from 'Atlante Novissimo che Contiene Tutte le Parti del Mondo'. Decorative figured cartouche top left.

£450

TARDIEU, Ambroise.

Carte de L'Amérique Septentrionale.

Paris, Chez Étienne Ledoux, 1821. 405 x 545.
Original outline colour; minor waterstain to the top corners, age-toning to the edges of the margins, otherwise a good example.
A map of North America published in 'Atlas pour servir a l'intelligence de L'Histoire Générale des Voyages, De Laharpe'. Shows Alaska as part of Russia.

£210

CARY, John.

A New Map of America, from the latest authorities.

London, 1806. 460 x 525.
Fine original colour; very light age-tonig to the edges of the margins, otherwise a fine example.
A map of the Americas.

£230

CARY, John.

A New Map of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland &c. From the latest authorities.

London, 1807. 455 x 520.
Fine original colour; light marginal age-toning, some minor spotting, again to the margins, otherwise a fine example.
A detailed map of the entrance to the River St. Laurence, showing Nova Scotia and the islands of Cape Breton, St. John's and Newfoundland. Also shows Sable Island.

£140

CARY, John.

A New Map of part of the United States of North America.

London, 1806. 460 x 525.
Fine original colour; very light age-tonig to the edges of the margins, otherwise a fine example.
A map of the United States, showing New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusets, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.

£320

KEERE, Pieter van der.

America.

London, George Humble, 1646. 90 x 125.
Uncoloured; minor soiling and age-toning, repaired hole with loss of printed line border, now reinstated in manuscript, otherwise a good example.
A map of the America's from the so-called "Miniature Speed". Shows California as an island and a large land mass in the South Pacific… 'The Onknowne World', [sic].

£295

L'ISLE, Guillaume de.

L'Amerrique Septentrionale. Dressée sur les Observations de Mrs. De l'Academie Royale des Sciences & quelques autres & sur les Memoires les plus recens.

Paris, 1700-08. 460 x 605.
Original outline colour; light age-toning to the edges of the margins, short tear to lower margin repaired, otherwise a fine example.
Tooley describes this fine map of North America as 'A foundation map'. The Great Lakes based on Coronelli showing the French strong points at Tadousac, Quebec, Fort Sorel, Montreal & Fort Frontenac. The English settlements confined to the east of the Alleghenies, with Fort and River Kinibeki as the border between New England and Acadia. The Mississippi valley area is shown well developed with the recent French settlement of d'Iberville at Bilochy and forts at Bon Secours and St. Louis. In this map De L'Isle corrected longitude positions and was the first to revert to a peninsula form for California. He stops his western coast at Cape Mendocin. It is also the first printed map to show the Sargossa Sea. This example appears to be state 3 with the imprint of Renard erased.

£980

TALLIS, John.

United States.

London, John Tallis & Company, 1851. 250 x 345..
Original outline colour; very minor marginal age-toning, otherwise a fine example.
An attractive steel plate engraving of the United States with vignettes showing Buffalo hunting, Indians and the Washington Monument. Also included are two portraits of Washington and Franklin.

£240

DELAMARCHE, Charles François.

Etats-Unis de L'Amérique Septentionale avec les Isles Royale, de Terre Neuve, De St.Jean, L'Acadie &c. 1785.

Paris, 1785. 475 x 624.
Original outline colour; light soiling and staining (mainly to the margins), printers paper crease extending across the map almost vertically, light dampstaining in upper part of side margins, otherwise a good example.
An early detailed map of North America. Shows James Bay (Hudson Bay), the Great Lakes, Newfoundland and all the way down to Nuovo Leon in Mexico. Names Tecas (Texas). Highly decorative title cartouche and many notes in French regarding the inhabitants and topography. Index bottom right to the XIII United States.

£950

ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.

Bird's - Eye view of Boston, United States.

London, ILN, c.1880. 315 x 490.
Uncoloured lithograph; short repair to split at centrefold, otherwise a good example.
A fine birds-eye view of the city of Boston - from the harbour across the Charles River. Names Harvard University, Cambridge, Brookline and Bunkers Hill. Shows also a highly developed railway system and many bridges spanning the Charles and Mystic Rivers.

£190

JEFFERYS, Thomas.

A New Map of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island with the adjacent parts of New England and Canada, composed from a great number of surveys;

London, Robert Sayer & John Bennet, 1775. 475 x 615.
Original outline colour; signs of old folds from a smaller book, light soiling and minor staining, two small worm holes in the centrefold area, margins lightly age-toned and the lower corners of the margin missing, but well away from the printed surface, otherwise good.
A highly detailed map of East Canada and North America as far south as Boston. Shows The estuary of the St Laurence, part of Newfoundland, Cape Breton and St John Islands, also Nova Scotia and west to Montreal and Lake Champlain. An uncommon map of the area found in an earlier composite atlas.

£450

DURY, Andrew.

North America.

London, A.Dury & R.Sayer, 1761. 105 x 125.
Original outline colour; light age-toning to the margins, otherwise a good example.
A miniature map of North America. Published in 'A New General and Universal Atlas'. Engraved by J.Spilsbury.

£54

S.D.U.K.

North America. Canada and the United States.

London, Charles Knight, 1847. 370 x 320.
Original outline colour; very light age-toning to margins, otherwise fine.
A map showing most of North America as far across as Texas, Missouri and in the north Lake Winnipeg. Engraved by J & C Walker.

£52

S.D.U.K.

North America sheet I. Dominion of Canada. Nova Scotia with part of New Brunswick and Quebec.

London, Charles Knight, 1847. 390 x 310.
Original outline colour; fine condition.
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Published in the atlas for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

£54

DE WIT, Frederick.

Nova Totius Americæ descriptio: Auct.F. De Wit.

Amsterdam, c.1670. 440 x 555.
Original colour; light soiling mainly to the margins, otherwise a fine example.
A highly decorative carte-a-figures map of the America's. California is clearly shown as an island and the island of Brasil appears in the North Atlantic. Native figures form the side borders and six town plans are displayed across the top, they include; Cusco, Mexico, Havana and Cartagena.

£4,900

SEUTTER, Matthaeus.

Recens Edita totius Novi Belgii in America Septentrionali siti, delineatio cura et sumtibus Matthaei Seutteri.

Augsburg, c.1730. 500 x 580.
Original colour; fine dark impression, very slight age-toning to edges of margins, trimmed close to platemark on the left side but with enough blank margin to facilitate framing, otherwise a fine example.
Seutter's map of New England, shows from Chesapeake Bay north to Quebec. The large title cartouche filling the lower right corner has a large prospect of New York with a lettered key, and above a splendid piece of engraving shows natives and gods presenting gifts and tribute to George II. Although Seutter's was the last of a sequence of maps of the area, derived from the Jansson/Visscher prototypes of the mid 17th century, it was the first to indicate state boundaries.

£2,700

S.D.U.K.

North America Sheet IX. Parts of Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.

London, Baldwin & Cradock, 1833. 325 x 375.
Original outline colour; light toning and soiling to the margins, otherwise a good example.
Centred on Illinois with the counties clearly marked. Published by Chapman & Hall (1844) for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and engraved by J & C Walker.

£68

S.D.U.K.

North America Sheet VII; Philadelphia, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Columbia and Part of Virginia.

London, Baldwin & Cradock, 1833. 390 x 320.
Original outline colour; very minor soiling to the margins, otherwise a good example.
Centred on Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia with the counties clearly marked. Published by Chapman & Hall (1844) for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and engraved by J & C Walker.

£58

S.D.U.K.

North America Sheet VIII; Ohio, with parts of Kentucky and Virginia.

London, Baldwin & Cradock, 1833. 380 x 330.
Original outline colour; light age-toning and minor soiling to the margins, otherwise a good example.
Centred on Ohio and Kentucky with the counties clearly marked. Published by Chapman & Hall (1844) for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and engraved by J & C Walker.

£68

ARROWSMITH, John.

Arctic America, Showing the coast explored in 1859, by Capt. Sir F.L.McClintock & His Officers in search of the Lost Ships of Sir John Franklin in 1845.

London, 1861. 210 x 350.
Original colour on routes; signs of old folds, otherwise fine.
Published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by J Murray. Shows many interesting notes and observations along the routes, including Erebus & Terror drifted abandoned 22 Apl. 1848.

£23

ARROWSMITH, John.

Sketch of the Shores of Arctic America, to illustrate The Search for Sir John Franklin by Capt. Collinson of H.M.S. Enterprise. 1850-1-2-3-4.

London, 1855. 175 x 300.
Original colour on routes; overall fine condition.
Published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by J Murray. Shows many interesting notes and observations along the routes.

£22

Gibson, John.

A Map of the New Continent according to its greatest diametrical length from the River la Plata to beyond the Lake of the Assiniboils.

London, c.1758. 220 x 180.
Uncoloured; signs of old folds, minor surface soiling, otherwise a good example.
An unusual map of the Americas, with a rococo style cartouche, possibly from the Gentlemans' Magazine.

£150

RAVENSTEIN, E.G.

Map of the South-Western Portion of the United States and of Sonora and Chihuahua to illustrate the paper by Dr W. A. Bell.

London, 1870. 225 x 370.
Original coloured lithograph; very light age-toning, otherwise a fine example.
A map showing parts of Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Texas and Kansas and also the whole of Nevada, Utah, California, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. Shows the route of Dr Bell 1867-68. Published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by J. Murray.

£45

MARZOLLA, B.

Stati - Uniti dell'America Settentrionale coi Territorii Recentemente Annessi.

Naples, 1854. 450 x 620.
Original outline colour; some minor waterstaining and very light soiling, otherwise a fine example.
A detailed map of the United States of America with many facinating facts and figures, text in Italian.

£210

BLAEU, Willem.

Virginiæ partis australis et Floridæ partis orientalis, interjacentiumq. regionum Nova Descriptio.

Amsterdam, 1642. German text edition. 385 x 505.
Coloured; light marginal soiling, otherwise a fine example.
This map was based on the prototype map of the region by Mercator, but with considerable improvements for the Carolinas, which were heavily contracted by Mercator.
CUMMING: The Southeast in Early Maps, no.41. BURDEN: #253.

£1,100

BLAEU, Johannes.

Virginiæ partis australis et Floridæ partis orientalis, interjacacentiumq. regionum Nova Descriptio.

Amsterdam, 1663. French text edition. 385 x 500.
Original colour; some minor age-toning to the edges of the margins, otherwise a fine example.
This map was based on the prototype map of the region by Mercator, but with considerable improvements for the Carolinas, which were heavily contracted by Mercator. Among the many new names that appear are Jamestown and Newport Quays.
CUMMING: The Southeast in Early Maps, no.41. KOEMAN: Atlantes Neerlandici, Bl 58.

£1,150

SPEED, John.

A Mapp of the Sommer Islands once called the Bermudas lying at the mouth of the bay of Mexico...

London, Bassett & Chiswell, 1627-76. 405 x 535.
Uncoloured; trimmed close at either side as is often the case, but with enough margin to facilitate framing, light marginal age-toning, otherwise a superb example of the 1676 edition on thicker paper; a dark impression.
Originally compiled from the 1622 surveys by Richard Norwood and engraved by Abraham Goos for Speed's 'Prospect of the World'. Behind the main map is the outline of the American coast with Bermuda's position marked. This map is important for being the first to show the islands divided into tribes and lots between the first English settlers. On the verso is an English-text description of the islands.
PALMER: p.23.

£1,900

THOMSON & CO, John.

Atlantic or Western Ocean.

Edinburgh, John Thomson, 1821. 500 x 630.
Original outline colour; light marginal soiling and age-toning to the edges of the paper, toning to centrefold due to guard paste, otherwise very good condition.
An interesting map of the North Atlantic Ocean, the dark streak across the map illustrates the 'Gulf Stream according to Governor Pownall'. Shows also shipping routes, including Nelson, the whole covered in notes regarding shoals, sandbanks, breakers, rocks and other hazards. Published by John Thomson & Company in 'A New General Atlas'.

£210

THOMSON & CO, John.

Canada and Nova Scotia.

Edinburgh, John Thomson, 1821. 485 x 600.
Original outline colour; some very light staining to the centrefold caused by paste from the guard, light marginal soiling, otherwise fine condition.
A superbly detailed map of Canada and the Great Lakes, shows Newfoundland, Hudson Bay and Lake Winnipeg. Published by John Thomson & Company in 'A New General Atlas'.

£320

THOMSON & CO, John.

North America.

Edinburgh, John Thomson, 1821. 500 x 600.
Original outline colour; some very light staining to the centrefold caused by paste from the guard, light marginal soiling and age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise fine condition.
A detailed map of North America. Published by John Thomson & Company in 'A New General Atlas'.

£260

BOWLES (Carington).

Bowles's New One-Sheet Map of America, divided into its Kingdoms, States, Governments and other Subdivisions: laid down from observations of the most celebrated Geographers.

London, Bowles & Carver, 1794-98. 570 x 565.
Original body colour; some light spotting in places, signs of old folds, old repair on verso to intersection, probably from the atlas, otherwise a good example.
A superbly engraved and detailed map of the Americas. A key in the bottom left corner records the various countries to which the subdivisions of America presently belong. Published in 'Bowles's Universal Atlas, Being a Complete Collection of New and Accurate Maps'.

£540

THOMSON & CO, John.

Chart of the Northern Passage Between Asia & America.

Edinburgh, John Thomson, 1821. 490 x 595.
Original outline colour; light marginal soiling and age toning to the edges of the paper, signs of old vertical creases from the atlas, some surface soiling to map and slight darkening of centrefold due to guard paste, otherwise good condition.
A fascinating map showing the North Pacific regions, with Captain James Cook's tracks clearly marked. A note at the top of the map mentions "The further progress of the Ships Northward was rendered impossible by Ice extending from Continent to Continent. There is also a note in the Sea of Anadir "Commodore Beerings Track Northward as far as 67.40 degrees in 1728". There are other interesting notes over North America. Published by John Thomson & Company in 'A New General Atlas'.

£320

THOMSON & CO, John.

Northern Provinces of the United States.

Edinburgh, John Thomson, 1821. 490 x 590.
Original outline colour; some old vertical creases from the atlas around the centrefold, very light surface soiling, some marginal soiling and age toning, otherwise good condition.
A superbly detailed map showing the north eastern States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, parts of Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, etc. The "Township of the Six Nations" is shown north of Lake Erie. Connecticurt reserve appears across the Cayahoga River south of Lake Erie, together with a number of forts. A distorted District of Main is shown, with little exploration in the north. Indiana appears in northern Virginia. Decorative vignette of Niagara Falls. Published by John Thomson & Company in 'A New General Atlas'.

£290

THOMSON & CO, John.

Southern Provinces of the United States.

Edinburgh, John Thomson, 1821. 500 x 595.
Original outline colour; some old vertical creases from the atlas around the centrefold, very light surface soiling, some marginal soiling and age toning, short centrefold split repaired and 5" tear repaired, otherwise good condition.
A superbly detailed map showing the south eastern States of Georgia, S.Carolina, N.Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tenassee and parts of Florida. Issued during an interesting period in the history of the American southeast. Of particular note is the State of Georgia, its borders are shown extending from the Atlantic to the Mississippi as they were in 1798 just before the Mississippi Territory was established. Detail shown included forts, swamps, salt springs etc. Published by John Thomson & Company in 'A New General Atlas'.

£380

THOMSON & CO, John.

Western Hemisphere.

Edinburgh, John Thomson, 1821. 530 x 515.
Original outline colour; light marginal soiling and age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor darkening of the centerfold, other surface soiling, signs of old folds from the atlas, otherwise good condition.
A circular map of the Americas, shows also New Zealand and many of the Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Published by John Thomson & Company in 'A New General Atlas'.

£150

FER, Nicolas de.

Cette Carte de Californie et Du Nouveau Mexique...

Paris, 1705. 240 x 345.
Uncoloured; dark impression, one or two very minor marginal spots, otherwise a fine example.
California as an island, with New Mexico, probably engraved by Inselin. While California has fifty place names, New Mexico has a 314-point key enabling a vast amount of information to appear on such a small map. According to Wagner, this is the first map to show the discoveries of Father Eusebio Kino.
MCC 8, Item 62: "A small but highly important map".

£890

THOMSON & CO, John.

America.

Edinburgh, John Thomson, 1821. 500 x 595.
Original outline colour; light marginal soiling and age-toning to the edges of the paper, very light toning to centrefold due to guard paste, imprint in lower margin cut close with no loss, otherwise very good condition.
A detailed map of the Americas. Published by John Thomson & Company in 'A New General Atlas'.

£150

WYLD, James.

A New Map of the Province of Lower Canada Describing all the Seigneuries, Townships, Grants of Land &c. Compiled from plans deposited in the Patent Office Quebec.

London, 1843. 580 x 880.
Original colour; light marginal toning in places, light print offset, slightly darker in places, otherwise a fine example.
A detailed map Lower Canada, showing the Districts of Montreal, Three Rivers, Quebec and Gaspé and also parts of New York, New Hampshire, Vermont and New Brunswick.

£320

WYLD, James.

The United States of North America with the British Territories.

London, 1845. 535 x 635.
Original colour; light marginal toning in places, small nick to edge of paper, very light print offset, otherwise a fine example.
A detailed map showing the United States and parts of Canada from Texas to Newfoundland and across to Lake Winnipeg.

£360

BROCKHAUS, F. A.

Nordamerika.

Leipzig, 1863. 450 x 340.
Original coloured lithograph: small brown stain below the map, light age-toning and minor staining to margins, otherwise a good example.
A map of North America, surrounded with fine vignettes. Shows Alaska, Canada, United States, Mexico and down to Panama. Vignettes show esquimaux whale hunting, indian hunting buffalo, bears, beaver and other wildlife.

£180

FULLARTON & Co., Archibald.

British Columbia and Vancouver Island.

London & Edinburgh, 1874. 425 x 550.
Original coloured lithograph; short repaired tear to lower margin, otherwise fine condition.
A detailed map of British Columbia, showing Vancouver Island. From 'The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography'.

£240

LEVASSEUR, Victor.

Amérique Septrentrionale.

Paris, c.1845. 300 x 440.
Original outline colour, with recent embellishment to the surrounding vignettes; paper lightly age-toned, minor spotting and soiling to the margins, otherwise a very good example.
A steel engraving, with finely engraved vignette borders. On the map Texas is an independent country: having revolted from Mexico in 1835, its independence was recognised 1840, but it joined the United States in 1845. According to the table the population of Texas was 200,000 against 19 million in the U.S!

£170

THOMSON & CO, John.

Spanish North America.

Edinburgh, John Thomson, 1821. 510 x 615.
Original outline colour; some very light marginal soiling and age toning, short tear (repaired) to upper margin, just effecting engraved border, trimmed by binder along bottom margin with some loss of imprint, otherwise good condition.
One of the largest format maps to show the area of south-west North America in such detail, much of the information is drawn from the explorations of Humboldt and Long in the Rocky Mountains and the West. There are extensive notes along the lower Missouri and Lower Mississippi Rivers and the Southern Rocky Mountain Region is shown in great detail. An important map focusing on the region soon to be the site of conflict between the Unites States and Mexico. Shows Santa Fe, and the name "Texas" identifies a town rather than a region, however, this is one of the earliest appearances of this form of the name on a map - previous references had been to 'Teias' or 'Tejas'. Published by John Thomson & Company in 'A New General Atlas'.

£480

WYLD, James.

A New Map of the Province of Upper Canada Describing all the New Settlements, Townships, &c. with the Countries Adjacent from Quebec to Lake Huron. Compiled from the Original Manuscripts in the Surveyor General's Office.

London, 1843. 575 x 865.
Original colour; light marginal toning in places, light print offset, slightly darker in places, otherwise a fine example.
A detailed map of Upper Canada, showing Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario. The cities of Toronto and Buffalo are clearly marked.

£540

FULLARTON & Co., Archibald.

British North America sheet 1. East. Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island &c.

London & Edinburgh, 1874. 410 x 525.
Original coloured lithograph; minor spotting and waterstaining to margins, otherwise fine condition.
A detailed map of the area. From 'The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography'.

£80

FULLARTON & Co., Archibald.

Northern Ports & Harbours in the United States by J. Bartholomew F.R.G.S.

London & Edinburgh, 1874. 470 x 300.
Original coloured lithograph; minor spotting, light age-toning to the edges of the paper, light waterstain to right edge and bottom margin, otherwise a fine example.
Six maps on one sheet; Portland Harbour, Boston Harbour, Hudson River, New York Harbour, Philadelphia and Baltimore. From 'The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography'.

£110

FULLARTON & Co., Archibald.

Southern Ports & Harbours in the United States by J. Bartholomew F.R.G.S.

London & Edinburgh, 1874. 470 x 300.
Original coloured lithograph; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise a fine example.
Seven maps on one sheet; Washington, Beaufort Harbour, Mobile Bay, Charleston Harbour, Galveston Entrance, Delta of the Mississippi & Environs and Pensacola Bay. From 'The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography'.

£95

S.D.U.K.

North America XIV Florida.

London, Baldwin & Cradock, 1834. 400 x 315.
Original outline colour; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, overall fine condition
One of only a few maps dedicated entirely to the State of Florida.

£210

S.D.U.K.

Central America. II. Including Texas, California and the Northern States of Mexico.

London, Chapman & Hall, 1842. 320 x 400.
Original outline colour; light age-toning to the edges of the margins. Otherwise a fine example.
One of the few maps to show Texas as a Republic. Having its independence recognised in 1840, two years before the map was published, it joined the Union in 1845. Having had a bloodless revolution in 1836, California was virtually independent of both Mexico and the US. However the Union's army took control in 1846, the year before the discovery of vast new goldfields.

£160

WYLD, James.

Map of America.

London, 1845. 525 x 595.
Original colour; very slight print offset, light spotting and minor foxing, signs of old vertical creases from the atlas, otherwise a very good example.
An interesting map of the Americas, with odd divisions to North America. The map is dated 1845 just a year prior to the Mexican - American War and the same year as the U.S. annexation of Texas.

£190

ROSS, Capt. John - ROSS, Commander James Clark

To His Most Excellent Majesty William Ivth. King of Great Britain, Ireland &c. This Chart of the Discoveries made in the Arctic Regions, in 1829, 30, 31, 32 & 33.

[London], 1834. 440 x 600.
Original colour; restored and backed with archival tissue, large tear (repaired), short tears to margins (repaired), section of margin missing top right, some print offset and discolouration, otherwise presentable condition.
A highly interesting map of the Arctic regions centred around Boothia Felix and King William's Land. The ill fated Franklin expedition took along with them not only the latest technology, but also the latest maps available. Many of these being Admiralty charts by John Arrowsmith & Co. Unfortunately, the latest surveys of the area that Franklin would be exploring contained grave errors which would ultimately seal his fate. The first error was that of James Ross who, in his trip to what he called "King William Land" on the Ross Expedition of 1829-33, required that they traverse both land and water, in many cases mistaking water for land. As a consequence the only viable "Northwest Passage," which lay to the east of King William, was falsely regarded as a dead-end bay, shown on maps as "Poctes Bay" (including this one). Ross came to the conclusion that King William's Land was an extension of Boothia, shown here. Both James and his uncle Sir John Ross persisted in the equally false notion that the "Gulf of Boothia," named by them after their sponsor (Booth's Gin), opened out into the waters at the mouth of the Great Fish River.

£230

FULLARTON & Co., Archibald.

United States North America.

London & Edinburgh, 1874. 405 x 525.
Original coloured lithograph; short tear to edge of lower margin, otherwise a fine example.
The North Eastern States comprising Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio and part of Virginia & Michigan. From 'The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography'.

£85

FULLARTON & Co., Archibald.

United States North America.

London & Edinburgh, 1874. 515 x 405.
Original coloured lithograph; light age-toning to the edges of the margins, otherwise fine condition.
The South Central Section, comprising Texas, Lousiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Western Territory and part of Missouri. From 'The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography'.

£130

S.D.U.K.

North America XIV Florida.

London, Baldwin & Cradock, 1834. 400 x 315.
Original outline colour; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, trimmed close by binder along top edge without loss of printed surface and with enough blank paper to facilitate framing, overall very good condition
One of only a few maps dedicated entirely to the State of Florida.

£210

TALLIS, John.

British America.

London, John Tallis & Company, 1851. 270 x 330.
Original outline colour; trimmed at bottom edge just catching publishers imprint, very minor marginal age-toning, otherwise a fine unfolded example.
With vignette views of Montreal, whale fishing, a seal and a polar bear.

£160

TALLIS, John.

East Canada and New Brunswick.

London, John Tallis & Company, 1851. 260 x 330.
Original outline colour; light age-toning to the edges of the margins, otherwise a fine unfolded example.
The first issue of the second state of the map, with insets of Quebec and North American Indians. The Rail-road is shown between Canaan and Montreal.

£80

TALLIS, John.

Nova Scotia & Newfoundland.

London, John Tallis & Company, 1851. 265 x 330.
Original outline colour; very light age-toning to the edges, otherwise overall fine condition.
Steel engraving, with vignettes of a Cod Fishery and Halifax, Nova Scotia.

£78

TALLIS, John.

West Canada.

London, John Tallis & Company, 1851. 255 x 320.
Original outline colour; very light age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise a fine unfolded example.
West Canada and the Great Lakes, Huron to Ontario. Insets of Kingston and the Niagara Falls.

£140

LEVASSEUR, Victor.

Amérique Septrentrionale.

Paris, 1856. 320 x 450.
Original outline colour; light age-toning and minor soiling to margins, otherwise fine condition.
A superb steel engraving, profusely illustrated with wild life, including a polar bear, fox, St Bernard dog, bison and a crocodile. On the map Texas is an independent country: having revolted from Mexico in 1835, its independence was recognised 1840, but it joined the United States in 1845. According to the table the population of Texas was 200,000 against 19 million in the U.S!

£140