Auction No. 84
Closed Saturday, September 19, 1998 @ 10 p.m. eastern
Antique Maps of the Western Hemisphere
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26. Western Hemisphere (America noviter delineata), Merian, Frankfurt, ca. 1630. 14 x 11.7". (FC) Lovely copper engraved map of the Americas based on the Blaeu and Hondius maps. North America is depicted with an odd New England coastline and the western coastline above California make the continent entirely too wide. There is only a hint of the Great Lakes. There is a large inland lake in equatorial South America. Small inset of Greenland. Strapwork title cartouche with a sea monster and Spanish galleons decorate the map. The map has been professionally restored to replace paper in the oceans and has been backed with tissue, all very well done except for a minor misalignment of neatline at bottom. (B) Click image for full size $60027. Western Hemisphere (L’Amerique Suivant les dernieres observations de l’Aca. Royale des Sciences), Macquart, Paris, ca. 1680. 5.2 x 7". (FC) 2nd state of this unusual map. CALIFORNIA AS AN ISLAND with an indented northern coastline and no place names. Terre Australe at extreme south. Simple, strapwork cartouche. Attractive old coloring. Close margin at right, as issued and tiny ink smudge in map, overall very good. (A)Click image for full size. $200
28. Western Hemisphere (Americae Mappa Generalis), Homann Heirs, Nuremberg, 1746. 21 x 18.2". (FC) Lovely 18th century map of the Americas. Considerable detail even in the interiors. There is no coastline above the peninsular California. Full color denoting the European possessions. Very large pictorial cartouche (uncolored with two erupting volcanoes, native Americans, birds and what appears to be a pot of gold. Light impression in cartouche, else fine with attractive original color. Tape residue in margin. (A) $800-900
29. Western Hemisphere (L’America divisa Ne’suoi Principali Stati), Antonio Zatta, Venice, 1776. 15.7 x 12". Attractive map with Italian place names and a sleeping lion in the lovely title cartouche. Good amount of detail in the Pacific including New Zealand. Depicts the 1768 voyage of Capt. Cook. The North American northwest coast has the old bulge and contains an elaborate depiction of the NORTHWEST PASSAGE, one of the last maps to do so. Ref: Lowery #711, Wheat (TMW) # 168. Map has been cleaned resulting in loss of most of the original color. Overall very good condition paper and crisp engraving. (A) $475
30. Western Hemisphere (Amerique), Buy de Mornas, Atlas Methodique…, Paris, [1790]. 10 x 11.2". (FC) A very unusual map with modest detail within the continents. No sign of the Colorado river, west coast of NA is wildly misshapen, turning east about the 45th parallel. Huge inlet with indistinct end around Puget Sound. No sign of Alaska. French text at sides of map. A most unusual depiction of western North America. (A) $150
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