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Antique Maps of Canada & Northern United States

Auction No. 86
Closed March 20, 1999
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43. Canada (Plan of the New Town of Halifax in Nova Scotia), anon., Gentleman’s Magazine, London, 1749. 5 x 4". (BW) Plan with five fortifications and key identifying the various buildings. Ref: Jolly GENT-67. Still bound into the October issue of the magazine with related article. (A+) Illustrated at right. $35-45

44. Canada (British Provinces Western Portions / Eastern Portions), J.H. Colton, Colton’s Illustrated Cabinet Atlas, 1858. 10.5 x 12.5". (FC) From the rarely seen Cabinet Atlas. Both maps within one delicate flower and leaf border. Four insets show vicinity of Niagara River, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec. Attractive color, crisp impression. A few faint spots, otherwise very good. (B) $50-60

45. Canada (County Map of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Cape Breton Island, and Prince Edward’s Island), S. A. Mitchell, New General Atlas, Philadelphia, 1860. 10.6 x 13.3". (FC) This map includes Anticosti Island, the Magdalen Islands and the eastern part of Quebec to Tadoussac, with an enlarged inset of the City and Harbor of Halifax. Very fine original coloring. Good impression and detail throughout. Decorative floral borders. (A) Illustrated at right. $25-30

46. Canada (Canada, New Bruswick and Nova Scotia), Illustrated London News, London, 1860. 16.5 x 13.2". (OC) Woodcut map of the British possessions. Covers only eastern Canada. The map was issued to illustrate the visit of the Prince of Wales to North America and includes the article at the sides of the map. Unusual keyboard style border. Later coloring. (A) $50-70

47. Canada (Map of Canada East in Counties), S. A. Mitchell, New General Atlas, 1860. 13.2 x 10.7". (FC) Bordered by New Brunswick on the east, New York & New England states on the south, this map includes all of Quebec with a detailed close-up of the Environs of Montreal in the inset. Attractive coloring and decorative floral borders. Light watercolor marks in the margin. (A) Illustrated at right. $35-45

48. Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Id.), Gray, National Atlas, Philadelphia, [1879]. 14.7 x 11.7". (FC) Attractive map of the eastern Canadian provinces. Good detail of railways. Couple of marginal tears, repaired with archival tape. (A) $30-40

49. Canada (Lot of three maps), William Collins, Students Atlas, London, ca. 1880. 11.7 x 9". (PC) Three attractive maps: Dominion of Canada, covering the entire country with most of the west called North West Territory, save for British Columbia; Province of Quebec, with an inset of the Gaspe Peninsula; and Province of Ontario, with an inset of Manitoba. (A+) One of the three maps is illustrated at right. $40-60

50. United States and Canada (Geological map of the United States and Canada), C. Lydell, London, ca. 1830. 19.7 x 15.5". (FC) Very early geological map with great original coloring. Color coded to describe the geological formations with a very good key. Before the discovery of gold in the southeast U.S. Depicts from about the 110th meridian eastward with Texas named and a part of Mexico. Arkansas, Missouri and North West Territory named west of the Mississippi River. Folded, as issued. (A) $100-150

51. United States and Canada (New Railway and General Map of the United States from Accurate Sources), York County Atlas, Ontario, 1878. 26.5 x 17.7". (PC) Fine railroad map with lines shown in red. Large, black and white, insets of Manitoba, Northwest Territory, Keewatin Territory and Ontario, and British Columbia, also showing railways. Some chipping in margins, else fine. (A) $45-60

52. Canada and Alaska (Map Showing Highway Routes to Accompany Preliminary Report on Proposed Highway to Alaska), British Columbia - Yukon -Alaska Highway Commission, 1940. 28.7 x 38.5". (PC) Anyone who drove this highway in the early years knows that the survey crews were really just wandering through the wilderness in a northerly direction! Kidding aside, the map shows three proposed routes, and several minor alternates. The completed road is one of the most remarkable construction feats in history, just short of 1,500 miles long. Pushed through in eight months of 1942 from a wilderness trail, and completed in just two years, the Alcan lies within some of the most beautiful, yet forbidding, terrain in North America. Folding and in mint condition. (A+) $60-90

53. Colonial United States and Canada (Canada, Louisiana et Terres Angloises), D’Anville, Paris, 1755. 44 x 34". (FC) Four sheets, joined, make of this fabulous map covering the region of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River valley and the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland to northern Florida. Large inset of the St. Lawrence River. Large, decorative cartouche (uncolored) designed by Gravelot and engraved by G. de la Haye. The map was based on Mitchell’s famous map of the United States, and depicts the boundary of the British Colonies with French Louisiana. D’Anville’s usual, superb cartographic detail throughout. Ref: Cummings (SE) #296. Uncommon to find all four sheets, joined and in such good, clean condition. Professionally repaired marginal splits and fold intersections. $1500 RESERVE (A) $1900-2100

54. Colonial United States and Canada (A Map of the British and French Settlements in North America), J. Lodge, Gentleman’s Magazine, London, [1755]. 15 x 10.7". (BW) Copper engraved map of Colonial America. The map depicts, by hachures, the French encroachment into British claimed territory. Earl Granville’s Property is shown in North Carolina extending to the western most edge of the map, which is about the 100th Meridian. Several treaty lines are shown, with British and French forts and numerous Indian tribes. Decorative title cartouche and lengthy description of the history of the colonies. Ref: GENT-91. Folding as issued, with short binder’s tear, else fine. (B) $250-300

55. Colonial United States and Canada (An Accurate Map of the British Empire in Nth. America as settled by the Preliminaries in 1762), J. Gibson, Gentleman’s Magazine, London, [1762]. 9.5 x 8.2". (FC) Copper engraved map covering from Labrador to Florida and over to the Mississippi. The map graphically depicts "The Countries shaded with lines are those formerly claimed or possessed by France and Spain and are now absolutely ceded & guaranteed to Great Britain." The colonies of Virginia and Carolina are now shown with their western boundaries on the Mississippi. The Six Nations with their western boundary are shown occupying the Great Lakes region. Large inset "A Chart of the Entrance of the Mississippi" is a detailed view of the vicinity of New Orleans. Ref: Jolly GENT-165. Remargined on right and a bit of lower left corner. (A) Illustrated at right. $250-300