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100 Canada Colonial Great Lakes and Canada Duval/Beer 1679 A   $600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4.8 x 4 inches) This little map is derived from Sanson's influential Le Canada ou Nouvelle France of 1656. The map is centered on the French possessions in North America with emphasis on the Great Lakes. Lake Superior and Michigan are shown with open-ended western shores and Lake Erie (Lac du Chat) is located too far south. In northern Canada a sea route is shown through the northwest part of Hudson Bay...

101 Partie de l' Amerique Septent? qui comprend la Nouvelle France ou le Canada Colonial Great Lakes and Canada Robert de Vaugondy (family) 1755 A   $800.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23.7 x 18.7 inches) Handsome map of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and the entire course of the St. Lawrence River. The most prominent feature of the map is the very large inset of the 1744 Bellin version of the Great Lakes. The large decorative cartouche, featuring a fierce beaver, makes for a very attractive map. This is the second state, with I Charlton added in James Bay.

102 Nieuwe Kaart van Kanada, de Landen aan de Hudsons - Baay en de Noordwestelyke deelen van Noord-Amerika Colonial Great Lakes and Canada Isaac Tirion 1769 A   $350.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17 x 12 inches) A very nice map based on Jefferys' important map of Canada in 1760 with a realistic interpretation of Lake Winnipeg. It covers from Hudson Bay, through the Great Lakes, to Philadelphia. In the West the St. Charles River flows off the map with a notation, "the length of which is unknown, this is the route the Indians follow coming from the West." Inset of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

103 Canada ou Nouvelle France Colonial Canada and New England Allain Mallet 1683 A+   $170.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4 x 5.5 inches) Charming miniature map depicting the eastern seaboard from the Chesapeake Bay to Greenland. The Great Lakes are shown open-ended in the west. Extends to include Bermuda. Strapwork title cartouche and an Indian family adorn the map. French text on verso.

104 North America Sheet II Lower-Canada and New Brunswick with Part of New-York, Vermont and Maine Canada and New England SDUK 1832 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.2 x 13.2 inches) This finely engraved map includes the region from about St. John west to include all of Lower Canada. Excellent detail throughout. Keyboard style border. Published by Baldwin and Cradock.

105 Americae Septentrionalis Pars I Colonial Canada and United States Leonhard von Euler 1753 B   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.5 x 13.5 inches) This scarce map covers the region from the Mississippi River valley through the present-day American Southwest. It presents a detailed view of French Louisania and the Spanish possessions in New Mexico with a Great Space of Land Unknown and Tecas in between. A notation on a river flowing into Lake of the Woods (The Wood Lake) remarks, "Great River coming from the West...

106 Carte des Possessions Angloises & Francoises du Continent de l' Amerique Septentrionale Colonial Canada and United States Jean Palairet 1755 B   $3,000.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.7 x 16.2 inches) This fascinating map is one of the best maps of the colonies on the eve of the French and Indian War. Mr. Palairet was the Agent to the States-General in London. In 1755 he published his map with a pamphlet "A Concise Description of the English and French Possessions in North-America." The important map was also published in atlas format in London, Amsterdam, Berlin and The Hague, also i...

107 A New Map of Lake Champlain New York and Canada 1845 B   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.4 x 22 inches) This is a rare broadsheet map printed by S. Fletcher of Burlington, VT to advertise the Champlain Transportation Company's steamboat service. The map covers both the water and road routes from Albany to Montreal. Text at sides describe the steamboats, the service, the history of the region and points of interest along the route. A vignette of the Burlington noted as being "not only the f...

108 Northern America British, Russian & Danish Possessions in North America Canada & Alaska Joseph Hutchins Colton 1855 A   $90.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16 x 13 inches) A fine steel engraved map of Canada showing all the provinces and locating major rivers, lakes, and cities. Today's British Columbia and Yukon are here called New Georgia. Regions that make up today's Northwest Territory and Alberta are labeled Mackenzie River, Peace River, Athabasca, English River, Lesser Slave Lake, and Churchill. Extends to show most of Greenland and Alaska, here call...

109 [Untitled - Louisiana, Virginia, Carolina and Florida] Colonial United States John Gibson 1763 B   $230.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.5 x 7 inches) This interesting map was issued to illustrate the part of Louisiana being rapidly settled by British subjects at the conclusion of the French and Indian War. It is full of fascinating details including the locations of Indian tribes and villages, gold mines, forts and frontier outposts. The colonies of Virginia, Carolina and Georgia are named, as is Florida. A line along the Appalachians...

110 United States United States Thomas Gamaliel Bradford 1835-36 B   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10 x 7.8 inches) Interesting small map of the United States with the West divided into districts. The Huron District encompasses Wisconsin, the Sioux District takes in Minnesota and much of the Dakotas, and the Oregon District fills Washington, Oregon and Idaho. The central states include the Mandan, Osage and Ozark Districts and are also called the Great American Desert. This...

111 General Map of the United States Showing the area and extent of the Free & Slave-Holding States, and the Territories of the Union United States Rogers & Johnston 1857 B   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16 x 13 inches) This scarce map is an unusual collaboration between an American (Rogers) and a Scot (A. Keith Johnston). It illustrates slavery issue that would lead to the outbreak of the Civil War. The map is colored to show Free Settled States in dark green, Territories in light green, Importing Slave-Holding States in dark red, and Exporting Slave-Holding States in light ...

112 Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika United States Friedrich H. Handtke 1857 A+   $220.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 27 x 20 inches) Four joined sheets make up this map of the United States and provide an excellent view, particularly of the American West with large western territories; Missouri, Minnesota, Indian, Washington, Oregon, Utah, and New Mexico. The boundary with British Columbia is correct and the boundary with Mexico reflects the Gadsden Purchase. A key shows the states and territories, with number of counties; the...

113 Johnson's New Military Map of the United States Showing the Forts, Military Posts &c. with Enlarged Plans of the Southern Harbors From Authentic Data Obtained at the War Department United States Johnson & Ward 1861 B   $80.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23.5 x 17 inches) This is the more desirable issue of this map, with the state and territory borders instead of the Military Districts. The large western territories include Dakota, Idaho (incorporating present-day Montana and Wyoming), a narrow Nevada with Arizona including the region containing Las Vegas. Hundreds of military forts are located. The map includes nine inset plans of the major southern harbors an...

114 Map of the United States and Territories Showing the extent of Public Surveys and other details constructed from the Plats and official sources of the General Land Office' United States General Land Office 1868 B   $200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 56 x 28.5 inches) This map is one of the more remarkable maps produced by the General Land Office. It shows the extent of the public surveys and many items of great interest. Most significant are the gold, silver, copper, and other mineral deposits that are color-coded to mark their location and keyed to the legend. The sites of army forts and posts provide an excellent view of the undeveloped territories and th...

115 Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-America in 6 Blattern United States Petermann 1873 A   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.7 x 13 inches) Complete set of these beautifully engraved maps that covers the entire United States in six charts. Remarkable detail throughout with delicate outline coloring. Mountains shown via hachure. Includes insets of the south of Texas, the south of Florida, and plans of the vicinity of Boston and New York City. Would be over 39 x 32" when joined. Size given is approximate for each map.

116 Chas. Lubrecht's Pictorial County, Rail-Road & Distance Map of the United States and Part of the Dominion of Canada United States Charles Lubrecht 1880 A   $1,300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 56.4 x 36.5 inches) This is an exceedingly scarce, folding railroad map of the United States. The colorful map distinguishes counties and includes superb insets of Yosemite Falls, San Francisco, New Orleans, vicinity of New York City (with the Statue of Liberty), vicinity of Boston and vicinity of Chicago. The map itself shows railroad lines, projected railroads, railroad stations, roads, county seats, and f...

117 Climotological Map of the United States Showing Average Temperature Amount of Rain Fall &c. United States O. W. Gray & Son 1881 A   $60.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 26.3 x 16 inches) A very interesting thematic map that shows the average temperature and amount of rain across the United States. The map is printed in black & white with red overprinting to indicate the isothermal lines of mean temperature for the year, winter, and summer. Rainfall is indicated through the use of shading. This is a stone engraved map and the sand-like grains of the stone are clearly visible in ...

118 Gray's Geological Map of the United States by Charles H. Hitchcock Ph.D. Professor Geology in Dartmouth College United States O. W. Gray & Son 1881 A   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 26.7 x 16.1 inches) Very striking and graphic stone engraved thematic map that details the geological formations throughout the United States. The nine different geological structures are shown through fine coloring accomplished in free-hand. Locates Eozoic, Silurian, Devonian and Lower Carboniferous, Coal Measures and Permo-Carboniferous, Triassic and Jurassic, Cretaceous, Tertiary, Alluvium, and Volcanic. Includ...

119 Virginiae N. Angliae N. Hollandiae nec non Novae Sveciae Delineatio Colonial United States Tomas Campanius Holm 1702 A   $550.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 5.2 x 5 inches) This rare little map shows the east coast from Maine to Carolina and west to include Lake Ontario and a bit of Lake Erie. The region labeled Nova Svecia consists of small settlements along the banks of the Delaware River into modern Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Place names include Philadelphia, Goteborg, Fort Christina (Wilmington) and Fort Elfsborg (near...

120 Carte de la Partie Nord des Etats Unis de l' Amerique Septentrionale United States - Eastern Rigobert Bonne 1782 A   $375.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.5 x 8.4 inches) Nice copper engraved map that covers the eastern seaboard from Machasuzet Bay to Maryland and inland to Lake Erie and the Ohio River. Includes numerous settlements and forts with excellent detail of mountains and rivers. This uncommon issue includes the title in a simple cartouche.

121 Map of the United States in North America: with the British, French and Spanish Dominions adjoining, according to the Treaty of 1783 United States - Eastern Thomas Kitchin 1783 A   $3,500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20 x 16 inches) This is one of the earliest English maps to officially acknowledge the United States. It depicts the new nation with its western border at the Mississippi River. The states of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia have their western boundaries on the Mississippi. The map is filled with information on early settlements, forts, Indian villages and fishing banks. The title is encl...

122 [Lot of 2] Carte du Nord des Etats Unis et ou Grand Canal de Communication du Lac Erie a la Riviere d' Hudsons [with] Plan et Profil du Canal Projette du Lac Erie a la Riviere Hudson dans l' Etat de Neuwyork Eastern United States and Great Lakes Louis Etienne Joseph Cordier 1820 A+   $325.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) Two maps illustrating the road and canal network in the Great Lakes region. The first map (14.4 x 16.5") covers the region south of Lakes Erie and Ontario with Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. At bottom is a profile plan titled "Niveau de la Riviere d' Hudson a Troy." Second map (22 x 5.5") is a profile plan of the can connecting Lake Erie with the Hudson River. Cordier was a French military e...

123 Map of a Reconnaissance Between Baltimore and Philadelphia exhibiting the several routes of the Mail Road' United States - Eastern U.S. Corps of Engineers 1826 B   $180.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 31 x 10 inches) A boldly engraved, early and fascinating map that was issued by S. Bernard, Brigr. Genl. and William Tell Poussin, Capt. Top. Engrs, both on the Board of Internal Improvement. The map provides a detailed picture of a strip of land 27 miles wide between the Baltimore and Philadelphia, on a scale of three miles to the inch. Filled with historical details including locating a copper factory, forts,...

124 [Lot of 2] Map of the Country embracing the Several Routes examined with a view to a National Road from Washington to Lake Ontario United States - Eastern U.S. War Dept. 1829 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) A set of early maps that reflect the federal government's early concern for providing a viable transportation system. The detailed and interesting maps were based on a map by Col. Stephen H. Long, compiled by F. Harrison, Jr., drawn by A.J. Stansbury, and engraved on copper by W. Harrison. Stansbury later commanded an important exploration in the Great Salt Lake Basin that permanently established...

125 Novi Belgii Quod nune Novi Jorck vocatur, Novae, qss. Angliae & Partis Virginiae Colonial New England Arnoldus Montanus 1671 B   $1,700.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.5 x 11.5 inches) A finely engraved map of New England based on the influential Jansson-Visscher series. Geographically the map follows Jansson including the placement of nearly every European settlement along the coastline and rivers. The nomenclature reflects the Treaty of Breda (1667), in which the Dutch swapped New York for the island of Run in the East Indies, the only source of nutmeg. New place names incl...

126 Nouvelle Carte Particuliere de l' Amerique ou sont exactement marquees la Nouvelle Bretagne, le Canada ou Nouvelle France, la Nouvelle Ecosse, la Nouvelle Angleterre, la Nouvelle York, la Pensilvanie, Maery-Land, la Caroline Septentrionale... Colonial New England Popple/Covens & Mortier 1741 B   $3,250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21 x 23.5 inches) This is the northeast sheet of Covens & Mortier's edition of Popple's monumental map of North America. Popple based his map on firsthand information gathered over several years at the Board of Trade and Plantations. The map, first issued in London on twenty sheets in 1733, was the first large-scale British map to provide an overall view of the eastern half of North America. As tensions grew bet...

127 A Map of New England & ye Country adjacent, extending Northward to Quebec & Westward to Niagara, on Lake Ontairo, shewing Gen: Shirley and Gen: Johnson's Routs, & many places omitted in other Maps; Communicated by gentlemen who resided in these parts Colonial New England Anonymous 1755 B   $475.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7 x 8 inches) This uncommon map of New England covers the area from Quebec to Delaware Bay and west to Lake Ontario. It depicts towns, forts, rivers, portages, and the routes of the British marches during the French and Indian War. Three insets provide details of the forts at Oswego, Duquesne and Frederick (Crown Point). This map illustrates the British campaigns against the French forts at Niagara an...

128 Bowles's Map of the Seat of War in New England, Comprehending the Provinces of Massachusets Bay, and New Hampshire, with the Colonies or Connecticut and Rhode Island' Colonial New England Carrington Bowles 1776 A   $3,000.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21 x 25 inches) This great Revolutionary War period map is based on Thomas Jefferys' four-sheet map of 1755 and was originally published by Bowles in 1765 with a different title. The map has a long history and underwent several revisions and title changes; this one resulting from increased interest in the region at the outbreak of the war. The map covers from Penobscot Bay to Long Island and inland to th...

129 Railroad Map of Northern New England and the Maritime Provinces United States - New England George Foster 1882 B   $60.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 25 x 15.7 inches) Pocket railroad map that details the various routes throughout the region. Extends south to Boston, west to Montreal and north to include New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. All railways are named and hundreds of stops and stations are shown along the routes. Folds into gilt-stamped brown cloth covers. This is a very uncommon map by an obscure mapmaker and publisher. Printed ...

130 Nova Virginiae Tabula Colonial Mid Atlantic Henricus Hondius 1665 A   $1,700.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.2 x 15 inches) Henricus Hondius' version of Capt. John Smith's important map of 1612, drawn from his brother's earlier map of 1618. After the death of Jodocus in 1629, his widow sold a number of plates to Blaeu. Angry at the sale to a competitor, Henricus and Joannes Jansson engaged engravers to cut new plates, which were largely based on Jodocus' work. In the upper left corner is an engraving of the great In...

131 La Virginie Colonial Mid Atlantic Pieter van der Aa 1714 A   $3,750.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.5 x 5.2 inches) Extremely rare derivative of John Smith's very important earlier map of Virginia. It presents a view of the Chesapeake Bay region including present-day Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. Mountains, trees, rivers, forts, and numerous Indian villages are shown. This map is from a revised copper plate originally engraved by Pieter van den Keere and published in the 1628 edition of the Mercat...

132 Map of the Country between Wills Creek and Fort du Quesne Colonial Mid Atlantic Anonymous 1758 A   $550.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4.6 x 7.4 inches) This small map illustrates the infamous march of General Braddock's British Army to Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh) at the beginning of the French and Indian War, which ended in the Battle of the Monongahela (or the Battle of the Wilderness, or just Braddock's Defeat). It is based on a drawing by Capt. William Orme, an aide-de-camp to General Braddock, showing the nineteen encampments along the...

133 C. Virginia und Maryland Colonial Mid Atlantic Homann Heirs 1765 A   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.8 x 10.2 inches) This interesting little map is taken directly from Herman Moll's map made for Oldmixon's British Empire in America. The map retains the English nomenclature and locates English Plantations and Indian Plantations and Houses as noted in the key, as well as a great deal of other interesting information. Size does not include the German text panels at left. This map has been tr...

134 Carte de la Virginie, de la Baye Chesapeack, et Pays Voisins Colonial Mid Atlantic Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1773 B   $180.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.5 x 7.5 inches) Finely engraved colonial map covering most of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware with a bit of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The interior is fully engraved with mountains and great detail along the rivers. Delineates an early network of trails and wagon roads that stretches as far west as Frederic Town ou Winchester and north to Philadelphia. Delicate rococo-style title cartouche.

135 A general Map of the Middle British Colonies in America: via Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensilvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Rhode-Island' Colonial Mid Atlantic and Great Lakes Evans/Jefferys 1758 A+   $6,500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 26.2 x 19 inches) This is the first state of Thomas Jefferys' derivative of the seminal Lewis Evans map of the Middle British colonies, which was one of the landmarks of American cartography. It illustrates the region from Montreal and the lower end of Lake Huron to the North Carolina border, and from the Falls of the Ohio to Narragansett Bay, with an inset of the Illinois Country. Evans' map contributed enormous...

136 Geological Map of the Middle and Western States Mid Atlantic and Great Lakes James Hall 1843 A   $180.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 32 x 22.5 inches) Lovely, colorful geological map by the eminent American geologist James Hall that blends science and the art of cartography. Twenty-two geological formations are named and identified using hand applied colors. The map includes the region of the United States from it's western boundary along the Mississippi River, east to Long Island and the Atlantic. Includes all or parts of Wisconsin, Illinois...

137 Florida Colonial South Duval/Beer 1679 A   $300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4.8 x 3.7 inches) This miniature map of the Spanish possessions in North America covers the region south of the Great Lakes (Lac Erie) to the Gulf of Mexico and Florida. It is drawn from Nicolas Sanson's influential map (La Floride) of 1657. It differs from the folio map in the prominence given to the Rio del Spiritu Sto. over the other rivers flowing into the Mar Pequeno. ...

138 Il Paese de' Cherachesi, con la Parte Occidentale della Carolina Settentrionale, e della Virginia Colonial South Antonio Zatta 1778 B   $300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.7 x 12.5 inches) This is one sheet of Zatta's version of John Mitchell's epic map. The whole map, titled "Le Colonie Unite dell' America Settentrle," was published as a set of twelve individual maps. This sheet provides a detailed view of the forks of the Missouri and Ohio Rivers along the Mississippi and adjacent areas. While the map is filled with Indian villages, it shows very little European settlement othe...

139 Carte de la Louisiane, et de la Floride United States - Southern Rigobert Bonne 1783 A   $230.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8.2 x 12.5 inches) Handsome map of the American Southeast and the Mississippi River Valley. The map extends from Charleston, South Carolina west to include New Orleans and north well into Illinois. Good detail on the course of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Florida is shown with its panhandle extending west to include Mobile and Biloxi. Small inset provides details of the Missouri River.

140 Survey for a projected Canal Between Mobile and Pensacola Bays in Alabama and Florida Florida and Alabama U.S. Gov. 1833 B   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 33 x 20 inches) An early examination of the region by Lt. W.C. Williams assisted by T.J. Lee, T. F. Drayton, C.W. Ward & H.C. Sill. The proposed route for the canal is traced from Bon Secour River (Mobile Bay) eastward to Pensacola Bay with terrific detail along the way. Locates and names Bay Lalande, Perdido River, Secour River, Inerarity Point, Garcon's Creek, Great Lagoon, Bayou Grande, Bayou Chico, Camp Cl...

141 The Mobile and Ohio River Rail Road Grant in the States of Mississippi and Alabama Alabama and Mississippi U.S. Gov. 1852 A   $95.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.7 x 31 inches) This interesting long map shows approximately twenty miles on either side of railroad running down the state line between Mississippi and Alabama from the Chickasaw Boundary (just north of Columbus, MS) south to Mobile Bay. The map illustrates the six and fifteen mile limits of the railroad grant, as well as private land grants and townships.

142 Map of the Richmond and Louisville R.R. Connecting the Railroads of Virginia with the Railroads of Kentucky on the Shortest Route East and West from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic Ocean United States - Southern G. W. & C.B. Colton 1882 A+   $325.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 50 x 25 inches) This large and very detailed map delineates the routes available throughout Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia with connecting routes in North Carolina and Pennsylvania shown. Railroad routes are shown in red and blue overprinting. Map folds into original printed cardboard covers. Remarkable condition for a folding map of this size and date.

143 Geographically Correct Map of the Territory Traversed by The Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway [Southern Battlefields] United States - Southern Railroad Companies (various) 1906 A   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 30 x 20 inches) A scarce and very detailed map that shows most of the Southeast with the Civil War battlefields highlighted. Railway routes are identified with red overprinting. Includes all or a portion of Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, eastern Missouri, Mississippi and Alabama. Map is handsomely printed with an earthy green background color. Map folds into paper pamphlet titled "Southern Battlefields ...

144 Virginia Colonial Southeast Duval/Beer 1679 A   $1,100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4.8 x 3.8 inches) Charming miniature map of the colonies based on the geography of Nicolas Sanson, Duval's uncle. The colony of Virginia is shown with Jamestown and the Indian city of Orapaks. The defunct Swedish colony is to the north, and to the south is Florida (claimed by the French) with a huge L. May. In the west is a large Lac Erie ou Lac du Chat (named for the panther like fierceness of it...

145 Gray's New Map of North Carolina and South Carolina North Carolina and South Carolina O. W. Gray & Son 1881 B   $75.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 26.5 x 16 inches) Very nicely detailed stone engraved map. Political divisions are shown by lovely pastel coloring. Much information throughout including counties, cities and towns, railroads, mountains and rivers, coastal details including soundings and isodepth lines in fathoms. Large inset of "Charleston Harbor and its Approaches" details the town, harbor and the Ashley and Cooper rivers. Blank verso.

146 Carte que les Gnacsitares ont Dessine sur Carte de la Riviere Longue et de Quelques Autres Colonial Midwest Lahontan 1703 B   $700.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 26.2 x 11 inches) This is one of the most influential, and fanciful, maps in American cartographic history. It purports to show the Riviere Longue flowing from the western mountains, home to the Gnacsitares Indians, and connecting to the Mississippi River. On the western side of the mountains is another river, presumably flowing into the Pacific. Lahontan's concept was copied by virtually all 18th ...

147 North America Sheet V The North West and Michigan Territories United States - Central SDUK 1833 B   $65.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15 x 12 inches) This is an interesting map of most of the Northwest Territory and Michigan Territory. It has the elongated Lake Michigan and bears some resemblance to Burr's map of 1831. The Ottawa and Miami Indian nations are shown occupying the whole northern part of Michigan and the only settlement in the North West Territory is Green Bay Township along with Fort Howard.

148 Map Illustrating the plan of the defenses of the Western & North Western Frontier, as proposed by Charles Gratiot, in his report of Oct. 31, 1837 United States - Central Charles Gratiot 1860 A+   $600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.2 x 21.5 inches) This map is a later printing from the series of maps that illustrated the factious Congressional debate over the nature of the Frontier Defenses between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. Issued under the direction of Col. A.A. Albert by W. Hood, the map includes the states of Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and the Indian nations bordering them to the west. Locates many military forts...

149 Map Illustrating the plan of the defences of the Western & North Western Frontier, as proposed by the Hon: J.R. Poinsett, Sec. of War, in his report of Dec. 30, 1837 United States - Central JR Poinsett 1860 A+   $250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.5 x 21.5 inches) A historical map that was originally issued as part of the continuing debate over the nature of the Frontier Defenses between the Mississippi River and the Rocky mountains. It includes the states of Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana and the Indian nations bordering them to the west. Locates many military forts and outposts from Ft. Jessup to Ft. Snelling with notations throughout concerning the r...

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