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105 [Lot of 2] Nova Tabula Geographica Complectens Borealiorem Americae Partem' [and] Carte Nouvelle contenant la Partie d'Amerique la Plus Septentrionale' Colonial United States and Canada Visscher/Shenk 1718 A+   $2,200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18.5 x 23 inches) This stunning map on two separate sheets, covers the Atlantic coast from the Carolinas to Newfoundland, and from the Grand Bank to the Great Lakes. It includes Lake Ontario and parts of Lakes Huron and Erie with a portion of Hudson Bay at the top. The map does not appear to be based on any one source, but draws from the Coronelli/Nolin map of 1689 as well as Dutch and English sources. It displa...

106 Carte de la Nouvelle France, ou se voit le cours des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens & de Mississipi' Colonial United States and Canada Henry Abraham Chatelain 1719 A+   $3,250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.2 x 16.5 inches) Derived from Nicholas de Fer's important four-sheet map of 1718, this is the most informative map of the French possessions in North America in the early 18th century. Louisiana and the Mississippi Valley are based on Delisle's manuscript map of 1701, while the geography of New England and eastern Canada originates with Franquelin. Inset at top left is a large-scale map of the Mississippi Delta ...

107 Dominia Anglorum in America Septentrionali Colonial United States and Canada Homann Heirs 1740 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.8 x 19.8 inches) This great sheet consists of four separate maps: Virginia und Maryland; Carolina nebsteinem Theil von Florida; New Engelland, New York, New Yersey und Pensilvania; and New Foundland, od. Terra Nova, S. Laurentii Bay, die Fisch-Bank, Acadia, nebst einem Theil New Schotland. Each map details the British possessions in North America, with roads, forts, towns, coastal shoals. Text panel at bottom. ...

108 A Map of the British and French Settlements in North America Colonial United States and Canada John Lodge 1755 A+   $550.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15 x 11 inches) This is the first of several similar maps illustrating the French/British conflict in North America. It was issued just before the French and Indian War was officially declared and depicts, by hachure, the French encroachment into British claimed territory. Earl Granville's Property is shown in North Carolina and extending to the western-most edge of the map, which is about the 100...

109 A Map of the British & French Plantations in North America Colonial New England and Canada Anonymous 1755 B+   $200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.4 x 8.3 inches) This charming little map of New England and northeastern Canada covers from Long Island through the coast of Labrador. New England consists of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusets Bay, New Hampshire and York County. The title cartouche was meant to serve as the title for three maps published in the July, August and September editions of the magazine. Together those maps covered...

110 America Septentrionalis oder Mitternachtiger Theil von America, Bestehend, in Neu Brittania Canada, Neu Engeland, Neu Schotland, Neu Jorck, Pensylvania, Carolina Florida Georgien. Worinnen der Grosse S. Laurentius und Ohio Fluss Samt' Colonial United States and Canada George Christophe Kilian 1764 B+   $230.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9 x 8 inches) This uncommon, little German map was based on Homann's America Septentrionalis, which in turn was reduced from D'Anville's important map. It depicts the region at the end of the French and Indian War. The British Colonies now extend to the Mississippi River with the Carolinas, which include Earl Gravilles's Property, shown stretching from the Atlantic coast to beyond the Mis...

111 Carte des Lacs du Canada Colonial United States and Canada - Great Lakes Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1777 A+   $400.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.2 x 7.4 inches) This is an excellent French & Indian War period map depicting the five Great Lakes. While this map uses the same title as Bellin's prototype map of the Great Lakes, published in Charlevoix’s Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France in 1744, it has been updated with information from Bellin's similar map of 1755. Lakes Erie and Ontario are more accurately defined and th...

112 Carte Reduite des Cotes Orientales de l'Amerique Septentrionale Contenant Celles des Provinces de New-York et de la Nouvelle Angleterre, Celles de l'Acadie ou Nouvelles Ecosse, de L'Ile Royale, de L'Ile St.Jean, avec L'Interieure du Pays' Colonial New England and Canada Sartine 1780 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 34.3 x 23 inches) This fine chart was prepared under the direction of Antoine Sartine, Minister of Marine in Paris for use by the French Navy during the American Revolutionary War . It covers the region from Chaleur Bay to New Jersey and includes Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton Island. It provides excellent detail of the harbors, bays, inlets, shoals and fishing banks, currents and navigational hazard...

113 The most surprising Cataract of Niagara in Canada Canada & United States, Niagara George H. Millar 1783 B+   $90.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.3 x 7.3 inches) An interesting view of the great Niagara Falls enclosed in a picture-frame style border. Engraved by Page and published by Alexander Hogg.

114 [Lot of 8] United States and Canada H.S. Tanner 1836-41 A+   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1) A New Map of Indiana with its Roads & Distances, 1841, (10.5 x 12.8"). Finely detailed map of the state locates all towns and villages, counties, watershed and more. A table gives the steamboat routes with point to point distances from Louisville to Pittsburgh and from Louisville to New Orleans. Land distances between towns are noted along the roads. Railroad and canals are also show...

115 Geological Map of the United States and British North America' United States and Canada Henry Darwin Rogers 1855 A   $600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 24 x 20 inches) This beautifully engraved and well colored geological map was "Constructed from the most recent documents & unpublished materials." It uses a combination of hand and printed color to delineate at least fifteen different geological formations described in a large table that includes American and the "Nearest European Equivalent" name for each. Below the map is a full-width profile "A Geological S...

116 [Maps and Report] A Geological Map of the United States and Canada 1853 [and] Outline of the Geology of the Globe 1853 United States and Canada Edward Hitchcock 1856 A   $1,100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) The first map (24.2 x 16") is Hitchcock's landmark map of 1853 which is unchanged from the first edition of this report. Essentially, it is a compilation of Lyell’s map for the eastern portion combined with M. Boue’s “Geological Map of the World” for the western portion modified by the author’s generalizations derived from the relations of geography to geology, as argued in the report. In this ...

117 Lloyd's New Map of the United States, the Canadas and New Brunswick from the Latest Surveys Showing Every Railroad & Station Finished to June 1862 and the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts Eastern United States and Canada James T. Lloyd 1862 A   $850.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 49 x 37.5 inches) This large Civil War era map covers the United States west to the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Indian Territory and East Texas. It is very detailed and filled with information including state and county boundaries, state capitals, wagon roads, turnpikes, railroads, forts, post offices, court houses, and light houses. Southern Florida is included in an inset. It also covers the adjacent parts of C...

118 Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil' Volume I Canada & United States William C. Bryant 1872-74 B+   $210.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 13 inches) This is one of the most beautiful plate books on the United States and Canada ever produced. The 24 excellently well rendered, steel engraved views and 284 wood engravings, many full-page include works by Thomas Moran, Harry Fenn, Granville Perkins, James D. Smillie and other important American artists of the 19th century. This important volume contains Yellowstone, Yosemite, Richmond, Savannah,...

119 Rand McNally & Co.'s New Official Railroad Map of the United States and Canada Canada & United States Rand McNally& Co. 1885 A+   $140.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 42 x 27 inches) This very large, colorful folding map features terrific railroad detail along with wagon roads, watershed, cities and villages, and much more. It includes an inset, "Map of Atlantic Coast States Engraved on a Large Scale," plus individual city plans of Boston, Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Chicago, Buffalo & Niagara Falls, and Washington. The map is attached at the rear of the o...

120 Chart of Part of the North West Coast of America Western Canada & United States Jean Francois Galoup, Comte La Perouse 1798 B+   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15 x 19.2 inches) This is a reduced, English version of La Perouse's important chart of the west coast of North America. It covers the coast from Monterey California to Mount St. Elias in Alaska depicting the route of the voyage with only those parts actually surveyed. Puget Sound is conspicuously missing. Published by G.G. & J. Robinson in London.

121 Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains ' with a Map of Oregon Territory Western Canada and United States Rev. Samuel Parker 1846 A   $650.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 5 x 8 inches) Samuel Parker was a missionary who accompanied a fur-trading party on an expedition from Council Bluffs Iowa to the Oregon Territory. At the time, the region was claimed by both the British and the United States and was little known except to the fur-traders. The folding map titled Map of Oregon Territory', 1838(22.8 x 14"), and the wood engraving of the Basaltic Formations on the Columbia...

122 The United States of America United States Joseph Hutchins Colton 1855 B+   $130.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 26 x 15 inches) This great map features numerous early western territorial boundaries. Oregon and the newly created Washington Territories extend to the huge Nebraska Territory, meeting at the Continental Divide. Nebraska Territory in turn extends to the Missouri River where it borders a large Minnesota Territory. Utah Territory spans from California east to join Nebraska and Kanzas along the Rocky Moun...

123 Map Drawn to Illustrate the Travels & from the Documents of the Abbe Domenech Showing the Actual Situation of the Indian Tribes of North America and the road described by the author United States P. Bineteau 1860 A+   $180.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18 x 13.3 inches) This map is well engraved and displays early western territorial boundaries. The huge Nebraska Territory stretches between Minnesota to Oregon and Washington Territories at the continental divide, and south to Kansas. The large Kansas Territory borders Utah and New Mexico at the Continental Divide and there is no mention of Colorado or of any early towns therein. Utah and New Mexico are both show...

124 [Lot of Approximately 120 - United States] United States Various 1870-1900   $47.50 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) This is a diverse lot of 19th century atlas maps. They are primarily regional maps, but the lot does include some individual state maps and city plans. There are some duplicates and also included are about 20 of North America and Latin America. Size varies, but most are from folio or large folio atlases. There are some hand colored maps, but the majority are printed color. Sold without reserv...

125 Map of the American Colonies and Adjacent Country As known in 1776 United States Asher & Adams 1875 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23 x 16 inches) This historical map shows the country to the Pacific as it appeared in 1776. Created in 1875, it is based on information compiled by the American Geographical Society on their 50th year celebration, presented by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. It is unclear if any 1770s map was used as a basis for this compilation. The map locates the River of the West, suggests a possible Northwest Passage, n...

126 Map of the United States Exhibiting the Present Status of Knowledge Relating to the Areal Distribution of Geologic Groups United States U.S.G.S 1884 A   $325.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 28 x 17.3 inches) This is the first published geological map of the United States by the nascent USGS. It is generally referred to as the McGee map after the compiler. The legend at lower left names and color codes twelve different geological formations. There is also very fine detail of hydrology. Vast areas of the western U.S. remain blank, reflecting the infancy and inadequacy of western geological explorati...

127 Diagram of the Transcontinental Lines of Road Showing the Original Central Pacific and Union Pacific and their Competitors United States U.S. Gov. 1887 B+   $60.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20 x 18.5 inches) This color lithographed map focuses on the railroad network throughout the United States. The major railroads are shown via a boldly colored line and finely engraved text. The presumed competitors are shown via small black lines, also labeled with the name. The Canadian Pacific R.R. is detailed in southern Canada, and one line is shown to Guaymas, Mexico from Benson, Arizona Territory. Sea rou...

128 Reconnaissance Map of the United States Showing the Distribution of the Geologic System So Far As Known United States U.S.G.S 1893 A   $325.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 28 x 17.4 inches) This is the second geological map of the United States published by the USGS. The first edition uses the same base map with the title Map of the United States Exhibiting the Present Status of Knowledge Relating to the Areal Distribution of Geologic Groups. The legend names and color codes thirteen different geological formations in twelve major groups. Compared to the first USGS edition...

129 Relief Map of United States United States Central School Supply House 1899 C+   $210.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 40 x 27 inches) A rarely offered relief map that is a remarkable demonstration of craftsmanship. The map is composed of layers of cloth, plaster and papier mache, molded to show the topography of the United States. Coloring is a combination of printed and hand coloring. In its original carved wooden frame, measuring 34" x 47.5". This map was recovered from a school house in Tombstone, Arizona.

130 Outline Map of United States United States, Puzzle Map Milton Bradley Co. 1905 A   $80.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) Complete, early 20th century dissected wooden puzzle map of the United States and territories. The 48-state map includes insets of Alaska, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines. The map is a brightly colored lithograph showing major railroads, rivers, state capitols and major cities. The capitol of Oklahoma is Guthrie, which was moved to Oklahoma City in 1910. In Idaho Boise is Boise City. ...

131 Aviation Map of United States Featuring Landing Fields / Official Auto Trails Map of the United States [together with] The Complete Camp Site Guide'With Official Directory of Aeroplane Landing Fields United States Rand McNally& Co. 1923 A   $325.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 40.5 x 26 inches) This rare, early aviation map of the United States is the first edition, published in April 1923. We located only one other copy in the Library of Congress' collection. Akerman in Cartographics of Travel and Navigation (The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., Lectures in the History of Cartography), p. 237, describes the map: "Using data collected by [U.S. Air Service] Rand, McNally published its first av...

132 A New and Accurate Map of Part of North America, Comprehending the Provinces of New England, New York, Pensilvania, New Yersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, & part of Virginia, Canada, and Hallifax Colonial United States Peter Kalm 1771 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 30 x 22.3 inches) This scarce map covers Virginia through New England, the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario and Lake Erie and extends west to the confluence of the Ohio and Kentucky Rivers. The map is filled with detail of the colonies, as well as settlements, forts (including Fort Detroit), and Indian villages west of the Ohio River. There is great detail of the Swedish settlements, particularly along the Delaware...

133 [Lot of 3] Eastern United States Rigobert Bonne 1783-85   $220.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.5 x 8.5 inches) 1) Carte de la Partie Nord, des Etats Unis, de L'Amerique Septentrionale' covers the eastern seaboard from Maine (Machasuzet Bay) to Maryland and inland to Lake Erie and the Ohio River. Numerous settlements and forts are named, including in the western frontier Cumberland, Ft. Necessite, Fort Duquesne, Sandoske Ft., and many more. There is excellent detail of mountains and rivers. Very l...

134 Carte Generale des Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale, Renfermant Aussi quelques Provinces Angloises adjacentes' Eastern United States Pierre Francois Tardieu 1787 B+   $200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.6 x 10 inches) An uncommon map of the early United States and the first printed map to name Frankland. Also known as Franklinia, it is shown here just west of the border of North Carolina, named Pays de Frankland. In 1785 settlers in western North Carolina and what would become eastern Tennessee organized a state government to be named in honor of Benjamin Franklin. Congress turned down t...

135 Carte Generale des Etats de Virginie, Maryland, Delaware, Pensilvanie, Nouveau-Jersey, New-York, Connecticut et Isle de Rhodes Ainsi que des Lacs Erie, Ontario, et Champlain' Eastern United States Pierre Francois Tardieu 1787 A   $550.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 25.5 x 18.8 inches) This is an updated French edition of Evans' rare and important map of the Middle Colonies that was first published in 1755. It was produced for St. John de Crevecoeur's book and includes some additions in New England, but fewer than the extensive additions of Pownall's 1776 reissue, according to McCorkle. Crevecoeur was a French-born surveyor who settled in New York, where he produced this class...

136 Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Seple avec le Canada et la Floride Eastern United States Jean Lattre 1790 A   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.3 x 9.8 inches) Attractive and early map of the United States that shows the western boundary of North and South Carolina, and Virginia and Georgia extending to the Mississippi River. A table in the Atlantic names the 13 states with their capitals. West and East Florida are delineated to show them as a part of the Spanish possessions of Louisiane with West Florida extending to the Mississippi River. The...

137 A Map of the United States of America, with Part of the Adjoining Provinces from the latest Authorities Eastern United States Wilkinson, R 1794 B+   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.8 x 8.4 inches) This uncommon map presents a pre-Tennessee configuration. The map covers the region from the eastern seaboard to the Mississippi River. The Western Territory takes in all the area west of the Ohio River with several Indian tribes located and areas of Extensive Meadows in today's Illinois. Kentucky occupies a larger area that appears to include part of today's West Virginia. In present-d...

138 Carta delle Provincie Settentrionli degli Stati Uniti Eastern United States Francois Alexander Rochefoucald Liancourt 1800 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.2 x 12.5 inches) An uncommon and crisply engraved map describing the northern part of the young United States. The map extends from the Passamaquoddy Bay in Maine down to Delaware and west to Lake Erie. It provides a nice view of early settlements and roads, as well as the mountains and forests. This map is from either an Italian edition of Francois la Rochefouchauld Liancourt's Travels through the United St...

139 States of America Eastern United States Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon 1814 A   $210.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8.5 x 7 inches) This attractive, small map of the young nation extends from the Dist. of Main south to Georgia and just past the Mississippi River to show part of the expansive new Louisiana Territory. Includes all of West Florida and just a strip of East Florida. Georgia's western boundary is the Mississippi, and the large, unnamed Northwestern Territory contains the lands that would become Illinois, Mi...

140 Stati Uniti di Arrowsmith Eastern United States 1815 A+   $90.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8 x 9.3 inches) This beautifully engraved, Italian map is based on Arrowsmith's similar map of the United States. The new Territory of Mississippi takes in present-day Mississippi and Alabama. Spain is still in control of Florida. The large, unnamed northwestern Tennessee is filled with Indian names. Locates many forts, native villages, and frontier settlements are noted including Miniere di Piembo, an...

141 United States Eastern United States John C. Russell 1822 A   $190.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.8 x 8 inches) This unusual small map covers the eastern United States and what was then the frontier region just west of the Mississippi River. It shows the United States following the Missouri Compromise with both the state and territory of Missouri depicted. Other territories include Michigan, Northwest, and Arkansas, the capital of which is Arkopolis, shown in its large configuration. The states of...

142 [Lot of 6 - Revolutionary War Plans] Eastern United States Marshall 1825 B+   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) Lot of six maps from this important and early history of the American Revolution published by J. Crissy. Each map has abundant details, including relevant locations and illustrations representing ships and armies distinguished by color. They delineate the positions and movements of General Washington, and several other British and American generals at important stages of the American Rev...

143 United States of America Eastern United States John Melish 1827 B   $400.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.4 x 17 inches) This map of the United States extends west to the Rocky Mountains and provides a detailed view of the region based on information from the expeditions of Lewis & Clark and Pike. A notation at the western edge of the map shows where "Clarks Canoes stop 3000 miles from the Mississippi." The Missouri Territory takes in the entire northern plains region from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains. ...

144 Mitchell's Travellers Guide Through the United States. A Map of the Roads, Distances, Steam Boat & Canal Routes & c. by J.H. Young Eastern United States Samuel Augustus Mitchell 1833 B+   $850.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.7 x 17.3 inches) This fine pocket map shows the United States west to the Mississippi River and a little beyond to include a small portion of Missouri Territory. The map is very detailed and features nine insets; namely the Vicinity of Philadelphia, Washington, Charleston, Boston, New York, Cincinnati, Albany, New Orleans plus the Vicinity of the Falls of Niagara. The labyrinth of canals and early roads a...

145 Map of the United States Eastern United States H. Phelps 1836 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.8 x 19 inches) This is a scarce pocket map published by James Webster from Humphrey Phelps' plate of 1832. Phelp's name has been erased and Webster's has been added on the lower right. George Washington's portrait decorates this map along with a chart of the population of the United States in 1830. The map shows a large Missouri Territory reaching from Missouri and stretching to the Rocky Mountains. Wisconsi...

146 United States Eastern United States 1842 B+   $95.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8.3 x 10.5 inches) This is an early printed color map of the Untied States, most likely printed by Morris & Breese. The map shows all of the United States to the Mississippi River and north to include Upper Canada. The entire north central portion including Canada is shaded to indicate the area contemplated for colonization of "the Irish Catholic Poor by sending them to America." This fascinating map is bound as ...

147 To the Independent Mariners of America, This Chart of their Coast from Savannah to Boston Is most Respectfully Dedicated by their most Obliged & Grateful Servant Eastern United States John Williams Norie 1852 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 61.3 x 25.3 inches) This rare large-scale, blue-backed chart covers the eastern coast of the United States from St. Mary's inlet in Georgia to Penmanquid Point in Maine. Oriented with north to the right, the chart is densely engraved with navigational information including shoals, tidal directions, the gulf stream, soundings, and bottom textures. The numerous lighthouses are graphically illustrated with each hand-c...

148 [Lot of 3] Illinois [and] Delaware [and] West Virginia U.S. States - Illinois, Delaware, West Virginia Ruth Taylor White 1932   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8.5 x 11.5 inches) Ruth Taylor White's charming pictorial maps are among the most popular collectible maps of the early 20th century. These whimsical maps, often known as cartographs, combine graphic style, color and comical observation. Caricatures representing the various industries and attractions overlay each state's geography, with major cities located. Many of her caricatures are considered politically inco...

149 A New and accurate Map of the Colony of Massachusets Bay, in North America from a Late Survey Colonial New England Anonymous 1780 B+   $325.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.8 x 10.4 inches) This Revolutionary War era map focuses on Massachusetts and also covers all of Rhode Island and parts of Connecticut and New Hampshire. Handsomely adorned with a wreath-style title cartouche and delicate compass rose, it provides a good view of the towns, roads, early counties, as well as rivers, ponds and waterfalls. The maps issued in the Universal Magazine are among the best executed a...

150 Cram's New Railroad and County Map of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, from the Latest Official Surveys New England George F. Cram & Company 1879 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.5 x 15.3 inches) This is an early and colorful pocket map by the George Cram firm. This detailed map of southern New England shows towns, cities, railroads as well as county and state boundaries. Fancy lettering in title, blank verso. The map folds into stiff embossed and gilt cloth covers. Complete with the 10 page index booklet attached to inside front cover.

151 A New Map of New England and New York Colonial New England and Mid-Atlantic Robert Morden 1693 A   $600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 5.8 x 4.8 inches) This uncommon little map of New England and Long Island is centered on the Connecticut River and the Boston area. The map has been updated from Morden's 1680 map with corrected river systems and new place names. Still, the map illustrates the general lack of knowledge of the region in the late seventeenth century. A table at left names and locates 32 towns and villages in Massachusetts where th...

152 Pensylvania Nova Jersey et Nova York cum Regionibus ad Fluvium Delaware in America sitis' Colonial New England and Mid-Atlantic Seutter/Lotter 1760 A   $1,100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.5 x 22.5 inches) This is a notable pre-Revolutionary War era map based on Lewis Evans’ map of 1749, one of the first and most important maps of the region. This German version had wider circulation than the Evans map and therefore significant influence on the European view of the colonies. It extends from New England to the estuaries of the Delaware and Chesapeake. The British colonies are confined east of the ...

153 Nova Virginiae Tabula Colonial Mid-Atlantic Henricus Hondius 1633 A   $1,800.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.3 x 14.8 inches) This graphic map is Henricus Hondius' version of Capt. John Smith's important map of 1612, drawn from his brother's map of 1618. After the death of Jodocus Hondius 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. This is the 5th derivative of Smith...

154 Nova Virginiae Tabula Colonial Mid-Atlantic Arnoldus Montanus 1671 A   $850.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14 x 11.5 inches) This is a very decorative, carefully made map based on the Hondius/Blaeu version of John Smith's prototype of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay. It is beautifully engraved with mountains, rivers, and forests and provides a wealth of information concerning the Indian villages in the region. The title and distance scale cartouches feature putti and a scene at upper right features Native Americans wi...

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