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Lot#		Title		Subject/Creator		Date/Cond		Sold for:

106		Carte de la Californie et des Pays Nord-Ouest separes de l'Asie par le Detroit d'Anian'		Western North America Didier Robert de Vaugondy		1772 B		$150.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 14.3 x 11.5 inches) Two contrasting maps, one inset into the other. The inset map is based on a world map by Plancius issued in 1641, while the larger map is based on Visscher's map of 1612. Other than a recognizable Baja California, the maps are filled with the cartographic myths of the 17th century. The northwest coast bulges too far to the west. Both maps feature the seven cities of Cibola gathered around a sp...

107		A Map Shewing the Communication of the Lakes and the Rivers between Lake Superior and Slave Lake in North America		Western North America Anonymous		1790 B+		$300.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 9.25 x 7.8 inches) Intriguing map based on the map and report of Peter Pond in 1787. The map traces the route from Lake Superior to Lake Winnipeg and then through an interconnected chain of lakes and rivers to Arabaska Lake and Slave Lake. The most interesting feature is the speculative river flowing out of Slave Lake, over "falls said to be the largest in the known world," and emptying into Cook Inlet. Pond's ma...

108		Extrema Americae Versus Boream, ubi Terra Nova Nova Francia, Adjacentiaq		Canada Johannes Blaeu		1662 C+		$750.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 22.2 x 17.6 inches) This is a handsome of the Canadian Maritimes based on Samuel de Champlain's great map of 1632 and augmented with place names from De Laet and Jansson. Blaeu's version shows Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Labrador and the Davis and Hudson Straits as well as the southern tip of Greenland and a portion of northern Maine. The elaborate cartouches symbolize the importance of th...

109		Septemtrionaliora Americae a Groenlandia, per Freta Davidis et Hudson, ad Terram Novam		Canada and Greenland Frederick de Wit		1680 A		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 22 x 19 inches) This is the first state of De Wit's fine chart of Hudson Bay and Arctic Canada. This beautifully engraved chart was based on Van Loon's important chart of 1666 and includes Hudson Bay and Strait, Baffin Bay and extends to include the western coast of Greenland. The chart shows an erroneous second bay next to James Bay named The Great Bay. A sea battle rages outside of the Hudson Strait ...

110		Canada		Canada Pierre DuVal		1682 A		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 4.8 x 3.8 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 (Lac des puants) 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 t...

111		Quebec, Ville de l'Amerique Septentrionale, dans la Nouvelle France avec Titre d'Eveche'		Canada, Quebec Nicholas de Fer		1696 B+		$180.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 11.7 x 8.2 inches) This is the second edition of De Fer's interesting map illustrating Sir William Phips' attack on Quebec in 1690. Phips, full of confidence from his recent military success at Port Royal, mustered a fleet from Boston for the expedition. The operation ended in disaster when the under-equipped force discovered the extensive defenses at Quebec. The map provides a great view of the battle lines of t...

112		Quebec		Canada, Quebec Anonymous		1740 A+		$110.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 10.6 x 7 inches) An unusual, Italian view of Quebec City from the St. Lawrence with a number of ships in the river and a charming depiction of the buildings and surrounding countryside. The decorative cartouche contains a key to 11 places of note within the city.

113		Piano Della Citta di Quebec		Canada, Quebec Veremondo Rossi		1763 A+		$150.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 9.3 x 9.5 inches) Handsome Italian plan of the city of Quebec includes a key to important buildings in tables under the title. A nice compass rose orients the map with north to the right.

114		[Lot of 5 - Newfoundland]		Canada, Newfoundland Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1764		$325.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) A matched set of boldly engraved copper plate maps. 1) Le Golfe de Saint Laurent et l'Isle de Terre-Neuve. (13.5 x 8.5"). A well engraved chart that details the sea around the outlet of the St. Laurence River. Newfoundland, Isle d'Anticosti, Prince Edward Island, part of Cape Breton Island, and the coast of Labrador are located. The map extends to the Strait of Belle Island ...

115		Partie du Fleuve St. Laurent avec le Passage de la Traverse et les Isles Voisines		Canada Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1764 B		$75.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 11.8 x 8.2 inches) This map reveals significant detail of soundings and hazards to navigation. It shows islands in the St. Lawrence to the east-northeast of Isle d'Orleans and delineates the Iberville Channel -- the ancient one and the current ship channel hugging the northwest shoreline. Rococo-style cartouche is inland of the shoreline and a fleur-de-lys lies above the intersection of rhumb lines.

116		A Chart of the Banks of Newfoundland, Drawn from a Great Number of Hydrographical Surveys, Chiefly from those of Chabert, Cook and Fleurieu, Connected and Ascertained by Astronomical Observations		Canada Robert Sayer & John Bennett		1775 B		$190.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 26 x 19.5 inches) A large-scale chart of Newfoundland, part of Cape Breton Island and the Great Banks. Tracks of the three great surveys are shown with vignettes of their ships. The banks are filled with soundings and the coasts are finely detailed. A table of astronomical observations on which this chart is grounded includes Cook's observations of an eclipse of the sun on August 5, 1766 and longitudes ascertaine...

117		Le Isole di Terra Nuova e Capo Breton di Nuova Projezione		Canada, Newfoundland and Cape Breton Antonio Zatta		1778 A		$325.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 12.5 x 17 inches) A handsome map of Cape Breton and the island of Newfoundland is filled with lots of coastal place names and details. The interiors are left primarily blank with some indications of topography and hydrology. The decorative landscape cartouche features a tree with drying fish, alluding to the rich fishing banks of the area.

118		Plan of Quebec and Adjacent Country Shewing the Principal Encampments & Works of the British & French Armies during the Siege by General Wolfe in 1759		Canada, Quebec John Melish		1813 B		$350.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 20 x 15 inches) An engrossing and uncommon map of Québec based on a manuscript map made by J. B. Glegg during the Siege of Quebec , which ended the French and Indian Wars. In June 1759, the British Major-General James Wolfe and a massive army travelled to Québec with the plan of defeating the French. Unable to overcome Quebec 's garrison, steep cliffs, and generally excellent defenses, Wolfe ...

119		Amer. Sep. Partie de la Nouvelle Bretagne. No. 33		Canada, Lake Winnipeg Vandermaelen		1825 A		$240.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 22 x 18.3 inches) This interesting map is centered on Lake Winnipeg and details early exploration and settlement in the region. The Fort Gerry Colony, started by Lord Selkirk in 1811 and the first settlement in the area, is shown as well as other settlements started by rival fur trading companies, Hudson's Bay Company and the Northwest Company. The majority of the region is shown to be the preserve of various Ind...

120		Britisches Nord = America		Canada Carl Flemming		1843 B+		$60.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 15.3 x 12.3 inches) A transitional map of the whole of Canada to the Arctic circle and including Iceland and part of Alaska. The border with Canada and the United States is left undefined at the area disputed by the two countries to show the mapmaker's neutrality in this contested area.

121		[Lot of 2] Canada East, Formerly Lower Canada [and] Canada West, Formerly Upper Canada		Canada Charles Desilver		1856 A+		$50.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 15.8 x 12.5 inches) Matched pair of nicely engraved maps of Canada. These maps originated with Samuel Augustus Mitchell in his atlas. The first map is centered on Quebec and shows good detail along the St. Lawrence. Large inset of the Maritime Provinces is titled "Nova Scotia New Brunswick &c." The second map is centered on Toronto and shows all of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. It extends east to beyond Cornwall o...

122		The Harbour of Placentia / The Harbour of Anapolis Royal / Boston Harbour		Maritimes and Boston Harbor Henry Popple		1733 A		$950.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 11.5 x 19.3 inches) This interesting map is sheet number 8 from Henry Popple's famous and scarce 20-sheet map of the British Empire in America. This sheet is focused on a portion of the Grand Banks, and inset with maps of the harbors of Placentia (Newfoundland), Boston (Massachusetts), and Annapolis Royal (Nova Scotia). The sheet shows soundings in the Grand Banks and harbors of all the insets except Placentia, an...

123		Carte des Lacs du Canada Pour servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages		Great Lakes Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1757 A+		$800.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 11.4 x 7.6 inches) This is an excellent little 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 the spurious islands in Lake ...

124		A New Map of the British Dominions in North America; with the Limits of the Governments annexed thereto by the late Treaty of Peace, and settled by Proclamation, October 7th, 1763		Colonial United States and Canada Thomas Kitchin		1763 B+		$275.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 11.8 x 9.4 inches) A very historical map illustrating the British colonies after the Treaty of Paris that marked the end of the French and Indian War in America. The treaty ended French colonial ambitions in North America with minor exceptions. Spain ceded East and West Florida to Great Britain and France relinquished title to the Louisiana Territory to Spain and established the Mississippi River as ...

125		Canada, Louisiane, Etats-Unis		Canada & United States Didier Robert de Vaugondy		1782 A+		$300.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 11.3 x 9.3 inches) This is a rare, unrecorded state of this map that first appeared in 1762. The title has been amended to acknowledge the new United States, but it does not have the imprint of Delamarche, which places it between the second (1778) and third (1795) states of the map. A large inset map covers the west coast and is most notable for its depiction of two remarkable cartographic misconceptions; a huge

126		Kaart van het Eiland Terre-Neuve, van Niew Schotland, het Eiland St. Jan'		Eastern Canada and United States Willem Albert Bachiene		1785 A		$220.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 12.5 x 8.5 inches) This uncommon map covers the area from New Jersey to Newfoundland. New England is shown reaching from Connecticut to Novia Scotia, and Massachuset Baay extends from Boston way up into Northern Maine. The map is based on Bonne's similar map of 1782 but is adorned with a delicately engraved title cartouche.

127		Kaart van het Westelyk Gedeelte van Kanada'		Canada & United States, Great Lakes Willem Albert Bachiene		1785 A		$275.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 12.5 x 8.3 inches) An unusual example of one of the most interesting maps of the Great Lakes that depicts frontier forts, missions, and fur trade routes. The map is based on Bonne map, but is more decorative. It covers the region from James Bay to just below Ft. Duquesne and from Lake Ontario through the Great Plains. It contains numerous Indian tribe names and forts including Detroit, St. Louis, Toronto and F...

128		Charte Der neuen Niederlassungen in Ober Canada nach der Smythschen Charte reducirt von I. C. M. R.		Canada and Great Lakes I.C.M.R.		1814 A		$400.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 12.2 x 7.4 inches) An uncommon, reduced version of David William Smyth's map of Ontario providing excellent detail of the area around the Lakes Ontario, Erie, St. Clair and Huron and showing townships in upper New York state and Canada. David William Smyth was Canada's first Surveyor General.

129		Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-America		Canada & United States Carl Flemming		1842 B		$65.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 16 x 12 inches) This interesting German map of the United States delineates 29 states and three districts (Columbia, Missouri, Oregon). It shows the topography and political situation of the country, including the Republic of Texas. The mountains and rivers in the Northwest are shown quite graphically. The Great Basin has two large lakes in the vicinity of the Great Salt Lake; from the southern lake a non-exi...

130		British America		Canada and Alaska John Tallis		1850 B+		$160.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 13 x 10 inches) Fine, decorative map is surrounded in a delicately engraved border and further embellished with six vignettes. The area mapped extends to show all of today's Canada and Alaska, here called Russian America. In Canada, at least 23 provinces are delineated through outline coloring. Dots indicate the numerous forts and principal stations of the Hudson's Bay Company. This edition includes a ...

131		[Lot of 6 - United States and Canada]		United States and Canada Rogers & Johnston		1857		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 16 x 12.8 inches) Nice set of attractive and detailed maps from this difficult to find atlas. 1) Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton & Prince Edward Is. Edges with a couple small chips and a short centerfold split at bottom. Grade B+ 2) Upper or Western and Lower or Eastern Canada. Some offsetting and light soiling. A couple edge tears. Grade B. 3) States...

132		Lloyd's New Map of the United States the Canadas and New Brunswick from the Latest Surveys Showing Every Railroad & Station Finished and the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts [on verso] Lloyd's Topographical and Railway Map of the Seat of War in Europe, 1870.		Canada & United States James T. Lloyd		1870 A		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 47 x 38 inches) Unusual, large, double-sided folded map showing the United States to the Dakotas, Indian Territory, Kansas and Texas one side and the whole of Europe, including a portion of Asia on the other. This large map is generally seen as a wall map, but this example is printed on fine banknote paper. Both maps are very detailed and filled with information, as well as notes from Lloyd advertising new maps...

133		*Warner's Safe Cure* Prize Map of the United States and Canada**		Canada & United States Rand McNally& Co.		1887 C		$250.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 52.5 x 38 inches) This huge, folding map of the United States and southern Canada is an very uncommon map promoting a patent medicine company. A large illustration at the bottom left of the Statue of Liberty, Liberty Enlightening the World, includes a two-paragraph description of the statue and its construction. The people of France presented the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States in 1886...

134		[Lot of 2] Poates Radio Map of the United States and Canada [and] RCA Short Wave World Wide Radio Tours		Canada & United States		1924-33		$50.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1) Poates Radio Map of the United States and Canada has the stations and their owners, wavelengths and kilocycles listed in the margins. There is a "distance finder" in the top margin that is meant to be cut out. Folds into the original pictorial wrappers showing a family around an old radio and an advertisement for Poates' "Atlas of the World" on the rear. NY, L.L. Poates Pub. Co., I...

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