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111 Conibas Regio cum Vicinis Gentibus Canada Cornelis Wytfliet 1597 A+   $700.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.6 x 8.7 inches) Published in Wytfliet's important first atlas devoted to the New World, this fascinating map is cartographically important for a number of reasons. Despite the fact that it covers an area virtually unknown to Europeans, it is the earliest map to focus on the central region of Canada and it is the earliest description of the Native American settlement of Hochelaga, which would become...

112 Extrema Americae Versus Boream, ubi Terra Nova Nova Francia, Adjacentiaq Canada Johannes Blaeu 1662 A   $2,100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.3 x 17.5 inches) This handsome map of the Canadian Maritimes is based on Samuel de Champlain's great map of 1632, and augmented with place names from De Laet and Jansson. This is Blaeu's only map of Canada. It 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 symb...

113 A Plan of the Harbour of Chebucto and Town of Halifax Halifax, Canada 1750 A   $700.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.7 x 8.8 inches) This very attractive and early map of the town of Halifax and vicinity is commonly referred to as The Porcupine Map for its awkward depiction of a porcupine at lower right. The top of the map is oriented to the west. It includes Bedford "formerly call'd Torrington Bay," Cornwallis Island and a grid plan of Halifax with fortifications. The map is decorated with coats of arms, the Ensign o...

114 [Lot of 4 - Canada] Canada Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1750-1760 A   $325.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1)Carte Reduite des Parties Septentrionales du Globe, Situees Entre l'Asie et l'Amerique, 1758, (14.7 x 8.3"). Very unusual chart that shows only the northeast coastline of Canada with Baffin and Hudson Bay and the St. Laurence River. On the other side is the northeast coastline of Asia with the Kamchatka peninsula. In between are a few small areas of coastline with notations concerning ...

115 [Lot of 2] A Plan of the Town and Fortifications of Montreal, or Ville Marie in Canada [and] Plan of the town and Fortifications of Montreal or Ville Marie in Canada in 1758 Montreal, Canada Anonymous 1758-1839 A   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.5 x 4.5 inches) A) A Plan of the Town and Fortifications of Montreal, or Ville Marie in Canada, from the Grand Magazine of Magazines. This rare and detailed plan of Montreal is taken from Jefferys map of 1758. It delineates the small town built between the St. Laurence on one side and steep cliffs on the other. The surrounding fortifications, individual buildings and streets are noted, as are th...

116 A Chart of the Part of the Coast of Labradore, from the Straights of Bell Isle, to Cape Bluff Eastern Canada Thomas Jefferys 1770 B+   $170.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18 x 21.5 inches) This handsome chart shows the Labrador coast from Cape Bluff south to the North Entrance of the Straights of Bell Isle. It depicts numerous harbors, bays and inlets with soundings and navigational hazards along the coastline. Two inset charts in lower left show Petty Harbour and the three harbors of Sophia, Charlotte and Mecklenburg. A large compass rose and rhumb lines orient the chart....

117 Partie de l'Amerique Septentrionale, qui comprend le Canada, la Louisiane, le Labrador, le Groenland, la Nouvelle Angleterre, la Floride &c. Canada and Greenland Bonne/Lattre 1776 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17 x 11.7 inches) This interesting map covers eastern Canada and Greenland from the bottom of Hudson Bay, northward beyond the Arctic Circle to about 70° N. Latitude. It illustrates the French and English searches for the long-sought Northwest Passage to the rich trading markets of Asia. By the late 18th century the search was primarily concentrated in the extensive network of lakes and rivers that meander...

118 British America Comprehending Canada Labrador Newfoundland Nova Scotia &c. Canada Charles 1814 B+   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15 x 13 inches) Scarce Irish-produced map of Canada that extends from Greenland across the continent to Great Slave Lake (here called Arathapescow Lake) north of today's Alberta. Delineates the lands of the Copper, Dog Ribb'd, and Northern Indians. Shows a small portion of coastline far to the north on the Beaufort Sea at the delta of the Copper River. Good detail of the river and lake systems from Gre...

119 [Lot of 5 - Maritime Provinces] Canada W.H., Lizars 1832   $190.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) Collection of maps all precisely engraved by Lizars. Each is approximately 7" x 4.5" except as noted. 1. Chart exhibiting the British Possession in North America, The Atlantic, British Isles & Co'Trans-Atlantic Steam Navigation, 15" x 6.5". This folding map is centered on the North Atlantic and the Azores and shows the routes between England and Ireland to Newfoundland and N...

120 British America Canada John Tallis 1851 A   $120.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.8 x 10.2 inches) This 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 districts are outlined. Dots indicate the numerous forts and principal stations of the Hudson's Bay Company. This edition includes a bird's-eye view of Montreal, a seal...

121 A Chart of the River St. Laurence, as High as Quebec Canada Anonymous 1858 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.5 x 4.5 inches) This rare map of the St. Laurence includes a fine Plan of Quebec showing limited fortifications, individual buildings and streets. Published in the October 1758 issue of the rare Grand Magazine of Magazines. The first issue was in July 1758 and the publication ceased with the November 1759 issue. A rarely seen map with no prior sales records located.

122 [Lot of 2] Karte von Britisch-Columbia... [and] Die Kuste von Labrador' Canada Petermann 1858-1861 A+   $85.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) Karte von Britisch-Columbia (Fruher: New-Caledonia), Vancouver I., und dem Nordlichen Theil von Washington Territorium, dated 1858, printed color, (13.5 x 9.7"). This map of British Columbia, formerly known as New Caledonia, features Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Island, and the northern part of Washington Territory. An inset map of Ireland is drawn to scale with the larger map and is...

123 The Canadian Dominion Survey, with Distances. A New Railway, Post-Office, Township and Precinct Map of Ontario and Quebec Canada 1899 B   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 39 x 33.5 inches) A scarce and colorful map that contains a remarkable amount of information. Two large insets detail the western and eastern portions. A third inset is the "Dominion of Canada Newfoundland." Index to cities and towns at left, table gives of distances from Toronto and Montreal. Blank verso. The decorative title cartouche has fancy Victorian-style lettering and several flourishes and graphic pat...

124 Tierra Nueva Colonial United States and Canada Ruscelli 1574 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.5 x 7 inches) This important early map devoted to the East Coast of North America is based on Giacomo Gastaldi's map of 1548, which combined data from the Verrazano and Cartier voyages. The cartography is unchanged, with the exception of the depiction of the Hudson and St. Lawrence Rivers (unnamed), which are shown connected upriver, a notion he borrowed from Ramusio. Bermuda is named off the Florida coast as...

125 Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France et des Descouvertes qui y ont ete faites Dresse' Colonial United States and Canada Guillaume Delisle 1718 A   $1,500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 25 x 19 inches) First issued in 1703, this richly detailed map provides the most accurate rendering of the Great Lakes of the time, with the lakes fully enclosed and properly placed in longitude and latitude. Delisle's map of Canada and the Great Lakes is one of the most outstanding and influential maps of the eighteenth century. The Great Lakes are portrayed correctly for the first time, and Detroit marks it's...

126 Dominia Anglorum in America Septentrionali Colonial United States & Canada Homann Heirs 1740 B+   $450.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.8 x 19.6 inches) Great sheet consisting 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 botto...

127 Karte von dem Ostlichen-Stucke von Neu Frankreich oder Canada Colonial United States and Canada Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1744 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.8 x 15.8 inches) This is the German edition of Bellin's map , under appreciated map of the colonies published by Tirion. It was originally published for Charlevoix' Journal Historique d'un Voyage fait par Ordre du Roi dans l'Amerique Septentrionale. The map covers the eastern seaboard from Boston (Baston) through Newfoundland to the coast of Labrador. It provides excellent detail of the mouth of t...

128 Partie de l'Amerique Septent? Qui comprend la Nouvelle France ou le Canada Colonial United States and Canada Gilles Robert de Vaugondy 1755 B+   $450.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23.8 x 19 inches) This is a 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 wonderful cartouche features the title on a blanket draped over a wooden canoe, which appears to be getting threatened by a fierce beaver. This is the second state of the map.

129 A Map of the British and French Settlements in North America Colonial United States and Canada John Lodge 1755 B+   $250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.5 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...

130 A New Map of North America from the Latest Discoveries Colonial United States and Canada J. Spilsbury 1761 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.75 x 10.9 inches) A fine map noting the colonial possessions in North America eastward from Texas to the Atlantic coast. It shows early settlements, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory. The colonies have boundaries extending past the map's western border. Various treaty and charter boundaries are shown. Earl Granville's Property stretches from the Atlantic west to beyond the Mississippi River. I...

131 A Map of North America from the Latest Surveys and Maps Colonial United States and Canada Rev. John Blair 1768 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.5 x 16.4 inches) Superb map of the continent published during the transitional period leading up to the American Revolution. The map shows much of the region controlled by the British after the French and Indian War. Several of the colonial charters extend to an indeterminate western boundary. The charter and dates are noted along the colonial boundaries, which extend through Louisiana, a Spanish possession at ...

132 Carte Nouvelle des Possessions Angloises en Amerique Dressee pour l'Intelligence de la Guerre Presente et Divisee Suivant les Pretentions des Anglois' Colonial United States and Canada Maurille Antoine Moithey 1777 B+   $1,500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 27.2 x 19.2 inches) This scarce Revolutionary War map of the British Colonies was intended to provide the French public with geographical and historical information on the war in which they were involved. The map is filled with historical, topographical and military notes on the area. A large inset map titled Carte de l'Ocean Occidental shows the various Atlantic Trading Routes from France and Spain to the ne...

133 L'Acadia, le Provincie di Sagadahook e Main, la Nuova Hampshire, la Rhode Island, e Parte di Massachusset e Connecticut Colonial United States and Canada Antonio Zatta 1778 B+   $220.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.5 x 12.6 inches) This great regional map covers New England and Nova Scotia and details the early settlements and roads with the adjacent fishing banks. It includes Cape Cod, Boston, Newport, New London, Portsmouth, and much more. Delineates the roads along the coast and westward from Concord. Provides excellent detail in Acadia and of the adjacent fishing banks. Towns, villages, roads, trails, and watershed t...

134 A Map of the Northern and Middle States; Comprehending the Western Territory and the British Dominions in North America from the Best Authorities Canada & United States Stockdale 1793 B   $375.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.8 x 12.8 inches) This uncommon and information-packed map describes the region from James Bay to Chesapeake Bay and the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, and from the Lake of the Woods to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. An explanation of the various symbols used in the map are displayed in the form of an open book in the upper left corner. Several of the districts and states are shown with distorted borde...

135 A New and Correct Map of the British Colonies in North America Comprehending Eastern Canada with the Province of Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Government of Newfoundland: with the Adjacent States of New England, Vermont, New York' Canada & United States Laurie & Whittle 1794 B   $450.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 26.4 x 18.6 inches) This detailed map includes eastern Canada with Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland together with New England, New York, New Jersey and parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. The great fishing banks are graphically depicted. There are numerous interesting notations throughout, e.g., "This vast Tract of Land, which is the Ancient Couchsachrage one of the Four Beaver-Hunting...

136 Charte der neuen Niederlassungen in Ober Canada nach der Smythschen Charte Canada & United States, Great Lakes I.C.M.R. 1800 A   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.5 x 7.5 inches) This is a reduced version of David William Smyth's map of Ontario that provides excellent detail of the area around the Lakes Ontario, Erie and Huron, and shows townships in upper New York state and Canada. David William Smyth was Canada's first Surveyor General.

137 Carte des Etats-Unis d'Amerique' Canada & United States Alexander Emile & Pierre Lapie 1832 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.2 x 15.4 inches) This is a map covering both the United States and Canada; the western parts of which are largely still the domain of several Indian nations. The United States' claims in the Pacific Northwest are shown with the District de la Columbia extending well into present-day British Columbia. The cartography in the west is primarily taken from the explorations of Lewis and Clark. The Missouri territory occ...

138 Lower Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edwards Id. Newfoundland, and a large portion of the United States Canada & United States John Arrowsmith 1842 A   $210.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19 x 23.6 inches) Map from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Cape Cod. Includes the provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Edwards Island, New Brunswick and a portion of Quebec and New England. There is also a large inset of Newfoundland. Each of the provinces and states have individual colors with nice detail of towns, rivers and railroads. In northern Maine and Quebec, the boundary claims for the United States and Britai...

139 Map of the Various Lines between the United States and the British Provinces Canada & New England James Duncan Graham 1846 B+   $300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.5 x 11.8 inches) The finely engraved map shows the disputed borders and border treaties between the United States and Canada. The map is centered on Maine and includes parts of the surrounding New Brunswick, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York. Hand coloring identifies the Boundary Established by the Treaty of Washington of 1842; Line by award of the King of the Netherlands; and Line claimed by the U.S. under th...

140 Official Railroad map of the United States and Canada United States and Canada Rand McNally& Co. 1885 A   $170.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 42.5 x 26.8 inches) This very large, colorful folding map features terrific railroad detail along with wagon roads, watershed, cities and villages, and much more. While covering mainly the United States is shows the Canadian Pacific Railway through the southern part of Canada. It includes an inset, "Map of Atlantic Coast States Engraved on a Large Scale," plus individual city plans of Boston, Cincinnati, New York, ...

141 [Lot of 4 - Pocket Maps of Canada and Detroit] Canada & United States, Detroit 1902-1920   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1. Map of the Border Cities of Windsor, Walkerville, Ford City, Sandwich and Ojibway Canada, 28" x 12.5", circa 1920. This is a handsome real estate speculation map showing Detroit and the area across the river. Ojibway was intended to become a major steel center after U.S. Steel purchased a large plot of land. Unfortunately for the speculators, the project was ultimately abandoned. It...

142 [Lot of 10 - American Cities] Canada & United States 1839-1856 A   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) Lot of 10 beautifully rendered steel engravings. Includes engravings from Picturesque America and one from a similar British publication: City of Louisville; City of Baltimore ( From Druid Hill Park); City of Cleveland From Resevoir Walk; City of Milwaukee; City of Buffalo; The City of Detroit (From Canada Shore); City of Cincinnati; City of Providence From Prospect Hill; New York Bay From the T...

143 Charte von der Nordwestkuste Americas nach Vancouver Western Canada & United States Anonymous 1804 B+   $230.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8.1 x 10 inches) Nice map of the Pacific coast stretching from present-day San Francisco north to Anchorage, Alaska. There is extensive detail of the coastline naming Vancouver Island, Prince William Sound and Kodiak Island. There is also a numbered key to the left of the image naming 24 different points of interest. Published by Weimar Geographisches Institut.

144 Map of the Oregon Territory by the U.S. Ex. Ex. Western Canada & United States Charles Wilkes 1841 B+   $1,000.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 34.5 x 22.8 inches) An important map that Wheat says is "really quite extraordinary" and in many respects was the most detailed yet published. The map covers the entire region west from the Black Hills, north to above the 50th parallel and south to the Sacramento River. The United States Exploring Expedition did not enter the Great Basin or any part of the Snake River basin. Instead Wilkes relied on other sources ...

145 British Colonies in North America from the best authorities Canada and Alaska John C. Russell 1810 A   $50.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9 x 7.6 inches) This very finely engraved map shows all of Canada and Alaska. The western reaches are blank but along the coast are labeled New Cornwall, New Hanover and New Georgia. In the far north of Yukon is the notation "The Sea seen by Mr. McKenzie in 1789" and further east another says "The Sea seen by Mr. Hearn in 1771." locates the Copper Indians and the Coppermine River. The entire northern coast is...

146 Map of the Oregon Territory from the Best Authorities Northwestern Canada & United States Charles Wilkes 1849 A   $70.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.2 x 8.3 inches) This is the reduced edition of Wilkes' map that was a major contribution to American cartography and the most detailed map of the region north of the Sacramento River. It provided Americans with an accurate view of an area still virtually unknown in the mid-nineteenth century. Wilkes supported the view of Senator Lewis Linn that the northwest boundary of America should be 54° 40' North, the famo...

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