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Lot#       Title   Subject/Creator   Date/Cond   Sold for:    
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...
135 Carte Generale des Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale United States
Adrien Hubert Brue
1820
A
passed

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.8 x 14.3 inches)

This handsome and finely engraved map covers the United States with most of Mexico and a bit of Canada. The United States are shown with their claims into British Columbia (District de la Colombia) and Mexico still controls all of Texas and the Southwest, most of which is blank with only conjectural topography shown. The West also features some fictitious rivers , including the S. Buen...
136 [Lot of 2] Map of the United States [and] U. States United States
U.S. Gov.
1839
B+
  $90.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches)

In 1838 Congress was alerted to the fact that the small size of the military forces created grave vulnerability to hostile coastal and interior threats. These two maps show proposed interior stations for troops to reinforce where they were most likely to be needed for coastal defense. Significantly, they reflected the availability of early railway systems that could be used to quickly transport ...
137 [4 Sheet Map] Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika United States
Friedrich H. Handtke
1845
B+
  $200.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 26 x 21 inches)

Four separate, unjoined sheets make up this map of the developing United States. It provides an excellent view particularly of the American West and the large western territories of Oregon and Missouri. Texas is listed as a state, however only a portion of its border is colored, leaving the western extent undefined. The key names the states and territories, the number of counties, their area a...
138 [United States] United States
E. Gilman
1848
B+
  $425.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 33.3 x 13.6 inches)

Important and uncommon map showing the new state of Texas with its northern boundary extending to 42° N. latitude in the 'stovepipe' configuration of the state at its largest extent. A large California Territory extends nearly to Texas with a small New Mexico sandwiched in between. Sutter's Fort is shown incorrectly on the Plumas River. Interesting versions of treaty boundaries are drawn and a ...
139 No. 5 Map of the United States United States
Samuel Augustus Mitchell
1849
B
  $150.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.8 x 10.3 inches)

This map has terrific western territorial borders including the important territorial acquisitions of the Mexican-American War. The inset map "No. 6 Map of the Gold Region of California" is a very early depiction of the Gold Regions that names Sutter's Buttes, Sacramento City, and all of the important creeks of the gold region feeding into the Sacramento and Feather rivers. Upper C...
140 Military Map of the United States prepared in the Office of the Quarter Master U.S.A. United States
U.S. War Department
1857
C
  $70.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 29.3 x 13.5 inches)

Wheat calls this map "illuminating" as it clearly shows how the military establishment in the Far West had grown following the war with Mexico. A dark line shows the "Extreme line of outposts in 1845" and none are west of the 100th meridian. The western area is divided into military districts and the numerous forts for protection of the frontier are shown therein. Several recent exploration rou...
141 Etats-Unis United States
A. Vuillemin
1858
A
  $35.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10 x 7.5 inches)

Charming map showing the post Gadsden Purchase with the land south of the Gila River named "Inds. Apaches." A large Nebraska Territory includes the Dakotas and Kanzas. Other large western territories include, Oregon, Utah, New Mexico, Indian Territory and Minnesota. The map locates many Indian tribes in the West.
142 The United States of North America (General Map) United States
J.W. Lowry
1860
C+
  $95.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.8 x 13.2 inches)

Very precisely engraved map with remarkable territorial boundaries. A large Texas includes today's Oklahoma. Oregon and Washington extend to the Continental Divide. Utah includes present-day Nevada and much of Colorado. New Mexico Territory includes Arizona, the Las Vegas area and a portion of southern Colorado. A huge Nebraska Territory fills the region between the Rocky Mountains and an enl...
143 Geological Map of the United States compiled by C.H. Hitchcock and W. P. Blake' United States
Charles Henry Hitchcock
1873
B+
  $300.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 33.5 x 21.5 inches)

Large and colorful map includes information identifying railroads, roads, canals, army arsenals and forts. A table at lower left provides an explanatory key to the colors used to indicate nine distinct geological formations. The carefully drawn map shows good geographical detail as well as remarkable geological information. J. Bien lithographer.
144 [Lot of 5 - Indian Reservations] United States, Indian Reservations
1881-1919
  $550.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches)

A terrific set of folding maps showing the evolution of Indian Reservations over a period of 38 years.

1) Map Showing Indian Reservations in the United States West of the 84th Meridian and Number of Indians Belonging Thereto 1881. A finely engraved example that shows existing, proposed and "extinguished" Indian lands in unique colors. This map also shows Indian agencies, Army ...
145 Official Map of the Union Pacific Railway from California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Montana and Utah, through Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska, to Points East. Northern United States - Railroads
Railroad Companies (various)
1882
A
  $140.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 42 x 15.5 inches)

Attractive and colorful railroad map and timetable showing the United States from coast to coast, and the many railroads that served it, but focusing on the Union Pacific lines. Extends to include part of Canada, but only continues south to include, for example, only the northern parts of Arizona, Oklahoma, and North Carolina. Each station is located and named along the routes, with major statio...
146 [Puzzle] Map of the United States United States
McLoughlin Bros.
1887
A
  $350.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18.5 x 12 inches)

Terrific Victorian period map puzzle with original box. Complete with all pieces, box, and full color map to aid in assembling the puzzle. The puzzle is dated 1887, but the Dakotas are shown separated so this puzzle is probably circa 1890. Original paper label on box that is reminiscent of a cigar box label. It combines the printing processes of multi-stone chromolithography, solid color zinc ...
147 [Lot of 10] Map of the United States of America Showing the Boundaries of the Union and Confederate Geographical Divisions and Departments [1861-1865] United States
U.S. Gov.
1891-95
B+
  $800.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 27.7 x 16.5 inches)

This interesting and historical set of Civil War maps is rarely offered together. The first map is dated Dec. 31, 1860 and shows South Carolina as the only state to secede. Details in the West include the location of Army posts, routes of early explorers, U.S. mail routes, the Santa Fe Trail, Pony Express Route, etc. Succeeding maps reflect changes each six months in Department Boundarie...
148 The United States of America Including All Its Newly Acquired Territory United States
National Publishing Co.
1901
B+
  $100.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 55.5 x 37.5 inches)

This very large map emphasizes the new possessions of the United States during the Age of Imperialism following the Spanish-American War of 1898. This was a time when the United States was emerging as an imperialist world power in an attempt to protect its trade markets overseas. The map presents the United States with vividly colored states, each with its counties delineated and also bri...
149 Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Systems United States, Railroads
Railroad Companies (various)
1910
A
passed

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 43.6 x 43.5 inches)

At first glance this map seems similar to the 1907 edition, however, this is a slightly larger and more detailed railroad map that extends a little further east to also include Indianapolis, Nashville, and Pensacola. Names hundreds of railroads with the lines of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific shown in overprinted color. Legend with seven different colors locates operational lines and tho...
150 Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississipi Dressee sur un Grand Nombre de Memoires' Colonial United States
Delisle/Buache
1745
A
  $2,000.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 26 x 19.5 inches)

This is the updated version of Delisle's influential map of the French possession of Louisiana that drew together the cartographic work of the previous half century and had a tremendous impact on the history of cartography. When originally published in 1718, it was the first detailed map of the Gulf region and the Mississippi, and the first to show the explorations of De Soto, Cavelier, Tonty, Mo...
151 Part of North America, comprehending the Course of the Ohio, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pensilvania, Maryland, Virginia, Carolina and Georgia Colonial United States
Anonymous
1760
A
  $475.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.5 x 8.5 inches)

A finely engraved, small map based on a larger map by Didier Robert de Vaugondy. The map is filled with detail of early settlements, Indian villages, and topography. The colonies extend to the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers, with North Carolina shown in an unusual, skinny configuration. The top left of the map is inset with an extension of South Carolina and part of Georgia, balanced by a deli...
152 A New Map of North America from the Latest Discoveries Colonial United States
J. Spilsbury
1761
B+
  $250.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.75 x 10.9 inches)

Fine map showing the colonial possessions in North America east of the Rocky Mountains. Shows early settlements, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory. The colonies are shown with their 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. In...
153 Partie de l'Amerique Septentrionale, qui Comprend le Cours de l'Ohio, la Nlle Angleterre, la Nlle York, le New Jersey, la Pensylvanie, la Maryland, la Virginie, la Caroline Colonial United States
Didier Robert de Vaugondy
1768
B
  $600.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 24.5 x 18.8 inches)

Beautifully engraved, large map of the eastern seaboard with a large inset at upper left that continues the main map from Cape Fear south through the Carolinas and Georgia to F. St. Georges. The map is based on the seminal map by John Mitchell, published in 1755, the same year this plate was initially engraved. The mapping of the trans-Allegheny and Great Lakes regions and in the interior...
154 [Lot of 2] Partie Septentrionale des Possessions Angloise en America, pour servir d'intelligence a la Guerre present entre les Anglois et leurs Colonies' [together with] Parte Meridionale des Possesions Angloise en Amerique' Colonial United States
Verrier & Perrier
1778
B+
  $4,000.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 28.5 x 20 inches)

Extremely rare pair of Revolutionary War period maps are based on John Mitchell's monumental map of 1755, as noted in the cartouche 'les meilleurs Carte du Pays traduite de l'Anglois, de Michel. These maps include some interesting differences in the colonial names. Present-day Maine is broken into Province de Sagahadoc in the northeast portion including Penobscot Bay and...
155 Various Plans and Draughts of Cities, Towns, Harbours &c Drawn from the Latest Authorities Eastern United States - Cuba
Thomas Conder
1779
A
  $150.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.6 x 12 inches)

This very attractive sheet has five maps: Plan of the Harbour of New-York and Parts adjacent, The Town & Harbour of Boston &c., Draught of the River Delaware from Chester to Philadelphia, Plan of the Harbour of Charles Town, South Carolina, and Plan of the City & Harbour of Havana, Capital of Cuba. Each map is quite detailed with city plans, islands, channels an...
156 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
B+
passed

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.8 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 on the Mississippi River. The states of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia stretch from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. The map is filled with information on early settlements, forts, Indian villages and fishing banks. The title is e...
157 A Correct Map of the United States of North America. Including the British and Spanish Territories, carefully laid down agreeable to the Treaty of 1784 United States - Eastern
Thomas Bowen
1784
B+
  $240.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17.5 x 12.5 inches)

An early map of the United States created at the conclusion of the American Revolution, following the Treaty of Paris. The western boundary is along the Mississippi River. The western region is full of information including watershed up to Lake Winnipeg, with Indian names and interesting notations such as Extensive Meadows Full of Buffalos, north of the Missouri River, and Country...
158 [Lot of 2] Kaart van het Noordlyk Gedeelte der Vereenigde Staaten van Noord Amerika [and] art van het Zuidelyk Gedeelte der Vereenigde Staaten van Noord Amerika United States - Eastern
Willem Albert Bachiene
1785
A
  $450.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.6 x 8.3 inches)

An uncommon matched pair of maps based on Bonne, covering the territory of the newly created United States, both with decorative cartouches and scales of miles.

1) Kaart van het Noordlyk Gedeelte der Vereenigde Staaten van Noord Amerika covers the region from northern Virginia to northern Maine (Massachuset Baay) and west to the Ohio River and lakes Ontario and Erie. The...
159 [Lot of 2] Carta Delle Provincie Settentrionli. degli Stati Uniti [Together with] Carte Delle Provincie Meridionali degli Stati-Uniti United States - Eastern
Francois Alexander Rochefoucald Liancourt
1793
A
  $450.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19 x 12.5 inches)

An uncommon and crisply engraved pair of maps describe the young United States. The northern map extends from the Passamaquoddy Bay in Maine down to Delaware and west to Lake Erie. The southern sheet is from the Chesapeake Bay to Savannah, Georgia and west to Tennessee, covering Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina and part of Georgia. These maps provide a nice view of early s...
160 Theil der Vereinigten Staaten von Nord America United States - Eastern
Isaac Weld
1805
B
  $100.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18.3 x 15.8 inches)

This German edition of Stockdale's map extends from Maine to South Carolina and westward to include Kentucky, but not to the Mississippi River. With many place names, it includes small villages in the frontier and names Toronto, Detroit, Leestown, Lexington, Boonsborough and the historical settlement of Ninety Six in South Carolina. Established in the early 1700's, this settlement was nam...
161 States of America United States - Eastern
John C. Russell
1814
B+
  $300.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8.8 x 7.3 inches)

Attractive, small map of the young nation was published by Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon. The map extends from the Dist. of Main down to Georgia and just past the Mississippi River to show part of the expansive new Louisiana Territory. Georgia's western boundary is the Mississippi, and the large, unnamed Northwestern Territory contains the lands that would become Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, an...
162 Map of the United States of America. Charte der Vereinigten Staaten von Nord America United States - Eastern
John Melish
1819
B+
  $350.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17.3 x 13 inches)

This is an uncommon German issue of Melish's important map of 1813, showing the extent of the United States past the Mississippi River to the large Missouri Territory. The map is filled with early roads, settlements, forts, native villages and towns. The early territories of Michigan, Illinois, Indiana are noted as well as the North West Ter. which takes in the area that would become Wisc...
163 [Lot of 10 - U.S. Views] United States - Eastern
W.H. Bartlett
1839
A+
  $120.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.3 x 4.8 inches)

A very attractive group of prints covering picturesque areas along the eastern portion of the United States, including New Hampshire, Washington DC, and New York.

1) The Presidents House, from the River.
2) View from West Point. (Hudson River.)
3) Niagara Falls from the Ferry.
4) The Valley of the Shenandoah, from Jeffersons Rock. (Harper's Ferry.)
5) Bl...
164 United States United States - Eastern
John Tallis
1850
A
  $325.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.5 x 9.6 inches)

The map presents some interesting boundaries. The new state of Texas is shown at its largest extent, with the panhandle extending to the Arkansas River and including Santa Fe. Wisconsin and Iowa are shown with amorphous boundaries. This beautifully engraved map is surrounded by a decorative border with portraits of Washington and Franklin. Within the map are vignettes of a buffalo hunt, Penn's...
165 Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova Colonial New England
Willem Blaeu
1642
A
  $2,750.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.8 x 15 inches)

This important map, first issued in 1635, is one of the first to focus on the Dutch colony in North America and to name Nieu Amsterdam (New York). It is based on the manuscript of Andriaen Block (1614), a Dutch fur trader, who explored the area between Cape Cod and Manhattan and was the first to correctly delineate the longitudinal scale of the coastline and establish Manhattan as an isla...
166 Belgii Novi, Angliae Novae, et Partis Virginiae Novissima Delineatio Colonial New England
Jansson/Valk & Schenk
1694
+B
  $3,750.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.3 x 17.3 inches)

This great map is one of the fundamental landmark maps of the seventeenth century. It was copied almost exactly on at least twenty-seven later maps, and it formed the beginning of the famous Jansson-Visscher series. Compiled from numerous manuscript and printed sources, the map follows the general outline of Adriaen Block's chart of 1614 with the St. Lawrence River and Lake Champlain based on C...
167 New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pensilvania &c. Colonial New England
Herman Moll
1708
+B
  $375.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.3 x 7 inches)

First state of Herman Moll's earliest map of New England has great early colonial detail throughout. New York is confined to a narrow strip along the Hudson River and New Jersey is divided into East and West New Jersey. The coastal area from Casco Bay to Chesapeake Bay is full of detail with a multitude of place names. The Massachusetts and Plymouth colonies are noted, as well as the location o...
168 Carte des Troubles de l'Amerique Levee par Ordre du Chevalier Tryon Capitaine General et Gouverneur de la Province de New-York Ensemble la Province New-Jersey Colonial New England
Le Rouge
1778
C
  $600.00
Closed
   

Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.5 x 28 inches)

A detailed, Revolutionary War map describes the region from Salem, to Buzzard's Bay south to the Delaware River and west to Lake Ontario, including New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and portions of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Based on Claude Joseph Sauthier's 1776 A Map of the Province of New-York, reduc'd from the large drawing of that Province, it ...
169 An Accurate Map of Rhode Island, Part of Connecticut and Massachusets, Shewing Admiral Arbuthnot's Station in Blocking up Admiral Ternay. United States - New England
John Lodge
1780
A
  $300.00
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Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.8 x 10.5 inches)

An uncommon, Revolutionary War era map shows the coastline from Woods Hole and Buzzard's Bay down to Long Island, including Montauk Point and the Hamptons. The title describes a naval skirmish that took place between the revolutionary forces of France's Admiral de Ternay and those of Britain's Admiral Arbuthnot, and which ended in failure for the British forces.
170 Map of the Northern, or, New England States of America, Comprehending Vermont, New Hampshire, District of Main, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. United States - New England
John C. Russell
1795
+C
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Handsome copper engraved map shows New England from Maine to Cape Cod, prior to the final settlement of the boundary between the United States and Canada. The District of Maine is bounded on the north by The Dividing Highlands (Katahdin and the start of the Appalachian Trail) and on the east by the St. Croix River, which is still the eastern boundary with Canada from Passamaquoddy Bay.
171 Virginia et Florida Colonial Mid-Atlantic
Mercator/Hondius
1610
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This is a reduced version of Hondius' folio map of the same title. It was based on John White's Virginia and Jacques le Moyne's Florida as interpreted by Theodore de Bry. Numerous Indian villages are shown throughout and in the Apalacci Montes there is a notation concerning the presence of both gold and silver, and below lies the fictitious Lacus Dulcis, more commonly called Lake M...

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