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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...

147 United States United States Thomas Gamaliel Bradford 1838 B+   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10 x 7.7 inches) Map shows the extent of the early United States with Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana demarcating the western frontier. Texas is part of Mexico and an unnamed Missouri Territory reaches westward including the Great American Desert where several Indian Districts are named. The Huron District takes the place of Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Oregon District takes in present-...

148 Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-America United States, Republic of Texas Traugott Bromme 1843 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 25.2 x 18.5 inches) This precisely engraved map was designed for a German emigrant guide book. In the west it is largely drawn from Brue's map of Mexico 1834. It shows the Republic of Texas depicted in its "stove-pipe" configuration, claiming the lands of the upper Rio Grande and showing the Rio Grande for its boundary with Mexico. Eastern Texas shows very early county development and numerous early settle...

149 Mitchell's Reference & Distance Map of the United States United States, Republic of Texas Samuel Augustus Mitchell 1844 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 67 x 52.5 inches) This stunning wall map portrays the nation at the end of the Jacksonian era and at the beginning of the movement that would become known as Manifest Destiny. Rapid settlement is evident in the county development, which is delineated in color on this edition. The emerging railroad system is shown along with the highly developed canal network. Beneath the title is a large engraved composit...

150 Etats-Unis United States, Republic of Texas Thunot Duvotenay 1846 A   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 8.8 inches) This interesting map of the United States shows Mexico encompassing the majority of the Southwest and California. Texas is shown as an independent Republic. Most of the states east of the Mississippi River are named and outlined, except for Wisconsin, which is called District Huron. Besides Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, land west of the Mississippi River is separated i...

151 No. 5 Map of the United States Engraved to Illustrate Mitchell's School and Family Geography United States Samuel Augustus Mitchell 1849 B+   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.7 x 10.5 inches) This is the first edition this United States map showing the important territorial acquisitions of the Mexican-American War, pre-Gadsden Purchase plus the newly discovered gold region in California. The recently acquired Upper California and New Mexico are still shown in their Mexican configurations. The Oregon Territory extends to the Continental Divide. Minnesota Territory includes part of th...

152 Ensign's Travellers' Guide, and Map of the United States, Containing the Roads, Distances, Steam Boat and Canal Routes &c. United States Ensign, Thayer & Co. 1848 A+   $1,800.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 39 x 26 inches) This rare wall map was issued at the conclusion of the Mexican America War during a period of great expansion in the United States. The map was originally issued on banknote paper and folded into a traveler's guide for emigrants. This rare edition was issued in wall map format with the addition of a rich panel of engravings symbolizing the history and character of the Republic. The map extends ...

153 Map of the United States United States Case, Tiffany & Company 1851 A   $650.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23.5 x 24 inches) A scarce large format map of the United States with striking insets of a President Washington and a view of the Capitol of Washington. The projection oddly distorts and for-shortens the western portion of the U.S. The very interesting territorial configurations include the pre-Gadsden Purchase border with Mexico, a large Oregon Territory occupying the entire Northwest and extending to the Contin...

154 United States North America United States GH Swanston 1852-54 A   $120.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.5 x 16 inches) An uncommon map with interesting western territories. Dakota Territory is yet to be organized, with the large Minnesota Territory extending to the Missouri River. A huge Nebraska Territory extends from the Missouri River to the Continental Divide where it meets the oversized Oregon Territory, and south all the way to Texas and Indian Territory. The Texas panhandle extends to the Arkansas River....

155 A New Map of the United States of America by J.H. Young United States Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. 1854 A   $170.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 26.3 x 15.8 inches) This outstanding map of the United States illustrates early western territorial development. The newly created Kansas Territory was carved out of the northern part of what had been set aside for Indian Territory. Washington and Oregon both extend eastward to the Rocky Mountains and the Continental Divide. Utah and New Mexico are both shown in their largest configurations, with New Mexico occupy...

156 United States United States Taliaferro Preston Shaffner 1862 A+   $160.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.8 x 10.5 inches) Fine map covers the entire country, issued at the beginning of the Civil War, which is the main focus of the map. The legend uses color to indicate Federal Non-Slaveholding States, States bordering Slaveholding States, and the Confederate Slaveholding States. Also indicates the Indian Territory with its own color. The large Washington Territory, is depicted in the short-lived inverted 'L...

157 The Great Railroad Routes to the Pacific, and Their Connections United States Joseph Gorlinski 1869 B+   $375.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 27.5 x 14 inches) A terrific railroad map that is most notable in its depiction of the Golden Spike area in Utah: the entire track is shown completed except for 50 miles between Weber Canyon and Fort Bridger! As far as we know this is the only railroad map with this unique depiction. It was published just days before the completion if this historic railway. Scores of railroads are located throughout the ...

158 Geological Map of the United States compiled by C.H. Hitchcock and W. P. Blake' United States Charles Henry Hitchcock 1873 B+   $500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 33.5 x 21.5 inches) This is the second edition of Hitchcock important geological map of the United States. In addition to the geologic formations, the 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 geogra...

159 Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States, with a More Detailed Account of the Lands of Utah United States John Wesley Powell 1879 A   $375.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.5 x 12 inches) This is the Second House of Representatives Edition wherein the authors "were thus given the opportunity to revise their text and eliminate a few formal errors'The substance of the report is unchanged." In the report Powell draws on his extensive knowledge of the West to present the case that contemporary land laws were destructive to the land. With the election of reform-minded President Hayes,...

160 [Lot of 2] Map of the United States Exhibiting the Present Status of Knowledge Relating to the Areal Distribution of Geologic Groups [and] Map of the United States Exhibiting the Progress Made in the Geographic Survey United States U.S.G.S 1884 A   $240.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 28.2 x 17.3 inches) 1) This is the first published geological map of the United States by the 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 explorations a...

161 Geological Map of the United States and Part of Canada Compiled by C.H. Hitchcock for the American Institute of Mining Engineers to Illustrate the Schemes of Coloration and Nomenclature Recommended by the International Geological Congress United States Charles Henry Hitchcock 1886 A   $1,100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 27.8 x 17.3 inches) This remarkable map and report provide the first complete geological picture of the entire United States. This claim was made by Hitchcock in his article, "The Geological Map of the United States" in volume XV, of the Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1886-1887. This lot includes the original report with the map still bound in. Hitchcock writes (p. 468): "For the first...

162 [Lot of 2] Map Showing Indian Reservations within the Limits of the United States ... [and] Map of Linguistic Stocks of American Indians chiefly within the Present Limits of the United States United States U.S. Gov. 1890-1894 A   $250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1) This large map of the United States focuses on the many Indian Reservations in the United States in 1894. The reservations are named and shown in dark brown overprinting. Inset maps are used where the reservation concentration prevents them showing well on the main map. Insets include Indian Territory, the Mission Indian Reservations in California, and the Territory of Alaska. An extensive...

163 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   $200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 28.2 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...

164 Philips' Comparative Series of Large School Maps. United States United States George Philip 1905 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 70 x 44.3 inches) This interesting map of the United States at the turn of the 20th century identifies main railways, canals, steamship routes and towns by population. Of particular note on the map are Idaho Falls, which was previously named Eagle Rock until the townspeople voted to rename it in 1891; and Flagler's famous East Coast Railway, which was not extended to Key West until 1908. An inset map of part of E...

165 A good-natured map of the United States setting forth the services of The Greyhound Lines and a few principle connecting bus lines United States 1937 A   $220.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 29.3 x 19.5 inches) Full color pictographic or cartoon map that is filled with charming vignettes and figures. This brightly colored map is the best of the number of maps issued by Greyhound in the 1930s and 1940s, the heyday of bus transportation in the US. The Greyhound bus routes are delineated in bold black with the interconnecting routes in dotted line. Small pictographs highlight the attractions throughout th...

166 A Map of that Part of America, that is now the Seat of War, from Quebeck to Fort Duquesne, comprehending the English Settlement on the Sea Coast Colonial Eastern United States Anonymous 1758 A+   $250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.5 x 4.3 inches) This map covers the northeastern part of the United States down to Virginia and focuses on the areas of conflict in the French and Indian War. A great deal of the conflict was focused around the upper Hudson and Lake Champlain, and along the St. Laurence River. The map is oriented with north to the right. It locates numerous forts involved in the war, including William Henry, Edward, and...

167 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 Eastern United States Thomas Bowen 1787 B+   $220.00 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, after the Treaty of Paris. The western boundary is along the Mississippi River. The western region is full of information up to Lake Winnipeg, with Indian names and interesting notations such as Extensive Meadows Full of Buffalos, north of the Missouri River, and Country Full of Mines, ju...

168 States of America, from the best Authorities Eastern United States John C. Russell 1795 A   $90.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9 x 7.5 inches) Attractive small map of the young nation filled with a surprising amount of information. The map extends past the Mississippi River to show part of the new Louisiana Territory. Georgia's western boundary is the Mississippi and West Florida takes in the coastal region from the Chattahotcha River to the Mississippi River. Indian tribes are prominently named in the western territories. Ke...

169 The United States of America, according to the Treaty of Peace of 1784 Eastern United States John C. Russell 1795 B+   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8 x 7.3 inches) A very early map that details the fledgling states and the Indian lands east of the Mississippi River. The map is particularly interesting for the depiction of the Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants. Ohio is a small area labeled Ohio Company and Donation Lands with no sign of the other bounty grants named on Russell's larger, derivative map. Other interesting designations west o...

170 [Lot of 2] Map of the Northern parts of the United States of America... [in set with] Map of the Southern parts of the United States of America' Eastern United States Abraham Bradley, Jr 1802 A   $400.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) This pair of maps cover the young United States during the tumultuous period following independence when the states and central government fought over control of the western land claims. Seven of the 13 original states had claims to areas in the West (those lands between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River). These so-called landed states had a great potential advant...

171 The United States of America Confirmed by Treaty 1783 Eastern United States Robert Wilkinson 1806 A   $850.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 9.3 inches) This small map of the young United States includes several important historical regions. One of the most unique and scarce features on early maps of the U.S. is the appearance of Franklinia. In 1785 settlers in present-day western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee organized a state government to be named in honor of Benjamin Franklin. Congress turned down their appeal but the fledglin...

172 A New and Accurate Map of the United States of America, &c. from the best Authorities Eastern United States Thomas Brown 1809 A   $375.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.3 x 10.8 inches) A very scarce little map from the first general atlas published in Scotland. The map covers the region from the eastern seaboard to the Mississippi River. Western Territory takes in all the area west of the Ohio River with several Indian tribes located within it. Kentucky occupies a loosely organized region west of Virginia. In present-day Tennessee, the North Carolina land grants of Cumber...

173 [Lot of 2] The Northwestern Territories of the United States [and] The Eastern States with Part of Canada Eastern United States Mathew Carey 1812 B+   $400.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1) The Northwestern Territories of the United States (9.7" x 7.7") covers the region from Michigan through Lake of the Woods and Lake Winnipeg. The Great Lakes are slightly distorted and include the spurious islands in Lake Superior including one named Phillipcaux I. The map names Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and the settlements of Detroit, Sandwich, Miami B., F. St. Claire, ...

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