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132 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+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.1 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 g...

133 Carte Systematique d'une Partie de l'Amerique du N.O. pour l'Intelligence des Decouvertes de l'Amal. De Fuente par J.N. Delisle. 1752 Pacific Northwest Joseph Nicholas Delisle 1798 A+   $325.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6 x 8.3 inches) The major focus of this map is on infamous expedition by Admiral Bartholomew de Fonte's in the Pacific Northwest. In 1708, a newly discovered account of the Spanish Admiral's 1640 expedition was published. It was actually a hoax, but thereafter the account was changed and elaborated upon by numerous mapmakers. The extravagant claims included the discovery of the Northwest Passage and a h...

134 Map of the Western & Middle Portions of North America to Illustrate the History of California, Oregon and the Other Countries on the North West Coast of America Western North America Robert Greenhow 1844 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 25 x 23 inches) This is a great copper engraved map showing the western part of North America. It extends to Acapulco in the south and north to show all of Alaska including the Bering Strait and a small portion of Russian Asia. The Sandwich Islands are at lower left. Canada is named British America with the region west and south of Hudson Bay called Hudson's Bay Company's Territories. The Red Ri...

135 Nova Francia et Regiones Adiacentes Canada Joannes de Laet 1630 A   $800.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14 x 11 inches) Considered one of the foundation maps of Canada, this is the first printed map to show an accurate Prince Edward Island and the earliest to show a north-south orientation of Lake Champlain. The R. Saguenay is accurately depicted flowing from two unnamed lakes and Lac S. Pierre is clearly identified. As a director of the newly formed Dutch West India Company, De Laet had access to m...

136 Carta Particolare dello istreto e Mare iscoperto de Heno. Hudson Ingilese nel 1611 Canada - Hudson Bay Sir Robert Dudley 1661 B+   $4,250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18.5 x 28 inches) This striking chart of Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait is the first printed sea chart of the region. It is considered a cartographic landmark and would be the foundation for any Canadian collection. The chart is derived from Hessel Gerritz' 1612 map of the region and from the information on Henry Hudson's 1611 explorations. The nomenclature appears to be largely original with many place nam...

137 [Lot of 2] Carte des Parties du Nord-Ouest de l'Amerique Suivant les Voyages e Middleton et d'Ellis en 1742 et 1746' [and] New and Accurate Chart of Hudson's Bay, in North America Canada - Hudson Bay [blank] 1753-1782 A   $90.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) An attractive pair of maps focused on Hudson Bay. 1)Carte des Parties du Nord-Ouest de l'Amerique Suivant les Voyages e Middleton et d'Ellis en 1742 et 1746' is a very nicely engraved, small chart covering most of Hudson Bay. It locates Fort Prince of Wales and Fort York, the Ottawa Islands (here the Bakers Dozen), the track of Henry Ellis in 1746, Repulse Bay, Buttons B...

138 Carte de l'Acadie, Isle Royale et Pais Voisins Canada Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1757 A   $160.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13 x 8.3 inches) Strongly engraved chart with decorative rococo-style cartouche. Prince Edward Island, here called Isle Saint Jean, is shown in good detail. The map covers all of Nova Scotia including Cape Breton. The Micmac tribe is named near Shelburne. Nova Scotia is in part named as Acadie. This map was published shortly after the 1755 expulsion of Acadians from this region. The Acadians we...

139 A New Chart of the River St. Lawrence from the Island of Anticosti to Lake Ontario Canada Andrew Bell 1759 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10 x 7.2 inches) This two-part map elaborates on navigational hazards in the St. Lawrence River. The main map, the continuation from Quebec to Lake Ontario, and inset of "The Traverse or Passage from Cape Torment into the South Channel of Orleans Isle" are each adorned with fine, decorative cartouches. Additional insets of the Bay of Seven Islands and Lake Champlain have their own compass roses. This example w...

140 Carte du Cours du Fleuve de Saint Laurent Depuis la Mer jusqu'a Quebec ' II Fueille Canada, St. Lawrence River Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1761 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 33.5 x 22.5 inches) This large-scale sea chart covers part of the St. Lawrence River from Anticosti Island to Outards River and includes insets of the Sept Isles in the Cote-Nord region of eastern Quebec, Isles of Mingan and a coastal view of Manicouagan. The detailed map has rhumb lines emanating from a fantastic compass rose and a baroque-style title cartouche. Second state, Depot de la Marine issue, plate No. 64...

141 Charte der Insel Newfoundland und eines Theils der Kuste von Labrador Canada, Newfoundland Geographisches Institut 1821 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.8 x 12.5 inches) Uncommon map of Newfoundland, the coast of Labrador, and the mouth of the St. Lawrence with intricate coastal detail. Inset at the top is a small map; Description of Terra de Baccalos or Newfoundland by Ortelio the Spanish Geographer in the Year 1587 that provides an interesting comparison of the growth of cartographic knowledge between 1857 and 1821.

142 [Lot of 2] Arctic Regions, with All the Discoveries, to 1851 [together with] Arctic Regions, with All the Discoveries, to 1853 Canadian Arctic George Philip 1851/53 B   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23.8 x 19.8 inches) Fascinating and detailed pair of maps deal with the explorations in the Arctic near Hudson and Baffin Bays in 1851-1853. Both are inset with maps of Russian America and Capt. Franklin's Journey to the Coppermine River. The first map from 1851 has a colored key of the tracks for the explorations of Parry, Franklin & Richardson, Beachey, Ross, Back, Dease & Simpson and Rae. The coas...

143 Tierra Nueva Colonial United States & Canada Ruscelli 1574 A   $1,400.00 Closed     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...

144 Americae Septentrionalis Pars I United States and Canada Leonhard von Euler 1753 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.5 x 13.5 inches) This scarce map is one sheet of von Euler's four-part map of North America. This sheet covers the region from the Mississippi River valley through the American Southwest. It stands alone with a decorative cartouche and border. It presents a detailed view of French Louisania and the Spanish possessions in New Mexico with a Great Space of Land Unknown and Tecas in between. ...

145 A Map of the British and French Settlements in North America Eastern Canada & United States John Lodge 1755 B   $450.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15 x 11 inches) This is the first of several similar maps illustrating the French/British conflict in North America. It was issued just before the French and Indian War was officially declared and depicts, by hachures, 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 100th Mer...

146 Carte des Possessions Francoises et Angloises dans le Canada, et Partie da la Louisiane Colonial United States and Canada Sieur S. G. Longchamp 1756 B   $1,200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 30.5 x 22 inches) This is the first edition of this separately published map of the colonial United States and Canada. It was issued to provide information about the theater of the French and Indian War, which was formally declared in 1756 and continued until 1763. The map shows the region from Labrador and Hudson Bay across to Assiniboine Lake and south to the Carolinas, including the Mississippi ...

147 Carte Generale de l'Amerique Septentrionale avec les Possessions Angloises dans cette partie du nouveau monde, Dresse sur la carte de Pople, publiee a Londres en 20 feuilles, pour servir a l'intelligence de la Guerre Presente. Colonial United States and Canada Crepy Family 1756 B   $800.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19 x 20 inches) This is the French edition of Popple's key map of 1733, made as an index to his 20-sheet map. This map was initially published separately by Le Rouge in 1742; this edition was made after the Crepy family acquired the plate. The title was changed to reflect the outbreak of the French-Indian War, which occurred in 1756. The map is well-detailed, with excellent representations of topography and wa...

148 Partie Orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada' Colonial United States and Canada Seutter/Lotter 1756 B+   $600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.3 x 22.3 inches) A beautiful map of Maine and northeastern Canada, including Nova Scotia, Labrador and Newfoundland. This is the second state of the map originally drawn by Seutter and engraved by Lotter, with Lotter's imprint in the title cartouche. The map's vertical format elongates the geography and distorts Newfoundland and shows the St. Lawrence River running nearly north-south. It is very detailed, espe...

149 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   $250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.8 x 9.4 inches) This very historical map illustrates 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; France relinquished title to the Louisiana Territory to Spain and the Mississippi River was established...

150 L'Isle de Terre-Neuve, L'Acadie, ou la Nouvelle Ecosse, l'Isle St Jean et la Partie Orientale du Canada Eastern Canada, New England Rigobert Bonne 1775 A   $95.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.6 x 8.5 inches) This well engraved double-page map covers the Maritimes and extends as far west as Lake Ontario, as well as New England and the Atlantic coast to Philadelphia. The map is detailed to show the provinces, towns, forts, harbors, Indian tribes, and the fishing banks (Grand Banc) in the North Atlantic south of Tere-Neuve.

151 Partie Occidentale du Canada, contenant les cinq Grands Lacs, avec les Pays Circonvoisins Great Lakes Rigobert Bonne 1780 A   $425.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.3 x 8.3 inches) A nice example of one of the most interesting maps of the Great Lakes depicts frontier forts, missions, and fur trade routes. It covers the region from James Bay south to show Ft. St. Louis, and from Lake Ontario through the Great Plains. It contains numerous Indian tribe names and forts including Detroit, St. Louis, Toronto and Chicagon. Lake Superior contains Isle Royale, as well as th...

152 [Lot of 3] Carte de la Louisiane, et de la Floride [and] Carte de la Partie Sud des Etats Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale. [and] L'Isle de Terre-Neuve, l'Acadie on la Nouvelle Ecosse, l'Isle St. Jean et la Partie Orientale du Canada Eastern Canada & United States Rigobert Bonne 1785   $400.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 8 inches) These three maps cover most of the eastern United States and southeast Canada including the Canadian Maritimes. Detail includes numerous Indian tribes. 1) Carte de la Louisiane, et de la Floride is a handsome map of the American South and the Mississippi River Valley that extends from Charleston, South Carolina west to include New Orleans and north well into Illinois. It provides good d...

153 [Lot of 2] United States [together with] United States of America Canada & United States [blank] 1797-1820 B   $160.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) This pair of maps provides a good view of the early years of the United States and its growth into the beginning of the 19th century. 1) Thomas Kelly's United States is a nice example of known western geography in the 1820's. Mexico controls all of the Southwest as New California. The Salt Lake is fed by the S. Buenaventure River and has an unknown western shore....

154 [Lot of 2] Etats-Unis [together with] United States, Southern Part. Canada & United States [blank] 1835 A   $120.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) A nice pair of maps showing the United States circa 1835. 1) Etats-Unis, published by Jules Renouard, shows the United States with its border in the Pacific Northwest extending to 54°40', well into British Columbia. Arkansas is a large territory that includes present-day Oklahoma, and Texas is a settlement named in Mexico. There are a number of Indian districts named. Published in the...

155 Das Oregon-Gebiet Northwestern United States and Canada Carl Flemming 1848 B   $160.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.8 x 17 inches) This uncommon German map of Oregon Territory, shows the U.S. claim extending well into British Columbia to 54°40. The map reaches south to Monterey, and inland to the Sierra Nevadas and Rocky Mountains. The information is taken from the maps of Fremont and other western explorers. The Columbia River and San Francisco Bay are included in detailed insets, complete with soundings.

156 A Chorographical Map of the Northern Department of North America Drawn from the Latest and Most Accurate Observations United States & Canada John Gavit 1850 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.4 x 10 inches) Smaller edition of a 1778 map of the same title made by Bernard Romans, the first to name the state of Vermont. The map is on an unusual orientation, showing Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence at the bottom of the map, with the White Mountains and Connecticut at the top. The map shows all the large land grants in the vicinity.

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