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272 Mexique ou Nouvelle Espagne United States & Mexico Allain Mallet 1683 A   $180.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4 x 5.7 inches) First state of this miniature copper engraved map decorated with a large title cartouche, and vignettes of a raging sea battle in the Pacific and an Indian battle in the region labeled Louisiane. The map covers the southern part of the present United States from the Baja (I. Californie) through Florida and extends south through Central America.

273 Kaart van het Westelyk Gedeelte van Nieuw Mexico en van California Southwestern United States and Mexico Isaac Tirion 1765 A+   $400.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.7 x 12.7 inches) Bold map of the Baja and the American Southwest reflecting the recent explorations of the Jesuits. Among places named are Casa Grande and San Xavier de Bac. Along the Pacific are San Diego, Ensenada and Cabo San Lucas. Numerous, oversized islands are shown along both coasts of the Baja.

274 L' Ancien et le Nouveau Mexique, avec la Florida et la Basse Louisiane Southwestern United States & Mexico Rigobert Bonne 1780 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.2 x 13.5 inches) Despite the title, this map covers only that region of present day California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Mexico. Excellent detail, particularly of the Jesuit missions in Mexico and the Southwest, and of the Indian tribes.

275 Le Nouveau Mexique, avec la Partie Septentrionale de l' Ancien, ou de la Nouvelle Espagne Southwestern United States and Mexico Rigobert Bonne 1783 A   $130.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.5 x 8.2 inches) Attractive map covering the region from west Florida through California and Northern Mexico. In Texas there is a city named Texas and a notation concerning the death of the explorer La Salle. Excellent detail, particularly of the Jesuit missions in Mexico and the Southwest. In present day Arizona, the Gila River is named Rio de los Apostolos. Filled with place names and Indian villages....

276 Spanish North America Southwestern United States & Mexico John Thomson 1814 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 24.5 x 20 inches) Large, attractive and significant map depicting the Spanish possessions in North America. The Spanish possessions are depicted as extending from Guatemala up through Santa Fe to the Louisiana Territory, which encompasses the area from Santa Fe to the Mississippi and from the Missouri River to near the Gulf. Especially noteworthy is the delineation of the great river systems, particularly the Pla...

277 Central America II - Including Texas, California and the Northern States of Mexico United States, Texas & Mexico SDUK 1842 A+   $1,100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.5 x 12.2 inches) Covers the southwestern United States just a few years before Mexico lost the region in the Mexican/American War. Texas is shown as Independent with its panhandle extending well north up to Spanish Peaks. All of the Southwest and California are here noted as being "Generally called Upper California." Large swamp and lakes are shown in the Great Basin, draining through a complex R. Bue...

278 Mexico & Guatemala United States, Texas & Mexico Samuel Augustus Mitchell 1846 A   $550.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15 x 12 inches) Features Texas as an Independent Republic. New Mexico is shown as a small sliver of land between Texas and Sonora, extending north into the western part of present day Colorado. Santa Fe and Taos are in Texas. Upper or New California occupies much of the West. Austin's Colony appears prominently in Texas, along with Austin's Grant, Houston, Goliad, Washington, and several other ea...

279 Portus Acapulco Mexico Arnoldus Montanus 1671 A   $85.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.8 x 11.2 inches) An attractive copper engraved view of Acapulco and it's bay. Nice rendering of the town, with fortifications, outlying buildings, ships in the harbor plus others at sea as far out as the horizon. Numerous locals and Europeans in the foreground.

280 Description Situation & Vue de la Ville de Mexique, des deux Lacs sur Lesquels Elle est Batie, du Grand Temple de Cette Ville des Sacrifices d' Hommes qu' Onyfaisoit, de l' Idole des Mexicains, de Leurs Jeux, Divertis Semens, Coutumes, Superstitions' Mexico Henry Abraham Chatelain 1719 A   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17 x 14.5 inches) Fascinating folio sheet with French text, two maps and four views. Carte du Mexique shows Central Mexico and the Environs du Lac de Mexique features the vicinity of Mexico City with its islands in the lake connected by bridges. The four views include a panorama of Mexico City, one of the large Aztec Temple, and two showing various ceremonies including human sacrifice.

281 [Lot of 2] Plan du Port d' Acapulco' [with] Disposition des Vaisseaux de l' Escadre commandee par Mr. Anson croisant vis a vis d' Acapulco en 1742 Mexico Various 1755-65 A   $60.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) Two copper engravings featuring the important harbor at Acapulco. First (6 x 7.5") is by J.N. Bellin, circa 1755. It is a small plan of the walled fort, town and bay of Acapulco with numerous soundings in the bay. Table locates fourteen features on plan. Fleur-de-lis orients the map with north at left. Second (14.5 x 8") is a map showing the location of Acapulco on the coastline with compas...

282 [Lot of 2] De Reede en Haven van Vera Cruz [with] Plan de la Rade et Ville de la Vera-Cruz' Mexico Isaac Tirion 1760-65 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) Pair of attractive copper engraved maps of Vera Cruz on the east coast of Mexico. Vera Cruz has a long and varied history beginning with Cortes' first landing in 1519. In 1599 it became a permanent settlement and quickly became an important port from which the Spanish shipped most of their gold and silver. De Reede en Haven van Vera Cruz (10.2 x 6.8"). Plan de la Rade et Ville de la Vera-Cru...

283 Battles of Mexico Line of Operations of the U.S. Army Under the Command of Major General Winfield Scott on the 19th and 20th of August 1847 Mexico U.S. War Department 1847 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 28.5 x 23 inches) Interesting map providing a view of the operations leading up to the capture of Churubusco (a short distance from Mexico City). Several battles were fought, and won, against an enemy force of 32,000, devastating Santa Anna, and leaving the way open to the assault on Mexico City in mid-September. This plan shows the positions of American and Mexican troops outside Mexico City on the outskirts o...

284 [Lot of 4 - Battle Plans] Mexico and United States U.S. War Dept. 1847 A-B   $220.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) Four fine plans detail areas of operations in the Mexican & American War. 1) "Plan of the Battle of Buena-Vista Fought February 22nd and 23rd 1847 Surveyed by Cap. Linnard and Lieuts. Pope & Franklin, Corps. T. Engrs." Lithographic map drawn by Capt. Linnard and surveyed by Lieutenants Pope and Franklin. A very detailed battle plan showing a crucial battle in the Mexican-American Wa...

285 Carte des Provinces de Tabasco, Chiapa, Verapaz, Guatimala, Honduras et Yucatan Central America Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1760 B   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.2 x 8 inches) Wonderfully detailed map of the Yucatan peninsula and northern Central America. Locates primary harbors, shoals and offshore islands including Cosumel, Ruatan and Bonacca. Guatemala is limited to a narrow strip along the Pacific coast and El Salvador has yet to be carved out of Honduras. Decorated with a fine title cartouche.

286 Central America Central America John Tallis 1850 A   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.7 x 10 inches) Finely engraved map with three beautifully rendered insets: Volcano of Isalco, Great Square of the Antiqua, Guatemala, and Belize. Map extends just into Costa Rica and includes the proposed route for a rail/canal system between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

287 Kaart van de Landengte van Panama Central America - Panama Isaac Tirion 1769 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 10.5 inches) Great map of Panama showing Panama City at the southeast, Chagres at the northwest and Porto-Bello at the northeast. Roads and the Chagres River connect them all. Finely engraved with rhumb lines and fleur-de-lis. Very detailed and fully engraved to show topographical information.

288 Isthmus of Panama Central America - Panama John Tallis 1850 A   $95.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13 x 9.7 inches) Lovely map of the region from Nicaragua through Panama. Three proposed railway/canals are shown; two in Panama, and another in Nicaragua. Two steel-engraved vignettes: "The Fort at Chagres" and "Gold Seekers on their way over the Cordilleras."

289 Iukatan en Vaste Kusten van Nieuw Spanje' Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Pieter van der Aa 1707 A+   $250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8.5 x 5.5 inches) Finely engraved map covering the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies through northern South America. The pictorial cartouche shows a large group of Spanish colonists gathered around an executioner and a condemned prisoner.

290 Les Isles Antilles, et le Golfe du Mexique Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Rigobert Bonne 1783 A   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.5 x 8.2 inches) An attractive map of the Caribbean with good detail of Central America. Includes the Gulf Coast and Florida with St. Augustine, Pensacola and New Orleans named. A large inset of Bermuda is equally detailed along the coasts.

291 Isola Spagnuola Caribbean Giovanni Battista Ramusio 1556 A   $375.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.5 x 7 inches) A fine early map of Hispaniola derived from the rare 1534 map by Peter Martyr. Hispaniola was the center of activity in the New World during the early part of the sixteenth century and this map relates its importance showing several settlements. The surrounding sea is filled with sailing ships and sea monsters.

292 Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum Terris adiacentibus Caribbean Arnoldus Montanus 1671 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.5 x 11.2 inches) Outstanding map of the West Indies that also incorporates the eastern coast of North America from the Chesapeake through the Gulf of Mexico, Central America and the northern coast of South America. Cartographically based on Hessel Gerritsz' chart of 1631 and Blaeu's map of 1634. Scenic title cartouche fills the North American continent and an equally graphic scale of miles cartouche fills the in...

293 Is. De Cuba et de Iamaica Caribbean Allain Mallet 1683 A   $75.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4 x 6 inches) Charming map of the islands of Cuba and Jamaica with two sea battles raging in the Caribbean. Florida appears on the horizon. Ribbon style title cartouche in sky.

294 The Prospect of Fort Royal of Martinico, as it Sheweth from the Entry of the Harbour call'd Cul de Sac Royal Caribbean Johannes Kip 1704 B   $160.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18.2 x 10.5 inches) Splendid view of Fort Royal with ships and boats in the sea and a numbered key to the important places. Above is a secondary view titled, "The Sight of Part of ye Isld. Martinico: the cul de sac a being at W. about 7 or 8 Leaques and ye great Mountain Pelee at S.W." Published by Churchill.

295 [Lot of 3] Antigue ... [with] Isle de la Martinique [and] Isle St. Christophle' / La Barbade Caribbean Le Rouge 1748 B   $120.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.5 x 7.8 inches) Three nice maps of the islands of Antigua, Martinique, and St. Kitts with Barbados. Each with locations of forts, settlements, and plantations with details of the coastline, anchorages and navigational hazards.

296 Carte de l' Isle de la Jamaique Jamaica Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1758 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.5 x 8.2 inches) Great copper engraved map of the island showing topography and a great many place names, particularly along the coastlines. The map is divided into parishes and also depicts several roads. Decorated with a title cartouche and compass rose.

297 Nouvelle Espagne, Nouveau Mexique, Isles Antilles Caribbean Didier Robert de Vaugondy 1762 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 9.5 inches) First state of this fine small map focusing on the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean but also including the southern part of North America through Central America and the northern part of South America. Detail is mostly confined to the Spanish possessions with a number of early missions and settlements named in Nouveau Mexique. Includes an interesting portrayal of Florida with the tip cons...

298 Carte des Isles des Vierges Caribbean Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1764 B   $400.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.7 x 8 inches) An uncommon chart focusing on the Virgin Islands with particularly good detail for a small map. The handsome chart is embellished with a compass rose, rhumb lines and a shell-shaped title cartouche.

299 Carte de l' Isle St. Thomas l' Une des Vierges Caribbean Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1764 A   $425.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.2 x 8.7 inches) Outstanding map of St. Thomas beautifully engraved to show the nearby islands, soundings, anchorages, navigational hazards, villages, and Ft. Christian. Embellished with a compass rose and title cartouche. A very handsome and uncommon chart.

300 Algemeene Kaart van de Westindische Eilanden Caribbean Isaac Tirion 1769 A+   $475.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17.7 x 13.5 inches) A fine, interesting chart of the Caribbean, also showing part of Florida, the Yucatan, and Central America. Even small islands are well-represented and navigational hazards are marked. Major sea routes are noted as well as the direction of the prevailing winds. Title cartouche and two compass roses decorate the chart.

301 An Accurate Map of the Islands of St. Christophers and Nevis in the West Indies Caribbean John Cary 1782 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15 x 12.2 inches) Map shows the French Fleet offshore from Irish Town and St. George's Town on St. Christopher. Admiral Hood's Squadron is in a defensive position protecting the towns. The topography of both islands is nicely developed and an abundance of geographical detail is shown. Large compass rose and scale of British Miles. Published in the March 1782 issue of the European Magazine. Maps from this publ...

302 Supplement pour les Isles Antilles, extrait des Cartes Angloises Caribbean Rigobert Bonne 1788 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8.2 x 12.5 inches) Ten maps on one sheet. The main map covers the Virgin Islands and below that are nine small maps of Barbuda, St. Kitts, Antigua, Dominica, Saint Lucie, Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada, and Tobago.

303 Map of the Island of Tobago for the History of the West Indies Tobago Bryan Edwards 1799 A   $47.50 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.2 x 7 inches) A nice chart of the island showing its political divisions and considerable coastal detail. Topography is well developed. Published by John Stockdale.

304 Carte de l' Ile de la Guadeloupe Dressee en 1822 sur les documens les plus Authentiques Caribbean Anonymous 1822 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 24 x 18 inches) An uncommon map of this French island in the Lesser Antilles with an area of about 500 square miles. It is actually two islands divided by a narrow channel, here called the Rivere Salee. A remarkable amount of detail is provided along the coastline and throughout the interior with numerous roads and buildings shown. Two insets at bottom, "Iles des Saintes" and "Iles de la Petite Terre." ...

305 The Antilles or West-India Islands Caribbean SDUK 1835 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.1 x 12.2 inches) Very detailed map of the entire Caribbean and Bahamas showing the islands, colored to reflect the colonial powers. Published by Baldwin and Cradock.

306 Jamaica Jamaica John Tallis 1851 B   $90.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.5 x 10.2 inches) Very attractive chart of the island with good detail throughout. Names many villages and coastal areas. The island is sectioned into about 20 Administrative Divisions. The divisions of St. Dorothy, St. John, St. Thomas, Port Royal, and St. Davids have been absorbed by the 14 divisions we see today. Features decorative borders, and five large and nicely rendered vignettes, which includes Port R...

307 Cuba Jamaica and Porto Rico Caribbean Joseph Hutchins Colton 1855 A   $50.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16 x 13 inches) Beautifully engraved and colored map with Colton's classic border. Puerto Rico is shown in an inset. Great detail throughout Cuba.

308 Kaart van het Onderkoningschap van Peru, zig uitstrekkende over Chili, Paraguay en andere Spaansche Landen: als ook van Brazil en verdere Bezitting en van Portugal in Zuid - Amerika. South America Isaac Tirion 1765 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.5 x 14 inches) Handsome detailed map of most of the continent - leaving off the northern coastline. The southern tip is enclosed in a large inset balancing the composition with the block-style title cartouche.

309 [Lot of 5 - South America] South America Rigobert Bonne 1780 A   $200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.5 x 8 inches) Nice set of maps covering the continent in its various parts with great detail and numerous Indian names, mission locations, etc. Lot Includes: 1) Carte du Nouv. R. de Grenade, de la Noule. Andalousie, et de la Guyane, avec les Pays Limitrophes qui en sont au Sud, 2) Carte de la Partie Septentrionale du Bresil, 3) Carte de la Partie Meridional du Bresil avec les Possessions Espagnoles Voisine...

310 L' Amerique Meridionale, Divisee en ses Principaux Etats South America Joseph de Laporte 1781 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8.7 x 7 inches) Small map of the continent with detail confined to major cities and ports. Decorated with a title cartouche.

311 A New and Accurate Map of South America South America Thomas Brown 1800 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.5 x 13.2 inches) Copper engraved map that focuses on watershed and topographical detail. Locates major towns and cities with numerous place names along coast. Oval title cartouche.

312 Colombia Prima or South America Drawn from the Large Map in Eight Sheets by Louis Stanislas D ' Arcy Delarochette South America James Wyld 1824 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 30.7 x 37.5 inches) This is one of the most handsome, large-scale maps of South America. It is handsomely engraved with beautiful calligraphy and fine original color. It incorporates the most up-to-date geographical information on the continent, originally compiled from manuscript material by Louis Stanislas D ' Arcy Delarochette, and updated to this, the fourth revision. There is an impressive array of settlement...

313 Amerique Meridionale South America Victor Levasseur 1850 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.5 x 10.7 inches) A very decorative 19th century map of the continent colored to show political divisions. The map is surrounded by lovely steel engraved scenes including horses, Indians, mining, a leopard and other indigenous animals. A very fine example of this attractive map.

314 Tabula Americae Specialis Geographica Regni Peru Brasiliae Terrae Firmae & Reg: Amazonum ' South America - Northern and Central Homann Heirs 1742 B   $180.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.5 x 19 inches) Large map of the northern half of South America filled with annotations and place names. The title is enclosed is an allegorical cartouche.

315 Guiana sive Amazonum Regio South America - Northern Hondius/Blaeu 1640 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19 x 14.5 inches) Visually striking and fascinating map of northwestern South America from the Isla Margarita in the northwest to the coast of northern Brazil near Sao Luis east of the Amazon delta. The most prominent feature of the map is the gigantic Parime Lacus, the legendary lake said to lie at the base of a mountain of gold. The fabled city of Manoa, o el Dorado, or the golden city of the Inca...

316 Landkaart van de Volkplantingen Suriname en Berbice South America - Northern Isaac Tirion 1769 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.5 x 13.2 inches) Handsome and very detailed map of the Dutch colonies of Suriname and Berbice. The plans show the rich plantations, roads and villages. Inset at top is a large plan of Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname. The chart is oriented with north at bottom by two compass roses.

317 Kaart van geheel Guayana of de Wilden-Kust' South America - Northern Isaac Tirion 1769 A   $300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16 x 13 inches) Handsome and interesting map of the northern coastline from Colombia through French Guyana. Includes three large insets of the island of Kurassau (Curacao), a detailed map of the harbor and Dutch fort on Curacao, and a map of the Dutch colony of Demerary and Essequebo showing plantations along the rivers.

318 Carte du Nouv. Rme. de Grenade, de la Noule. Andalousie et de la Guyane, avec les Pays, Limitrophes Qui en Sont au Sud South America - Northern Rigobert Bonne 1783 B   $65.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.5 x 8.2 inches) Detailed copper engraved map of the northern part of the continent. A remnant of the mythical L. Parime is shown in Guyana. The direction of the trade winds are shown in the Atlantic.

319 Provincia de Brasil cum Adiacentibus Provinciis Brazil Hessel Gerritsz & Joannes de Laet 1630 B   $550.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14 x 11 inches) This fine map was a collaborative effort between Hessel Gerritsz, the official cartographer to the Dutch East India Company, and Johannes de Laet, the director of the newly formed Dutch West India Company. Their maps of South America laid the foundation for many other cartographers. Detail is confined to the coastlines and shows the Capitanias. The interior is filled with a large title cartouc...

320 Albeeldinge vande Cabo St. Augustin Met haer Forten Brazil Joannes de Laet 1645 A   $400.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14 x 10.7 inches) Fine bird's-eye view of the Dutch fleet and the fortresses at Cabo Santo Agostinho.

321 Capitaniarum de Phernambuca, Itamaraca, Paraiba, et Pio Grande Nova Delineatio Brazil Jan Jansson 1659 A   $900.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22 x 17.5 inches) Scarce map of the Brazilian coast detailing the Capitaineries or hereditary harbour offices established by the Portuguese. The map is oriented with north to the right by rhumb lines and two compass roses and adorned with sailing ships and three decorative cartouches. Latin text on verso.

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