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288 Le Nouveau Mexique Appele aussi Nouvelle Grenade et Marata. Avec Partie de Californie. Selon les Memoires les Plus Nouveaux. Par le Pere Coronelli ' Southwestern United States, California & Mexico Coronelli/Nolin 1685 A   $4,750.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23.3 x 17.5 inches) This important, and scarce map focuses on the Rio Grande river valley, an area that was little known due to the secrecy and the obscurity of the region within the Spanish colonial empire. The great river is depicted with two names; the northern portion is the Rio del Norte, and below el Passo it is labeled the Rio Bravo. There are numerous place names along the Rio del Norte section and v...

289 Carte de la Californie Suivant' California and Baja Mexico Didier Robert de Vaugondy 1777 B+   $375.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.2 x 11.4 inches) These five depictions of California on one sheet present a fascinating cartographic history of California. The first map reproduces Neron Pecci's map of 1604 showing the peninsula with a ragged coastline and place names derived from Cabrillo's voyage of 1542-3. The second map is a detail from Sanson's 1656 map showing the island of California with place names from the voyage of Vizcaino. ...

290 Mexico or New Spain in which the Motions of Cortes may be traced Western United States & Mexico Thomas Kitchin 1795 A   $210.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.3 x 11.2 inches) This is a very attractive map of the American Southwest and Mexico. California is labeled New Albion with no detail outside of a few coastal place names. The region of present-day Arizona and New Mexico is well delineated with numerous Indian villages and the locations of missions. The area from New Mexico to Louisiana is named as "Great Space of Land Unknown." The small Texas settlemen...

291 Spanish North America United States & Mexico John Thomson 1814 B+   $375.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 24.3 x 20 inches) The Spanish possessions in North America are the focus of this large, significant map. Especially noteworthy is the delineation of the great western river systems - particularly the Platte flowing east and south of the Rocky Mountains. The conflict between the United States and Spain at the beginning of the 19th century is vividly illustrated on this map. Spanish control of the southwest region...

292 Carte Generale des Etats-Unis Mexicains de la Republique du Texas et des Etats de l'Amerique Centrale Southwest United States, Texas & Mexico Adrien Hubert Brue 1840 B+   $325.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.3 x 20.3 inches) Handsome and uncommon map that details the independent Republic of Texas, the Southwest United States and Mexico. The lower left quadrant is filled with a large inset with Central America shown on the same scale as the main map. The title contains one of the few direct references to the Republic of Texas. Excellent detail throughout. With Brue's embossed seal and surrounded by a decorati...

293 Mexique United States & Mexico Binet 1842 A   $75.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.5 x 9.6 inches) This map covers the western United States, Mexico and the independent Republic of Texas. Mexico controls all of the Southwest and the United States extends well into present-day British Columbia in the Northwest. A distinctive spine of mountains runs the full length of the map and the rivers systems are still very confused.

294 Mexico & Guatemala Southwest United States, Texas, Mexico, Central America Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. 1846-48 A+   $140.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15 x 12 inches) This early edition shows Texas as part of the United States, but it is not individually colored. 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, extending into today's western Colorado. The American West extends to the Pacific...

295 Mexico, California and Texas Southwest United States, Texas & Mexico John Tallis 1850 B+   $300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13 x 10 inches) This is the second, and most desirable, state of this fine steel engraved map that was issued during a time of great transition in the region. After gold was discovered in California, the plate was re-engraved to include a vignette of gold panning and to locate the gold regions of California which are delineated through hand coloring. Texas is shown with its original state borders that in...

296 Reconnaissance of the Colorado River made by order of Maj. Gen. P.F. Smith Southwest United States & Mexico Lt. George Horatio Derby 1850 B+   $140.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.8 x 22.3 inches) A provision of the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo that ended the war with Mexico gave the United States navigation rights in the Gulf of California and up the Colorado River. Lt. George H. Derby, Corps. of Topographical Engineers, was assigned the task to reconnoiter the mouth of the river and determine the navigability as far north as Camp [Fort] Yuma. Located at the confluence of the Colorado an...

297 Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-America: Californien, Texas und die Territorien New Mexico u. Utah' Southwest United States, Texas & Mexico Joseph Meyer 1852 A   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 9 inches) This terrific map of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico is filled with place names, Indian tribes, routes of exploration, wagon roads, and more. Of special interest is a huge Gold Region in Northern California, here highlighted in yellow. Nueva Helvetia still exists north of Sacramento City. The Southwest and California is called Upper California and the Baja is Lower Calif...

298 Mexico, Guatemala, and the West Indies United States, Mexico, Central America and Caribbean Thomas Gamaliel Bradford 1835-38 A+   $90.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10 x 7.7 inches) This map was published during the Texas Revolution. It shows Mexico in control of the entire Southwest including Texas and California, its northern boundary with Oregon Territory. Texas is labeled Coahuila & Texas with the settlements of Austin's Colony, St. Antonio and several others named. Place names include San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Fe and S. Juan in place...

299 [Lot of 2] Hispaniae Novae sivae Magnae, Recens et Vera Descriptio. 1579 [and] Carte de l'Empire du Mexique Mexico 1579-1754 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1) Hispaniae Novae sivae Magnae, Recens et Vera Descriptio, by Abraham Ortelius, from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, hand colored, 19.7 x 13.6". Important map of the central and western coastal regions of Mexico. This is a cornerstone map of New Spain and the prototype for most maps of the early 17th century. It covers the Pacific coast from present-day Acapulco to about Mazatlan and i...

300 Viztlipuztli idolum Mexicanorum Mexico Arnoldus Montanus 1671 A+   $85.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.4 x 10.8 inches) A fabulous copper engraving of Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of war standing on an altar receiving offerings. This is an imaginative European depiction of an Aztec shrine with the deity depicted as half-man and half-beast with a face in its belly. Pagan gods were of considerable interest to Europeans, and much information was sent to the Old World despite Spanish attempts to eradicate the relig...

301 Prision de Guatimozin Emperador de Mejico Mexico 1854 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17.2 x 11.8 inches) This tinted lithograph illustrates the defeat of Cuauhtemoc (aka Guatimozin), the last Aztec emperor of Mexico. He defended Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, in a four-month siege that left most of the city destroyed. He was captured by Captain Sandoval while retreating across Lake Texcoco with his family and a few survivors, and was later executed by Hernan Cortes. Drawn by Vicente Urrabieta Or...

302 Mexicque, ou Nouvelle Espagne, Nouvlle. Gallice, Iucatan &c. et autres Provinces jusques a l'Isthme de Panama; ou sont les Audiences de Mexico, de Guadalaiara, et de Guatimala Mexico and Central America N. Sanson/Mariette 1656 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.7 x 14.5 inches) This important map covers most of Mexico through the Gulf of Panama and includes parts of Cuba and Florida. It is finely engraved to show major cities, rivers and lakes. The Spanish colonial audiencias are delineated with dotted lines. Engraved by Somer and embellished with a bold title cartouche.

303 Carte du Mexique, et de la Nouvelle Espagne, Contenant la Partie Australe de l'Amerique Septentle. par Mr. D'Anville Mexico and Central America P. Santini 1779 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.5 x 17.5 inches) A lovely map of Central America, Mexico, the Gulf Coast, Florida, and a portion of Cuba from the cartography of D'Anville. The southern tip of Florida is shown as an archipelago of large islands. Tecas is named on the coast of present-day Texas, and sailing routes are shown along the coasts. The verdant cartouche shows a waterfall and a crocodile, natives, trees and exotic birds.

304 The Bay of Honduras Central America Jefferys/Sayer 1775 A+   $650.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 24.5 x 18.5 inches) A finely detailed map of the Bay of Honduras including present-day Belize and much of Guatemala and Honduras. This area was hotly contested between England and Spain throughout the colonial period. The British logwood cutters were a constant thorn in the side of the Spanish and the cluster of camps at the mouth of the Belize River (Belize City today) was one of the most ransacked settlements in ...

305 Peruviae Auriferae Regionis Typus. Didaco Mendezio Auctore [on sheet with] La Florida. Auctore Hieron. Chiaves [and] Guastecan Reg. Gulf of Mexico, Florida and Peru Abraham Ortelius 1606 B+   $900.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18.3 x 13 inches) This was one of the few sixteenth century maps based on Spanish sources; in this case drawing from reports of Hernando de Soto's expedition through the region. There are three maps on this sheet. The most important map (La Florida) is the first printed map of the southeastern portion of the United States. This influential map provided the foundation cartography for the region, particular...

306 Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali ac Regiones Adiacentes, a C. de May usque ad Lineam Aequinoctialem Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Nicolas Visscher 1682 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22 x 18 inches) This handsome map focuses on the West Indies and covers the region from the Chesapeake through the Gulf of Mexico, with Central America and the northern part of South America. Two lovely cartouches with cherubs and mermaids decorate opposite corners. Eight ships sail the seas and three native canoes are depicted off the coast of North America. A number of interesting cartographic myths appear o...

307 Le Golfe de Mexique, et les Isles Voisine. Dresse sur les Relations les Plus Nouvelles. Archipelague du Mexique ou sont les Isles de Cuba, Espagnola, Jamaica, &c. Dresse sur les Relations les Plus Nouvelles Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Pierre Mortier 1700 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 33.4 x 23.4 inches) This stunning, large-scale chart is printed on two sheets with detail confined to the coastlines. It covers the U.S. coastline from just above Cape Fear (C. Faire) through the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, the northern coastline of South America and all of the West Indies. In 1700 Pierre Mortier published the Suite du Neptune Francois as the second volume of his Neptune Francois of 169...

308 A Chart of ye West-Indies or the Islands of America in the North Sea &c. Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Herman Moll 1720 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.8 x 11 inches) This uncommon map covers the present-day southern United States, Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America. This early edition does not contain the notations and inset of Vera Cruz, added later, to provide information on the War of Jenkin's Ear. With two compass roses and rhumb lines, this map is also without the trade wind icons or references to Spanish Galleons as seen in later...

309 A Map of the West-Indies or the Islands of America in the North Sea; with ye adjacent Countries; explaning what belongs to Spain, England, France, Holland &c. also ye Trade Winds, and ye several Tracts made by ye Galeons and Flota from Place to Place Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Herman Moll 1720 B   $1,300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 40 x 23 inches) This large and incredible chart is filled with so much information, notes, place names and interesting configurations that it almost defies description. The map itself extends west to include the Rio Grande, south to northern South America, east to include the Bahamas and the Caribbean, and north to just show Charles Town. The rich silver mining area of Caouila (Coahuila) is shown ...

310 A Map of the British Empire in America with the French, Spanish and the Dutch Settlements adjacent thereto by Henry Popple Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Popple/Covens & Mortier 1740 A   $1,500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.5 x 23 inches) This striking map, which stands completely on its own merits with full borders and a superb cartouche, is actually part of Covens & Mortier's reduction of Henry Popple's extremely influential map of the British possessions in North America. Popple's chart was originally published in 20 sheets and the Amsterdam firm of Covens and Mortier reduced it to four, more manageable sheets. This sheet is t...

311 [Lot of 2] An Accurate Map of the West Indies. Drawn from the Best Authorities' [and] Guayane, Terre Ferme, Isles Antilles, et Nlle. Espagne Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean 1747-66 B+   $300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1) An Accurate Map of the West Indies. Drawn from the Best Authorities' , by Emanuel Bowen, circa 1747, uncolored (16.5 x 13.5). This handsome map covers the southeastern United States, eastern Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and the northern part of South America. It is derived from Popple's important map of the region. The British colonies in North America are confined east o...

312 A Compleat Map of the West Indies, Containing the Coasts of Florida, Louisiana, New Spain, and Terra Firma; with all the Islands Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Samuel Dunn 1786 A+   $300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17.5 x 12 inches) This scarce map was drawn by Samuel Dunn, Mathematician ' Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53, Fleet Street - as the Act directs, 10 June, 1786. It shows information on coastal features and limited interior detail including watershed and larger towns. It extends to include an interesting depiction of Florida and south to show the northern portion of South America. The area of today's Belize is labe...

313 Carte Generale du Golfe du Mexique et de l'Archipel des Antilles Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Depot de la Marine 1807 A   $1,700.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 34.3 x 23 inches) This scarce, large-scale chart covers the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and the north coastline of South America. Typical of nautical charts, the detail is confined to the coastline and includes place names, soundings, navigational hazards, banks, and shoals. This map was commissioned during the Napoleonic Wars when French efforts were focused mainly in Europe and French colon...

314 Carte des Iles Antilles des Etats-Unis de l'Amerique - Centrale, et de la Mer du Mexique Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Adrien Hubert Brue 1837 B+   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21 x 14.8 inches) The beautifully engraved and colored map details all of the Gulf of Mexico, the Bahamas Islands, Cuba, the Antilles and Central America. This is the "Second Edition" dated 1837. Legend at lower left identifies via hand coloring the land areas of eleven colonial powers, including France, England, Spain, Denmark, Holland, and Sweden. Four distance scales. A very handsome map with Brue's emboss...

315 Culiacanae, Americae Regionis Descriptio / Hispanoliae, Cubae, Aliarumque Insularum Circumiacientium, Delineatio Caribbean and Mexico Abraham Ortelius 1609 C   $200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.5 x 14 inches) Two great early maps of important regions in the New World are combined into this interesting composition. The first covers the region of western Mexico around Culiacan and the Spanish settlement of Villa S. Michael's, the region noted for its silver mines. The second is the first detailed map of the Antilles with detail in southern Florida, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean that is quite re...

316 A New Map of the English Empire in the Ocean of America or West Indies Caribbean Christopher Browne 1690 A+   $1,300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23.8 x 19.8 inches) This is the rare first edition of this composite sheet with eight maps of Britain's colonial possessions in the West Indies. At top is a small Generall Chart of the West Indies and at bottom is a large New Map of the Island of Jamaica with an inset map of Port Royal harbor. The map of Jamaica shows its parishes with very fine detail and notations throughout. Arrayed at top are map...

317 Carte d'une Partie de l'Amerique pour la Navigation des Isles et du Golfe du Mexique' Caribbean Philip Buache 1740 B+   $400.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 25.8 x 19.3 inches) This is a very scarce chart of the West Indies drawn from Popple's important map of the British Empire in America with "corrections and augmentations" as noted by Buache in the French text at upper right. The chart is focused on navigational information, with soundings, shoals, currents, etc. carefully noted. It extends to include much information on the interior of northern South America, Centr...

318 [Lot of 5 - West Indies Islands] Caribbean 1765-1825   $120.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1) Carte de l'Isle de la Barbade, by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, from Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages, circa 1765, black & white, (5.8 x 7.8") The island of Barbados is divided into eleven parishes with a well developed network of roads throughout the island. (A) 2) Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Jamaica, by Carey & Lea, circa 1825, hand color, 12 x 11...

319 Carte Particuliere des Iles Antilles ou des Indes Occidentales Caribbean Adrien Hubert Brue 1837 A   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.3 x 14.3 inches) This is an attractive and very detailed map describing the West Indies with insets of the Virgin Islands, Martinique and Guadeloupe. Beautifully engraved with a very fine line on heavy paper. A touch of outline color along the shorelines of the individual islands provides a delicate accent that is characteristic of Brue's style. Here, the outline color reflects colonial claims, including those...

320 [Lot of 3 - Hispaniola, St. Kitts & Barbados, Tobago] Caribbean Islands J. B. Labat 1742 A   $160.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1) L'Isle St. Domingue ou Espangnola', J.B. Labat, 1742, Paris, 7.7" x 5". This nice small map of Hispaniola shows the division between the French and Spanish possession with more information on the French side. Jean-Baptiste Labat was a French Dominican missionary and engineer who spent several years in the West Indies at the turn of the 18th century. Folding as issued with some light offset...

321 [Lot of 2] Carte de l'Isle de la Jamaique [and] Carte de l'Isle de la Martinique Colonie Francoise dans les Isles Antilles Caribbean Islands Rigobert Bonne 1780 A   $65.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.6 x 8.5 inches) Two nice, copper engraved maps of Jamaica and Martinique. Both provide great topographical detail and the locations of settlements, ports, and forts. Rigobert Bonne was an important French cartographer of the late 18th century. In 1773 he succeeded Jacques Bellin as the royal cartographer in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depot de la Marine. Working in his official capacity, Bonne compi...

322 Insularum Hispaniolae et Cubae cum Insulis Circumjacentibus Accurata Delineatio Bahamas and Greater Antilles Jan Jansson 1657 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.8 x 16.2 inches) The first state of this striking sea chart that includes the southern tip of Florida, the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola. It is one of the first Dutch maps to feature the region on a large scale, due to the importance of the Canaal van Bahama, which was used to transport Spanish gold and silver from the New World. The cartography is based on the extremely rare Hessel Gerritsz chart...

323 Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Cuba and the Bahama Islands Cuba & Bahamas Carey & Lea 1825 B+   $90.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.7 x 9.6 inches) This chart extends from the southern tip of Florida through the Bahamas and Cuba. Also shows Grand Cayman and part of St. Domingo. The Bahamas Island group are particularly well shown. The chart is surrounded by text detailing the history and other information on the region. On 22 x 17.5" sheet.

324 The Island of Cuba with part of the Bahama Banks & the Martyrs Cuba Jefferys/Sayer 1775 A   $600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 24.5 x 18.4 inches) This superb sea chart covers most of Cuba, the southern Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas, part of the Bahamas, and the Cayman Islands. The incredible detail extends to the interior of Cuba to show towns, forts, ranches, roads, and topography. On the southern coast several Hatos are located. Hatos were part of a unique land distribution system in Spanish colonial Cuba. Each Hato consisted o...

325 Plan of the City, and Harbour of Havanna Havana, Cuba Anonymous 1762 A   $75.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.4 x 4.5 inches) Very nice and well engraved map of Havana harbor and fortified town with surrounding area. Legend keyed to map gives the location of 17 important buildings including the Moors and Point Castles. Compass rose with north oriented to bottom left corner. Details include harbor soundings, kilns, roads, and individual buildings. Dated April 1762. No engraver's signature.

326 Plan of the City and Harbour of the Havana Havana, Cuba Thomas Jefferys 1762 A   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.4 x 8 inches) This fine chart is Jefferys' small version of the harbor of Havana in a street grid pattern and the surrounding area. It is annotated with a systematic network of soundings. The plan and fortifications are linked to an extensive key below the title at right. Locates the Castle del Morro, Governor's Habitation, The Machine where Large Ships are hove down, the Tilia Piedra where Merchant Ships ar...

327 Carte Particuliere de l'Isle de la Jamaique Dressee au Depost des Cartes' pour le Service des Vaisseaux du Roy par Ordre de M. le Marquis de Massaic' Jamaica Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1758 B+   $700.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 35 x 22.3 inches) Superb, large-scale sea chart of Jamaica divided into parishes. The map includes remarkable detail with scores of place names and safe anchorages along the coast plus mountains, roads, sugar, coffee and indigo plantations, taverns, watershed and a host of other information. The chart is embellished with two rococo-style cartouches.

328 Isola Spagnola Nova Hispaniola Ruscelli 1599 A   $240.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.6 x 7.2 inches) This fine early copperplate engraving of Hispaniola is based on Gastaldi's 1548 map of the island. It is rendered in the characteristic Italian style with a stipple-engraved sea and bold border and decorated with an oared ship and a sea monster. Italian text on verso describes the island.

329 Insula S. Iuan de Puerto Rico Caribes vel Canibasum Insulae Puerto Rico and Lesser Antilles Jan Jansson 1657 B+   $600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20 x 15.8 inches) Handsome map of the Leeward and Windward Islands between Puerto Rico and South America. North is oriented to the left as indicated by the compass roses. All of the major islands are named, as are several very tiny ones. The ornate title cartouche includes sea god Nereus and two of his daughters. The map is further embellished with a native Carib holding the scale of miles, a sea monster and se...

330 Carte des Antilles Puerto Rico and Lesser Antilles Antoine Francois Tardieu 1797 A   $210.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.8 x 12.7 inches) This chart of the Lesser Antilles extends from the eastern tip of Hispaniola through the Antilles to include Marguerite, Tobago and Curacao. It contains a dense listing of place names, more than most charts from this period. Good detail of Porto Rico, the Virgin Islands and St. Croix. The chart uses two standards to measure Longitude: Paris and the Isle de Fer in the Canary Islands. Th...

331 Pas Kaart van de Caribes tusschen I. Barbados en I.S. Martin Lesser Antilles Van Keulen 1685 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23 x 20.3 inches) Two compass roses orient this fine sea chart with north to the right. It covers the region from Barbados and St. Vincent to the southern part of St. Martin. Three insets provide detail of harbors on the islands of St. Lucia, Guadeloupe, and the Les Saintes archipelago. The interesting title cartouche shows Mercury offering his caduceus to Cybele.

332 Isola di Maria Galante nelle Antilli Posseduta da S.M. Cristianissima' Lesser Antilles, Marie-Galante Vicenzo Maria Coronelli 1696 A   $180.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.8 x 8.4 inches) This is one of the few separate maps of the island of Marie-Galante in the French West Indies, as it is generally mapped with the large neighboring island of Guadeloupe. The island is now commonly known as La Grande Galette (Big Cookie) due to its round shape and almost flat surface, which are well illustrated here. The various sugar plantations are laid out and Fort Moliere is located (a...

333 Carte de l'Isle de la Barbade dressee au Depost des Cartes et Plans de la Marine Lesser Antilles, Barbados Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1758 A   $500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16 x 22 inches) This is a very handsome chart and one of the finest large-scale maps of Barbados. The island is shown divided into parishes with fine detail of topography, anchorages, shoals, rocks, etc. Published by the French Admiralty, the map is boldly engraved with an elaborate cartouche, rhumb lines, and the seal of the Depot de la Marine. Prix . Trente Sols outside bottom left border.

334 Carte Reduite de l'Isle de Saint Christophe Lesser Antilles, St. Kitts Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1758 B+   $550.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 34.3 x 23 inches) Superb large-scale sea chart of St. Kitts vividly detailing the dramatic topography and settlements. The settlements and forts are clearly shown as well as the favorable anchorages and dangerous parts of the coastline. St. Kitts, the oldest British colony in the West Indies, was alternately held by Britain, France and Spain throughout the 17th century. It was finally ceded to Britain at the Trea...

335 An Accurate Map of the Islands of St. Christophers and Nevis in the West Indies Lesser Antilles, St. Kitts & Nevis John Cary 1782 B+   $160.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15 x 12.3 inches) This interesting map shows the French Fleet offshore from Irish Town and St. George's Town, present-day Basseterre on St. Kitts. Admiral Hood's Squadron is in a defensive position protecting the towns against the French fleet. St. Kitts was contested between the French, Spanish and English numerous times during the 17th and 18th century, due to the prosperous sugar plantations on the island. T...

336 Carte de l'Isle de Sainte Lucie Dressee au Depost des Cartes et Plans de la Marine' Lesser Antilles, St. Lucia Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1763 A   $400.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 34.2 x 22 inches) First edition of this handsome, large-scale map of St. Lucia . Above the map are three insets; Plan du Port du Carenage, Plan de Cul de Sac des Roseaux, and Mouillages du Grand Islet et du Choc, each with soundings and their own decorative cartouches. The large compass rose orients the map with north to the right. The main map is filled with charming pictorial representations of ...

337 A Map of the Islands of St. Lucia and Martinique, with Part of Dominica and St. Vincents' Lesser Antilles, Martinique and St. Lucia John Lodge 1781 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.7 x 14.7 inches) An attractive map of Martinique and St. Lucia showing the area of a naval engagement between Sir Samuel Hood and the French Count de Grasse, one of a number of battles between the forces of England against France and Spain for dominion over the islands in the West Indies. This map is simply engraved, with detail primarily on the coasts.

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