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315 Audience de Guadalajara Nouveau Mexique, Californie, &c. Southwest United States & Mexico Nicolas Sanson 1660 A   $650.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.2 x 7.8 inches) This fine, small map is the first regional map to focus on the island of California. It shows a small peninsula (Agubela de Cato) above the island, two bays along the island's northern coast and two new place names, Tolaago and R. de Estiete. Sanson actually based this information on the less well known map by Luke Foxe, but it was Sanson's map that influenced many ot...

316 A Passage by Land to California Discovered by the Rev. Father Eusebius Francis Kino Jesuite between ye years 1698 and 1701; Containing likewise the New Missions of the Jesuits Southwest United States & Mexico Eusebio Francisco Kino 1730 A   $800.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8 x 9 inches) This is an English version of Father Kino's important map disproving the insularity of California. Kino's map was the first to accurately depict the region, in particular the relative positions of the Colorado and Gila rivers and the correct localization of the rivers, valleys and mountains of part of Sonora and Arizona. Kino's publication, first published in 1705, was intended to disprove the C...

317 Carte de la Californie, Levee par la Societe des Jesuites Southwest United States & Mexico, California Padre Miguel Venegas 1757 A   $750.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8 x 12.3 inches) Significant, uncommon map on the Fernando Consag model, which is updated from Kino's original maps of the region. It extends past the Colorado and shows Baja California, northwest Mexico and what will become the southern portion of Arizona. It presents, in great detail, the Gila River region, the missions and Indian towns of Pimeria Alta and Baja California.

318 Kaart van Nieuw Mexiko, met het Noordelyk Gedeelte van Oud Mexiko of Nieuw Spanje United States & Mexico Willem Albert Bachiene 1785 A+   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.5 x 8.3 inches) A well-detailed map, based on Bonne, and 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. There is excellent detail, particularly of the Jesuit missions in Mexico and the Southwest. It is filled with place names and Indian villages. In present-day Arizona, the Gil...

319 Spanish Dominions in North America United States & Mexico Aaron Arrowsmith & Samuel Lewis 1805 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.5 x 8 inches) This is a scarce map by Arrowsmith. It shows an oddly shaped western coast of Mexico, names the town of Texas on the Rio Colorado or Cannes R, locates the fictional Quivira, and much more. Includes the original title page, dated 1805, making the map either the first or second edition. This copper engraved map further shows numerous place names, provinces, topography, missions, to...

320 Spanish North America Southwestern United States & Mexico John Thomson 1814 B   $375.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 24 x 20 inches) Large, attractive and significant map that depicts the Spanish possessions in North America. Especially noteworthy is the delineation of the great river systems, particularly the Platte flowing east and south of the Rocky Mountains. Spanish control of the Southwest is limited to part of Texas and a strip of land in present day New Mexico that includes Santa Fe and Albuquerque. In this edition, ...

321 [Lot of 4] Amer. Sep. Partie de la Vieille Californie. No. 53 / No. 58 / No. 63. [and] Partie de Nouvle. Californie. No. 52. California, Arizona & Baja Mexico Vandermaelen 1825-27 A   $500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.5 x 18.5 inches) This group of maps features the California coast from about Monterey to the tip of Baja California, and including a little bit of the Southwest. The Atlas Universel was the first atlas to present all the maps on the same scale (1: 1,641,836), with each map covering an area of approximately 20 degrees longitude (from Paris) and 6 degrees of latitude. It was also considered to be the first ...

322 Mexico and Guatimala United States & Mexico Thomas Starling 1833 B+   $60.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 5.9 x 9.1 inches) A remarkably detailed miniature map with a full-page table of place names and geographical coordinates. This example locates West Florida, New California, Old California and New Albion. Details include numerous towns and villages, rivers, political divisions and more. Blank on verso. Hand colored to show colonial interests in the provinces of both countries. Lists ...

323 No. 4 Map of the United States and Texas / No. 5 Map of Mexico and Guatimala United States & Mexico Samuel Augustus Mitchell 1839 B+   $220.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.2 x 10.4 inches) This great school atlas map of the early territorial borders in the West features the Independent Republic of Texas with Austin shown as the capital by a large star. The Oregon Territory covers the northwest and extends well into Canada. The huge Indian Territory lies north of Texas and extends to the Mandan District, which in turn goes to the border with Canada. Iowa Territory is in a r...

324 Mexico, Mittel America, and Texas United States & Mexico Carl Flemming 1840 B   $300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.3 x 13 inches) Uncommon map of the southern United States, Mexico and Central America with the independent Republic of Texas. It is filled with Indian names and some interesting spurious topography. Texas is stated in the legend as comprising an area of 8,000 square miles, with a total population of more than 100,000.

325 Mexico & Guatemala United States & Mexico Alexander Findlay 1842 A   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.8 x 7.5 inches) This map features the Independent Republic of Texas clearly labeled but without delineated boundaries. The map shows all of Upper or New California naming San Francisco, Santa Barbara, San Diego, etc. The Baja peninsula is Lr. or Old California. The Great Salt Lake is located as Youta or Gr. Salt L. The locations of many Indian tribes, forts and early settlements ar...

326 Map of a Tour from Independence to Santa Fe, Chihuahua, Monterey and Matamoros United States & Mexico, Texas Dr. Frederick Adolphus Wislizenus 1848 B   $375.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.3 x 20 inches) This is a fascinating map of the early state of Texas during the Mexican-American War. Frederick Adolphus Wislizenus, an adventurous doctor from St. Louis, undertook and funded a scientific expedition into Texas, New Mexico and northern Mexico in 1846. When he set out he did not realize that war had just been declared between the United States and Mexico. This map shows his route alon...

327 Carte Generale des Etats-Unis Mexicains de la Republique du Texas et des Etats de l'Amerique Centrale United States & Mexico Adrien Hubert Brue 1850 A   $220.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.3 x 20 inches) An uncommon map showing the Southwest, Mexico and inset with Central America. The title is one of the few that references the Republic of Texas, however, this edition shows Texas included in the United States, although the dotted line separating out the Republic can still be seen. The map is surrounded with a handsome keyboard style border.

328 Coltons' Rail-Road and Military Map of the United States, Mexico, the West Indies &c. United States & Mexico G. W. & C.B. Colton 1865 B   $600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 40.5 x 31 inches) This scarce Civil War period map shows the entire United States to include the Pacific States. It is the revised edition from the 1862 issue (Rumsey #4857) with Wyoming, Montana and Idaho formed in the west. This edition does not have the slave and free states coloring, suggesting that it was issued after the end of the Civil War. A most decorative map with strapwork borders, tables, nine maps,...

329 [2 Sheet map] Carte Generale des Etats-Unis et du Mexique comprenant l'Amerique Centrale et Les Antilles United States & Mexico E. Andriveau-Goujon 1876 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 35.5 x 24.5 inches) Attractive, large 19th century map of the United States, Mexico and the West Indies with insets of Central America, Lesser Antilles, New York, Atlantic travel and cable routes, and Long Island. The large Dacotah territory is shown before its division into north and south in 1889, and Oklahoma is named as Territoire Indien. The overland routes to Santa Fe, Mexico and California are ...

330 Der Statt Themistitan in den Newen Inseln gelegen Mexico City Sebastian Munster 1550 B+   $120.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6.5 x 6.5 inches) An early woodcut plan of Mexico City, showing the city on the lake and centered on the plaza with a number of buildings noted. On a sheet of German text (8.5 x 13.25").

331 Hispaniae Novae Sivae Magnae, Recens et Vera Descriptio Mexico Abraham Ortelius 1579 B+   $550.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20 x 13.8 inches) This is the first state of this important map, depicting 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 inland to Mexico City, which is situated on a large lake. Several gold and silver mines are located in the central ...

332 Nova Hispania et Nova Galicia Mexico Jan Jansson 1636 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19 x 13.7 inches) A decorative map of the central and western coastal regions of Mexico, based on Ortelius. Mexico City is situated on a large lake below the elaborate title cartouche featuring the Royal Spanish Arms. Several silver mines are located in the central region, as Argenti minerae. A galleon and sea monster ornament the Pacific , while a cherub beckons to armadillos on the scale of miles cartou...

333 Delineatio Nova et Vera Partis Australis Novi Mexici, Cum Australi Parte Insulae California' Mexico, Baja California Scherer 1703 A+   $650.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.5 x 9 inches) Lovely, decorative map of the tip of Baja California and a portion of northwest Mexico with parts of Sonora and Sinaloa. California is noted as an island, and there is excellent detail of mountains, river systems, woods and towns. This map was redrawn by Scherer after the 1685 manuscript map sent to him from New Spain by his compatriot, Jesuit missionary Father Eusebio Francisco Kino. Kino's ex...

334 Mexico & Guatemala Mexico, Central America Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. 1850 B+   $55.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15 x 12 inches) This pre-Gadsden Purchase map extends into present day Arizona and New Mexico with the border following the Gila River. Across the top are large insets of The Isthmus of Tehantepec Showing the Proposed Route from the Gulf of Mexico Sea to the Pacific Ocean, The Isthmus of Nicaragua Showing the Proposed Routes from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean, and Guatemala or Central A...

335 Map of the Republic of Mexico Mexico Charles Desilver 1859 B   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 25.7 x 15.8 inches) A large, nicely engraved and colorful map with two insets, Valley of Mexico and The Isthmus of Tehuantepec. This double page map was compiled by W.H. Holmes and is only seen in the last couple years of this atlas' production. It locates many place names, and locates cities, villages, forts, roads, rivers and the route of the proposed Aransas Railroad from Aransas, Texas to Mazatlan...

336 Yucatan Conventus Iuridici Hispaniae Novae Pars Occidentalis, et Guatimala Conventus Iuridicus Mexico and Central America Blaeu/Mortier 1706 A   $750.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.5 x 16.3 inches) This decorative map covers from Mexico City to Panama and extends to include part of Cuba. Cozumel is named, as is the island of Grand Cayman. The map has a lovely cartouche surrounded with cherubs and exotic fruit, and five lovely ships sail the sea. This map was initially published by Blaeu in 1662; this is the later edition with the imprint of Pierre Mortier.

337 Truxillo Central America, Honduras Montanus/Ogilby 1671 A   $170.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.5 x 11 inches) Fine view of Fort Trujillo in Honduras depicted during the attack in 1635 by the Dutch fleet of Admiral van Hoorn. The view is filled with warships and many beautifully engraved details of the port and people within it. A lettered key at the bottom identifies the important sites. Adorned with a ribbon-style cartouche.

338 [Lot of 2 - Panama and Venezuela] Panama and Venezuela Theodore de Bry 1600 A   $160.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8 x 6.5 inches) Both views are on full sheets of German text (13.5 x 9.5") with blank versos. 1) Plate XX. This scene shows the Indians of Darien (Panama) killing the captive Spanish conquistadors and preparing a cannibalistic feast. Knowing about the Spanish thirst for gold, the Indians devised this method of punishing their captives; pouring molten gold down their throat, then dismembering them a...

339 A Map of the Countrey and Citty of Panama' Panama Alexandre Oliver Esquemeling 1684 B+   $700.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 6.8 inches) A scarce view of Panama from the buccaneer and surgeon, Alexander Oliver Esquemelin (1645-1707). Esquemeling accompanied the famous Welsh privateer Sir Henry Morgan on his escapades though the Caribbean, and was a first-hand participant in the raids on cities, such as the raid on Panama in 1667. This view illustrates the land with pictorial topography and tiny illustrations of soldiers and battl...

340 Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali, cum Terris Adiacentibus Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Montanus/Ogilby 1671 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.2 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. The cartography is based on Hessel Gerritsz' chart of 1631 and Blaeu's map of 1634. The scenic title cartouche fills the North American continent and an equally graphic scale of miles cartouche fills ...

341 Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali ac Regiones Adiacentes' Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Nicolas Visscher 1682 A   $1,000.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.3 x 18 inches) This superb map of the Caribbean and the West Indies 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 appe...

342 A Map of the English Plantations in America Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Herman Moll 1695 B   $200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.3 x 7 inches) A handsome map focuses on the Gulf of Mexico and extends to the Caribbean, Central America and north to New England. The topography is indicated simply and includes an unusual Felis Lake west of Pennsylvania. The early colonial settlements of Boston, Cape Cod, James Towne and Charles Towne are noted. Printed on a sheet with English text, (8 x 11.5").

343 Mappa Geographica, complectens I. Indiae Occidentalis' Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Homann Heirs 1740 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18.5 x 22 inches) Informative and very graphic folio sheet has a large map of the region, titled "Carte des Isles de l'Amerique et Deplusieurs Pays de Terre Ferme," attributed to D'Anville (1731). It covers the Gulf of Mexico, Central America and all of the Caribbean islands. It is nicely detailed with a key to show European possessions and a beautifully engraved title cartouche. Above the main map is the large,...

344 [Lot of 2] Carte du Golphe du Mexique et des Isles de l'Amerique [together with] Les Isles Antilles et le Golfe du Mexique Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean [blank] 1754-1787 B+   $210.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) A nice pair of mid-19th century maps detailing the Gulf of Mexico. 1) Carte du Golphe du Mexique et des Isles de l'Amerique is an attractive map of the islands of the Caribbean, including those parts of the United States and Mexico bordering the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, and the northern coastline of South America. Routes of several explorers are shown and many coastal p...

345 Carte Reduite du Golphe du Mexique et Ses Isles de l'Amerique' Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1764 B+   $130.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.3 x 8.3 inches) A handsome and detailed map of the Caribbean showing numerous place names and covering the region from St. Augustine, Florida, and the Florida peninsula, across the Gulf of Mexico and along the northern coast of South America. This example has a crisp impression on thick paper with original wide margins. An attractive rococo-style title cartouche floats in the upper right corner.

346 A Map of the West Indies and Middle Continent of America from the latest Observations by John Blair Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Rev. John Blair 1773 A   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.7 x 16.3 inches) Boldly engraved and well colored chart of the Caribbean, the southern United States, Central America and the northern coast of South America. Florida consists only of the peninsula, with the southern portion shown as a jumble of large islands, named Bay del Spiritu Santo. Texas is named as the "New Kingdom of Leon". The map is filled with interesting information, with many forts and town...

347 A Map of East and West Florida, Georgia and Louisiana, with the Islands of Cuba, Bahama, and the Countries Surrounding the Gulf of Mexico, with the Tract of the Spanish Galleons, and of our Fleets thro' the Straits of Florida, from the Best Authorities Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean John Lodge 1781 B   $210.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14 x 10.5 inches) A crisply engraved map covers the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba and a portion of Yucatan, and extends up to the Carolinas and present-day Texas. The map shows the routes used by the Spanish and English fleets as they traveled though the West Indies.

348 De Antilles Eilanden en do Golf van Mexico Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Willem Albert Bachiene 1785 A+   $350.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.5 x 8 inches) An attractive map extending from Florida and the Gulf Coast to Central America and the northern tip of South America with good detail of the Antilles. Inset with a map of Bermuda at top right. Adorned with a decorative cartouche featuring a garland, crown, trident and a winged hat.

349 A New Map of the West India Isles from the Latest Authorities Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean John Cary 1803 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20 x 18 inches) A large and handsome map that extends from Bermuda to Florida and the Carolinas, and follows the Gulf coast to include Mexico and Central America, and south to include the northernmost portion of South America and the Lesser Antilles. There is great coastal detail, especially in Central and South America. Numerous Indian tribes are named throughout. Florida is divided into east and west. A not...

350 Dominia Anglorum in Praecipuis Insulis Americae ut sunt Insula S. Christophori Antegoa Iamaica Barbados nec non Insulae Bermudes vel Sommers' Caribbean Islands and Bermuda Homann Heirs 1740 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22 x 19.4 inches) A large and striking sheet with five maps describing the islands of St. Kitts, Antigua, Bermuda, Barbados and Jamaica. All of these maps were copied from separate maps made by Herman Moll in 1729. Each map is meticulously detailed with its own compass rose, soundings, roads, topography and political divisions, as well as descriptive text and keys. The map has a second title in Dutch: Die Englis...

351 Carte Reduite des Isles Antilles / Carte Reduite des Debouquements de St. Domingue Caribbean Verdun de la Crenne 1775 B+   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.5 x 34 inches) A pair of handsome charts printed on one sheet. Each chart has a crisp engraving and shows excellent detail including towns and villages, soundings and anchorages, shoals, topography and more. The charts have several notes describing the routes and discoveries of previous French explorers.

352 [Lot of 5] La Dominique Situee Entre la Martinique et la Guadeloupe [and] West India Islands. Martinico. / Dominica. [and] Hayti or Saint Domingo. [and] Carte de l'Isle de Saint Domingue' [and] Baye et Ville de Bayaha ou Port-Dauphin' Greater Antilles 1730-1823 passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) An attractive group of maps detailing the Greater Antilles from the 18th to the 19th centuries. 1) La Dominique Situee Entre la Martinique et la Guadeloupe. A finely engraved sea chart highlighting the varied topography of Hispaniola. During the 18th century, the English and French fought for ownership of this island and the map focuses on this rivalry, locating three major bat...

353 Carta Esferica que comprehende los desemboques Al Norte de la Isla de Sto. Domingo y la parte Oriental del Canal Viejo de Bahama... Greater Antilles Direccion de Hidrografia 1802 A   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 35.2 x 22.9 inches) Large and rarely seen Spanish chart covers eastern Cuba, northwest Hispaniola and the lower Bahamas including the Turks & Caicos Island. There is good detail of navigational hazards, soundings and many place names along the coastlines. Filled with rhumb lines, this chart also features a fleur-de-lys, the seal of the Deposito Hidrografico and some very nice lettering in title.

354 Map of the Route of Columbus on arriving among the Bahama Islands Bahamas D.G. Johnson 1828 B+   $130.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.5 x 14 inches) This interesting map shows Columbus' route in extensive detail, and includes several notations regarding sightings, landings and who named certain islands. There are numerous place names, soundings and topographical features, although the interiors of the islands are largely blank. Printed at W. Hooker's Nautical Store , 202 Water Street , New York.

355 Carta del Gran Banco de Bahama Parte de la Isla de Cuba y Costa de la Florida Bahamas, Florida, Cuba Jose Maria de Quesada 1866 B+   $1,500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23 x 35.5 inches) Extremely uncommon Spanish sea chart detailing the banks off the east coast of Florida from Hutchinson Island to Key Largo, the Bahamas and the mid-portion of Cuba. The chart is quite detailed and includes all the tiny islands, meticulously noted soundings, and hand colored light-houses. It was published under the auspices of the Direccion de Hydrografia by Quesado, who was the Gefe de Escuadra ...

356 [Lot of 2] Le Port Marianne dans L'Isle de Cuba [and] A New and Correct Draught of the Bay of Matanzas on ye North Side of ye Island Cuba Done from a Survey in the Year 1729 by Robt. Pearson Cuba 1764-67 passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) A handsome pair of maps detailing Cuban bays in the 18th century. 1) Le Port Marianne is a charming map with soundings, rhumblines, fleur-de-lys and a rococo-style title cartouche. From "Le Petite Atlas Maritime", J. N. Bellin, Paris, 1764. (6.5 x 8.7"). Binding edge ragged, wormhole in lower margin. Else fine. Grade A. 2) A New and Correct Draught of the Bay of Ma...

357 L'Isle de Cuba Cuba Rigobert Bonne 1780 A+   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.5 x 8.3 inches) Attractive copperplate engraving of Cuba and the southern Bahamas. Geographically accurate with some overall scale distortion, which is most notable in present-day Bay de Buena Vista, Golfo de Batabano, and Golfo de Guacanayabo. The Cayman Islands are located in the lower portion of the map. Interior and coastal information include towns, missions, hospitals and plantations.

358 [Lot of 5 - Jamaica] Jamaica Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1764   $130.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) A nice set of matching and boldly engraved copper plate maps with good detail. 1) Carte de l'Isle de la Jamaique is a very detailed map that describes this island of the Greater Antilles. Divided by parishes, the map shows remarkable detail with scores of place names along the coast plus mountains, personal estates, watershed and other details in the interior. At lower left is...

359 La Jamaique aux Anglois dans le Golfe du Mexique / La Bermude aux Anglois Jamaica, Bermuda Crepy Family 1767 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.5 x 8 inches) This is a reissued map that was originally published by George Le Rouge in 1748. The sheet contains two maps, Jamaica above Bermuda. Jamaica is engraved to show the plantations, denoting those growing sugar, cotton, cacao, and indigo. The map of Bermuda includes an interesting cartographic error resulting from the copying John Speed's map of 1627. In that map, Bermuda was superimposed over a m...

360 La Giammaica Jamaica Antonio Zatta 1778 B   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.7 x 12.5 inches) This handsome, copper engraved map is presented as a scroll. It is from Zatta's Italian version of Raynal's History of North America. The map shows the island divided into 18 parishes. It is filled with place names, mountains, rivers and roads. A large compass rose and scale of Italian miles adorn the map.

361 Jamaica Jamaica George Philip 1850 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 24 x 19.3 inches) A large and colorful chart of the island showing excellent detail with parishes, towns, roads, churches and barracks. The coastal detail includes harbors, soundings, shoals, etc. This example has two large insets, The Harbour of Bluefields and The Harbours of Kingston and Port Royal. Map and insets have simple, block-style title cartouches and the map is enclosed by a strong keyb...

362 [Hispaniola] Hispaniola Bordone 1534 A   $450.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 5.8 x 3.3 inches) A lovely and simple woodcut map of Hispaniola, here named as Spagnola with general topography and towns noted. Bordone's Isolario was one of the earliest and most important works of its time. It is remarkable for being the first atlas covering the entire world not based on classical geography, but rather on contemporary information. Bordone was an illuminator and wood-engraver wor...

363 [Lot of 8 - Haiti Coastal Harbors] Hispaniola Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1764 B   $220.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) Nice grouping of eight engraved charts includes several important ports along the coast of Haiti. Most have decorative cartouches, soundings, rhumblines and fleur-de-lys. Seven are double-page, (12 x 8.3"). 1) Plan de la Baye Saint Louis dans l'Isle des St. Domingue. No. 71. Locates Fort St. Louis and the Ville de St. Louis and is decorated with nice cartouche, compass rose....

364 La Partie Francoise de l'Isle de Saint Domingue Hispaniola Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1764 B   $120.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.5 x 8.5 inches) This is a charming illustration of the western half of the island while it was under France's domination. Abundant place name detail is noted along the coastal region while the interior's topography and watershed are nicely developed. Rococo-style title cartouche, rhumblines, compass rose, and fleur-de-lys decorate.

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