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360 Nouveau Mexique Southwestern United States, California and Mexico Pierre DuVal 1663 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4.8 x 3.8 inches) The island of California is the main focus of this charming miniature map. The map is filled with place names including the mysterious seven cities of Cibola. The Rio Nort (Rio Grande) originates from a large Lac de Conibas and incorrectly flows into the Mare Vermeio. The map is based on Sanson's Audience de Guadalajara (1657) with the addition of the ...

361 Cette Carte de Californie et du Nouveau Mexique' California, Southwest and Mexico Nicholas de Fer 1700 A   $1,100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.3 x 8.8 inches) This small map is very important in the cartographic history of California and the Southwest. Ironically it is one of the only maps of the period to focus on the island of California, and the first map to show the discoveries of Father Eusebio Kino, the man who disproved that California island theory. According to Wagner, the map is purportedly based on a manuscript drawn by Father Kino i...

362 Carte de la Californie Suivant' California, Southwest and Mexico Didier Robert de Vaugondy 1772 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.5 x 11.5 inches) This sheet has five depictions of California that present a fascinating cartographic history of the region. It was one of ten map compiled by Robert de Vaugondy for Diderot's important encyclopedia and depicts the mapping of California by five important cartographers. The earliest map reproduces Neron Pecci's manuscript map of 1604 showing the peninsula with a ragged coastline and place names de...

363 Mexico of Nieuw Spanje; tot het Nagaan der Vorderingen van Cortes Southwest United States & Mexico Thomas Kitchin 1778 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15 x 11.3 inches) This is an attractive map of the American Southwest and Mexico. California is labeled Nieuw 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." Texas is identified...

364 Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Mexico Southwestern United States, Texas & Mexico Carey & Lea 1822 B+   $325.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.4 x 15 inches) This detailed map of Mexico, Texas and the American Southwest is one of the earliest detailed maps of the region. Based largely on Von Humboldt's important map (1811), this map was published for an American audience at a time just prior to Austin's arrival in Texas. The settled parts of Texas are confined along the Gulf of Mexico and the Rio Grande River with the northern area blank except for a...

365 Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique du Mexique Southwest United States & Mexico Jean Alexandre Buchon 1825 A   $180.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.5 x 12.3 inches) This is the French edition of Carey & Lea's map of Mexico, the Southwest, and Texas. The map extends north to above C. Mendocino on the coast of California. Mexico is divided into its states. There is good detail of the watershed in the Southwest and Texas. In the Provincia de Texas, Loredo, Presido Nacogdoch, and Presido de Bejer are among the more important settlements s...

366 Carte des Etats Unis du Mexique Southwest United States & Mexico Thierry 1835 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 8.8 inches) An attractive map that shows the Southwest to Mexico, the Yucatan and Guatemala. This map was made just before Texas declared its independence in 1836, and shows Texas as a province within Mexico. Topography is denoted by hachure, and many native tribes are noted. The title is embellished with flourishes and four distance scales.

367 [Lot of 2] Etats-Unis [and] Mexique United States, Texas & Mexico Thunot Duvotenay 1844-46   $190.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 8.8 inches) A matched pair of maps that share the same decorative borders with graphic elements in each corner and four distance scales. The first map shows Mexico encompassing the majority of the Southwest and California. Texas is shown as an independent Republic. Most of the states east of the Mississippi River are named and outlined, except for Wisconsin, which is called District Huron. B...

368 [Lot of 5 - maps with report] Report of Secretary of the Interior'on the subject of the boundary line between the United States and Mexico United States & Mexico U.S. Department of Interior 1853   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) This important report, complete with its five maps, discusses the grave errors in Disturnal's Treaty Map of 1847, the incorrect position of El Paso and an error in the course of the Rio Grande River. As the U.S. Commissioner to the boundary survey, John R. Bartlett was authorized to mark the line of the boundary between the U.S. and Mexico. In the execution of his task, these errors were ...

369 [Lot of 2] Hispaniae Novae sivae Magnae, Recens et Vera Descriptio [and] Hispaniae Novae Nova Descriptio Mexico 1579   $300.00 Closed     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, Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1579, 20" x 13.6" 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...

370 [Lot of 2] Hispaniae Novae sivae Magnae, Recens et Vera Descriptio. 1579 [and] Carte de l'Empire du Mexique Mexico 1579-1754 B+   $400.00 Closed     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...

371 Hispaniae Novae Sive Magnae, Recens et Vera Descriptio Mexico Theodore de Bry 1595 B+   $450.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17.3 x 13 inches) This is a particularly interesting version of Ortelius' map of Mexico that was the prototype map of the region. It covers the Pacific coast from present-day Acapulco to about Mazatlan and inland to Mexico City, which is situated on a large lake. It is densely engraved with place names and shows the mining districts northwest of Mexico City. The map is elaborately decorated with engravings of N...

372 Nova Hispania, et Nova Galicia Mexico Willem Blaeu 1638 A   $450.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.7 x 15 inches) This is a fabulous, decorative map of the western coastal regions of Mexico. It is based on Hondius' map of 1606, which itself derives from Ortelius' 1579 map. Mexico City is situated on a large lake below the elaborate title cartouche with the Royal Spanish arms, figureheads, parrots and other adornments. Several gold and silver mines are located in the central region with a diamond shaped ic...

373 Portus Acapulco Acapulco, Mexico Arnoldus Montanus 1671 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14 x 11.4 inches) This attractive copper engraved view of Acapulco and its bay is a 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 are in the shadowy foreground.

374 Parte della Nuova Spagna, o' del Mexico doue sono le Provincie di Guadalaira Xalisco Mecoacan e Mexico' Mexico Vicenzo Maria Coronelli 1690 A   $550.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23.8 x 17.8 inches) This scarce and superbly decorative map of western and central Mexico covers from Xiamora to Acapulco and includes Mexico City and Guadalajara along with cities, towns, mines, missions and Indian villages. Notations in the mountains north of Mexico City describe the rich deposits of silver and other annotations describe the manners and customs of the Indians. The active volcano at Popo...

375 Carte du Lac de Mexico, et de ses Environs Lors de la Conqueste des Espagnols Mexico City, Mexico Bellin/Van Schley 1754 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6 x 8.2 inches) Map showing Mexico City as it was when discovered by the Spaniards. The city is located in a large lake with a series of causeways linking the main city and other islands in the Lac d'Eau Salee with the mainland. Tacuba, Capistlan, Xicolopa, and Curtaleco are located in the surrounding countryside. Dutch edition..

376 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...

377 Iucatana Regio et Fondura Mexico and Central America Cornelis Wytfliet 1597 B+   $500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 9 inches) This fascinating map is from the first printed atlas relating exclusively to America. The map covers the Yucatan peninsula and Central America. Several over-sized rivers and lakes are prominently shown. A spurious R. Grande flows from a large lake in present-day Guatemala. Lake Nicaragua and the San Juan River are the dominant features in Central America. Another wide river nearly bise...

378 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.

379 Audience de Guatimala' Central America Nicolas Sanson 1683 A   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 7.3 inches) Lovely small map that illustrates the region from the Yucatan to the Gulf of Panama. It is nicely detailed, although much of the topography is still incorrect. Lago de Nicaragua has an east-west orientation. It was reduced from Sanson's folio map of 1662 and retains the same level of detail.

380 Carte de l'Isthmede Darien et du Golfe de Panama Panama, Central America Capt. William Dampier 1705 A+   $200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6.2 x 6.2 inches) This uncommon chart shows the activities of William Dampier and his fellow buccaneers in Central America. It depicts the route of their raid across the inhospitable Isthmus of Darien to the Gulf of Panama where they captured Spanish ships and raided Spanish settlements. Locates Panama [City], Portobello, and several villages. At the top of the chart are two insets: Cote Septentr. De l'Isthm...

381 Culiacanae, Americae Regionis Descriptio / Hispaniolae, Cubae, Aliarumque Insularum Circumiacientium, Delineatio Caribbean and Mexico Abraham Ortelius 1603 B+ passed 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. 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 Greater Antilles with detail in southern Florida and the Caribbean that is quite remarkable for the period. Ortelius based the maps on ...

382 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 1598 A   $1,100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18.2 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...

383 Pas Kaart van de Golff van Mexico Gulf of Mexico Gerard van Keulen 1724 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.8 x 20.3 inches) Two compass roses orient this stunning chart with north to the right. It covers the western portion of the Gulf of Mexico, stretching from the panhandle of Florida around to the Yucatan peninsula. Van Keulen's chart was mostly derived from an exceedingly rare chart by Hessel Gerritsz, c. 1631. Of note, the panhandle of Florida lacks any familiar form and the Baja de Spirito Sancto repres...

384 Carte du Mexique, et de la Nouvelle Espagne, Contenant la Partie Australe de l'Amerique Septentle. par Mr. D'Anville Gulf of Mexico P. Santini 1779 A   $250.00 Closed     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.

385 Le Vieux Mexique ou Nouvelle Espagne avec les Costes de la Floride Gulf of Mexico, Mexico and Central America Nicholas de Fer 1702 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.8 x 8.8 inches) This attractive small map covers the Gulf of Mexico through Central America and includes parts of Cuba and Jamaica. It extends through Mexico to show the southern tip of Baja California. This is an early map to shown the correct location of the Mississippi River delta gleaned from the expeditions of La Salle and Iberville. Two French forts are located: LaSalle's Fort St. Louis in Texas (Fort...

386 Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum Terris adiacentibus Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Willem Blaeu 1642 A   $1,200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.7 x 14.8 inches) This fine map centered on the West Indies reflects the firsthand knowledge of Hessel Gerritsz during his voyage to South America and the West Indies undertaken in 1628. It covers the same region as the Gerritsz map of 1631; from Chesapeake Bay to the northern coastline of South America, with the addition of the west coast of Central America. The nomenclature in North America is virtually identic...

387 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   $1,200.00 Closed     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...

388 Carte de la Partie du Mileu de l'Amerique Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Capt. William Dampier 1705 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.3 x 6 inches) This chart shows part of the route of William Dampier's first circumnavigation voyage in the 1680s with his passage across the isthmus of Panama. The map covers the area of northern South America through Central America into what is now the southern United States with Mary-Land, Virginie, Caroline, Floride, and N. Mexique named. There is an inset map detailing the Cape Verde Island...

389 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, which was 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...

390 Insulae Americanae Nempe: Cuba, Hispaniola, Iamaica, Pto. Rico, Lucania, Antillae vulgo Caribae, Barlo-Et Sotto-Vento, etc.' Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Reiner and Joshua Ottens 1740 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23 x 19 inches) The Ottens brothers based this map of the West Indies on Danckerts' map of the same title. He updated the Gulf coast and Mississippi River delta based on the important map of Delisle, but the Florida peninsula is filled with spurious mountains. The routes of the Spanish treasure galleons are carefully plotted and there is excellent coastal detail. Two putti support the cartouche in the upper ri...

391 A Map of the West Indies and Middle Continent of America from the latest Observations Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Rev. John Blair 1768 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.6 x 16.3 inches) This boldly engraved chart of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean is filled with interesting information, with many forts and towns named. The British colony of Georgia extends to Mobile Bay and its boundary with Florida is noted as Limits Stipulated 1738, leaving the Spanish colony of Florida occupying only the peninsula. A line further south is noted as the Southern Bounds [Georgia]...

392 Carte du Golfe du Mexique et des Isles Antilles Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Pierre Francois Tardieu 1797 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17 x 12.8 inches) Detailed map of the Gulf of Mexico and all the islands of the West Indies. There is nice detail on coastlines, watershed and mountains. The Bahamas are particularly well rendered. North and South America show very little inland detail. Block style title.

393 Isole Antili, la Cuba, la Spagnuola' Caribbean Vicenzo Maria Coronelli 1690 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17 x 10.5 inches) Coronelli's scarce map of the Caribbean extends from the southern tip of Florida and the Canale di Bahama to the easternmost Antilles and Trinidad. The detailed map is centered on Hispaniola and includes several smaller islands such as the Caymans, Virgin Islands and several islands off the Yucatan Peninsula. A note in the Lucayan archipelago of the Bahamas, identifies Guanahani, t...

394 A Map of Jamaica [on sheet with] Barbados Caribbean - Jamaica and Barbados John Speed/Francis Lamb 1676 B+   $600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.7 x 15 inches) This is one of the new maps that Francis Lamb engraved for the final edition of John Speed's great world atlas. At top is a fine map showing the precincts (parishes) in Jamaica, and at bottom is a detailed map of Barbados. Both islands were important British colonies in the West Indies. Each map is beautifully engraved to illustrated topography and richly adorned with cartouches, sailing...

395 Dominia Anglorum in Praecipuis Insulis Americae ut sunt Insula S. Christophori Antegoa Iamaica Barbados nec non Insulae Bermudes vel Sommers' Caribbean and Bermuda Homann Heirs 1753-1759 B+   $250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.8 x 19.3 inches) A large and striking sheet that contains five charts 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 is finely engraved and meticulously detailed with its own compass rose, soundings, roads, forts, churches, topography and political divisions, as well as descriptive text and place name...

396 Insularum Hispaniolae et Cubae cum Insulis Circumjacentibus Accurata Delineatio Bahamas and Greater Antilles Jan Jansson 1657 A   $1,000.00 Closed     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...

397 Cuba Insula [on a sheet with] Hispaniola Insula [and] Insula Iamaica [and] Ins. S. Ioannis [and] Is. Margareta cum Confiniis Greater Antilles Mercator/Hondius 1613 B   $600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.5 x 13.8 inches) This great, composite map of important islands in the West Indies is presented with two large maps of Cuba and Hispaniola, and smaller maps of Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Ilsa Margarita along the left side. The map of Cuba includes an inset plan of Havana. The map is richly embellished with a variety of sea monsters, a flying fish, sailing ships and strapwork cartouches. French text on verso.

398 Pas Kaart Vande Zuyd kust van Cuba en Van Geheel Yamaica Greater Antilles Johannes van Keulen 1695 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23 x 20.3 inches) Fine sea chart covering the southern part of Cuba, all of Jamaica, the western tip of Hispaniola and a bit of the Honduras coastline. Insets of Oristan Bay and Yamaica Bay fill the upper right corner. The chart is finely engraved with rhumb lines, two compass roses, a sailing ship and a great title cartouche featuring a Native American, panthers and a large snake.

399 Havana Havana, Cuba Arnoldus Montanus 1671 B+   $190.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.7 x 11.3 inches) A splendid engraving of the bustling Cuban capital and the famous El Morro fortress. Although a somewhat imaginary and exotic concept of the city with grand churches, the lively composition depicts the importance of this well-fortified town and thriving port on the Spanish trade route. The foreground is filled with naval activity including a richly decorated galleon firing a salute.

400 Carte Reduite d'Une Partie du Vieux Canal de Bahama et des Bancs Adjacents' Cuba Depot de la Marine 1801 B+   $325.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 35 x 22.4 inches) Nice chart of the northern coast of Cuba and the Old Bahama Channel, which divides the northernmost bank of the West Indies into two parts. To the north is the Great Bahama Bank and the Bahama Islands (not in the image); to the south is the island of Cuba. This is a French edition of a Spanish chart which shows lots of detail including soundings, anchorages and hazards. There are two insets show...

401 Cuba Insula et Iamaica Cuba and Jamaica Cornelis Wytfliet 1607 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.3 x 9 inches) This is one of only two Caribbean maps in this important work, which was the first atlas dedicated to the New World. It provides an important, early view of Cuba and Jamaica with the Cayman Islands located between them. A bit of Hispaniola is also included. Even though Cuba was among the earliest European discoveries in the region, the cartographic information disseminated was often incorrect a...

402 Isle de la Iamaique Divisee Par Paroisses Ou Sont Exactement Remarques les Ports et les Bayes Jamaica Rene Michault 1674 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.5 x 10.8 inches) A French version of Richard Blome's map of Jamaica, drawn from the surveys ordered by Sir Thomas Modyford, governor of Jamaica in 1664-70. The map is based on John Ogilby's prototype with the island divided into its parishes. Ports and bays are identified and the mountainous terrain is shown by shading. Of particular interest is the large inset map of the entire Caribbean and southern portion o...

403 Nova Designatio Insulae Jamaicae ex Antillanis Americae Septentrion' Jamaica Matthias Seutter 1730 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.8 x 19.3 inches) This large, colorful and beautifully engraved map shows the island divided into thirteen precincts, and is filled with numerous place names, forts, churches, rivers, plantations, and pastures. Certainly the most graphic feature is the highly decorative title cartouche that depicts native inhabitants gathering and processing sugar cane, while a mermaid and several sea turtles look on. A lovely c...

404 L'Isle St. Domingue ou Espagnole Decouverte l'An 1492. Par les Espagnols ' Hispaniola Nicholas de Fer 1723 B+   $600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23.2 x 17.2 inches) Map of Hispaniola and the Turks & Caicos Islands. Hispaniola is shown divided into two parts with the French owning the western third of the Island and Spain controlling the rest. These boundaries were based upon the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick. There is interesting detail of mountains, rivers, towns and wildlife. The beautiful title cartouche depicts Columbus’ discovery of the island in 1492 and a...

405 Carte Reduite de l'Isle de Saint Domingue et de ses Debouquements pour servir aux Vaisseaux du Roy' Hispaniola Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1750 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 34.8 x 21.8 inches) This gorgeous, large-scale chart covers Hispaniola, Turks & Caicos Islands, Lower Bahamas, the eastern ends of Cuba and Jamaica, and the western end of Puerto Rico. The mountainous terrain of the islands is vividly shown and the information includes the locations of settlements, roads, forts, reefs and harbors. The sheet features loxodromic lines and the Depot de la Marine seal with Prix, tre...

406 South Part of St. Domingo, or Hispaniola Hispaniola Thomas Jefferys 1775 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 24.3 x 18.3 inches) This superb nautical chart displays the southern portion of the island of Hispaniola from Cap Dame Marie eastward to Cabo del Engano. Much of the attention of this chart, however, is drawn to the large compass rose in the center of the image and loxodromic lines drawn in the Caribbean Sea. The chart shows detailed anchorages, hazards and a partial compass rose in the upper left-han...

407 Nieuwe en Naaukeurige Paskaart van het Eyland Hispaniola of St. Domingo, met Alle desselfs Havanen, Dieptens en Ankergronden, als Meede de door Passeeringe tusschen de Caiques, en andere Eylanden, naer de Opservatien van Monsr. Frezier Hispaniola & Porto Rico Johannes van Keulen 1724 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 40 x 23.4 inches) This magnificent large chart of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico was published by Johannes van Keulen II, who led the Van Keulen firm from 1726 until his death in 1755. The chart was compiled from the chart made by Amedee Francois Frezier, Ingenieur ordinaire du Roy on Hispaniola, published by Guilaume Delisle in Paris (1725). Van Keulen translated it for navigation and added new hydrographical inform...

408 Carte Topographique de l'Ile de Saint Jean de Puertorico et de l'Ile de Bieque' Puerto Rico don Thomas Lopez de Vargas Machuca 1810 B   $750.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 28 x 14 inches) This is the French reissue of Lopez' 1791 map of Puerto Rico, updated by M. Ledru. The map covers the entire island of Puerto Rico and Vieques Island. There is nice detail of towns, watershed, anchorages and hazards. The hills and mountains are shown in extensive hachure.

409 Porto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico Arnoldus Montanus 1671 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.4 x 11 inches) Classic early view of San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico. Galleons and other vessels approach the harbor, which is dominated by its fortress. An elegant ribbon-style cartouche fills the sky.

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