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Lot#		Title		Subject/Creator		Date/Cond		Sold for:

62 [America] Le table des neufues Iesquelles on appelle isles d' occident & d' Indie pour diuers regard Western Hemisphere Sebastian Munster 1569 A   $3,500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.5 x 10 inches) This is one of the most important 16th century maps of the New World, credited with popularizing the name America. North America is very oddly shaped with no California and Zipangri (Japan) shown only a short distance off the western coast. In the east, the land is nearly bisected by a body of water, known as the Sea of Verrazzano. The Yucatan is still shown as an island and the lake at ...

63 Carte de l' Amerique Corrigee, et augmentee' Western Hemisphere Petrus Bertius 1640 B   $1,700.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.6 x 14.8 inches) Very scarce derivative of Hondius' influential map of 1618. This map was originally drawn by Petrus Bertius in 1624 (the first state of which is now extremely rare). This is the second state with an interesting alteration in North America. The entire west coast has been re-engraved above Baja California with the legend Pays Non Encore Descoverts (land not yet discovered). This re...

64 America noviter delineata Western Hemisphere Matthaus Merian 1640 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14 x 10.8 inches) Fine example of one of the many derivatives of Jodocus Hondius' map. North America is depicted with a prominent Virginia and an odd New England coastline. The western coastline above California makes the continent entirely too wide. There is only a hint of the Great Lakes. There is a large inland lake in equatorial South America. Small inset of Greenland. Strapwork title cartouche with a sea...

65 America Western Hemisphere Philipp Cluver 1661 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10 x 8.2 inches) Derived from the Nicolas Visscher map of 1658, with a similar combination of the Blaeu type Great Lakes region and a Briggs type island of California. A depiction of the Fries voyage appears in the water north of Japan, and Tasman's discoveries are shown in New Zealand. Drape style title cartouche with branches above. Engraved by H. Mosting.

66 Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Descriptio Western Hemisphere Frederick de Wit 1670 B   $3,250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.7 x 19.2 inches) This is the first state of De Wit's map of the Americas. It is a close derivative of Nicolas Visscher's influential map. However, the island of California and the Great Lakes are shown on the Sanson model. In the Southwest, the Rio del Norto flows from a large interior lake and empties into the sea between the mainland and California. In South America, Parime Lacus ...

67 Americae Descriptio Western Hemisphere Philipp Cluver 1676 A+   $450.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8 x 5.5 inches) Fine small map of the Americas prominently featuring the island of California and showing most of the Pacific Ocean including the western coastline of New Zealand. Tiny ships dot the seas and Native Americans surround the title cartouche.

68 America Western Hemisphere Duval/Beer 1679 A   $400.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 5 x 4.2 inches) Miniature map of the Americas showing California as an island and the F. Anien separating California from a huge Terre de Iesso. The Spanish colony of Sa. Fe is identified, Quebec is shown as the capital of the French possessions and St. Augustine is shown in Florida. N. Suede is incorrectly shown as the Dutch took possession of that colony in 1655. In the Pac...

69 L' Amerique, Meridionale et Septentrionale' Western Hemisphere Nicholas de Fer 1700 A   $550.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.2 x 9 inches) A charming map of the Americas with the island of California covering the entire west coast north of the Tropic of Cancer with two large imaginary islands off shore. One of the prominent features in northern Mexico is Les Mine de S. Iean et de Ste. Barbe, the legendary Santa Barbara mines of the Chihuahua-Durango region. There are several large spurious lakes on both continents. A...

70 Amerika of de Nieuwe Weerld Aller eerst Door C. Kolumbus Western Hemisphere Pieter van der Aa 1707 A+   $450.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9 x 6 inches) Charming map of the continents with California as an island. The Great Lakes are shown open-ended in the west and a large river emanates from a large inland lake and flows into the sea between the mainland and California. In South America there is a large lake in Guyana and the Uruguay River, here called the Paraguay, appears much larger than the Amazon. The Insulae Solomis are pr...

71 L' Amerique Western Hemisphere Pieter van der Aa 1714 A+   $950.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.9 x 5.6 inches) The most dominant feature of this map of the Americas is the curious depiction of the west coast of North America, which is completely bisected by an unnamed straight (Northwest Passage), possibly derived from reports of Juan de Fuca's disputed voyage. The bulging northwest coast of North America continues another 65 degrees and is separated from Asia by a narrow Fretum Anian. Othe...

72 Nieuwe Kaart van het Westelykste Deel der Weereld, dienende tot aanwyzing van de Scheepstogten der Nederlanderen Naar West Indie' Western Hemisphere Isaac Tirion 1754 A+   $400.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.2 x 13.2 inches) An attractive map of the Americas that also includes a good bit of western Europe and Africa. A Northwest Passage is shown through North America, beginning at the Great Lakes and ending in a large river emptying into the Pacific at about 50 deg. N. latitude. The entire western part of North America is virtually blank. The northwest coastline is delineated by a dotted line terminating wit...

73 Nieuwe Kaart van America Western Hemisphere Isaac Tirion 1765 A+   $300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.5 x 11 inches) A nice copper engraved map of the Americas with good detail throughout. The colonial powers of Britain, France and Spain divide North America roughly in thirds. Above C. Blank in California a short coastline juts westward and there is nothing above that. South America is well mapped with the interior labeled 't Land der Amazonen. The map includes part of Europe and Africa as well...

74 Tableau General de l' Amerique comprenant les Principales Regions qui Composent cette Partie du Monde; leurs Divisions par Etats ou Provinces, les Villes les Plus Distinguees par leur Rang, leur Population et leur Comerce' Western Hemisphere Brion de la Tour/Desnos 1792 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 28.5 x 20.5 inches) This large, and very uncommon, map of the Americas provides a detailed view of the colonial possessions and the most recent explorations. The new United States is shown with its boundary on the Mississippi River. The northwest coast of North America is labeled Decouvertes des Russes and is largely blank in the interior. Numerous exploration routes are charted including those of Cook, Bou...

75 Charte von America Western Hemisphere Johannes Walch 1820 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.5 x 9 inches) An uncommon small map of the Americas focusing on topography.

76 Western Hemisphere Western Hemisphere John Tallis 1845 A+   $300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.5 x 10 inches) This is one of the most decorative 19th century maps of the Americas. The map is a circular hemisphere completely surrounded by steel-engraved vignettes by Warren featuring whales, natives, and indigenous animals, all tied together with a fancy vine-style border. The map extends to include New Zealand and the Solomon Islands in the Pacific, and the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic. Alaska is ...

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