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68 L'America Settentrionale' North America Rossi 1677 B+   $1,600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.3 x 15.3 inches) This is the uncommon, first edition of Rossi's fine map of North America, based on the seminal Sanson map of the region. As in the Sanson version, California is shown as an island on the Foxe model with two northern bays, and all five Great Lakes are shown, albeit with Superior and Michigan shown open-ended. There are many place names noted on California's coast, including Pta de Monte...

69 Americque Septentrionale Par N. Sanson d'Abberville Geographe du Roy North America Nicolas Sanson 1683 A   $950.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 7.8 inches) This handsome small map is a reduced and revised version of Sanson's folio map of North America (1650). The map presents California as an island, but the coastline to the northwest of California is now named Terre de Iesso, rather than reflecting his earlier belief that it was an extension of the American continent. The R. de Nort drains into the Gulf of California from a la...

70 America Borealis North America Scherer 1699 A   $800.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.8 x 9 inches) Henrich Scherer, a mathematics professor and Jesuit, produced this work to emphasize the extend of Catholic influence in the New World. The richly engraved map shows the island of California after the Sanson model with a large mountain range. The Great Lakes are prominently depicted and the Mississippi River originates in two large lakes in present-day Canada, and empties into the Sinu...

71 Idea Naturalis Americae Borealis Digito Dei Formata Geographice Proposita North America Scherer 1700 B   $1,000.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.7 x 8.7 inches) This captivating map of North America features a huge island of California, an oversized depiction of the Great Lakes, and a misplaced Mississippi River delta. It is decorated with two cartouches; one is capped with a globe revealing the Western Hemisphere and the other is surrounded with exotic animals, most not native to North America such as a rhinoceros and a lion. The most alluring f...

72 'T Noorder Deel van Amerika Door. C. Kolumbus in zyn Eerst Togt Ontdekt' North America Pieter van der Aa 1700 B   $375.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.6 x 7.5 inches) This is the first edition of this charming map, depicting a large island of California separated from Terra Esonis by the Strait of Anian. The northwest coast is completely blank above the peninsula labeled Aqubela de Cato. The Great Lakes are shown with Lakes Michigan and Superior open-ended and in the west. The Rio del Norte emanates from a large inland lake and fl...

73 Repraesentatio Americae Borealis Cuius Provinciae Vera Fide Illuminatae Umbram Non Habent' North America Scherer 1702 A   $750.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14 x 9.5 inches) This is one of the most graphic and beautifully engraved maps in Scherer's series of North American maps. California is depicted as an island with a nearly flat northern coast and only two place names in the south. The map is engraved with various shading to show the areas converted to Christianity, those exposed to the gospel, and those still heathen. Lighter shades denote where missions...

74 L'Amerique Septentrionale North America Anonymous 1702 A   $300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6.6 x 5.4 inches) This is a charming small map that shows the island of California with an indented coastline and includes place names Estiete, C. Blanco, P. de Carinde, Canal de S. Barbe, S. Martin, I. de S. Mare, S. Francisco, S. Simon, and an island named La Rocca Partada. The Rio Bravo ou de Nord (Rio Grande) joins the prominent Mississippi River just before emptying into the Gulf ...

75 L'Amerique Septentrionale et les Terres Polaires Arctique North America Nicholas de Fer 1705 A   $600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 8 inches) This uncommon map is based on Coronelli's large, two-sheet depiction of the continent from 1692. California is depicted as an island on the second Sanson model with two indented bays in the northern coast. De Fer's map deviates from Coronelli's cartography in a couple of regions; Lake Ontario forms the headwaters of the St. Lawrence River leaving the other Great Lakes landlocked, and Baff...

76 Carta Geografica Dell' America Settentrionale North America Giambatista Albrizzi 1750 A   $550.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.8 x 12.8 inches) This is Albrizzi's version of Delisle's landmark map of North America. It is nearly identical to the Delisle map with California returned to its peninsular position rather than as an island. C. Mendocin is the farthest northern point on California, and the north portion of the continent is left blank. The tracks of Cortez, Drake and Olivier are noted in the Pacific, and the Great Lakes a...

77 [4 sheets] General Karte von Nord America samt den West Indischen Inseln' North America Franz Anton Schraembl 1788 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23 x 19.8 inches) This is a scarce Austrian map based on the important Bowen & Gibson map of North America and the West Indies (Sayer & Bennett 1783 edition) and updated to include the surveys of Governor Thomas Pownall. The map provides an extremely detailed view of the continent at the conclusion of the American Revolution. The United States is shown with its 1783 treaty border and the French and Spanish...

78 [Lot of 2] Amerique Septentrionale [and] A General Map of North America from the Best Authorities North America 1795-1815   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) An attractive pair of maps, both with crisp impressions and rich coloring. The first, Amerique Septentrionale (8.7 x 7.2") shows the United States' western boundary at the Mississippi River, and the northern boundary of Mexico at the 40th parallel. The western portion of the continent is mostly blank, but does include the Rocky Mountains, and the R. de l' Ouest (River of the Wes...

79 Noord-Amerika North America Anonymous 1830 B+   $80.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.4 x 7.5 inches) An uncommon small map depicting the claims of the United States well into British Columbia. The area shown extends from Greenland and the Arctic south to Mexico. The map shows simple topography and the names of major cities.

80 Nord-Amerika und West-Indien' North America Friedrich Wilhelm Streit 1835 A   $85.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17.7 x 15 inches) This attractive map of North America and the West Indies focuses mainly on topography, with outline color delineating nations, states and colonial possessions. The northern border with Canada shows the claims of Britain into present-day Washington state. A color code designates the various countries and colonial possessions.

81 Carte Generale de l'Amerique Septentrionale, et des Isles qui es Dependent. North America Adrien Hubert Brue 1838 B+   $180.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.3 x 14.5 inches) Excellent map of North America and the West Indies. Beautifully engraved on fine heavy paper with the embossed atlas seal of the publisher below the script title. Alaska is named as Amerique Russe and is still a bit misshapen. The United States is shown with the northern border of Oregon Territory bulging upward well into Canada, reflecting the United States claims in that region....

82 Map of North America Designed to Accompany Smith's Geography for Schools North America David Burgess 1839 A   $210.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8.3 x 10.4 inches) An early example of this copper engraved map that shows the United States with a population of 17 million people. The Independent Republic of Texas with Austin as its capital is prominently featured. The entire western region is mostly unsettled with only a few place names including St. Francisco, Monterrey, St. Diego and Albuquerque. In the vicinity of Santa Barbara is St. Louis,...

83 Carte de l'Amerique Septentrionale et des Antilles North America Charles Francois Delamarche 1844 B+   $210.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.3 x 17 inches) Uncommon edition of this map of the continent with the Independent Republic of Texas and early western territorial borders in the United States. The District Oregon ou Colombie extends into present-day British Columbia and is bounded by the Rocky Mountains. Missouri Territory takes in the entire region between Oregon and the Mississippi except for the young states of Missouri, Arka...

84 Amerique Septentrionale North America Victor Levasseur 1845 A+   $220.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17 x 11.8 inches) Lovely, decorative map with the Republic of Texas, and the United States extending into present-day Canada, Russia in control of Alaska, and Mexico's northern border according to the Treaty of 1819, (misprinted as 1810). Surrounded by beautifully engraved scenes of North and Central America including local animals, a ship stranded in the polar sea, and a Mayan Temple.

85 North America North America George Philip 1852 A   $190.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 24 x 19.8 inches) A very unusual map of North America showing the entire Oregon Territory as part of British America, despite the forlorn dashed line on the actual border noting that it was the boundary as settled in 1846. This border is ignored in favor of the second dashed border consigning the territory to British America. Texas is shown with a rather truncated western border, and the New Mexico Territory fill...

86 Mitchell's New National Map, Exhibiting the United States with the North American British Provinces, Sandwich Islands, Mexico and Central America North America Samuel Augustus Mitchell 1857 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 63 x 65 inches) A truly beautiful example of Mitchell's "New" map of the United States in North America. The map shows the entire United States featuring early territorial borders in the West. Washington and Oregon extend to Nebraska Territory at the Continental Divide. Along the Canadian boundary, Nebraska Territory continues eastward to the Missouri River where it joins a small unnamed region west of Minneso...

87 Map Illustrating the Extermination of the American Bison Prepared by W.T. Hornaday North America Smithsonian Institute 1889 B+   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17.4 x 22 inches) This poignant map was prepared by W.T. Hornaday for a report to the U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution. It traces in red the boundary of the area once inhabited by buffalo. The area in blue and green reflects the tragic and systematic destruction of these herds. The numbers in green represent the location and number of the wild buffalo in existence by January 1, 1889. Barely 800 biso...

88 Carte Nouvelle de l'Amerique Angloise Contenant la Virginie, Mary-Land, Caroline, Pensylvanie, Nouvelle Iorck, N: Iarsey N: France, et les Terres' / Partie Orientale de l'Amerique Angloise Colonial North America Pierre Mortier 1700 A   $3,250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 35.8 x 23.5 inches) This large, interesting map is filled with various geographic misconceptions of the late seventeenth century. The map is based on Robert Morden 's important map of 1698, New Map of the English Empire in America, even though the cartouche credits le Sieur S. (Nicolas Sanson). It does not include Morden's inset of the Atlantic, otherwise, the cartography is the same. The area shown ...

89 Carte du Mexique et de la Floride des Terres Angloises et des Isles Antilles du Cours et des Environs de la Riviere Mississippi' Colonial North America Guillaume Delisle 1703 A   $2,000.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 25.3 x 18.8 inches) This is the third edition of this important map that is credited with accurately showing the course of the Mississippi River and its mouth for the first time. The early native settlement of Checagou (Chicago) is named on Lake Michigan, called Lac des Illinois after the native tribe. The name of Checagou refers to the wild garlic that grew abundantly there. The map influence...

90 Mappa Geographica Regionem Mexicanam et Floridam' Colonial North America and Caribbean Tobias Conrad Lotter 1750 A   $1,300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.8 x 18.8 inches) This is one of the many copies of Delisle's important map of 1703 (Carte du Mexique et de la Floride). It provides a view of North America from the Great Lakes through the West Indies. The British colonies are confined east of the Appalachian Mountains, France controls the Mississippi Valley and Florida, and Spain possesses Mexico; political divisions as dictated by the Treaty of Utrecht in 171...

91 Amerique Septentrionale, suivant les Nouvelles Decouvertes Augmente des Collonies qui sont derriere la Virginie et du Cour de l'Ohio Colonial North America Anonymous 1757 B   $2,200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 27 x 19.5 inches) This rare, separately published map was issued during the French and Indian War. The routes from Spain and France to the Americas are drawn in an inset map at the lower right. The western borders of the Carolinas are shown extending past the Mississippi River and Pennsylvania has an odd western border. While the map is attributed to Thomas Jefferys by McCorkle, it appears to be the Fren...

92 Partie du Nord de l'Amerique Septentrionale pour Servir a l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique' Colonial North America Rigobert Bonne 1774 B+   $130.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.3 x 12.6 inches) This attractive map of the eastern part of North America shows the British colonies confined along the eastern seaboard and French Louisianne and Canada taking up the interior. In the upper left is a series of rivers and lakes purportedly connecting Hudson Bay with the Sea of the West. Features include the notation of the Natchitoches tribe in Louisiana Territory, along with numerous add...

93 Theatre de la Guerre en Amerique avec les Isles Antilles' Colonial North America Bonne/Lattre 1779 A   $1,000.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17 x 27.3 inches) This crisply engraved Revolutionary War period map shows the region embroiled in the conflict and extends from eastern Canada and Greenland to Tobago in the West Indies. In Canada, it includes an interesting depiction of a passage between Lake Winnipeg and Hudson Bay alluding to a possible Northwest Passage to the Pacific. French Louisiane is sandwiched between Mexique

94 Carte de la Californie et des Pays Nord-Ouest separes de l'Asie par le Detroit d'Anian Western North America Didier Robert de Vaugondy 1772 B+   $130.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.1 x 11.5 inches) Two contrasting maps, one inset into the other. The inset map is based on a world map by Plancius issued in 1641, while the larger map is based on Visscher's map of 1612. Other than a recognizable Baja California, the maps are filled with the cartographic myths of the 17th century; for example, the northwest coast bulges too far to the west. Both maps feature the seven cities of ...

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