Antique Maps, Globes, Charts, Atlases & Vintage Graphics
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72 Amerique Septentrionale North America Allain Mallet 1683 A   $240.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4.5 x 6 inches) Charming miniature map of the North American continent featuring the island of California. The Great Lakes are open-ended in the west and called Mer Douce and there is a north-south range of mountains called Mont de Saula. Title in drape-style cartouche. First state, with the Barania R labeled in Mexico. French text on verso.

73 Mondo Nuovo North America Tomaso Porcacchi 1686 A   $650.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 5.6 x 4 inches) Rare final state of this charming copper engraved map of North America based on the Paolo Forlani map. The continent depicts the vastly elongated extension of the eastern seaboard, the Strait of Anian, a rather odd bulge in the California peninsula and Giapan (Japan) just offshore. The map is decorated with a strapwork title cartouche, compass rose and two wild-looking sea creature...

74 America Borealis North America Scherer 1699 +A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.7 x 8.9 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...

75 Idea Naturalis Americae Borealis Digito Dei Formata Geographice Proposita North America Scherer 1700 +A   $1,200.00 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, at the lower left corner, is surrounded with exotic animals, most not native to North America such as a rhinoceros and a...

76 L'Amerique Septentrionale North America Daniel de la Feuille 1717 B   $500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.5 x 5.5 inches) A charming small map showing the island of California with an indented coastline and the place names R. d' Estiete, C. Blanco, P. de Carinde, Canal de S. Barbe, I. de S. Martin, I. de S. Mare, B. de S. Francisco, D. de Simon, B.S. Christoue and Piemabe. A quaint title cartouche features natives tending a fire, a crocodile and a serpent.

77 Amerique Septentrionale Divisee en ses Principales Parties' North America Alexis-Hubert Jaillot 1723 A   $1,500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.6 x 18.8 inches) Second state of this handsome map issued during the California as an Island controversy. The first issue, in 1694, showed California as an island on Sanson's model. In this edition, published by R. & J. Ottens, the map was updated but leaves the question of California's insularity open by eliminating the land to its north, but leaving a small gap at the head of the Mer Rouge. The ...

78 Amerique Septentrionale North America Rigobert Bonne 1775 A   $130.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.5 x 8.2 inches) Nice copper engraved map of North America with the entire western part of the continent completely blank. Colonies and a few major cities are named along the eastern seaboard and in the Great Lakes region. Alaska is shown as a group of islands, the largest of which is labeled Alaschka.

79 Map of North America Including All the Recent Geographical Discoveries North America Anthony Finley 1826 B   $500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17 x 21.3 inches) A wonderful map showing U.S. claims well into Canada, in fact extending to Russian America Mexico controls the Southwest and California, here New California and Baja called Old California. Original paper label on verso of top roller "North America," and original brass hooks connected to top roller with original green cloth. Drawn by D.H. Vance and engraved by J.H. Young. A great example with o...

80 Carte des Tribus Indiennes de L' Amerique du Nord vers 1600 A.D. de long l' Atlantique; de et vers 1800 A.D. a l' Ouest North America Albert Gallatin 1836 A   $500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.3 x 14.6 inches) A French version of the famous Gallatin map that was originally published by the American Antiquarian Society in their Archaeologia Americana,1836. It was noted by Wheat, Cohen, and Howes as the best map of the West of its time. The edition appears to be similar or identical to the American version except for the addition of an area in the middle of the country with a double broken line ...

81 Amerique Septentrionale North America Victor Levasseur 1845 +A   $350.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.6 x 11 inches) Lovely map with the United States extending into present-day Canada, Russia in control of Alaska, and Mexico's northern border according to the Treaty of 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. A very popular and decorative 19th century map in fine condition.

82 North America North America John Tallis 1845 B   $220.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.5 x 13.7 inches) An early issue of this decorative steel engraved map that features an Independent Texas. It was issued during the time the United States and Britain were arguing over the western U.S./Canadian border. In typical British fashion the border here drops down west of the Continental Divide to the Columbia river. The map is surrounded by steel engraved vignettes by Marchant featuring beavers,...

83 Stromgebiet von NordAmerica North America Joseph Meyer 1847 B   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.2 x 11.6 inches) Crisp copper engraved thematic chart with good detail. Coloring indicates climatic regions rather than political divisions. Major areas are named for the river basins: Columbia and Colorado in the West, the Mississippi in the Midwest, and Mackenzie and Saskatscha in the North. Table gives length of major rivers. A nicely colored and handsome sheet.

84 Relief Map of North America North America Central School Supply House 1899 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 27 x 40 inches) A rarely offered relief map that shows the entire continent in very good detail. This map is a remarkable demonstration of craftsmanship that is composed of layers of cloth, plaster and papier mache, molded to show the topography of the continent. Includes a large untitled inset showing the Aleutian Islands. Coloring is a combination of printed and hand coloring. In its original carved wooden...

85 Carte qui Contient une Description des Iles & Terres que les Anglois Possedent dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, et en Particulier de la Jamaique Colonial North America and West Indies Henry Abraham Chatelain 1719 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.4 x 16 inches) A very interesting folio sheet containing seven maps inset into panels of French text. The largest map (9 x 5.7"), titled "Carte de la Jamaique Nouvellement reveue..." shows the island in great detail and includes a large inset of the Gulf of Mexico and West Indies. The other maps are of Barbados, New England and New York, Bermuda, Virginia and Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and New ...

86 Carte de la Californie et des Pays Nord-Ouest separes de l'Asie par le detroit d'Anian Western North America Robert de Vaugondy/Diderot 1772 A   $180.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.7 x 11.3 inches) Two 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. The northwest coast bulges too far to the west. Both maps feature the seven cities of Cibola.

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