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75 America Septentrionalis North America Henricus Hondius 1639 B+   $3,750.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.8 x 18.3 inches) This is the rare first state of this stunning map of North America that had great influence in perpetuating the theory of California as an island due to its wide distribution through this preeminent Dutch publishing firm. The map is a careful compilation of various sources and represents the state of cartographic knowledge at the time. The insular California is derived directly fro...

76 Amerique Septentrionale North America N. Sanson/Mariette 1657 B+   $650.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 7.8 inches) This is a reduced version of Sanson's landmark map of North America [1650]. It shows California as an island with a nearly flat northern coast. All five Great Lakes are shown but are still misshapen and the western shores of Lake Superior and L. des Puans (Lake Michigan) are left open-ended. The Apaches are shown to dominate Nouveau Mexique where the R. de Nort origi...

77 L'America Settentrionale' North America Rossi 1677 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.3 x 15.3 inches) 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 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 Rey, Canal de S. Barbara, P. de S. Diego, and Cat...

78 America Borealis North America Scherer 1699 A+   $900.00 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...

79 Idea Naturalis Americae Borealis Digito Dei Formata Geographice Proposita North America Scherer 1700 A+   $2,000.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.8 x 8.8 inches) This captivating map of North America focuses on the natural features of the continent. It 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 ...

80 L'Amerique Septentrionale Dressee sur les Observations' North America Delisle/Mortier 1702 B+   $800.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23 x 18.3 inches) This is Pierre Mortier's striking, re-engraved version of Delisle's foundation map of North America. It is nearly identical to the Delisle map, with California returned to its peninsular shape rather than as an island. C. Mendocin is the farthest northern point in California, beyond which no conjectural geographical detail is presented. In the Southwest, a mountain-ringed valley named

81 L'Amerique Septentrionale ou la Partie Septentrionale des Indes Occidentales ou se Trouve le Canada ou Nouvelle France la Floride la Virginie les Isles Antilles' North America Coronelli/Nolin 1704 B   $4,000.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23 x 17.3 inches) A spectacular map of North America features California as an island on the Foxe model with two indented bays at top. A note near the peninsula of Agubela de Cato speculates on the location of the Strait of Anian. The Mississippi River is located too far west, and it is flanked by a massive mountain range. The Great Lakes are shown quite accurately for the time, with Lake Ontario n...

82 Amerique Septentrionale, dressee sur les Relations plus modernes des Voyageurs et Navigateurs' North America Didier Robert de Vaugondy 1750 B+   $600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23 x 18.8 inches) This is the second state of this handsome map of the continent. The colonial possessions are well defined and there are numerous Indian names throughout the Mississippi River valley and New Mexico, while the West is largely blank. In the Pacific Northwest, the Entrée decouvert par Martin d'Aquilar is shown alluding to a possible Northwest Passage. The large title cartouche is located in ...

83 L'Amerique Septentrionale Divisee en ses Principaux Etats North America Jean Janvier 1762 A   $220.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8.5 x 7 inches) An unusual, reduced version of the larger Janvier map that shows the imaginary Sea of the West (Mer de l'Ouest), and a definitive Northwest Passage stretching from Baffin Bay to the Archipel St. Lazare on the Pacific coast. There is not any sign of a recognizable Alaska, and an interesting array of mountain ranges criss-cross the continent.

84 America Septentrionalis, Concinnata juxta Observationes' North America Tobias Conrad Lotter 1770 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.5 x 18 inches) This attractive map is Lotter's version of Guillaume Delisle's foundation map of North America (1700). The Great Lakes are based on the Coronelli model showing the French strong points at Tadousac, Quebec, Fort Sorel, Montreal and Fort Frontenac. The English settlements are confined east of the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers and include all the land around both lakes Erie and Ontario. French L...

85 North America, as Divided amongst the European Powers North America Samuel Dunn 1774 A   $375.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17.4 x 12 inches) First edition of this copper engraved map details North America just prior to the start of the Revolutionary War. The map notes various explorations along the West Coast, including those of Sr. Francis Drake, Juan De La Fuca, Tchirikow, and the Land which is supposed to be the Fousang of the Chinese Geographers. Alaska reaches nearly to Kamchatka with Mt. St. John near its western...

86 North America Agreeable to the Most Approved Maps and Charts North America Thomas Conder 1779 B+   $350.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.5 x 13.8 inches) A Revolutionary War era map shows early colonial boundaries and much interesting cartography. The Carolinas, Virginia and West Florida all extend to the Mississippi River. The Red River of the North, R. Rouge, is shown correctly flowing from Lake Winnipeg, but connected a little too directly to the Mississippi River. The western part of the continent is described as both Part...

87 A New Map of North America from the Best Authorities North America John Lodge 1781 A   $450.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14 x 13.3 inches) This scarce map of the early United States during the Revolutionary War, is based very closely on Jonathan Carver's map of the same title from 1778. The Carolinas and Georgia extend all the way to the Mississippi River, and the territories of Louisiana, Quivira, and New Albion take up the West. In the Pacific Northwest, the River of the West flows into an equally fictitious Pikes Lak...

88 Kaart van Noord Amerika North America Willem Albert Bachiene 1785 A   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.5 x 8.3 inches) An uncommon map of North America with a simple view of the western coast, based on Bonne. Alaska is shown as a group of islands, the largest is named as Alaschka. The unexplored interior west is left mostly blank, with Santa Fe shown as the only city in the interior. The decorative cartouche is topped with garland, a trident, a caduceus and a sextant.

89 North America North America Samuel Arrowsmith 1809 B+   $70.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.75 x 9.9 inches) Finely engraved and detailed map showing numerous place names, topography, Indian tribes and more. A note locates the discoveries of McKenzie and Hearne in the late 18th century. In the northern part of a large Louisiana is a note locating the "Villages of the Tall Indians and Manders". The "Stony Mountains stretch in nearly a straight line from the Arctic Circle to Mexico, continuing to Panama...

90 Charte von Nord-America North America Christian Gottlieb Theophil Reichard 1814 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 16.3 inches) This unusual map illustrates North America during a period of speculative cartography in the western part of the continent. The map presents a great amount of information in Canada derived from the expeditions of Mackenzie and Hearne. The coast of Alaska is continued in an inset at lower left and provides quite good detail. In the western part of the United States there is considerable confusio...

91 Nord America und West=Indien North America Friedrich Wilhelm Streit 1830 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18.5 x 15.5 inches) 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 the United States beyond the 50° latitude.

92 Map of North America Designed to Accompany Smith's Geography for Schools North America David Burgess 1839 B   $160.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8.3 x 10.5 inches) A very nice and early example of this copper engraved map that features the Independent Republic of Texas. Austin is appropriately noted as the capital with a large star. 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, a name we've not see on any ...

93 Nord America North America Carl Flemming 1845 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16 x 12 inches) A transitional map of the continent shows Texas integrated into the United States. Alaska is named Russisches Nord America, and Mexico controls the Southwest. The border with Canada and the United States is left blank in the area disputed by Britain and the United States. The map extends to show all of the West Indies and the Sandwich Islands.

94 Amerique Septentrionale North America Victor Levasseur 1846 A   $230.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17 x 11.3 inches) This handsome map portrays the Republic of Texas, the United States extends into present-day Canada, Russia is in control of Alaska, and Mexico's northern border is according to the Treaty of 1819 (mis-printed 1810). The map is surrounded by beautifully engraved scenes of North and Central America including local animals, a ship stranded in the polar sea, and a Mayan temple.

95 North America North America John Tallis 1851 A   $240.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.5 x 14 inches) Decorative map surrounded by steel engraved vignettes drawn by J. Marchant and engraved by J. Rogers. The map is filled with forts and locates many Indian tribes. Texas is shown without its panhandle and in a curiously truncated configuration. The Western Territory above takes up much of present-day Kansas and Oklahoma. New Mexico is shown as a tiny strip above Texas. Vignettes inclu...

96 Map Illustrating the Extermination of the American Bison Prepared by W.T. Hornaday North America Smithsonian Institute 1889 A   $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. This map 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 80...

97 Map of Linguistic Stocks of American Indians chiefly within the Present Limits of the United States North America J.W. Powell 1890 A+   $300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17.3 x 20.3 inches) This map was compiled from the 11th Census of the United States. It is a colorful map based on a similar map published in the Annual Report of Bureau of Ethnology. A useful map for a student interested in understanding the possible early relationships of the various Native American Tribes. Small inset of the Aleutian Islands at lower left. Chromolithographed by the New York firm of Sackett & Wi...

98 [Lot of 13 - North America] North America 1770-1865   $325.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) An interesting group of late 18th and 19th century maps that provide a nice view of the progress of mapping the continent with many interesting transitional configurations of states and territories. Two maps include the Republic of Texas. 1) North America by SDUK, London, 1843, outline color (12 x 14.5"). Shows an Independent Texas and an undefined border betwe...

99 [Lot of 13 - North America] North America 1780-1855   $250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) A great group of 19th century maps showing the progress of mapping the continent with many interesting transitional configurations of states and territories. 1) North America by W. & R. Chambers, Edinburgh, circa 1845. There is a large New California and an Independent Texas in its "stovepipe" configuration. Original outline color ( 8 x 10"). Some soiling and un...

100 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 and Caribbean Guillaume Delisle 1703 B+   $2,500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 25.3 x 18.8 inches) This is the uncommon first edition of Delisle's important map of the region with the Rue des Canettes address. This map is credited with accurately showing the course of the Mississippi River and its mouth for the first time. The map influenced later delineations of the Mississippi River by Seutter, Homann, Lotter and others for many years. It is an attractive map that includes much of t...

101 Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciae Ludovicianae Colonial North America Johann Baptist Homann 1730 B+   $1,900.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23 x 19.3 inches) A striking map based on Delisle's landmark map of 1718, but covering a slightly larger area. It focuses on the Mississippi River Valley interior and Great Lakes, also detailing the Gulf Coast region, where the Mission de los Teyas is noted in present-day Texas. The map is splendidly adorned by vignettes of a buffalo and Native Americans in a cartouche filling the Atlantic and a beaver col...

102 Nieuwe Kaart van de Grootbrittannische Volkplantingen in Noord America' Colonial North America Isaac Tirion 1755 A+   $700.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17.8 x 14.3 inches) This is a handsome illustration of the region at the beginning of the French and Indian War. It is a very detailed map of the British and French possessions and the disputed region between the Mississippi River and the Appalachian and Allegheny Mountains, which is graphically depicted by the original color and delineated by a dashed line for the French claims and a dotted line for the Brit...

103 Carte Nouvelle de l'Amerique Angloise contenant tout ce que Anglois possedent sur le Continent de l' Amerique Septentrionale Savoir le Canada, la Nouvelle Ecosse ou Acadie, les treize Provinces Unies' Colonial North America Mathias Albrecht Lotter 1776 B+   $1,000.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19 x 23 inches) This handsome map was issued shortly before the outbreak of the American Revolution and was included in Lotter's Atlas geographique and composite atlases throughout the conflict. The map covers the region from James Bay through Newfoundland in the north and to the northern part of Florida in the south. It reflects German interests in America with numerous cities and towns, forts, t...

104 Theatre de la Guerre en Amerique Colonial North America Le Rouge 1777 A   $1,700.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.5 x 24 inches) A fine Revolutionary War period map covers the eastern seaboard from northern Florida to the Gulf of St Laurence, and inland to Lake Michigan and James Bay. The sheet is filled with large insets of the Gulf Coast, the Mississippi River valley and a vignette of Niagara Falls. The map details cities, towns, forts, trails, Indian villages and tribal territory, and battlegrounds (both French ...

105 United States of America, Exhibiting the Seat of War on the Canadian Frontier from 1812 to 1815 Eastern North America Neele & Son 1816 B+   $80.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.5 x 9.8 inches) A very uncommon map of the early United States, published right after the War of 1812. The map details the area to just past the Mississippi, including Michigan and Mississippi Territories. Inset with a "Chart of Lakes Erie and Ontario on an Enlarged Scale."

106 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   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.3 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. The northwest coast bulges too far to the west. Both maps feature the seven cities of Cibola gathered around a sp...

107 A Map Shewing the Communication of the Lakes and the Rivers between Lake Superior and Slave Lake in North America Western North America Anonymous 1790 B+   $300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.25 x 7.8 inches) Intriguing map based on the map and report of Peter Pond in 1787. The map traces the route from Lake Superior to Lake Winnipeg and then through an interconnected chain of lakes and rivers to Arabaska Lake and Slave Lake. The most interesting feature is the speculative river flowing out of Slave Lake, over "falls said to be the largest in the known world," and emptying into Cook Inlet. Pond's ma...

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