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82 America Septentrionalis North America Hondius/Jansson 1666 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.8 x 18.5 inches) This important map of North America 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 from Henry Briggs, as is the depiction of the ...

83 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) 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...

84 Amerique Septentrionale Par N. Sanson d'Abbeville Geographe du Roy North America Nicolas Sanson 1683 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6.5 x 5.8 inches) This map features California as an island with an indented northern shore. All five Great Lakes are shown, but are still misshapen and open to the west. The Mississippi River has numerous tributaries, but barely rises above Spanish Florida with no obvious origin, unlike Sanson's early maps that show the river originating in a Canadian Lake named "Lac des Sioux". There are many place name...

85 L'Amerique Septentrionale North America Le Rouge 1748 A+   $325.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8 x 10.8 inches) This is an uncommon map of North America with some very interesting theoretical cartography concerning a Northwest Passage. The most prominent feature is a River of the West (Riv. De l'Ouest), which connects Lake Superior with the Lake of the Woods and Lake Winnipeg and then flows off the map supposedly to the Pacific. It also links through a system of streams and lakes to Hudson B...

86 Amerique Septentrionale, dressee, sur les Relations les plus modernes des Voyageurs et Navigateurs, et divisee suivant les differentes possessions des Europeens North America Robert de Vaugondy (family) 1750 A   $550.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23.1 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 the Spanish possessions in New Mexico, while the rest of the western region is largely blank. In the Pacific Northwest, the Entrée decouvert par Martin d'Aquilar is shown alluding to a possible Northwest P...

87 L'Amerique Septentrionale divisee en ses principaux Etats North America Janvier/Lattre 1762 B+   $400.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17.5 x 12 inches) This is one of the more interesting transitional states of this great 18th century map. The map was first issued in 1762 with an extensive network of rivers and lakes in present-day Canada that hinted at the possibility of a Northwest Passage. This edition retains the 1762 date in the cartouche, but the map has been significantly re-engraved. The potential passage has been erased and a confused...

88 An Accurate Map of North America from the latest Improvements and Regulated by Astronomical Observations North America Anonymous 1764 A   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.5 x 7.3 inches) This colonial map is boldly engraved and extends to include all of the Caribbean Islands. The colonies of North and South Carolina, and Georgia extend to the Mississippi River, the Southwest is comprised of New Navarre and New Mexico. The Northwest is labeled New Albion, above which is the "Inlet discover'd by Mrin d Aguilar," suggesting the possibility of a Northwest Passage thro...

89 Amerique Septentrionale North America Rigobert Bonne 1780 A+   $130.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.7 x 8.5 inches) The entire western part of the continent is left mostly blank on this map of North America. The scanty information includes the Straits of Juan de Fuca, Cape Blanco, S. Pedro, Santa Fe. Indian tribes occupy the edges of defined territory - Apaches, Sioux, Outagamis, Assenipouels. The British Colonies and a few major cities are named along the eastern seaboard and in the Great Lakes region. Al...

90 L'Amerique Septentrionale Divisee en ses Principaux Etats North America Joseph de Laporte 1781 B+   $210.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8.6 x 7 inches) This uncommon small map of the continent shows the imaginary Mer ou Baye de l'Ouest and a Northwest Passage stretching from Baffin Bay to the Archipel St. Lazare. There is not yet any sign of a recognizable Alaska. The British colonies are confined on the eastern seaboard with the huge French Louisiana territory stretching to the Pacific Northwest. The simple title cartouch...

91 Amerique Septentrionale Divisee en Ses Principales Parties, ou sont distingues les uns des autres Les Estats' North America Sanson/Jaillot 1783 B+   $1,200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 25 x 18 inches) A large map of North America showing the new United States taking in the region east of the Mississippi River, save for the Gulf Coast and Florida, which are Spanish possessions. The Mississippi River is too far to the west with its mouth in present-day Texas. The Northwest is labeled Pays Inconnu and the coast is mostly a straight line above C. Blanco with small indents at the Entrée ...

92 Nouveau Mexique, Louisiane, Canada, et les Etats Unis North America Brion de la Tour/Desnos 1790 A   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18.8 x 11 inches) This map covers the majority of the continent, excluding Alaska and southern Mexico. The western region is virtually unknown, but notations are made concerning the recent discoveries along the Northwest coast. The River of the West flows out of Lake Winnipeg, which is connected through a system of rivers and lakes to Hudson Bay, thereby forming the long sought Northwest Passage. ...

93 Amerique Septentrionale Divisee en Ses Principales Parties North America Jan Barend Elwe 1792 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23 x 18.3 inches) Large, decorative map copied from the Jaillot/Sanson map of 1674 with the same decorative title and scale of miles cartouches. It is possible the plate was acquired at the dissolution of the Jaillot firm in 1781, and revised with Elwe's imprint. The map has been somewhat updated with the western Great Lakes complete, and a peninsular California. Buttons Bay is open-ended, allowing the possibili...

94 America Settentrionale ed Indie Occidentali North America Anonymous 1815 B+   $190.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.3 x 11.3 inches) This scarce Italian produced map shows Mexico in control of the Southwest and Texas. The Territory of Arkansas is shown in its largest extent. The United States continues to the Pacific Ocean with the northern border well into America Inglese. Alaska is America Russa and eastern Canada is Nova Brettagna. The map extends to include the Azores, Iceland, Faroe Island, Scotlan...

95 Nord-Amerika North America Schropp Simon & Co. 1836 B   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.8 x 10 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 extends the claims of the United States beyond the 50° latitude. Texas and the entire Southwest are still a part of Mexico. A key at right enumerates the states and territories in the United States and Mex...

96 Amerique Septentrionale Dressee par N. Lorrain North America, Texas N. Lorrain 1839 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.8 x 10.8 inches) This uncommon copper engraved map features the Independent Republic of Texas nestled between the United States and the large Mexico. Texas is in an odd configuration with the western border displaced too far to the east from the Rio Grande River, putting San Antonio and Santa Fe in Mexico. The Rocky Mountains are called the Montagues Rochieuses. The Great Salt Lake is called La...

97 No. 3 Map of North America Engraved to Illustrate Mitchell's School and Family Geography North America, Texas Samuel Augustus Mitchell 1839 A   $160.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8 x 10.3 inches) Nice map that shows a large Independent Republic of Texas extending to the 42nd parallel with a long stovepipe panhandle that incorporates Santa Fe. Austin is shown as the capital, and San Felipe and Bexar are located. Above Texas is the Great American Desert. The United States extends to the Pacific with Ft. George or Astoria, Ft. Colville, and Ft. Wallah-Wallah named. The North...

98 Amerique du Nord Cours d'etudes 2me. Partie North America, Texas Anonymous 1840 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.3 x 10.5 inches) This very uncommon and simply drawn map features the Independent Republic of Texas with Austin and Santa Fe the only named towns. However, it is not clear if Santa Fe is in New Mexico or Texas. Texas is in an odd shape with curved borders. The Rocky Mountains are called the Mont Rocheux/i>. The Sierra Nevada mountains are well located but the majority of the west is completely blank;...

99 Map of North America, Exhibiting the recent discoveries, Geographical & Nautical North America, Texas James Wyld 1843 B+   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.2 x 18.2 inches) This finely engraved map is filled with superb details and prominently depicts the independent Republic of Texas. In the United States there is a large Iowa Territory, and the Oregon and Missouri territories take in the entire West. Wyld introduced a number of new ideas concerning the watershed in the West with four great westward flowing rivers seeking the sea from the Great Basin. The ...

100 Amerique Septentrionale North America, Texas Victor Levasseur 1845 B+   $200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17 x 11 inches) Lovely map with an Independent Texas, 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 1810). Surrounded by beautifully engraved, and fully colored, scenes of North and Central America including local animals, a ship stranded in the polar sea, and a Mayan Temple. A very popular and de...

101 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+   $1,500.00 Closed     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...

102 Amerique Septentrionale North America Achille Pr. de Meissas 1870 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.3 x 14.5 inches) This delicately engraved map shows geography circa 1863 despite the map's date of 1870. Nevada is erroneously shown encroaching on California to the Sierra Nevada range from about Lake Tahoe southward. Arizona still shows the wedge shaped northwestern boundary to include the Las Vegas area. Wyoming is shown in an early configuration with its northwest corner following the Continental Divide. T...

103 North America Corrected from the Observations Communicated to the Royal Society at London and the Royal Academy at Paris Colonial North America and Caribbean John Senex 1710 C+   $1,200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 25.8 x 37.8 inches) This striking map is based largely on Delisle's cartography and consolidates new information and data into one of the earliest large-scale English maps of North America. Senex's depiction of the Great Lakes region and accurate definition of the lower Mississippi River and its delta are important contributions to the cartography of the period. The map extends to include coverage of the Canadian A...

104 Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae, Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae, et Pensylvaniae nec non Insularum Archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali Accurata Tabula' Colonial North America and Caribbean Johann Baptist Homann 1720 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.5 x 18.5 inches) This superb map covers the region from the Great Lakes and Nova Scotia through Central America, the Caribbean and Venezuela, and from New Mexico (naming Taos and Santa Fe) to the eastern seaboard. The map is based largely on Delisle's map of 1703 (Carte du Mexique et de la Floride). The British colonies are shown confined east of the Appalachians. The map itself is filled with settlement place ...

105 Carte Generale de l'Amerique Septentrionale avec les Possessions Angloises dans cette partie du nouveau monde, Dresse sur la carte de Pople, publiee a Londres en 20 feuilles, pour servir a l'intelligence de la Guerre Presente. Colonial North America and Caribbean Crepy Family 1756 B+   $1,200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19 x 20 inches) This is the French edition of Popple's key map of 1733, made as an index to his 20-sheet map. This map was initially published separately by Le Rouge in 1742; this edition was made after the Crepy family acquired the plate. The title was changed to reflect the outbreak of the French-Indian War, which occurred in 1756. The map is well-detailed, with excellent representations of topography and wa...

106 Carte Detaillee des Possessions Angloises dans l'Amerique Septentrionale' Colonial North America and Caribbean Esnauts & Rapilly 1777 B+   $3,250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 29.8 x 20.5 inches) This rare and informative map covers the eastern half of North America from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico and includes an inset of southern Florida, the Bahamas, and the Greater Antilles. Based on the great Mitchell map of 1755, it presents very good detail of the colonies, cities and towns, forts, roads, Indian villages and tribal territory, and along the coastlines it depicts shoals and bank...

107 Carte du Mexique et des Etats Unis d'Amerique, Partie Meridionale' Colonial North America and Caribbean Delisle/Dezauche 1783 B   $1,300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 25.5 x 19 inches) The title of this map contains a very early recognition of the newly formed United States, as 1783 is the earliest that the name appears on a printed map. This is the last issue of Delisle's map that was first issued in 1703. This map is regarded as the first map to accurately show the course of the Mississippi, accurately place the Great Lakes and locate many English coastal settlements. Its l...

108 Carte Generale des Etats-Unis et du Mexique comprenant l'Amerique Centrale et Les Antilles (Etats de l'Est.) Eastern North America and Caribbean E. Andriveau-Goujon 1876 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18 x 24.5 inches) Attractive, large map of the Eastern United States, the Yucatan Peninsula and the West Indies with insets of Lesser Antilles, Atlantic travel and cable routes, and Long Island. A color key at bottom identifies the colonial possessions of six countries. The legend locates forts, mines, railroads, wagon roads, canals and sea routes. The full map was printed on two sheets meant to be joined. ...

109 Carte Generale des Decouvertes de l' Amiral de Fonte representant la grande probabilite d'un Passage au Nord Ouest Western North America Robert de Vaugondy/Jefferys 1772 A   $190.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14 x 11.3 inches) This is probably the most extravagant of all the Northwest Passage maps. Thomas Jefferys was an ardent believer in the northern route to Asia and prepared this map to show the passage, and especially its entrance on the West Coast, as described by Juan de Fuca in 1592 and in the fictitious story of Bartholomew de Font's discoveries in 1640. Alaska is shown in an early form based on the ma...

110 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 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.3 x 11.5 inches) This sheet contains two maps of the western part of North America, 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 th...

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