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88 America Septentrionalis North America Hondius/Jansson 1644 A   $3,250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22 x 18 inches) Due to its wide distribution by one of the preeminent Dutch mapmakers, this important map of North America had great influence in perpetuating the theory of California as an island . 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 Arc...

89 Amerique Septentrionale' North America Nicolas Sanson 1682 A   $800.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.9 x 7.7 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 with a flat Briggs type flat northern coast. The coastline to the northwest of California is named Terre de Iesso, rather than reflecting Sanson's earlier belief that it was an extension of the American continent. The R. de Nort dr...

90 Amerique Septentrionale divisee en ses Principales Parties' North America Sanson/Jaillot 1698 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 25.5 x 18 inches) This beautiful map of the Americas shows California as an island in the style of the second Sanson model (1656) with the indented northern coastline. A small peninsula Agubela de Gato is the only part of the Pacific coastline shown north of California. A strip of Terre de Jesso is shown in the Pacific immediately west of northern California. Santa Fe is shown along the R...

91 L'Amerique Septentrionale et les Terres Polaires Arctique North America Nicholas de Fer 1705 B+   $350.00 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...

92 L'Amerique Septentrionale Dressee sur les Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences' North America Delisle/Schenk 1708 A   $1,300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23 x 17.4 inches) This is Schenk's version of Delisle's foundation map of North America. It is nearly identical to the Delisle map, with California returned to its peninsular position rather than as an island. Cape Mendocino is the farthest northern point in California, and the north portion of the continent is left blank. The Great Lakes are well-defined, based on Coronelli, with French forts noted. The Englis...

93 Americae Septentrionalis Tabula North America Edward Wells 1726 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6.3 x 3.5 inches) This interesting and uncommon little map is from a children's geography. It is a reduced version of Wells' large map of North America with less detail. It features the island of California and enlarged Great Lakes. The Mississippi River empties in the Gulf of Mexico too far to the west, and the Rio Grand empties incorrectly into the Gulf of California. The map is dedicated to Thomas Tre...

94 Nova Orbis sive America Septentrionalis, divisa per sua Regna Provinc: et Insul North America Seutter/Lotter 1744 A   $450.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10 x 7.75 inches) A superb small map with California as an island on the second Sanson model, showing two bays on the north end of the island. The island is also very narrow in the center, almost becoming two islands, a theory proposed by Father Luis Velarde. The map is densely covered with place names, and the northern extremes are strangely elongated. The large title cartouche, surrounded by Native Amer...

95 Nouveau Mexique, Louisiane, Canada, et Nlle. Angleterre North America Brion de la Tour/Desnos 1766 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.1 x 9 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. ...

96 [Lot of 3] Amerique Septentrionale [and] Nord America und West=Indien [and] Amerique Septentrionale North America 1780-1830 passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1. Amerique Septentrionale, by R. Bonne, from Raynal's Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre, circa 1780 (12.6 x 8.4"). The entire western part of the continent is left mostly blank on this map of North America. In the west the map locates the Straits of Juan de Fuca, Cape Blanco, S. Pedro and Santa Fe. Indian tribes occupy the edges of defined territory -- Apach...

97 Amerique Septentrionale North America Rigobert Bonne 1790 A   $90.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.5 x 9.2 inches) Map of North America with the United States (unnamed) confined east of the Mississippi River. Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia extend to the Mississippi. Much of the western part of the continent is blank, but additional detail has been added to the west of the Hudson Bay. Based upon the discoveries of Samuel Hearne, L. Arathapescow, L. Cogead and other additional detail appear...

98 Amerique Septentrionale Divisee en Ses Principales Parties North America Jan Barend Elwe 1792 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23 x 18.5 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...

99 A New & Accurate Map of North America including Nootka Sound North America Charles Cooke 1794 A   $180.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17.2 x 10.5 inches) This map of North America focuses on discoveries in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. New Mexico encompasses present-day Louisiana and Texas. Alaska is still a bit misshapen but Capt. Cook's discoveries are shown and there is good detail of the Aleutian Islands and the coast of Asia. Northern Canada is marked Parts Unknown and northern California is New Albion. The eastern seabo...

100 [Lot of 2] Nord-America [and] Nord America North America 1823-1835 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1. Nord-America, by C.G. Reichard, dated 1823 (13.5 x 11"). This interesting map is a revision of Reichard's map of 1818. It shows the United States with its claim into present-day British Columbia, Mexico in control of the Southwest, and Russia possessing Alaska. In the West are the large territories of Oregon, Missouri, North-West Missouri, and Arkansas. A large inset details the Nor...

101 Map of North America, Exhibiting the recent discoveries. Geographical & Nautical North America, Texas James Wyld 1843 A   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14 x 18.4 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 Missouri territory that encompasses most of the 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 most prominent is the Bu...

102 Amerique Septentrionale North America Victor Levasseur 1845 A   $230.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17 x 11.6 inches) This richly engraved map of North America shows the United States' claims into present-day Canada reflecting the Oregon boundary dispute. The Republic of Texas is shown, and Mexico's northern border is drawn according to the Treaty of 1819 (here misprinted as 1810). Russia is in control of Alaska. The map is surrounded by beautifully engraved scenes of North and Central America in...

103 Map Illustrating the Extermination of the American Bison Prepared by W.T. Hornaday North America Smithsonian Institute 1889 A   $210.00 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 outlined 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 January 1, 1889. Barely 8...

104 Carte du Mexique et de la Floride des Terres Angloises et des Isles Antilles du Cours et des Environs de la Riviere de Mississipi' Colonial North America and Caribbean Guillaume Delisle 1703 B+   $1,300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 26 x 19 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. It was compiled partly from the reports of important French expeditions of La Salle, Bienville and Iberville. It is an attractive map that includes much of the present-day United States, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. The map...

105 Carte qui Contient une Description des Iles & Terres que les Anglois Possedent dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, et en Particulier de la Jamaique, des Iles Barbades, de la Nouvelle Angleterre, des Barmudes, de la Caroline, de la Pensilvanie ' Colonial North America, Caribbean & Bermuda Henry Abraham Chatelain 1719 A   $250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.5 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 Nouvelle..." shows the island in great detail and includes a large inset of the Gulf of Mexico and West Indies. The other maps illustrate Barbados, Bermuda and the British colonies in North America (in four regional maps). Together these maps cover all ...

106 Carte Contenant le Royaume du Mexique et la Floride, Dressez sur les Meilleures Observations & sur les Memoires les Plus Nouveaux Colonial North America and Caribbean Henry Abraham Chatelain 1719 A   $400.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.4 x 15.8 inches) This is a derivative of Delisle's landmark map of the southern part of North America and the West Indies. The detailed map shows many English settlements along the East Coast and carefully notes the discoveries of D'Iberville along the Gulf Coast and Mississippi River. The vast region, later known as Louisiana, from Florida through present-day Texas is shown as the French possession of Florid...

107 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   $500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.3 x 18.6 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), depicting the social, political, and economic outcomes from the War of the Spanish Succession, also known as Queen ...

108 Accurata delineatio celeberrimae Regionis Ludovicianae vel Gallice Louisiane ol Canadae et Floridae adpellatione in Septemtrionali America descripta quae hodie nomine fluminis Mississippi vel St. Louis' Colonial North America and Caribbean Matthias Seutter 1740 B   $1,700.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.5 x 19.5 inches) This bold map of the eastern part of North America focuses on the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes. Like many maps of the period, Labrador and Baffin Island are rather confused. A large inset of the Gulf Coast shows many forts and Indian villages. The most interesting feature of the map is the elaborate title cartouche. It depicts an allegorical, satirical scene of the infamous Mississ...

109 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+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14 x 12.5 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...

110 The North-West-Coast of North America and adjacent territories' Western North America David H. Burr 1840 C+   $170.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.38 x 16 inches) Greenhow, the translator and librarian to the Department of State, was a leading authority on the Northwest and a strong advocate for American growth into that region. This map, despite the title, includes virtually all of the trans-Mississippi west. It extends from Russian Possessions in Alaska, south to Acapulco, Mexico, east to Lake Michigan and west into the Pacific to include the Sandwich I...

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