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95 A New Chart of the River St. Lawrence from the Island of Anticosti to Lake Ontario Canada Andrew Bell 1759 B+   $90.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10 x 7.2 inches) This two-part map elaborates on navigational hazards in the St. Lawrence River. The main map, the continuation from Quebec to Lake Ontario, and the inset of "The Traverse or Passage from Cape Torment into the South Channel of Orleans Isle" are each adorned with fine, decorative cartouches. Additional insets of the Bay of Seven Islands and Lake Champlain have their own compass roses. This examp...

96 Carta Rappresentante il Golfo del Fiume S. Lorenzo Canada Giuseppe Pazzi 1763 A   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.5 x 10 inches) This uncommon map is a graphic depiction of the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, with part of New Brunswick, Maine, Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Anticosti Island. Engraved by Andrea Scacciati.

97 [Lot of 2 - Maritimes] Canada Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1764 A   $240.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) Two maps of eastern Canada with nice detail. 1) Carte de l'Acadie et Pays Voisins (12.3 x 8.2"). This strongly engraved chart details Prince Edward Island, here called Isle Saint Jean, and covers all of Nova Scotia including Cape Breton. Numerous banks are located south of Nova Scotia. It is identical to the earlier Carte de l' Acadie, Isle Royale. 2) Plan...

98 [Lot of 4 - Nova Scotia] Canada, Nova Scotia Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1764 A   $210.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) This lot includes four copper engraved charts focusing on Cape Breton Island - here called l'Isle Royale. War broke out between France and England in 1744 and a large number of maps were produced to describe the areas involved. Louisbourg was the center of the lucrative cod fishery and a mercantile shipping point between Europe and the New World. The French lost Louisbourg to a determined Britis...

99 Carte de la Baie de Hudson Pour Servir a l'Histoire Philosophique' Canada Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1773 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.8 x 8.5 inches) A handsome chart of Hudson Bay and Labrador engraved in Bellin's crisp style depicting the mountains and coastal features. There is a note in French in the far northwest corner of the map near Wager Water explaining that the English had searched there for a passage to Asia, but it did not exist. Henry Ellis explored those rivers and inlets during his search for a Northwest Passage in 1746...

100 Carte du Golphe de St. Laurent et Pays Voisins Canada Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1773 A   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14 x 8.5 inches) The second state of this attractive, copper engraved map that shows St. Lawrence Bay with Anticosti Island, Prince Edward Island (I. St Jean ), Cape Breton Island (Isle Royale), and Newfoundland with the adjacent mainland. A decorative rococo-style cartouche and full, vibrant color make this a very desirable map.

101 Carte de l'Acadie et pais Voisins' Canada Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1773 A   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.7 x 8 inches) Strongly engraved chart with a decorative rococo-style cartouche. Prince Edward Island, here called Isle Saint Jean, is shown in good detail. The map covers all of Nova Scotia including Cape Breton. The Micmac tribe is located near Shelburne. Nova Scotia is in part named Acadie. South of Nova Scotia numerous banks are noted, where 'la Pesche est tres bonne' (the fish are very go...

102 Port Amherst ' Port Haldimand Canada, Nova Scotia Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres 1775 B+   $350.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19 x 28.5 inches) An uncommon chart depicting two inlets in western Nova Scotia with soundings and anchorages. These inlets are a part of the Bay of Fundy near New Brunswick. Sailing directions are contained in the large, oval title cartouche.

103 La Parte Occidentale della Nuova Francia o Canada Canada Antonio Zatta 1778 B+   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.5 x 12 inches) This is an important map of the region between James Bay, Lake Mistassini (Lac Mistassine), Lake Huron and Montreal (named in the lower right as Monreal. The map is actually one of twelve sections comprising the Italian version of Mitchell's landmark map of North America. This Italian edition is richly illustrated with annotations not found on the English version. It includes remarkable ...

104 Port Jackson' Canada, Medway Harbor Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres 1779 B   $375.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.5 x 29.3 inches) A scarce chart of Port Jackson, now Medway Harbor on the southeastern coast of Nova Scotia. The map is filled with soundings and anchorages, with some topography noted in the interior. The title and sailing directions are enclosed within a jauntily oriented cartouche.

105 [Lot of 2] British Dominions, in North America [and] British Colonies in North America Canada 1814-15   $210.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) Very nice pair of crisply engraved maps of Canada and portions of the United States. The first, British Dominions, in North America (9 x 7") shows political divisions by use of vibrant hand coloring, and shows good watershed and topographical detail. In the west the provinces of New Georgia, New Hanover, and New Norfolk stretch between the Arctic regions and New Albion. Here the mapmake...

106 Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & cc. Canada John Cary 1816 B+   $140.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 9 inches) Lovely early 19th century map centered on the Gulf of St. Laurence. Prince Edward Island is still named St. John's Island. The important fishing banks including Sable, Green, Whale, the Banquerrea, and the Great Bank of Newfoundland are located. Precisely engraved and finished with original pastel coloring. A pair of distance scales and a simple, oval title cartouche decorate the map.

107 Charte der Insel Newfoundland und eines Theils der Kuste von Labrador Canada, Newfoundland Geographisches Institut 1821 A   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.8 x 12.5 inches) This uncommon map of Newfoundland, the coast of Labrador, and the mouth of the St. Lawrence is filled with intricate coastal detail. Inset at the top is a small map; Description of Terra de Baccalos or Newfoundland by Ortelio the Spanish Geographer in the Year 1587 that provides an interesting comparison of the growth of cartographic knowledge between 1587 and 1821.

108 British America Canada John Tallis 1850 B+   $160.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13 x 10 inches) This fine, decorative map is surrounded in a delicately engraved border and further embellished with six vignettes. The area mapped extends to show all of today's Canada and Alaska, here called Russian America. In Canada, at least 23 provinces are delineated through outline coloring. Dots indicate the numerous forts and principal stations of the Hudson's Bay Company. This edition includ...

109 [Lot of 8 - Canada] Canada 1855-1875 A   $220.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) This is a nice group of nineteenth century maps of Canada. 1) Johnson's Lower Canada and New Brunswick. / Johnson's Upper Canada, Johnson and Ward, c. 1863 (15.8 x 24"). 2) Johnson's New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Id., Johnson and Ward, c. 1863 (15 7 x 12.7"). 3) Map of Quebec in Counties, Samuel A. Mitchell, 1874 (13...

110 Survey of Western Part of the Dominion of Canada Western Canada The Scarborough Company 1908 B   $50.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 33 x 39.5 inches) This colorful map includes the provinces of British Columbia, Yukon, Alberta, Saskatchewan, North West Territories, and Manitoba. Red over-printing above Manitoba shows the "Proposed Manitoba Extension" with the unorganized region further north labeled "Keewantin." This uncommon map includes numerous table of information including town index, table of distances, list of lakes, rivers, and popula...

111 Nieuwe Kaart van de Grootbrittannische Volkplantingen in Noord America' Colonial United States and Canada Isaac Tirion 1755 A   $600.00 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 British and French possessions at the beginning of the French and Indian War. It is a very detailed map of 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 British claims. Th...

112 Canada Louisiane et Terres Angloises Colonial Great Lakes Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville 1755 B   $750.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.8 x 18.7 inches) This large-scale map is the northwest portion of a four sheet map featuring the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi River. This map extends to the southern end of James Bay, and shows all of Lakes Superior, Michigan, and Huron, with a portion of Lake Ontario. The Keweenaw peninsula is named as Kiaonan, and Isle Royale is called I. Minong. The map was based in part on Mitchell's famo...

113 Carte des Lacs du Canada Pour servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages Colonial Great Lakes Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1757 A   $700.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.4 x 7.6 inches) This is an excellent little map depicting the five Great Lakes. While this map uses the same title as Bellin's prototype map of the Great Lakes, published in Charlevoix’s Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France in 1744, it has been updated with information from Bellin's similar map of 1755. Lakes Erie and Ontario are more accurately defined and the spurious islands in Lake ...

114 A New Map of the British Dominions in North America; with the Limits of the Governments annexed thereto by the late Treaty of Peace, and settled by Proclamation, October 7th, 1763 Colonial United States and Canada Thomas Kitchin 1763 A   $425.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.8 x 9.4 inches) This very historical map illustrates the British colonies after the Treaty of Paris that marked the end of the French and Indian War in America. The treaty ended French colonial ambitions in North America with minor exceptions. Spain ceded east and west Florida to Great Britain, France relinquished title to the Louisiana Territory to Spain, and the British - Spanish boundary was establish...

115 A Map of North America from the Latest Surveys and Maps Colonial United States and Canada Rev. John Blair 1768 B+   $700.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22 x 16 inches) Superb map of the continent during the transitional period leading up to the American Revolution. The map shows much of the region controlled by the British after the French and Indian War. Several of the colonial charters show their boundaries extending to an indeterminate western boundary. The charter and dates are noted along the colonial boundaries, which extend through Louisiana, a Spanish...

116 Charte der Brittischen Laender in Nord America, nach den Frieden von 1763 Colonial United States and Canada Peter Bell 1772 B+   $250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.3 x 11.6 inches) This attractive and detailed map of the British Colonies describes the region according to the Treaty of 1763. The area reaches from James Bay to Newfoundland in the north and from the Gulf of Mexico to the Florida Keys in the south. The colonies of Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida all extend to the Mississippi River. There is a large amount of coastal and interior detail with towns...

117 Carte Particuliere de la Cote du Nord-Ouest de l'Amerique reconnue par les Fregates Francaises la Boussole et l'Astrolabe en 1786. 1e. Feuille Western Canada and United States Jean Francois Galoup, Comte La Perouse 1797 B+   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 27 x 19.5 inches) This large-scale map of British Columbia and the southeast coast of Alaska depicts the route of La Perouse's voyage with only those parts actually surveyed from Bay de Clonard (Graham Island) to Mt. St. Elias.

118 Carte Generale des Etats-Unis, des Haut et Bas-Canada' Eastern United States and Canada Adrien Hubert Brue 1838 A+   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.3 x 14.3 inches) An uncommon and finely engraved map covering all the eastern United States to about the 100th meridian, with a bit of southern Canada. The western territories include Ter. Du Nord Ouest that encompasses present-day Wisconsin, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and Minnesota. The rest of the West past Missouri and Arkansas is designated as Indian Districts/i>. The eastern part of Texas i...

119 Hunter's Panoramic Guide from Niagara to Quebec Canada & United States Alfred R. Waud 1857 B+   $210.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 5 x 7.5 inches) This is an interesting tourist guide to the St. Lawrence River between Niagara and Quebec. It is illustrated with a pictorial folding map measuring 6 inches x 11 feet long. This fabulous map illustrates all the important scenery along the river and includes 44 vignettes. Text by William S. Hunter, Jr. illustrated with more than 50 wood engravings drawn by Waud and engraved by John Andrew. Publ...

120 [Lot of 2] Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerica nebst Canada [and] Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika (Ostlicher Theil) Canada & United States C. Graf 1860 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) A pair of German maps dissected in four parts and mounted on original linen. Both are very detailed and include a color key distinguishing the states and territories. 1) Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerica' covers all of the United States, most of Canada, and a little bit of Mexico. There are several large territories in the western United States; many with provisional an...

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