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124 Le Canada, ou Nouvelle France la Florida, la Virginie, Pensilvanie, Caroline, Nouvelle Angleterre et Nouvelle Yorck, l'Isle de Terre Neuve, la Louisiane et le Cours de la Riviere de Misisipi Colonial United States and Canada Nicholas de Fer 1705 A   $600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.5 x 9 inches) This small map of Eastern North America shows French and English territorial claims from the French perspective. The British colonies are squeezed along the Atlantic seaboard, while France controls the entire interior. The Mississippi Valley is well delineated and there are numerous notations, locations of forts and Indian names. Simple title cartouche with a compass rose and rhumb lines in Atl...

125 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 United States and Canada Matthias Seutter 1740 A   $2,100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22 x 19 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...

126 Dominia Anglorum in America Septentrionali Colonial United States and Canada Homann Heirs 1740 C+   $400.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.8 x 19.8 inches) Great sheet consisting of four separate maps: Virginia und Maryland; Carolina nebsteinem Theil von Florida; New Engelland, New York, New Yersey und Pensilvania; and New Foundland, od. Terra Nova, S. Laurentii Bay, die Fisch-Bank, Acadia, nebst einem Theil New Schotland. Each map details the British possessions in North America, with roads, forts, towns, coastal shoals. Text panel at bottom. Ger...

127 Karte von dem Ostlichen-Stucke von Neu Frankreich oder Canada Colonial New England and Canada Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1744 A+   $375.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22 x 15.5 inches) Fine map of the eastern seaboard from Boston (Baston) through Newfoundland to the coast of Labrador. It provides excellent detail of the mouth of the St. Lawrence, the length of the river, the Maritime provinces and particularly the French claims in the region. This detailed map is a fine example of Bellin's engraving style and the extent of French exploration in the region. This is the ...

128 A Map of the British and French Settlements in North America Colonial United States and Canada John Hinton 1755 B   $600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.8 x 10.8 inches) This is one of several similar maps illustrating the growing French/British conflict in North America. It was issued just before the French and Indian War was officially declared and depicts the British and French settlements and forts (delimited with dotted lines and uncolored) in the disputed territory west of the Allegany Mountains. The British colonies south of the Bounds of Virgin...

129 Carte du Canada et de la Louisiane qui Forment la Nouvelle France et des Colonies Angloises' Colonial United States and Canada Jean Baptiste Nolin 1756 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 28 x 19.8 inches) This uncommon map provides a detailed view of the British and French possessions in North America on the eve of the French and Indian War. It covers the region from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, and from the Mississippi River to Newfoundland. The locations of several French and British forts are noted with emphasis on the military strengths of France in the region west of the mou...

130 Partie Occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada Great Lakes Bellin/Homann Heirs 1755 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.3 x 16.9 inches) Superb map of the Great Lakes region illustrating strategic forts and the area claimed by the French just prior to the French and Indian War. Bellin's map, first published in 1744, dominated the cartography of the Great Lakes region for many years. Four fictitious islands appear in Lake Superior, including the infamous I Philippeaux Aut. I Minang that continued to appear on maps a...

131 Carte des Lacs du Canada Pour servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages Great Lakes Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1757 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.4 x 7.6 inches) This is an excellent French & Indian War period 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 th...

132 A New Map of North America from the Latest Discoveries Colonial United States and Canada J. Spilsbury 1761 B   $325.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.75 x 10.9 inches) Fine map of the colonial possessions in North America east of the Rocky Mountains. It shows early settlements, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory. The colonies have boundaries extending past the map's western border. Various treaty and charter boundaries are shown. Earl Granville's Property stretches from the Atlantic west to beyond the Mississippi River. In Florida, a line fr...

133 An Accurate Map of the British Empire in Nth. America as Settled by the Preliminaries in 1762 Colonial United States and Canada John Gibson 1762 A   $400.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.5 x 8.2 inches) Covering from Labrador to Florida and over to the Mississippi, this important, historical map details the land settlement that ended the French & Indian War. The map graphically depicts "The Countries shaded with lines are those formerly claimed or possessed by France and Spain and are now absolutely ceded & guaranted [sic] to Great Britain." This long and complex war resulted in Britain ...

134 Carte de l'Amerique Septle. Pour servir a l'Intelligence de la Guerre entre les Anglois et les Insurgents Colonial United States and Canada Jean Chev. De Beaurain 1777 B   $5,000.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 24.3 x 16.3 inches) This extremely rare map covers the region from James Bay to the Gulf of Mexico including southern Florida. The map was issued to illustrate the region embroiled in the Revolutionary War as evidenced by the large inset map of New York and the adjacent area, where the insurgents were battling the British in 1777. It is based on the Mitchell map of 1755 and provides great information ...

135 Canada, Louisiane, Possessions Angl?' Colonial United States and Canada Didier Robert de Vaugondy 1778 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.4 x 9.5 inches) This is an interesting map of the colonial possessions of England, France and Spain in North America; France is shown to occupy the largest region owing to the nationality of the cartographer. The most notable part of the map however, is the large inset map that covers the west coast and describes two remarkable cartographic misconceptions; a huge Mer de l' Ouest or Sea of the West ...

136 A New Map of the British Empire in Nth. America, Drawn from the Latest Authorities Colonial United States and Canada Thomas Kitchin 1782 B+   $600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15 x 13 inches) This handsome Revolutionary War period map covers the area east of the Mississippi River and from James Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. It shows the provinces and colonies, towns and cities, Indian villages and tribal territory, along with mines, forts and other points of interest. An inset depicts southern Florida as a vast group of islands. The Carolinas and Georgia extend to the Mississipp...

137 Map of the United States in North America: with the British, French and Spanish Dominions adjoining, according to the Treaty of 1783 Eastern United States and Canada Thomas Kitchin 1783 B+   $800.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20 x 16 inches) This is one of the earliest English maps to officially acknowledge the United States. It depicts the new nation with its western border on the Mississippi River. The states of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia stretch from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. The map is filled with information on early settlements, forts, Indian villages and fishing banks. The title is e...

138 A Map of the Northern and Middle States: Comprehending the Western Territory and the British Dominions in North America, Compiled from the Best Authorities Eastern United States and Canada Amos Doolittle 1793 B   $475.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16 x 12.5 inches) This uncommon and information-packed map describes the region from James Bay to Chesapeake Bay and the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, and from the Lake of the Woods to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. An explanation of the various symbols used in the map are displayed in the form of an open book in the upper left corner. Several of the districts and states are shown with distorted borde...

139 The United States of America with the British Possessions of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland divided with the French, also the Spanish Territories of Louisiana and Florida' Eastern United States and Canada Laurie & Whittle 1794 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20 x 17.8 inches) This map had a long publication history. It was prepared by Thomas Jefferys and first published in 1755, with the title North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville', to illustrate the French and Indian War. In this fourth and final state, published by Laurie & Whittle, it illustrates the infant United States. New England is shown extending well into New Brunswick, and there are severa...

140 A New Map of the United States of North America with the British Dominions on that Continent &c. Eastern United States and Canada Samuel Dunn 1794 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 18.6 inches) This interesting map was first published in 1774 with the title, A Map of the British Empire in North America. This edition reflects the radical change in Britain's Empire; the British Dominions are now confined to present-day Canada and the fledgling United States takes in the region east of the Mississippi River. A table enclosed in a simple cartouche at top lists the 13 original states...

141 British Possessions in North America with Part of the United States Compiled from Official Sources Eastern Canada & United States Harper Bros. 1843 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 24 x 14 inches) This very detailed map extends from Detroit, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and down the River St. Lawrence to its mouth. It shows the Gulf of Lawrence to include Anticosti Island, the Magdalen Islands, part of Newfoundland, and most of Lake Huron. In the U.S., the map shows all of Long Island, Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod, etc. It is filled with information including towns and villages, canals, railr...

142 Geological Map of the United States Canada &c. Compiled from the State Surveys of the U.S. and Other Sources Eastern United States and Canada, Texas C. Lyell 1845 B   $375.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.5 x 15 inches) This is an important and early geological map by Sir Charles Lyell. Color-coded key identifies 20 different geological formations. The map extends to about the 110th meridian to include the Republic of Texas, Arkansas, Missouri and the North West Territory shown west of the Mississippi River. Lyell had two major and controversial goals in publishing his work and this map: first, he ende...

143 Hunter & Pickup's Panoramic Guide from Niagara Falls to Quebec Canada & New York, Niagara Falls William S. Hunter 1866 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6 x 132 inches) This spectacular pocket strip map is eleven feet long! It shows the entire river interspersed with numerous vignettes and engraved views including bird's-eye views of the numerous towns and villages along the shore. It is untitled so we've use the title on the cover. It folds into yellow paper covers with the 66-page text, featuring a fine title page ("Hunter's Panoramic Guide from Niagara to Q...

144 [Lot of 4 - Niagara Falls] Canada & New York, Niagara Falls Railroad Companies (various) 1896-1930 B+   $170.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4.3 x 8.5 inches) Lot consists of three colorful, panoramic foldout lithographs of the Niagara Falls Gorge and a 64-page promotional booklet published by the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. The booklet, "2 Days at Niagara Falls," has facts and information about the falls, numerous photos, and a foldout map of the New York Central Railway system, (15.5 x 7.7"). Also a bird's-eye map, (8 x 24") of the Ni...

145 Gli Stati Uniti Dell' America Delineati sulle ultime Osservazioni - Sesto Foglio che comprende Parte Della Carolina ed Inoltre l'Isola Di Terra Nuova Colle Altre Isole Del Golfo Di S. Lorenzo Canada and United States Giovanni Maria Cassini 1797 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19 x 13.5 inches) A very large inset is the primary focus of this decorative and unusual chart. The inset map covers the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Newfoundland with the Gran Banco located. It is set on the background map of the Atlantic Ocean that shows part of the coastline of South and North Carolina at upper left, naming Charlestown and Cape Fear, and part of the Bahamas at lower left. The entire lower ...

146 [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...

147 Picturesque America Vol. I & Vol. II Canada & United States William C. Bryant 1872-74 B+   $60.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 13 inches) This is one of the most beautiful plate books on the United States and Canada ever produced. Includes over 500 wood engravings, many are full-page but some are also oddly shaped. The engravings include works by Thomas Moran, Harry Fenn, Granville Perkins, F.O.C. Darley and other important American artists of the 19th century. The forty-nine steel plate views are missing in this set. Two volumes...

148 Polar Regions including British Nth. America, &c. Canada and Alaska Tegg 1820 A   $60.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10 x 8.2 inches) Nice steel engraved map of Canada and Alaska as Russian America, includes Baffin's Bay and part of Greenland. The far north regions are indistinctly mapped. Bank's Land is shown as a blank area with a short shoreline below the North Georgian Islands. Another large blank area begins in central Canada and merges with Bank's Land. A large number of place names are given above 70° No...

149 Imperial Map of Canada and Arctic Regions of North America Arctic, Canada & Alaska Robert Caldwell 1849 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.8 x 17.3 inches) A large, fine map made to be sold separately for 6 pounds colored or 9 pounds for "extra colored" as noted at top. This example has a backstrap along fold so it was obviously issued in an atlas rather than separately. The map stretches from Russians Settlements (Alaska) to Iceland, and south into the northern reaches of the United States. Banks Lands is a vague, tiny sliver of lan...

150 British America Canada and Alaska John Tallis 1851 A   $80.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.8 x 10.3 inches) Fine, decorative map 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 includes a bird's-eye...

151 Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains'With a Map of Oregon Territory Northwestern United States and Canada Rev. Samuel Parker 1844 B+   $550.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 5 x 8 inches) Samuel Parker was a missionary who accompanied a fur-trading party on an expedition from Council Bluffs, Iowa to the Oregon Territory. At the time, the region was claimed by both the British and the United States and was little known except to the fur-traders. This example includes the Map of Oregon Territory, 1833 (23 x 14") by Samuel Parker. Parker's map, based on both personal observ...

152 Map of the Oregon Territory from the Best Authorities Northwestern United States and Canada Charles Wilkes 1849 A   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13 x 8 inches) This is a reduced edition of Wilkes' map that was a major contribution to American cartography and the most detailed map of the region north of the Sacramento River. It provided Americans with an accurate view of an area still virtually unknown in the mid-nineteenth century. Wilkes supported the view of Senator Lewis Linn that the northwest boundary of America should be 54° 40' North, the famous...

153 Route from Fort Ellis Montana to Fort Hope, British Columbia Travelled by General Sherman July and August 1883' Canada & Northwestern United States U.S. Gov. 1883 B+   $190.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 27 x 15 inches) This map details in a heavy dark line General Sherman's route from Yellowstone to Fort Hope, B.C. He led his troops through the sites of many native battles in his final year as the Head of the Army, retiring in November of 1883. The map has fine detail of watershed in the Northwest. It extends as far east as Bozeman to show most of Yellowstone National Park, and south to show Point Orford in O...

154 [Lot of 17 - United States Views] United States 1840-1850 B+   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6 x 4 inches) An attractive group of views of landmarks and cities in the eastern and mid-western United States. 1) Die Hauptfronte des Capitols. Zu Washington. The Capitol Building/ 2) Die Bank der Ver. Staaten in Philadelphia. (Only colored image, 6.5 x 4".) This is a view of The Second Bank of the United States. 3) Girard - College in Philadelphia. Published f...

155 Geognostische Karte der Nord-Americanischen Freistaaten United States Hildburghausen Biblio Institut 1852 B+   $230.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14 x 11.5 inches) Colorful geological map with political divisions pre-dating 1852. The west has a large Upper California, narrow New Mexico, and Oregon extending to the Canadian border. Texas is independently named and there is a large Ozark District in today's Oklahoma. The great plains are defined as the Mandanen, Osage and Ozark Districts. The Gold Region is shown in California. Legend identifies 20 ...

156 [Lot of 2] No. 5 Map of the United States Engraved to Illustrate Mitchell's School and Family Geography [and] Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika United States 1852-62 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) The first is a double-page map with terrific western territorial borders including the important territorial acquisitions of the Mexican-American War, pre-Gadsden Purchase. The inset map "No. 6 Map of the Gold Region of California" delineates the Gold Regions, naming Sutter's Buttes, Sacramento City, and all of the important creeks of the gold region feeding into the Sacramento and Feather...

157 The United States of America United States Joseph Hutchins Colton 1855 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 26.5 x 17.5 inches) This great map features numerous early western territorial boundaries. Washington and Oregon Territories extend to the huge Nebraska Territory, meeting at the Continental Divide. Nebraska Territory in turn extends to the Missouri River where it borders a large Minnesota Territory. Utah Territory spans from California east to join Nebraska and Kanzas along the Rocky Mountains and Continen...

158 Colton's United States of America United States Johnson & Browning 1859 B+   $550.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 26.5 x 15.5 inches) This is a very scarce map of the United States from the rare Colton atlas that was published by Johnson and Browning, circa 1860. This great map is filled with provisional western territorial boundaries, including the rarely seen Colona, shown by dotted line, in the region that would eventually become Colorado. Other western territorial boundaries include Dakota Territory between M...

159 [Lot of 2] Northern Ports & Harbours in the United States [and] Southern Ports & Harbours in the United States United States Archibald Fullarton & Co. 1860 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.8 x 17 inches) Two matched sheets from Fullarton's large atlas, each with several finely engraved plans of towns and harbors. The first sheet has six maps: Portland Harbour, Boston Harbour, Hudson River, New York Harbour and Vicinity, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. The nine maps on the second sheet are: Washington (D.C.), Beaufort Harbour. North Carolina, Mobile Bay, Charleston Harbour. South Carolina, Galveston...

160 Statistical Map of the United States of America United States U.S. Gov. 1864 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.8 x 14.8 inches) Map shows alternate railroad routes to the Pacific, including those under construction and proposed. Wyoming is still part of Dakota, and Arizona owns the southern portion of Nevada. Each state and territory is shown with major towns, railroads, populations and area in acres. Resources are located including gold in Arizona, Montana, and the Black Hills in a large Dakota Territory. The <...

161 Map of the United States and Territories Showing the extent of Public Surveys and other details constructed from the Plats and official sources of the General Land Office' United States General Land Office 1866 B+   $250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 54.5 x 28 inches) This map is one of the more remarkable maps produced by the General Land Office. It shows the extent of the Public Surveys in 1866 and is filled with many items of great interest. Most significant are the gold, silver, copper, and other mineral deposits that are color-coded to mark their location and keyed to the legend. The sites of army forts and posts provide an excellent view of the undevel...

162 Map of the United States and Territories Showing the Extent of Public Surveys, Indian and Military Reservations, Land Grant R.R; Rail Roads, Canals' United States General Land Office 1882 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 39 x 49 inches) The map is on two sheets, both segmented and mounted on original linen. Together their joined size would be almost seven feet by four feet. This large and highly detailed lithographed map shows the extent of the U.S. State Surveys to date. It provides details to include township subdivisions, railroads, watersheds, and mining activities. The extensive legend locates Base and Meridian Lines, Su...

163 Map of the United States Exhibiting the Present Status of Knowledge Relating to the Areal Distribution of Geologic Groups United States U.S.G.S 1884 A   $250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 28 x 17.3 inches) This is the first published geological map of the United States by the nascent USGS. The legend at lower left names and color codes twelve different geological formations. There is also very fine detail of hydrology. Vast areas of the western U.S. remain blank, reflecting the infancy and inadequacy of western geological explorations at the time, and coincidentally emphasizing the need for more ...

164 Geological Map of the United States and Part of Canada Compiled by C.H. Hitchcock for the American Institute of Mining Engineers to Illustrate the Schemes of Coloration and Nomenclature Recommended by the International Geological Congress United States Charles Henry Hitchcock 1886 A+   $650.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 27.8 x 17.3 inches) This edition of Hitchcock's important map is the first geological map of the entire United States. This claim was made by Hitchcock in the article, "The Geological Map of the United States" in volume XV, of the Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1886-1887, that originally accompanied the map. Hitchcock writes (p. 468): "For the first time in the history of American maps ...

165 Map of the United States United States Matthews-Northrup 1891 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.3 x 11.4 inches) This pocket map is titled on its cover "King's Annotated Map United States." It was produced by the Matthews, Northrup Company of Buffalo, but published in this form by the Moses King Corporation, also of Buffalo. The map depicts hundreds of cities and villages, a vast network of railroads, and it details the watershed and mountain ranges. The annotations fill the map's verso and include an ext...

166 [Lot of 5 - Indian Reservations] United States 1892-1919   $160.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) This lot is composed of a nice set of folding maps that show the evolution of Indian Reservations in the United States over a period of 37 years. The first four share the same size (33"x 21") and title, but cover different years. They provide an interesting historical guide to the changing number and size of the reservations. 1) Map Showing Indian Reservations within the Limits of...

167 Map Showing Indian Reservations within the Limits of the United States Compiled under the Direction of the Hon. T.J. Morgan United States U.S. Gov. 1894 A   $65.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 33 x 21 inches) This over-sized map of the United States focuses on the large number of Indian Reservations that existed in 1894. The reservations are named and shown in dark brown overprinting. Inset maps are used where the reservation concentration prevents them showing well on the large map. Insets include Indian Territory and the Mission Indian Reservations in California. A third inset is of the Territory...

168 A Correct Map of the United States Showing the Union Pacific Railroad. The Overland Route and Connections United States Rand McNally& Co. 1896 A   $300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 53.5 x 35 inches) A graphic wall map showing the United States with the route of the Union Pacific Railroad depicted in red and the logo of the company displayed above. The Union Pacific routes ran from Omaha, Nebraska, Leavenworth and Kansas City west to California, the Pacific Northwest, and to the Southwest, dipping into Mexico. The main Overland Route ran from Omaha to San Francisco. The map is titled with f...

169 Eastern Part of the United States of America Including All Its Newly Acquired Territories [and] Western Part' United States The Scarborough Company 1903 A   $75.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 36 x 33.5 inches) Both are very fine maps with incredible detail throughout showing roads, towns and villages, railroads, watershed and topography. Each county in every state is individually colored. Both feature fancy Victorian titling, a decorative keyboard-style border and are beautifully engraved. The Western sheet has large insets along bottom including a great map of Alaska. The Eastern sheet has a large ...

170 Novissima Tabula Regionis Ludovicianae Gallice dicta la Louisiane' Colonial United States Christoph Weigel 1734 B+   $950.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.3 x 12.5 inches) Uncommon map based on Delisle's seminal charting of the French possession of Louisiana that drew together the cartographic work of the previous half century. It presents a detailed view of the Gulf region and the Mississippi, and the exploration routes of De Soto, Cavelier, Tonty, Moscoso and Denis. Numerous forts are shown throughout. The large figurative cartouche shows two gentlemen negotiat...

171 Carte de la Louisiane et Pays Voisins Pour servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages Colonial United States Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1757 A   $350.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 8.8 inches) Superb small map based on Delisle's map of Mississippi and Louisiana. This finely engraved and detailed map of French Louisiana extends from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from Nouveau Mexique to Florida (not showing the tip of Florida). Many Indian place names, forts (including French) and early European settlements are shown. Nouveau Mexique in the far west includes ...

172 Part of the United States of North America Eastern United States Stockdale 1798 B+   $190.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18.5 x 16.2 inches) This map of the young United States is filled with great information on early development including roads and settlements. The map covers from the Province of Main through North Carolina with a large inset of South Carolina and Georgia. West of the states are the Western Territory and Kentucky. The villages of "Christian Indians" are located. A member of the Irish gent...

173 Map of the Northern Parts of the United States of America by Abraham Bradley Jr. Corrected by the Author Eastern United States Abraham Bradley, Jr 1802 B+   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15 x 8 inches) This is an interesting and significant map that shows Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin as, respectively, State I, II, III, IV, and V. These are the five new states as proposed in the Ordinance of 1789. The northern boundaries of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio are shown at the southern tip of Lake Michigan. The positioning of this line later resulted in a boundary dispute between Mich...

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