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224 Map of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway and Its Connections Midwestern United States Matthews-Northrup 1882 A   $120.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 27 x 13 inches) This uncommon railway map details the routes between Buffalo and Chicago with side routes into Michigan. It also shows rails to Youngstown and Oil City in Pennsylvania. The map extends to the Missouri River to include all of Iowa and Missouri, and east to show the entire eastern seaboard from Norfolk up to Bangor, Maine. The map has four vignettes at left: Map Showing the Railway Connections to...

225 Map Showing the Territory Originally Assigned to the Cherokee "Nation of" Indians West of the Mississippi' Central United States - Indian Territory C.C. Royce 1884 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 30 x 20.5 inches) This large map depicts, by coloring and numeric key, those lands owned and ceded by the Cherokee Indians. The map shows the former territorial limits of the Cherokee Nation between the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers and the Appalachian Mountains. It depicts the various cessions made by them to the United States up to their removal to west of the Mississippi. The title continues "Also the Boundaries ...

226 Geological Oil Survey Map of the Mid-Continental Field Embracing the States of Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas Central United States and Texas, Oil Fields Geographical Publishing Co. 1920 B+   $550.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 28 x 22 inches) This scarce map focuses on the burgeoning oil business in America. In remarkable detail, a wide pallet of colors indicate seventeen different geological formations, Oil Fields, Gas Fields, Pipe Lines, and New Development. A large inset of the Vertical Sections details four different areas. Also shows and names all counties. The extensive index below the map names and locates nearly 150 unique ...

227 The Emigrant's Guide to the Western and Southwestern States and Territories Guide Book, Western United States William Darby 1818 B   $1,600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 5.5 x 8.7 inches) This is a very rare and important guide packed with useful information for travelers. Bound into the front is a large, foldout Map of the United States Including Louisiana (22.5 x 18"). The map has outline color and features an interesting "stovepipe" configuration of Texas with a narrow panhandle trailing northwesterly into the Rocky Mountain region. A note located in the interior porti...

228 Map of the United States and their Territories between the Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean Western United States William Hemsley Emory 1857-8 B+   $230.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23 x 20.3 inches) This map is the culmination of fifty years of government exploration in the West and is one of the foundation maps for the western United States. Starting with Lewis and Clark, there were numerous official and unofficial surveys and explorations, all adding to the pool of knowledge presented here. While large sections are still labeled "unexplored territory," Emory combined these fragments with ...

229 A New Map of the State of California, the Territories of Oregon, Washington, Utah & New Mexico Western United States Charles Desilver 1859 A   $475.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13 x 16.3 inches) The uncommon Desilver issue of this fine map of California with large western territories from an important series of maps originating with Samuel Augustus Mitchell. The map is filled with early county configurations, the exploration routes of Lewis and Clark, Fremont, Kearney, and Cooke, and the Spanish and Oregon Trails. Of importance is the delineation of the newly discovered gold fields in w...

230 [Lot of 6- Western Views] Western United States Lt. George M. Wheeler 1871-73 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) This lot of fine lithographs are part of Wheeler's important survey and exploration. The lot includes: 1) El Vado de los Padres, Colorado River. 1872. (15.3 x 6") This famous location is where Spanish priests with the Dominguez-Escalante expedition crossed the river in 1776, giving it the nickname "Crossing of the Fathers." This site has been under Lake Powell since 1964. 2)...

231 [Lot of 2] County Map of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona [and] County Map of Kansas, Nebraska, Dakota, and Minnesota Western United States Warner & Beers 1872 B+   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) This lot is from Warner & Beers uncommon series, published by H.H. Lloyd & Company. The maps include: The first map (14 x 16") is centered on the four corners and features early county organization. Arizona has just five counties and locates Maricopas Wells, the future site of Phoenix. Beautifully colored with good detail throughout, the map locates numerous railroads, cities and to...

232 Progress-Report upon Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian, in 1872' Western Surveys, Grand Canyon Lt. George M. Wheeler 1874 A   $230.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9 x 11.5 inches) This original report contains plates from the earliest photographs of the Grand Canyon, taken during Wheeler's expedition of 1872. The Grand Canyon plates are: Grand Canon of the Colorado - Mouth of Kanab Wash, Looking East; and Looking South into the Grand Canon - Colorado River. The other plates are: Rain Sculpture - Salt Creek Canon - Utah; and Canon of Kanab Wash - Co...

233 Map of the Great Connecting Link of Pacific Railways between Chicago and San Francisco. Map of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Omaha and Kansas Lines. Western United States Railroad Companies (various) 1875 A   $300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 26.5 x 6.5 inches) This scarce railroad timetable map shows a strip across the country from Illinois to California. It also details the "Old Reliable Route Between Chicago, Leavenworth and Omaha." The map is unique for its depiction of Bison using scores of small buffalo icons scattered in the mid-west. It depicts mines, roads, forts and towns, rivers and topography. On the verso is the "Condensed Time Ta...

234 [Lot of 2] 1876 Progress Map of the U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian [and] Progress Map of Lines and Areas of Explorations and Surveys Conducted under the Auspices of the War Department'West of the 100th Meridian Western United States Lt. George M. Wheeler 1876 A   $190.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.3 x 16 inches) Both maps are important historical documents attesting to the effort and skill of Wheeler and his surveyors. The maps show the progress of surveying in the 1870's. Both maps cover the same area on the same scale. Lieutenant Wheeler in 1871 proposed a plan for mapping the US west of the 100th meridian on a consistent scale of eight miles per inch. These maps are part of the annual reports back ...

235 Map Showing the Routes of Trans-Continental Railways as Explored and as Constructed Western United States U.S. Gov. 1883 A   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 25 x 23 inches) A very detailed map of the western two-thirds of the United States that shows the actual route of the Pacific Railroad "as explored and as constructed" in 1883. Red overprinting displays the route according to the survey presented to then Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis in 1855 as described in a note printed in red at lower right. The map shows very little deviation from the original surveys, ...

236 Map Showing the Pacific Railways and Their Branches Western United States G. W. & C.B. Colton 1887 A   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 32.8 x 22.5 inches) Map of the western United States showing relief by hachure, drainage, cities, towns, and the extensive railroad network that existed west of the Mississippi. The network is colored-coded to show the Union Pacific, Central Pacific, Central Branch U.P.R.R., Sioux City and Pacific, Southern Pacific, and 'Portions Aided by U.S. Bonds'. This map shows the network at a time of rapid growth and prior t...

237 [Lot of 3 - Regional U.S. Maps] Western United States Justus Perthes 1889 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16 x 13 inches) In the Germany style, these maps are beautifully engraved with fine lines. Together the maps cover the Western United States. 1) "West-Indien in 4 Blattern, B1.4" covers the western half of the U.S from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. 2) "Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika in 6 Blattern, Bl. 5" is centered on Indian Territory and Texas and also shows Arkansas and Louisiana with pa...

238 [Lot of 3] Map of the Military Department of New Mexico' 1864 [and] Map of the States of Kansas and Texas and Indian Territory' 1867 [and] Territory and Military Department of Utah' 1860 Civil War - Western United States U.S. War Department 1894   $75.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 27.3 x 16.3 inches) This lot consists of Plates XCVIII, CXIX and CXX from "The Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies 1861-1865." Map of the Military Department of New Mexico... is a fine map of the region of present-day New Mexico and Arizona with great detail throughout. Topography and hydrology are well shown as are army posts, villages and towns, military a...

239 Annual Reports of the Department of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1905 Western United States Surveys U.S. State Surveys 1905 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6.5 x 9 inches) A fine copy of this report which contains General Land Office reports and accompanying maps of Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Porto Rico. Hardbound, 907 pp., six foldout maps. The maps are: 1. Map of Alaska, 1898, (32.3" x 25"). This is a large and colorful map of Alaska Territory, published at the beginning of the Yukon Gold Rush and featuring a large inset of th...

240 Carte Particuliere de la Cote du Nord-Ouest de l'Amerique reconnue par les Fregates Francaises la Boussole et l' Astrolabe en 1786 3e. Feuille Northwestern United States Jean Francois Galoup, Comte La Perouse 1797 A   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 27 x 19.5 inches) Large-scale map of the West Coast from Monterey, California to Cap Rond in present-day Oregon depicting the route of the voyage with only those parts actually surveyed.

241 Map of the Territory West of the Rocky Mountains Northwestern United States Benjamin L. E. de Bonneville 1837 B+   $550.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.3 x 17.3 inches) This map was published in Washington Irving's important book based on the explorations of Capt. Bonneville. The map extends from Monterey in the southwest to Flathead Lake in today's Montana. The Great Salt Lake is named Lake Bonneville, with no mention of Utah Lake. The map locates and names the Salmon, Boise, Malade, Snake, Columbia and Flat Head Rivers. Several dead-end rivers and la...

242 Colton's Washington and Oregon Northwestern United States Joseph Hutchins Colton 1859 A   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.8 x 12.8 inches) A terrific, richly colored map of the Pacific Northwest that shows Washington Territory in its most unusual configuration, wrapping around the new state of Oregon. This map was published by Johnson & Browning shortly after Oregon became a state in 1859. Of specific interest is the notation of the major exploration routes, wagon trails and the proposed routes for the transcontinental railways. T...

243 Johnson's Nebraska, Dakota, Idaho and Montana Northwestern United States Johnson and Ward 1865 B   $80.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23.4 x 17 inches) This colorful double-page map shows a very early rendering of Wyoming Territory, organized in 1868. The territory's western boundary is not correctly formed; it extends into present-day Idaho in the northwest, with Idaho taking up the present-day Wyoming region south of Jackson Hole. The map correctly shows Montana which, along with Wyoming, was previously contained in a large Idaho territory. ...

244 County Map of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming Northwestern United States Lloyd 1875 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16 x 13 inches) This map includes up-to-date information on the mountains and rivers, but it is out-dated in Wyoming, east of Yellowstone National Park. The Union Pacific Railroad is prominently shown in southern Wyoming with all the stations located along its route. A proposed railway through Montana includes a spur down the Gallatin Valley into Yellowstone Park. There are several gold mining regions locate...

245 Territories of New Mexico and Utah Southwestern United States Joseph Hutchins Colton 1855 A+   $250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16 x 12.7 inches) Second state of this very interesting map depicting the region with the largest configurations of the Utah and New Mexico Territories. The Utah Territory encompasses all of today's Nevada and extends west to the Continental Divide into present-day northern Colorado with Fillmore City as its capital. Nebraska and Kanzas Territories bound Utah on the east. New Mexico Territory includes par...

246 [Lot of 2] Sketch of Public Surveys in New Mexico, to Accompany Report of Surveyor General 1856 [and] 1857 Southwestern United States U.S. State Surveys 1856/57 B+   $50.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 32.3 x 22.5 inches) This lot is comprised of two of the earliest maps of the original huge New Mexico Territory which occupied most of the Southwest. Both are large-scale maps by the Surveyor Generals Office, Santa Fe, New Mexico. They show the territory at its fullest extent including all of present-day Arizona and parts of Nevada and Colorado. The 1856 issue expands slightly on the first public surveys of 1855 wi...

247 Colton's Territories of New Mexico and Utah Southwestern United States Johnson & Browning 1859-60 B+   $800.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.6 x 12.8 inches) This is the scarce issue of Colton's great map of the American Southwest featuring the provisional territory of Colona, which became Colorado in 1861. Both the territories of Utah and New Mexico are shown in a transitional state. The proposed territory of Arizona is shown to the south of New Mexico. The newly proposed territory of Nevada is shown taking in the western part of Uta...

248 Johnson's California Territories of New Mexico and Utah Southwestern United States Johnson & Browning 1861 B+   $230.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 24.5 x 17 inches) A very nice example of this early map from Johnson's Southwest series. The Confederate Territory of Arizona appears in the southern third of New Mexico Territory. Between August 1861 and July 1862, the Confederate General Baylor appointed himself the territorial governor and claimed all of New Mexico Territory south of the 34th Parallel for the Confederacy. The map names the "Gadsden Ten ...

249 Sketch of Public Surveys in New Mexico to accompany the Annual Report of the Surveyor General for 1862 Southwestern United States General Land Office 1862 B+   $140.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 28.2 x 21 inches) Early, large-scale, territorial map by the Surveyor Generals Office, Santa Fe, New Mexico. It includes all of today's Arizona and extends to show the northern reaches of the Sea of Cortez, California at the west and Colorado and Utah to the north. The area of present-day New Mexico is depicted with limited surveying, primarily the settled areas of Santa Fe, Albuquerque and along the valley of t...

250 Johnson's California, also Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona Southwestern United States A.J. Johnson 1864 B+   $90.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23.3 x 16.5 inches) This map shows the original four counties of Yavapai, Mohave, Yuma and Pima in the newly organized Arizona Territory, with Prescott as the capital. The Utah/Nevada border is now at 114° and Arizona has its final borders. Nevada has its name in an early configuration engraved in a vertical arc. Early historic details include the Pony Express & United States Mail Route, the emigrant roads ...

251 Atlas Sheet Number 58 / Parts of E. California, S.E. Nevada, N.W. Arizona & S.W. Utah Atlas Sheet Number 66 Southwestern United States Lt. George M. Wheeler 1873 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.8 x 15 inches) Two rare lithographed maps on one large, unfolded, sheet. The map at left is the upper map, which aligns with the southern map at right. The maps locate Wheeler Peak, Pioche, Nevada, Virgin Hill, West Point, Boulder Canon (site of today's Lake Mead) and Black Canyon on the Colorado. There is good detail of the Virgin River as it flows to the west of the Virgin Range. The informative sheet show...

252 [Lot of 2] Outline Map of Parts of Southern California & South-Western Nevada, Showing the Relative Areas of Drainage' [and] Map of Parts of California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah Traversed in 1891 by the Death Valley Expedition Southwestern United States 1876-92 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1) Lt. Geo. Wheeler, 1876, (19 x 14.5"). This interesting map is separated into three regions; Coast Drainage, Great Valley Drainage, and the Interior Basin. Several railroads are shown including the Visalia Div. S.P.R.R., which runs down the Great Valley Drainage past Tulare Lake. The Southern Pacific RR is complete about half way to Yuma. The Old Salt Lake Road runs northwest out of ...

253 [Lot of 2] Map of the State of Alabama [and] Alabama Alabama 1834-42 A   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) Nice pair of maps of Alabama eight years apart show many county changes. The David Burr map (1834, 10.3 x 12.6") is hand colored by county and is finely engraved. It delineates roads, towns, villages and settlements, ports, watershed and more. Surrounded by a keyboard-style border, it has fancy titling. Burr was appointed to be topographer to the U.S. Post Office Department in 1832 ...

254 [Lot of 3 - Alaska / Yukon Territory] Alaska 1904-17   $170.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) A nice lot of maps related to the burgeoning gold and other mining activities in Alaska. 1) Alsek, Kaskawulsh and Kluane Divisions of the White Horse Mining District', The Alaska Steamship Co., 1904, (24.3 x 16.3). Map folds into printed color self-wrappers (4.2 x 9") entitled "How to Reach the Alsek Gold Fields" with extensive promotional text on verso. Locates the Hutshi Vil...

255 [Lot of 2] Territory of Arizona 1901 [and] 1906 Arizona General Land Office 1901/1906 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.8 x 20 inches) These two colorful maps offer an abundance of detail and show changes in county boundaries, railroads, towns and roads, modifications to Indian Reservation boundaries, resolution of Private Land Grants, etc. Each has a legend in the upper left that explains the use of colors and locates the Surveyor Generals Office, Land Offices, Indian, Military, and Forest Reservations, Private Claims, both co...

256 Territory of Arizona Arizona General Land Office 1907 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17 x 20 inches) A colorful map with great detail issued just five years before Arizona attained statehood. The map clearly shows Indian Reservations, Military Reservations (Fort Apache, Fort Grant, Fort Huachuca and Fort Whipple) and Forest Reserves via different colors. A huge Grand Canyon Forest Reserve is shown and the new Petrified Forest National Monument (established in 1906) is located east of Holbrook. ...

257 Topographical Sketch of the Gold & Quicksilver District of California California E.O.C. Ord 1848 B   $325.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.5 x 21.5 inches) This is considered one of the most important maps of 1848. It accompanied the first official report of the gold discoveries and was the first map to reflect actual conditions at the mines, thus being of paramount importance to the California Gold Rush. It shows in detail the area south of San Francisco Bay (the Quicksilver area), across the Sacramento Valley and San Joaquin Plains and eas...

258 Preliminary Sketch of Santa Barbara California California U.S. Coast Survey 1853 B+   $90.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.8 x 13.8 inches) This chart provides excellent detail along the coast and inland to include individual city buildings in the street plan of Santa Barbara. Las Salinas, The Mission, the Observatory on the coast, Point Castillo, and more are located. At lower left the bird's-eye "View of the Town and Mission of Santa Barbara" is from the sea. This is the only Coast Survey work done on Santa Barbara. Blank verso....

259 California California Joseph Hutchins Colton 1855 A   $130.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.8 x 14.8 inches) This is one of the best mid-nineteenth century atlas maps of California. It shows the entire state with Utah and New Mexico territories on the eastern border. Two proposed railroad routes through the Central Valley are labeled "Explored Route for Atlantic & Pacific R.R." and a northern route through Fredonyers Pass is marked "Practicable Route for Atlantic & Pacific R.R." The only completed rai...

260 Geological Map of a Part of the State of California Explored in 1853 by Lieut. R.S. Williamson U.S. Top. Engr. California U.S. War Department 1855 B+   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16 x 22.2 inches) A majority of this map covering the entire state of California is hand colored to reflect geological knowledge and coded in accordance with a legend at the left. The legend identifies nine geological types as mapped by Lieut. R.S. Williamson of the Topographical Engineers. There are interesting details throughout, and especially along the American River. A huge Mono Lake is shown, but not Lake...

261 Pacific Coast Guide and Programme of the Knights Templar Triennial Conclave at San Francisco, August, 1883 San Francisco, California A. L. Bancroft & Company 1883 A   $190.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4.8 x 6.8 inches) Very uncommon guide to the city filled with engraved portraits, fancy advertisements and an attractive, foldout map; Bancroft's Official Guide Map of the City and County of San Francisco, Compiled from Official Maps in Surveyors Office. bound in at front. The map uses orange overprinting to show the route of the procession of the Grand Knights Templar through the Market District, passing C...

262 Official Guide and Maps of San Francisco Street-Railways San Francisco, California 1896 B+   $120.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 3.8 x 6 inches) This is the first edition of George E. Richards' comprehensive guidebook to San Francisco, dated July 25th, 1896. In original green paper covers, 140 pages, illustrated with numerous maps of rail lines and stops. This very up-to-date publication has many addendum tipped-in in pink slips, for example "Pointers taking effect August 17" lists changes to the schedule for eight lines. California St....

263 [Lot of 2] Map of the Yosemite National Park Prepared for Use of U.S. Troops by N.F. McClure, 1st Lieut., 5th Cavalry [and] Map of Yosemite National Park Showing Patented Lands Yosemite Nation Park, California 1896-1903 A+   $70.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1) Norris Peters Co., Washington D.C., 1896. This is a very detailed and important map was made shortly after the establishment of Yosemite as a protected park in 1890. During this period, the Army's Fifth Cavalry Regiment controlled the park, and this was made for their use. The map is filled with information on trails, cabins, camps and meticulous notes on topography. Prepared by N.F. McClu...

264 Map of Colorado Territory Compiled from Government Maps & Actual Surveys. Colorado U.S. State Surveys 1861 B+   $475.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.8 x 17.7 inches) This is the first official map of Colorado. It is signed in the plate "Denver City Nov. 1st 1861. Francis M. Case Sur. Genl. Co. Ty." The map has good detail considering this early attempt at mapping the territory. Details include watershed, mountains in hachure, and survey status shown along the plains just east of the Front Range. The towns of Denver, Colorado City (Colorado Springs), Bould...

265 [Untitled - Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe R.R. Map] Colorado and Kansas Railroad Companies (various) 1877 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.5 x 6.3 inches) This rare promotional railroad map was issued by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to attract passengers to the San Juan mining district of Colorado. This map was apparently issued separately, but was made to accompany the San Juan Guide "which will be mailed free, on application to T.J. Anderson, G.P.A., Topeka, Kas." The map shows the line running between Kansas City and Atchison to P...

266 Colton's Connecticut with Portions of New York & Rhode Island Connecticut G. W. & C.B. Colton 1869 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.5 x 12.8 inches) This finely engraved pocket map appears to be identical to Colton's atlas map except it is printed on fine banknote-style paper. The map individually colors each county and locates and names all railroads and canals. The legend further locates Cities, County Towns, Villages and Post Offices. It extends to Jersey City and includes all of Long Island. Surrounded by Colton's fancy scroll border. ...

267 [Lot of 3] No. I. Map of the City of Washington Showing Location of Deaths for the Year Ending June 30, 1893 [with] No. II. ' Fatal Cases of Zymotic Diseases' [and] No. III. ' Fatal Cases of Lung Disease' District of Columbia U.S. Gov. 1893 A+   $70.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 27 x 27.5 inches) These thematic maps show the numbers of deaths within each city block from such illnesses as Lung Disease, Pneumonia, Typhoid Fever, Scarlet Fever and Malarial Fever. The number of deaths between the races is shown in different colors as described on the first sheet: "Combined Numbers Show Total Deaths on Each Square. Deaths of White Persons are Indicated by Numbers in Red. Those of Colored Per...

268 [Lot of 2] Plan of the City Intended for the Permanent Seat of the Government of the United States' [and] Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia District of Columbia U.S. Gov. 1895-1905 A+   $160.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) A great pair of maps showing the original plans for the capital city. The first map is a reprint of the original plan of the Federal City as envisioned by Pierre Charles L’Enfant. The original currently rests in the Library of Congress. In May of 1887, the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey was charged with the task of copying the original manuscript and making available reproductions for use in land...

269 Map of Portions of District of Columbia and Virginia in the Vicinity of the Proposed Highway Bridge above Long Bridge District of Columbia U.S. Gov. 1901 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 48.3 x 23.5 inches) Map shows the planned Highway Bridge over the Potomac River, completed in 1906 and later replaced by the current 14th Street Bridge. Also shows the proposed Railroad Bridge just south of the Highway Bridge. Delineates the tracks of the WA. & Mt. V. R.R. and the Washington Southern Railroad. The existing Long Bridge just south of the two proposed bridges is well shown. The river is filled with ...

270 Map of the Country Embraced in the Recent Campaign against the Hostile Sioux Indians of Dakota Showing the Different Positions of Troops from the Beginning to the Surrender in January, 1891 Dakota Territory U.S. Army 1891 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.8 x 21.3 inches) This is a terrific map of considerable historical significance as it shows the location of the Battle of Wounded Knee, here labeled as "Affair at Wounded Knee, Dec 29, 1890." A misunderstanding between soldiers and Indians waiting to surrender at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, touched off a massacre of some 300 Sioux men, women and children. The campaign was an attempt to suppress the Ghost ...

271 Piano della Citta, e Porto di Sant. Agostino St. Augustine, Colonial Florida Gio. Tommaso Masi 1763 A+   $300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.3 x 8 inches) This is a scarce and very detailed plan of the port and harbor of St. Augustine with the city shown in a simple block plan with heavy surrounding fortifications. The plan features soundings, fortifications, anchorages, rivers, etc. Map locates Fort Piccolo, Fort Negro, the battery defending the mouth of the port, a sentinel, several roads, and Native Indian cities. North is oriented to the righ...

272 Piano del Porto, e degli Stabilimenti di Pensacola Pensacola, Colonial Florida Gio. Tommaso Masi 1763 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.3 x 7.2 inches) This is a scarce and very detailed plan of the port and harbor of Pensacola. It features soundings, anchorages, rivers, etc, and extends to show most of Isola de Santa Rosa. A few rhumb lines and a fleur-de-lys add to the elegant composition. Two distance scales lie below title. Engraved by Giusepe Pazzi and drawn by Viol. Vanni.

273 State of Florida Florida General Land Office 1876 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 27 x 23.5 inches) This large state survey map is drawn on a scale of 20 miles to the inch. It shows the topography, vegetation, towns, cities, forts, rivers, lakes, swamps and many early railroads and roads. Most of the state is shown as surveyed with scattered areas unsurveyed including the large Everglades area. The key locates Private Grants, Pine lands, Swamps, Hammocks, Prairie, Sawgrass & Marsh and more. M...

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