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Lot#		Title		Subject/Creator		Date/Cond		Sold for:

324		Map of Oklahoma Territory		Oklahoma General Land Office		1901 A+		$170.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 22 x 14.4 inches) This map was compiled from the corrected map of the General Land Office 1898 and from data on file in the territorial office to accompany the Annual Report of the Governor of the Territory to accompany the Annual Report under the direction of Harry King, Chief of Drafting. It is an attractive map with great attention paid to detail, including railroads constructed and proposed, as well as roads a...

325		[Oklahoma]		Oklahoma		1907 A		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 11 x 6 inches) Charming and detailed broadside map with "The Compliments of the American Investment Company Atoka, Indian Territory" printed in top margin. An advertising slogan within a Victorian-style border under the panhandle reads "High Grade First Mortgage Real Estate Loans." Oddly, some of the counties are listed only with numbers. For example county "Twenty Four" is McCurtain as it was in 1907. Detai...

326		Map No. 2 from the Northern Boundary of California to the Columbia River from the explorations and surveys made under the direction of Hon. Jefferson Davis, Sec. of War'		Oregon Williamson & Abbot		1855 C+		$60.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 23 x 27.3 inches) From the surveys of Williamson and Abbot, this map covers the region from the Siskoyou Range and Klamath Lakes north to above the Columbia River. Finely engraved with topographical and watershed detail including fine hachure throughout the mountainous area. The Emigrant Road, unexplored regions, various routes of the surveying parties, the historical routes of Fremont and Warner, and the ...

327		A Map of Pensylvania, with Part of the Adjacent States from the Latest Surveys		Colonial Pennsylvania Rev. Jedidiah Morse		1793 B+		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 7.8 x 7.2 inches) Scarce map of Pennsylvania with part of the surrounding states, including all of New Jersey. The names of Lake Geo., Oneida Lake and Lake Ontario are engraved upside down and the Susquehanna River is nearly so. Buffalo Swamp is shown in Western New York. The Northeast Branch of Susquecherry Val[ley] is named. The Erie Triangle is shown in New York. A second label for Oneida Lake is correctly ...

328		Pennsylvania		Pennsylvania David Burr/Thomas Illman		1834 A		$120.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 12 x 10.5 inches) Attractive map of Pennsylvania shows the early county development and includes portions of the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays. The early roads and railways are noted, and many towns and cities are named. The map is surrounded in a keyboard style border. Burr was appointed to be topographer to the U.S. Post Office Department in 1832 and was unable to complete the maps for his atlas. Thomas Illman ...

329		Plan of the City of Philadelphia		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania S.A. Mitchell		1876 B+		$75.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 21.5 x 20 inches) An attractive and detailed pocket map of Philadelphia that was published for travelers who had come to visit the World's Fair and to celebrate America's Centennial. The map is surrounded by a decorative grape-leaf border and eight finely engraved views of Centennial Exposition buildings including Machinery Hall, where people were introduced to the 1500 horsepower Corliss Steam Engine that was use...

330		[Lot of 3] Map of the Battle Field of Gettysburg July 1st, 2nd, 3rd 1863		Gettysburg, Pennsylvania John B. Bachelder		1883 B+		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 27.8 x 29 inches) This scarce, desirable and set is the ultimate for students of the battle of Gettysburg. These are extremely detailed topographic maps with spot elevations and contours for every change of four feet in elevation. Details include drainage, vegetation, roads, railroads, fences, houses with names of residents, and a plan of the town of Gettysburg. Notes at upper right indicate that "Every object is...

331		Engineer and Artillery Operations against the Defences of Charleston Harbor in 1863; Comprising the Descent Upon Morris Island, the Demolition of Fort Sumter, the Reduction of Forts Wagner and Gregg		South Carolina Q.A. Gillmore		1865 B+		$750.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches) This scarce and desirable book by General Q.A. Gillmore describes his unsuccessful attempt to recapture Fort Sumter in 1863. Hardbound with 72 (many tinted) lithographic plates and three foldout maps and a foldout section plan of fortifications. It includes the official reports of his subordinate commanders, and a specially written essay by R. P. Parrot discussing the problems encountered with s...

332		Texas		Texas Morse & Breese		1844 A		$700.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 12 x 15 inches) This scarce, desirable map of the Independent Republic of Texas extends north to above the Red River to the Old Wichita Village, and west to the Presidio Rio Grande and the Rio Colorado at about 101° West. The map locates early land grants, counties, towns and missions, wagon roads, watershed, forts, and many other details. This map is an early example of the cerograp...

333		Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of that work during the year ending November 1848		Texas U.S. Coast Survey		1848 B+		$100.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 5.8 x 8.8 inches) Complete government report that describes the survey of the Texas coast that began in 1848 under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendent U.S. Coast Survey, Bodies' Island. Includes the first published chart of the survey of the Texas coast "Sketch G Showing the progress in Section No. 9," centered on Galveston City the chart extends to include the West and East bays and north to Edward...

334		Report of the Secretary of War, Communicating...Operations of the Army of the United States in Texas and the Adjacent Mexican States on the Rio Grande'		Texas and Alamo U.S. War Department		1850 A		$1,100.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 6 x 9.3 inches) This rare report by Capt. George W. Hughes related to the Alamo is complete with two folding maps and eight lithographed plates showing early views of the Alamo, San Antonio and vicinity. Hughes served as a topographical engineer under Brigadier General John E. Wool. The plates include the first view of the Alamo to be lithographed from an eyewitness drawing, and the two earliest views of the in...

335		[Lot of 2] Galveston Entrance Texas [and] Preliminary Chart of the Sea Coast of Texas in the Vicinity of Galveston		Galveston, Texas U.S. Coast Survey		1856 B+		$85.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1) This coastal survey chart details the entrance to Galveston Bay. It includes a town plan of Galveston without naming the streets. The map extends to Pelican Island, Bird Key, and Bolivar Point. It locates buoys, a beacon, a light boat, and is filled with soundings, bottom types, extensive notations on sailing directions, tides, etc. Triangulations were accomplished in 1848 by R.H. Fauntlero...

336		Johnson's New Map of the State of Texas		Texas Johnson & Browning		1861 B+		$240.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 23.8 x 17 inches) The first edition of this handsome map, with county development mostly in eastern Texas and only the three large counties of El Paso, Presidio, and Bexar in the west. The panhandle, noted as the Staked Plain (Elevated Table Land, without Wood or Water), includes a large section that is unorganized. There are numerous wagon roads, a few completed railroads, and the US Mail Route traced on ...

337		[Lot of 2] County Map of the State of Texas Showing also Portions of the Adjoining States and Territories		Texas		1881/1894		$400.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 21 x 14 inches) At first glance these maps appear as identical, but are in fact quite different on closer examination. They do, however, share the identical title. Both have blank versos. 1) S. Augustus Mitchell, 1881. An attractive, double-page map of Texas extending to include parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. The map presents an excellent view of the county development with...

338		Map of Hardin County		Texas General Land Office		1895 B		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 19.7 x 20.3 inches) This seldom seen map shows the entire county centered on the town of Kountz with every land parcel delineated and identified by the owner's name. School Land parcels amount to a significant portion of the county. Rivers, creeks, roads and a railroad are shown. The county was created in 1858 from parts of Jefferson, Liberty and Tyler counties. Published by the GLO from their office in Austin. ...

339		Map of Texas and Parts of Adjoining Territories by and under the Direction of Robert T. Hill' 1899		Texas U.S.G.S		1899 A		$230.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 35.5 x 31 inches) A large and extremely detailed map of the state that also covers most of Oklahoma and New Mexico east of the Rio Grande and south of Taos. The details include counties, county seats, railroads, topographical and watershed with contours at 250' intervals. This map, by Robert T. Hill, a widely known scholar, teacher and geologist, brought new sophistication to Texas cartography and helped set new ...

340		Texas		Texas Rand McNally& Co.		1908 B+		$160.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 37.5 x 26 inches) Large pocket map that folds into 4 x 6.5" brown stiff paper wrappers with the title "Rand, McNally & Co.'s Indexed County and Railroad Pocket Map and Shippers' Guide of Texas." The map is colorful and detailed. It contains a key that names and locates 65 railroads with red overprinting. The 1904 edition lists only 51 railroads, hinting at the rapid expansion in commercial activities. Large ins...

341		Map of the Great Salt Lake and Adjacent Country in the Territory of Utah / The Great Salt Lake (Mormon) City and Surrounding Country (on an Enlarged Scale)		Utah Edward Weller		1860 A		$125.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 12 x 17 inches) Two maps on one sheet, each with its own border. The upper map covers the region from the Great Salt Lake and Lake Utah east to Vernal and the Ashley Creek area (unnamed) and Fort Bridger in the north. Salt Lake City is shown as a block plan. Ogden City is located, but Logan does not yet appear. Fort Utah is on the eastern shore of Lake Utah. The lower map is centered on Salt Lake City and fe...

342		Virginia		Virginia Joseph Hutchins Colton		1855 A+		$120.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 15.8 x 12.8 inches) Nice map of pre-Civil War Virginia, before the separation of West Virginia in 1863. West Virginia is one of only two states formed during the Civil War; the other is Nevada. The map provides fine detail of towns, roads, canals, railways and much topographical information. At upper right are two inset maps: Richmond Henrico County, Manchester and Spring Hill; and Norfolk, Portsmouth and Gosport...

343		[Lot of 5 - Virginia, Civil War]		Virginia, Civil War John T. Bowen & Co.		1862 A		$230.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) A fascinating set of Civil War battle maps produced by Maj. Gen. John Pope for his contribution to the 1863 report to Congress's Joint Committee of the War Department. The set is in the best condition of any we've seen and includes the following maps: 1) Map of the Field Operations of the Army of Virginia During the Months of July and August 1862 (16.5 x 14.3"). The largest map...

344		Totopotomoy		Virginia U.S. Army		1867 A		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 32.5 x 20 inches) Minutely detailed Civil War map of the Battle of Totopotomoy Creek in Hanover County, Virginia in 1864. Numerous farms with the owner's name, woods, creeks, roads, troop positions and more are shown. Roughly centered on Hawe's Store, the map extends from Atlee's in the southwest to Mechanicsville in the northeast. This battle was waged on May 28-30, 1864 between Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Gran...

345		Western Half of Virginia and West Virginia		Virginia, West Virginia George F. Cram & Company		1893 B+		$75.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 31 x 22 inches) Pocket map folds into pictorial paper covers. Designed as a railroad map, this large and very detailed map is also filled with information on towns and villages, roads, watershed, and much more. The legend uses color and line to delineate 56 different railroads. Complete with its 76 page booklet "Index to State Map of Virginia" listing all towns, counties and railroads. The decorative cover f...

346		Die Amerikanische Staats-Domane (National Park) im Quellgediete des Yellowstone Flusses mit den Geyser-Gebieten.		Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park Petermann		1872 B+		$190.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 16.7 x 9.7 inches) This map was issued in the same year Yellowstone National Park was created, making it one of the earliest possible maps to show the park. It contains views of two geysers and four maps. The main map (8" x 9.7") is titled as given above. The map shows the entire newly created National Park with great topographical detail shown in hachure, with a little original outline color along the park's bou...

347		Territory of Wyoming		Wyoming General Land Office		1876 B+		$275.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 29 x 22.3 inches) This is the first GLO map produced of Wyoming. It was compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources by C. Roeser. It depicts watershed, railroads, early place names -- Reno, Kearny, Laramie and Fetterman forts, Camp Brown, Old Camp Brown, St. Mary's Station on the Oregon Trail, Miners Delight and much more. The legend further locates County Seats, Military Res...

348		[Lot of 2] Yellowstone National Park and Part of Abutting Forest Reserve ... [and] Map of the Grounds in the Vicinity of Mammoth Hot Springs in the Yellowstone National Park'		Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park		1903 A+		$80.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1) The title continues, "From Maps by the U.S. Geological Survey.", Julius Bien & Co. Lith. N.Y. This beautifully colored topographical map was issued by the Park Superintendent after maps by the U.S. Geological Survey. It shows the entire park in great detail at a scale of four miles per inch. Legend identifies ranger stations, snowshoe cabins, existing roads, unused roads, trails and more. ...

349		Mexique ou Nouvelle Espagne		United States & Mexico Allain Mallet		1683 A		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 4 x 5.7 inches) First state of this miniature copper engraved map features a large title cartouche and vignettes of a raging sea battle in the Pacific and an Indian battle in the region labeled Louisiane. The map covers the southern part of the present United States from the Baja (*I. Californie*) through Florida and extends south through Central America. French text on verso.

350		Nouveau Mexique et Californie		California, Southwest U.S., Mexico Allain Mallet		1686 A		$300.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 4 x 5.6 inches) One of the most attractive miniature maps from this series. The map focuses on the island of California and the southwestern United States and Mexico. California has a flat northern coast with C. Planco the northernmost place name. Four islands lie between California and the mainland; the largest is named Gigante I. The Norto R. (Rio Grande) flows from a large inte...

351		Cette Carte de Californie et du Nouveau Mexique'		California, Southwest U.S., Mexico Nicholas de Fer		1705 A		$1,600.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 13.4 x 8.7 inches) This small map is very important in the cartographic history of California and the Southwest. Ironically it is one of the only maps of the period to focus on the island of California, and the first map to show the discoveries of Father Eusebio Kino, the man who disproved that California island theory. According to Wagner, the map is purportedly based on a manuscript drawn by Father Kino i...

352		Le Nouveau Mexique avec la Partie Septentrionale de l'Ancien, ou de la Nouvelle Espagne		Southwest United States & Mexico Rigobert Bonne		1780 A+		$130.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 12.6 x 8.4 inches) This great map of the Southwest covers the region from western Florida through California and northern Mexico. In Texas, there is a city named Texas directly north from S. Antonio Bejar. The death of the French explorer, La Salle, is noted. There is excellent detail, particularly of the Jesuit missions in Mexico and the Southwest. In present day Arizona, the Gila River is named R. de...

353		Spanish Dominions in North America Northern Part		Southwestern United States and Mexico John Pinkerton		1811 B+		$650.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 28 x 20.3 inches) This large, handsome map is based largely on Humboldt's map of Mexico, including the graphic representation of the Rocky Mountains and Rio Grande River valley. The map presents a remarkable, emerging picture of the major watersheds originating in the Rocky Mountains - a region long misrepresented on maps of the region. On the western slope, the headwaters of the Colorado are formed and the errone...

354		Mexico or New Spain in which the Expedition of Cortes may be traced		United States & Mexico Sidney Hall		1820 A+		$120.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 10.6 x 8.3 inches) This reduced version of Kitchin's map first published in 1777 provides excellent detail in the Southwest. Texas is a part of the larger region of San Luis Potosi. It shows the range of the Apache, Hopi (Moqui), Teguas, Chocktaw tribes, and a few more. Good watershed and topographical detail. Northern California is New Albion and the area to the east is typically blank. The Great Salt Lake is ...

355		No. 5 Map of the United States		United States, Texas & Mexico Samuel Augustus Mitchell		1839 B+		$150.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 16.8 x 10.3 inches) This early map has terrific western territorial borders featuring the Independent Republic of Texas with the long stovepipe border extending to the 42nd parallel. Austin is shown as the republic's capital city. Names Bexar, Victoria, Columbia, Houston, Franklin, Galveston and much more. Notations within Texas include "Herds of Buffaloes and Wild Horses", "Mustang Desert", and "Extensive ...

356		Mexico		United States, Texas & Mexico Sidney Hall		1840 A		$275.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 14.5 x 10 inches) This map covers the present-day Southwestern United States, the Independent Republic of Texas, and Mexico. The map continues into Central America in the inset titled Guatimala. Texas is shown with a stove-pipe panhandle. In Upper or New California, there is an American Fur Company Depot on the eastern shore of L. Youta or Salt L. In New Mexico, the Great Spanish R...

357		Central America II. Including Texas, California and the Northern States of Mexico		United States, Texas & Mexico SDUK		1842 A+		$550.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 15.5 x 12 inches) This excellent map covers the southwestern United States just a few years before Mexico lost the region in the Mexican/American War. Texas is shown as an Independent Republic with its panhandle extending well north up to Spanish Peaks. Excellent detail throughout Texas shows many towns and villages, roads and trails, topography, and watershed. All of the Southwest and California are here ...

358		Map of the United States Canada, Texas & Part of Mexico To Illustrate Olney's School Geography		United States, Texas & Mexico Jesse Olney		1844 A		$230.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 17.5 x 10.5 inches) This map shows the Independent Republic of Texas in its last full year as a republic. The panhandle extends well to the north. Austin is identified as the capital with many towns named including Houston, San Antonio de Bexar, Columbus, and many more. To the west is a small region named Santa Fe or New Mexico. The huge Indian Territory to the north extends up to the Mandan District. The...

359		Mexique		United States, Texas & Mexico Binet		1845 A		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 7.5 x 9.5 inches) This map appears to show the Independent Republic of Texas, but admittedly its geography is somewhat confused and out-dated. Mexico controls all of the Southwest. Nouv. Mexique is correctly located, but is shown as part of Mexico through both engraved line and coloring. The map shows the Northwest extending well into Canada, the French cartographer siding with the U.S. in that boundary d...

360		Mexico & Guatemala		United States, Texas & Mexico Samuel Augustus Mitchell		1847 B+		$130.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 14.5 x 12 inches) This uncommon map was registered by H.N. Burroughs in 1846, but was published by Mitchell the following year. The map still shows Texas as an Independent Republic, but it is not individually colored. New Mexico is shown as a small sliver of land between Texas and Upper California, extending north into the western part of present day Colorado. Santa Fe and Taos are in Texas. Upper or New...

361		Mexico, California & Texas		United States, Texas & Mexico Adam & Charles. Black		1851 A		$90.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 14.5 x 10 inches) Nice edition which still labels California as Upper or New California, but the border clearly matches California's boundaries as we know them. This map is likely from California's military government status prior to achieving Statehood in 1850. The rivers of the Gold Region are well shown and hand colored in yellow. Ft. Sutter is located, but there is no direct mention of gold. T...

362		General Map Showing the Countries Explored and Surveyed by the United States & Mexican Boundary Commission in the Years 1850, 51, 52 & 53		United States & Mexico, and San Francisco John Russell Bartlett		1854 A		$375.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 19 x 15 inches) Important foldout map bound into The Annals of San Francisco; Containing a Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress & Present Condition of California, and a Complete History of All Important Events Connected With Its Great City: etc. This map covers the entire West from the Mississippi River with particular emphasis on the land recently obtained from Mexico and is...

363		Mexico, Mittel-America, Texas		United States, Texas & Mexico Carl Flemming		1858 B+		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 16.5 x 13.3 inches) Nice German map showing early territorial borders in the Southwest. Numerous Indian tribes are located and a notation (in German) in the panhandle of Texas shows the "summer range of the Comanches." Map extends to include all of Central America. Indian names fill the region and there is some interesting spurious topography. Printed color in ocean with outline color by hand.

364		[Lot of 2] Latest Mexican War Map [and] Gulf Coast Lines'		United States & Mexico		1916		$80.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) Two maps published during the Mexican War. This little known war and the Army's efforts to find Pancho Villa are well described here. 1) ... August 9, 1916 Compliments of E. Crosby & Co. Brattleboro, VT. (18.8 x 13"). This advertising pocket map uses overprinting to locate forts along the border, routes of marche...

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