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109		Les Isles de l'Amerique Connues sous le Nom d'Antilles, ou Sont les Isles de Cuba, St. Domingue et Jamaique les Lucayes, les Caribes, et celles du Vent		Caribbean Nicholas de Fer		1702 B+		Passed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 13.2 x 8.8 inches) There are a number of interesting historical and geographical notes on this map of the Caribbean. The map extends north to the Bahamas and the tip of southern Florida and encompasses the eastern shore of the Yucatan, parts of Central America, Panama and the northwest coast of South America. Between Florida and Cuba and the Bahamas, a reference to the Gulf Stream notes that is always flows north...

110		Isle de Cube		Cuba Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1764 A		$130.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 12.5 x 8 inches) Attractive copperplate engraving of Cuba and the Bahamas. At the top of the map, the southern tip of Florida appears as a collection of three small square islands above the Florida Keys, while the Canal De Bahama is located in the position of today's Straits of Florida. Decorated by a rococo-style cartouche, rhumb lines and fleur-de-lis.

111		Island of Cuba		Cuba John Thomson		1816 B		Passed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 23 x 9 inches) This attractive map of Cuba also shows the Great Bahama Bank and the Bahama Channel. Depicts Havana, principal harbors, points, shoals, and topography through hachure. Decorated by a simple compass rose and distance scale in British miles.

112		Nova Designatio Insulae Jamaicae ex Antillanis Americae Septentrion'		Jamaica Matthias Seutter		1730 B		$325.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 21.8 x 19.3 inches) This large, colorful and beautifully engraved map shows the island divided into thirteen precincts, and is filled with numerous place names, forts, churches, rivers, plantations, and pastures. Certainly the most graphic feature is the highly decorative title cartouche that depicts native inhabitants gathering and processing sugar cane, while a mermaid and several sea turtles look on. A lovely co...

113		[Lot of 2] Carte de l'Isle de la Jamaique [and] Jamaica		Jamaica		1758-1851		$180.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) A. Carte de l'Isle de la Jamaique, by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, from Histoire Generale des Voyages, dated 1758 (12.5 x 8.2"). Strongly engraved map describes this island of the Greater Antilles. Divided by parishes, the map shows remarkable detail with scores of place names along the coast plus mountains, personal estates, watershed and other details in the interior. At lower left ...

114		Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Jamaica		Jamaica Carey & Lea		1822 A		Passed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 12 x 11.3 inches) This map of Jamaica is divided into the counties of Cornwall, Middlesex, and Surry and depicts the mountainous terrain, coastal towns, and major roads on the island. The map is surrounded by panels of English text with statistical and historical information on each of the islands. The full sheet is titled Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Jamaica, and measures 20.7 x 16.8"....

115		Caraibische Inseln		Lesser Antilles Paul Kuffner		1777 B		$190.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 14 x 12 inches) This very scarce map was published in the second part of Oldendorp's "Geschichte der Mission der Evangelischen Brueder auf den Caraibischen Inseln St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Jan'" or a History of the Evangelical Brethren on the Caribbean Islands of St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John. The book is considered the first published work detailing the history, resources and social conditions in t...

116		Cartes de Supplement pour les Isles Antilles		Lesser Antilles Rigobert Bonne		1787 A		$160.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 13.5 x 9.3 inches) Includes nine maps on one sheet. The large map at top covers the Virgin Islands, while the maps at bottom include St. Christophe, L'Antigoa, I. De la Dominique, Isle de St. Lucie, I. De la Barbade, I. De St. Vincent, I. De la Grenade, and I. De Tabago. Engraved by Andre.

117		West India Islands - St. Christophers [on sheet with] St. Lucia [and] Nevis		Lesser Antilles John Thomson		1816 B		Passed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 23.8 x 20 inches) A large sheet with maps of these three Caribbean islands, each with fine detail of the topography and colonial settlements. These islands were all important parts of the British West Indies.

118		Carte de l'Isle de la Grenade		Grenada Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1758 A		Passed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 6 x 8.2 inches) Very well described chart of the island showing administrative subdivisions (Paroisee du Grand Marquis, etc.), villages, churches, watershed, and some relief. Many features are named along the coastline. The rococo-style title cartouche incorporates a distance scale. At lower left "Tom XV in 4o. No. 14" and lower right "Tome 15 in 8o. Page 446."

119		Carte de de l'Isle St. Christophe		St. Kitts Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1763 B+		Passed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 12 x 7.5 inches) This lovely map of St. Kitts is fully engraved with mountains, rivers, lakes, and towns. The island has twelve quarters and parishes, which are sometimes indicated by hand coloring, but not on this example. In the center of the island a note on the mountain Mont Misery locates Mines de Souffre. Grande Saline, Ville de la Basse Terre, forts, churches and more are iden...

120		Carte de l'Isle de Nieves		Nevis Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1764 B+		$250.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 6.3 x 8.5 inches) Attractive and detailed map of Nevis in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies. Nevis is a part of present-day St. Kitts-Nevis, an associated state in the British Commonwealth. The map details the topography, names the parishes, and shows the roads, towns, soundings, and anchorages. A compass rose with fleur-de-lys and distance scale complete the composition.

121		Isle de la Martinique		Martinique Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1764 A+		$120.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 13.5 x 8.5 inches) Delicately detailed map of the island showing mountains, roads, towns, forts, anchorages and dozens of place names. Exhibiting fine coastal detail, the chart locates Fort Royal and Cul de Sac Royal, Precheur, Le Carbet, Cul de Sac Robert, Pointe de la Caravelle and Bourg et Par de la Trinite. Decorated by an attractive title cartouche that incorporates a distance scale. Marked "Tome I No. 91" a...

122		Carte de l'Isle d'Antigue Situee par la Latitude 17 Degres et par la Longitude de 64 Degres a l'Occident de Paris		Antigua Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1764 A		Passed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 5 x 8 inches) This fine small map of Antigua provides information on the roads, topography, parishes, towns, soundings and anchorages. Adorned by a decorative title cartouche, rhumb lines and fleur-de-lis.

123		Die Insel Sanct Thomas mit den mehresten Plantagen		St. Thomas, Virgin Islands Paul Kuffner		1767 B+		$400.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 12.5 x 6.8 inches) A very uncommon map of St. Thomas and a bit of St. John that shows plantations and topography. It is from C. G. A. Oldendorp's Geschichte der Mission der Evangelischen Bruder auf den Caraibischen Inseln S. Thomas, S. Croix und S. Jan, (History of the Evangelical Brethren on the Caribbean Islands of St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John). Oldendorp was a Moravian minister who visited the isla...

124		Carte de l'Isle de la Barbade		Barbados Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1780 A		$50.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 6 x 8 inches) Divided into eleven parishes with a well developed network of roads throughout the island. Decorated by a strapwork title cartouche and fleur-de-lis.

125		[Lot of 2] South America from the Best Authorities [and] A Correct Chart of the Coasts of South America from the Equator to Cape Horn Engraved for Malham's Naval Gazetteer		South America		1792-1804		$120.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) A handsome lot of two maps that depict all of the primary harbors around the coast of South America, the Falkland Islands, and the Strait of Magellan, which separates Terra del Fuego from Patagonia. Additionally, the maps locate the Amazon River, the Rio de la Plata and Buenos Ayres, Salvador, and Cape Horn. The first map includes the entire continent with part of Central America and provides go...

126		Amerique Meridionale		South America Victor Levasseur		1843 A		$150.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 16.9 x 11.2 inches) A very decorative 19th century map of the continent shows political divisions in outline color, with good detail of rivers and topography. The map is surrounded by steel engraved scenes including horses, Indians, jaguars, tapirs, and mining as well as female personifications at the top representing the Amazon and La Plata Rivers. The map and surrounding scenes are beautifully drawn.

127		[Lot of 2] South America [and] Chili la Plata and Uruguay		South America Mitchell/Cowperthwait		1850 B+		$110.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 12.5 x 15.5 inches) Lot of two maps of South America, with the first map covering the entire continent and the second detailing the southern portion from Bolivia to Patagonia. The second map includes an inset titled South Part of Patagonia that shows the Falkland Islands and Cape Horn. The maps are very detailed, showing all principal towns, harbors, rivers, roads, plains, and elevations. A decorative borde...

128		[Lot of 3] Carte de la Guyane, pour Servir l'Histoire Generale des Voyages [and] Carte du Bresil, Prem. Partie. Depuis la Riviere des Amazones jusqu'a la Baye de Tous les Saints... [and] Suite du Bresil pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages		Eastern South America Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1757		$150.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) A nice lot of three covering South America's eastern coast from just above Georgetown, Guyana to present-day Uruguay. The first two maps primarily show coastal detail with the interior region noted as being unknown and the domain of the Tapuyas Indian nation. The second map includes the Amazon River and extends south to the Bay of All Saints in Salvador, while the third map shows the coast...

129		Terra Firma et, Novum Regnum Granatense et, Popayan		Northern South America Jan Jansson		1649 B+		$275.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 19.5 x 14.9 inches) Splendid map of the Isthmus of Panama and northwestern South America including most of present-day Colombia and part of Venezuela. The map is based on the cartography of Hessel Gerritsz and formed one of the prototypes for South American cartography throughout the rest of the century. The mountainous topography is indicated on this map and there are numerous settlements and towns noted. Two car...

130		De Vaste Kust van Cheribichi door Alonzo d'Ojeda van't Eyland Cubagua Besogt		Venezuela Pieter van der Aa		1710 B+		$90.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 8.5 x 5.8 inches) This uncommon map details the coast of present-day Venezuela and the Windward Islands. The pictorial title cartouche features Alonso de Ojeda's attack on Cartagena. Ojeda was a Spanish navigator and conquistador, who travelled to the Caribbean and northern South America with Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci. Ojeda is famous for having named Venezuela and for having been the first Europ...

131		Arx Nassovii		Fort Nassau, Pernambuco, Brazil Arnoldus Montanus		1671 B+		$180.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 13.8 x 11.2 inches) This fine copper engraving depicts the scene of a battle off the coast of Pernambuco on the east coast of Brazil during the Dutch and Portuguese conflict to retain ownership of the area. Fort Nassau was named after Count Mauritius de Nassau, a German serving the Dutch King who was appointed Governor of the territory. Published by Jacob van Meurs (1619-1680) in Amsterdam.

132		Paraguay, o Prov. de Rio de la Plata cum Regionibus Adiacentibus Tucuman et Sta. Cruz de la Sierra		Central South America, Paraguay Jan Jansson		1630 B		$220.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 18.9 x 14.6 inches) This fine map of the region includes the Paraguay River basin and the Peru-Chilean coast with Lake Titicaca. The Rio de la Plata is boldly shown with many large islands in the broad river. The mythical Lago de los Xarayes is featured on the map, which was believed to connect the Rio de la Plata and Amazon River systems. Several towns are named including Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Buenos ...

133		[Lot of 2] Carte du Perou pour l'Histoire Generale des Voyages [and] Carte du Paraguay et des Pays Voisins, pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages		Peru and Paraguay Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1756 A		Passed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) A. Carte du Perou pour l'Histoire Generale des Voyages (8.2 x 14.4"). A nice map of Peru showing the coast from the Baye de Buenaventura that extends south to the border with Chile. There is excellent detail along the coastline, and many rivers are identified inland. A decorative title cartouche adorns the map. Engraved by Benard. Condition: Issued folding, now pressed on waterm...

134		A Chart of the Southern Part of South America; with the Track of the Centurion from the Island of St. Catherines to the Island of Juan Fernandes...		Southern South America George Anson		1748 B+		$150.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 19.2 x 19.8 inches) This handsome chart shows the route of Capt. George Anson's expedition from St. Catherine's Island off the coast of Brazil, around Cape Horn and up to Juan Fernandes Island (now known as Robinson Crusoe Island) off the coast of Chili. This chart shows numerous calculations of water depth, ocean currents, and includes navigational notes. A decorative compass rose with fleur-de-lys is positioned i...

135		Carte Reduite du Detroit de Magellan Dressee sur les Journaux des Navigateurs		Southern South America Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1753 A		$120.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 13.7 x 7.5 inches) Uncommon detailed chart of the Strait of Magellan locating harbors, islands, capes and bays from Cap des Vierges to Cap de la Victoire. The rococo-style cartouche includes a lettered reference table for anchorages, bays, and harbors in the vicinity of Isle de Louis le Grand at the mid-point of the strait.

136		Carte Particuliere de l'Isle de Juan Fernandes Tiree du Voyage de l'Amiral Anson		Southern South America, Juan Fernandez Island Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1755 A		$120.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 11.1 x 7.8 inches) Small map of the Chilean Juan Fernandez Island, topped by a view of its rocky profile and adorned with a decorative title cartouche and a compass rose with fleur-de-lys. The map was based on Admiral George Anson's voyage in 1740, when he set sail in command of a squadron sent to attack Spanish possessions and interests in South America. The expedition was ill-equipped and failed to carry out its...

137		Carte du Detroit de Magellan dans laquelle on a Insere les Observations et les Decouvertes du Capne. Byron, du Capne. Wallis, et du Capne. Carteret		Southern South America Jean Frederic Bernard		1785 B+		$450.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 29.8 x 18.2 inches) A spectacular chart detailing the Straits of Magellan and illuminating the truly complicated and treacherous nature of this passage. It depicts the discoveries of the navigators Byron, Wallis and Carteret. Terrific detail includes soundings, current directions, rocks and anchorages. Four large land approach views (Cap des Vierges, Rochers Blancs, Cap Beau Tems and Vue du Port Famine) in upper p...

138		Detroit de Magellan, avec les Plans des Principaux Ports, Bayes &c. de ce Detroit		Southern South America Rigobert Bonne		1788 B+		$90.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 13.5 x 9.1 inches) This is a very detailed chart of the Straits of Magellan that displays the best route through the straits. There are sixteen small inset maps of the area showing anchorages and navigational hazards. The chart is centered on a large compass rose and fleur-de-lis. Engraved by Andre.

139		Falkland Islands and Patagonia		Southern South America John Tallis		1851 B+		$75.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 9.8 x 13.3 inches) Two maps within one decorative border. The map of the Falklands is very detailed and is surrounded by finely rendered engravings of penguins, sea birds and tall ships anchored off Jason Island. The map of Patagonia has good detail along coastline, but little in the interior. It has a large vignette of Christmas Sound in Tierra del Fuego with clippers under sail plus a small vignette of Fugeans ...

140		A New Chart of the Vast Atlantic Ocean; Exhibiting the Seat of War, both in Europe and America		Atlantic Ocean Emanuel Bowen		1740 B+		$350.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 16.8 x 12 inches) Fine copper engraved chart details the trade winds and sailing courses across the Atlantic. The area covered includes most of eastern North America through northern South America, and western Europe through northwestern Africa. Ornamented with rhumb lines, a beautiful compass rose and a decorative scroll-style title cartouche. The map is filled with numerous notes and comments. A note below th...

141		A Map of the King of Great Britain's Dominions in Europe, Africa, and America		Atlantic Ocean George Bickham		1743 B		Passed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 11.8 x 10.3 inches) This handsome map drawn on a circular projection shows Great Britain's empirical reaches in the middle of the 18th century. A note below the title explains that place names "in the Round-hand Character, belong to the King." In North America, the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland to Georgia are marked as British possessions, in addition to several locations along Hudson's Bay (Port Nelson, Fort ...

142		Carte Reduite de l'Ocean Occidental Troisieme Edition Dressee au Depost des Cartes Plans et Journaux de la Marine pour Service des Vaisseau du Roy		Atlantic Ocean Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1757 B+		$950.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 34.5 x 22 inches) Superb sea chart of the Atlantic Ocean by Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), the Royal Hydrographer and head of the Depot de la Marine in Paris. This chart was published to aid in the navigation of ships across the Atlantic during the French and Indian War. The chart is crisscrossed by rhumb lines radiating out from 11 compass roses and the coasts of Europe and Africa, North America, the...

143		Islands in the Atlantic		Atlantic Islands John Tallis		1850 B+		$50.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 9.5 x 13.7 inches) Beautiful steel engraved map consisting of four maps with six vignette views. Maps include the island groups of Cape Verde, Canary, Azores, Bermuda and Madeira. Vignettes include Fayal, Villa Franca, and Pico (Azores), Chapel in the Rock St. Vicente (Cape Verde), Teneriffe (Canary Islands), and Funchal (Madeira). All surrounded in a delicately engraved border. Map drawn and engraved by J. Rapk...

144		Carte des Isles Bermudes ou de Sommer		Bermuda Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1764 A+		$400.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 13 x 8.1 inches) Attractive copper engraving of Bermuda divided into parishes, here called Cantons. The map shows the best routes for entering the bays around the islands as well as forts, churches, towns and navigational hazards. Rhumb lines radiate from the center of the map, with north oriented to the upper right. Decorated by a rococo-style cartouche and fleur-de-lis.

145		A Chart of the Great Western Ocean: with the Coast of Europe, Africa and America; from Lat: 6 to Lat 58. Done According to Mercator or Mr. Wright's Projection		North Atlantic John Senex		1728 B+		Passed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 23.5 x 19.5 inches) This handsome sea chart of the north Atlantic Ocean depicts the surrounding countries with numerous place names along the coasts. There is good detail of islands, banks and shoals, to aid in the navigation of ships crossing the Atlantic. The chart is decorated with three compass roses with fleur-de-lys pointers and radiating rhumb lines. Although the chart is typically credited to John Senex, i...

146		Carte Reduite des Mers du Nord		North Atlantic Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1758 A		$95.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 17.6 x 13 inches) This nice chart is centered roughly on Iceland and covers from the eastern shores of Canada through Greenland to Scandinavia and Britain. The coastlines are intricately drawn with coastal place names the only detail. A fine chart with decorative title cartouche and rhumb lines.

147		Island		Iceland Hondius/Purchas		1625 B+		$100.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 7.3 x 5.2 inches) Delightful small map of Iceland, which is shown filled with mountains including the volcanic Hecla. The sea is stipple engraved and includes a spouting sea monster. Delicately engraved strapwork title and distance scale cartouches adorn the map. On full sheet of English text (8.0 x 12.3") with text on verso. At the beginning of the 17th century, Samuel Purchas, an English cleric, set...

148		Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip.		Arctic & Scandinavia Abraham Ortelius		1598 A		$1,900.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 19.4 x 14.3 inches) Ortelius based this influential map on the work of earlier authorities including Mercator, Zeno and Magnus. Of particular interest are the mythical islands of Brasil, Frisland, Drogeo, Icaria, and St. Brendan. Part of Mercator's imaginary polar continent is depicted with a Latin note that it is inhabited by pygmies. Iceland (Islant, Thule) is basically unchanged from Mercat...

149		Scena Historiarum Occidentalis Quinti Seculi P. N. Chr. in qua Imperii Romanorum & Accolarum Barbarorum Status Sistitur Accurate		Europe Christoph Weigel		1720 B+		$180.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 16 x 12.6 inches) A handsome map of Europe and north Africa, filled with detail of cities, political boundaries, rivers, and topography. Includes an inset of the western hemisphere with no place names but showing the major rivers and lakes in the New World, the islands in the Pacific, and a partial outline of New Zealand. Off the coast of Africa, the Canary islands are named Fortunatae Insulae. The map al...

150		Europe		Europe Lapie/Tardieu		1812 B+		$60.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 11 x 9 inches) Finely engraved map of the European continent shows the countries depicted north of the Mediterranean Sea including Iceland and the Faeroe Islands to the north of Scotland. Many cities, rivers, and mountains are shown, with boundaries indicated between countries. Drawn by Giraldon, engraved by Jean Baptiste Tardieu, and published by Malte-Brun and Lapie.

151		Europe		Europe Victor Levasseur		1850 A		$130.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 17.5 x 11.3 inches) Very handsome map of Europe that includes Greenland, Iceland & the Arctic Circle. The surrounding engravings make this one of the most decorative maps of the 19th century. The map itself is framed by medallion portraits and coats of arms down each side, and is set against a background of statues and allegorical figures with a large group of adorable cherubs engaged in academic pursuits filling t...

152		Paskaart van't Canaal Engelandt Schotlandt en Yrland. Naaukeurig. Opgestelt en Dienstig Voor die Achter Yrland Omkomen'		United Kingdom & Ireland Johannes van Keulen		1698 B		Passed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 23 x 20 inches) This is the second of Johannes van Keulen's sea charts of the British Isles, which was designed for Zee-Fakkel. Oriented by two compass roses with north on the left, the map provides a detailed picture of the coastlines of the English Channel and Britain. The large title cartouche obscures much of the east coast of England and Scotland. The scene was probably etched by Jan Luyken who sig...

153		Holy Island Staples and Barwick is most Humbly Dedicated and Presented to Capt. Will Davies Vice Admirall to the Rt. Honorable the Earle of Torrington		Northern England Capt. Greenvile Collins		1693 B+		$300.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 22 x 17 inches) This very handsome chart shows the coast of Northumberland with Holy Island and the Farne (Staples) Islands offshore. Only a few place names appear on the coast, including Sunderland, Bamborough Castle, and Buckton. The chart shows good navigational detail, including soundings, anchorages, shoals, and rocks. A decorative compass rose orients the chart with north at the bottom. At bottom...

154		[Untitled - Approaches to Land's End with the Scilly Isles]		Southwestern England, Scilly Isles Capt. Greenvile Collins		1693 B+		$200.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 22 x 18 inches) This is a beautiful sea chart of Land's End and Lizard Point on Cornwall's most southerly coastal region. This chart is typical of Collins' work, with a highly decorative dedication cartouche in top right flanked by two figures, a shield, a trunk, and several bales. The cartouche contains a dedication to the Governor, Deputy Governor and Committees of the East India Company. A compass rose and ...

155		Dartmouth. To the Right Honorable George Lord Dartmouth, Mr. Generall of his Majesty’s Ordnance &c.		Dartmouth, England Capt. Greenvile Collins		1693 A		$525.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 22 x 17.5 inches) This great chart shows the city and harbor of Dartmouth at the entrance to the River Dart on England’s south Devon coast. A lovely compass rose orients the chart with north pointing to the right. There are bays, castles, mills, and other places named along the coasts, as well as soundings, anchorages, shoals, and navigational hazards depicted in the waters. The chart includes three large landfa...

156		Plan of Boston		Boston, England Thomas Moule		1845 A		$80.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 7.3 x 10 inches) A very decorative bird's-eye plan of Boston in Lincolnshire with a border frame incorporating coats of arms. Three lovely vignettes are included: the church and bridge in Boston, Louth Church, and Nocton House.

157		England and Wales with the Roads, from the Latest Survey's		England & Wales Thomas Kitchin		1771 B+		$140.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 13.2 x 14.2 inches) The extensive road system throughout England and Wales is the subject of this attractive map. Hundreds of towns fill the map, with counties delineated and listed in a table at top left. The decorative title cartouche is engraved onto the face of a stone structure with sheep, bales and casks in front and a lovely coastal scene in the background. Published in William Guthrie's New Geographical...

158		A New Map of England & Wales, Compiled from the Actual Surveys of the Counties, and Regulated by the Latest Astronomical Observations; with the Turnpike Roads...		England & Wales Richard Holmes Laurie		1820 B		$180.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 19.8 x 25.5 inches) This detailed map of England and Wales depicts towns, counties, turnpike roads, mail coach roads, rivers, and canals. A note below the brief legend explains that the numbers adjacent to town names indicates their distance to London. The map also includes the navigation distance in leagues between England and several locations in Ireland, France, and the Low Countries. The map is based on the wo...

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