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121		Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains ' with a Map of Oregon Territory		Western Canada and United States Rev. Samuel Parker		1846 A		$650.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid 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. The folding map titled Map of Oregon Territory', 1838(22.8 x 14"), and the wood engraving of the Basaltic Formations on the Columbia...

122		The United States of America		United States Joseph Hutchins Colton		1855 B+		$130.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 26 x 15 inches) This great map features numerous early western territorial boundaries. Oregon and the newly created Washington 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 Moun...

123		Map Drawn to Illustrate the Travels & from the Documents of the Abbe Domenech Showing the Actual Situation of the Indian Tribes of North America and the road described by the author		United States P. Bineteau		1860 A+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 18 x 13.3 inches) This map is well engraved and displays early western territorial boundaries. The huge Nebraska Territory stretches between Minnesota to Oregon and Washington Territories at the continental divide, and south to Kansas. The large Kansas Territory borders Utah and New Mexico at the Continental Divide and there is no mention of Colorado or of any early towns therein. Utah and New Mexico are both show...

124		[Lot of Approximately 120 - United States]		United States Various		1870-1900		$47.50 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) This is a diverse lot of 19th century atlas maps. They are primarily regional maps, but the lot does include some individual state maps and city plans. There are some duplicates and also included are about 20 of North America and Latin America. Size varies, but most are from folio or large folio atlases. There are some hand colored maps, but the majority are printed color. Sold without reserv...

125		Map of the American Colonies and Adjacent Country As known in 1776		United States Asher & Adams		1875 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 23 x 16 inches) This historical map shows the country to the Pacific as it appeared in 1776. Created in 1875, it is based on information compiled by the American Geographical Society on their 50th year celebration, presented by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. It is unclear if any 1770s map was used as a basis for this compilation. The map locates the River of the West, suggests a possible Northwest Passage, n...

126		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		$325.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 28 x 17.3 inches) This is the first published geological map of the United States by the nascent USGS. It is generally referred to as the McGee map after the compiler. 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 explorati...

127		Diagram of the Transcontinental Lines of Road Showing the Original Central Pacific and Union Pacific and their Competitors		United States U.S. Gov.		1887 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 20 x 18.5 inches) This color lithographed map focuses on the railroad network throughout the United States. The major railroads are shown via a boldly colored line and finely engraved text. The presumed competitors are shown via small black lines, also labeled with the name. The Canadian Pacific R.R. is detailed in southern Canada, and one line is shown to Guaymas, Mexico from Benson, Arizona Territory. Sea rou...

128		Reconnaissance Map of the United States Showing the Distribution of the Geologic System So Far As Known		United States U.S.G.S		1893 A		$325.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 28 x 17.4 inches) This is the second geological map of the United States published by the USGS. The first edition uses the same base map with the title Map of the United States Exhibiting the Present Status of Knowledge Relating to the Areal Distribution of Geologic Groups. The legend names and color codes thirteen different geological formations in twelve major groups. Compared to the first USGS edition...

129		Relief Map of United States		United States Central School Supply House		1899 C+		$210.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 40 x 27 inches) A rarely offered relief map that is a remarkable demonstration of craftsmanship. The map is composed of layers of cloth, plaster and papier mache, molded to show the topography of the United States. Coloring is a combination of printed and hand coloring. In its original carved wooden frame, measuring 34" x 47.5". This map was recovered from a school house in Tombstone, Arizona.

130		Outline Map of United States		United States, Puzzle Map Milton Bradley Co.		1905 A		$80.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) Complete, early 20th century dissected wooden puzzle map of the United States and territories. The 48-state map includes insets of Alaska, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines. The map is a brightly colored lithograph showing major railroads, rivers, state capitols and major cities. The capitol of Oklahoma is Guthrie, which was moved to Oklahoma City in 1910. In Idaho Boise is Boise City. ...

131		Aviation Map of United States Featuring Landing Fields / Official Auto Trails Map of the United States [together with] The Complete Camp Site Guide'With Official Directory of Aeroplane Landing Fields		United States Rand McNally& Co.		1923 A		$325.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 40.5 x 26 inches) This rare, early aviation map of the United States is the first edition, published in April 1923. We located only one other copy in the Library of Congress' collection. Akerman in Cartographics of Travel and Navigation (The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., Lectures in the History of Cartography), p. 237, describes the map: "Using data collected by [U.S. Air Service] Rand, McNally published its first av...

132		A New and Accurate Map of Part of North America, Comprehending the Provinces of New England, New York, Pensilvania, New Yersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, & part of Virginia, Canada, and Hallifax		Colonial United States Peter Kalm		1771 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 30 x 22.3 inches) This scarce map covers Virginia through New England, the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario and Lake Erie and extends west to the confluence of the Ohio and Kentucky Rivers. The map is filled with detail of the colonies, as well as settlements, forts (including Fort Detroit), and Indian villages west of the Ohio River. There is great detail of the Swedish settlements, particularly along the Delaware...

133		[Lot of 3]		Eastern United States Rigobert Bonne		1783-85		$220.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 12.5 x 8.5 inches) 1) Carte de la Partie Nord, des Etats Unis, de L'Amerique Septentrionale' covers the eastern seaboard from Maine (Machasuzet Bay) to Maryland and inland to Lake Erie and the Ohio River. Numerous settlements and forts are named, including in the western frontier Cumberland, Ft. Necessite, Fort Duquesne, Sandoske Ft., and many more. There is excellent detail of mountains and rivers. Very l...

134		Carte Generale des Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale, Renfermant Aussi quelques Provinces Angloises adjacentes'		Eastern United States Pierre Francois Tardieu		1787 B+		$200.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 16.6 x 10 inches) An uncommon map of the early United States and the first printed map to name Frankland. Also known as Franklinia, it is shown here just west of the border of North Carolina, named Pays de Frankland. In 1785 settlers in western North Carolina and what would become eastern Tennessee organized a state government to be named in honor of Benjamin Franklin. Congress turned down t...

135		Carte Generale des Etats de Virginie, Maryland, Delaware, Pensilvanie, Nouveau-Jersey, New-York, Connecticut et Isle de Rhodes Ainsi que des Lacs Erie, Ontario, et Champlain'		Eastern United States Pierre Francois Tardieu		1787 A		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 25.5 x 18.8 inches) This is an updated French edition of Evans' rare and important map of the Middle Colonies that was first published in 1755. It was produced for St. John de Crevecoeur's book and includes some additions in New England, but fewer than the extensive additions of Pownall's 1776 reissue, according to McCorkle. Crevecoeur was a French-born surveyor who settled in New York, where he produced this class...

136		Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Seple avec le Canada et la Floride		Eastern United States Jean Lattre		1790 A		$150.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 7.3 x 9.8 inches) Attractive and early map of the United States that shows the western boundary of North and South Carolina, and Virginia and Georgia extending to the Mississippi River. A table in the Atlantic names the 13 states with their capitals. West and East Florida are delineated to show them as a part of the Spanish possessions of Louisiane with West Florida extending to the Mississippi River. The...

137		A Map of the United States of America, with Part of the Adjoining Provinces from the latest Authorities		Eastern United States Wilkinson, R		1794 B+		$150.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 10.8 x 8.4 inches) This uncommon map presents a pre-Tennessee configuration. The map covers the region from the eastern seaboard to the Mississippi River. The Western Territory takes in all the area west of the Ohio River with several Indian tribes located and areas of Extensive Meadows in today's Illinois. Kentucky occupies a larger area that appears to include part of today's West Virginia. In present-d...

138		Carta delle Provincie Settentrionli degli Stati Uniti		Eastern United States Francois Alexander Rochefoucald Liancourt		1800 A+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19.2 x 12.5 inches) An uncommon and crisply engraved map describing the northern part of the young United States. The map extends from the Passamaquoddy Bay in Maine down to Delaware and west to Lake Erie. It provides a nice view of early settlements and roads, as well as the mountains and forests. This map is from either an Italian edition of Francois la Rochefouchauld Liancourt's Travels through the United St...

139		States of America		Eastern United States Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon		1814 A		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 8.5 x 7 inches) This attractive, small map of the young nation extends from the Dist. of Main south to Georgia and just past the Mississippi River to show part of the expansive new Louisiana Territory. Includes all of West Florida and just a strip of East Florida. Georgia's western boundary is the Mississippi, and the large, unnamed Northwestern Territory contains the lands that would become Illinois, Mi...

140		Stati Uniti di Arrowsmith		Eastern United States		1815 A+		$90.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 8 x 9.3 inches) This beautifully engraved, Italian map is based on Arrowsmith's similar map of the United States. The new Territory of Mississippi takes in present-day Mississippi and Alabama. Spain is still in control of Florida. The large, unnamed northwestern Tennessee is filled with Indian names. Locates many forts, native villages, and frontier settlements are noted including Miniere di Piembo, an...

141		United States		Eastern United States John C. Russell		1822 A		$190.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 9.8 x 8 inches) This unusual small map covers the eastern United States and what was then the frontier region just west of the Mississippi River. It shows the United States following the Missouri Compromise with both the state and territory of Missouri depicted. Other territories include Michigan, Northwest, and Arkansas, the capital of which is Arkopolis, shown in its large configuration. The states of...

142		[Lot of 6 - Revolutionary War Plans]		Eastern United States Marshall		1825 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) Lot of six maps from this important and early history of the American Revolution published by J. Crissy. Each map has abundant details, including relevant locations and illustrations representing ships and armies distinguished by color. They delineate the positions and movements of General Washington, and several other British and American generals at important stages of the American Rev...

143		United States of America		Eastern United States John Melish		1827 B		$400.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 21.4 x 17 inches) This map of the United States extends west to the Rocky Mountains and provides a detailed view of the region based on information from the expeditions of Lewis & Clark and Pike. A notation at the western edge of the map shows where "Clarks Canoes stop 3000 miles from the Mississippi." The Missouri Territory takes in the entire northern plains region from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains. ...

144		Mitchell's Travellers Guide Through the United States. A Map of the Roads, Distances, Steam Boat & Canal Routes & c. by J.H. Young		Eastern United States Samuel Augustus Mitchell		1833 B+		$850.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 21.7 x 17.3 inches) This fine pocket map shows the United States west to the Mississippi River and a little beyond to include a small portion of Missouri Territory. The map is very detailed and features nine insets; namely the Vicinity of Philadelphia, Washington, Charleston, Boston, New York, Cincinnati, Albany, New Orleans plus the Vicinity of the Falls of Niagara. The labyrinth of canals and early roads a...

145		Map of the United States		Eastern United States H. Phelps		1836 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19.8 x 19 inches) This is a scarce pocket map published by James Webster from Humphrey Phelps' plate of 1832. Phelp's name has been erased and Webster's has been added on the lower right. George Washington's portrait decorates this map along with a chart of the population of the United States in 1830. The map shows a large Missouri Territory reaching from Missouri and stretching to the Rocky Mountains. Wisconsi...

146		United States		Eastern United States		1842 B+		$95.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 8.3 x 10.5 inches) This is an early printed color map of the Untied States, most likely printed by Morris & Breese. The map shows all of the United States to the Mississippi River and north to include Upper Canada. The entire north central portion including Canada is shaded to indicate the area contemplated for colonization of "the Irish Catholic Poor by sending them to America." This fascinating map is bound as ...

147		To the Independent Mariners of America, This Chart of their Coast from Savannah to Boston Is most Respectfully Dedicated by their most Obliged & Grateful Servant		Eastern United States John Williams Norie		1852 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 61.3 x 25.3 inches) This rare large-scale, blue-backed chart covers the eastern coast of the United States from St. Mary's inlet in Georgia to Penmanquid Point in Maine. Oriented with north to the right, the chart is densely engraved with navigational information including shoals, tidal directions, the gulf stream, soundings, and bottom textures. The numerous lighthouses are graphically illustrated with each hand-c...

148		[Lot of 3] Illinois [and] Delaware [and] West Virginia		U.S. States - Illinois, Delaware, West Virginia Ruth Taylor White		1932		$110.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 8.5 x 11.5 inches) Ruth Taylor White's charming pictorial maps are among the most popular collectible maps of the early 20th century. These whimsical maps, often known as cartographs, combine graphic style, color and comical observation. Caricatures representing the various industries and attractions overlay each state's geography, with major cities located. Many of her caricatures are considered politically inco...

149		A New and accurate Map of the Colony of Massachusets Bay, in North America from a Late Survey		Colonial New England Anonymous		1780 B+		$325.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 12.8 x 10.4 inches) This Revolutionary War era map focuses on Massachusetts and also covers all of Rhode Island and parts of Connecticut and New Hampshire. Handsomely adorned with a wreath-style title cartouche and delicate compass rose, it provides a good view of the towns, roads, early counties, as well as rivers, ponds and waterfalls. The maps issued in the Universal Magazine are among the best executed a...

150		Cram's New Railroad and County Map of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, from the Latest Official Surveys		New England George F. Cram & Company		1879 A		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 20.5 x 15.3 inches) This is an early and colorful pocket map by the George Cram firm. This detailed map of southern New England shows towns, cities, railroads as well as county and state boundaries. Fancy lettering in title, blank verso. The map folds into stiff embossed and gilt cloth covers. Complete with the 10 page index booklet attached to inside front cover.

151		A New Map of New England and New York		Colonial New England and Mid-Atlantic Robert Morden		1693 A		$600.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 5.8 x 4.8 inches) This uncommon little map of New England and Long Island is centered on the Connecticut River and the Boston area. The map has been updated from Morden's 1680 map with corrected river systems and new place names. Still, the map illustrates the general lack of knowledge of the region in the late seventeenth century. A table at left names and locates 32 towns and villages in Massachusetts where th...

152		Pensylvania Nova Jersey et Nova York cum Regionibus ad Fluvium Delaware in America sitis'		Colonial New England and Mid-Atlantic Seutter/Lotter		1760 A		$1,100.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19.5 x 22.5 inches) This is a notable pre-Revolutionary War era map based on Lewis Evans’ map of 1749, one of the first and most important maps of the region. This German version had wider circulation than the Evans map and therefore significant influence on the European view of the colonies. It extends from New England to the estuaries of the Delaware and Chesapeake. The British colonies are confined east of the ...

153		Nova Virginiae Tabula		Colonial Mid-Atlantic Henricus Hondius		1633 A		$1,800.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19.3 x 14.8 inches) This graphic map is Henricus Hondius' version of Capt. John Smith's important map of 1612, drawn from his brother's map of 1618. After the death of Jodocus Hondius in 1629, his widow sold a number of plates to Blaeu. Angry at the sale to a competitor, Henricus and Joannes Jansson engaged engravers to cut new plates, which were largely based on Jodocus' work. This is the 5th derivative of Smith...

154		Nova Virginiae Tabula		Colonial Mid-Atlantic Arnoldus Montanus		1671 A		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 14 x 11.5 inches) This is a very decorative, carefully made map based on the Hondius/Blaeu version of John Smith's prototype of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay. It is beautifully engraved with mountains, rivers, and forests and provides a wealth of information concerning the Indian villages in the region. The title and distance scale cartouches feature putti and a scene at upper right features Native Americans wi...