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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...

155 Carte de la Baye de Chesapeack et Pays Voisins Colonial Mid-Atlantic Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1757 A   $200.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 11.4 x 7.5 inches) Finely engraved colonial map covering most of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware with a bit of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The interior is fully engraved with mountains and great detail along the rivers. An early network of trails and wagon roads are delineated, plus watershed and some topographical information. It extends west to beyond Fort Cumberland and locates Annapolis, Fredericksburg, William...

156 A Map of the Country round Philadelphia including Part of New Jersey, New York, Staten Island & Long Island Colonial Mid-Atlantic Anonymous 1776 A+   $210.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 8.7 x 7 inches) This Revolutionary Warperiod map encompasses the area of Eastern Pennsylvania through Long Island and south to include Chesapeake Bay. The map was issued to illustrate the British Army's objective of defeating Gen. Washington at Long Island and then to march to Philadelphia and put a quick end to the conflict. It is centered on Philadelphia, includes most of New Jersey, Delaware, Long Isl...

157 Map of the Middle States of America. Comprehends New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and the Territory N.W. of Ohio Mid-Atlantic John C. Russell 1794 B+   $350.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 18.2 x 14.3 inches) This detailed map extends from New York through Delaware and west to Lake Huron, Great Traverse Bay, Ft. Miami and Ft. Washington. The area west of Virginia includes several Bounty Land Grants: Seven Ranges, Army Lands, Ohio Company, Donation Lands from the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Colonel Simmes Grant. It also shows Indiana in what is now West Virginia. This region was orig...

158 Map of the Country embracing the Several Routes examined with a view to a National Road from Washington to Lake Ontario Mid-Atlantic U.S. War Department 1829 B+   $190.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 16.5 x 36 inches) A pair of early maps that reflect the federal government's early concern for providing a viable transportation system across the country. The detailed and interesting maps were based on a map by Col. Stephen H. Long, compiled by F. Harrison, Jr., drawn by A.J. Stansbury, and engraved on copper by W. Harrison. The first sheet covers an 80-mile section from just below Washington D.C. to Athens, PA...

159 [Lot of 3 - Chesapeake Bay] Mid-Atlantic U.S. Coast Survey 1857 B+   $170.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) This matched set of charts provides a detailed examination of the northern portion of Chesapeake Bay that includes a surprising amount of detail along the coastal lands. These navigational aids are filled with sailing directions, dangers in the area, and information on tides, winds, currents, etc. Size given is approximate for each chart. Together this set covers the area from where the Susquehann...

160 Sketch of the Country embracing several Routes from Portsmouth Ohio, to Linville, N.C. and exhibiting the relative positions of the contemplated road'between the Atlantic Ocean and the Northern Lakes Mid-Atlantic and Southeast U.S. Corps of Engineers 1832-36 A   $120.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 12.2 x 40.5 inches) This map details the country between Lake Erie south to the Atlantic Ocean near Savannah. The route of the proposed road originates in Portsmouth on the Ohio River and meanders down through Kentucky, [now] West Virginia, Tennessee and to the Vicinity of Morgantown in North Carolina. The National Road is shown running between Columbus and east to Brownsville, PA. The map locates Louisville, Spa...

161 Virginiae partis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumq regionum Nova Descriptio Colonial Southeast Willem Blaeu 1640 A   $1,100.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 19.8 x 15 inches) This striking map of the Southeast is based on the Hondius map of 1606 with marked improvements in the northern part of the map. It is largely from the work of Hessel Gerritsz and unknown English sources. In the Chesapeake Bay area Newport News (Newport Nesa), founded in 1621, is named for the first time, along with Bermouth, Stortingen and Arglas. The cartography in the southern part of...

162 Carte de la Caroline et Georgie Southeastern United States Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1773 A   $170.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 7.3 inches) Delicately engraved map of the colonies of Carolina and Georgia from Albemarle Sound to the Alatamaha River. It probably owes its origin to the 1752 map of the region by Emanuel Bowen. There are numerous English settlements along the coast and Indian villages are located throughout, including a number west of the Appalachian Mountains. There is more detail in the area west of the Blue Ridge tha...

163 Carta delle Provincie Meridionali degli Stati-Uniti Southeastern United States Francois Alexander Rochefoucald Liancourt 1800 A+   $230.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 19 x 13.3 inches) This is a very uncommon Italian map of the southeastern region. The map covers the states of Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina and part of Georgia. It provides a nice view of early settlements and roads, as well as the mountains, forests and Indian villages. Between Tennessee and Georgia is a long strip of land labeled Territorio degli Stati Uniti. This land origin...

164 Map of North and South Carolina and Georgia, Constructed from the Latest Authorities Southeastern United States Albert Finely 1824 C   $650.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 20.8 x 16.6 inches) This scarce map is the earliest example we find any reference for and is a year earlier than Rumsey's 1825 example. The atlas map is more often seen, and this folding pocket map version rarely comes to market. It is an interesting map of the three states that details the counties in transition. In North Carolina Haywood county has not yet given up it's western tip to Macon county; Pendle...

165 [Lot of 2] Map Showing the Route of Marches of the Army of Genl. W.T. Sherman' [and] Map Illustrating the Siege of Atlanta, GA' under the Command of Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman Southeastern United States - Georgia U.S. Army 1864 B+   Available for Purchase     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) The following two maps are complete with pages 1156 - 1218 of the disbound report to provide actual descriptions of the events from the leaders who initiated and prosecuted them. The maps together with these writings provide a fascinating study of these important Civil War battles. For example, on March 31, 1865 General Sheridan writes in his campaign of Atlanta "This force is too strong for us....

166 Carte de la Floride, de la Louisiane, et Pays Voisins Colonial United States Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1757 A   $250.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 11.8 x 8.5 inches) Finely engraved and detailed map of French Louisiana that extends from the Great Lakes and Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico and from Nouveau Mexique to the middle of Florida. The Mississippi River flows dramatically down the center of the map with tributaries including the Ohio River, (l'Oyo ou la Belle), Missouri River, and the Riviere de Moingona in the area of modern-day Des...

167 Florida, et Regiones Vicinae Colonial South Hessel Gerritsz & Joannes de Laet 1630 A   $3,500.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 13.8 x 10.8 inches) This is one of three maps of North America that were included in De Laet's important work on the Americas. It greatly influenced the subsequent work of Blaeu, Jansson and Sanson. It was most likely engraved by Hessel Gerritsz, who drew on the cartography of Jacques le Moyne, as interpreted by Claesz. The Florida Peninsula is here named Tegesta provinc, the name of an Indian tribe that li...

168 Partie de la Coste de la Louisiane et de La Floride depuis le Missisippi Jusqua St. Marc d'Apalache Colonial South Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1744 A   $850.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 16.8 x 8.3 inches) This important early chart of the Gulf Coast covers from New Orleans and the Mississippi delta to St. Marks River & Apalachicola Bay. The shoreline is still somewhat speculative but many harbors, inlets, bays & rivers are indicated along the coast. The Mississippi delta is well represented including the English Turn on the Mississippi River (Detour des Anglois). Shown mostly as a vast gr...

169 Carte Reduite des Costes de la Louisiane et de la Floride' Colonial South - Florida & Bahamas Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1764 A   $2,750.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 33.2 x 22.2 inches) Jacques Nicolas Bellin, chief cartographer to the French Navy, produced a number of important maps of the Gulf Coast. This is probably the most significant one of the region due to both its large size and the interesting depiction of the Florida peninsula as a massive archipelago of islands. The depiction of the river systems of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama is extremely detailed for the p...

170 Georgia from the latest Authorities Southern United States - Georgia E. Low 1810 B   $700.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 15 x 7.8 inches) This is a scarce map covering from the Atlantic seaboard to the Mississippi River, present-day Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. There is good topographical information, particularly for the eastern section. Early counties in Georgia are named and their boundaries given. The interior is labeled Country of the Creek Nation of Indians with several other tribes located and the notation "The...

171 Map of the States of Mississippi, Louisiana, and the Arkansas Territory Southern United States John Hinton 1832 A   Available for Purchase     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 10.5 x 16 inches) A very detailed map showing Indian tribes, parishes, rivers, forts and roads. Arkansas Territory, with early county development, is included. The Mississippi Delta area is especially well-rendered, graphically depicting the swamps. Topography is via bold hachure. Extends to the Sabine River with Mexico to the west.

172 [Lot of 5 - Civil War Battles] Southern United States U.S. War Department 1865   $250.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) The following five maps were bound in the official report of Major General George H. Thomas, which is part of this lot. The disbound report, written from Eastport, Mississippi is "Major General G.H. Thomas's report of the operations of the army under his command from September 7, 1864, to January 20, 1865" which includes pages 1223 - 1252. The report pages are clean and bright, fine. The maps i...

173 A Map of the Indian Territory Northern Texas and New Mexico Showing the Great Western Prairies South-Central United States, Indian Territory Josiah Gregg 1844 B+   $550.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 15.4 x 12.5 inches) This is a landmark map of the western territories, mapping the area from Missouri, Kansas and Louisiana to the Rocky Mountains. This is the first edition of this map, published just before the more common Morse and Breese atlas map, also dated 1844, but published in 1845. Morse and Breese are named as publisher of this map as well. It shows the northern part of the Republic of Texas reac...

174 Upper Territories of the United States United States - Midwest Mathew Carey 1814 B+   $230.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 5.8 x 7.6 inches) This map focuses on Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and the Northwestern Territory. It shows Chicago in the Northwestern Territory, as the northern Illinois border is shown south of the present-day boundary. The spurious Phillipeaux Island still persists in Lake Superior. Excellent detail of the Mississippi River and above to the Lake of the Woods. Detroit is shown with its Canadian n...

175 Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River from Astronomical and Barometrical Observations Surveys and Information' United States - Midwest U.S. War Department 1843 B+   $350.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 30 x 36 inches) This extremely important map is the first accurate map of this interior region of which the contemporary cartographer Lt. G. K. Warren said was "one of the greatest contributions ever made to American geography." The map covers the region between St. Louis and the international boundary with Canada. The map was compiled by Lt. W. H. Emory (under the direction of Col. J. J. Albert) from the surve...

176 Guide Through Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin & Iowa. Showing the Township lines of the United States Surveys, Locations of Cities, Towns, Villages, Post Hamlets. Canals, Rail and Stage Roads. United States - Midwest J. Calvin Smith 1844 B+   $275.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 24.5 x 19 inches) This beautifully engraved pocket map was issued as a guide for travelers and immigrants. It is densely filled with information on Stage Roads, railroads, political divisions, towns and villages, watershed and canals. The areas of Iowa and northern Wisconsin are mostly unsettled. The Indian names are per Schoolcraft in this early edition. A Proposed Military Road to Council Bluffs and Ft. Calh...

177 Nebraska and Kanzas United States - Midwest Joseph Hutchins Colton 1855 A+   $190.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 15.5 x 12.7 inches) This is the first edition of this important and early map of the transitional territories of Nebraska and Kanzas. In 1854, the United States passed An Act to Organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas with this configuration. That act also repealed the Missouri Compromise, allowing slavery in the territories north of the 36° 30´N latitude, provoking violence in the region betw...

178 Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Indian Territory, Dacotah United States - Midwest Roswell C. Smith 1860-62 B+   $160.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 10.7 x 11.8 inches) This map's main feature is the desirable depiction of Jefferson Territory, named here along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Shows early appearances of Denver, Auraria (just above Denver), and Aurora. This extralegal and unrecognized territory of the United States existed from October 24, 1859 until the creation of the Colorado Territory on February 28, 1861. St. Charles, the first ...

179 [Lot of 2] Johnson's Nebraska, Dakota, Colorado, & Kansas United States - Midwest Johnson & Browning 1862 A   $190.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.    (Size: 15.4 x 12.4 inches) This lot contains two of the same map; identical except for coloring. This edition features Nebraska with a long panhandle that extends all the way to about present-day Idaho near Ft. Bridger and Fremont's Peak. Above Nebraska is a huge Dakota Territory that extends all the way to the Canadian border, west to the Continental Divide and east to Minnesota Territory. The map is filled with informat...

180 Johnson's Nebraska, Dakota, Idaho and Montana United States - Midwest Johnson and Ward 1868 B+   $65.00 Closed     Click on the Title for details and to bid 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; extending here into present-day Idaho in the northwest, with Idaho taking up the present-day Wyoming region south of Jackson Hole. There are no counties established. It correctly shows Montana which, along with Wyoming, was previously cont...

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