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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...