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392		Map of a tour from Independence to Santa Fe, Chihuahua, Monterey and Matamoras		United States, Texas and Mexico Dr. Frederick Adolphus Wislizenus		1848 A		$500.00		$300.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 16.3 x 20 inches) This is a fascinating map of the early state of Texas during the Mexican-American War that Wheat says is "of considerable value ... A number of routes to New Mexico and across Texas are shown, and Doniphan's campaign is carefully followed from Independence, through New and old Mexico to ... near the mouth of the Rio Grande." Frederick Adolphus Wislizenus, an adventurous doctor from St. ...

393		Etats-Unis du Mexique		United States & Mexico A. Vuillemin		1848 A+		$120.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 12 x 8.5 inches) This delicately engraved map details the Southwest during that short period between the end of the Mexican/American War and the Gadsden Purchase. The Southwest is Nouvelle Californie with its southern border along the Gila River. The new state of Texas is shown as part of the United States, Central America is Guatemala and the Baja is Vieille Californie. Each state of Mexico is ou...

394		Mexico, California and Texas		United States & Mexico John Tallis		1850 B+		$250.00		$140.00*
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 13 x 10 inches) This is the second, and most desirable, state of this fine steel engraved map that was issued during a time of great transition in the region. After gold was discovered in California, the plate was re-engraved to include a vignette of gold panning and to locate the gold regions of California which are delineated through hand coloring. Texas is shown with its original state borders that in...

395		Carte Generale des Etats-Unis et du Mexique Comprenant L'Amerique Centrale et les Antilles		United States & Mexico E. Andriveau-Goujon		1862 A+		$700.00		$500.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 36 x 24.5 inches) This sectionalized linen-backed Civil War period map is very detailed and has attractive full pastel coloring. The West shows the political rarity of Colona in today's Colorado. Superb provisional western territorial boundaries include Dagotah Territory lying in the region between Minnesota and the Missouri River, Nebraska taking in the rest of the region up to the Rocky Mou...

396		Nova Hispania, Nova Galicia, Guatimala		Mexico and Central America Hessel Gerritsz & Joannes de Laet		1630 A		$450.00		$250.00*
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 14 x 11 inches) This fine map is the work of Hessel Gerritsz, one of the most important Dutch cartographers of the 17th century. Most of his work exists only in manuscript and these maps, published by De Laet, are the only Gerritsz maps available to the collector today. The map includes Mexico through Costa Rica with considerable detail. The large strapwork cartouche incorporates the title and distance scales ...

397		Nova Hispania, et Nova Galicia		Mexico Willem Blaeu		1640 B		$300.00		$200.00*
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19.5 x 15 inches) This is a fabulous, decorative map of the western coastal regions of Mexico. It is based on Hondius' map of 1606, which itself derives from Ortelius' 1579 map. Mexico City is situated on a large lake below the elaborate title cartouche with the Royal Spanish arms, figureheads, parrots and other adornments. Several gold and silver mines are located in the central region with a diamond shaped ic...

398		Audience de Mexico		Mexico Nicolas Sanson		1683 A		$150.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 10.7 x 6.6 inches) This is an attractive small map focusing on the region of central and southern Mexico with the Yucatan Peninsula. It is adorned with a drape-style title cartouche. Engraved by A. d'Winter.

399		[Lot of 3]		Mexico & Central America Vandermaelen		1825		$200.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) The Atlas Universel was the first atlas to present all the maps on the same scale (1: 1,641,836), with each map covering an area of approximately 20 degrees longitude (from Paris) and 6 degrees of latitude. It was also considered to be the first lithographic atlas ever published. The maps were meant to be joined together to form a huge globe measuring 7.775 meters in diameter. There was ...

400		Sketch of the Battle of Sacramento. Feb. 28th 1847		Mexico U.S. Gov.		1847 A		$120.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 9.5 x 12.5 inches) This detailed and fascinating little map depicts the battlefield at the Rio Sacramento, south of El Paso, TX, showing the positions of troops with a legend that recounts the action. The Rio Sacramento is a small river just 20 miles north of Chihuahua in Mexico. The map notes that American forces numbered 924, Mexican troops 4223; one American casualty and 300 Mexicans killed. This map was incl...

401		A Draft of the Golden & Adjacent Islands with Part of ye Isthmus of Darien' / A New Map of ye Isthmus of Darien in America, the Bay of Panama'		Panama Capt. William Hacke		1710 A		$1,500.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19.5 x 22.8 inches) Two maps on one sheet. The upper map shows the north coast of Panama with part of the San Blas Islands and features the short-lived colony of New Edinburgh. The Company of Scotland established this ill-fated trading settlement on the Darien coast of Panama in 1698. The colony was well located with a good harbor but within a year the colony failed amid devastating illness and atta...

402		An Exact Draught of the Gulf of Darien & the Coast to Porto Bello with Panama In the South Sea & the Scotch Settlement in Calledonia		Panama Mount & Page		1745 A		$600.00		$350.00*
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 21 x 17 inches) The Caribbean coast of the isthmus of Panama is well charted on this uncommon chart. The anchorages, rocks, shoals and reefs are carefully noted along with soundings. There are numerous notations concerning the location of fresh water, friendly Indians, good land for plantations, the location of gold mines, and a river that runs into the bowels of the country. The center is filled with a...

403		De Stad en Haven van Porto-Bello		Panama Isaac Tirion		1754 A		$100.00		$50.00*
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 10 x 7 inches) A beautifully rendered and highly detailed copper engraved plan of this important city on the Caribbean side of Panama. The map provides a terrific picture of the harbors, towns, forts and countryside. Details include soundings, shoals, rocks and the road to Panama City.

404		[Lot of 2] Map Showing Location of Panama Canal as Recommended by the Isthmian Canal Commission of 1899-1902 and The Panama Canal'		Panama Canal		1905-1925		$200.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) The first is by Andrew B. Graham & Co., 1905, printed color, 32" x 23.8". This great Panama Canal map was made after the French construction efforts were abandoned and in the first year of work by the U.S. It details the canal and proposed ship route from Colon to Gatun, Bohio, Gorgona, Emperador and into the Gulf of Panama at Panama City. The legend identifies the Line of the Canal, t...

405		Aeronautical View of the Panama Canal		Panama Canal		1911 A		$150.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 13.3 x 4.3 inches) This uncommon Panama Canal issue was drawn by Charles P. Gray "Map Maker, New York", copyright F.D. Graves, 1911. It was published by the Central Novelty Company in New York for direct sale and as a promotional item, based on a known copy that carries the imprint of the Hamburg-American Cruise Line. This example carries no imprint but has a price of 25 cents on the front cover. The oblong souve...

406		Peruviae Auriferae Regionis Typus / La Florida / Guastecan Reg.		Gulf of Mexico, Florida and Peru Abraham Ortelius		1592 A		$2,000.00		$1,200.00*
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 18.3 x 13 inches) This was one of the few sixteenth century maps based on Spanish sources; in this case drawing from reports of Hernando de Soto's expedition through the region. There are three maps on this sheet. The most important map (La Florida) is the first printed map of the southeastern portion of the United States. This influential map provided the foundation cartography for the region, particular...

407		Mexique ou Nouvelle Espagne		Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Allain Mallet		1683 A		$220.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 4 x 5.7 inches) First state of this miniature copper engraved map features a large title cartouche and vignettes of a raging sea battle in the Pacific and an Indian battle in the region labeled Louisiane. The map covers the southern part of the present United States from the Baja (*I. Californie*) through Florida and extends south through Central America. French text on verso.

408		Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali ac Regiones Adiacentes, a C. de May usque ad Lineam Aequinoctialem		Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Nicolas Visscher		1708 B+		$1,400.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 22 x 18 inches) This handsome map focuses on the West Indies and covers the region from the Chesapeake through the Gulf of Mexico, with Central America and the northern part of South America. Two lovely cartouches with cherubs and mermaids decorate opposite corners. Eight ships sail the seas and three native canoes are depicted off the coast of North America. A number of interesting cartographic myths appear o...

409		A Map of the West-Indies or the Islands of America in the North Sea; with ye adjacent Countries; explaining what belongs to Spain, England, France, Holland &c. Also ye Trade Winds, and ye several Tracts made by ye Galeons and Flota from Place to Place		Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean H. Moll		1720 B		$2,400.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 40 x 23 inches) This large and incredible chart is filled with so much information, notes, place names and interesting configurations that it almost defies description. The map itself extends west to include the Rio Grande, south to northern South America, east to include the Bahamas and all of the Caribbean including the Leeward and Windward Islands, and north to just show Charles Town. The rich silver ...

410		[Lot of 2] A Map of the West-Indies &c. Mexico or New Spain' [and] Indes Occidentales Corrigees et Augmentees		Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean		1729-1803 A		$350.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1) This small map by Herman Moll covers the southern part of the United States, eastern and southern Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America. Florida is shown as a stubby peninsula and the Gulf Coast cartography is still a bit confused. The huge Carolina colony includes Georgia. The map is filled with fascinating notations concerning the movements of Spain's wealthy g...

411		A Map of the British Empire in America with the French, Spanish and Hollandish Settlements adjacent thereto by Henry Popple		Gulf of Mexico Popple/Covens & Mortier		1740 B+		$2,500.00		$1,600.00*
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 20.6 x 23 inches) This striking map, which stands completely on its own merits with full borders and a superb cartouche, is actually part of Covens & Mortier's reduction of Henry Popple's extremely influential map of the British possessions in North America. Popple's chart was original published in 20 sheets and the Amsterdam firm of Covens and Mortier reduced it to four, more manageable sheets. This sheet is the...

412		An Accurate Map of the West Indies, Exhibiting not only all the Islands possess'd by the English, French Spaniards, & Dutch, but also all Towns and Settlements on the Continent of America adjacent thereto		Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Emanuel Bowen		1740 A		$250.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 14.5 x 11.5 inches) A handsome and fully engraved map covering the Southern U.S., Central America, the West Indies and northern South America. It presents a fascinating configuration of Florida as wedge-shaped with a flat bottom. The chart is covered with interesting notations concerning the history of the region, territorial claims, and the Spanish gold fleet. The seas are fully engraved with ruled lines and an ex...

413		Guayane, Terre Ferme, Isles Antilles, et Nlle. Espagne		Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean & Northern South America Brion de la Tour/Desnos		1766 B+		$150.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 12 x 10.8 inches) This unusual map focuses on Mexico, Central America, northern South America and all of the islands of the West Indies. There is no topographical detail shown in North America or below the Amazon River. The coloring illustrates the various colonial possessions and symbols locate missions throughout the region. The map is embellished with a rococo-style cartouche and highly decorative borders that...

414		A Compleat Map of the West Indies, Containing the Coasts of Florida, Louisiana, New Spain, and Terra Firma: with all the Islands. By Samuel Dunn, Mathematician		Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Samuel Dunn		1774 A		$375.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 17.5 x 11.8 inches) This scarce map was included in Sayer & Bennett's famous American Military Pocket Atlas better known as the Holster Atlas and originally folded to 6" x 4" to fit in the diminutive atlas. The map shows information on coastal features and limited interior detail including watershed and larger towns. It extends to include an interesting depiction of Florida and south to show the northern por...

415		The West Indies According to the best Authorities		Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Dilly & Robinson		1785 A		$250.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 20.8 x 11.2 inches) This early map of the Caribbean provides excellent detail on the islands to include northern South America, all of Central America and most of Mexico. Extends to show the delta of the Mississippi River. Florida is East Florida and the southern portion is oddly shaped with numerous waterways slicing the peninsula into many islands. The region of Texas is labeled New Mexico. With a simple oval ti...

416		Culiacanae, Americae Regionis Descriptio / Hispanoliae, Cubae, Aliarumque Insularum Circumiacientium, Delineatio		Caribbean & Mexico Abraham Ortelius		1579 B+		$800.00		$450.00*
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19.4 x 13.8 inches) Two great early maps of important regions in the New World are combined into this interesting composition. The first covers the region of western Mexico around Culiacan and the Spanish settlement of Villa S. Michael's, the region noted for its silver mines. The second is the first detailed map of the Antilles with detail in southern Florida, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean that is quite re...

417		Les Isles Antilles &c. entre lesquelles sont les Lucayes, et les Caribes		Caribbean Nicolas Sanson		1679 A		$800.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 21.7 x 15.3 inches) Beautiful map of the Caribbean from the tip of Florida to the western coast of Central America and the northern coast of South America. The map shows excellent detail of the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and the Windward Islands. This is the 1679 issue of the 1656 publication by Mariette, with the date changed in the cartouche. The map is decorated with a delicately engraved, ...

418		A Map of The Western Islands		Caribbean Robert Morden		1688 B+		$240.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 5.6 x 5 inches) This scarce little map of the West Indies covers from the southern tip of Florida and the Bahamas through the Caribbean coastlines of Central and South America. The title is enclosed in a wreath-style cartouche. Blank verso.

419		Nieuwe Paskaart van de Kusten van West Indien van Rio Oronoque tot Cartegena Met alle de Caribische Eylanden. Als meede Porto Rico en de Zuyd Kust van Espaniola'		Caribbean and Northern South America Johannes van Keulen		1734 A+		$1,800.00		$450.00*
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 39.8 x 23 inches) This superb large sea chart focuses on the eastern part of the Caribbean Sea. The chart provides a detailed view of the coastlines with anchorages, shoals, soundings and other navigational information carefully noted. The chart was apparently first compiled in the latter part of the 17th century and then updated here with information from Captain Jean Bertrand who sailed between the Netherlands ...

420		A New and Accurate Map of Terra Firma and the Caribbe Islands Drawn from the Most Approved Modern Maps & Charts'		Caribbean and Northern South America Emanuel Bowen		1750 B+		$325.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 16.6 x 14 inches) This uncommon map covers most of the Caribbean from the southern part of Cuba through the Lesser Antilles and the northern part of South America to the Amazon Basin. It illustrates the region that was contested between the various European colonial powers and is filled with information on mines, cocoa plantations, native villages, and colonial settlements. One notation describes Wager's Actio...

421		A Map of Terra Firma, Guiana and the Antilles Islands		Caribbean and Northern South America H. Moll		1752 B+		$200.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 10.1 x 7 inches) This small map covers all of the West Indies and South America, north of the equator. In Guyana, the large, legendary Prime Lake is noted on the Equator, with the mythical city of gold, Manoa el Dorado named on its shores. The tip of Florida is labeled Part of Louisiana and the Great Bahama Bank (Bahama Shoald) is clearly indicated.

422		Algemeene Kaart van de Westindische Eilanden		Caribbean Isaac Tirion		1760 B+		$500.00		$300.00*
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 18 x 13.7 inches) A fine, interesting chart of the Caribbean, also showing part of Florida, the Yucatan, and Central America. Even small islands are well-represented and navigational hazards are marked. Major sea routes are noted as well as the direction of the prevailing winds. Title cartouche and two compass roses decorate the chart.

423		The West-Indian Islands, from The Latest Authorities		Caribbean Robert Sayer		1772 A		$1,000.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 22.7 x 19 inches) This is a very scarce map of the West Indies covering from the tip of Florida through to the northern coast of South America. Florida is depicted with a large interior lake labeled Laguna del Espiritu Santo. The islands and banks of the Bahamas are well delineated as are all the small islands throughout the region. The map was likely drawn and engraved by Thomas Jeffreys, as the map is r...

424		Stabilimenti de Francesi, Inglesi, e Spagnuoli nelle Isole Antille Di nouva Projezione		Caribbean Antonio Zatta		1785 B		$230.00		$120.00*
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 16.1 x 12.4 inches) This handsome and finely engraved chart of the Caribbean shows the colonial possessions of the French, British and Spanish. The map covers from the southern tip of Florida, naming Cape Canaveral, through to the northern coastline of South America and also part of the coastline of Costa Rica and Honduras. There is good details in the Bahamas. The lower part of Florida is a vast group of islands ...

425		Carta del Gran Banco de Bahama Parte de la Isla de Cuba y Costa de la Florida		Bahamas Jose Maria de Quesada		1866 B+		$800.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 23 x 35.5 inches) This is a scarce working Spanish sea chart that delineates the banks off the east coast of Florida from Hutchinson Island to Key Largo, the Bahamas and the mid-portion of Cuba. The chart is quite detailed and includes all the tiny islands, meticulously noted soundings, and many hand colored light-houses. In Florida, Fort Jupiter, with its important lighthouse, is located, along with the tiny to...

426		Insularum Hispaniolae et Cubae cum Insulis Circumjacentibus Accurata Delineatio		Bahamas and Greater Antilles Jan Jansson		1650 C+		$800.00		$475.00*
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 20.8 x 16.2 inches) The first state of this striking sea chart that includes the southern tip of Florida, the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola. It is one of the first Dutch maps to feature the region on a large scale, due to the importance of the Canaal van Bahama, which was used to transport Spanish gold and silver from the New World. The cartography is based on the extremely rare Hessel Gerritsz chart...

427		Is. de Cuba et de Iamaica		Greater Antilles, Cuba, Jamaica Allain Mallet		1683 A		$140.00		$100.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 4 x 6 inches) Two sea battles raging in the Caribbean embellish this map of the islands of Cuba and Jamaica with Florida and the Bahamas appearing on the horizon. The title is contained in a ribbon style title cartouche. French text on verso.

428		Isola Cuba Nova		Cuba Ruscelli		1574 A		$550.00		$325.00*
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 9.6 x 7.3 inches) This is a very early, detailed map of Cuba, based on the work of Gastaldi. Cuba is correctly shown as a very mountainous island, although the overall shape and orientation is incorrect. Trinidad (La Trinitad) appears in its correct position on the southern coast, but the other cities are less identifiable. The map also includes Jamaica, the Caymans and part of Hispaniola.

429		Afbeeldinge in Wat Manier de Silver Vloot vanden Generael Pieter Pietersen Heyn Veroovert Is Anno 1628		Cuba Isaac Commelin		1652 B+		$500.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 14.25 x 11 inches) This is a superb view of the Dutch capture of a Spanish silver fleet in the Bay of Matanzas on the Cuban coast in 1628. Admiral Hein, whose portrait graced the view, captured over eleven million guilders worth of booty in gold, silver, and other trade goods without any bloodshed and set the Spanish crews off with ample supplies for a march to Havana. The captured treasure was the greatest Dutch ...

430		Plan of the City and Harbour of Havanna		Havana, Cuba Anonymous		1762 A		$150.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 7.3 x 7 inches) Well engraved and graphic map of Havana harbor and the fortified town with surrounding area. Depicts many warships, buildings and land-based fortifications, each identified by lettered key. Locates the camps of Generals Howes and Elliot. At upper left the second title is "A Plan of the Siege of the Havana Drawn by an Officer. 15th August 1762." Compass rose with fleur-de-lys. Title as given ...

431		A Plan of the Siege of the Havana, Drawn by an Officer on the Spot		Havana, Cuba Anonymous		1762 A+		$150.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 9.75 x 6.5 inches) This highly detailed battle map was published in the October 1762 edition of the Gentleman's Magazine. The plan of the harbor and region around Havana show the location of warships and other important details during the successful attack of British forces on Havana. This 1762 siege was the final battle in the Americas at the end of the French and Indian War. Locates the fortified city of...

432		I. d'Hispaniola et P. Rico		Greater Antilles, Hispaniola & Puerto Rico Allain Mallet		1683 A		$200.00		$120.00*
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 3.7 x 6.5 inches) This charming miniature map of the islands includes two lines of battling war ships. Title in drape-style cartouche. French text on verso.

433		Isles de Saint Domingue ou Hispaniola, et da la Martinique		Hispaniola and Martinique Gilles Robert de Vaugondy		1750 A		$300.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 20.5 x 19.3 inches) Superb large map of Hispaniola with a sizable inset of Martinique. The nicely detailed map covers the area to include the tip of Cuba and the Bahamas. The map is decorated by a grand decorative title cartouche and scale of miles.

434		Het Eylandt Martanico of Isle de la Martenique geleegen in Noord America of Caribes Eylanden'		Martinique Johannes van Keulen		1730 A		$1,300.00		$500.00*
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 23 x 20 inches) This is a rare sea chart of the island of Martinique showing mountains, roads, towns, forts, churches, anchorages and dozens of place names. Exhibiting fine coastal detail, the chart locates the major anchorages and navigational hazards. Inset at top is a plan of Fort Royal (Fort-de-France) showing the fortification and the nearby town. The chart is oriented with three compass roses and rhumb l...

435		Carta rappresentante l'Isola delta Giammaica		Jamaica Veremondo Rossi		1763 A+		$150.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 12.3 x 8 inches) This is an Italian version of Bellin's map Carte de l'Isle de la Jamaique which appeared in La Petit Atlas Maritime. This example was published in Livorno by Marco Cortellinin. It is a very detailed map that describes this island of the Greater Antilles with its interior divided into named parishes. It shows remarkable detail with scores of place names along the coast as well as m...

436		Pascaert Vande Caribes Eylanden		Lesser Antilles Pieter Goos		1668 B+		$1,100.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 21.45 x 17.5 inches) A fine sea chart with north oriented to the right by a central compass rose. It depicts the islands of Puerto Rico to Trinidad & Tobago and the northern coast of South America, with all of the small islands in between. A pair of galleons and a decorative cartouche grace the map.

437		Carte des Antilles Francoises et des Isles Voisines Dressee sur des Memoires Manuscrits		Lesser Antilles Henry Abraham Chatelain		1710 A		$200.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 12.8 x 18.7 inches) This is Chatelain's version of Delisle's map of the Antilles. It extends from Guadeloupe to Grenade and includes Barbados. Numerous place names are shown, as are the locations of forts, churches, rivers and more. French text describes the European discovery and history of the islands. The most remarkable feature is the upside-down depiction of Grenada.

438		Tabula Novissima atque Accuratissima Caraibicarum Insularum sive Cannibalum quae etiam Antillae Gallicae Dicuntur Item Insulae Supraventum, et in Archipelago Mexicano		Lesser Antilles Reiner and Josua Ottens		1728 A+		$450.00		$350.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19.5 x 23 inches) This is a superb map of the Lesser Antilles covering the islands from Guadeloupe to Grenada. The map was based on Delisle's map of the region as evidenced by its depiction of Grenada up-side-down. A large inset map provides excellent detail of Martinique showing the island divided between the French colonial settlements and the Barbari Habitant.

439		Carte Reduite des Isles Antilles Dressee au Depost des Cartes et Plans de la Marine'		Lesser Antilles Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1758 C+		$700.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 22.3 x 34.6 inches) This large-scale sea chart covers the region from the Virgin Islands to Grenada and Tobago in great detail. Two large floral cartouches; one encloses the title and the other is an inset of the Virgin Islands. Two vignettes at upper left illustrate the approach to Saint-Eustache. Rhumb lines, a compass rose, and minute navigational details make this a superb example of the fine marine cartograph...

440		West India Islands - St. Christophers / St. Lucia / Nevis		Lesser Antilles John Thomson		1816 B+		$100.00		$40.00*
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.

441		Isle St. Christophe ou St. Kitts		St. Kitts Le Rouge		1779 A+		$600.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 23.6 x 18 inches) Le Rouge, cartographer to Louis XVI and a military engineer, copied this large-scale chart from Jefferys' chart that was compiled from surveys by Anthony Ravell. It was produced for use by the French Navy and merchants. It shows the parishes of St. Kitts with plantations and settlements delineated. There is extensive detail of the topography, roads, mills, forts, anchorages, soundings, etc. A ...

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