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68		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		$800.00 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...

69		A New and Accurate Map of East and West Florida, Drawn from the Best Authorities		Colonial South, Florida		1763 B+		$375.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 8.7 x 7.3 inches) This interesting chart covers Florida and the region as far north as Savannah. West Florida extends to the Mississippi River. It shows the entire peninsula as an archipelago that is heavily fragmented with numerous large waterways that communicate between the Gulf and the Atlantic Ocean. Tampa Bay is here named Bahia del Espiritu Santo. The map also shows the keys and extends to include ...

70		Carte de la Louisiane, et de la Floride		Colonial Southern United States Rigobert Bonne		1780 B+		$110.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 8.5 x 12.5 inches) This handsome map of the American Southeast and the Mississippi River Valley extends from Charleston, South Carolina west to include New Orleans and north into southern Illinois. In this French-produced map Louisiana extends to the Appalachian Mountains bordering the southern colonies. The Mississippi and Ohio Rivers are well delineated. Florida is shown with its panhandle extending west to inc...

71		Carte de la Floride, de la Louisiane, et Pays Voisins'		Colonial Central United States Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1757 B+		$375.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 12 x 8.8 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 De...

72		Gray's New Map of Texas and the Indian Territory		Texas, Oklahoma O. W. Gray & Son		1875 B+		$325.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 15 x 23 inches) This terrific double-page map is filled with detail. It is the vertically oriented edition not to be confused with the horizontal edition from Gray's National Atlas. The state's rapid development is evident with only Young, Bexar and Pecos Territories remaining unorganized. Wegefarth County, shown in Young Territory, was established in 1873 and abolished in 1876 by the legislature when t...

73		Cote Nord-Ouest de l'Amerique Reconnue par le Cap.e. Vancouver. 1e Partie		West Coast, United States Vancouver		1799 B+		$900.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 24.2 x 30.2 inches) This is the French edition of an important, large-scale, chart featuring the coastal topography from Bodega Bay to the mission at St. Domingo on the Baja. The track of Vancouver's exploration in 1792-93 is shown complete with soundings. Spanish missions and forts are located along the coast. The map is one of the best early maps of the Channel Islands and provides excellent coastal topog...

74		Cote Nord-Ouest de l'Amerique Reconnue par la Cap.e Vancouver. 2e. Partie		West Coast, United States Vancouver		1799 B+		$250.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 24 x 29.7 inches) Beautifully engraved, large-scale, map featuring the coastal topography from Point Arena to just below the mouth of the Columbia River. The track of Vancouver's exploration in 1792 is shown complete with soundings. There is an inset of Trinidad Bay in California. During the summers of 1792-94, George Vancouver and the crew of the British naval ships Discovery and Chatham mapped th...

75		County and Township Map of Utah and Nevada		Southwestern United States - Utah and Nevada Mitchell/Bradley		1884 C+		Passed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 22 x 14.3 inches) Large and detailed map of Utah and Nevada. There is excellent detail of mountains, roads, villages and towns, railroads, and the extent of completed surveys. Includes an inset of the southern portion of Nevada.

76		Carte de la Riviere de Cook, dans la Partie N. O. de l'Amerique		Southern Alaska Rigobert Bonne		1787 B+		$90.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 13.6 x 9.3 inches) This handsome map shows Capt. Cook's discoveries in Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet and includes the track and anchor points of the Resolution. The map is inset with Plan du Havre de Samganoodha, dans l'Isle de Oonalaska. A large compass rose dominates the center.

77		Plan de l'Entree du Port de Bucarelli sur la Cote du Nord-Ouest de l'Amerique, par 55°15' de Latitude Nord et 136°15' de Longitude a l'Ouest de Paris. Decouverte en 1775'		Southwestern Alaska Jean Francois Galoup, Comte La Perouse		1797 B+		$110.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 27 x 19.8 inches) This large-scale chart covers a portion of today's Prince of Wales, San Fernando, Lulu, Noyes, Baker, and Suemez islands in the Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle. There is excellent detail along coastlines plus scores of soundings in bays and harbors. Adorned with a simple compass rose with an arrow indicating north. Engraved by Neele and published by G.G. & J. Robinson.

78		Map of Colorado...Issued by the Colorado State Game and Fish Department		Colorado		1940 B		Passed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 32.7 x 24.4 inches) This map of Colorado, issued by the Game and Fish Department, shows all state game refuges in red shaded areas, as well as fish hatcheries located by red stars. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this map, however, are notations made by a previous owner indicating which refuges were opened in 1938 and others that were closed in that same year. Additional information includes an index to the ...

79		[Untitled - Bridge Plate]		Norwich, Connecticut Michel Guillaume de Crevecoeur		1787 B+		Passed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 9 x 7 inches) Interesting plate from a French edition of Crevecoeur's important early collection of essays (Letters from an American Farmer), which shows a bridge over the Shetuket River near Norwich, Connecticut. Engraved by Pierre Francois Tardieu. At upper left above neatline is "Tome.III .Page 517. Crevecoeur was a French-born surveyor who settled in New York, where he produced this clas...

80		Pagus Hispanorum in Florida		St. Augustine, Colonial Florida Montanus/Ogilby		1671 A		$425.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 14 x 10.5 inches) An interesting view of St. Augustine, the oldest city in the United States and the northernmost bastion of the Spanish empire in America. The prosperous city, fort and harbor are bustling with activity. Ships fill the harbor and the foreground is crowded with scenes of indigenous occupation and European colonists. The mountains in the background are fictional, but otherwise the engraving presen...

81		A View of the Town and Castle of St. Augustine, and the English Camp before it June 20, 1740		St. Augustine, Colonial Florida Thomas Silver		1742 B+		$230.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 6.6 x 11.7 inches) This is a depiction of British General John Oglethorpe's first unsuccessful expedition against the Spanish at St. Augustine. The bird's-eye view depicts the Matanza River, the castle, the North and South Channel and warships in the foreground. A lengthy key and explanatory notes fill the bottom third of map. General Oglethorpe was the founder of the American colony of Georgia, which was ...

82		Piano della Citta, e Porto di Sant. Agostino		St. Augustine, Colonial Florida Gio. Tommaso Masi		1763 A+		Passed
Click on the Title for details and to BID on this lot. (Size: 11.3 x 8 inches) This is a scarce and very detailed plan of the port and harbor of St. Augustine with the city shown in a simple block plan with heavy surrounding fortifications. The plan features soundings, fortifications, anchorages, rivers, etc. Map locates Fort Piccolo, Fort Negro, the battery defending the mouth of the port, a sentinel, several roads, and Native Indian cities. North is oriented to the righ...