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74		L'Amerique ou le Nouveau Continent Dressee sur les Memoires les Plus Nouveaux ... Dediee et Presentee a Monsiegneur Law'		Western Hemisphere Jean Baptiste Nolin		1742 A+		$1,200.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 23 x 17.2 inches) This scarce map of the Americas includes one of the most interesting depictions of the Sea of the West (Mer de l'ouest) in North America. The first printed map to show the Sea of the West is Nolin's rare world map (Shirley #605) in 1700. That map was in turn supposedly based on a manuscript map prepared by Delisle. It showed a huge sea that reached all the way into the heart of the conti...

75		Amerique ou Indes Occidentales		Western Hemisphere Robert de Vaugondy (family)		1778 A		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 25.5 x 19.4 inches) This is an updated version of L'Amerique Septentrionale et Meridionale' [1749]. The distance scales are now arrayed below the neatline and the northwest coast of North America extends above California. A Grande Riviere coulante a l'ouest, inspired by the tales of Baron Lahontan, includes the large salt lake labeled Tahuglauks. Other rivers emptying into the Pacific hint at ...

76		Bowles's New Pocket-Map of America, Divided into its Provinces, Colonies, States, Governments, & c. Exhibiting the British & Spanish Empires'		Western Hemisphere Carrington Bowles		1784 A		$600.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 21.5 x 19.6 inches) This large map covers the Americas with an extensive key to the colonial possessions. In North America the United States extends to the Mississippi River and there are 14 states listed. Spain is shown in control of the entire western part of North America and Florida. The British possessions in Canada extend only to the Lake Winnipeg region, and France retains only a small sliver of Newfoundlan...

77		Carte d'Amerique Divisee en ses Principaux Etats avec les Nouvelles Decouvertes'		Western Hemisphere Jean Baptiste Nolin		1792 B+		$900.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 28.8 x 20.5 inches) The era of exploration is dramatically shown on this rare map with the tracts of explorers shown, including Magellan, Mendana, Quiros, Le Maire, Bougainville, Furneaux and Cook. It was first issued by Jean Baptiste Louis Clouet in 1787 with a slightly different title (Carte d'Amerique divisee en ses principaux Pays Dressee sur les Memoires les plus recents, et sur Differents Voyages). In...

78		[Lot of 3 - America]		Western Hemisphere Various		1800-1856 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) This lot consists of 3 nice thematic maps. 1) De l'Amerique, Plan du Tableau..., Didot, 1807 (25 x 17.7") This uncommon map of the Americas shows the political divisions and colonial possessions. Surrounded by detailed historical text and tables of information including the capitals and populations for the United States and its territories. The map includes a rudimentarily s...

79		Carte Generale et Politique de l'Amerique		Western Hemisphere Edme Mentelle		1806 A		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 16.5 x 13 inches) This attractive and finely engraved map focuses on North and South America in an unusual projection with warped lines of longitude. The projection allows the inclusion of Africa and Europe at right, and New Zealand and the Pacific Islands at left. The United States is well shown with Georgia extending to the Mississippi River. Santa Fe is located but the entire Rocky Mountain region and Pacific...

80		Amerique Septentrionale		North America Allain Mallet		1685 A		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 4.5 x 6.3 inches) A charming miniature map of the North American continent featuring the southern part of the island of California. The Great Lakes are open-ended in the west and called Mer Douce and there is a north-south range of mountains called Mont de Suala. Title in drape-style cartouche. Second state, blank verso with German text above the map.

81		America Borealis multis in locis Dei Matrem colit & honorat'		North America Scherer		1699 A+		$1,300.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 13.8 x 9 inches) This richly engraved map shows the island of California with a large, central mountain range. It shows the Mississippi River originating in two large lakes in present-day Canada, and the island of California is depicted with an indented top coast on the later Sanson model. A small part of the imaginary land of Anian is separated from the mainland by the Fretum Anian. This m...

82		Provinciae Borealis Americae non ita Pridem Detectae aut Magis ab Europaeis Excultae		North America Scherer		1703 A		$1,300.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 13.7 x 9.2 inches) This captivating map of North America features a huge island of California, an oversized depiction of the Great Lakes, and a misplaced Mississippi River delta. The interior is packed with a helter-skelter arrangement of mountains, rivers and lakes. There is a hint of the Northwest Passage hidden by the title cartouche. The mythical cities of Cibola are located north of Santa Fe. T...

83		L'Amerique Septentrionale - Noord America		North America Daniel de la Feuille		1706 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 7.4 x 5.4 inches) This charming and scarce small map features a huge island of California with an indented coastline and numerous place names. The British colonies are contained in a narrow band along the eastern seaboard. The Spanish colony of La Floride takes up the region spanning from the Carolinas to Texas, and Nouveau Mexique spans the entire West. Canada ou Nouvellee France tak...

84		Carta Geografica dell'America Settentrionale		North America Giambatista Albrizzi		1750 A		$650.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 16.8 x 13 inches) This is Albrizzi's version of Delisle's landmark map of North America. It is nearly identical to the Delisle map with California returned to its peninsular position rather than as an island. C. Mendocin is the farthest northern point on California, and the north portion of the continent is left blank. The tracks of Cortez, Drake and Olivier are noted in the Pacific, and the Great Lakes a...

85		[4 Sheets] General Karte von Nord America samt den West Indischen Inseln'		North America Franz Anton Schraembl		1788 B		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 23 x 19.8 inches) This is a scarce Austrian map based on the important Bowen & Gibson map of North America and the West Indies (Sayer & Bennett 1783 edition) and updated to include the surveys of Governor Thomas Pownall. The map provides an extremely detailed view of the continent at the conclusion of the American Revolution. The United States is shown with its 1783 treaty border and the French and Spanish...

86		L'Amerique Septentrionale, ou se remarquent les Etats Unis		North America Louis Brion de la Tour		1798 B		$1,100.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 28.8 x 20 inches) The large map provides a good illustration of the state of geographical knowledge in North America at the end of the 18th century. The region east of the Mississippi valley is well mapped. The United States is shown confined along the eastern seaboard but there is already considerable settlement on the frontier. The entire western part of the continent is marked Pays inconnus (unknown la...

87		Nord America und West Indien		North America Joseph Meyer		1825 A		$100.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 16 x 12 inches) This German map features some wildly inaccurate boundaries. The International boundary between the United States and Canada undulates in an unfamiliar fashion between Lake Superior and the Pacific Ocean and the boundary between Mexico and the huge Louisiana Territory follows a similar tortuous route east to west. Alaska is Russisches America and is composed of a narrow coastal strip that ...

88		North America		North America, Texas H.S. Tanner		1836 A+		$550.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 12.3 x 14.6 inches) The independent Republic of Texas is shown, Oregon is to the west of the continental divide, the huge unorganized area between Oregon and Missouri is variously labeled Osage, Mandan, Sioux, Ozark and Wisconsin Districts. The U.S./Canadian border in the west extends far north into present-day British Columbia. The information gathered by Lewis and Clark is evident in the depiction o...

89		North America		North America, Texas SDUK		1843 A		$100.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 12.3 x 15 inches) Detailed and finely engraved map portraying an Independent Texas and Mexico controlling Nueva California. The boundary between Canada and the United States is left uncolored, leaving the ownership of Oregon Territory (here labeled Columbia) unknown - which is unusual for a British map. Filled with well developed topography, the map names numerous forts, trading posts, Indian tribes...

90		A Map of North America Denoting the Boundaries of the Yearly Meetings of Friends and the Locations of the Various Indian Tribes		North America Religious Society of Friends		1844 B+		$550.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 21 x 18.2 inches) Very unusual map put forth by the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers as they are more commonly known. This map was made for a book entitled Some Account of the Conduct of the Religious Society of Friends Towards the Indian Tribes. . ., that was made for meetings held by the Quakers called Aborigines' Committee of the Meeting of the Sufferings. The Quakers held these meetings...

91		Amerique Septentrionale		North America, Texas Victor Levasseur		1845 A+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 17 x 11 inches) This richly engraved map shows the United States extending into present-day Canada up to the 55° latitude line and Russia in control of Alaska. The Republic of Texas is named within Mexico, and Mexico's northern border is drawn according to the Treaty of 1819 (here misprinted as 1810). Surrounded by beautifully engraved scenes of North and Central America including wildlife, a ship strand...

92		America Settentrionale		North America, Texas Francesco Pagnoni		1854 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 13 x 16.3 inches) This uncommon Italian produced map features good detail and fine engraved lines. The Republic of Texas (Rep. di Texas) is named. However, the geography of the western U.S. is confused with old and new territorial boundaries intermingled. Utah is huge, New Mexico shows a pre-Gadsden Purchase border and the entire Northwest is Oregon Territory. Alaska is well formed and labeled