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| DEPOT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE - Carte des côtes du Golfe du Mexique compris entre la pointe sud de la presqu'Ile de la Floride et la pointe nord de la presqu'Ile d'Yucatan: Dresée d'après le observations et las plans des espagnols, et publièe par ordre du Minstre de la Marine . . . Paris, 1800, Coloured.. 598x893mm. Several wormholes filled in, hardly notable. Overall in very good condition. Detailed and important early chart of the Gulf Coast and Florida and dated 1800. First French edition of "the first printed [map] to show and name Galveston Bay" and "the first large-scale printed chart of Texas and the Gulf Coast based on actual sound... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| HUMBOLDT, A. - Carte du Mexique et des Pays Limitrophes situés au Nord et a l'Est Dressée d'apres la Grande Carte de la Nouvelle Espagne de Mr. A. de Humboldt et d'autres . . . Paris, F. Schoell, 1811, Uncoloured.. 423x723mm. Printed on heavy paper. Folded as issued. Usual paper thinning on crossing of folds, reinforced with Japan paper. Significant map of Mexico and most of the United States, up the California coast as far as Cape San Sebastian (above Mendocino), and across to New York, with fairly good detail in New Mexico but the surrounding plains and basins are rather sparsely depicted. There is engraved text on the map describ... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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