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Rivage du port Saint-Nicolas.

Exquisite contemporary colored lithograph of Port Saint-Nicolmas Bay in most southern part of South America, with Dumont D'Urville's officers making landfall. Drawn by E....

$300 / ≈ €281

Maker / Publisher: DUMONT D'URVILLE, J.
Place & Date: Paris, 1846

Occidentalis Americae partis.

The most beautifully engraved early map of the Caribbean, including Florida and the Southeast. The map includes representations of Columbus' ships and various notes regar...

$6500 / ≈ €6082

Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594

Nieuwe Wassende Graadige Pas-kaart van de Kust van Guinea en Brasilia.

Rare two-sheet sea chart of the coasts of Brazil, West Africa and South Africa, published by Johannes Van Keulen (the younger), circa 1720.The chart shows the western coa...

$1800 / ≈ €1684

Maker / Publisher: VAN KEULEN, G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1751

Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio.

This is the second copperplate of Ortelius' map showing the western hemisphere, showing the prominent bulge in the South American coastline. An important map because of i...

$5500 / ≈ €5146

Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1579

The Coast of New Found Land From Salmon Cove to Cape Bonavista. . . [together with] The Coast of New Found Land from Cape-Raze to Cape St-Francis.

Two charts showing the coast of New Found Land from Salmon Cove to Cape Bonavista and from Cape-Raze to Cape St-Francis. With inset chart of Trinity HarborGrierson publis...

$2000 / ≈ €1871

Maker / Publisher: MOUNT & PAGE / BOULTER GRIERSON
Place & Date: Dublin, 1767

The Harbour of Casco Bay and Islands Adjacent Bt Capt. Cyprian Southicke.

The earliest printed chart of Casco Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Maine on the southern coast of Maine, New England. First issued in 1720 by Mount and Page, it remained in...

$3000 / ≈ €2807

Maker / Publisher: MOUNT & PAGE / BOULTER GRIERSON
Place & Date: Dublin, 1767

Nova Virginiae Tabula.

A fine example of Blaeu's map of Virginia and the Chesapeake region is based on the first state of Smith's map, 1612, and is slightly larger and more expertly engraved.Th...

$2750 / ≈ €2573

Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1640

(Totius Americae nova et exacta tabula ex) optimis tum geographorum tum aliorum scriptis collecta et ad hodiernam regnorum principatuum et maiorum partium distinctionem accomodata.

Eastern part of a two-sheet map of America, with attribution to Willem Blaeu. According to Philip Burden, the map was derived from Cornelius Danckert's 1647 map of the sa...

$5000 / ≈ €4679

Maker / Publisher: ROSSI, G. / BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Rome, 1679

[Incas lay siege to Cusco.]

Atahualpa’s brother, Manco, organized a long and bloody siege to reoccupy the Inca capital, which eventually spread to open rebellion throughout the land. Pizarro, who ...

$125 / ≈ €117

Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

[The Dutch covalesce on the Isle Santa Clara.]

Many of the Dutch were in poor health after their Atlantic crossing and when they found an island to the north of Rio de Janeiro, called Santa Clara, (I. do Francez) they...

$125 / ≈ €117

Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

[Soil map] Virginia-Maryland-West Virginia, Leesburg sheet.

Early color lithographed soil map by Julius Bien & Co. in New York for Department of Agriculture. Legends at side give detail on soil type, etc. They also include int...

$60 / ≈ €56

Maker / Publisher: U.S. DEPT. OF ARGICULTURE
Place & Date: New York, 1903

A-Na-Cam-E-Gish-Ca. A Chippeway Chief.

Half-length portrait of Anacamegishca, bare-chested, wearing a blanket and a peace medal. A-Na-Cam-E-Gish-Ca (1785-1862) - was a Chippeway Indian Chief. The Chippewa is o...

$350 / ≈ €328

Maker / Publisher: MCKENNEY, T and HALL, J.
Place & Date: Philadelphia, 1837

Ca-Ta-He-Cas-Sa-Black Hoof. Principal Chief of the Shawanoes.

Half-length portrait of Catahecassa wearing a dark colored jacked, grey vest, white shirt, and grey head scarf.A wonderful hand colored lithograph of Ca-Ta-He-Cas-Sa-Blac...

$300 / ≈ €281

Maker / Publisher: MCKENNEY, T and HALL, J.
Place & Date: Philadelphia, 1837

Major Ridge. A Cherokee Chief.

Head and shoulders portrait of Major Ridge,(1771-1839) wearing a blue jacket, gold or yellow vest, white shirt, and black cravat. A Cherokee Chief, who as a Cherokee lead...

$350 / ≈ €328

Maker / Publisher: MCKENNEY, T & HALL, J.
Place & Date: Philadelphia, 1837

Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France.

A later edition of Guillaume De l'Isle's map. It still includes the fictitious discoveries of Baron de Lahoutan: the legendary River Longue etc. The northwest corner of H...

$1100 / ≈ €1029

Maker / Publisher: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1730

Guyana, Surinam, Amapa.

Very rare Ottoman printed map of Guyana, Suriname and Amapa. With Trinidad, an inset map of the mouth of the Rivers Essequibo, Courantyne, Suriname with Paramaribo.From C...

$1750 / ≈ €1638

Maker / Publisher: RAIF EFENDI
Place & Date: Üsküdar (Istanbul), 1803

Carte des Iles Hawaii.

A lovely small map of the complete chain of Pacific islands known today as the Hawaiian islands, from Dumont d'Urville's atlas "Voyage pittoresque autour du Monde.&q...

$500 / ≈ €468

Maker / Publisher: DUMONT D'URVILLE, Jules.
Place & Date: Paris, 1834

Americae Pars Magis Cognita. Chorographia nobilis & opulentae Peruanae Provinciae, atque Brasiliae, . . . MDXCII

First state. Although a map of South America it does include much of what is now the southern United States. There are two elaborate, strap-work cartouches with the one a...

$6500 / ≈ €6082

Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1592

Town of Bedford Westchester Co. NY.

Fine lithographed map of the town of Bedford. The map provides the names of specific homeowners, as well as information about the occupations and physical locations of th...

$100 / ≈ €94

Maker / Publisher: DE BEERS, F.W.
Place & Date: New York, 1867

Plan of Yonkers Town of Yonkers Westchester Co. N.Y. . . .

Fine lithographed map of Yonkers, New York. The map provides the names of specific homeowners, as well as information about the occupations and physical locations of the ...

$200 / ≈ €187

Maker / Publisher: DE BEERS, F.W.
Place & Date: New York, 1867

Plan of the Borough of New Rochelle, Westchester Co. N.Y.

Fine lithographed map of the plan of the Borough of New Rochelle. The map provides the names of specific homeowners, as well as information about the occupations and phys...

$125 / ≈ €117

Maker / Publisher: DE BEERS, F.W.
Place & Date: New York, 1867

Plan of the Beekmanton Tarryntown and Ivring. Westchester Co. N.Y.

Fine lithographed map of the plan of the Beekmantown, Tarrytown, and Irving, New York. The map provides the names of specific homeowners, as well as information about the...

$110 / ≈ €103

Maker / Publisher: DE BEERS, F.W.
Place & Date: New York, 1867

New Jersey entworfen von D.F. Sotzmann. Hamburg bey Carl Ernst Bohn 1796 . . . NO.VIII

Extremely rare map of New Hampshire prepared by Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann for Christopher Ebeling's "Erdbeschreibung von Amerika", a project ended after only te...

$5000 / ≈ €4679

Maker / Publisher: SOTZMANN, D.F.
Place & Date: Hamburg, Carl Ernst Bohn, 1797

New Yok entworfen von D.F. Sotzmann. Hamburg bey Carl Ernst Bohn 1799 . . . NO.VII

An extremely rare map of New York prepared by Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann for Christopher Ebeling's "Erdbeschreibung von Amerika", a project ended after only ten ...

$6000 / ≈ €5614

Maker / Publisher: SOTZMANN, D.F.
Place & Date: Hamburg, Carl Ernst Bohn, 1799

Rhode Island entworfen von D.F. Sotzmann. Hamburg bey Carl Ernst Bohn 1798 . . . NO.V

Extremely rare map of Rhode Island prepared by Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann for Christopher Ebeling's "Erdbeschreibung von Amerika", a project ended after only ten...

$5000 / ≈ €4679

Maker / Publisher: SOTZMANN, D.F.
Place & Date: Hamburg, Carl Ernst Bohn, 1797

Americae Nova Descriptio.

Final state. According to Philip Burden, "this scarce map is America's first single-sheet map with decorative borders." A re-issue of the 1614 plate by Pieter v...

$16000 / ≈ €14971

Maker / Publisher: VISSCHER, N.J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1652

A plan of the City and Environs of Philadelphia. . .

The Lotter edition of Scull & Heap's seminal Philadelphia map, which map was first issued in 1752.Holmes' grid plan for the city is shown, situated between the rivers...

$4500 / ≈ €4211

Maker / Publisher: LOTTER, M.A.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1777

North and South America At-A-Glance.

A clever device for demonstrating the statistics of each country, the Area, Population, Population per Sq. Mile, Highest Elevation, Principal River, Currency, Capital, Fo...

$300 / ≈ €281

Maker / Publisher: THE INTERNATIONAL AT-A-GLANCE CHART CO.
Place & Date: New York & London: International At-A-Glance Chart Co. 1931

United States At-A-Glance.

A clever device for demonstrating the statistics of each state, the Area, Population, Highest Elevation, Principal River, Capital, railroad Mileage, Date Entered Union, P...

$300 / ≈ €281

Maker / Publisher: THE INTERNATIONAL AT-A-GLANCE CHART CO.
Place & Date: New York & London: International At-A-Glance Chart Co. 1931

Mar del Zur, Hispanis Mare Pacificum.

Janssonius' fine chart of the Pacific including the west coast of America with California shown as an island, Japan and a small Australian coastline. This is the earliest...

$2500 / ≈ €2339

Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1650

20 small lithographed views of Washington DC and Georgetown.

20 small lithographed town-views of Washington DC and Georgetown, cut out from a larger sheet. Showing the East Front of the Capitol, Treasury, Smithsonian Institute, Pre...

$800 / ≈ €749

Maker / Publisher: WEBER, E.
Place & Date: Casimir Bohn, Washington, D.C.: 1849

Maris Pacifici.

From the rare Dutch text edition of the Theatrum of which according to van den Broecke only 100 copies are printed.This was the first printed map to be devoted solely to ...

$7500 / ≈ €7018

Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598

Kiepert's Physikalische Wandkarten. VI. Nord-America.

Large folding school wall map of North and Central America printed in chromo-lithography. Published by Dieter Reimer and printed by Leopold Kraatz in Berlin. Three inset...

$900 / ≈ €842

Maker / Publisher: KIEPERT, H.
Place & Date: Berlin, Dieter Reimer, 1864

Plano de los Ferro-Carriles de Republica Argentina 1902.

Folding rail road map of Argentina, with inset of Buenos Aires in upper right corner.

$500 / ≈ €468

Maker / Publisher: MONQAUT / VAZQUEZ MILLAN
Place & Date: Buenos Aires, ca. 1902

Il Cuscho citta principale della provincia del Peru.

A very desirable and scarce item of this decorative and early bid's-eye town-plan of the Inca city of Cuzco. Several figures shown inside the city walls and on the hillsi...

$1100 / ≈ €1029

Maker / Publisher: DE BELLEFOREST, F.
Place & Date: Lyons, 1564

Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Descriptio.

Second state of Visscher's map of the Americas, this decorative map greatly influenced the cartography of the Americas both geographically and artistically.Although it di...

$2000 / ≈ €1871

Maker / Publisher: VISSCHER, N.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1677

Poli Arctici, et circumiacentium terrarum descriptio novissima. . .

A re-issue of the Hondius' plate. A particularly decorative map of the North Pole with Iceland. Several Dutch names in Labrador. The toponymy in Canada reflects the conti...

$2500 / ≈ €2339

Maker / Publisher: HONDIUS, H. / DE WIT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660

Manuscript plan of Havana harbour.

Manuscript chart with good nautical detail and soundings of Havana harbour.

$1500 / ≈ €1404

Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Spain c.1820

New York Ferry Boat. (Bac à vapeur de New York).

A very decorative print showing the New York Ferry Boat "Fulton," published by Currier & Ives. The Ferry boat "Fulton" sails to the right. A singl...

$550 / ≈ €515

Maker / Publisher: CURRIER / IVES.
Place & Date: New York, ca. 1875

Les Isles Terceres. . .

Uncommon map of the Azores. Engraved by Sommer. Du Val is mentioned as the cartographer and the publisher was Pierre Mariette.

$450 / ≈ €421

Maker / Publisher: DU VAL, P.
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1650 - 1676

Les deux poles articque ou septentrional et antarticque..

A double hemisphere map to the North and South poles. The North pole is connected to Greenland and Spitzbergen but there is little other detailed coastline in the polar a...

$800 / ≈ €749

Maker / Publisher: SANSON, N. / MARRIET, P.
Place & Date: Paris, 1657

Venezuela cum parte Australi Novae Andalusiae.

Most decorative map with two large cartouches and compass-rose, large group of islands at the mouth of the Orinoco, other islands off Venezuela coast: Margarita, Aruba, C...

$400 / ≈ €374

Maker / Publisher: MONTANUS, A.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1673

Terra Firma et Novum Regnum Granatense et Popayan.

Detailed map of Panama and northwestern South America derived from the Blaeu/Jansson map of the regionFeaturing ships at sea, two compass roses, and two cartouches depict...

$250 / ≈ €234

Maker / Publisher: MONTANUS, A.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1673

Map of the Great Salt Lake And Adjacent Country in the Territory Of Utah. Surveyed in 1849 and 1850, under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert ...

Map of the Great Salt Lake And Adjacent Country in the Territory Of Utah. Surveyed in 1849 and 1850, under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert .. by Capt. Howard Stansbury .. a...

$1350 / ≈ €1263

Maker / Publisher: STANSBURY, H./J. W. GUNNISON/CHAS. PRUESS.
Place & Date: Ackerman, New York, 1852

Carte Réduite De La Partie Septentrionale De L'' Isle De Terre Neuve..

A well engraved and highly detailed chart, corrected to 1767. Elaborate hand-colored cartouche, rhumb lines.Shows northern part of Newfoundland and southern coast of Labr...

$850 / ≈ €795

Maker / Publisher: BELLIN, J.N.
Place & Date: Paris, 1767

La Florida/ Peruviae Auriferae regionis Typus/ Guastecan.

The Chaves map of Florida is a prime example of an explorer's map since it records the recent discoveries of Cabeza de Vaca, De Soto, and Moscoso. The map revealed little...

$1400 / ≈ €1310

Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592

Ilse Paese de' Selvaggi.. Lago Superiore. (Florida and the Bahamas)

Antonio Zatta published an Italian version of the John Mitchell map in twelve sheet. This sheet depicts Lake Superior in the Bellin version, as it appeared on the Mitchel...

$600 / ≈ €561

Maker / Publisher: ZATTA, A.
Place & Date: Venice, 1778

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:...

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&qu...

$4500 / ≈ €4211

Maker / Publisher: DEPOT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE
Place & Date: Paris, 1800

[Canadian Indian traditional garments ].

Aquatint depicting Canadian Indian traditional garments engraved by Gallina. Plate N°32.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernem...

$150 / ≈ €140