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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 Map of the British Empire in AMERICA with the French, Spanish and Hollandish Settlements Adjacent Thereto. by Henry Popple. / Nouvelle Carte Particuliere de L'Amerique . . .

The four sheet Dutch edition of Popple's monumental map of North America, in mint condition. Encompassing the West Indies, Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Central America.T...

$15000 / ≈ €14036
Maker / Publisher: POPPLE,H / MORTIER, J. and C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1737

 


Carte D'Amerique Divisée en ses Principaux Pays. . .

Rare. Uncommon and decorative wall map of America, prepared by Clouet. With superb decorative borders, 170mm wide at the sides and 150mm at the bottom, containing twenty ...

$10000 / ≈ €9357
Maker / Publisher: CLOUET, J. B. L. abbé / MONDHARE, L.
Place & Date: Paris, Cadiz, 1785

 


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

 


Le Isole di Sandwich delineate sulle osservazioni del Cap Cook.

FIRST EDITION on laid paper. Cassini’s splendid map depicts Sandwich islands, old name for Hawaii islands, at the end of the eighteenth century. The splendid cartouche ...

$7000 / ≈ €6550
Maker / Publisher: CASSINI, G.M.
Place & Date: Rome, 1798

 


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

 


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

 


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

 


Novi Belgii novae que Angliae nec non partis Virginiae..

The third state with Fort Kassimier and Philadelphia and nearby placenames added. To the south the Dutch colony of Nieu Amstel. New nomenclature and a key appear around t...

$5750 / ≈ €5380
Maker / Publisher: VISSCHER, N.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1684

 


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

 


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

 


(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

 


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

 


Belgii novi, angliae novae, et partis Virginiae . . .

This example is state 3 of the original Janssonius plate, printed after Schenk acquired the plates at public auction in 1694 from the heirs of Jansson van Waesberge. The ...

$5000 / ≈ €4679
Maker / Publisher: SCHENK, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1694

 


Recueil de divers voyages faits en Afrique et en l'Amerique, qui n'ont point esté encore publiez.

First edition of this collection of significant and interesting voyages, edited by a scholar and book collector who served in the employ of Louis XIV before being appoint...

$5000 / ≈ €4679
Maker / Publisher: JUSTEL, H.
Place & Date: Paris, Louis Billaine, 1674

 


[Printed on silk] Nova Totius Americae Sive Novi Orbis Tabula, Auct. Hugo Allardt.

Hugo Allard’s ca. 1661 map of the Americas, showing California as an island printed on silk. This separately issued map printed on paper is quite rare on the market. T...

$4750 / ≈ €4445
Maker / Publisher: ALLARD, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1661

 


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

 


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, ...

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

 


Pascaerte vande Caribische Eylanden, vande Barbados tot aende Bocht van Mexico ‘t Amsterdam By Hendrick Doncker. . .

First state. Rare. “This chart appeared in the first edition of Hendrick Doncker’s Zee-Atlas, of which no surviving example is known” -- Burden. This is an example ...

$4500 / ≈ €4211
Maker / Publisher: DONCKER, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1659

 


A Map of the most Inhabited part of New England containing the Provinces of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire, with the Colonies of Connecticut and Rhode Island.

A copper engraving in four sheets, published in Georges Louis Le Rouge, in his "Atlas Ameriqua in Septentrional Contenant les details des differentes provinces, de c...

$4000 / ≈ €3743
Maker / Publisher: LE ROUGE, G. L.
Place & Date: Paris, 1777

 


Naaukeurige Platte Grond van den Staat en den Loop van Rio de Berbice Met derzelver Plantagien in de Geoctrojeerde Colonie de Berbice Gelegen. . .

Uncommon large-scale map of Berbice with Rio de Berbice and Rio de Canjewith at the bottom left a list of plantation owners. In top 3 x 3 coats of arms in cartouches. The...

$4000 / ≈ €3743
Maker / Publisher: DE LETH, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1742

 


Carolinae Floridae nec non Insularum Bahamensium cum partibus adjacentibus delinatio ad Exemplar Londinense in lucem edita . . . Ao. 1755.

The German edition of this map of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands in full original colors. Published in Seligmann's "Sammlung verschiedener auslaendischer ...

$4000 / ≈ €3743
Maker / Publisher: SELIGMANN, Ioh. Michael.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1755

 


ISLA DE CUBA [with 2 maps] Plano Pintoresco De La Habana con los numeros de las casas B. May y Ca. 1853. (with) Inset map Puerto y Cereanias De La Habana. (with) 14 views of Havana & prominent buildings.

Lithographic town-plan surrounded with views of the city of Havana including the "Fuente De La India En El Paseo De Isabel 2a." and "Vista Gral De La Haban...

$3500 / ≈ €3275
Maker / Publisher: MAY, B. Y CA.
Place & Date: Havana, 1853

 


Carte d'une Partie des Cotes de la Floride et de la Louisiane, Contenant le Cours du Mississipi...

A well engraved and highly detailed chart of part of the Gulf Coast, dated 1778 that was issued in Neptune americo-septentrionale. The chart covers the area between St. J...

$3000 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: DÉPÔT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE
Place & Date: Paris, 1778-1780

 


Hanc Tabulam continens Laetam Pharnambuci.. . [Brazil].

An extremely rare and decorative map of coast-line of Pernambuco. With one inset: In the upper left corner a map of Brazil, with title in five lines Dutch and five lines ...

$3000 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: PISCATOR,N.J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1630

 


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

 


Histoire de la Guerre Civile en Amerique par M. Le Comte de Paris, Ancien Aide de Camp du General Mac Clellan (McClellan). ...

These 30 maps were made by Vorzet to accompany Louis Phillipe d'Orleans' (Comte de Paris) multi volume "Histoire de la Guerre Civile en Amérique". The set incl...

$3000 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: VORZET, Ed. Dumas
Place & Date: Paris. Michel Levy Freres, 1875

 


Mapa geogra´fico de la mayor parte de la Ame´rica Meridional que contiene los paises por donde debe trazarse la li´nia divisoria que divida los dominios de Espan~a y Portugal. . .

Rare first edition of the map drawn by Francisco Requena (1743-1824) after his expedition to the Amazon in order to delineate the boundary between the Spanish and Portugu...

$3000 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: REQUENA, F.
Place & Date: Bourquin, F. Philadelphia, ca. 1876

 


Pascaerte van Brazil en Nieu Nederlandt van Cuorvo en Flores.

A rare chart of the Atlantic Ocean from the first edition of Hendrick Doncker's Zee-Atlas, of which no surviving example is known.Although the idea of its unusual coverag...

$2750 / ≈ €2573
Maker / Publisher: DONCKER, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1658

 


The Traveller's Guide. A Map Of The Roads, Canals And Steam Boat Routes Of The United States ... Designed for the use of Travellers, By H.S. Tanner.

Rare first edition of Tanner's travel map in pocket map form, in it original red leather covers, with the map and no text, as issued. Ristow says the first edition was 18...

$2750 / ≈ €2573
Maker / Publisher: TANNER, H.S.
Place & Date: Philadelphia, 1825

 


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

 


Amerique Septentrionale divisée en ses principales parties. . .1692. [California as an Island]

A very good impression of Jaillot's large map of North America, showing California as an Island, based upon Sanson's landmark map of 1656. A first state.The map shows the...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: SANSON, N. / JAILLOT, A.H. / MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1692

 


Posesiones de America : Isla de Cuba. [together with] Isla de Cuba. . .

Wall size sea chart and map of land areas showing all of Cuba, part of Florida Keys plus San Adios and Salvador Grande in the Bahamas.Minute topographical, political, and...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: MADOZ, P. / COELLO, F.
Place & Date: Madrid, 1853 / 1851

 


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

 


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

 


Carte de LA LOUISIANE et des PAYS VOISINS Dédiée a M. Rouillé Dediee a M. Rouille Secretairr 'd Etat ayant le Departement de la Marine... 1750

North America from the eastern seaboard to the Rocky Mountains. Based on Delisle's map of 1718 with additions from notes compiled by the Jesuit priest, explorer and histo...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: BELLIN, J.N.
Place & Date: Paris, 1750

 


Cunard Cherbourg-New York.

Original vintage Cunard luxury cruise liner travel poster advertising Cunard Europe to all America fastest ocean service in the world. Stunning design featuring two color...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: TURNER, C.E
Place & Date: England, ca. 1930

 


Insulae Americanae in Oceanus Septentrionali cum Terris..

General map of the West Indies extending from Virginia to the mouth of the Orinoco, and destined to be copied in various shapes by many other publishers. Title cartouche ...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647

 


Mexico, Regia et Celebris Hispaniae Novae Civitas ... [on sheet with] Cusco, Regni Peru in Novo Orbe Caput.

Two bird's-eye views on one sheet: Mexico and Cusco.Showing Mexico City and Cusco, the capital cities of the Aztecs and Incas, with the major buildings shown in profile w...

$2250 / ≈ €2105
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1657

 


Carte des Possessions Françoises et Angloises dans le Canada et partie de la Lousiane. . .

Proof state. Here without the decorations around the title cartouche in the what is called in the reference books the first state the cartouche in upper left . No double ...

$2200 / ≈ €2059
Maker / Publisher: LONGCHAMPS, le Sieur.
Place & Date: Paris, 1756