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L'Amerique, en plusieurs cartes nouvelles, et exactes, &c. En divers traitez de geographie, et d'histoire. Là où sont descrits succinctement, & avec une belle Methode, & facile.
Third edition, the text and maps of which are identical to the first given in 1657. However, the dedication to Nicolas Fouquet (2 pp.), disgraced in 1661, has been delete...
- $4500 / ≈ €4211
Place & Date: Paris, 1680
Map of Niagara Falls and viccinity.
This Fifth edition, revised and enlarged, is accompanied by 6 lithographs by Hall & Mooney depicting views of the falls and one map by H.A. Parsons entitled "Map...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Buffalo, 1838
Antiguedades Peruanas (Atlas).
Atlas illustrated with 60 chromolithographic and tinted lithograph plates including illustrated title page.This atlas volume was produced to accompany a landmark collabor...
- $1800 / ≈ €1684
Place & Date: Vienna (Austria), 1851
Mappa Aestivarum Insularum alias Barmudas.
Blaeu based his work on John Speed's remarkably accurate map of 1626-1627. It shows the island divided into tribes and lots, and below the map itself appear the names of ...
- $2000 / ≈ €1871
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Virginiae Partis Australis, et Floridae Partis Orientalis.
Blaeu based this map on the Mercator-Hondius of 1606. A number of geographical improvements, however were incorporated, although two large fictions lakes accompanied by e...
- $2000 / ≈ €1871
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Nova Hispania et Nova Galicia.
Map of New Spain and New Galicia shows the city of Mexico situated by a large lake, as well as the location of many silver and gold mines. The map's elaborate cartouche i...
- $1400 / ≈ €1310
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Americae Nova Tabula.
An inset shows Greenland and Iceland. Decorative elements include ships, sea monsters, and vignettes of native Americans within South America. In addition, the map is bor...
- $7500 / ≈ €7018
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
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 t...
- $2500 / ≈ €2339
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova.
Orientated with north to the right. This is one of the earliest maps to concentrate solely on this area of the colonies, excluding Virginia and the extreme north east coa...
- $4500 / ≈ €4211
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
L'America Meridionale . . .
The second edition of Rossi's map of South America, based upon Sanson's map, but with revised Italian nomenclature. From his 'Mercurio Geografico...'. The engraver was G...
- $900 / ≈ €842
Place & Date: Rome, 1687
![[Lot of 5 maps] Kaart van de noord-west kust van Amerika en de noord-oost kust van Asia.](/uploads/cache/19136-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 5 maps] Kaart van de noord-west kust van Amerika en de noord-oost kust van Asia.
- Kaart van de noord-west kust van Amerika en de noord-oost kust van Asia. Opgenoomen in de Jaaren 1778 en 1779. Captain James Cook (1728-79), explorer, circumnavigato...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1795-1803
Le Coste Nord Ovest Dell'America e Nord Est dell'Asia Delineate sulle ultime Osservazioni del Cap. Cook
Cassini’s splendid early map of Cook's exploration of the Bering Strait, made on his Third and final voyage. The title is within a decorative title cartouche depicting ...
Place & Date: Rome, Calcography, 1798-before 1839
Vue de la Rue du Roi, vers la Porte de la Campagne a Boston.
A vue d'optique of the city of Boston. A view of a typical Bostonian street, with buildings opening directly onto the throughway, groups of people, gentlemen, workers and...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1762
![[In Arabic, translates : A map of the United States of America shows its major regional ressources and its natural products]](/uploads/cache/43010-250x250.jpg)
[In Arabic, translates : A map of the United States of America shows its major regional ressources and its natural products]
Chromolithographed pictorial poster of the United States in Arabic language. Showing the United States' main products, regional resources and physical features. The map i...
Place & Date: Washington D.C., ca. 1965
![[Native Americans of village at Nootka Sound].](/uploads/cache/44726-250x250.jpg)
[Native Americans of village at Nootka Sound].
Aquatint depicting people in a Nootka Sound village engraved by A.D Rossi, Plate N° 12 From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouverneme...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Seeking the North West Passage - the British Voyage to Spitzbergen, 1818].](/uploads/cache/44727-250x250.jpg)
[Seeking the North West Passage - the British Voyage to Spitzbergen, 1818].
Aquatint depicting British ships in an Arctic landscape with seals and boats engraved by Paolo Fumagalli, Plate N° 21 From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Mo...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[No title]. [Alaska-North American village with boats].](/uploads/cache/44728-250x250.jpg)
[No title]. [Alaska-North American village with boats].
Aquatint depicting a fishing scene engraved by Paolo Fumagalli, Plate N° 20 From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la m...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
Carte du Bresil Prem. Partie..
Uncommon edition of this accurate map of eastern part of Brazil. In lower right engraved 29a.From Atlas Portatif pour servir a l''''intelligence de l''''Histoire Philosop...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1773
Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas..
Based closely on Blaeu's map of 1630 but with a simpler centered title piece. The map includes the arms of Bermuda and England, and lists proprietors of the various tribe...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Town of Carmel.
Fine lithographed map of the town of Carmel. From : "Atlas of New York and vicinity" published by Beers, Ellis & Soule, 95 Maiden Lane, New York. The map pr...
Place & Date: New York, 1867
L'Amerique septentrionale, Dressée sur les memoires les plus recens. . .
A very detailed map extending from Hudsons Bay to Panama, and including the West Indies. The map is a later copy of Guillaume de L'Isle's foundation map of North America,...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1739
Town of Carmel / Towners Station / South East Centre / Mill Town.
Fine lithographed map of the town of Carmel / Towners Station / South East Centre / Mill Town. From "Atlas of New York and vicinity" published by Beers, Ellis ...
Place & Date: New York, 1867
Carte d'Amerique dressée par l'usage du Roy..
Fine map prepared by G.d'Isle depicting North and south America, the west coast taken north to Cap Mendocin and Cap Blanc with a note Entrée decouverte par Martin d'Agui...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1739
Carte du Mexique et de la Floride, des terres angloises et des isles Antilles, du cours et des environs de la rivière Mississipi. . .
A Dutch edition of De L'Isle's map. It was the first printed map to portray accurately the course and mouth of the Mississippi River. Showing the explorations of d'Ibervi...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1722
Carte du Paraguay, du Chili, du Detroit de Magellan &c.
Large handsome map of the southern part of the continent with good interior detail for the period. The route of 18th century explorations are shown along with notations c...
Place & Date: Amsterdam c. 1745
Carte nouvelle de l'Amérique angloise contenant tout ce que les Anglois possèdent. . . avec la Floride / gravée. . . par Maththias Albert Lotter. . .
As mentioned in the title piece, the map includes the area at that time in the possession of the English, i.e. Canada, New Large, beautiful and detailed map of the Easter...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1777
America Meridionalis.
The title cartouche lower left surrounded by native Indians and an Elephant.A rather accurate depiction and descriptions of South America. Brazil is slightly enlarged and...
Place & Date: Augsburg, c. 1760
Les Principales Forteresses Ports &c de L'Amérique Septentrionale. . .
This sheet contains 19 small but detailed maps and plans of harbours, towns, forts and islands from the eastern seaboard and the West Indies, all but one plan with title ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1733
Serinhaim.
Fine view of a fort in Serinhaim, Brazil, with numbered key at the base. A procession of Portuguese or Dutch soldiers advance along the road carrying a litter. To the lef...
Place & Date: London, 1671
Colonies Françaises (en Amérique). N°92.
A very decorative 19th century map showing the islands of St Martin, St Pierre et Miquelon and Terra Nova. Includes also Guyana. The map is surrounded by portraits, anima...
Place & Date: Paris, A. Combette, 1852
Particularitez Curieuses de l'Ile de St. Christophle et de la Province de Bemarin . . .
Six meticulously detailed and engraved scenes of the island of St. Kitts, also known as Saint Christopher, and the province of Bemarin, indigenous plants, animals, reptil...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte du Mexique et des Etats Unis d'Amérique...
A later edition of De l'Isle's foundation map of 1703, widely regarded as one of the most influential maps in the history of American Cartography. This updated version of...
Place & Date: Paris, 1783
Culiacanae Americae regionis.. / Hispaniolae, Cubae..
Two virtually identically sized inset maps on one sheet, each with a decorative scroll title cartouche. Culiacanae depicts the coastal and inland western region in North ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Amerique Septentrionalis..
A handsome map showing California as an island, open-ended Great Lakes and other details based mainly on Sanson. A large decorative cartouche occupies the area of the nor...
Place & Date: Paris, after1694
Brasilia.
Fine copy of this map by Krystof Arciszewski, a Polish general who worked for the Dutch West Indian Company. The map perpetuates various myths including the Parime Lago ,...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647
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...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Nova Virginiae Tabula.
The map is based on the first state of Smith's map, 1612, and is slightly larger and more expertly engraved. In 1629 the Hondius plate was purchased by Blaeu who deleted ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
![[Another Dutch fleet reaches Lima].](/uploads/cache/41117-250x250.jpg)
[Another Dutch fleet reaches Lima].
In 1624 a heavily armed Dutch fleet sailed from the Juan Fernandez Islands to Lima. The leader of the fleet, Jacob l’Hermite, was in such poor health that he had to han...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[A prisoner of the Indians of Tupinamba, covered in feathers . . .]](/uploads/cache/41101-250x250.jpg)
[A prisoner of the Indians of Tupinamba, covered in feathers . . .]
A graphic scene of fighting and extreme violence. One man is seen covered in feathers, before being sacrificed and killed before the Brazilian tribe of Tupinamba. In 1631...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Town of South East.
Fine lithographed map of the town of South East. From : "Atlas of New York and vicinity" published by Beers, Ellis & Soule, 95 Maiden Lane, New York.The map...
Place & Date: New York, 1867
![[How natives of Paria cope with illness] / Vespucci reaches Lake Maracaibo]..](/uploads/cache/41095-250x250.jpg)
[How natives of Paria cope with illness] / Vespucci reaches Lake Maracaibo]..
Two engravings. [421b] When the natives of those parts, they were bathed in a cold stream, then chased round a blazing fire until they had dried out. Then they were put t...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[How the Inca nobility are buried] / [Bridge of Huaynacapaco]](/uploads/cache/41094-250x250.jpg)
[How the Inca nobility are buried] / [Bridge of Huaynacapaco]
Two engravings. [470] The funeral of an Inca king was a ceremony of great splendor. After digging a large pit, the Indians would decorate the corpse with gold and silver ...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[The bloody battle at Chupas] / [Francesco Pizzaro is killed].](/uploads/cache/41093-250x250.jpg)
[The bloody battle at Chupas] / [Francesco Pizzaro is killed].
Two engravings. [492] Even before Pizarro’s death, a new royal governor, Vaca de Castro, was on his way to settle the turmoil in Peru. He refused to accept Almagro the ...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Nuovo Mondo parte Meridionale.
Uncommon map of South America prepared by Francesco Costantino Marmocchi. Above the map "Geografia Commerciale". From "Il Globo Atlante di carte Geografich...
Place & Date: Genova, Paolo Rivara fu Giacomo, 1858
![[Spanish take over Cusco] / [Atahualpa is garrotted].](/uploads/cache/41092-250x250.jpg)
[Spanish take over Cusco] / [Atahualpa is garrotted].
Two engravings. [486] After Atahualpa was killed, Pizarro set out with his troops to find the city of Cuzco, which he had heard was rich in gold. The journey from Cajamar...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Le Indie Ocidentali ( Antille maggiori e minori, ecc) L'America Centrale . . .
Uncommon map of Central America and the Antilles prepared by Francesco Costantino Marmocchi. Above the map "Geografia Commerciale". From "Il Globo Atlante ...
Place & Date: Genova, Paolo Rivara fu Giacomo, 1858
![[Spilbergen's fleet visits the island of Santa Maria] / [The Dutch visit Isla Mocha].](/uploads/cache/41090-250x250.jpg)
[Spilbergen's fleet visits the island of Santa Maria] / [The Dutch visit Isla Mocha].
Two engravings. [514] On 29th May, 1615, Spilbergen’s fleet anchored further north, off an island called Santa María that was separated by a narrow stretch of water (A...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![Praelium Divrnum. [Spanish fleet defeated by the Dutch] / Nocturnum Praelium [Dutch and Spanish at sea off Lima].](/uploads/cache/41087-250x250.jpg)
Praelium Divrnum. [Spanish fleet defeated by the Dutch] / Nocturnum Praelium [Dutch and Spanish at sea off Lima].
Two engravings. [498] On the evening of 17th July, 1615, Spilbergen’s Dutch fleet encountered, off the coast of Peru near Lima, the powerful fleet of the Spanish, under...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Région arctique.
Decorative map of the North Pole, prepared by Louis Vivien de Saint-Martin (* 22. Mai 1802 in Saint-Martin de Fontenay, died 3 January 1897 in Paris). He was one of the m...
Place & Date: Paris, Hachette, 1877
![[Vespucci lands on the Island of Itius.]](/uploads/cache/40486-250x250.jpg)
[Vespucci lands on the Island of Itius.]
According to the esteemed historian, Las Casas,‘Itius cannot be other than the islands we reach coming from Spain, named Guadeloupe and Dominica.When Vespucci and his S...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[How the Indians cross the river.]](/uploads/cache/40477-250x250.jpg)
[How the Indians cross the river.]
The Indians of Peru had strange ways of crossing rivers. They tied a rope between two poles on either side of a river, then they hung a large basket from this rope and wh...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Amérique Méridionale.
A very decorative 19th century map of the continent colored to show political divisions. The map is surrounded by steel engraved scenes including horses, Indians, mining ...
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1850
United States.
A lovely large map of the Untied States, as it was at the time of publication. Each state shown in a different outline color. Nothing is shown west of Louisiana, Arkansas...
Place & Date: London, 1839
West Indies.
A fine, detailed steel engraved map comprising Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, the Windward, and the Leeward Islands, the northern Columbian coastline, Panama, Gu...
Place & Date: London, 1839
Nieuwe Kaart van de Grootbrittannische Volkplantingen in Noord America waar in Tevens de Fransche Bezittingen en de Landen tuschen die Beide Volken. . .
A map of the east-coast of America from New Foundland till Florida, divided in French and British properties. Reduced size Dutch edition of Mitchell's map of North Americ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1769
Carte qui contient la manière.. Niagara..
A series of 12 engravings together with descriptive text, derived from the works of Lahontan and Hennepin, illustrating the methods of the Indians hunting buffalo and sim...
Place & Date: The Hague 1720
Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre, Nouvelle York, Nouvelle Jersey, et Pensilvanie.
Map of the north eastern part of the United States, from Atlas de la Géographie de toutes les parties du monde .. Ouvrage destiné pour l'education, et nécessaire aux n...
Place & Date: Paris, Prudhomme, Levrault, Debray, 1806
Carte du Mexique et des Etats Unis d'Amérique…
A later edition of De l'Isle's foundation map of 1703, widely regarded as one of the most influential maps in the history of American Cartography. This updated version o...
Place & Date: Paris, 1783
L'Amérique Méridionale, Divisée en ses Principaux Etats.
Map of South America, from Atlas de la Géographie de toutes les parties du monde .. Ouvrage destiné pour l'education, et nécessaire aux négocians, aux voyageurs, aux ...
Place & Date: Paris, Prudhomme, Levrault, Debray, 1806
Pas kaart vande Zuyd kust van Cuba en van Geheel Jamaica…
A nautical chart covering the southern part of Cuba, all of Jamaica and the western tip of Hispaniola and a bit of the Honduras coastline. Insets of "Baya Oristan in...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J. van Keulen, 1697-1709
Uomo del Perù. / Homme du Perou.
Full portrait of a Peruvian warrior. From “Raccolta di … stampe.” a series of historically significant eighteenth-century copper plate engravings by Venetian engrav...
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Carte de L'AMERIQUE Corrigeé et argumenteé….
Separately published map published in 1658 but based on Petrus Bertius map of 1624., this on its turn taken from Jodocus Hondius map of 1618. On the sides he lists the pr...
Place & Date: Paris, 1658
Isle de la Jamaïque.
Map of Jamaica, from Atlas de la Géographie de toutes les parties du monde.. Ouvrage destiné pour l'education, et nécessaire aux négocians, aux voyageurs, aux fonctio...
Place & Date: Paris, Prudhomme, Levrault, Debray, 1806
Selling price: $25
Sold in 2016
![[The manner of making their boats.]](/uploads/cache/40467-250x250.jpg)
[The manner of making their boats.]
The manner of making boats in Virginia is wonderful to behold. They were able to do so without using any iron tool at all. First they chose a tall tree, wide enough for a...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[Ralegh arrives at Orocotona.]](/uploads/cache/40468-250x250.jpg)
[Ralegh arrives at Orocotona.]
On reaching the rapids of the Caroní, further up the Orinoco, Ralegh’s expedition was unable to proceed further by river, so they continued overland, eventually arrivi...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[Mutiny in Jamaica.]](/uploads/cache/40475-250x250.jpg)
[Mutiny in Jamaica.]
On 29th May 1504, Columbus entered St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica, but the Porras brothers and a number of Spanish soldiers on the island prevented him from coming ashore and t...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[How the women tease their captives.]](/uploads/cache/40478-250x250.jpg)
[How the women tease their captives.]
The Indian women led their captive, Staden, into the middle of the hamlet. Then they decorated his head with feathers and his legs with rattles. After forming a circle ro...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![De Sota meets the Inca king near Cajamarca.]](/uploads/cache/40485-250x250.jpg)
De Sota meets the Inca king near Cajamarca.]
When the Spanish arrived in Cajamarca, they found only a few inhabitants. The Inca army was camped in the surrounding hills and the residence of the Inca king, Atahualpa,...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
La parte orientale dell' antico.. messico con la Florida..
A splendid two-sheet map of Mexico, including California, Arizona, New Mexico, part of Texas, Baja California and Mexico (west part) and of the Southeast Part of the US, ...
Place & Date: Rome, Calcography, 1797-before 1839
![[How the Indians cured the Spanish thirst for gold....by pouring it down their throats!]](/uploads/cache/40483-250x250.jpg)
[How the Indians cured the Spanish thirst for gold....by pouring it down their throats!]
A brutal scene depicting native Indians tying down Spanish men and pouring liquid gold down their throats. Scenes of cannibalism in the background.In 1631 Johann Ludwig G...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio
Woodcut map by based on Abraham Ortelius' classic map of 1570, with the huge bulge in the southwest coastline of South America, the Ortelian western coastline of North Am...
Place & Date: Basel, ca. 1588
Town of Kent.
Fine lithographed map of the town of Kent. From :"Atlas of New York and vicinity" published by Beers, Ellis & Soule, 95 Maiden Lane, New York.The map provid...
Place & Date: New York, 1867
L'Ancien et le nouveau Mexique avec la Floride..
Covering Florida, Texas, western part of Cuba and central America. Showing dozens (100+) of place names, extensive river systems, mountain ranges and featuring the Gulf o...
Place & Date: Paris, 1781
Mappa geographica Provinciæ Nova Eboraci ab Anglis New-York . . .
Lower part of the two sheets map of Homann Heirs' edition of Sauthier's celebrated map of New York and New Jersey, made during the Revolutionary War. Appears in Homann's ...
Place & Date: Nuremburg, 1778
Nova tabula geographica complectens borealiorem..
A finely engraved pair of maps designed to be cut and joined together to provide a continuous coastline of North America from the Carolinas to Newfoundland and along the ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1720
Upper Canada &c.
A beautiful, large scale map of Upper Canada, and portions of the American states of New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The province of 'Upper' Canada was created by the B...
Place & Date: London, 1839
America.
A beautiful, large scale map of the Americas. Alaska is named as 'Russian America', Texas is still a part of Mexico, yet to become a republic (1836), before finally becom...
Place & Date: London, 1839
Town of Patterson / Brewsters Station.
Fine lithographed map of the town of Patterson / Brewsters Station. From : "Atlas of New York and vicinity" published by Beers, Ellis & Soule, 95 Maiden Lan...
Place & Date: New York, 1867
Town of Patterson.
Fine lithographed map of the town of Patterson. From : "Atlas of New York and vicinity" published by Beers, Ellis & Soule, 95 Maiden Lane, New York.The map ...
Place & Date: New York, 1867
Donna dell' Isola di Pasqua, o terra di Davis nel Mar del Sud. / Femme de l' Isle de Pâques ou terre de Davis dans la Mer du Sud.
Full portrait of a woman, a native of the Easter Island. From "Raccolta di ? stampe." a series of historically significant eighteenth-century copper plate engra...
- $350 / ≈ €328
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790