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Haemisphaerium stellatum Australe aequali sphaerum proportione.
In this arresting work, constellations of the southern skies, as if viewed from deep in space, can be seen superimposed over a portion of the earth. The area depicted “beneath” the stars extends from the United States to the South Pole and includes all of South America. Because this chart.....
St. Lawrence River. VAN KEULEN, Gerard [Amsterdam: 1717] Nouvelle Carte de la Riviere de Canada ou St. Laurens… [Imprint:] Imprime et donne au Lumiere pare Gerard Van Keulen…A. Amsterdam. 20 ½ x 23 ¾ inches. Trimmed close at lower right with very slight loss, two corners extended & side margins.....
Carte Tres Curieuse de la Mer du Sud.
A splendid example, with rich, vibrant hand color, of a wall map of extraordinary intricacy and detail: "one of the most decorative maps of North America of the 18th century" (Tooley). Its elaborate illustrations provide a panorama of the Discovery Period, colorfully depicting the mores, rituals and practices of indigenous.....
Carte des Antilles Francoises et des Isles Voisines.
A very handsome example of De l’Isle’s map of the French Antilles, covering an area stretching from Guadeloupe in the north to Grenada in the south. Included on it are St. Vincent and the Grenadines, showing and naming both Bequia and Mustique. This is the Amsterdam edition of the map.....
Forts Montgomery & Clinton/ Hudson River/ Revolutionary War. DES BARRES, J. F. W. [London, c. 1778-1781] Three Untitled Aquatints with Etching on a Single Sheet Showing the above forts from three different perspectives. Image area: 26 x 18 ½ inches. Light staining along vertical fold, else excellent condition. Extremely.....
EVANS, Lewis/ FRANKLIN, Benjamin (printer)/ TURNER, James (engraver) [Philadelphia, 1755] A general MAP of the MIDDLE BRITISH COLONIES, in AMERICA; Viz VIRGINIA, MÀRILAND, DÈLAWARE, PENSILVANIA, NEW-JERSEY, NEW-YORK, CONNECTICUT, and RHODE ISLAND: Of AQUANISHUONÎGY, the Country of the Confederate Indians; … By Lewis Evans. 1755. The upper left cartouche reads: To the Honourable.....
Northeast/ Mid Atlantic/ Old Northwest. ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, Didier. [Paris, 1755] Amerique Septentrionale, dressee, sur les Relations les plus modernes des Voyageurs et Navigateurs 18 ¾ x 22 ¾ inches. Original outline color; excellent condition. First state of a well-detailed map of a soon-to-be contested part.....
Plan of the City of New York, in North America: Surveyed in the Years 1766 & 1767.
Rare; a superb example of the best executed and most beautiful, printed map one can acquire of early New York, and arguably, the masterpiece of 18th century, American, urban cartography. In addition to a plan of the city itself, the work provides a remarkable evocation of the pre-development landscape of.....
Carte des Decouvertes des Russes dans la Mer Orientale….
A scarce, attractively engraved map, from Russian sources, focusing on northeastern Russia, the Bering Strait and its islands, and Alaska. It appeared in M. Marbault’s Essai sur le commerce de Russie…, which is an account of Russian trade as well as a history of Russian explorations in the areas depicted.....
A Sketch of the Operations of His Majesty’s Fleet and Army under the Command of Vice Admiral the Rt. Hble. Lord Viscount Howe and Genl. Sr. Wm. Howe K. B. in 1776.
"One of the greatest of the Atlantic Neptune charts, with the best topographical information on the lower Hudson River valley, western Long Island, and Staten Island” (Nebenzahl, Bibliography). A rare and highly evocative map that provides a cartographic overview of both the ground and naval actions of the Revolutionary War.....
Five New York Harbor Views.
New York City/ American Revolution/ Navigation. DES BARRES, J. F. W. [London, Octr. 4, 1777] Five Profile Views from Various Points in New York Harbor, Including One Showing the City Itself. 28 x 18 ¼ inches. Aquatints with delicate, original wash color; fine condition. .....
Untitled Nautical Chart of Eastern Long Island, Block Island & Parts of the Connecticut Coast & Narragansett Bay.
A rare and most unusual chart that provided the best mapping of eastern Long Island, including Shelter Island, and Block Island to date. That the chart was only partially finished affords us a rare look at what an 18th-century map in mid process would look like. In relatively complete form.....
Sketch of the Position of the British Forces at Elizabeth Town Point after their Return from Connecticut Farm, in the Province of East Jersey….
A superb example of this rare and finely engraved plan of the Battle of Elizabeth Town, New Jersey, after a manuscript by the great military cartographer John Hills. The work chronicles one of the rare engagements in the New York/ New Jersey area of the protracted middle period of the.....
Plan d’ York en Virginie avec les attaques et les Campemes de l’Armee combinee de France et d’ Amerique.
Attractive map showing the English, French and American positions at the Battle of Yorktown with French and American units named. Washington’s headquarters, as well as those of the French commanders, are shown. From F. Soules’ Histoire des troubles de l’Amerique Anglaise.