The rare first state of an important and in some ways groundbreaking map. The woodblock for this map was destroyed shortly after its publication in a fire in November of 1557, hence its rarity. The map was compiled by the great Venetian cartographer, Giacomo Gastaldi, and appeared in a three-volume.....
Americas. MUNSTER, Sebastian. [Basle: 1540 [c. 1544-50]] Novae Insulae. 10 ½ x 13 ½ inches. Fine early color; some age toning, a few marginal stains, else excellent. The earliest collectible map of the Western Hemisphere.....
The first separate map of the Pacific in a strong example. “One of the most important maps that appeared in the Ortelius atlases ...” (Burden). With its two splendid cartouches and a well-detailed illustration of Magellan’s flagship, the Victoria, this is also one of the most beautifully engraved of Ortelius’.....
Americas/ Beer Making. HONDIUS, J. [Amsterdam, 1606] America. 14 3 4 x 19 3/4 inches. Fine hand color; fine condition with a bold strike. .....
An excellent example of this rare and fundamentally important map, the earliest English map specifically of North America that is realistically acquirable. The Briggs was also among the very earliest maps to include the key place names associated with early English colonization: Plymouth, New England, Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, Jamestown.....
An attractive example of a pivotal map, which inaugurated a new era in the cartography of North America, as dominance in mapmaking turned decidedly in favor of the French. In addition to being one of the earliest obtainable maps to show all five Great Lakes in a recognizable form, this.....
North America/ California as Island. MOLL, H. [London, 1720] To the Right Honourable John Lord Sommers . . . This Map of North America . . . 22 5/8 x 38 inches. Original outline color; few, small wormholes in upper margin, reinforcement in lower margin, else excellent condition. .....
North America. MOLL, H. [London, 1715/ 1731] A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye Continent of North America. ... By Herman Moll Geographer. ... 39 5/8 x 23 7/8 inches. Rich original color with the beaver vignette in gouache; a few.....
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.....
A delicately beautiful map of mid-19th century United States with extensive transportation-related content. Four of the work’s five inset maps focus on rail lines and canals in specific parts of the country. The large inset of the western United States at bottom right completes the picture of the country that.....
United States/ Asia/ Australia/ Early Geographic Education. DAWES Jr., Samuel [Mississippi?: 1820] A Map of the United. States By Samuel Dawes Jr. 1820. [Verso:] Asia. 18 ¾ x 23 3/8 inches. Pen & ink & watercolor on woven paper. Some staining and age toning, three neatly closed splits into.....
