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americas 125 Finest Chart Of Port Royal From The Colonial Period GASCOIGNE, John. 'A PLAN OF PORT ROYAL IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Survey'd By Cap.n John Gascoigne. Engrav'd by Jefferys & Faden, Geographers to the King. [text: sailing directions].' [London: Thomas Jefferys, Jr. & William Faden Jr., ca. 1776]; copperplate engraving, border: 712 x 581 platemark: 722 x 589mm, in black and white. A good example. John Gascoigne, the marine surveyor responsible for this fine chart, was captain of H.M.S. Alborough, serving in the Carolinas from 1728 to 1734. He drew the original draught of this chart in 1729. Subsequently Francis Swaine re-drew the chart. One example of Swaine's version is now in the British National Archives (the Public Record Office re-branded), and this could have been the manuscript fair copy used by Jefferys and Faden in engraving the printed chart. As befits a chart of its importance, it was quickly pirated by England and French publishers for use in the Revolutionary War, but this original version, as the progenitor is the most important and, as sold separately, the rarest of the different printed versions. Stevens & Tree: Comparative Cartography, 71a; cf. Cumming: Southeast In Early Maps, 204: Swaine's manuscript version. £7,500 126 "Dolley, The British Are Coming To Dinner !!" JAMES, William. 'Map of Maj. Gen. Ross's route, with the British Column, from Benedict, on the Patuxent River, to the City of Washington, August 1814.' 'Mutlow sculp.' 'Published as the Act directs, by William James, May 11.th 1818.' 'Plate V.' 'To face title of Vol. II.' [London: Sherwood, Neely & Co.] for William James, May 11th 1818; copperplate engraving, border: 347 x 393 widest: 365 x 393 platemark: 397 x -mm, in black and white. Originally folded into an octavo volume, with wear and some separation to the folds, laid on archival backing, the binding edge re-margined. From William James' 'War between Great Britain and the United States of America ...', published in London in 1818. This uncommon map shows the campaign of 1814 in the middle states. The first years of the nineteenth century saw Britain involved in a major war with France. The British used the Royal Navy, in a high-handed way, to blockade Continental Europe and enforce an embargo against French trade goods. The Americans objected, and declared war in 1812, invading Canada, which was only weakly defended because of the heavy demands of the Napoleonic War. However, the invasion was defeated and, with the abdication of Napoleon in 1814, the British were able to reinforce the army in North America. A British Army was sent to attack Washington, meeting the American Army at the Battle of Bladensburg on 24th August. The American General threw away the battle through his incompetence, with President Madison almost captured, and Washington left defenceless. Entering Washington, in retaliation for the American looting of Toronto (then named York) earlier in the war, the British set on fire selected government buildings, including the White House, the Capitol buildings, the United States Treasury Building and the Washington Naval Yard, among others, although the exteriors of several of these buildings were preserved by heavy rain from a hurricane, which also compelled the British to withdraw. £400 92
WEST INDIES 127 Rare Two-Sheet Map Of The West Indies MORDEN, Robert. 'A NEW MAPP OF the WEST-INDIES, or the ISLANDS of AMERICA in the NORTH SEA; Together with the adjacent DOMINIONS; Explaning what belongs to SPAIN, ENGLAND, FRANCE, HOLLAND &c. As also the severall Tracts made by the Gallions and Flota from place to place, with other Considerable Improvements according to the Newest and best Observations. By Robert Morden, Printed and sold by Will:m Knight at the Queens head on Snow hill LONDON.' 'London Sold by R: Morden at y.e Atlas in Cornhil, by M.ris Lea at y.e Atlas & Hercules in Cheapside [erasure].' London: William Knight, [ca. 1709]; copperplate engraving, border: 592 x 1017 platemark: 606 x 1032mm, on two sheets joined, in original outline colour. A good example. Very rare two-sheet map of the West Indies, first compiled by Robert Morden and Herman Moll in 1702, advertised in the 'Post Man' for 19th - 21st May 1702 as 'A new and exact Map of the Islands of America in the North Sea ... by Robert Morden, and Hermon Moll. Sold by Robert Morden at the Atlas in Cornhil, by Mrs. Lea at the Atlas in Cheapside, and by J. Seller & C. Price at the Armitage Stairs.' As such it precedes the much better known Moll two-sheet map from 'The World Described', but has a similar appearance, with the insets of Vera Cruz, Porto Bello, Havana and Cartagena. This later state inserts William Knight's imprint in the title, and has the names of Seller and Price (only) erased from the original imprint. Knight is little known as a map publisher, but cf. item 72 for a discussion of his career. COPAC records no example of the first state, and only the British Library example of this state. £3,000 93
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THIN RED LINE 27 Rare Broadsheet Pl
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ENGLAND 30 Very Scarce Game Map Of
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32 Very Scarce Road Map Of England
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37 Very Scarce Map Of The Environs
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39 Late Printing Of This Two-Sheet
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42 Rare Plan Of The Chelsea Botanic
Page 43 and 44: 46 Rare Town Plan In Fine Colour NA
Page 45 and 46: 49 ROCQUE, John. 'An Exact PLAN OF
Page 47 and 48: SCOTLAND 52 Very Rare Map Of Scotla
Page 49 and 50: 54 Very Scarce Map Of Scotland Wide
Page 51 and 52: 57 Unusual Letterpress Plan Of The
Page 53 and 54: IRELAND 61 A Lovely Example Of This
Page 55 and 56: EUROPE 63 Rare Eclipse Map Of Europ
Page 57 and 58: 65 Rare Plan Of Gibraltar In a Late
Page 59 and 60: 69 Scarce Military Plan Of Calais O
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Page 63 and 64: 77 Rare Map Of Germany And Eastern
Page 65 and 66: 80 Rare Map Of Mount Etna For The G
Page 67 and 68: 83 Detailed Plan Of The Battle BOTE
Page 69 and 70: AFRICA 87 Finely Executed Manuscrip
Page 71 and 72: 91 Scarce Map Of Sierra Leone WYLD,
Page 73 and 74: ASIA & PACIFIC 96 Earliest Printed
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Page 77 and 78: AMERICAS 101 Very Scarce Map Of The
Page 79 and 80: 104 Uncommon Plan Of Quebec Depicti
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Page 87 and 88: 117 Rare Map Of The American Blocka
Page 89 and 90: 119 Rare Plan Of Philadelphia FADEN
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Page 97 and 98: 95 WEST INDIES 130 Very Scarce Plan
Page 99 and 100: CELESTIAL 134 Very Scarce Large For
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