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Old Maps · Rare Maps · Antique Maps · Vintage Globes and Charts · Old Atlases & Geographiescommon on this type of map. Published in Milan by Pietro & Giuseppe Vallardi. Nice impression with wide margins and a few extraneous creases in the lowerleft portion of the image. (B+) $150-18097. North America ([Lot of 2] Carte de l’Amerique Septentrionale et des Antilles [and] Carte de l’Amerique Septentrionale…), Delamarche, 1838-44. . (HC)A. Carte de l’Amerique Septentrionale et des Antilles, dated 1844 (11.3 x 17”). Uncommon edition of this map of the continent with the Independent Republicof Texas and early western territorial borders in the United States. The District Oregon ou Colombie extends into present-day British Columbia and is boundedby the Rocky Mountains. Missouri Territory takes in the entire region between Oregon and the Mississippi except for the young states of Missouri, Arkansas andLouisiana. The map is filled with the locations of many Indian Districts and Tribes. The Aleutian Islands are shown in an inset on the same scale as the main map.A table at right lists 26 states and the territories of the United States, and another table lists 20 states for Mexico. Condition: Faint, scattered foxing primarilyconfined to blank margins.B. Carte de l’Amerique Septentrionale/I>, dated 1838 (11.3 x 16.3”). Attractive map of North America featuring an interesting territorial configuration during a verytransitory period of the development of the United States boundaries. Oregon Territory is shown reaching high into present-day British Columbia at the latitudeof 54 40’. Missouri Territory extends from the shores of Lake Michigan, south to the Red River and west to the Rockies. The entire Southwest is part of Mexico,with Texas named as a town inside the state of Saint Louis de Potosi. A small inset of the Aleutian islands is included in the bottom left corner. Condition: Thereare a few light spots in the image and light scattered foxing confined to the blank margins. See above. (B+) $275-35098. North America, Texas (Carte Generale de l’Amerique Septentrionale et des Iles qui en Dependent), Brue, Atlas Universel de Geographie…, Paris, 1840. 20.3 x14.5”. (HC) This excellent map of North America and the West Indies is beautifully engraved and features the Independent Republic of Texas. Alaska is AmeriqueRusse and is still a bit misshapen. The individual state and territorial borders are shown up to the Mississippi River, with the large Arkansas Territory extendingover the top of eastern Texas. The legend identifies, via color, twelve different regions including the colonial holdings of France, England, Spain, Denmark, Holland,and Sweden. The handsome map includes fancy title lettering embellished with flourishes, Brue’s embossed seal, and a decorative keyboard-style border.Original color with wide margins on sturdy paper. There is offsetting, light toning, small scattered abrasions and one edge chip in the blank margin that has beenrepaired on verso with archival tape. (B) $240-32599. North America, Texas (Carte de l’Amerique Septentrionale…), Barbie du Bocage, Geographie Universelle, Paris, 1843. 9 x 12”. (HC) This decorative mapshows Mexico in control of the Southwest and California. The northwest boundary of the United States extends well into Canada as part of the dispute betweenEngland and the U.S. The Independent Republic of Texas is clearly shown with Bejar and Austin located. Indian Territory is here called Distict d’Ozark. Alaskais Amerique Russe. The map is decorated by a picture-frame style border and fancy scroll titling. Engraved by Charles Smith, this edition is revised to 1846.Attractive original outline color with a couple of unobtrusive spots in the image. (A) $180-220100. North America (A Map of North America, Denoting the Boundaries of the Yearly Meetings of Friends and the Locations of the Various Indian Tribes [and] AboriginalAmerica, East of the Mississippi [complete with report]), Religious Society of Friends towards the Indian Tribes…, [1844]. 6 x 9”. (HC) This lot containstwo interesting maps illustrating the status of Indian nations in the United States in the middle of the 19th century. The two maps are included in the original SomeAccount of the Conduct of the Religious Society of Friends Towards the Indian Tribes in the Settlement of the Colonies of East and West Jersey and Pennsylvania,which was published by the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers as they are more commonly known. It was produced for the Aborigines’ Committee of theMeetings of Sufferings in London, 1844. The Quakers held these meetings every year, in which they focused on the wrongs suffered by aboriginal peoples all overthe world. Both of these maps were drawn by Jim Bowden and lithographed by H. Clark. The report, 247 pp, is bound in original embossed brown cloth.A. A Map of North America, Denoting the Boundaries of the Yearly Meetings of Friends and the Locations of the Various Indian Tribes, (21 x 18.5”). This mapshows the United States all the way to the West Coast with a great Republic of Texas reaching into present-day Colorado. The United States has no claims to theSouthwest yet, and the northwest border with Canada and the U.S. has been left undefined due to the unsettled claims in that region. The extent of immigration anddeveloped territories is confined to east of the Mississippi. The map names all the known tribes and where they are located with a color key at left that also informsus that the Catawba, Uchee and Natchez Indians are extinct. A key shows the location of annual Friends meetings and a table at the right notes the number of tribalmembers of each tribe and also how many had, at that point, been moved from their homelands. Condition: The map has some light toning and a few spots, elsevery good.B. Aboriginal America, East of the Mississippi, (4.3 x 6.5”). The map shows the United States to the Mississippi River. It names the known tribes and locationswith a color key at right that names the Algonquin, Dahcota, Huron - Iroquois, Catawba, Cherokee, Uchee, Natchez, and Mobilian Indians. Condition: There is somelight text transfer from the title page and a few faint spots. The spine is cracked and the hinge is starting and there is some light wear on the covers. (B+)$600-750101. North America, Texas (Amerique Septentrionale), Levasseur, Atlas Universel Illustre, Paris, ca. 1845. 17 x 11.8”. (HC) This richly engraved map of NorthAmerica shows the United States’ claims into present-day Canada reflecting the Oregon boundary dispute. The Republic of Texas is shown, and Mexico’s northernborder is drawn according to the Treaty of 1819 (here misprinted as 1810). Russia is in control of Alaska. The map is surrounded by beautifully engraved scenesof North and Central America including wildlife, a ship stranded in the polar sea and a Mayan temple. Original color with very light extraneous creasing andminor soiling primarily in the blank margins. (B+) $240-300102. North America (North America), Tallis, London, ca. 1850. 9.8 x 12.7”. (HC) This is an unusual version of Tallis’ decorative map of North America. States andterritories are not delineated, but the map labels Oregon Territory, Missouri Territory, California and Texas. The border with Mexico is along the Gila River, indicatingthe map was drawn prior to the Gadsden Purchase. The vignettes surrounding the map are different than the more common Tallis map and include polar bears,buffalo hunting, Indians, Niagara Falls, Capt. Parry’s ship in the Arctic, geysers in Iceland, whale fishing, Columbus’ landing, and a Mayan temple ruin. Tonedwith a few spots and minor soiling along the edges of the sheet. Narrow margins. (B) $150-200103. North America ([Lot of 3] United States [and] North America [and] North America), London, ca. 1854-87. . Attractive lot of 3 maps of North America including:A. United States, by Sidney Hall, from General Atlas of the World, circa 1854, hand color, (14.4 x 19.8”). Shows the eastern United States east of the 96th meridian.Iowa covers the area from the Missouri border north to Lake of the Woods. Condition: Original outline color with minor offsetting and one edge tear at bottomthat just enters the map image and has been repaired on verso with archival tape. The centerfold separated completely and has also been closed with archival tape.(B)B. North America, by William Mackenzie, circa 1870, printed color, (9.2 x 10.8”). Condition: Centerfold separation at left that enters 0.5” into image and a fewminor spots. (B+)C. North America, by John Bartholomew, from Handy Reference Atlas, circa 1887, printed color (6.7 x 8”). Condition: (A+) See descriptions above.$100-130104. North America (Map of North America Delineating the Mountain System and its Details, the Great Calcareous Plain as a Unit and the Continuous EncirclingMaritime Selvage), Gilpin, Mission of the North American People, Geographical, Social and Political, [1874]. 22.3 x 23.8”. (HC) William Gilpin was the firstgovernor of the territory of Colorado and a proponent of the concept of Manifest Destiny, the transcontinental railway, and a westward expansion of the UnitedStates. He had radical ideas on how America should be populated, and why, and to support his theories he did a series of maps including this one. Interestingly,they were some of the first to show economic potential for the West and to think in terms of regional resources and climates. The map uses bold coloring to suggest
Old Maps · Rare Maps · Antique Maps · Vintage Globes and Charts · Old Atlases & Geographiesrelated regions and uses concentric circles, which Gilpin used to represent the future population density with the center of population at Topeka, Kansas. Blankverso, second edition. Attractive color with toning along folds, two splits at fold intersections and a 1” binding tear at left. Issued folding. (B)$275-350105. North America (Map Illustrating the Extermination of the American Bison Prepared by W.T. Hornaday [with report] The Extermination of the American Bison,with a Sketch of its Discovery and Life History), Smithsonian Institute, Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.,[1889]. 17.4 x 22”. (PC) This poignant map was prepared by W.T. Hornaday for a report to the U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution. It traces in redthe boundary of the area once inhabited by buffalo. The area outlined in blue and green reflects the tragic and systematic destruction of these herds. The numbers ingreen represent the location and number of the wild buffalo in existence January 1, 1889. Barely 800 bison were known to exist when this map was published.Included with the map is the historically important article “The Extermination of the American Bison, with a Sketch of its Discovery and Life History.” Disbound,the 182 pp. of text includes 21 plates and provides an important historical context for the map. The map is issued folding with binding trim at left. A few of thefirst and last pages of the report are loose, although the report is otherwise in very good condition with light toning. (A) $180-240106. Colonial North America, Caribbean & Bermuda (Carte qui Contient une Description des Iles & Terres que les Anglois Possedent dans l’Amerique Septentrionale,et en Particulier de la Jamaique, des Iles Barbades, de la Nouvelle Angleterre, des Barmudes, de la Caroline, de la Pensilvanie …), Chatelain, Atlas Historique…,Amsterdam, ca. 1719. 20.5 x 16”. (HC) A very interesting folio sheet containing seven maps inset into panels of French text. The largest map (9 x 5.7”) titled,“Carte de la Jamaique Nouvelle...” shows the island in great detail and includes a large inset of the Gulf of Mexico and West Indies. The other maps illustrateBarbados, Bermuda and the British colonies in North America (in four regional maps). Together these maps cover all of the regions colonized by the English atthe early part of the 18th century. Ref: McCorkle #719.3. Watermarked paper with some faint surface soiling and a few tiny wormholes and one small centerfoldseparation that have been repaired on verso with archival tape. (B+) $350-425107. Colonial North America and Caribbean (Carte Contenant le Royaume du Mexique et la Floride, Dressez sur les Meilleures Observations & sur les Memoires lesplus Nouveaux), Chatelain, Atlas Historique…, Amsterdam, ca. 1719. 20.8 x 16.3”. (BW) This is a derivative of Delisle’s landmark map of the southern partof North America and the West Indies. The detailed map shows many English settlements along the East Coast and carefully notes the discoveries of D’Ibervillealong the Gulf Coast and Mississippi River. The vast region, later known as Louisiana, from Florida through present-day Texas is shown as the French possessionof Floride. There is also a great amount of detail in Nouveau Mexique, particularly of the Spanish missions: Santa Fe, Taos, and Acoma. Ref: Martin & Martin, p.93. A fine impression on bright paper with just a hint of toning along centerfold. The tops of the side margins have been extended slightly to better accommodateframing. (A) $850-1000108. Colonial North America and Caribbean (Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae, et Pensylvaniae nec non InsularumArchipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali Accurata Tabula …), Homann, Nuremberg, ca. 1730. 22.5 x 18.8”. (HC) This superb map covers the regionfrom the Great Lakes and Nova Scotia through Central America, the Caribbean and Venezuela, and from New Mexico (naming Taos and Santa Fe) to the easternseaboard. The map is based largely on Delisle’s map of 1703 (Carte du Mexique et de la Floride), depicting the social, political, and economic outcomes from theWar of the Spanish Succession, also known as Queen Anne’s War. The British colonies are shown confined east of the Appalachians and extending south almostto St. Augustine, deep into Spanish-claimed territory. The map itself is filled with settlement place names, Indian tribes and villages. In present-day Texas, CorpusChristi and El Paso (el passo) are noted. Sea routes of treasure fleets from Vera Cruz and Cartagena to Havana and Spain are outlined. Richly embellished, a finetitle cartouche depicts two native figures with items to trade, such as hides and blankets. In the Atlantic, there is a large scene of extensive gold mining operations,with Indians bringing their treasures to fill the Europeans’ chest. Off the Pacific coast of Mexico is yet another opulent engraving of a raging sea battle, reminiscentof the battles fought in Queen Anne’s War. Ref: Van Ermen p.42; Cumming (SE) #137; Manasek #72; Martin & Martin #17; Ste.Claire #8; Portinaro #CXV. Thereare archival repairs to a short centerfold separation that just enters map border at top and a tear that enters 3.5” at bottom. There are two tiny worm holes in image.(B+) $1500-1800109. Colonial North America and Caribbean (Carte du Mexique et des Etats Unis d’Amerique, Partie Meridionale…), Delisle/Dezauche, Paris, 1783. 25.5 x 19”. (HC)The title of this map contains a very early recognition of the newly formed United States, as 1783 is the earliest that the name appears on a printed map. This isthe last issue of Delisle’s map that was first issued in 1703 with the title Carte du Mexique et de la Floride. Delisle’s map is regarded as the first map to correctlyshow the course of the lower Mississippi, accurately place the Great Lakes and locate many English coastal settlements. Its longevity and numerous copies by othermapmakers attest to the importance of this engraving. Dezauche was Buache’s son-in-law, and the successor to the Delisle business. He altered the original titleon the map to include the words Etats Unis. He also added a legend and color-coding to show the colonial possessions of England, France, Spain and the extentof the United States. Ref: Tooley (Amer) p.22 #53; cf Cumming (SE) #137; Martin (TX) p.92-3. Some minor paper repairs along centerfold at top, with a fewminute worm holes only visible when held to light, and some light damp stains just entering map image at bottom. There are some worm tracks in bottom blankmargin, two of which enter map border near centerfold, that have been professionally repaired with a minor amount of border in facsimile. (B+)$1200-1500110. Western North America (Carte de la Californie et des Pays Nord-Ouest separes de l’Asie par le Detroit d’Anian, extraite de deux cartes publiees au commencementdu 17e siecle), Robert de Vaugondy, Paris, 1772. 14 x 12.5”. (BW) Two contrasting maps, one inset into the other. The inset map is based on a worldmap by Plancius issued in 1641, while the larger map is based on Visscher’s map of 1612. Other than a recognizable Baja California, the maps are filled with thecartographic myths of the 17th century. The northwest coast bulges too far to the west. Both maps feature the seven cities of Cibola gathered around a spuriouslake in the American Southwest. Ref: Wheat (TMW) #159; Wagner (NW) #632; Pedley #473. Issued folding and now flat on watermarked paper with a few smalldampstains in the image. (B+) $200-250111. Western North America (Carte Generale des Decouvertes de l’Amiral de Fonte representant la grande probabilite d’un Passage au Nord Ouest), Robert de Vaugondy,Diderot’s Encyclopedie (Supplement), Paris, 1772. 14 x 11.5”. (BW) This is probably the most extravagant of all the Northwest Passage maps based on the Jefferysmodel. Thomas Jefferys was an ardent believer in the northern route to Asia through a passage described by Juan de Fuca in 1592 and in the fictitious storyof Bartholomew de Font’s discoveries in 1640. Alaska is shown in an early, peninsular form based on the map of Mueller. This map is from a series prepared byDidier Robert de Vaugondy to illustrate the articles written by Samuel Engel concerning the recent discoveries and cartographic theories in the northern regions.Ref: Pedley #455 and pp. 74-78; cf Hayes pp. 26-27. Issued folding with a 3.5” fold separation that has been closed on verso with paper tape and light offsetting.There is a binding trim at upper left, not affecting map. (B) $250-300Canada112. Canada (An Authentic Plan of the River St. Laurence, from Sillery to the Falls of Montmorency), Gibson, Gentleman’s Magazine, London, [1759]. 7.3 x 4”. (BW)This map details the 1759 “Battle of Quebec” during the French and Indian War. It was issued shortly after the capture of Quebec and shows the positions of allthe British and French troops and their lines, defensive works, encampments, and numerous warships in the river, some named. This small map delineates rivers,roads, and towns in the vicinity around Quebec. Very detailed on a scale of about one inch per mile. An important French and Indian war map that was publishedhalf-way through the conflict. Still bound into the November 1759 issue of the Gentleman’s Magazine. Ref: Jolly (Maps of America) #122; Jolly #GENT-137.Light offsetting from opposing text page and one minor crease. (B+) $160-200113. Canada ([Lot of 2] British America [and] West Canada), Tallis, Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World, London, ca. 1851. 13 x 10”. (HC)A. British America. This decorative map is surrounded in a delicately engraved border and further embellished with six vignettes. The area mapped extends toshow all of today’s Canada and Alaska, here called Russian America. In Canada, at least 23 districts are outlined. Dots indicate the numerous forts and principalstations of the Hudson’s Bay Company. This edition includes a bird’s-eye view of Montreal, a seal, whale fishing, Eskimo (here called Esquimaux), polar bears,
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