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Old Maps · Rare Maps · Antique Maps · Vintage Globes and Charts · Old Atlases & Geographiesfor Key Biscayne. Three insets show the vicinities of Pensacola, Tallahassee and the Harbor of St. Augustine. The legend locates canals, railroads, and roads.There are two short railroads linking Tallahassee with St. Marks, and St. Josephs with Iola. County devolvement suggests a date of 1849 or 1850, in agreementwith the copyright notice below the neatline. Benton county was renamed Hernando in 1850, and in 1851 Dade county was de-organized: neither event includedon this map. Original color and strong impression with a minute pinhole only visible when held to light and a few minor spots. The left edge of the sheet isslightly tattered, far from the map image, where the sheet was removed from the binding. (B+) $150-180213. Florida (Correct Map of Florida Showing the Jacksonville Tampa and Key West System and Connections [with book] The Tarpon or “Silver King”), Matthews-Northrup Co, Buffalo, NY, 1889. 15.5 x 27.5”. (PC) This attractive map of Florida displays ten different railways including the Jacksonville, Tampa, and KeyWest R’Y., the Florida Southern Railroad Company, the Jupiter & Lake Worth Railway, as well as the Indian River Steamboat Company. As of 1889, the railroadshad reached as far south as Ormond on the Atlantic and to Tampa and Punta Gorda on the Gulf coast. There are insets of the western part of Florida (on a smallerscale), and of the Southeast region showing the railroad and steamship connections.The map is still attached to the rear of the scarce and famous angling book entitled The Tarpon or “Silver King.” 12mo, 66pp. with 7pp. of advertisements and2 illustrations. Hardbound in its original light blue covers with gilt lettering and silver decoration on the front cover. Written by Frank Pinckney and Ben Bent.There is a 0.75” tear next to the neatline where the map is attached to the book, minor offsetting, and a few miniscule splits at fold intersections. The text is generallyclean and bright, with a minor damp stain in the top blank margin on the last few pages. The covers show some wear and light staining. (B+)$1400-1700214. Florida (Florida), Anon., ca. 1950. 8.6 x 11.7”. (PC) This colorful pictorial map is clearly focused on the tourism industry in the state. Among the many illustrationsare Ponce de Leon off the northern coast, sponge gardens in the Gulf of Mexico west of Tampa, and numerous fishermen and cruise ships along the coastline.At bottom left there is an inset of the panhandle that “fits on to the wiggly line in the N.W. corner!” One small ink spot at bottom right. (A)$70-100215. Pinellas County, Florida (Soil Map, Florida, Pinellas County Sheet), U.S.D.A., Washington D.C., 1913. 20.7 x 36.5”. (PC) Large folding map shows the entirecounty, including St. Petersburg, in amazing detail on a scale of one inch per mile. Beautifully colored and finely engraved, the map locates towns, villages, roadsand railroads. Seventeen soil profiles are identified with different colors and patterns. The extensive legend locates numerous physical features. Surveyed byGrove B. Jones and T.M. Morrison. (A+) $150-200216. Georgia, Civil War ([Lot of 7 - Civil War in Georgia]), Ruger, History of the Army of the Cumberland, 1875. . (PC) Included are seven maps by Edward Rugerillustrating the various Civil War battles in Georgia and the surrounding area from the atlas of Van Horne’s “History of the Army of the Cumberland.” Rugerworked for the Topographical Engineers and had access to the War Department maps and plans, which he used in the production of these finely detailed and wellengravedmaps. Each shows highly detailed troop actions and movements with color overprinting. Published by Robert Clarke & Co., and printed by the KrebsLithographing Co., Cincinnati.A.[No. 11] Map Illustrating the First Epoch of the Atlanta Campaign...(6.3 x 10.3”). Condition: Minor toning along one fold. (B+)B.[No. 12] Map Illustrating the Second Epoch of the Atlanta Campaign...(8 x 11”). Condition: Just a hint of toning along one fold and a short tear that enters 1/2”into map at left that has been closed on verso with archival tape. (B+)C.[No. 13.] Map Illustrating the Third Epoch of the Atlanta Campaign... (11.3 x 7.8”). Condition: (A)D.[No. 14] Map Illustrating the Fourth Epoch of the Atlanta Campaign... (9.3 x 12”). Condition: There is light toning along folds and one short split at a foldintersection. (B)E.[No. 15] Map Illustrating the Fifth Epoch of the Atlanta Campaign...(7.5 x 11”). Condition: There is light toning along folds and one short split at a fold intersection.(B)F.[No.20] Map Showing the Marches of the U.S. Forces Under Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman During the Campaigns of Georgia and the Carolinas Embracing the RegionFrom Atlanta to Savannah and Thence to Durham Station N.C. (10.8 x 7.8”). Condition: (A)G [No.22] Map Prepared to Exhibit the Campaigns in Which the Army of the Cumberland Took Part During the War of the Rebellion(16.5 x 13.5”). Condition:There is an edge tear at left that extends 1/2” into the image and has been closed on verso with archival tape. Narrow, but adequate, left side margin. (B+) Seedescription above. $150-200217. Hawaii (Carte des Parties des Iles Sandwich… [on sheet with] Carte des Iles Sandwich…), La Perouse, Atlas du Voyage de la Perouse, Paris, [1786-97]. 19.2 x26.7”. (BW) This large double-page folio sheet contains two important charts of Hawaii based on the discoveries of Capt. Cook and La Perouse. The top chartshows partial coastlines of Hawaii, Maui, Molokai and Oahu as explored in 1786. The bottom chart shows the same islands as discovered on Captain Cook’sthird voyage and details La Perouse’s route through the islands. Shows all of the islands from Niihau in the northwest to Hawaii in the east. On the chart Hawaiiis called Owhyhee, Oahu is Woahoo, Molokai is Morotoi, and Niihau is Oneeheow. Paper watermarked with a lovely, large tower. There is a tiny hole near thecenter of the image, some very light foxing, and an extraneous crease at upper right. (B) $800-1000218. Hawaii ([Lot of 2] View of Karakakooa Bay in Owhyhee, Where Captn. Cook Was Killed [and] Habitations and People of the Island of Atooi), Bankes’s NewSystem of Geography, London, ca. 1787. 13 x 8”. (BW)A. A View of Karakakooa, in Owyhee, Where Captn. Cook Was Killed is an attractive view of the bay where Cook met his end, showing his ships and the boats ofthe native Hawaiians as well as their village, and an early surfer. Engraved by E. Scott. Condition: Light damp staining and soling with one tiny edge tear at topconfined to the blank margin. (B)B. Habitations and People of the Island of Atooi shows some men from Cook’s voyage conducting trade with the natives. In the background is a village withnumerous thatch huts. Engraved by Royce. Condition: A few small damp stains primarily in the blank margins and a few minor spots. (B+) See descriptionabove. $150-200219. Hawaii (Ansicht von dem Koniglichen Murai in der Bucht Ti-utatua auf der Insel O Wailu…), ca. 1821. 12.3 x 7”. (BW) This is a scene along the Bay of Tiutatua(Kailua Bay) on the Big Island of Hawaii. In the foreground, queen Wahumana takes a walk with her daughter, while the Kamakahonu, the residence ofKamehameha the Great, is shown in the background. This view is from Otto van Koztebue’s first visit to Hawaii in 1817. It was drawn by Louis Choris, theexpedition’s artist. German text. Aquatint by C. Ermer, Weimar. There is some light extraneous creasing near the centerfold, else very good. (B+)$150-200220. Hawaii ([Lot of 2 - Native Hawaiians]), ca. 1827-40.A. Bewohner der Sandwichinseln in Koniglicher Prachtkleidung, by J. Honegger, circa 1840, black & white, (9 x 12.3”). Attractive engraving of a young warriorwith a fancy head-dress, cape and long spear. Condition: Light scattered foxing primarily along the edges of the sheet. (B+)B. Bewohner der Sandwich-Inseln, by J. Brodtmann, circa 1827, hand color, (12.5” x 9.5”). The man on the left is Chief Kaneena whom Captain Cook foundparticularly curious and intelligent. He was, unfortunately, killed in the same skirmish that took Cook’s life. Feathered cloak and headdress were reserved for
Old Maps · Rare Maps · Antique Maps · Vintage Globes and Charts · Old Atlases & Geographiesceremonious occasions only by chiefs. The handsome woman is wearing a cloak and leis around her neck and hair. Cook described the lei as being composed “ofexceedingly small feathers, woven so close together as to form a surface as smooth as that of the richest velvet.” Condition: (A) See descriptions above.$80-100221. Hawaii (Vallee du Pari pres Honoloulou), ca. 1840. 8.9 x 12.3”. (HC) This attractive lithograph was part of a set of six rare, early Hawaiian views that accompaniedthe account of Auguste Nicolas Vaillant’s voyage to South America and Hawaii. Departing France in February 1836, Valliant’s primary objective was toplace diplomatic representatives in different parts of South America, but an additional unspecified objective was to smooth relations with the Hawaiian chiefs whoexpelled all Catholic missionaries in 1831. Although he secured tolerance for the Catholic presence in the islands, they were expelled again in 1837.This scene depicts natives walking up the mountain path Nuuanu Pali, which is the mountain pass that separates the Honolulu and Kailua sides of Oahu, and whereKamehameha is said to have won his final battle to unite the islands under his control. Plate 46 at upper right. Engraved by Theodore Auguste Fisquet. Printis pasted onto the sheet, apparently as issued, with a few tiny areas of bubbling in the upper portion of the image. There are a few tiny edge tears and chips, wellaway from the image. (B+) $650-800222. Illinois (Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique de l’Illinois), Buchon, Paris, ca. 1825. 24 x 18”. (HC) This is the French edition of Carey & Lea’s map ofIllinois. The map shows county development confined to the southern portion of the state, with a large Bounty Lands in the northwestern part of the state. Countydevelopment is current as of 1819, with Crawford being formed from Clark County. The map (8.4 x 11.7”) is surrounded by French text on a full folio sheet, witha table listing the population of each county. There is a small hole in the lower blank margin away from the image, else fine. (A)$350-450223. Illinois (Map of the State of Illinois), Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., Philadelphia, 1851. 13 x 15.8”. (HC) This attractive steel-engraved map of Illinois showsnumerous cities, towns, roads and railroads. The National Road is shown near the middle of the state, from Vandalia to Terre Haute, Indiana. County developmentis up-to-date as of 1851 with Saline county merging with Gallatin in the southern portion of the state (it was re-established in 1852). Folds into original brownboards (3.3 x 5.7”) with embossing and gilt title. There are a number of small brown stains in the image, a 1.25” separation along one fold near Chicago, and afew other tiny splits at fold intersections. The covers are lightly worn with manuscript writing on the front paste-down. (C+)$140-170224. Kentucky (A Map of the State of Kentucky, Drawn from the Best Authorities), Conder, Imlay’s American Topography, London, 1793. 7.5 x 6.3”. (HC) This scarce,early map of Kentucky shows the state just one year after achieving statehood. Only nine fledgling counties are named: Mason, Woodford, Bourbon, Jefferson,Fayette, Maddison, Nelson, Mercer and Lincoln. There is good detail of roads, forts, springs, and rivers. North of Ohio River is Western Territory, with MilitaryLand and French Purchase of Galliopolis. Cincinnati is also shown, just three years after being named in honor of the Society of the Cincinnati. Issued folding,now flattened, with a few minute spots and a bit of roughness in the paper at left, just entering the map border. (B+) $475-600225. Kentucky ([Lot of 2] Plan of Franklinville, in Mason County, Kentucky [and] Plan of Lystra, in Nelson-County, Kentucky), Russell, An Historical...and PhilosophicalView of the United States…, London, ca. 1799. 4.8 x 6.5”. (BW) The opening of the trans-Appalachian West launched one of the greatest land rushes inAmerican history. Land speculation was a big business and books such as William Winterbotham’s View of the United States inspired European immigration tothe Kentucky frontier. This small pair of maps illustrate towns that were proposed by a group of London speculators but were never actually built. Franklinvillewas to be located at the confluence of the North and Middle Forks of the Kentucky River, near present-day Beattyville in eastern Kentucky. Lystra was a proposedtown that was to be located along the South Creek of the Rolling Fork of the Salt River in what was then Nelson County. Both maps show lots that were availablefor purchase along a street grid pattern along with parks, markets and sites for colleges and churches. Ref: Howes #W-581; Wheat & Brun #648, #649. Lighttoning along the edges and the side blank margin is slightly crumpled away from the image. (B+) $300-375226. New Orleans, Louisiana (Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans. Sur les Manuscrits du Depot des Cartes de la Marine), Bellin, Prevost’s Histoire Generale des Voyages, Paris,ca. 1757. 11 x 7.7”. (HC) This is an attractive copper-engraved plan of the city of New Orleans that details the city center including Bourbon Street. Individualbuildings are depicted and keyed to a list under the title naming 18 buildings. The plan locates the quay along the Mississippi River, the canal, government buildings,church, prison, hospital, monastery, army & navy quarters. Bellin’s plan was first issued in Charlevoix’s History and General Description of New France in1742 with later versions, such as this, used in several publications. The plan became the standard map of New Orleans throughout the eighteenth century. Ref:Lemmon, Magill & Wiese #171. Issued folding, now pressed on watermarked paper. A binding trim and binding tear, both confined to bottom left blank margin,have been professionally repaired. (A) $400-500227. Maine (Map of the Northern Part of the State of Maine and of the Adjacent British Provinces Shewing the Portion of that State to which Great Britain Lays Claim),Dashiell, SD 431., 25th Cong., 2d Sess., Washington D.C., 1830. 15.3 x 16.5”. (HC) An interesting map that details the disputed boundary between the U.S. andCanada in northern Maine and shows early property grants. The northern boundary was finalized by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842. The map does notshow counties, but it names Mt. Katahdin, Sugarloaf Mt., Portland, Machias, and other points of reference within the new state. Published in the 1838 Congressionalreport. Issued folded, now pressed flat with foxing and toning primarily along the folds. There are a number of small fold separations as well as a coupleof tiny holes repaired on verso with paper tape. (C+) $180-220228. Maine (River Systems of Maine to Illustrate Wells’s Water Power of Maine), Colton, New York, ca. 1869. 12.6 x 15.1”. (HC) Map individually colors each ofthe counties and depicts roads, towns and villages, rivers, and railroads. Printed on fine banknote quality paper, the map is surrounded with Colton’s trademarkscroll border. Published for Well’s Water Power of Maine. Issued folding with a binding trim at left, not affecting map. (A) $150-200229. Portland, Maine (City and Harbor of Portland Maine), U.S. Coast Survey, Washington D.C., 1870. 30 x 22.5”. (BW) This map of the city of Portland and surroundingarea shows nice detail of city streets, buildings and wharves with numerous soundings located with contour lines. The map is reduced from the surveysmade in 1868 and 1869 for the City of Portland. Issued folding with light toning along the folds. The sheet was severed along the left fold and rejoined witharchival tape on verso. There are a number of other fold separations, some of which are closed on verso with archival material. (C+)$120-150230. Baltimore, Maryland (Outline and Index Map of Baltimore and Environs), Hopkins, City Atlas of Baltimore, Maryland, Philadelphia, 1876. 23.8 x 16.3”. (HC)This highly detailed map shows the street-grid pattern of the city and delineates the city wards. Important buildings such as City Hall and Johns Hopkins hospitalare noted, as well as the tracts of property owners along the edge of the city. Drawn at a scale of 2 inches per mile. There are a number of small edge tears andchips mostly closed on verso, with one tear entering 1.5” into the image at bottom. Two very small portions of the lower neatline have been replaced in facsimile.There are several extraneous creases, with a few abrasions and small spots in the image. (B) $150-200231. Massachusetts ([Lot of 2] Massachusetts Lawrence Sheet [and] Massachusetts Chatham Street), Powell, Washington D.C., [1890]. 13 x 17.5”. (PC) These twomaps were published in 1890 by the U.S. Geological Survey. The first sheet covers Lawrence in the North, Andover in the center, and Reading and Wakefield inthe South. The second sheet covers Chatham and vicinity in Cape Cod along the Atlantic coast. Pleasant Bay, Nauset Beach, and Monomoy Island are shown.The Atlantic Ocean occupies much of the map. Street patterns and buildings are shown in the towns. Both sheets are printed on heavy paper with just a hint oftoning. (A) $140-170232. Boston, Massachusetts (Plan de la Ville de Boston et ses Environs…), Bellin, Prevost’s Histoire Generale des Voyages, Paris, ca. 1757. 10.8 x 6.5”. (HC) Attractiveearly plan of Boston and the harbor including Charles Town and Isle Ronde. It shows the street plan of the town and wharves, and locates gun batteries,powder magazines, Presbyterian church, prison, town hall, windmill and beacon. It indicates an offshore anchorage and the entrance channel and also depictsshoreline topography with the roads running down to the harbor. Large key at left lists sixteen important sites. Engraved at bottom neatline is Tome XIV, No 10.This is very similar to the 1764 Bellin issue from the Petit Atlas Maritime, Tome I, No. 31, but is slightly larger and the title and index are placed on the left. Ref:
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