Rare separately published map of America, based upon Jodocus Hondius' map of 1618. The map is a reduced edition of the Bertius/ Tavnernier Map of 1627, without embellishments. A definite northwest coast of America is shown, unlike the Hondius...
Antique Map of America From The Golden Age of Dutch Cartography Willem Blaeu's famous antique map of the Americas. Blaeu's map of America is one of the most sought after maps of America from the Golden Age of Dutch Cartography, blending contemporary...
Nice old color example of the Hondius-Jansson Map of North America, first published in 1618. The map includes a marvelous peninsular California with the Northwest Coast of America stretching almost due westward toward Asia, with over 30 place names....
Rare Separately Published Nicolas Berey Map of America Fine example of Nicolas Berey's rare map of America, first published in Paris in 1658. The map is largely based upon the earlier maps of Bertius and Tavernier, published in the 1620s, which...
Beautifully hand-colored example of Visscher's famous map of the Western Hemisphere, showing California as an Island and a small slice of New Zealand at the lower-left corner, next to the title cartouche. Visscher's map became the proto-type map for...
A Beautiful, Clean Example in the Publisher's Gilt-Vellum Binding. Johannes Blaeu's atlas of the Americas is an attractive and important atlas that deftly blended contemporary geographical knowledge with rich decorative imagery. Blaeu's maps set the...
Early state of Du Val's scarce map of America. Du Val's map of America was first issued in 1655, in the second edition of his Cartes Geographiques. Between 1655 and 1687, the map went through at least 12 recorded examples. Both the 1st and 2nd states...
Decorative example of the 1676 edition of Speed's landmark map of America, the first atlas map to depict California as an Island and to accurately depict the East Coast of North America, from Speed's Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World. The...
A Newly Discovered Map of America Showing California As An Island Apparently the only known example of this interesting map of America, which credits "Vogel, sc." as its engraver. While the map title identifies Frederick De Wit as the maker, this is...
A Remarkable Dutch Sea Chart Used For Navigation Between Africa and America Rare Johannes Van Keulen issue of Pieter Goos's sea chart of the Atlantic Ocean, America and Africa, first published circa 1680. This chart was created for use at sea by...
Decorative old color example of Joannes De Ram's extremely rare map of America. Includes California as an Island, no sign of the Great Lakes, non-existent coastline north of the Island of California and misprojected South America. The map predates La...
De Wit’s Map of the Americas—The First Dutch Map to Show Five Great Lakes Fine example of De Wit’s map of the Americas, first published ca. 1675. It was the first Dutch map to include all five Great Lakes, an improvement on De Wit’s first map...
Scarce map of America, showing California as an island, from the Thesaurus Geographicus, a scarce late 17th century English publication. While the publisher is not credited, this is almost certainly one of Herman Moll's earliest engraving efforts....
Fine example of Pierre Mortier's map of the Pacific, which appeared in later editions of the famous Neptune Francois This fine map of the Pacific was drawn from previously unpublished manuscript maps collected by the Portuguese crown and secreted away...
Fascinating map of America, published by Mortier and based upon a map by Nicolas Sanson, purporting to show the Western Hemisphere about 200,000 years ago before the earliest human civilizations. The map reflects the populating of the lost continent...
Antique Map of America -- California as an Island -- First Credible Naming and Depiction of the Missouri River Nice old color example of Allard's rare map of America, with a small inset of New Zealand, California as an island, and an unusual land...