Nice example of the Homanns' second map of America, which reflects the substantial new information obtained since the issuance of the first map of America by the patriarch of the Homann Family, Johann Baptiste Homann. The decorative cartouche includes...
An Early Sea of the West, with Contributions from Charlevoix and Condamine The first map to show Behring's discoveries along in Alaska and the Northwest Coast and a prototype map for the subsequent Buache, De L'Ise, Jefferys debate of the 1750s. The...
Detailed map of the Canary Islands, originally issued by Bellin and reissued in Dutch in 1770. Nice Cartouche and Compass Rose.
Antique engraved map of the southern Atlantic Ocean, by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, the foremost French chartmaker of the 18th century. The map covers all of the eastern South American coast from Cape Horn to the mouth of the Amazon. In Africa, the map...
Interesting regional map from the January 1746 issue of Gentleman's Magazine. Shows in detail the Eastern coast of Canada with depths in soundings. Insets of Quebec City, Fort Dauphine, the Atlantic Ocean, and a Plan of City and Port of Louisbourg...
Nice unjoined example of D'Anville's 4 sheet map of North America, one of the best French Maps of North America prior to the French & Indian War. The map shortly after Bellin's seminal map of the Great Lakes, although the projection of Lake...
Detailed maps of St. Christopher and Barbardos, the latter showing Parishes.
Delightful map of Bermuda and Jamaica in outline color, showing parishes, cities, forts, and the various types of plantations on Jamaica.
Decorative map of Europe with a detailed cartouche.
Detailed plan the Battle of Maastricht (1703), including fortifications, town plan, roads, farms, rivers, and a decorative cartouche. From Tindal's Continuation of Rapin's History.
Rare 2 sheet chart of the Mediterranean, published by Francois Olivier in Toulon in 1746. One of the most advanced sea charts of the period, which was produced as a working chart and for which there are very few surviving examples. To the upper right...