An Important Early Navigational Chart Which Shows Alaska This is a foundational chart of Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, and the northeastern coast of Asia, published in Paris. The Port of San Francisco is named, three years before the supposed...
Rare Dutch Edition of Didier Robert De Vaugondy's Comparative Cartographic Gem -- The Final De Vaugondy Map In The Greatest Cartographic Debate of the 18th Century Didier Robert De Vaugondy's Nouveau System Geographique . . . represents the final...
Fine English edition of Muller's map of the Northwest Coast of America and Northeast Coast of Asia, based upon reports from J.N. De L'Isle in St. Petersburg and others. Includes a massive conjectural land mass approximating the Alaskan Archipelago and...
Striking Chart of the Northern Pacific, One of the Earliest to Show Hawai’i Rare chart of the Northern Pacific with the coasts of Asia and America, showing the voyage of the Spanish treasure galleons and Captain Cook’s third voyage. Based on...
Fine, Famed Map of the North Pacific from Cook’s Third Voyage—First Edition! Rare, first edition of the so-called “lost” chart of Captain James Cook, published in 1784 by William Faden. The map illustrates in great detail the known and...
Striking Map of the North Pacific From Cook’s Third Voyage Account Fine example of the map of the Northern Pacific and contiguous coasts of America and Asia, from the official account of Captain James Cook’s third voyage, published in London in...
Finely engraved map of the North Pacific and contiguous coastlines of Alaska and Russia, published in the first French edition of the official account of James Cook's Third Voyage. The present map is of the utmost importance in the cartographic...
Fine example of this German edition of Cook's explorations along the northwest coast of America and northeast coast of Asia, based upon the original work by Lieutenant Henry Roberts. Excellent detail in the Behring Straits, including extensive notes...
First edition of Carey's map of Cook's Discoveries in the Pacific and Hearne's discoveries west of the Hudson, in search of the Arctic Sea. This is one of the earliest appearances of a Cook map to be published in America. Excellent conjectural NW...
Scarce Italian published map of Alaska and the Northwest Coast of America and Northeast Coast of Asia, engraved to illustrate the Italian edition of the account John Meares Voyages to the Region. The map tracks both the journeys of Captain James...
Outline color example of Carey's map of Cook's Discoveries in the Pacific and Hearn's discoveries west of the Hudson, in search of the Arctic Sea. This is one of the earliest appearances of a Cook map to be published in America. Excellent conjectural...
Scarce map of the NW Passage, the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia. The map extensively tracks the voyages of Captain James Cook beyond the Bering Straits on a nearly daily basis in 1778 and 1779. In the Arctic Sea, a note regarding McKenzie's...
World War II Confidential / Restricted Aeronautical Map of Hawaiian Islands Detailed aeronautical map of the Hawaiian Islands, compiled by the U.S. Army Air Force Army Map Service. The front side map illustrates the Hawaiian Islands and Midway...
The Return of the First Fleet -- Fundamental Map for Australian Collectors A highly important map in the history of settling Australia, with the present example including annotations in pencil noting a ship wreck and other details. The track of the...
Nice example of the map illustrating the route of Wilhelm Schouten and Jacob Le Maire through the Straits of Le Maire and across the Pacific to the area northeast of Australia. Willem Cornelisz Schouten (1567-1625) was a navigator for the Dutch East...
Rare large format map of Oceania and the Pacific which was apparently prepared for instructional purposes. An early example of lithography on French maps, perhaps the earliest we have ever seen. This is the first time we have offered this map.