Detailed map of Mexico and Guatemala, with an excellent treatment of most of Texas. The road system in Texas is of note in this map.
"A scientific and artistic document of the first order" -- One of the most important sea charts of the 17th century. Exceptionally rare Johannes Loots issue of Guillaume Blaeu's landmark sea chart of the Atlantic Ocean, America and Africa, printed on...
Attractive map of Mexico, the Caribbean and the Gulf Coast, published by SA Mitchell Jr. Includes large insets of Cuba, Bermuda, Jamaica, and the Isthmus of Panama and a small inset of Jamaica. Shows shipping routes from New Orleans to points...
Fine image of "The Mexican Idol Vizipuzli," an image of the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, the God of the Sun, Wind and Wisdom. The image appeared in Happel's Thesaurus Exoticorum. Oder eine mit Außländischen Raritäten und Geschichten Wohlversehene...
Rare Mexican Version of the Game of Goose Mexican edition of the Game of Goose, published in Mexico City by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. The gameboard shows 63 numbered spaces, or "casillas," each illustrated with people, birds, animals, and objects,...
The First Edition of the First Great Scientific Atlas of All of Mexico. Antonio Garcia Cubas is regarded as "el fundador de nuestra geografia como ciencia" (Diec. Porrua). Glass, page 680 (citing the plates and commentary for Mapa Siguenza and Codice...
Impressive Chart of the Pacific Ocean Depicting a Thrilling Circumnavigation Dynamic chart of the mid-Pacific Ocean from the French-edition of Anson’s bestselling voyage account. It includes voyage tracks of Anson’s Centurion and the ship he...
Rare Golden Age Dutch Sea Chart of the Island of California and Western Pacific Rare Johannes Van Loon sea chart of the Western Pacific. The map appeared in the first edition of Van Loon's Zee Atlas. It derives from Doncker's map of the Western...
Rare Early Depiction of the "Minesota" Territory A decorative map of the United States, published during the Mexican-American War designed to stir patriotic sentiments and celebrate the newly conquered territory. Of particular note, the map is one of...
Pirates and Treasure! Lively pictorial map of North America, providing the locations of famous treasures, real and mythical, disbursed throughout the region. From the Lost Dutchman mine to John Dillinger's stash near Mercer Wisconsin, The map details...
A highly decorative and important sea chart showing Florida, the Gulf Coast, Caribbean, Central America and the region from south of the mouth of the Delaware River. This fine separately published map was first engraved around 1650, but is based...
The First Sea Chart Focused on the Coast of California Rare first edition of the earliest map to focus on the California Coast, published in Florence by Robert Dudley. The map appeared in Dudley's landmark sea atlas, the Arcana del mare, the first...
Fine example of Nicolas Sanson's double-page engraved map of Mexico and Central America south to the Gulf of Panama. The map also includes a nice treatment of Southern Florida, including Bahia de Tamap, Bahia De Carlos, B. de Juaon Ponta, Cabo de...
Nice example of Du Val's map of New Spain, extending from the American Southwest and Florida to Costa Rica and Panama.
Scarce chart of the Caribbean, Florida, Gulf Coast and Southeastern part of North America, with inset of the north coast of Cuba. Goos based his general chart of the West Indies, Gulf Coast and Southeast on the manuscript maps of Hessel Gerritsz,...
Mexico and Southwestern Rarity Rare English map of New Spain, published by Sir Jonas Moore. Extends to Baja California, Southern Florida, Texas and the Southwest. The map appeared in Moore's A New Geography. Many of the plates in the work were...