One of Two Known Examples. Shows the Lost First Captain John Smith Mapping of Virginia. Exceptionally rare engraved globe gores prepared by Jodocus Hondius II, sometime shortly after the discovery of the Le Maire Strait in 1618. These gores correspond...
Detailed map of the Ohio Valley and regions to the East Nice example of Robert de Vaugondy's map of the Northern British Colonies, French interests to the North of the Great Lakes, and contested "Back Settlements," including a fine detailed treatment...
A Rare British Sea Chart of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions (The Colonial Williamsburg / William Wooldridge Copy) Extremely rare separately issued chart of the coast from New York to North Carolina, which was issued separately and in Laurie...
Early English Colonial Map of Virginia Rare map of Virginia, engraved by Ralph Hall, for Wye Saltonstall's Historia Mundi. This remarkable map of Virginia is based in part upon John Smith's map of Virginia, embellished with a lively and unique...
The First Dutch Map of Virginia Fine, wide-margined, old color example of Blaeu's map of Virginia, and the Chesapeake region, based upon John Smith's map of Virginia, the most important map of Virginia published in the 17th Century. This is the...
First State of Morden's Map of Virginia. Fine example of Robert Morden's map of Virginia, one of the earliest obtainable English maps of the Chesapeake region. Beginning in the 1670s, the English fortunes in North America took a dramatic turn...
Christopher Browne's Map of the Chesapeake & Delaware Bay Regions -- The First Map to Accurately Depict The Boundary Line Which Settled The Penn-Calvert Boundary Dispute, Which Would Become The Mason-Dixon Line Rare second state of Christopher...
Heightened with Gold Leaf -- Fine Old Color Fine early large-format chart of Chesapeake Bay and the Delaware Estuary, by Pierre Mortier. This detailed and attractive chart focuses on Chesapeake Bay, and includes all of the Tidewater areas of...
Antique Sea Chart of the Chesapeake Region Published By The Leading Chartmaker of the Dutch East India Company Attractive and highly detailed map of the Chesapeake region, extending south to Cape Henry and north to southern New Jersey and the...
John Senex's edition of the Augustine Hermann Map of the Chesapeake. An antique map of the Chesapeake Bay from John Senex's edition of Christopher Browne's seminal map. Includes the Delaware Bay, Maryland and parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey,...
Rare Revolutionary War period map of Virginia & Maryland, published by Le Rouge. Le Rouge's 2 sheet edition is based upon the Fry Jefferson map, but covers only Virginia, Maryland & Delaware, plus the southern portions of New Jersey and...
First Published Edition of Jefferson's Notes on Virginia, with the Only Map Attributed to Thomas Jefferson. Engraved folding map, folding table. [4], viii, 190, [6], 197-387, 288-290, [5, errata] pages of French text (i.e., complete). 8vo, 8 x 4.75...
Engraved folding map, folding table. Title, advertisement and contents leaf, 382 pages of English text (i.e., complete). 8vo, 8 x 4.75 inches, contemporary calf, rebacked to style. First English Edition of Jefferson's Notes on Virginia, with the Only...
Thomas Jefferson's Map of Virginia Thomas Jefferson's rare and important map of the Mid Atlantic region, engraved from a manuscript draft drawn by Jefferson in 1786, while serving as a United States Minister in Paris. The map was prepared to...
Nice example of the single sheet version of the seminal Fry-Jefferson map of Virginia and Maryland, engraved by Elisabeth Haussard and published in Paris by Robert De Vaugondy for the Atlas Universel. A well executed reduction of Joshua Fry and Peter...
The Rarest Fry-Jefferson -- Recorded by Malone in only 2 surviving examples. Extremely rare example of the final state of the Fry & Jefferson's map of Virginia and Maryland, widely regarded as the most important and influential 18th century map...