Decorative example of this striking map of America, showing California as an Island based upon the Second Sanson Model, published by the Valk family. Terrae Esonis and Fretum Anian shown in the Northwest. Intriguing detail in the interior. Mississippi...
Moullart-Sanson's Very Rare Elementary Atlas with Many Maps of the World, Its Hemispheres, Poles, Etc. in Different Projections. Quarto (10 x 7.75 inches). Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt (somewhat rubbed and worn, head of spine chipped, rear...
![[Proietio Optica Hemisphaerii Polaris Arctici]](/map/small/59287.jpg)
Unusual World map on a North Polar projection, with a highly enlarged depiction of Greenland and Iceland and celestial model in the upper right. The map shows California as an Island and a potential NW Passage and also a possible continuous landmass...
![Cumnecdum Stella Haec extorts suiset Olympo… [Northern Celestial and Terrestrial Hemispheres]](/map/small/55745.jpg)
Striking map of the Northern Celestial Sky, with a projection of the Northern Hemisphere in the interior. The terrestrial projection shows California as an Island and a potential NW Passage and also a possible continuous land mass to Asia. The...
Antique Map of The Future United States and the Spanish Main -- Important Early Depiction of the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes Fine example of Schenk's decorative map of the Southeastern part of North America, Gulf Coast and the Spanish Main,...
Antique 18th century map of the Eastern United States and Canada, from De Fer's Atlas Curieux. A map which illustrates the extent of French royal control over the North American Continent. Canada, also named Nouvelle France on the map, extends from...
![Americque Septentrionale Par le Sr. Sanson d'Abbeville Geographe du Roy . . . 1705 [Rare Peninsular California edition, with unusual Mississippi River depiction]](/map/small/61024.jpg)
Antique Map of North America -- California as an Island Old color example of Sanson's revised map of North America. In 1705, Pierre Moullart Sanson radically revised this map of North America, modifying perhaps the three most significant features of...
Nice example of Vander Aa's map of North America, based upon Guillaume De L'Isle's map of 1700. Uncommon map of North America and the West Indies. Interesting depiction of California which is ambiguous about whether it is an island or not. The Gulf of...
Detailed map of Martinique, oriented with east at the top. From De Fer's Atlas Curieux. The map provides a remarkable topographical and geographical look at Martinique, including forts, churches, anchorages, towns, rivers, mountains, bays, harbors,...
Rare 1705 map of South America, published by Guillaume Sanson. The map is a very late version of Pierre Mariette's Amerique Meridionale, which normally appears with a date of 1669, although it may have been issued as early as 1667. Mariette in turn,...
Striking Map of Europe at the Bellicose Beginning of the Eighteenth Century Rare map of the theater of war in Europe, published by Carol Allard in Amsterdam. It shows southern Europe as it looked during the War of Spanish Succession. The wide map...
Detailed map of the Isle of Wight and contiguous coastline, from Portsmouth and Southampton to Swynghills and Havre de Rey (Kings Harbor). Shows a very detailed treatment of the island, both coastal and interior, with rhumb lines. Inset of Tor Bay and...
Detailed map of the 17 provinces with a key identifying regions. Includes and decorative cartouche and text on the Dutch Rebellion against Spain after the death of Charles V, and their rejection of the Catholic Religion in favor of the Reformed...
Rare early plan showing the Canal de Briare and the Canal D'Orleans, including keys identifying 65 places and 27 places on the two different canals, a dedication cartouche and illustration of a lock. The map is engraved using two plates, suggesting an...
Scarce two sheet map of the Poland, the Baltic Sea and contiguous regions. The map includes a number of sea routes throughout the North Sea, Danish Sea and Baltic, ultimately connecting Finland and Latvia with Rotterdam, Friedrichstadt, Dantzig,...
Scarce regional map of Italy, showing the mouths of the Po and Adige Rivers flowing into the Gulf of Venice. Shows towns, roads, rivers, lakes, mountains, etc. Excellent detail. Inset map shows the Republic of Luca and Principality of Masse on the...
