Striking example of this later edition of Mortier's double hemisphere map of the World, showing California as an island. The 5 additional spheres illustrate night and day; the earth without water, the phases of the moon, and the eastern and western...
Interesting map of America from the mid-18th Century. The map illustrates the state of America on the eve of the Seven Years (French & Indian) War.
Detailed map of the Holy Land, colored according to the lands of the 12 tribes, with two large cartouches.
An interesting 18th-century French manuscript climate-parallel chart. This inteseting piece charts the range of latitudes from the Equator to the Poles, and relates the various parallels to climatic conditions and notes the distances between the...
![[Naval Flags of the World] les Pavillons des Mer du Mond Nouvellement Corriges](/map/small/60259.jpg)
Rare sheet with about 184 maritime flags of nations and provinces. Includes many interesting flags, like the one of Mallorca, Corsaires, Constantinople, Ragusa, West Frise, Isle of Man, a few with curious titles like "Portuguese discovery of the New...
![Orange [Vauban Style Fortress]](/map/small/62043.jpg)
Refined Plan of a Star Fort and Walled Settlement in Orange, France. Manuscript plan outlining the fortress at Orange complete with moat, bastions, inner and outer walls, and several building outlines. The plan is finely wrought, showing similarities...
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...
Very rare pre-Mitchell map of the British Colonies in Noth America, published pursuant to Act of Parliament in November 1750, for Owen's Magazine of Magazines. The map shows the northeast from Newfoundland to Georgia and west to just beyond Lake Erie,...
An Early Manuscript Map of Present-Day New York City. With Provenance to One of The U.S. Navy's First Frigate Captains. An early manuscript map of what is now New York City, based closely on William Bradford's New Map of the Harbour of New York, one...
A beautiful map of Northeastern Canada, including Nova Scotia, Labrador, and Newfoundland, published by Tobias Conrad Lotter in Augsburg. The map's vertical format elongates the geography and distorts the true shape of Newfoundland. The St. Lawrence...
![[Rare Early State!] Pensylvania Nova Iersey et Nova York cum Regionibus Ad Fluvium Delaware In America Sitis, Nova Delinatione ob oculos posita . . .](/map/small/63399.jpg)
Rare Early State of Seutter's Map of New Jersey, New York and Eastern Pennsylvania Rare early state of Seutter's map of the Middle British Colonies, based upon Lewis Evans' extremely rare map of 1749. The present example differs by the spelling of...
Extremely Rare German Edition of Lewis Evans' Landmark 1749 Map Fine example of the German edition of Lewis Evans' important map, A map of Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, and the three Delaware Counties, published on March 25, 1749 in...
A Fine Mount & Page edition of John Thornton's important sea chart of Hudson's Bay and Eastern Canada. This fascinating sea chart embraces all of eastern Canada, from the southern part of Baffin Island down to include the Canadian Maritimes,...
Popular engraved map of Halifax featuring a remarkable depiction of a porcupine in the lower right of the image. This map, which was published in the Gentleman's Magazine in 1750, has long been sought after by collectors for its curious natural...
![[Manuscript Map, Michoacan, Mexico]](/map/small/65663ba.jpg)
18th Century Mexican Manuscript Map Describing A Dispute Over Water and Land Ownership Rights This manuscript describes the location of a disputed dam or weir near the stream of Chichipican de San Juan, which may be near Tzintzuntzan in Michoacán...
Late state of Mount & Page's sea chart of Jamaica, from the Fourth Book of the English Pilot. The chart was perhaps the single most widely utilized English sea chart of Jamaica during the first half of the 18th Century, as the success of the...
