The First National Atlas of the United States. The Exceptionally Rare 1783 Edition of Jeffery’s American Atlas. Thomas Jefferys' American Atlas was one of the four great atlases of the Colonies available during the Revolution - along with Faden's...
Rare Spanish edition of De Vaugondy's map of America. The map was apparently created to illustrate a Spanish edition of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon's natural history. The map credits Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla, whose 9 sheet map of...
Lively image of a crowd watching the reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Fine image of the reading of the Declaration of Independence, which appeared in Barnard's New-Completed Authentic History of England. The image is also...
Rare, Double-Hemisphere Wall Map Exhibiting the Recent Discoveries of Captain James Cook Fine, large, double-hemisphere world map, originally published by Alexis-Hubert Jaillot and revised by Louis Brion de La Tour and Louis Charles Desnos, following...
Scarce late state of Guillaume De L'Isle's map of the Western Hemisphere, updated to include the 3 voyages of Captain James Cook. Dezauche also shows the route of the voyages of Abel Tasman (1642), Quiros, Magellan (1520), Le Maire (1616), Mendana...
Description of an Overland Expedition Through Texas in 1767. Interesting early map of the Texas, the Gulf Coast and Mexico, from De Pages Voyages Au Tour Du Monde, published in 1782. Pages accompanied the Spanish Governor of Texas on a Journey from...
An Description of his Overland Expedition Through Texas in 1767. Interesting early map of the Texas, the Gulf Coast and Mexico, from a German edition of Pierre du De Pages Voyages Au Tour Du Monde, published in 1782. Pages accompanied the Spanish...
Interesting map of St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Barbados and the Windward Islands, published in the London Magazine.
Decorative map of South America, published in Paris by Jean Janvier. A classic example of the French unwillingness to enhance maps with speculative cartography. Large decorative cartouche.
Beautifully engraved plan of Geneva, Switzerland, published in 1782 in Paris. The map is exceptionally detailed, with emphasis on the fortification of Geneva, including extensive military information along the river. Insets include: "Plan of...
A Map with Flaps -- Beaurain's Progress Map of the Battle of Altenheim. Fascinating depiction of the Battle of Altenheim (Konzer Brücke), by Beaurain, the Royal Geographer. This is one of Beaurain's celebrated "map with flaps." This map of...
Antique engraved map of the Duchies of Livonia and Estonia, and the Governments of Novgorod, Belgorod, and Kiev. The map was published by Antonio Zatta in Venice in 1782.
A highly detailed map of Poland, published by Zatta. The map stretches from the Baltics to Hungary, Moldavia, the Ukraine and Russia. Shows, towns, rivers, mountains and other features. Based upon the work of Antonio Rizzi Zannoni.
The General Map of the Kaluga Department from the Межевая экспедиция Mapping of Russia. Detailed engraved cadastral map of the Kaluga region in western Russia. The map is characteristic of the modern surveying that began in Russia...
Detailed map of Croatia, Bosnia-Herzagovenia and Serbia, published in Venice by Zatta. Excellent coastal detail.
Spanish Broadside Map of the 1781-82 Conquest of Menorca. Rare separately issued broadside map showing information related to the Conquest of Menorca in February, 1782. The map shows the support provided by the Spanish in aid of the Duke of Crillon,...