Fine example of the first map of America printed in Armenian. The translation of the title into English is "Amerika, engraved according to recent geographical observations." One of four continental maps compiled by Elia Endasian, printed in Armenian...
A superlative example of its kind; an 18th-century French manuscript map drawn by a student (possibly a student surveyor or military officer) to demonstrate competence in the art of classical map drafting. The map incorporates a diversity of...
Three-Part World Map From Hervey's Geography, Showing the Voyages of Cook and Phipps to the Poles This tri-partite world map featured in Hervey's Geography. It shows the world divided in three: the North and South Pole on Polar projections, with a...
Three-Part World Map Showing the Voyages of Cook and Phipps to the Poles The map shows the world divided in three: the North and South Pole on Polar projections, with a cylindrical projection of the tropics at the bottom. The South Pole...
A number of celestial models and a rare double hemisphere world map.
Rare early map of the Northern Hemisphere, one of the earliest maps engraved by Walch, who would go on to have a successful career of more than 30 years as a mapmaker in Augsburg. Nice post-Cook detail, a very early use of information from Cook's...
Early map of the United States, colored by regions and Colonies. The map was published shortly after independence, and prior to the admission of Kentucky, Tennessee or Vermont as states, although Vermont is named quite curiously, appearing above...
Fine example of this highly detailed set of maps illustrating the British Colonies in North America at the conclusion of the American Revolution, published by Soules in his Histoire des Troubles de Amerique Anglaise. The primary map shows the British...
Scarce Revolutionary War period of the Southeastern United States, from Le Boucher's Histoire de la Derniere Guerre, entre La Grande-Bretagne, et les Etas-Unis de l'Amerique, published in Paris in 1787. The map provides a nice treatment of the region...
Nice example of the French edition of the scarce Lewis Evans' map of the Middle British Colonies, one of the most important maps of the British Colonies published in the 18th Century. Evans' map provides a dramatic update in the region covered, based...
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...
Detailed battle plan of the Battle of Yorktown, the final battle of the American Revolution. The map provides a detailed look at the battle of Yorktown, based upon French sources. The positions of the American, French and English forces and artillery...
Rare Early Real Estate Speculation in the Ohio Valley (Manuscript Additions!) Rare first state of this important map for the early development of the Ohio Valley, promoting the lands of the Scioto Company. The present example is a rare early state,...
Excellent colonial era map of the Gulf Coast, Florida, Texas and Central America, with the Western part of the Caribbean. Nice detail in Florida and Texas. Attractive wash colors. From Bonne's Atlas Supplement, published in Paris in 1787.
Rare illustrated map of Alaska and the Bering Straits, which appeared in the first German edition of the Account of Cook's Voyages. The map covers the area from the Bering Strait and the coast south of Norton Sound to the coast north of Cap du Prince...