Interesting map of America, published shortly after the dissemination of the Official Account of Captain James Cook's Third Voyage. The map retains the location of Mendana's Land west of Hawaii, a reference to a pre-Cook Spanish expedition that may...
Finely detailed map of America on the eve of the 19th Century and the radical transformation that would see the European powers expelled from both North and South America. The table in the bottom left corner showing the various British, French,...
An Early Plan for an Alternative Semaphore Design This work presents a new type of semaphore in which the operator rotates two wheels in order to create a symbol. In such a way, eighteen letters of the alphabet can be signaled. A sketch of this...
Elaborate chart illustrating the period tides, with times, etc. This chart was first issued in Sayer & Bennett's A Complete Channel Pilot, comprehending the English and French coasts, from the Thames Mouth to the Bay of Biscay, including the North...
This is a map showing Europe representing the continent as a matronly housewife. This depiction follows a centuries-old tradition in which Europa, the mythical Phoenician queen, is overlain on a map of Europe. In this present representation, Europa's...
Fine World Map Showcasing the Voyages of James Cook Detailed world map including tracks of all three voyages of Captain James Cook, expeditions that redrew the map of the Pacific Ocean. The map centers on the South Seas, where Cook spent most of the...
Scarce map of Greenland, with an inset map of the Faroes. The map is quite detailed, and shows several settlements and a number of coastal features.
The River of the West According to Some 1794 edition of Samuel Dunn's map of North America. The map provides an interesting depiction of North America, shortly after the close of the American Revolution. The US is colored in Green. To the west, the...
Striking example Samuel Dunn's map of North America. The map provides an interesting depiction of North America, shortly after the close of the American Revolution. The US is colored in Green. To the west, the vast unknown regions of Louisiana, New...
Important 2 sheet map of the coast of Maine, the second large format map of the region published in America. The map is exceptionally detailed for the period, with a wonderful primitive engraving style indicative of 18th Century American printing....
18th Century British Map of the Northern United States A nice example of Laurie & Whittle's map of Canada and the Northeastern United States, extending from Hudson and James Bays to Newfoundland and the Grand Bank, and to Delaware Bay, the Upper...
Rare example of John Stockdale's map of Rhode Island from the London edition of Morse's Geography. This map is quite possibly the first English language map of Rhode Island published following the conclusion of the American Revolution and one of only...
An important early battle plan, showing the position of the British and American Troops following the second battle of Saratoga. Following the first battle, Burgoyne took a defensive position, while the Americans withdrew to wait for his next move....
Rare map of Western Territory and the Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States in the last decade of the 18th Century. The map extends to the Illinois & Wabash Rivers, Lake Michigan and the confluence of the Ohio and Cumberland Rivers in western...
![A Map of the most Inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole Province of Maryland . . . Drawn by Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson in 1775 [Extremely Rare Final State]](/map/small/44778.jpg)
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...
The First Large Format Sea Chart of the Chesapeake Published in America Fine large chart of the coastline from New Jersey south to Cape Henry, Virginia, published by William Norman in Boston. The chart includes a detailed treatment of the Chesapeake...
