Detailed map of Mexico and Guatemala, with an excellent treatment of most of Texas. The road system in Texas is of note in this map.
Scarce coast to coast map of the United States, showing a massive Texas and Upper California, both recently part of the United States, published in London in 1848. Texas is shown 2 years prior to statehood, with a massive oversized northwestern...
Fine example of this rare edition of the US Coast Survey map of Harbors of Black Rock and Bridgeport, Connecticut, published separately on thick paper as a presentation copy. The chart provides fine detail topographical and geographical details of the...
Fine example of this rare edition of the US Coast Survey map of Harbors of Black Rock and Bridgeport, Connecticut, published separately on thick paper. The chart provides fine topographical and geographical details of the two harbors, including...
Laying Out Plots in Midtown, including the Location of Studio 54. Two highly finished large manuscript maps of real estate in Midtown West, comprising land between 9th Avenue and Bloomingdale Road (i.e., Broadway), bounded by 53rd Street on the south...
Mount Morris Park - Central Harlem A fine example Francis Nicholson's rare 1848 cadastral map of the Mount Morris Park historic district - the only specific map of this area to appear in the 19th century. The map depicts the region from Eighth Avenue...
Fine example of this extremely scarce separately issued engraved nautical chart on 3 sheets, covering Delaware Harbor and Bay from the mouth of the harbor to Trenton. While the map appears occasionally on the market bound into an early coast survey...
Detailed early map of Arkansas, hand colored by counties, with a chart showing the steam boat routes and illustrating canals, railroads, and other details.
Excellent map of California, Mexico, Texas and the Southwest, published by A&C Black. The map covers all of Upper California and shows the missions, early forts and information immediately prior to the discovery of gold. Several settlement and...
Nice example of Fremont's map of the region west of the Rocky Mountains, widely regarded as the most important and influential map the American West published in the middle of the 19th Century. This example includes the text of the Geographical Memoir...
The Second Issue of Fremont's Map of the West--Issued Following the Discovery of Gold in California Nice example of Fremont's seminal map of the West, which focuses on California, Arizona, Utah and Nevada. Wheat dedicates 13 pages and 2...
Striking image of the Rocky Mountains, with the Columbia River in the foreground and native Americans with two canoes. One of the earliest obtainable images of a scene from Oregon Territory, based upon actual observations of an earlier traveler,...
Rare sea chart of California, Mexico and Central American coastline, showing the southern sea route to San Francisco printed on the eve of the California Gold Rush. This fine chart depicts the length of the Pacific Coast of North and Central America,...
The First Edition of One of the First Publications On The Discovery of Gold in California. The First Guidebook Aimed at Gold Rushers. This is one of the first printed guides to California, issued after the gold discovery became known in the East. It...
Nice example of Emory's map of the Battle of San Pasqual, in North San Diego County, one of the earliest military battles fought in Upper California. The Battle of San was fought during the Mexican-American War in what is now the San Pasqual of San...
Scarce map of the British North America and Russian America (Alaska) published in London in 1848. The far western portion of Canada is labeled simply "Columbia and extends from the US to Russian America, dominated by a speculative "Cook River." A...