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146		United States		Eastern United States		1842 B+		$95.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 8.3 x 10.5 inches) This is an early printed color map of the Untied States, most likely printed by Morris & Breese. The map shows all of the United States to the Mississippi River and north to include Upper Canada. The entire north central portion including Canada is shaded to indicate the area contemplated for colonization of "the Irish Catholic Poor by sending them to America." This fascinating map is bound as ...

147		To the Independent Mariners of America, This Chart of their Coast from Savannah to Boston Is most Respectfully Dedicated by their most Obliged & Grateful Servant		Eastern United States John Williams Norie		1852 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 61.3 x 25.3 inches) This rare large-scale, blue-backed chart covers the eastern coast of the United States from St. Mary's inlet in Georgia to Penmanquid Point in Maine. Oriented with north to the right, the chart is densely engraved with navigational information including shoals, tidal directions, the gulf stream, soundings, and bottom textures. The numerous lighthouses are graphically illustrated with each hand-c...

148		[Lot of 3] Illinois [and] Delaware [and] West Virginia		U.S. States - Illinois, Delaware, West Virginia Ruth Taylor White		1932		$110.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 8.5 x 11.5 inches) Ruth Taylor White's charming pictorial maps are among the most popular collectible maps of the early 20th century. These whimsical maps, often known as cartographs, combine graphic style, color and comical observation. Caricatures representing the various industries and attractions overlay each state's geography, with major cities located. Many of her caricatures are considered politically inco...

149		A New and accurate Map of the Colony of Massachusets Bay, in North America from a Late Survey		Colonial New England Anonymous		1780 B+		$325.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 12.8 x 10.4 inches) This Revolutionary War era map focuses on Massachusetts and also covers all of Rhode Island and parts of Connecticut and New Hampshire. Handsomely adorned with a wreath-style title cartouche and delicate compass rose, it provides a good view of the towns, roads, early counties, as well as rivers, ponds and waterfalls. The maps issued in the Universal Magazine are among the best executed a...

150		Cram's New Railroad and County Map of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, from the Latest Official Surveys		New England George F. Cram & Company		1879 A		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 20.5 x 15.3 inches) This is an early and colorful pocket map by the George Cram firm. This detailed map of southern New England shows towns, cities, railroads as well as county and state boundaries. Fancy lettering in title, blank verso. The map folds into stiff embossed and gilt cloth covers. Complete with the 10 page index booklet attached to inside front cover.

151		A New Map of New England and New York		Colonial New England and Mid-Atlantic Robert Morden		1693 A		$600.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 5.8 x 4.8 inches) This uncommon little map of New England and Long Island is centered on the Connecticut River and the Boston area. The map has been updated from Morden's 1680 map with corrected river systems and new place names. Still, the map illustrates the general lack of knowledge of the region in the late seventeenth century. A table at left names and locates 32 towns and villages in Massachusetts where th...

152		Pensylvania Nova Jersey et Nova York cum Regionibus ad Fluvium Delaware in America sitis'		Colonial New England and Mid-Atlantic Seutter/Lotter		1760 A		$1,100.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19.5 x 22.5 inches) This is a notable pre-Revolutionary War era map based on Lewis Evans’ map of 1749, one of the first and most important maps of the region. This German version had wider circulation than the Evans map and therefore significant influence on the European view of the colonies. It extends from New England to the estuaries of the Delaware and Chesapeake. The British colonies are confined east of the ...

153		Nova Virginiae Tabula		Colonial Mid-Atlantic Henricus Hondius		1633 A		$1,800.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19.3 x 14.8 inches) This graphic map is Henricus Hondius' version of Capt. John Smith's important map of 1612, drawn from his brother's map of 1618. After the death of Jodocus Hondius in 1629, his widow sold a number of plates to Blaeu. Angry at the sale to a competitor, Henricus and Joannes Jansson engaged engravers to cut new plates, which were largely based on Jodocus' work. This is the 5th derivative of Smith...

154		Nova Virginiae Tabula		Colonial Mid-Atlantic Arnoldus Montanus		1671 A		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 14 x 11.5 inches) This is a very decorative, carefully made map based on the Hondius/Blaeu version of John Smith's prototype of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay. It is beautifully engraved with mountains, rivers, and forests and provides a wealth of information concerning the Indian villages in the region. The title and distance scale cartouches feature putti and a scene at upper right features Native Americans wi...

155		Carte de la Baye de Chesapeack et Pays Voisins		Colonial Mid-Atlantic Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1757 A		$200.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 11.4 x 7.5 inches) Finely engraved colonial map covering most of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware with a bit of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The interior is fully engraved with mountains and great detail along the rivers. An early network of trails and wagon roads are delineated, plus watershed and some topographical information. It extends west to beyond Fort Cumberland and locates Annapolis, Fredericksburg, William...

156		A Map of the Country round Philadelphia including Part of New Jersey, New York, Staten Island & Long Island		Colonial Mid-Atlantic Anonymous		1776 A+		$210.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 8.7 x 7 inches) This Revolutionary Warperiod map encompasses the area of Eastern Pennsylvania through Long Island and south to include Chesapeake Bay. The map was issued to illustrate the British Army's objective of defeating Gen. Washington at Long Island and then to march to Philadelphia and put a quick end to the conflict. It is centered on Philadelphia, includes most of New Jersey, Delaware, Long Isl...

157		Map of the Middle States of America. Comprehends New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and the Territory N.W. of Ohio		Mid-Atlantic John C. Russell		1794 B+		$350.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 18.2 x 14.3 inches) This detailed map extends from New York through Delaware and west to Lake Huron, Great Traverse Bay, Ft. Miami and Ft. Washington. The area west of Virginia includes several Bounty Land Grants: Seven Ranges, Army Lands, Ohio Company, Donation Lands from the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Colonel Simmes Grant. It also shows Indiana in what is now West Virginia. This region was orig...

158		Map of the Country embracing the Several Routes examined with a view to a National Road from Washington to Lake Ontario		Mid-Atlantic U.S. War Department		1829 B+		$190.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 16.5 x 36 inches) A pair of early maps that reflect the federal government's early concern for providing a viable transportation system across the country. The detailed and interesting maps were based on a map by Col. Stephen H. Long, compiled by F. Harrison, Jr., drawn by A.J. Stansbury, and engraved on copper by W. Harrison. The first sheet covers an 80-mile section from just below Washington D.C. to Athens, PA...

159		[Lot of 3 - Chesapeake Bay]		Mid-Atlantic U.S. Coast Survey		1857 B+		$170.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) This matched set of charts provides a detailed examination of the northern portion of Chesapeake Bay that includes a surprising amount of detail along the coastal lands. These navigational aids are filled with sailing directions, dangers in the area, and information on tides, winds, currents, etc. Size given is approximate for each chart. Together this set covers the area from where the Susquehann...

160		Sketch of the Country embracing several Routes from Portsmouth Ohio, to Linville, N.C. and exhibiting the relative positions of the contemplated road'between the Atlantic Ocean and the Northern Lakes		Mid-Atlantic and Southeast U.S. Corps of Engineers		1832-36 A		$120.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 12.2 x 40.5 inches) This map details the country between Lake Erie south to the Atlantic Ocean near Savannah. The route of the proposed road originates in Portsmouth on the Ohio River and meanders down through Kentucky, [now] West Virginia, Tennessee and to the Vicinity of Morgantown in North Carolina. The National Road is shown running between Columbus and east to Brownsville, PA. The map locates Louisville, Spa...

161		Virginiae partis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumq regionum Nova Descriptio		Colonial Southeast Willem Blaeu		1640 A		$1,100.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19.8 x 15 inches) This striking map of the Southeast is based on the Hondius map of 1606 with marked improvements in the northern part of the map. It is largely from the work of Hessel Gerritsz and unknown English sources. In the Chesapeake Bay area Newport News (Newport Nesa), founded in 1621, is named for the first time, along with Bermouth, Stortingen and Arglas. The cartography in the southern part of...

162		Carte de la Caroline et Georgie		Southeastern United States Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1773 A		$170.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 11 x 7.3 inches) Delicately engraved map of the colonies of Carolina and Georgia from Albemarle Sound to the Alatamaha River. It probably owes its origin to the 1752 map of the region by Emanuel Bowen. There are numerous English settlements along the coast and Indian villages are located throughout, including a number west of the Appalachian Mountains. There is more detail in the area west of the Blue Ridge tha...

163		Carta delle Provincie Meridionali degli Stati-Uniti		Southeastern United States Francois Alexander Rochefoucald Liancourt		1800 A+		$230.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19 x 13.3 inches) This is a very uncommon Italian map of the southeastern region. The map covers the states of Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina and part of Georgia. It provides a nice view of early settlements and roads, as well as the mountains, forests and Indian villages. Between Tennessee and Georgia is a long strip of land labeled Territorio degli Stati Uniti. This land origin...

164		Map of North and South Carolina and Georgia, Constructed from the Latest Authorities		Southeastern United States Albert Finely		1824 C		$650.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 20.8 x 16.6 inches) This scarce map is the earliest example we find any reference for and is a year earlier than Rumsey's 1825 example. The atlas map is more often seen, and this folding pocket map version rarely comes to market. It is an interesting map of the three states that details the counties in transition. In North Carolina Haywood county has not yet given up it's western tip to Macon county; Pendle...

165		[Lot of 2] Map Showing the Route of Marches of the Army of Genl. W.T. Sherman' [and] Map Illustrating the Siege of Atlanta, GA' under the Command of Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman		Southeastern United States - Georgia U.S. Army		1864 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) The following two maps are complete with pages 1156 - 1218 of the disbound report to provide actual descriptions of the events from the leaders who initiated and prosecuted them. The maps together with these writings provide a fascinating study of these important Civil War battles. For example, on March 31, 1865 General Sheridan writes in his campaign of Atlanta "This force is too strong for us....

166		Carte de la Floride, de la Louisiane, et Pays Voisins		Colonial United States Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1757 A		$250.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 11.8 x 8.5 inches) Finely engraved and detailed map of French Louisiana that extends from the Great Lakes and Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico and from Nouveau Mexique to the middle of Florida. The Mississippi River flows dramatically down the center of the map with tributaries including the Ohio River, (l'Oyo ou la Belle), Missouri River, and the Riviere de Moingona in the area of modern-day Des...

167		Florida, et Regiones Vicinae		Colonial South Hessel Gerritsz & Joannes de Laet		1630 A		$3,500.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 13.8 x 10.8 inches) This is one of three maps of North America that were included in De Laet's important work on the Americas. It greatly influenced the subsequent work of Blaeu, Jansson and Sanson. It was most likely engraved by Hessel Gerritsz, who drew on the cartography of Jacques le Moyne, as interpreted by Claesz. The Florida Peninsula is here named Tegesta provinc, the name of an Indian tribe that li...

168		Partie de la Coste de la Louisiane et de La Floride depuis le Missisippi Jusqua St. Marc d'Apalache		Colonial South Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1744 A		$850.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 16.8 x 8.3 inches) This important early chart of the Gulf Coast covers from New Orleans and the Mississippi delta to St. Marks River & Apalachicola Bay. The shoreline is still somewhat speculative but many harbors, inlets, bays & rivers are indicated along the coast. The Mississippi delta is well represented including the English Turn on the Mississippi River (Detour des Anglois). Shown mostly as a vast gr...

169		Carte Reduite des Costes de la Louisiane et de la Floride'		Colonial South - Florida & Bahamas Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1764 A		$2,750.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 33.2 x 22.2 inches) Jacques Nicolas Bellin, chief cartographer to the French Navy, produced a number of important maps of the Gulf Coast. This is probably the most significant one of the region due to both its large size and the interesting depiction of the Florida peninsula as a massive archipelago of islands. The depiction of the river systems of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama is extremely detailed for the p...

170		Georgia from the latest Authorities		Southern United States - Georgia E. Low		1810 B		$700.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 15 x 7.8 inches) This is a scarce map covering from the Atlantic seaboard to the Mississippi River, present-day Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. There is good topographical information, particularly for the eastern section. Early counties in Georgia are named and their boundaries given. The interior is labeled Country of the Creek Nation of Indians with several other tribes located and the notation "The...

171		Map of the States of Mississippi, Louisiana, and the Arkansas Territory		Southern United States John Hinton		1832 A		$110.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 10.5 x 16 inches) A very detailed map showing Indian tribes, parishes, rivers, forts and roads. Arkansas Territory, with early county development, is included. The Mississippi Delta area is especially well-rendered, graphically depicting the swamps. Topography is via bold hachure. Extends to the Sabine River with Mexico to the west.

172		[Lot of 5 - Civil War Battles]		Southern United States U.S. War Department		1865		$250.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) The following five maps were bound in the official report of Major General George H. Thomas, which is part of this lot. The disbound report, written from Eastport, Mississippi is "Major General G.H. Thomas's report of the operations of the army under his command from September 7, 1864, to January 20, 1865" which includes pages 1223 - 1252. The report pages are clean and bright, fine. The maps i...

173		A Map of the Indian Territory Northern Texas and New Mexico Showing the Great Western Prairies		South-Central United States, Indian Territory Josiah Gregg		1844 B+		$550.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 15.4 x 12.5 inches) This is a landmark map of the western territories, mapping the area from Missouri, Kansas and Louisiana to the Rocky Mountains. This is the first edition of this map, published just before the more common Morse and Breese atlas map, also dated 1844, but published in 1845. Morse and Breese are named as publisher of this map as well. It shows the northern part of the Republic of Texas reac...

174		Upper Territories of the United States		United States - Midwest Mathew Carey		1814 B+		$230.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 5.8 x 7.6 inches) This map focuses on Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and the Northwestern Territory. It shows Chicago in the Northwestern Territory, as the northern Illinois border is shown south of the present-day boundary. The spurious Phillipeaux Island still persists in Lake Superior. Excellent detail of the Mississippi River and above to the Lake of the Woods. Detroit is shown with its Canadian n...

175		Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River from Astronomical and Barometrical Observations Surveys and Information'		United States - Midwest U.S. War Department		1843 B+		$350.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 30 x 36 inches) This extremely important map is the first accurate map of this interior region of which the contemporary cartographer Lt. G. K. Warren said was "one of the greatest contributions ever made to American geography." The map covers the region between St. Louis and the international boundary with Canada. The map was compiled by Lt. W. H. Emory (under the direction of Col. J. J. Albert) from the surve...

176		Guide Through Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin & Iowa. Showing the Township lines of the United States Surveys, Locations of Cities, Towns, Villages, Post Hamlets. Canals, Rail and Stage Roads.		United States - Midwest J. Calvin Smith		1844 B+		$275.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 24.5 x 19 inches) This beautifully engraved pocket map was issued as a guide for travelers and immigrants. It is densely filled with information on Stage Roads, railroads, political divisions, towns and villages, watershed and canals. The areas of Iowa and northern Wisconsin are mostly unsettled. The Indian names are per Schoolcraft in this early edition. A Proposed Military Road to Council Bluffs and Ft. Calh...

177		Nebraska and Kanzas		United States - Midwest Joseph Hutchins Colton		1855 A+		$190.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 15.5 x 12.7 inches) This is the first edition of this important and early map of the transitional territories of Nebraska and Kanzas. In 1854, the United States passed An Act to Organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas with this configuration. That act also repealed the Missouri Compromise, allowing slavery in the territories north of the 36° 30´N latitude, provoking violence in the region betw...

178		Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Indian Territory, Dacotah		United States - Midwest Roswell C. Smith		1860-62 B+		$160.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 10.7 x 11.8 inches) This map's main feature is the desirable depiction of Jefferson Territory, named here along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Shows early appearances of Denver, Auraria (just above Denver), and Aurora. This extralegal and unrecognized territory of the United States existed from October 24, 1859 until the creation of the Colorado Territory on February 28, 1861. St. Charles, the first ...

179		[Lot of 2] Johnson's Nebraska, Dakota, Colorado, & Kansas		United States - Midwest Johnson & Browning		1862 A		$190.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 15.4 x 12.4 inches) This lot contains two of the same map; identical except for coloring. This edition features Nebraska with a long panhandle that extends all the way to about present-day Idaho near Ft. Bridger and Fremont's Peak. Above Nebraska is a huge Dakota Territory that extends all the way to the Canadian border, west to the Continental Divide and east to Minnesota Territory. The map is filled with informat...

180		Johnson's Nebraska, Dakota, Idaho and Montana		United States - Midwest Johnson and Ward		1868 B+		$65.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 23.4 x 17 inches) This colorful double-page map shows a very early rendering of Wyoming Territory, organized in 1868. The territory's western boundary is not correctly formed; extending here into present-day Idaho in the northwest, with Idaho taking up the present-day Wyoming region south of Jackson Hole. There are no counties established. It correctly shows Montana which, along with Wyoming, was previously cont...

181		Map of Oregon and Upper California from the Surveys of John Charles Fremont and other Authorities		Western United States Fremont/Preuss		1848 A		$850.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 16.5 x 19.5 inches) This is the smaller version of Fremont's highly respected map of the American West. It was published by Congress in 1850 to meet the demand for information concerning the California Gold Rush. The map covers a smaller area than his larger map of the same title, eliminating Oregon and covering California and only the western parts of present-day Arizona and Utah. The El Dorado or Gold ...

182		A New Map of the State of California, the Territories of Oregon, Washington, Utah & New Mexico		Western United States Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.		1853 A		$375.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 12.7 x 15.6 inches) A great map of California and the large western territories from this important series of maps originating with Samuel Augustus Mitchell. The map is filled with early county configurations, the exploration routes of Lewis and Clark, Fremont, Kearney and Cooke, and the Spanish and Oregon Trails. Washington and Oregon have their eastern boundaries in the Rocky Mountains adjoining Missouri Territor...

183		Californien, Oregon, Utah und Neu-Mejico		Western United States Carl Flemming		1855 A+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 13.7 x 15.7 inches) Handsome German map that depicts the state of California and the large western territories of Oregon, Utah and New Mexico. Washington Territory is not named, but it is separated from Oregon by outline color. Salt Lake City is named New Jerusalem. Filled with Indian names, a few forts, and some interesting conjectural topography. The map was produced with printed color distinguishing th...

184		Map to Illustrate Capt. Bonneville's Adventures among the Rocky Mountains		Western United States Joseph Hutchins Colton		1856 A		$230.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 18.6 x 11.6 inches) This interesting map is based on Fremont's map of the same period. The region west of the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean is delineated with the rivers and towns of the gold region in California well shown. The expedition route described is that of Captain Benjamin Bonneville who explored the American West from 1832-1836. The expedition party traveled parallel to the course of the Snake...

185		A New Map of the State of California, the Territories of Oregon, Washington, Utah & New Mexico		Western United States Charles Desilver		1856 A		$400.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 12.8 x 16 inches) This fine map of California and the large western territories is from this important series of maps originating with Samuel Augustus Mitchell. The map is filled with early county configurations, the exploration routes of Lewis and Clark, Fremont, Kearney, and Cooke, and the Spanish and Oregon Trails. Washington and Oregon have their eastern boundaries in the Rocky Mountains at the Continental Di...

186		Map of the United States and Their Territories Between the Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean and Part of Mexico Compiled from Surveys'		Western United States William Hemsley Emory		1857-8 B+		$275.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 23 x 20.3 inches) This map is one of the foundation maps for the western United States and represents the culmination of fifty years of government explorations. Starting with Lewis and Clark, there were numerous official and unofficial surveys and explorations, all adding to the pool of knowledge presented here. While large sections are still labeled "unexplored territory," Emory fitted these fragments tog...

187		[Lot of 4 - Western States]		Western United States Warner & Beers		1875 A		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) This lot contains four maps by the famous Warner & Beers firm, primarily know for their state and county atlases. 1) County Map of Oregon, Washington [with] Territory of Alaska, (16.8 x 13.5). Two maps within one border. The WA/OR map has early border development, the map of Alaska is too early for any political subdivisions. 2) County Map of Idaho Montana and W...

188		Progress Map of the Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian [together with] Annual Report'		Western United States Lt. George M. Wheeler		1875 A+		$150.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 22 x 16 inches) A remarkable and attractive map that reflects the survey efforts in the West. It is a detailed representation of the various routes of western expeditions and the important surveys of King (40th parallel), Wheeler, Powell & Hayden. This edition includes the survey seasons of 1869, and 1871 through 1874. Among the details are the locations of occupied and abandoned posts, astronomical stations, s...

189		Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope... Volume I & Volume II		Western United States John Muir		1888 A		$1,000.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 12.5 x 16 inches) This is the complete set in two volumes. The title continues "California, Oregon, Nevada, Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, etc. Illustrated with Etchings, Photogravures, Wood Engravings, etc. by Eminent American Artists." Volume I: The frontispiece is the stunning sepia toned etching "The Half Dome - View from Moran Point" by Thomas Moran. Complete with 60 f...

190		Map of the Oregon Territory from the Best Authorities		Northwestern United States Charles Wilkes		1849 A+		$100.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 13.2 x 8.3 inches) This is the reduced edition of Wilkes' map that was a major contribution to American cartography and the most detailed map of the region north of the Sacramento River. It provided Americans with an accurate view of an area still virtually unknown in the mid-nineteenth century. Wilkes supported the view of Senator Lewis Linn that the northwest boundary of America should be 54° 40' North, the famo...

191		[Lot of 2] The Territories of Washington and Oregon [and] Washington and Oregon		Northwestern United States Joseph Hutchins Colton		1856		$220.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1) The Territories of Washington and Oregon, from General Atlas (15.5 x 11.8") This great map of the Pacific Northwest shows both territories extending to the Continental Divide and that region that would become Idaho. Of specific interest is the notation of all the major exploration routes, wagon trails and the proposed routes for the transcontinental railway as explored by Gov. ...

192		Johnson's Washington and Oregon		Northwestern United States Johnson & Browning		1862 A		$85.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 15.8 x 12.3 inches) A handsome and colorful map of the Pacific Northwest with Washington Territory wrapping around the newly formed state of Oregon and extending south to Utah and east to Nebraska Territory. County development is mostly limited to the coastal areas. Very little information is displayed in the area of today's Idaho except for Fort Hall and the nearby Cantonment Loring. The map locates numerous fort...

193		[Lot of 2] Topographical Sketch of the Southernmost Point of the Port of San Diego' [and] Map of the Military Reservation at Fort Yuma California		Southern California and Southern Arizona		1849-69		$110.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) Topographical Sketch of the Southernmost Point of the Port of San Diego, and the Measurement of the Marine League for Determining Initial Point of the Boundary between the United States and Mexican Republic, by Andrew B. Gray, from Senate Ex. Doc 34, 1st Session, 31st Cong., 1849, (22.8 x 17.5"). This was the critical map of the Mexican Boundary Survey. Initial work had broken down over a ...

194		Reconnaissance of the Tulares Valley Made by order of Brev. Brig. Gen. Riley' [and] Reconnaissance of the Colorado River made by order of Maj. Gen. P.F. Smith'		California and Arizona Lt. George Horatio Derby		1850 A		$1,100.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 18 x 14.8 inches) These two important maps of exploration by Lt. Derby are contained in the original Report of The Secretary of War'a reconnaissance of the Gulf of California and the Colorado river by Lieutenant Derby., 32d Congress, 1st Session, Senate Ex. Doc. 81; 8vo, 28 pp. with modern blue cloth boards and paper label on spine. Both maps are dated 1850 but were not published until 1852 when this rep...

195		That Part of Disturnell's Treaty Map		Southwestern United States U.S. Gov.		1851 B+		$160.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 11 x 8.7 inches) This is a fascinating map centered roughly on Santa Fe. The map covers the area from the Arkansas River south to the 31st parallel and locates Albuquerque and Tucson. The parallels were being corrected from an incorrect position previously mapped, and this map illustrates both old and new parallels. Shows topography, hydrology, Gen. Kearny's route, the route of the Santa Fe Expedition, the old ...

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