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Benedetto Bordone: Terra de lavoratore
Venice, 1528-1565
Rare and sought-after map of North America by Benedetto Bordone. Shows the North American continent with the northern part of South America. With several settlements and the name Terra de...
Antique woodcut map of North America. Printed in Venice between 1528 and 1565.
Theodor de Bry: Americae Pars, Nunc Virginia Dicta, Primum ab Anglis Inventa Sumtibus Dn. Walteri Raleigh...
Theodor de Bry, Frankfurt, 1590
One of the Most Significant Cartographical Milestones on Colonial North American History.A very fine dark impression of the first printed map of Virginia and the Carolinas. From the first...
Coloured map of Virginia. Printed in Frankfurt by Theodor de Bry in 1590.
Jodocus Hondius: Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio
Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1628
One of the great early maps of the North-American South, before the Jamestown colony was established. The Mercator-Hondius map of Virginia and Florida, originally published in 1606 by Jodocus...
Coloured map of Virginia and Florida. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1628.
Gerard Mercator: Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio
Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1628
The First Separate Printed Map of the North Pole and the Arctic Regions.The first printed map devoted exclusively to the Arctic. First published after Gerard Mercator's death (1594) by his...
Antique map of the North Pole and the Arctic. Printed in Amsterdam by Jodocus Hondius in 1613.
Gerard Mercator: China
Johannes Cloppenburch, Amsterdam, 1630-36
Rare antique map of China by G. Mercator. Shows China with the Great Wall of China, Japan, Korea is still shown as an island and in the northeast with Alaska. From the scarce edition of the...
Antique map of China. Printed in Amsterdam by Johannes Cloppenburch in 1630.
Jodocus Hondius: Nova Virginiae Tabula
Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1633
First State of the Hondius' derivative of John Smith's Virginia Map.A very fine example of the first state of Henricus Hondius' derivative of John Smith's significant 1612 map of Virginia....
Coloured map of Virginia. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1633.
Giovanni Giacomo Rossi: L'America Settentrionale. Nuovamente Corretta et Accresciuta Secondo le Relationi Piu Moderne da...
G. G. de Rossi, Rome, 1677
First state of the rare map of North America by G. G. de Rossi after G. Sanson. California is shown as an island. Based on the map of Sanson from 1669. It includes a few additions to Sanson's map...
Old coloured map of North America. Printed in Rome by G. G. de Rossi in 1677.
Justus Danckerts: Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non Pennsylvaniae et Partis Virginiae Tabula ...
Justus Danckerts, Amsterdam, circa 1690
Danckerts' famous map of New England, Virginia, and Pennsylvania with an early view of New York City in stunning old color.This scarce map by Justus Danckerts is of such importance because...
Important map of the Northeast with a view of New York. Printed in Amsterdam c. 1690 by Justus Danckerts.
Christoph Weigel: Novi Orbis sive Totius Americae cum Adiacentibus Insulis Nova exhibitio
Johann Ernst Adelbulner, Nuremberg, 1718
Scarce and interesting map of America by Christoph Weigel. California is still represented as a big island. The Mississippi river flows into the Gulf of Mexico. In the northern Pacific a legend...
Old coloured map of the American continent. Printed in Nuremberg by Johann Ernst Adelbulner in 1718.
Johann Baptist Homann: Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciae Ludovicianae a R.P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc...
J.B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1720
The famous Buffalo Map of the Southeast by J.B. Homann. Showing the most part of today United States from the Great Lakes to Florida, the Mississippi River Valley with Louisiana and Texas, as...
The Buffalo Map of the Mississippi River Valley.
Johann Baptist Homann: Geographische Universal-Zeig und Schlag-Uhr
J.B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1720
Curious Depiction of California as an Island.Illustration of a geographical clock by Zacharias Landteck, who manufactured it in the early 1700's in Nuremberg. The engraving was created by J....
Old coloured map of California as an Island. Printed in Nuremberg by J.B. Homann circa 1720.
Covens and Mortier: Carte Du Mexique et de la Floride des Terres Angloises et des Isles Antilles du Cours et des...
Covens & Mortier, Amsterdam, 1722
Beautiful old coloured antique map of the southeastern part of the United States with Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Covens & Mortier's edition of De l'Isle's important map with an accurately depict...
Old coloured map of Florida, Mexico, Caribbean. Printed in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier in 1722.
Christoph Weigel: Novissima Tabula Regionis Ludovicianae Gallice dictae la Louisiane...
Johann Ernst Adelbulner, Nuremberg, circa 1730
Scarce map of Northeastern America by Christoph Weigel. Showing the entire east of the United States with today's Texas in the west. The map is based on the important map by G. de l'Isle from 1718....
Old coloured map of Colonial French Louisiana. Printed in Nuremberg by Johann Ernst Adelbulner circa 1730.
Covens and Mortier: Carte De La Louisiane et du Cours du Mississipi
Covens & Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1730
Beautiful old coloured example of Covens & Mortier's edition of Guillaume De L'Isle important map of the Mississippi Valley with the Great Lakes, the most significant map of this area published in...
Old coloured map of Louisiana, Mississippi. Printed in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier circa 1730.
Guillaume de l'Isle: L'Amerique Septentrionale Dressee sur les Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des...
Covens & Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1730
Old coloured map of North America after Guillaume de l'Isle. This is the Covens & Mortier version of the important foundation map of North America by G. de l'Isle. California is again correctly...
Old coloured map of North America. Printed in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier circa 1730.
Emanuel Bowen: A New & Accurate Map of Mexico or New Spain together with California, New Mexico &c.
E. Bowen, London, 1747
Bowen's map of Mexico with Florida and Baja California from 'A Complete System of Geography'. Showing the Southwestern and Southeastern United States, Baja California, Mexico, Central America and...
Antique map of Louisiana, California, Florida, Mexico. Printed in London by E. Bowen in 1747.
Anonymous: Neu York oder Neu Amsterdam
Knach, circa 1800
A charming manuscript drawing on vellum in brown ink of New York, signed 'Knach' with a German title 'Neu York oder Neu Amsterdam'. Around 1800. Provenance: A Swiss private collection.
Manuscript drawing on vellum of New York. Around 1800.
William Hooker: Hooker's New Pocket Plan Of The City Of New York. Compiled & Surveyed By William Hooker, ACSA...
William Hooker, New York, 1828-29
William Hooker's Rare and Early Pocket Map of New York City 1828/29.Rare, very detailed folding map of New York City. Entirely independent produced by William Hooker in 1828/29. The...
Old coloured city plan of New York City, Lower Manhattan. Printed in New York by William Hooker in 1828.
John Bachmann: Bird's Eye View of Philadelphia
J. Bachmann, Sarony & Major, New York, 1850
Stunning View of Philadelphia by John BachmannLarge and rare view of Philadelphia by John Bachmann for Sarony & Major. This magnificent bird's eye view shows the skyline of Philadelphia...
Bird's eye view of Philadelphia. Printed in New York by J. Bachmann, Sarony & Major in 1850.
Sebastian Münster: Die Neuwen Inseln / so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient / bey dem Landt Indie ligen
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)
The first map to show the New World as an entity. Earliest appearance of Japan on a map, predating European contact. First appearance of Mare Pacificum on a map.Sebastian Munster's...
Coloured woodcut map of the American continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
Sebastian Münster: Die neuwen Inseln, so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem Land India ligen
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1550)
The first map to show the New World as an entity. Earliest appearance of Japan on a map, predating European contact. First appearance of Mare Pacificum on a map.Early state of...
Coloured woodcut map of the American continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1550.
Sebastian Münster: Tabula Novarum Insularum, quas Diversis Respectibus Occidentales & Indianas Vocant
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1554)
The first map to show the New World as an entity. Earliest appearance of Japan on a map, predating European contact. First appearance of Mare Pacificum on a map.Early state of...
Coloured woodcut map of the American continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1554.
Pedro de Medina: Nuevo Mundo
Francisco Frenandez de Cordova, Valladolid, 1545
Real First Edition of Medina's Very Rare Map of America and the Atlantic.Very rare and important first edition of the map of America and the Atlantic from Pedro de Medina's Arte de Navegar...
Woodcut sea chart of the Atlantic Ocean. Printed in Valladolid by Francisco Frenandez de Cordova in 1545.
Abraham Ortelius: Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni Typus
Antwerp, 1570
First state of the Tartary map by A. Ortelius. Showing large part of Asia from Black Sea with Russia, parts of China, a curious early treatment of Japan and an early treatment of the West Coast of...
Coloured map of the Tartary. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1570.