North America

Authentic antique and old maps of North America. We offer rare antique maps of the United States of America and Canada. Also maps of the East and West Coast and old maps of Florida, Virginia, Carolina or California are for sale.

Abraham Ortelius: Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni Typus
Antwerp, 1584
Beautiful original old coloured copper engraved map of the Tartary by A. Ortelius. Showing large part of Asia from Black Sea with Russia, parts of China, a curious early treatment of Japan and an...
Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni Typus
1584 - Abraham Ortelius
11336
Old coloured map of the Northwestern US, Tartary. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1584.
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Abraham Ortelius: Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip.
Christoffel Plantin, Antwerp, 1587
Ortelius' famous and important map of the North Atlantic. With stunning old colours.The famous and probably the most beautiful map of the North. Shows the North Atlantic with Scandinavia and...
Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip.
1587 - Abraham Ortelius
12682
Old coloured map of the North Pole, North Atlantic. Printed in Antwerp by Christoffel Plantin in 1587.
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Sebastian Münster: Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio / Die newen Inseln, so hinder Hispania gegen Orient,...
Sebastian Petri, Basle, 1588 (1598)
Beautiful original antique map of America by Sebastian Münster. The west coast of North America features Vázquez de Coronado's Quivira , one of the mythical Seven Cities of Gold , as well as the...
Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio / Die newen Inseln, so hinder...
1588 - Sebastian Münster
12430
Woodcut map of the American continent. Printed in Basle by Sebastian Petri in 1598.
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Theodor de Bry: Floridae Americae Provinciae Recens & exactissima descriptio Auctore Iacobo le Moyne...
Theodor de Bry, Frankfurt, 1591
One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of Florida and the Southeastern United States.A very fine example of De Bry's cornerstone map of Florida. Based on the map Jacques le Moyne prepared...
Floridae Americae Provinciae Recens & exactissima descriptio Auctore...
1591 - Theodor de Bry
12743
Jacques le Moyne's map of Florida. Printed in Frankfurt by Theodor de Bry in 1591.
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Theodor de Bry: Occidentalis Americae Partis, vel, Earum Regionum quas Christophorus Columbus Primu Detexit...
Theodor de Bry, Frankfurt, 1594
Spectacular 16th Century Map of the West Indies and Florida.Theodore de Bry's fascinating map of the West Indies is based on the Milanese sailor Girolamo Benzoni, who travelled between 1541...
Occidentalis Americae Partis, vel, Earum Regionum quas Christophorus...
1594 - Theodor de Bry
11187
Coloured map of Florida, West Indies. Printed in Frankfurt by Theodor de Bry in 1594.
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Giovanni Antonio Magini: India Orientalis
Venice, circa 1596
Antique map of Southeast Asia by G.A. Magini. Showing southeast Asia with India, China, Japan, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia. To the northeast, the...
India Orientalis
1596 - Giovanni Antonio Magini
12550
Antique map of Southeast Asia. Printed in Venice circa 1596.
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Theodor de Bry: America sive Novus Orbis Respectu Europaeorum Inferior Globi Terrestris Pars 1596
Theodor de Bry, Frankfurt, 1596
De Bry's Beautifully Engraved Map of the New World.A very fine full color example of De Bry's scarce map of North and South America. With full-length portraits of the important explorers...
America sive Novus Orbis Respectu Europaeorum Inferior Globi Terrestris...
1596 - Theodor de Bry
12579
Coloured map of the American continent. Printed in Frankfurt by Theodor de Bry in 1596.
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Girolamo Ruscelli: America
G. Rosaccio, Venice, 1598
Coloured copper engraved America Map of G. Ruscelli. This example has a thin unexplained engraved line around the continent. From Ruscelli's Ptolemy Geographica "Le Relationi Universali" published...
America
1598 - Girolamo Ruscelli
10317
Coloured map of the American continent. Printed in Venice by G. Rosaccio in 1598.
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Giovanni Antonio Magini: America
Matthias Quad, Cologne, 1604
Beautiful original old hand coloured copper engraved map of America. Based on Giovanni d'Anian's Map of America from 1582. Compared to the Western Hemisphere map from Ortelius, Magini includes...
America
1604 - Giovanni Antonio Magini
10579
Old coloured map of the American continent. Printed in Cologne by Matthias Quad in 1604.
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Gerard Mercator: Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio
Jodocus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1613
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...
Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio
1613 - Gerard Mercator
12431
Antique map of the North Pole and the Arctic. Printed in Amsterdam by Jodocus Hondius in 1613.
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Gerard Mercator: Tartaria
Johannes Cloppenburch, Amsterdam, 1630-36
Scarce antique map of the Tartary by G. Mercator. Shows the Tartar Empire with Russia, the Caspian Sea in the west, the north of China with the Great Wall of China, Korea is still shown as an...
Tartaria
1630 - Gerard Mercator
12593
Antique map of the Tartary. Printed in Amsterdam by Johannes Cloppenburch in 1630.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali, cum Terris Adiacentibus
J. Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1635 (1662)
W. Blaeu's coastal chart of the West IndiesHand-coloured engraved sea chart of the West Indies by W. Blaeu. With the East Coast of the Americas from Chesapeake Bay to the Orinoco. First...
Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali, cum Terris Adiacentibus
1635 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
11447
Coloured sea chart of Florida, West Indies. Printed in Amsterdam by J. Blaeu in 1662.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali, cum Terris adiacentibus
Willem & Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1640-43
Blaeu's Striking Sea Chart of the West IndiesHand-coloured antique sea chart of the West Indies by Willem Blaeu. With the East Coast of the Americas from Chesapeake Bay to the Orinoco. First...
Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali, cum Terris adiacentibus
1640 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
11919
Coloured sea chart of the West Indies, Florida. Printed in Amsterdam by Willem & Joan Blaeu in 1640.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Virginiae Partis australis, et Floridae Partis Orientalis, interjacentiumq, regionum Nova Descripti
circa 1643
Attractive map of the east coast of Virginia and Florida. Second state with small tail at left water-cherub. "One of the many elegantly engraved maps of the Eastern seaboard of North America...
Virginiae Partis australis, et Floridae Partis Orientalis,...
1643 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
10076
Old coloured map of Virginia. Printed circa 1643.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Regiones Sub Polo Arctico
Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1643-50
Old coloured sea chart of the North Pole by Willem Blaeu. With Greenland and Canada, Iceland, Spitsbergen, Norway and the north coast of Russia. The map shows, the famous Northwest Passage , a...
Regiones Sub Polo Arctico
1643 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
12043
Old coloured sea chart of the North Pole. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1643.
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Johannes Janssonius: Insularum Hispaniolae et Cubae, Cum Insulis circumjacentibus accurata delineatio.
Johannes Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1650
First Edition of Jansson's map of Southern Florida and the Western Caribbean Rare and very decorative, old coloured sea chart of Southern Florida and the Western Caribbean by J. Janssonius....
Insularum Hispaniolae et Cubae, Cum Insulis circumjacentibus accurata...
1650 - Johannes Janssonius
11917
Old coloured sea chart of Florida and Western Caribbean. Printed in Amsterdam by Johannes Janssonius in 1650.
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Johannes Janssonius: Nova et Accurata Poli Arctici et Terrarum Circum Iacentium Descriptio
Johannes Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1650
Old colored sea chart of the North Pole by J. Janssonius. With Greenland and Canada, Iceland, Spitsbergen, Norway and the north coast of Russia. The map shows, the famous Northwest Passage , a...
Nova et Accurata Poli Arctici et Terrarum Circum Iacentium Descriptio
1650 - Johannes Janssonius
11920
Old coloured sea chart of the North Pole. Printed in Amsterdam by Johannes Janssonius in 1650.
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Johannes Janssonius: Nova et Accurata Poli Arctici et terrarum Circum Iacentium Descriptio
Janssonius Heirs, Amsterdam, 1666
Old colored sea chart of the North Pole by J. Janssonius. With Greenland and Canada, Iceland, Spitsbergen, Norway and the north coast of Russia. The map shows, the famous Northwest Passage , a...
Nova et Accurata Poli Arctici et terrarum Circum Iacentium Descriptio
1666 - Johannes Janssonius
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Old coloured sea chart of the North Pole. Printed in Amsterdam by Janssonius Heirs in 1666.
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Alexis Hubert Jaillot: Amerique Septentrionale Divisee en Ses Principales Parties [and] L'Amerique Meridionale Divisee...
R. & J. Ottens, Amsterdam, 1694 (1729)
A matching set of two old colored maps of North and South America by Alexis Hubert Jaillot. California is still shown as an island and the Great Lakes are shown with open ends in the West. Separate...
Amerique Septentrionale Divisee en Ses Principales Parties [and]...
1694 - Alexis Hubert Jaillot
11770
Old coloured map of the American continent. Printed in Amsterdam by R. & J. Ottens in 1729.
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Johann Baptist Homann: Totius Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis Novisima Representatio
J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1710
First state of this early edition of J. B. Homann's America map with California as an Island and without printers privilege. The Mississippi River is based on the early French Jesuit explorations,...
Totius Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis Novisima Representatio
1710 - Johann Baptist Homann
10328
Old coloured map of California as an Island. Printed in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann circa 1710.
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Johann Baptist Homann: Belgii Pars Septentrionalis Communi Nomine vulgo Hollandia ... / Batavorum Coloniae Occidential...
J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1710
Original old coloured map of the Low Countries by JB Homann. With large inset maps of the Northeastern US from the Chesapeake to Massachusetts and Southeast Asia and additional vignette views of...
Belgii Pars Septentrionalis Communi Nomine vulgo Hollandia ... /...
1710 - Johann Baptist Homann
11145
Old coloured map of Jakarta, New York. Printed in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann circa 1710.
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Johann Baptist Homann: Belgii Pars Septentrionalis Communi Nomine vulgo Hollandia ... / Batavorum Coloniae Occidential...
J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1710
Original old coloured map of the Low Countries by JB Homann. With large inset maps of the Northeastern US from the Chesapeake to Massachusetts and Southeast Asia and additional vignette views of...
Belgii Pars Septentrionalis Communi Nomine vulgo Hollandia ... /...
1710 - Johann Baptist Homann
11146
Old coloured map of Jakarta, New York. Printed in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann circa 1710.
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Johann Baptist Homann: Belgii Pars Septentrionalis Communi Nomine vulgo Hollandia ... / Batavorum Coloniae Occidential...
J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1710
Original old coloured map of the Low Countries by JB Homann. With large inset maps of the Northeastern US from the Chesapeake to Massachusetts and Southeast Asia and additional vignette views of...
Belgii Pars Septentrionalis Communi Nomine vulgo Hollandia ... /...
1710 - Johann Baptist Homann
11148
Old coloured map of Jakarta, New York. Printed in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann circa 1710.
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Louis Renard: Terra Neuf, en de Custen van Nieu Vranckryck, Nieu Engeland, Nieu Nederland, Nieu Andalusia,...
L. Renard, Amsterdam, 1715
L. Renard's edition of Frederick de Wit's magnificent Atlantic map oriented to the East. From the 1715 edition of "Atlas de la Navigation et du Commerce". A fascinating and very decorative early...
Terra Neuf, en de Custen van Nieu Vranckryck, Nieu Engeland, Nieu...
1715 - Louis Renard
10318
Old coloured sea chart of the Azores, Caribbean. Printed in Amsterdam by L. Renard in 1715.
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