Map. Hand colored lithograph. Image measures 8 x 4.75 inches. Sheet measures 8.5 x 7.5 inches. Inset shows western panhandle. From a pamphlet 'Special Laws of Florida', text on verso. In very good condition. Shows some light foxing and staining. Nice details in the everglades. More about Florida
London and Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co. Map. Color lithograph. Image measures 18 x 11.5". This set of eight maps on one sheet shows significant port harbor cities in the southern United States. The maps are all finely detailed with city, town, and county names, as well as street detail in the cities themselves. Railroads and subways are drawn in red, water is shaded blue, and parks are colored green. The map appeared in Bartholomew's "Royal Illustrated Atlas Of Modern... More about Southern Ports & Harbours in the United States. (Washington, Beaufort Harbour, Mobile Bay,...
Rome: G. M. Cassini, 1797. Map. Engraving with hand color. Image measures 13.5 x 18.5 inches. In very good condition. Beautiful map of the Southeastern United States. Roads and tribal names are featured. Fish abound in the cartouche and Florida is presented as a series of islands. Giovanni Maria Cassini (1745 - 1824) was a geographer, engraver and globe maker based in Rome, Italy. Best known for his globes, his maps stood out for their elaborate engravings, which he did... More about Gli Stati Uniti Dell' America Delineati sulle ultime Osservazioni; Quinto Foglio che comprende La...
Chicago: Cram, 1888. Map. 22" x 16". This scarce map of Florida shows all the railroad lines in 1888, both finished and unfinished lines. Counties are labeled and county lines are colored in red. A detailed inset featuring the northwestern portions of Florida is included in the lower left. This map was originally published in Cram's Standard American atlas of the world. The title is featured in an ornamental cartouche. More about Railroad and County Map of Florida
Paris: Frederick de Wit, 1680. Map. Copper plate engraving with original hand color. Image measures 19" x 22 1/4". c.1680 This rare and beautiful sea chart of the West Indies is an unrecorded edition by Frederick de Wit. The chart covers Central America, West Indies, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. Unlike the first state of this map, this variation details the west coast of Central America and the southern coastline of New England. The Chesapeake Bay region is also... More about Indiarum Occidentalium Tractus Littorales cum Insulis Caribicis. / Pascaert van Westindien ende...
New York: C.S. Hammond, 1914. Map. Offset lithograph. 26 x 19.5 inches. In very good condition. Some light foxing and staining. Large scale map of Florida. Inset shows western end of panhandle. Railroad lines indicated in color-coded key. Hammond was founded in 1900 in Brooklyn, New York by Caleb Stillson Hammond, who had previously headed Rand McNally's New York City office since 1894. It was formally incorporated in 1901 as C. S. Hammond & Co. and moved to Manhattan. Nice example of his work. More about Florida
Nuremburg: Homann, Johann Baptist. Map. Copper engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 18.75" x 22.5". This striking circa 1720 map by Johann Baptist Homann extends from the Great Lakes southward to include Florida, West Indies, Central America, up to Venezuela, and from New Mexico to the eastern seaboard. Based on the 1703 Delisle map of Mexico and Florida, this map includes information from the explorations of La Salle, Bienville, Le Sueur, d'Iberville, Lederer, and other early travelers. The most... More about Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae, Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae et...
Philadelphia: Mitchell, Samuel Augustus Jr., 1867. Map. Steel engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 11" x 13.25". Nicely detailed map of Florida divided into counties showing towns, major routes and geographical features. Includes a large inset town plan of Mobile, Alabama. Minor chipping to corners. S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. continued his father's successful mapmaking and publishing business, and was one of the most prolific and renowned 19th century American publishers. More about County Map of Florida
Antwerp: Abraham Ortelius, 1587. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 14" x 19.5". These two maps on one sheet detail areas of western Mexico, above, and the Greater Antilles, below. Ortelius created them from information compiled by other mapmakers, such as Mercator, Guttierez, and Alsons de Sata Cruz. These sources allowed him to include a wealth of detailed information that is mostly if not entirely accurate. Above, the map of western Mexico shows the area around Culiacan and the Spanish settlement... More about Culiacanae, Americae Regionis, Descriptio / Hispaniolae, Cubae, Aliarumque Insularum...
Coral Gables: Pointer Publishers. Map. Offset lithograph. 18 1/2" x 25". This detailed map of Miami is actually three maps. It includes a large map of Miami on one side and the other side is split into two maps, one of Greater Miami with the Corporate Community Limits, and one of North Dade County including Biscayne Park, Miami Shores, North Miami Beach, North Miami, and Opa Locka. The section on Greater Miami includes an inset of the Florida Keys. Detailed... More about Miami & El Portal 11-12A
Coral Gables: Pointer Publishers. Map. 18 1/2" x 25". This detailed map of includes a large map of Miami Beach and Islands and one of Coral Gables & South Miami. The section on Miami Beach includes an inset of the Bay Harbour Islands and Bal Harbor. On the back is a small map of Hialeah-Miami Springs. From a pocket guide of greater Miami. More about Miami Beach & Islands, Coral Gables & South Miami
Pierre-Francois Tardieu. Map. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 12.5 x 16.75 inches. Sheet measures 17 x 22 inches. In very good condition. Beautiful early map of Florida and Georgia, western Louisiana, southern parts of the Carolinas and the Bahamas. The interior of Florida was not yet mapped with distortions to Baie du St. Espirit. Pierre Francois Tardieu (1711-1771) came from a family of engravers and map makers based in Paris. This map was engraved by Jean Emmanuel Jerome Vallet. Hard to find. More about Carte de la Florida et de la Georgia
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904. Map. 10" x 12 1/2". This detailed map of Florida was included in the Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Director of the United States Geological Survey from 1903-4. Most of the interior neotropic ecozone is not yet mapped or drained. More about Map of Florida, Showing Progress of Topographic Surveying and Primary Control
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