New York: J.H. Colton & Co., 1855. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Page measures 16" x 19" Beautifully detailed map of the Caribbean islands of Cuba and Jamaica, with an inset of Puerto Rico, showing towns, rivers, roads and railways, and topographical features. Colored to show counties and parishes. Map also includes the Florida keys, the Bahamas, and the Cayman islands with less detail. The Colton family was one the most prolific and successful publishers of maps and atlases..... More

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

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

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

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

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..... More

Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1778. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Measures 16 3/4" x 13 1/4". Some worm holes to center fold and toning but otherwise in good condition. This unusual map depicting Lake Superior and southern Florida appeared in the two-volume Italian edition of Raynal's "Storia dell' America Settentrionale", published in 1778. The map primarily features Lake Superior, and refers to the native inhabitants of the region, including the Kilistinesi (known as Cree), in both the title and throughout..... More