Paris: Bellin, Nicolas, 1763. Map. Copper plate engraving. Original outline hand color. Image measures 18" x 12". This fine antique chart of the Western Hemisphere was issued by Bellin in 1763. It presents North America and South America in exceptional detail, noting place names, rivers, islands, and notes on discoveries. Elevation is beautifully rendered and scale notations are in English and French. The map notes the location of the Sea of the West or the Mer de l'Ouest, but does..... More

Edinburgh: A. & C. Black. Map. Color lithograph. Image measures 16.5" x 22". Repair to center fold, left margin. Otherwise in very good condition. This detailed and lucid map of Canada is the east sheet of a larger grouping of maps by A.C. Black. It describes the area around the Gulf of St. Lawrence, including Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and the Anticosti Islands. Published circa 1854, the map was made only a few years after Nova..... More

Philadelphia: Carey, Matthew. Map. Engraving with outline hand coloring. Images measures 17.25 x 13.75 inches. Page measures 21.5 x 17.25 inches. This elegant map of Brazil emphasizes the region's terrain and rivers as they fill the space encompassed by the eastern coast. A simple, hand-colored yellow line highlights the point where land meets sea, creating a visual rhythm that complements the stylized hachures indicating elevation. Important rivers, ports, cities, and surrounding states are labeled.The map appeared in Carey's "General Atlas"..... More

Paris. Map. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 22 3/4" x 23". This incredibly detailed polar projection map of the Southern Hemisphere is a French edition of Captain James Cook's famous second voyage to the region. It depicts the coastlines of Australia, New Zealand, and other Southeast Asian and South Pacific islands, in addition to Madagascar and parts of Africa and South America. Most notably, the map includes detailed depictions of voyages to the region between 1595 and 1775..... More

Indianapolis: George F. Cram & Co. Tabletop globe. 12 inch diameter. 18 inches tall including decorative cat-iron and turned wood stand on circular base. 12 chromolithograph gores. Circular overlabel in South Indian Ocean, signed below label. Some general light crackling and soiling to gores, a couple small scratches with paper loss, some light wear to stand. This wonderful commemorative globe was editioned to celebrate Richard E. Byrd's historic Antarctic expedition of 1928-1930. In 1929, Byrd launched his famous flight to..... More

1974. Orthophotograph. 27 x 25 inches. Early large format map of Beer crater taken on Apollo 15 in 1971. Beer is a circular, cup-shaped crater with a sharp-edged rim. It is a relatively small lunar impact crater located on the Mare Imbrium (a vast lava plane on the moon). It was named after German astronomer Wilhelm W. Beer who was from Berlin. An orthophotograph is an aerial satellite image geometrically corrected ("orthorectified") such that the scale is uniform: this photo..... More

Madrid: 1748. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 15 x 21". Sheet measures 17.5 x 26" at widest, 17.5 x 22.5" at smallest. This detailed plan of Lima, Peru is one of the best available from this period of history. Drawn after the addition of the Rimac district, the map is rendered with the utmost detail and precision. Within the city's walls, the gridded layout of the streets is clearly discernible. Within each square, three-dimensional drawings of houses surround inner courtyards..... More

Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 13.75 x 19.25". Sheet measures 17.5 x 21.5". This map of central Africa includes the Red Sea and the horn of Africa, extending south to the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo. An inset in the upper right shows the Christian regions of Africa on the coast of the Atlantic. Published circa 1606, the map has a decorative scheme that includes pictorial mountains and engraved textures that mimic ocean waves. Hand coloring used..... More

London: Knapton, James, 1697. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 6" x 6". Page measures 6.5" x 7.5". Map of the Isthmus of Darien and Bay of Panama, with North South Sea Coasts inset at top. From 'A New Voyage around the World', Volume I of 'Voyages and Descriptions in Three Parts, viz.' by Captain William Dampier. Dotted line on map indicates Dampier's route. In very good condition. Some staining and foxing to image. Some wear at original fold. Right edge..... More

Philadelphia: Henry, 1825. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Measures 44.25 x 59 inches. In very good condition. Tanner's large scale map of North America is one of the most significant maps of the continent of the 19th century. It combines the information garnered from a host of important expeditions, such as Lewis and Clark, Pike, and James, into a single map that shows the extent of North America in 1825. Some of the most notable portions of the map include..... More

1611. Map. Copper-plate engraving. Image measures 9 x 11.5". Sheet measures 11.25 x 14.5". This rare map of Colombia shows the northern segment of the country, covering the coastline as it extends from the Caribbean Sea south the Andes Mountains. Panama, also included, runs into the title cartouche, which symbolically demarcates the depicted South American regions from unseen Central America. The map primarily renders forts as they have sprouted up along the main rivers. It is a later version of..... More

Amsterdam: Cornelius Claesz (Cornille Nicolas), 1609. Map. Uncolored. Sheet measures 12.75" x 9.25" This lovely map of the northern coast of what is today the Murmansk Oblast of the Russia Federation dates to 1609. Covers from Kegor on Russian Lapland to Confort on the Kola Peninsula. Includes Kildin Island. The map shows the topography with some ships in the waters, making thier way through the Barents Sea, signifying the route taken by Willem Barentz, after whom the sea was named..... More

1807. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 10 x 11". Sheet measures 15.5 x 18.75". This map is an early nautical rendering of the harbor of Veracruz, Mexico, oriented with north to the upper left. It focuses on shoreline geography and depths, particularly around the various islands and sand bars off the coast. In the upper left corner of the map is a profile view of the region's mountains. Below is a French description of the harbor attributed to..... More