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  1748 (undated)         1 : 2500000 Description A superb example of the finest and most important large-scale maps of Georgia ever produced, this is Emmanuel Bowens 1748 map of the colony of Georgia, considered the first obtainable specific map of that region. The map covers the Atlantic coast from Charleston (South Carolina) to Cape Canaveral (Florida) and extends westward to just beyond the Mississippi River, covering the Gulf Coast and the Mississippi Delta. It extends north alo...

  1789 (dated)         1 : 21120 Description This is John Hunters 1789 nautical map of Port Jackson, New South Wales, the first European printed chart of the waters around Sydney Harbor. Hunter surveyed the area as commander of H.M.S. Sirius, flagship of the First Fleet under New South Wales first Governor, Arthur Phillip. (Hunter himself would become the second Governor.) Hunters 1788 manuscript survives in the State Library of New South Wales. A Superb First ChartThe chart is rich...

AntiSovietMapEastAsia-osakamainichi-1937-2 SOLD Title 最近の東 亞形勢圖解 / Illustrated Explanation of Recent East Asia Situations. / Saikin no Tōa keisei zukai.   1937 (dated)         1 : 6500000 A remarkable and rare 1937 Osaka Mainichi Shimbun large-format Japanese anti-Soviet propaganda pictorial map of East Asia. Centered on China, this stunning map depicts from Central Asia and India to Japan, and from Siberia to Vietnam. The map empl...

  1780 (undated)         1 : 350000 Description This is a beautifully engraved 1780 map of the island of Hispaniola or Saint Domingue, modern-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The map shows topographical features pictorially. Lakes, rivers and towns are marked and named, including Santo Domingo and Port-au-Prince. In the central part of the island is the town of Hinche (Hincha). This village, founded by Spanish settlers in 1704, was in an economically driven population boom when t...

  1926 (undated)     Description This is a cartographic Marca Stella board game, printed in Milan c. 1926, to celebrate the successful Amundsen-Ellsworth Transpolar Flight of the airship Norge. This voyage boasts the first undisputed sighting of the North Pole, May 12, 1926. Three previous claims to have achieved the Pole (Cook in 1908, Peary in 1909, Byrd in 1926 - a few days before the Norge) are all disputed as being either inaccurate or fraudulent. The Norge was an Italian-made di...

  1926 (dated)         1 : 3168000 Description A scarce 1926 Matthews Northrup map of the southeastern and southcentral United States detailing the routes of the Southern Railway System. The map covers from the Sabine River and Oklahoma borderlands eastward to the Atlantic Seaboard and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Coverage is extended to include Florida via an inset. Rail lines either owned outright, in part, or leased by the Southern Railway are highlighted and col...

UnitedStatesWestIndies-lapietardieu-1812 $9,500.00 Title A Map of the United States and Canada, New-Scotland, New-Brunswick and New-Foundland. / Carte des Etats-Unis, avec le Canada, La Nouvelle Ecosse, Le Nouveau Brunswick et Terre-Neuve. / A Map of the West-Indies and of the Mexican-Gulph. / Carte des Indies Occidental et du Golfe du Méxique.   1812 (dated)         1 : 6000000 Description A lavish and beautiful large-scale French map of the United States and West Indies issued i...

RovumaZambesiRivers-shawe-1890 $950.00 Title Eastern Africa Between the Rovuma and Zambesi Rivers Illustrating the Surveys of Mr. J.T. Last Leader of the Royal Geographical Societys Expedition to the Namuli Peaks 1885 - 6 - 7.   1890 (dated)         1 : 1450000 Description This is an 1890 William Shawe map of southeastern Africa detailing the expedition of Joseph Thomas Last to Portuguese East Africa. Printed on two sheets, the map depicts the region from Lake Nyasa to the Mozambique...

  1840 (dated)         1 : 76000 Description This is a rare 1840 / 1843 nautical chart or maritime map of Bombay / Mumbai harbor, India. The map covers from Salsette to Kundaree Island. Detail focuses heavily on the inner harbor, where thousands of depth soundings in meters and trigonometric survey lines are included. This chart, compiled from the survey work of India Navy Lieutenant Robert Cogan represents the first major scientific survey of Bombay Harbor since the late 18th-cent...

Adirondack-fox-1898 $950.00 Title Map of the Adirondack Forest and Adjoining Territory Compiled from Official Maps and Field Notes on file in the State Departments at Albany, N.Y.   1898 (dated)         1 : 127000 Description An uncommon large scale 1898 William Fox map of the Adirondack mountains of New York. The map covers the entire Adirondack Mountain region, extending from Saratoga to Plattsburg, and from Lewis County to Lake George and Lake Champlain. The map was made on beha...