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Tasmania-sprent-1859 $7,500.00 Title This Map of Tasmania in 1859, Sir Henry Edward Fox Young Knight Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath Being Governor in Chief, and teh Honble. Francis Smigh Attorney General being Premier is dedicated to his Excellency and the Parliament by James Sprent, Surveyor General.   1859 (dated)         1 : 316800 Description The first, largest, best colonial and settlement era map of Tasmania. This is the James Sprent / William Hogan 1859 map of Tasmania in its deluxe large-format presentation edition. It is the product of nearly 20 years ...

  1842 (dated)         1 : 165000 Description A fine example of William W. Mather's 1842 large-scale geographical map of Long Island, New York - the first comprehensive geological study of the island. Issued prior to the completion of the Long Island Railroad and the subsequent Long Island land rush, this one of the largest, most detailed, and attractive maps of Long Island to appear in the 19th century. The map covers from New Jersey and Staten Island eastward as Montauk and Fisher's Island. Includes parts of Westchester, New Jersey, Rockland County, and the Connecticut coastline....

    1 : 23000000 Description This is a beautiful example of Ortelius' 1570 map of Africa, here in its 1602 Spanish edition. In its first issue this was the first map of Africa to appear in an atlas, and it remained the best and most widespread general map of Africa for the remainder of the 16th century and into the 17th. It remains a most desirable map: Tooley rhapsodized: …one of the cornerstones of any African map collection . . . a handsome, well balanced map, visually beautiful and finely engraved . . . it made a great impact upon its contemporaries and remained the standard map of...

Cosmographia, in which this map appeared until about 1569. Whereas Geographia only appeared in Latin, Münster's new work was published in German, Latin, French, and Italian (the sole Czech edition of 1554 had only one map of Bohemia). The movable stereotype text with which the map was lettered exhibits slight variations from edition to edition, as does the verso text. Also, the cracks would increase in severity until 1571 or 1572, when the badly worn woodblock was replaced with a similar (but easily distinguishable) woodcut which remained in Münster's opus until 1578, with the exception o...

  1960 (dated)         1 : 500000 Description This is a 1960 Robert J. Caire and Bert Thatcher buried treasure map of Louisiana. Magenta 'X's mark the spots where fifty-six fortunes were 'partially recovered' or were supposedly buried by pirates, thieves, and the wealthy, or were lost at sea after a shipwreck. Each 'X' is numbered and corresponds with a short description of the fortune in question (ranging from $20,000 to $4,000,000). The PortraitsPortraits of four historical figures adorn the title cartouche's corners. The top two are Jean and Pierre Lafitte, brothers and notoriou...