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The Mapping of North America

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Rare maps of North America

Rare old maps of North America for sale. Clive A. Burden Ltd. offer a selection of antique maps, sea charts, plans and travel books relating to the North America. All our historic items are authentic, genuine maps, charts etc. which date from the earliest map of North America, printed in 1511 through the mid-nineteenth century. Many include firsts and the results of important explorations in the English colonies, Canada, the Mississippi Valley and the West. Regions of significant interest include the Northeast, mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Great Lakes, Texas and California as an island.

56 rare maps matched your search criteria.
NEW JERSEY
Burlington, 1776
One ShillingOne Shilling
69 x 104 mm., printed in red and black, in good condition.
Stock number: 10837
$ 350
   

CONNECTICUT
Timothy Green II, New London, 1776
Two ShillingsTwo Shillings
91 x 71 mm., a strong impression, cancelled with an 'X' cut, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10836
$ 350
   

COLONIAL CURRENCY
Burlington, 1776
New Jersey Six ShillingsNew Jersey Six Shillings
61 x 102 mm., printed in red and black, in good condition.
Stock number: 10835
$ 950
   

CONTINENTAL CURRENCY
Continental Congress, Philadelphia, 1777
Thirty DollarsThirty Dollars
72 x 96 mm., printed paper currency.
Stock number: 10834
$ 450
   

SOUTH CAROLINA
1779
South Carolina Ninety DollarsSouth Carolina Ninety Dollars
75 x 123 mm., printed paper currency, faded on the verso
Stock number: 10833
$ 450
   

SPEED, John
Sold by Tho:Bassett in Fleetstreet and Richard Chiswell in St. Pauls Church Yard, London, 1676
A Map of New England and New York
380 x 505 mm., in good condition.
Stock number: 10914
$ 5,500
   

SPEED, John
Sold by Tho:Bassett in Fleetstreet and Richard Chiswell in St. Pauls Church Yard, London, 1676
A Map of Virginia and Maryland
380 x 500 mm., with a small upper right corner margin repair, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10915
$ 4,500
   

MAXIMILIAN ALEXANDER PHILIPP ZU WIED-NEUWIED, Prince
J. Hoelscher, Coblenz, 1839-41
Reise in das Innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834 von Maximilian Prinz zu WiedReise in das Innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834 von Maximilian Prinz zu WiedReise in das Innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834 von Maximilian Prinz zu WiedReise in das Innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834 von Maximilian Prinz zu WiedReise in das Innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834 von Maximilian Prinz zu WiedReise in das Innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834 von Maximilian Prinz zu WiedReise in das Innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834 von Maximilian Prinz zu WiedReise in das Innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834 von Maximilian Prinz zu WiedReise in das Innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834 von Maximilian Prinz zu Wied
FIRST EDITION IN COLOUR. Text in two large quarto volumes (330 x 280 mm. ea.), recent matching half calf, brown moiré cloth boards, spines with gilt ruled raised bands with gilt titles, with central blind embossed compartments. With titles, half-titles, table of contents, list of subscribers, pp. [16], 654, [2]; [24], 688, [2], containing over 40 woodblock engravings set within the text, with the large folding map (415 x 810 mm.) in early outline colour often missing. Tableau atlas in oblong portfolio (430 x 610 mm.), in contemporary half calf binding, brown moiré cloth boards, gilt panelled with central gilt title within ornate frame, spine with gilt ruled raised bands, compartments with ornate blind central feature, interior of both boards with publisher's green moiré paper, extremities lightly rubbed. Containing 48 plates consisting of 48 Tableau engravings on steel and copper in excellent old colour heightened with gum Arabic and a table illustrating the temperatures at Fort Union and Fort Clark (often lacking), 41 plates in their first state, the remainder early states, minor repairs, none affecting plate area, with protective tissue, all with publisher's blind stamp. Vignette atlas in oblong portfolio (330 x 485 mm.), in contemporary half calf binding, brown moiré cloth boards, gilt panelled with central gilt title within ornate frame, rebacked to style, interior of both boards with publisher's green moiré paper. Containing 33 Vignette engravings on steel and copper in excellent old colour heightened with gum Arabic, 30 plates in their first state, the remainder early states, minor repairs, none affecting plate area, with protective tissue, all with publisher's blind stamp.
Stock number: 10823
$ 750,000
   

RAYNAL, Guillaume Thomas Francois
Ernest van Harrevelt; Daniel Jean Changuion, Amsterdam, 1773
Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland, ou de la Baie de Chesapeack et Pays Voisins
200 x 290 mm., in very nice full early wash colour, good condition.
Stock number: 10803
$ 450
   

ELLSWORTH, Oliver
November 1780
Novemr, 1780, State of Connecticut, To George Myllys SecretaryNovemr, 1780, State of Connecticut, To George Myllys Secretary
215 x 165 mm., uncut manuscript four page ledger, in good condition.
Stock number: 10819
$ 1,950
   

RAYNAL, Guillaume Thomas Francois
Ernest van Harrevelt; Daniel Jean Changuion, Amsterdam, 1773
Carte du Golphe du Mexique et des Isles de l'Amerique
290 x 380 mm., in very nice full early wash colour, good condition.
Stock number: 10809
$ 395
   

RAYNAL, Guillaume Thomas Francois
Ernest van Harrevelt; Daniel Jean Changuion, Amsterdam, 1773
Carte des Lacs du Canada
190 x 290 mm., in very nice early outline colour, good condition.
Stock number: 10801
$ 595
   

RAYNAL, Guillaume Thomas Francois
Ernest van Harrevelt; Daniel Jean Changuion, Amsterdam, 1773
Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre Nouvelle York et Pensilvanie
210 x 295 mm., in very nice full early wash colour, good condition.
Stock number: 10802
$ 350
   

RAYNAL, Guillaume Thomas Francois
Ernest van Harrevelt; Daniel Jean Changuion, Amsterdam, 1773
Carte de la Louisiane et Pays Voisins
225 x 300 mm., in very nice full early wash colour, good condition.
Stock number: 10800
$ 375
   

CATLIN, George
George Catlin. Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly [but Chatto & Windus], London, [1875]
Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America.Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America.Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America.Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America.Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America.Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America.Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America.Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America.Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America.Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America.
THE RARE 31 PLATE ISSUE. Folio (595 x 430 mm.), contemporary half straight-grained blue morocco by Zaehnsdorf, uncut, blue cloth boards, gilt ruled, spine with ornate gilt raised bands, compartments with ornate central gilt feature and gilt titles, gilt top, marbled endpapers. With title page, Contents and 31 hand coloured lithographic plates (25 numbered and 6 unnumbered), each with blank interleaf, a few margins lightly stained, lower corner of title page chipped, 5 plates with waterstain in the margins effecting the image of only one - 'Attacking the Grizzly Bear', otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10495
$ 125,000
   

BLOME, Richard
Printed by T. Milbourn, and sold by J. Williams Junior, in Cross-Keys-Court, in Little-Brittain, London, 1672
A Description of the Island of Jamaica; With the other Isles and Territories in America, to which the English are Related ...A Description of the Island of Jamaica; With the other Isles and Territories in America, to which the English are Related ...A Description of the Island of Jamaica; With the other Isles and Territories in America, to which the English are Related ...A Description of the Island of Jamaica; With the other Isles and Territories in America, to which the English are Related ...A Description of the Island of Jamaica; With the other Isles and Territories in America, to which the English are Related ...A Description of the Island of Jamaica; With the other Isles and Territories in America, to which the English are Related ...
INCLUDING THE SECOND MAP OF CAROLINA. Octavo (150 x 95 mm.), full contemporary calf, blind panelled, rebacked with blind ruled compartments, red calf gilt title label, original endpapers. With typographic title page, dedication to Charles II, Preface, pp. (8), 192, with three folding maps, in excellent condition.
Stock number: 10277
$ 25,000
   

CATESBY, Mark
London, c.1743
A Map of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands with Adjacent Parts
FIRST EDITION. 440 x 600 mm., with lovely full early wash colour.
Stock number: 9460
$ 29,500
   

DE FER, Nicolas
A Paris dans l'!sle sur Ie Quay de l'Orloge a la Sphere Royale avec Prive. Du Roy 1715, Paris, 1715
La Riviere de Missisipi, et ses Environs, dans l'Amerique Septentrionale. Mis a jour par N. de Fer, Geographe de sa Majeste Catolique 1715
EXTREMELY RARE FIRST STATE OF NICOLAS DE FER’S LANDMARK MAP IN FULL CONTEMPORARY WASH COLOUR. 465 x 640 mm., in full early wash colour, faint water stain lower centrefold, otherwise in excellent condition.
Stock number: 9768
$ 49,500
   

McKENNEY, Thomas Loraine and HALL, James
Frederick W. Greenough, 23 Minor Street [vol. 1]; Daniel Rice and James G. Clark, 132 Arch Street [vols. 2 & 3], Philadelphia, 1838-42-44
History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at WashingtonHistory of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at WashingtonHistory of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at WashingtonHistory of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at WashingtonHistory of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at WashingtonHistory of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at WashingtonHistory of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at WashingtonHistory of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at WashingtonHistory of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at WashingtonHistory of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington
FIRST EDITION. MIXED ISSUE. Folio, three volumes (490 x 355 mm. each), bound to style in half red morocco over red moire cloth covered boards, gilt ruled, spines with gilt ruled raised bands in six compartments, each gilt panelled, gilt lettered in the second and fourth, gilt volume dates to base of each spine, marbled endpapers. With typographic title page to each volume, pp. [2], 4, 206; [2], 237; [4], 196, [2], with 120 hand-coloured lithographic plates after Karl Bodmer, Charles Bird King, James Otto Lewis, P. Rhindesbacher and R. M. Sully, drawn on stone by A. Newsam, A. Hoffy, Ralph Trembley, Henry Dacre and others, printed and coloured by J. T. Bowen and others, comprising 117 portraits and 3 scenic frontispieces after Rindisbacher, 1 leaf containing 2 lithographic maps and a table and 17 pages of facsimile signatures of subscribers. Light foxing to volume 1 as usual, offsetting to plates as usual, with some water staining to beginning of volume 2 affecting the first plate and volume 3 affecting first 5 plates, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9761
$ 69,500
   

DE VAUGONDY, Didier Robert
Paris, 1772
Carte des Parties Nord et Est de l'Asie qui Comprend les Cotes de la Russie Asiatique le Kamschatka, le Iesso, et les Isles du Japon Dressee en 1764 par M*** ...
320 x 375 mm., in good condition.
Stock number: 5192
£ 150
   

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