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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.

69 rare maps matched your search criteria.

JUSTEL, Henri

Recueil de Divers Voyages Faits en Afrique et en L'Amerique

Louis Billaine, dans la Grand' Salle du Palais, au second Pillier, au grand Cesar, Paris, 1674

Quarto (240 x 175 mm.), full contemporary calf, blind panelled, with extremely ornate ribbed spine, each compartment with gilt decorative panels and central floral feature, red calf gilt title label affixed, marbled endpapers. With typographic title page, pp. (16), 262, 35, (1), 23, (7), 49, (2), 81, with 5 folding maps, 9 plates of which 3 are folding, with light water stain to lower gutter near the beginning, otherwise in good condition.

Stock number: 9892

$ 12,500

MORSE, Jedidiah

The American Geography; or, A View of the Present Situation of the United States of America

Printed by Shepard Kollock, for the Author, Elizabeth Town, 1789

THE FIRST AMERICAN GEOGRAPHIC WORK TO CONTAIN MAPS. Octavo (200 x 120 mm.), full contemporary tree calf, gilt ruled ribbed spine with ornate gilt red calf title label. With typographic title page, pp. xii, 534, (4), with two large folding maps, the second map with some early closed tears to fold, some general toning as is usual, otherwise in good condition.

Stock number: 9896

$ 5,500

THOMSON, John

Spanish North America

Edinburgh, 1814

510 x 620 mm., early wash colour, a rare unfolded example in good condition.

Stock number: 5379

$ 550

MALLET, Alain Manesson

Novveav Mexique et Californie

Paris, 1683

145 x 100 mm, in recent wash colour and good condition.

Stock number: 4573

$ 595

DE BRY, Theodore - LE MOYNE, Francois

Floridae Americae Provinciae Recens & exactissima descriptio Auctorè Iacobo le Moÿne cui co= gnomen de Morgues, Qui Laud= nierum, Altera Gallorum in eam Prouinciam Nauigatione comitat ...

Frankfurt, 1591

370 x 460 mm., with fine recent wash colour, some professional repair to the double folds as usual, with good margins on three sides, the top cut close just affecting upper right where some facsimile of the neat line exists, small rusthole just above the title repaired, otherwise in good condition.

Stock number: 8222

$ 13,500

LONDON MAGAZINE

A New and Accurate Map of East and West Florida, Drawn from the Best Authorities

London, 1765

180 x 220 mm., in recent wash colour, good condition.

Stock number: 3993

$ 450

LONDON MAGAZINE

A New Map of the North East Coast of Asia, and North West Coast of America, with the Late Russian Discoveries

London, 1764

170 x 230 mm., modern wash colour, in fine condition.

Stock number: 3996

$ 225

WELLS, Edward

A New Map of the most Considerable Plantations of the English in America

London, 1700-[c.05]

350 x 480 mm., in recent wash colour and good condition.

Stock number: 7988

$ 2,950

WHITE, John

Americæ pars, Nunc Virginia dicta, primum ab Anglis inventa sumtibus Dn. Walteri Raleigh Equestris ordinis Viri Anno Dni.M.D LXXXV

Theodore de Bry, Frankfurt, 1590

305 x 415 mm., with good margins in good condition.

Stock number: 8221

$ 18,500

THACKARAY, John & VALLANCE, James

Plan of the City of Washington

Philadelphia, 1792

PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST PLAN OF WASHINGTON. 220 x 265 mm., uncut, in very good condition.

Stock number: 8229

$ 25,000

BLOME, Richard

L'Amerique Angloise, ou description des isles terres du roi D'Angleterre, dans L'Amerique

Chez Abraham Wolfgang, pres la Bourse, Amsterdam, 1688

WITH A PREVIOUSLY UNRECORDED FIRST STATE OF THE MAP OF NEW ENGLAND. Duodecimo (150 x 85 mm.), full contemporary calf, blind panelled, with ribbed spine, very ornate gilt decoration to compartments, gilt title, gilt slightly worn. With typographic title page, pp. [4], 331, [1], p. 236 erroneously numbered 136, with 7 folding maps, otherwise in excellent condition.

Stock number: 9894

$ 4,950

LONGWORTH, David

Plan of the City of New York

Drawn and Engrav'd for D. Longworth Map & Print Seller No.66 Nassau Street, New York, c.1796-[c.98]

A PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST FOLIO PLAN OF NEW YORK. 410 x 555 mm., with light offsetting, good margins, uncut, with manuscript title to the verso, in good condition.

Stock number: 9726

$ 37,500

NORMAN, William

A Chart of the Coast of America from Wood Island to Good Harbour From Hollands Surveys

Boston, 1796-1803

520 x 830 mm., light browning to the margins. There is insignificant tiny loss to the margin line lower left, and to the margin upper left.

Stock number: 4259

$ 12,500

BROWNE, Christopher

A New Mapp of New England and Annapolis with the Country's adjacent

C. Browne at the North gate of the Royal Exchange & by him at the Globe by the West end of St. Paul's Church, London, 1712

BEAUTIFUL EARLY WASH COLOUR. 500 x 595 mm., in magnificent full early wash colour, good condition.

Stock number: 8247

$ 49,500

DES BARRES, Joseph Frederick Wallet

[Chart of the Harbour of Boston]/ Nautical Remarks and Observations for the Chart of the Harbour of Boston. Composed from different Surveys; but principally from that taken in 1769, by George Callendar, Late Master of His Majesty's Ship the Romney.

London, 5 August 1775

FIRST STATE. ACQUIRED BY HUGH PERCY, THE SAVIOUR OF THE BRITISH AT LEXINGTON AND CONCORD. 705 x 1040 mm., in 2 sheets joined, large aquatint and etched engraving, UNFOLDED AND UNCUT, with the LVG watermark. With pamphlet, quarto (280 x 230 mm.), original blue wrappers, typographic title, pp. 5-(12), there are no pages 3-4 which agrees with the John Carter Brown example.

Stock number: 8314

$ 22,500

HONDIUS, Jodocus

Virginiae item et Floridae Americæ Provinciarum, novæ Descriptio

Amsterdam, 1606-[19]

350 x 490 mm., early wash colour with French text, in good condition.

Stock number: 9123

$ 3,500

BORDONE, Benedetto

(No title)

Venice, 1528-[47]

85 x 145 mm., small area of margin loss repaired in far upper right margin level with the text, otherwise good condition.

Stock number: 5237

$ 1,950

DE LAET, Joannes

Florida, et Regiones Vicinae

Leiden, 1630

275 x 350 mm., in recent wash colour, good condition.

Stock number: 6044

$ 3,950

MORSE, Jedidiah

The American Geography; or, A View of the Present Situation of the United States of America

John Stockdale, London, 1792

Octavo (220 x 145 mm.), full modern calf, gilt ruled ribbed spine with calf gilt title label, pp. xvi, 536. With two large folding maps and a folding table, in good condition.

Stock number: 7142

$ 1,250

HERRERA Y TORDESILLAS, Antonio de

Descripcion de las Yndias del Norte 2

Madrid, 1601

215 x 280 mm., in good condition.

Stock number: 6446

$ 1,950

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