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This map illustrates the expedition led by General Lord Jeffrey Amherst against the French at Montreal in 1760, which led to the surrender of the city in September of that year. It shows the region along and south of the St. Lawrence River extending from Quebec to the Thousand Islands, and then around Lake Ontario and to the Niagara River. Forts, Indian tribes, rivers, portages, and other such information is clearly presented. Also included are insets of Montreal Island and of the city itself, indicating its major streets, buildings, and the surrounding fortifications.Very good condition.

From Mitchells Modern Atlas published by E.Butler in Philadelphia in 1867.Rare in that it is at this date a copper engraving (much better quality than steel)and hand coloured at the time.Very detailed and accurate maps with Territories,Land blocks and Indian possessions marked.Excellent condition.

From Mitchells Modern Atlas published by E.Butler in Philadelphia in 1867.Rare in that it is at this date a copper engraving (much better quality than steel)and hand coloured at the time.Very detailed and accurate maps with Territories,Land blocks and Indian possessions marked.Excellent condition.

From Mitchells Modern Atlas published by E.Butler in Philadelphia in 1867.Rare in that it is at this date a copper engraving (much better quality than steel)and hand coloured at the time.Very detailed and accurate maps with Territories,Land blocks and Indian possessions marked.Excellent condition.

From Mitchells Modern Atlas published by E.Butler in Philadelphia in 1867.Rare in that it is at this date a copper engraving (much better quality than steel)and hand coloured at the time.Very detailed and accurate maps with Territories,Land blocks and Indian possessions marked.Excellent condition.

From Mitchells Modern Atlas published by E.Butler in Philadelphia in 1867.Rare in that it is at this date a copper engraving (much better quality than steel)and hand coloured at the time.Very detailed and accurate maps with Territories,Land blocks and Indian possessions marked.Excellent condition.

From Mitchells Modern Atlas published by E.Butler in Philadelphia in 1867.Rare in that it is at this date a copper engraving (much better quality than steel)and hand coloured at the time.Very detailed and accurate maps with Territories,Land blocks and Indian possessions marked.Excellent condition.

From Mitchells Modern Atlas published by E.Butler in Philadelphia in 1867.Rare in that it is at this date a copper engraving (much better quality than steel)and hand coloured at the time.Very detailed and accurate maps with Territories,Land blocks and Indian possessions marked.Insets of North Texas and Galveston city.Excellent condition.

From Mitchells Modern Atlas published by E.Butler in Philadelphia in 1867.Rare in that it is at this date a copper engraving (much better quality than steel)and hand coloured at the time.Very detailed and accurate maps with Territories,Land blocks and Indian possessions marked.Excellent condition.

Full Title:"Campaniae Samnii Apuliae Lucaniae Brutiorum Vetus et Nova Descriptio" from Philippi Cluverii's Introductio in universam Geographiam. Attractive map with decorative cartouche.Excellent hand colour.Mint condition.

Giovanni Magini's modern map of the Turkish Empire from his edition of Claudius Ptolemy's Geographia. Giovanni Magini (1555-1617), originally from Padua, was professor of astronomy at the University of Bologna. The finely-detailed copperplate for this map was engraved by Girolamo Porro of Padua (1550-1604).Excellent hand colour.Mint condition.

Superb Ptolemaic map of Arabia and Gulf.Sea monster.Excellent hand colour.Mint condition.

Attractive folio map of northern Italy (Piemonte and Torino) and Savoye, reaching across the Alps to Lake Geneva. Large figurative cartouche with coat of arms. Published by Pieter Schenk from the plate by Nicolas Sanson. Decorative cartouche.Original colour.Good condition. From: Atlas Contractus sive Mapparum Geographicarum Sansoniarum auctarum et correctarum Nova Congeries. Amsterdam, P. Schenk, ca. 1700. (Koeman, Sche 1)

Beautiful little mapf of the Piedmont Milan region of Italy.From the Ortelius Atlas 'The Epitome' printed Antwerp. Title cartouche.Hand colour.Very good condition.

Decorative coloured copper engraving map by Joan & Willem Blaeu,Amsterdam, Blaeu, 1638. Classic Blaeu map of Corsica set in a page of text. in original and bright colour. Mint condition.

Folio map of the whole of Provence From Arles to Nice.This map is new geographically.Original outline colour SOLD

Title:Aden, Arabiae foelicis emporium celeberrimi nominis...Superb early view of Aden by Braun & Hogenberg from the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum'.Original colour.Centrefold.Very good condition.

Very attractive map of the Balearics.Homann Heirs from Bellin's highly detailed, large-scale map of the Balearic Islands, published in Nuremburg by the Homann firm. In addition to an elaborate title cartouche surmounted by imperial eagles, the map includes two insets: A plan of the port and town of Mahon with a letter key to the city's principal sites and monuments, and a map of the Strait of Gibraltar and the western Mediterranean that serves as a locator map for the Balearics. Original outline colour with later hand colour. Very good condition.

This is the First edition and Rare edition of Homann's World map.Published before Homann was given 'cum priviligio'from the Emperor.The map depicts California as an Island.For the second edition circa 1716 California had reverted to a peninsula. One of the most celebrated cartographers of his day, Johann Baptist Homann established the most successful German publishing house of the eighteenth century. His prolific business, which was inherited by his family after his death, dominated Germany's map market for over a century, and produced some of the finest maps and atlases of the age. He established himself in Nuremberg, and by 1715 was appointed Geographer to the Emperor. This is a stunning early double hemisphere, which literally swirls with activity. The world is shown in two hemisphere with a double hemisphere representation of the celestial world as construed in Classical astronomy above and below. Outside of these circles are many unusual things. At top is a representation of the heavens with the stars, Sun and Moon, angels and the disembodied heads that provide the winds on Earth. At bottom are representations of unusual phenomena: a volcano erupting, an earthquake, waterspouts, a whirlpool, and a rainbow. The world map itself, which is derived, according to the title, from Dutch and French maps, includes the trade winds and the routes of several important explorations: Magellan's, Tasman's, and William Dampier's, among others. Recent discoveries in Australia and New Zealand are indicated. In North America, California is an island and the amorphous "Terra Esonis" extends to the west from where Vancouver would eventually be toward Japan. Excellent condition.

Full Title: Detroit De Magellan avec les Plans des principaux Ports, Bayes, &c. de ce Detroit . Detailed map of the Straits of Magellan from Bonne's Atlas Supplement. Shows the direction of the currents, bays, points, soundings, harbors, islands, shoals, etc. Includes the best route throught the straits, as then known in the lat 18th Century. Includes many insets of various parts of the Straits, as well as soundings and other details. Excellent hand colour.Very good condition.