A New Description of Carolina

A New Description of Carolina

A New Description of Carolina Engraving John Speed, Published by Basset and Chiswell London, 1676 From Speed’s Atlas, Theater of Empire, this map was based on the Moxon/Ogilby “Lord Proprietors’ Map” of Carolina of 1672. It was published...
Terrestrial Globe – Wilson,  1825 – SOLD

Terrestrial Globe – Wilson, 1825 – SOLD

“A New American Thirteen Inch Globe…” Engraved Gores Turned maple stand Wilson & Sons Albany New York 1825 James Wilson (1763-1855) was the first commercial globe maker in America.  Starting out as a Vermont farmer, with assistance from Amos Doolittle and Jedediah...
A MAP OF CAROLINA from CAPE CANAVERAL to CAPE HENRY

A MAP OF CAROLINA from CAPE CANAVERAL to CAPE HENRY

A MAP OF CAROLINA from CAPE CANAVERAL to CAPE HENRY Johannes van Keulen (1654-1715) Amsterdam, circa 1682 Copper engraved, period hand coloring 27.5” x 31” overall Van Keulen’s attractive map of Carolina is essentially a hydrographic chart providing coastal names and...
THE MOST IMPORTANT EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MAP OF VIRGINIA – SOLD

THE MOST IMPORTANT EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MAP OF VIRGINIA – SOLD

  A Map of the most Inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole Province of Maryland … 1775. FRY, Joshua, and Peter JEFFERSON. London: Published by Thomas Jeffreys Geographer to His Royal Highness [1755.] Engraved and printed on four joined folio sheets...
Plat of the Seven Ranges of Townships

Plat of the Seven Ranges of Townships

Plat of the Seven Ranges of Townships. Being part of the Territory of the United States N.W. of the River Ohio which by a late act of Congress are directed to be sold… Engraved map after surveys by Thomas Hutchins Published by Mathew Carey in his General Atlas,...

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