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BELLIN, J. - Carte de l’Isle de la Guadeloupe.
Paris, 1758, Uncoloured. 210x310mm. In fine condition with multi folds as issued.
Jacques Bellin's elegant map of Guadeloupe, and the adjacent islands of Les Sainte and Marie Galante.
With excellent topographical details, many place names, radiating rhumb lines, and two rococo cartouches (title and mileage scale).
Edenburgh, 1821, Original colours.. 247x299mm. Light offsetting, some discolouration. Cut from a larger sheet. Lower and right margin cut to neat line.
A delightfully detailed map the West Indian island Grenada by John Thomson.
The map displays excellent detail concerning roads, rivers, towns, bays, harbours and other interesting topographical details.
Edenburgh, 1821, Original colours.. 247x299mm. Light offsetting, some discolouration. Cut from a larger sheet. Upper and left margin cut to neat line.
A delightfully detailed map the West Indian island Trinidad by John Thomson.
A delightfully detailed map the West Indian island Tobago by John Thomson.
FERRARIO, G. - [ Buccaneers ].
Milan, 1827, In attractive strong original colours.. 185x215mm. Very good condition.
Aquatint depicting a Buccaneer conversing with two other women.
MARMOCCHI, F. - Carta Delle Indie Occidentali, per Servire Viaggi di Christoforo Colombo.
Italy 1840, Uncoloured.. 440x600mm. In fine condition with multi-folds as issued.
Interesting and informative map of the West Indies including the detailed voyages of Christopher Columbus. The map is by Francesco Marmocchi and is in Italian text.
Ptolemy C. / Ruscelli G. - Isola Spagnola Nova.
Venice, 1562, Uncoloured. 218x289mm. On laid paper, watermarked. Strong impression which is uncommon for this map. Minor discolouration along the centrefold and margin edges, else fine.
One of the earliest separately published maps of Hispaniola, from an early edition of Ruscelli's version of Ptolemy's Geography, published in 1561. Ruscelli's map is a larger version of the Gastaldi map of the island which first appeared in 1548.
LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P. - Decriptio Hispaniolae.
Amsterdam, 1606, Uncoloured.. 85x125mm. In very good condition, lightly age toned, with light water stains, with wide margins, a nice dark impression. Latin text to verso.
DÉPÔT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE / COOK, J. / LANE, M. - Carte de la Gonave..
Paris, 1788, Uncoloured.. 570x878mm. Printed on heavy paper. Paper very slightly age toned. Overall in good condition.
Revolutionary war sea chart of Gonâve Island, an island of Haiti located west-northwest of Port-au-Prince in the Gulf of Gonâve. It is the largest of the Hispaniolan satellite islands.
DÉPÔT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE - L'Anse a Chouchou [with] Le Port Paix [with] Mouillage de Jean- Rabel [with] La Baye Moustique [with] Baye de Tiburon [with] Baye des Gonayves [with] La Baye du Fond de la Grange [with] Port a l'Écu [with] rade de la Basse-Terre. ( 9 plans).
Paris, 1784, Uncoloured.. 574x444mm. Printed on heavy paper. Overall in fine condition.
Nine revolutionary war sea chart on one sheet, showing various bays and harbors on Hispaniola and Tortuga. Engraved by Dela Haye for the Depot de la Marine. Each section shows depth soundings, anchoring places, and coastal information. Depths shown by soundings.
DÉPÔT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE / COOK, J. / LANE, M. - Plan de la Baye de l'Acul ( 5 plans on one sheet).
Paris, 1785, Uncoloured.. 574x444mm. Printed on heavy paper. Overall in fine condition.
Revolutionary war sea chart with 5 plans of harbours at Santa Domingo in the Caribbean.
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Below engraved seal of Depot General de la Marine.
FERRARIO, G. - [ Cotton preparation ].
Milan, 1827, In attractive strong original colours.. 155x225mm. Very good condition.
LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P. - Descriptio Tercerae.
An attractive miniature map of The Azorian island of Terceira, in the Atlantic Ocean. Published by Petrus Bertius, in Amsterdam at the turn of the seventeenth century. Discovered and colonised by the Portuguese during the 15th century.
HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE. - Horta and Pim Bays / Fayal Channel [Azores].
London,  1941, Uncoloured.. 485x650mm. In very good condition, some light staining to upper margin, printed on strong paper, good margins. Ink stamp on verso.
Two charts on one sheet of Horta and Pim Bays and the Fayal Channel in the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean, originally published by the Hydrographic Office in 1849, but this example has been updated regularly until 1941.
LE ROUGE, G.L. - La Jamaique.. La Bermude..
Paris, 1756, Uncoloured.. 200x270mm. A good and dark impression, with watermark. Very good condition, some very small tears and slight loss to margins.
Two maps on one sheet, Jamaica above Bermuda. Jamaica is engraved to show the plantations, denoting those growing sugar, cotton, cacao, and indigo. The map of Bermuda includes an interesting cartographic error resulting from his copying John Speed's map of 1627.
Edenburgh, 1821, Original colours.. 247x299mm. Light offsetting, some discolouration. Cut from a larger sheet. Upper and right margin cut to neat line, with extended margins.
A delightfully detailed map the West Indian island Curaçao by John Thomson.
The map displays excellent detail concerning, including an inset plan of Fort Amsterdam in Curacao. Map detail includes roads, rivers, towns, bays, harbours and other interesting topographical details.
LE ROUGE, G. - Isle de la Martinique.
Paris, 1746, Coloured. 210x280mm. In fine condition with light age toning.
THOMSON, J. - West India Islands - Martinico & Dominica.
Edinbourgh, 1814, In original colouring.. 515x595mm. In fine condition with centrefold as issued.
A fine example of John Thomson's 1814 map of the West Indian islands of Dominica and Martinique. The map offers detail including individual buildings, villages, hospitals and forts, mountains, rivers, forests, and river systems.
CHATELAIN, H. - Description des plantes, arbres, animaux & poissons des Antilles . . .
Amsterdam, 1728, Uncoloured.. 370x382mm. Repair of a small split lower part center fold. Generally in good condition and dark imprint.
Interesting sheet with eight detailed views illustrating fauna and flora on the Antillean islands, and how the natives are making sugar, with descriptive French text, from Chatelain's monumental 7 volume Atlas Historique. In upper right margin: 'Tom. V. No 48. Pag: 128.
LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P. - Terra Nova.
Amsterdam, 1606, Uncoloured.. 83x123mm. In very good condition, lightly age toned, some water staining, with wide margins, dark impression. Latin text to verso. Some show through of text from verso.
RASPISCHEN HANDLUNG - Grund Riss der Americanischen Insuln Cape Breton, St. Iean und Anticosti im Flusse S. Laurencii..
Nurnberg, 1770, In original colours.. 214x353mm. Marginal water staining along lower border, just affecting the lower border frame. Else very good.
BELLIN, J.N. - Carte Des Parties Du Nord-Ouest De L'Amerique Suivant les Voyages de Middleton et d Ellis en 1742 et 1746..
Amsterdam, 1777, Coloured.. 201x270mm. 2 vertical folds as issued. Very good condition.
BUCHON, J.A. - Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique des Possessions Anglaises.
Paris, 1825, In original colours.. 460x610mm. In very good condition. Printed on strong, thick paper.
Brusselles, 1827, In original colouring.. 480x575mm. In fine condition with light age toning.
A large map of Canada with the region bounded by Hudson Bay in the east and extending to Lac des Rennes and Lac du Bourleau, centered on the Fl. Bourbon ou R. Nelson, and various other Lakes and rivers.
VANDERMAELEN, P. - Detroit de Davis. No. 10.
Brusselles, 1827, In original colouring.. 485x570mm. In fine condition with light age toning.
A striking and highly detailed large map of the Davis Strait, that covers part of eastern coast of Nunavut State, Canada, and the western coast of Greenland (including the Disko Island).
Brusselles, 1827, In original colouring.. 485x575mm. In fine condition with light age toning.
A hand coloured, lithographed map. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Paris. Covers part of the Foxe Basin, Melville Peninsula and the Baffin Island area.
TALLIS, John. - Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
London, 1851, Coloured.. 250x330mm. In good condition, lightly age toned, a few small closed tear repairs etc to margins. Decent margins.
A decorative and attractive map of the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. The map is enhanced by the seals of both provinces, plus delightful vignettes of Newfoundland dogs, some Cod Fishing off Newfoundland, and a nice view of Halifax NS.
TALLIS, John. - East Canada and New Brunswick.
London, 1851, In original o/l colours.. 260x350mm. In good condition, all margins intact. Centerfold.
FERRARIO, G. - Le mariage des canadiens.
Milan 1827, In original colours.. 160x225mm. Colour aquatint. In very good condition. Nice margins for framing.
Representing a traditional wedding. The couple is standing on a plait, each holding the end of a rod. The two are hearing an speech held by the head of the village.
Milan, 1827, In attractive strong original colours.. 200x160mm. Very good condition. This aquatint engraved plate was colour printed on fine move paper with additional hand-colouring.
Two aquatints depicting the Horse Shoe Fall (also known as Canadian Falls at the top) and the Fort Schloper Fall (bottom) engraved by Biasolé.
Antwerp, 1598, Uncoloured.. 349x508mm. French text on the verso. Wide margins and a strong and dark impression. In fine condition.
LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P. - Mexicana.
A miniature map of Mexico, showing the very southern tip of Baia California, the Gulf Coast states, and including the FL 'Panhandle'. Published by Petrus Bertius, in Amsterdam at the turn of the seventeenth century. Some topographical detail, strap-work title and sea hatching.
Mercator, G./ H. Hondius. - HISPANIA NOVAE / NOVA DESCRIPTIO.
HERRERA y TORDESILLAS, A. de. - Descripcion del destricto del audiencia de la Nueva Galicia. 5.
Amsterdam, Michel Colin, 1622, Uncoloured.. 212x291mm. Paper very slightly age toned as usual. A very good and dark impression.
The earliest map to include information from the previously secret manuscript maps of the Spanish cosmographer, Juan López de Velasco, showing part of Central America, including some present-day Mexican states.
Amsterdam, 1622, Uncoloured.. 215x293mm. A very good and dark impression. Wide margins.
Rare map of southern part of Mexico.
From Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas Description des Indes Occidentales Qu'on appelle aujourdhuy Le Nouveau Monde. ..
Bellin, J.N. - Carte de l'Empire de Mexique, 1754.
Jaques Nicolas Bellin (1702-720) was the most important French hydrographer of the 18th century. Sea-atlas 'Hydrographique Français' , 1756-65, atlas to accompany Prévost d' Exile's ' Histoire. des Voyages', 1738-75.
FERRARIO, G. - [ The ruins of Mitla ].
Milan, 1827, In attractive strong original colours.. 230x160mm. Very good condition.
Aquatint depicting the ruins of Mitla engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N°74.
FERRARIO, G. - [The ruins of Mitla ].
Milan, 1827, In attractive strong original colours.. 150x290mm. Very good condition.
Aquatint depicting the ruins of Mitla engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N°75.
FERRARIO, G. - [ Local musical instruments ].
Milan, 1827, In attractive strong original colours.. 150x210mm. Very good condition.
Aquatint depicting local musical instruments being played engraved by Bonatti Plate N°76.
FERRARIO, G. - [ Emblematic figures and numeric characters ].
Milan, 1827, In attractive strong original colours.. 305x160mm. Very good condition.
Aquatint depicting emblematic figures and numeric characters engraved by Gallina. Plate N°79.
VANDERMAELEN, Ph. - Partie du Mexique. No 65.
Brussels, 1825-1827, In original colours.. 467x540mm. Lithography on a plano sheet. Excellent condition with broad margins.
PLANO sheet map covering Mexico. From his famous Atlas Universel . This atlas was one of the most remarkable world atlases ever produced, anticipating the International Map of the World and being the first atlas to show the entire land mass of the world on a uniform scale.
HERRERA y TORDESILLAS, A. de - Cocos Eijlandt Isle de Cocos.
Amsterdam, 1622, Uncoloured.. 193x165mm. Paper very slightly age toned as usual. A very good and dark impression. Size of sheet : 300 x 195mm.
Scarce print (193x165mm.) on a French text sheet showing the landing of Le Maire and Schouten at Cocos Island in May 1616 (today’s Tafahi in the Tonga Islands). Named by the Dutch for its abundance of coconuts.
DUDLEY, R. - Carta terza Generale del' Asia.
Florence, 1646, Uncoloured. 460x380mm. In good condition. Left hand margin cut to neat line, with some minor reinforcements.
CASSINI, G. M. - L’Isola O-Taiti Scoperta dal Cap. Cook, con le Marchesi di Mendoza.
Rome, 1798, Coloured.. 375x550mm. Large margins, in very good condition.
The earliest map to include information from the previously secret manuscript maps of the Spanish cosmographer, Juan López de Velasco, showing part of Central America, including southern Yucatan, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.
GIBSON, J. - A Plan of the Town and Harbour of Louisbourg. . .A Plan of the City and Harbour of Havana. . .A Plan of the Town and Harbour of Cartagena. . .
London, 1765, Uncoloured.. 193x283mm. In good condition. Multi-folds as issued. Some small wear at folds. Right margin and top margins are uneven. Dark impression.
"A Plan of the Town and Harbour of Louisbourg [on sheet with] A Plan of the City and Harbour of Havana [and] A Plan of the Town and Harbour of Cartagena [and] A Plan of the Harbour, Town and Forts of Portobello", by John Gibson.

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