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Chile
A distinctive, mind-bending view of Chile.
Cartographer(s): Richard Edes HarrisonPlace/Date: New York / 1938$675 Add to cart -
Panorama del Canale di Panama.
Only the second printed view of the Panama Canal in history.
Place/Date: Livorno / ca. 1880$875 Add to cart -
Carta particolare della parte ocidentale dell nuoua Spagnia è della California. La longitudine Comincia da l’Isola di Pico d’Asores. D’America Carta XXXI.
Dudley’s Sea Chart from Southern Baja California to South of Acapulco.
Cartographer(s): Sir Robert DudleyPlace/Date: Florence / ca. 1647$1,900 Add to cart -
Atlantic Fleet. Guantanamo Bay from Radio Tower – U.S. Naval Station
An evocative WW1 panoramic photograph of the U.S. Navy’s Atlantic Fleet stationed at their new base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Cartographer(s): Harris Bros.Place/Date: Not listed / ca. 1917$1,300 Add to cart -
Americae pars magis cognita. [First State]
De Bry’s seminal map of South America: a manifestation of the courage, determination, and megalomania of those who went forth to explore an unknown world.
Cartographer(s): Theodore de BryPlace/Date: Frankfurt / 1592$9,000 Add to cart -
Carta prima generale d’America dell’India Occidentale e Mare del Zur
The earliest published sea chart to focus on the California coast!
Cartographer(s): Sir Robert DudleyPlace/Date: Florence / 1648$4,800 Add to cart -
Le Chili. Tire de celuy que Alf-de-Oualle P. d la C.d.I. a fait imprimer a Rome en 1646
Sanson’s 1656 map of Chile: based on the most iconic and important map of the region produced in the 17th century.
Cartographer(s): Nicolas SansonPlace/Date: Paris / 1656$475 Add to cart -
Carte Du Mexique et de la Floride des Terres Angloises et des Isles Antilles du Cours et des Environs de la Riviere Mississipi
De l’Isle’s paradigm-setting chart of the Gulf of Mexico, the first accurate plotting of the full course of the Mississippi River.
Cartographer(s): Guillaume De l'IslePlace/Date: Paris / 1708$1,800 Add to cart -
A Guide Map of the RUINS OF TIKAL Guatemala.
An archaeological plan of the ruins of the great Mayan city of Tikal, a site that still baffles historians to this day.
Cartographer(s): Asociación TikalPlace/Date: Guatemala / 1969$675 Add to cart -
República Argentina / Ministerio de Obras Publicas / Red de ferrocarriles en la fecha del centenario / Confeccionado con los dalos obtenidos por la dirección general de ferrocarriles…
A fabulous large-format official Ministry of Public Works 1910 railroad map of Argentina.
Cartographer(s): Lit. Comp. Sud-Americ. de Billets de BancoPlace/Date: Buenos Aires / 1910$1,600 Add to cart -
Diarium vel Descriptio laboriosissimi, & molestissimi Itineris, factia Guilielmo Cornelli Schoutenio, Hornano. Annis 1615, 1616 & 1617.
Willem Schouten’s journal of the famous 1615-7 Le Maire-Schouten expedition, one of history’s greatest voyages of discovery.
Place/Date: Amsterdam / 1662$7,000 Add to cart -
Map of the City of Ottawa, Published by A.S. Woodburn. Ottawa.
A.S. Woodburn’s rare 1885 map of Ottawa: one of the earliest acquirable large-scale city plans of Canada’s national capital.
Cartographer(s): A. S. WoodburnPlace/Date: Montreal / 1885$4,800 Add to cart -
Partie Orientale Du Canada Traduite de l’Anglois de Carte de Jefferys publiée a Londres en May 1755…
Scarce 1755 map of French and British historical claims, published in Paris on the eve of the Seven Years’ War.
Cartographer(s): Georges-Louis le RougePlace/Date: Paris / 1755$2,200 Add to cart -
A THING WELL BEGUN IS HALF DONE. UNCLE SAM—“Finish the canal, McKinley, and make our national expansion complete in your first administration.”
William McKinley & Uncle Sam: a wonderful 1899 persuasive map advocating for the construction of the Nicaragua Canal.
Cartographer(s): Frederick Victor GillamPlace/Date: New York / 1899$975 Add to cart -
Carte Du Golphe Du Mexique Et Des Isles Antilles Reduite de la grande carte Angloise de Popple, Par PH. Buache…1780.
Dezauche’s exquisite chart of the Gulf Coast, Florida, and Caribbean Archipelago depicts a French Colonial Empire that is slowly falling apart.
Place/Date: Paris / 1780$1,000 Add to cart -
Pascaart vertoonende de Zeecusten van Chile, Peru, Hispania Nova, Nova Granada, en California.
Superb first state of Doncker’s chart of the Pacific with California as an island.
Cartographer(s): Hendrick DonckerPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1659$4,500 Add to cart -
West Indies. New Chart shewing the Routes of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company’s Ships.
The communications lifeline of the British Caribbean: an unrecorded map of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company’s Ships to the West Indies.
Cartographer(s): George Edward MadeleyPlace/Date: London / 1850$2,500 Add to cart -
New Voyages to North-America. Containing an Account of the Several Nations of That Vast Continent…
First English edition of Lahontan’s description and mapping of New France, which propagated the myth of the Northwest Passage.
Place/Date: London / 1703$9,000 Add to cart -
La Californie ou Nouvelle Caroline, Teatro De Los Trabajos Apostolicos De La Compa. E. Jesus En La America Septe…
The largest and finest cartographic depiction of the island of California ever made.
Cartographer(s): Nicholas de FerPlace/Date: Paris / 1720$7,200 Add to cart -
Carte d’étude pour le tracé et le profil du canal de Nicaragua par M. Thomé de Gamond, ingénieur civil, précédée de documents publiés sur cette question par Félix Belly
Rare – the first serious and detailed published proposal for an interoceanic canal across Nicaragua, with a magnificent, chromolithographed map.
Place/Date: Paris / 1858$2,600 Add to cart -
Delineatio Nova Et Vera Partis Australis Novi Mexici
Scherer’s detailed map of Lower California and adjacent mainland, based on correspondence with Father Kino.
Cartographer(s): Heinrich SchererPlace/Date: Munich / 1703$975 Add to cart
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Map of Mexico & California Compiled from the latest authorities by Juls Hutawa Lithr. Second St. 45 St, Louis, Mo. 2nd Edition 1863
Hutawa’s mysterious 1863 map of the American West: an icon in St Louis publishing history and a forerunner of the Santa Fe mining industry.
Cartographer(s): Julius HutawaPlace/Date: St. Louis / 1863Read more -
Panoramic and Monumental Map of Havana – Plano Panoramico y Monumental de la Habana
A colorful 1950 bird’s-eye-view of Havana.
Cartographer(s): Rogelio L MirabalPlace/Date: Havana / 1950Read more -
[Vietnamese Maps of North America: Mexico, Canada, USA]
Three curious maps of North America made in South Vietnam.
Cartographer(s): Saigon MoiPlace/Date: Saigon / ca. 1965Read more -
A Correct Map of the United States, With The West Indies, from the best Authorities by Samuel Lewis 1813…
Samuel Lewis’ extremely rare patriotic map of the War of 1812.
Cartographer(s): Samuel LewisPlace/Date: Philadelphia / 1813Read more -
Plano Comercial de la Capital Federal y sus Alrededores por A. Bemporat [AND] Gran Mapa de Ferrocarriles Sud Americanos compilado por A. Bemporat
Two of Bemporat’s iconic and monumental Argentinian wall maps: a stunning city plan of Buenos Aires and a national railway map.
Cartographer(s): Oficina Cartografica BemporatPlace/Date: Juncal/Buenos Aires / 1914Read more -
Florida et Apalche
The first great regional map of Florida and the Gulf Coast.
Cartographer(s): Cornelius van WytflietPlace/Date: Louvain / 1597Read more -
Carta particolare dello istreto e Mare iscoperto da Hen:º Hudson Ingilese nel. 1611…
An essential map for Canada collectors: the first sea chart of Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait, leaving open the possibility of a Northwest Passage.
Cartographer(s): Sir Robert DudleyPlace/Date: Florence / (1647) 1661Read more -
Mapa Misional Juniperiano. Mallorca, México y Alta California.
Mapping the life and work of Junipero Serra, including the Spanish mission system in California.
Cartographer(s): Ramón Ferrer de Sant Jordi Truyols (Formiguera)Place/Date: Spain? / 1979Read more -
Partie Occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada.
Phantom islands and cartographic trickery: Bellin’s seminal map of the Great Lakes, re-issued during the French and Indian War.
Place/Date: Nuremberg / 1755Read more -
Nuevo Mapa de la República Argentina Publicado por Ángel Estrada y Cía.
Detailed late 19th century folding map of Argentina on contemporary linen in original case.
Place/Date: Buenos Aires / 1888Read more -
Seno de California, y su costa oriental nuevamente descubierta, y registrada desde el Cabo de las Virgenas, hasta su termino, que es el Rio Colorado ano 1747…
Consag’s seminal map of California, which conclusively ended the classic cartographic myth that California was an island.
Cartographer(s): Fernando ConsagPlace/Date: Madrid / 1757Read more -
Carta Esferica De Una Parte de la Costa Setentrional y Meridional de la Isla de Cuba…
Excellent Spanish sea chart of western Cuba.
Cartographer(s): Direccion Hidrografica de MadridPlace/Date: Madrid / 1837Read more -
Map of Central America, Shewing the Different Lines of Atlantic & Pacific Communication
Before the Canal: mapping overland routes in Central America. With Tehuantepic and the first geological survey of Panama!
Cartographer(s): James WyldPlace/Date: London / 1850Read more -
Mapa de la República Oriental del Uruguay
Stunning late 19th century map of Uruguay with large inset of Montevideo.
Cartographer(s): Escuela de Artes y OficiosPlace/Date: Montevideo / ca. 1884Read more -
Cuba Insula [with] Hispaniola Insula [with] Insula Jamaica [with] Ins. S. Ioannis [with] I.S. Margareta Cum Confiniis
Rare English edition of the Mercator-Hondius map of Carribean islands, including an inset of Havana.
Place/Date: Amsterdam / 1636Read more -
Colombia Prima or South America Drawn from the Large Map in Eight Sheets by Louis Stanislas D’Arcy Delarochette
Lovely mid-19th century map of South America.
Cartographer(s): James WyldPlace/Date: London / ca. 1854Read more -
Lettres Edifiantes Et Curieuses, Ecrites Des Missions Estrangeres, par quelques Missionnaires de la Compagnie de Jesus. V. Recueil
First printed appearance of Father Kino’s influential map, along with Piccolo’s text on California missions.
Cartographer(s): Father Eusebio F. KinoPlace/Date: Paris / 1705Read more -
Brevis, Exactaq. Totius Novi Orbis, et Peruviae Regionis Descriptio, Recens Edita
Exciting map of the Americas filled with place names along the coastlines, an uncommon feature for this region in the mid-16th century
Cartographer(s): Jean BellèrePlace/Date: Antwerp / 1567Read more -
A Map of Canada and the North Part of Louisiana with the Adjacent Countrys
Remarkable 1762 coast-to-coast map of Canada, Upper Midwest & Plains.
Cartographer(s): Thomas JefferysPlace/Date: London / 1762Read more -
L’America settentrionale nuovamente corretta, et accresciuta secondo le relationi più moderne da Guglielmo Sansone
Spectacular old color Italian edition of Sanson’s seminal map of North America.
Cartographer(s): Giacomo Giovanni de RossiPlace/Date: Rome / 1677Read more -
Carte Nouvelle du Mexique du Texas et d’une Partie des Etats Limitrophes
Brué’s landmark map of the West with the Republic of Texas — first use of ‘Texas’ in the title
Cartographer(s): Adrien-Hubert BruéPlace/Date: Paris / 1840Read more -
South America West Coast Sheet XIV Peru. Independencia Bay to Begueta Bay…
Chart surveyed by the H.M.S. Beagle (Darwin’s ship) with sextant pencil notations showing it was used at sea.
Cartographer(s): British AdmiraltyPlace/Date: London / 1840Read more -
Amerique Septentrionale
Gorgeous and extremely rare state of Sanson’s landmark map of North America.
Place/Date: Paris / 1651Read more -
General Map of the Panama Canal
Rare relief map booklet of the Panama Canal Zone
Cartographer(s): William M. Baxter, Jr.Place/Date: Boston / ca. 1915Read more -
A New and Accurate Map of Chili, Terra Magellanica, Terra del Fuego &c. Laid down according to the latest improvements and regulated by astron.l observat.ns.
Hand-colored 1747 Bowen map with insets of Santiago and Tierra del Fuego
Cartographer(s): Emanuel BowenPlace/Date: London / 1747Read more -
Nouveaux Voyages de Mr. Le Baron de Lahontan Dans L’Amerique Septentrionale, Qui contiennent une relation…
Rare first edition of Lahontan’s description and mapping of New France, which propagated the myth of the Northwest Passage
Cartographer(s): Louis Armand, Baron de LahontanPlace/Date: The Hague / 1703Read more -
A Map of America, between Latitudes 40 and 70 North, and Longitudes 45 and 180 West, Exhibiting Mackenzie’s Track from Montreal to Fort Chipewyan & from thence onto the North Sea in 1789, & to the West Pacific Ocean in 1793
Before Lewis & Clark: map of Mackenzie’s expedition across North America
Cartographer(s): Alexander MackenziePlace/Date: London / 1801Read more -
An Exact Chart of the River St. Laurence, from Fort Frontenac to the Island of Anticosti shewing the Soundings, Rocks, Shoals &c with Views of the Lands and all necessary Instructions for navigating that River to Quebec…1775
Important 1775 map of French trading routes – the first definitive British map of the St. Lawrence River.
Cartographer(s): Thomas JefferysPlace/Date: London / 1775Read more -
Partie de la Nouvelle France…
The “first printed information…on the geography of the region to the north and west of Lake Superior” (Kershaw)
Cartographer(s): Alexis Hubert JaillotPlace/Date: Paris / 1695Read more -
Bird’s-eye-view of the Panama Canal
Bird’s-eye-view and map of the Panama Canal issued the first year after its opening
Cartographer(s): I.L. Maduro Jr.Place/Date: Panama / 1915Read more -
Carte Touristique de la ville de Rio de Janeiro. La Capitale des Etats Unis du Brasil
1940 c. art-deco pictorial map of Rio de Janeiro
Cartographer(s): YpirngaPlace/Date: São Paulo / ca. 1940Read more -
Carta Esferica de una Parte de la Costa Setentrional y Meridional de la Isla de Cuba con el canal viejo de Bahamas y el de Santarén. Por el comandante General y oficiales….
Rare 1836 Spanish sea chart around central Cuba with manuscript lighthouse notations.
Cartographer(s): Direccion Hidrografica de MadridPlace/Date: Madrid / 1836Read more -
Plano del Puerto Cabello en la Costa de Tierra Firme… [on sheet with] Plano de la Ensenada de Barcelona en la Costa de Tierra Firme… [on sheet with] Plano del fondeadero de la Guayra en la Provincia de Caracas…
Scarce 1818 chart of three Caribbean ports from the expedition of Fidalgo.
Place/Date: Madrid / 1818Read more -
Carte de la Nouvelle France, ou se voit le Cours des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens & de Mississipi Aujour d’hui S. Louis, aux Environs des Quelles se Trouvent les Etats, Pais, Nations, Peuples &c…
Chatelain’s map of French possessions in the U.S. in full color
Cartographer(s): Henri Abraham ChatelainPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1719Read more -
Plano de la Ciudad de Santiago de Chile
Nineteenth century town plan of Santiago, Chile.
Cartographer(s): Carlos BrandtPlace/Date: Santiago / ca. 1878Read more -
Peru, Chili and La Plata
Thomson’s detailed 1821 map of Peru, Chile, and Argentina
Cartographer(s): John ThompsonPlace/Date: Edinburgh / 1821Read more -
Hispaniae novae sive magnae recens et vera descriptio
Ortelius’s map of Mexico, one of the earliest printed maps of New Spain.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1579Read more -
Mare del Nord
Late 17th century chart of the Eastern Seaboard and North Atlantic, by the “King’s cartographer”
Cartographer(s): Vincenzo CoronelliPlace/Date: Venice / 1691Read more -
[Title on Verso] Tabula Terra Novæ
1541 map of the New World with references to Christopher Columbus, from the Admiral’s Map
Place/Date: Vienne / 1541Read more -
Tierra Nueva
Rare first state of one of the earliest maps of the Eastern Seaboard.
Cartographer(s): Girolamo RuscelliPlace/Date: Venice / 1561Read more -
Chili
Rare English edition of the Mercator-Hondius map of Chile.
Cartographer(s): Henricus HondiusPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1635Read more -
Carte de l’Isthme de Panama et des Provinces de Veragua Terre Ferme et Darien
Detailed mid-18th century map of the Isthmus of Panama.
Cartographer(s): Jacques Nicolas BellinPlace/Date: Paris / 1754Read more -
Amerique Meridionale, dressée, sur les Mémoires les plus récents et assujétie aux observations astronomique
Mid-18th century French map of South America
Cartographer(s): Didier Robert de VaugondyPlace/Date: Paris / 1750Read more
