Rare Maps of the Eastern United States
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Les Chutes du Niagara, Vue Generale; Niagara Falls, General View.
The most enticingly realistic depiction of Niagara Falls from the 19th century.
Place/Date: New York / 1852$2,000 Add to cart -
Les Chutes du Niagara. Fer a Cheval / Niagara Falls. The Horseshoe.
Sébron’s scarce and highly dramatic view of the Horseshoe Arch of Niagara Falls.
Place/Date: New York / 1852$2,000 Add to cart -
Tierra Nueva.
Ruscelli/Rossacio’s 1599 map of the Eastern Seaboard: influential, important, highly aesthetic, and full of detailed and embedded stories.
Place/Date: Venice / 1599$975 Add to cart -
A MAP of the most INHABITED part of NEW ENGLAND, containing the PROVINCES of MASSACHUSETS BAY and NEW HAMPSHIRE, with the COLONIES of KONEKTIKUT AND RHODE ISLAND. Divided into Counties and Townships: The whole composed of Actual Surveys and its situation adjusted by ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS.
An exquisite FIRST EDITION-FIRST STATE of Braddock Mead and Thomas Jefferys’ authoritative map of New England; the finest chart of the region produced in the 18th century.
Place/Date: London / November 29th, 1755$59,000 Add to cart -
Map of the Central Park. April 20th 1871
Olmsted and Vaux’s 1871 plan of Central Park.
Place/Date: New York / 1871$1,500 Add to cart -
A New Map of the Great West
From the creator of the dime-novel and the pulp fiction genre: this is Erastus Flavel Beadle’s rare and highly desirable map of the Great West.
Cartographer(s): Erastus Flavel BeadlePlace/Date: Buffalo, NY / ca. 1856$775 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 -
Carte générale des États-Unis, du Haut et Bas-Canada, de la Nouvle. Ecosse, du Nouvau. Brunswick, de Terre Neuve &a.
1832 Brué map of the United States prior to decades of dramatic westward expansion.
Cartographer(s): Adrien-Hubert BruéPlace/Date: Paris / 1832$250 Add to cart -
Accurata delineatio celeberrimae Regionis Ludovicianae vel Gallice Louisiane ol. Canadae et Floridae Adpellatione in Septemtrionali America Descriptae quae Hodie Nomine Fluminis Mississippi vel St. Louis
A work of early political satire produced at the peak of Voltaire’s popularity.
Cartographer(s): Matthäus SeutterPlace/Date: Augsburg / ca. 1736$2,250 Add to cart -
Carte de la Nouvelle France, où se voit le cours des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens & de Mississipi…
Chatelain’s innovative 1719 chart of North America: a political statement loaded with the latest exciting news from Nouvelle France.
Cartographer(s): Henri Abraham ChatelainPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1719$1,500 Add to cart -
The Historical War Map.
Printed broadside that provided the American public with a comprehensive overview of the Civil War, with an extensive narrative on the war’s progress.
Cartographer(s): Asher & Co.Place/Date: Indianapolis / 1863$975 Add to cart -
The Green-Wood Cemetery
A beautiful lithographed map of a well-known Brooklyn landmark.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Not listed / ca. 1933$550 Add to cart -
Carte De La Louisiane Et Du Cours Du Mississipi Avec Les Colonies Anglaises.
Dezauche’s 1782 map of colonial America: a map that blends Delisle’s celebrated achievements with new features for the Revolutionary War.
Cartographer(s): The Dezauche FamilyPlace/Date: Paris / 1782$1,200 Add to cart -
[First State] Panorama of the Seat of the War Birds Eye View of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia
Bachmann’s dramatic 1861 panoramic view of the central theater of the American Civil War.
Cartographer(s): John BachmannPlace/Date: New York / 1861$3,900 Add to cart -
Land Use & Generalized Plan. City of Detroit – Master Plan
Detroit’s Master Plan from 1950, the apogee of boom town Motor City.
Cartographer(s): City Plan CommissionPlace/Date: Detroit / 1950$1,875 Add to cart -
MIAMI MIAMI BEACH
A large and impressive 1976 aerial view of Miami.
Place/Date: Miami / 1976$375 Add to cart -
Gettysburg Battle-Field
Proof state of Bachelder’s iconic 1863 view of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Cartographer(s): John Badger BachelderPlace/Date: New York / 1863$5,000 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 -
Map of Eastern Virginia Compiled from the best authorities and printed at the Coast Survey Office, A.D. Bache, Supdt. 1862.
Alexander Bache’s Map of Eastern Virginia: a Union map of Washington’s Confederate backyard.
Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1862$1,700 Add to cart -
Carte D’Une Partie De L’Amerique Septentrionale, pour servir a l’Histoire derniere Guerre
Mapping post-independence America: 1787 Le Rouge map of the East Coast and the Mississippi Valley.
Cartographer(s): Georges-Louis le RougePlace/Date: Paris / 1787$1,400 Add to cart -
Gettysburg. Repulse of Longstreet’s Assault
Bachelder’s magnificent rendering of Longstreet’s Assault (Pickett’s Charge).
Cartographer(s): John Badger BachelderPlace/Date: Boston / 1876$2,600 Add to cart
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Map of the United States and the Provinces of Upper & Lower Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Compiled from the Latest Surveys and Other Authentic Information.
An unrecorded variant of Wyld’s monumental map of the United States and Republic of Texas.
Cartographer(s): James WyldPlace/Date: London / 1841Read more -
Norumbega et Virginia 1597
First state of Wytfliet’s important map of the Mid-Atlantic Seaboard, derived from the first atlas to focus on mapping the New World.
Cartographer(s): Cornelius van WytflietPlace/Date: Louvain / 1597Read more -
Map of Columbia, S.C.
1914 Town plan of Columbia, South Carolina.
Cartographer(s): Columbia Chamber of CommercePlace/Date: Columbia, SC / 1914Read more -
[Jacques Tanesse Manuscript Map Of New Orleans and Document From the Governor of Louisiana]
Fine, Early Plan of New Orleans, with Certifications by the Governor of Louisiana, Mayor of New Orleans and Secretary of State.
Cartographer(s): Jacques TanessePlace/Date: New Orleans / 1817Read more -
Town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Manhattan District, Corps of Engineers.
Building the town that helped build the atom bomb.
Cartographer(s): Skidmore, Owings & MerrillPlace/Date: Not listed (presumably Chicago or NYC) / September 27, 1945Read more -
Guide through Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin & Iowa
A colorful map of the greater Midwest that provided first-time visitors and immigrants with the necessary overview of America’s new states.
Place/Date: New York / 1856Read more -
Hudson’s New Twin City Map
Hand-colored 1961 map of the Twin Cities.
Cartographer(s): Hudson Map CompanyPlace/Date: Minneapolis, Minnesota / 1961Read more -
Yale University
A colorful 1977 bird’s-eye plan of Yale University.
Cartographer(s): Yale UniversityPlace/Date: New Haven / 1977Read more -
Winter Park and vicinity. Florida
1959 promotional map of Winter Park, Florida.
Cartographer(s): Frederic Q. BoyerPlace/Date: Florida / 1959Read more -
Geological map of Long & Staten islands with the environs of New York
The first systematic mapping of the geology of Long Island.
Cartographer(s): John Calvin SmithPlace/Date: New York / 1842Read more -
[Untitled Map of Miami]
Mapping the Magic City: a compelling 1930s map of Miami.
Cartographer(s): Miami Post Publishing CompanyPlace/Date: Miami / ca. 1930Read more -
Clark’s New Sectional Map of Missouri compiled & engraved from the United States land surveys and other reliable sources. St. Louis: J.C. Clark & Co., 1860
Rare St. Louis-printed map of antebellum Missouri, meant to inspire a new wave of emigration and settlement.
Place/Date: St. Louis / 1860Read more -
Highway map of Florida
A colorful 1980 map of Florida decorated with native fauna.
Cartographer(s): Gresh GraphicsPlace/Date: Florida / 1980Read more -
Nantucket Island. Massachusetts.
A hand-colored map of Nantucket Island, published at the end of World War II.
Cartographer(s): Nantucket Information BureauPlace/Date: Nantucket Island / 1945Read more -
Map of Boston and Vicinity
An excellent late 19th century large-format city plan of Boston.
Cartographer(s): George H. WalkerPlace/Date: Boston / 1893Read more -
New Orleans. Louisiana
A fabulous, hand-watercolored, post-WWII city plan of New Orleans.
Cartographer(s): A. HirschwitzPlace/Date: New Orleans / 1950Read more -
The Rand-McNally Vest Pocket Map of Florida
A rare pocket version of Rand, McNally and Co.’s 1895 railroad map of Florida.
Cartographer(s): Rand, McNally & Co.Place/Date: Chicago / 1895Read more -
D. Diagram: of Tampa Land District.
A mid-19th century Florida land survey map published a decade after statehood.
Place/Date: Baltimore / 1855Read more -
Clason’s Road Map of Florida Showing Paved Roads, All Weather Roads and Other Thoroughfares
An early road map of Florida.
Cartographer(s): Clason Map CompanyPlace/Date: Denver / 1931Read more -
Tampa
A fun and exciting 1988 pictorial bird’s-eye-view of Tampa, FL.
Cartographer(s): Jean-Louis RheaultPlace/Date: Grimsey, Ontario / 1988Read more -
Poverty Areas of New York City: Distribution of Public Assistance Recipients by Census Tracts (September 1977)…
Social cartography: a thematic city plan that purports to document the extent and distribution of poverty in New York City in the late 1970s.
Cartographer(s): Allied Map Company, Inc.Place/Date: New Rochelle, NY / 1980Read more -
Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio.
The most important and influential map of Virginia and Carolina to appear in the 17th century, in excellent original color.
Cartographer(s): Jodocus HondiusPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1630Read more -
Map of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1952 promotional city plan of Fort Lauderdale and Lauderdale Harbors, Florida.
Cartographer(s): Arnold J WaldsmithPlace/Date: Fort Lauderdale / ca. 1952Read more -
Manuscript Chart of the Western Atlantic and Eastern American Seaboard
Master & Commander: a manuscript map of Napoleonic War Atlantic maritime activity unlike any other.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Not listed / ca. 1797Read 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 -
View of the World from 9th Avenue
Original run example of Saul Steinberger’s iconic illustration of the world as seen from a typical New Yorker’s perspective.
Cartographer(s): Saul SteinbergPlace/Date: New York / 1976Read more -
Florida et Apalche
The first great regional map of Florida and the Gulf Coast.
Cartographer(s): Cornelius van WytflietPlace/Date: Louvain / 1597Read more -
Neueste Post-u. Eisenbahn Karte der Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-America.
Rare German pocket map with inset showing California gold fields and unusual boundaries.
Cartographer(s): Sigmund BeyerleinPlace/Date: Nürnberg / 1856Read more -
Etats-Unis De L’Amerique Septentrionale Avec Les Isles Royale, De Terre Neuve, De St. Jean, L’Acadie &c.
State names that never were: post-Independence map of the U.S. with Jefferson’s 10 proposed states and early Michigan.
Place/Date: Paris / ca. 1785Read more -
Carte Générale des États-Unis, des Haut et Bas-Canada, de la Nouvelle Ecosse, du Nouveau Brunswick, de Terre-Neuve, etc.
Partie de la République du Texas – French map of the United States updated to include the Republic of Texas and the city of Austin.
Place/Date: Paris / 1843Read more -
Carte du Théatre de la Guerre actuel entre les Anglais et les Trieze Colonies Unies de l’Amerique Septentrionale dressée par J. B. Eliot Ingénieurs des Etats Unis 1778.
First map to name the United States and a contemporaneous illustration of the American Revolutionary War.
Cartographer(s): Louis-Joseph MondharePlace/Date: Paris / 1778Read more -
Colton’s New Topographical Map of the Eastern Portion of the State of North Carolina with Part of Virginia and South Carolina from the latest and best authorities.
Rare and important contemporary Civil War map of the Carolina coast Union blockade.
Place/Date: New York / 1861Read more -
Map of the Battle Field of Gettysburg. July 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Bachelder’s authoritative three-part map of the Gettysburg battlefield.
Cartographer(s): John Badger BachelderPlace/Date: Boston / 1876Read more -
La Nuova Francia
Extremely rare first edition of the first map devoted to New England.
Place/Date: Venice / 1556Read more -
Gli Stati Uniti dell’America Delineati sulle ultime Osservazioni…
Cassini’s multi-sheet map of Colonial North America in original black and white
Cartographer(s): Giovanni Maria CassiniPlace/Date: Rome / 1797Read more -
America Septentrionalis a Domino d’Anville in Galliis edita nunc in Anglia Coloniis in Interiorem Virginiam…
1777 Revolutionary War issue of Homann’s map of the United States
Cartographer(s): Homann HeirsPlace/Date: Nuremberg / 1777Read more -
The British Governments in Nth. America Laid Down Agreeable to the Proclamation of Octr. 7. 1763
Map of boundaries following the French and Indian War, with Bermuda inset
Cartographer(s): John GibsonPlace/Date: London / 1763Read more -
Mitchell’s Reference and Distance Map of the United States, by J. H. Young
Mitchell’s amazing wall-map of an adolescent America, presented here in a rare first edition with brilliant original color. A seminal and impressive masterpiece in American cartography.
Place/Date: Philadelphia / 1834Read 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 -
Tierra Nueva
Rare first state of one of the earliest maps of the Eastern Seaboard.
Cartographer(s): Girolamo RuscelliPlace/Date: Venice / 1561Read more
