19TH CENTURY AMERICA
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Watson’s New Rail Road and Distance Map of the United States and Canada
Watson’s New Rail Road and Distance Map of the United States and Canada.
Cartographer(s): Gaylord WatsonPlace/Date: New York / 1869$4,500 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 -
RECONNAISSANCE OF THE WESTERN COAST OF THE UNITED STATES MIDDLE SHEET FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO UMPQUAH RIVER
Eminent geographer and historian George Davidson tracks the West Coast voyage of Sebastian Vizcaino.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / [1864] 1854$2,900 Add to cart -
[Sutro Baths] ON THE SHORE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN
A monumental and vivacious rendition of San Francisco’s magnificent Sutro Baths.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1896$18,000 Add to cart -
Map of the Town of Folsom California
One-of-a-kind, unrecorded early 1900s manuscript map of Folsom, California.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Not listed / ca. 1910$1,200 Add to cart -
Carte de la Cote de L’Amérique sur l’Océan Pacifique Septentrional le Territoire de l’Orégon, les Californies, la Mer Vermeille, Partie des Territoires de la Compagnie de la Baie d’Hudson, et de l’Amérique Russe.
Landmark map of the American West by Duflot de Mofras, with period annotations.
Cartographer(s): Eugène Duflot de MofrasPlace/Date: Paris / 1844$15,000 Add to cart -
Bird’s Eye View of the Famous Santa Clara Valley Looking Southerly from San Francisco
A rare and dramatic bird’s-eye-view of Santa Clara Valley.
Cartographer(s): Britton & ReyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1886$2,400 Add to cart -
Colton’s Map of the Oil District of West Virginia and Ohio
Mapping an early American oil boom: rare first state of Colton’s Map of West Virginia and Ohio.
Cartographer(s): Joseph Hutchins ColtonPlace/Date: New York / 1865$3,600 Add to cart
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No. 15. Map of Oregon and Upper California…
Oregon and California on the Eve of the Mexican-American War.
Cartographer(s): Samuel Augustus MitchellPlace/Date: Philadelphia / 1845Read more -
A New Map of the State of California, the Territories of Oregon, Washington, Utah & New Mexico.
The American West Takes Shape.
Place/Date: Philadelphia / 1854Read more -
Map of California and Nevada (Atlas of the United States)
After the Gold Rush.
Cartographer(s): Warner and BeersPlace/Date: Chicago / 1872Read more -
Sketch of General Riley’s Route through the Mining Districts July and Aug. 1849. Copied from the original sketch…
Early Depiction of California’s Gold Regions.
Cartographer(s): George Horatio DerbyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1850Read more -
The Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC April 14th 1865.
The iconic 1865 Courier & Ives print depicting Lincoln’s Assassination.
Cartographer(s): Nathaniel Currier & James IvesPlace/Date: New York / 1865Read more -
City of San Francisco and its Vicinity.
A cornerstone map for the historical cartography of San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1859Read more -
County Map of the State of California.
An essential map for collectors of California, the American West, and 19th-century American atlas maps.
Cartographer(s): Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr.Place/Date: Philadelphia / 1886Read more -
The Annals of Trinity County, Containing a History of the Discovery, Settlement and Progress, Together with a Description of the Resources and Present Condition of Trinity County…
FIRST EDITION of the earliest California county history and one of the rarest.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1858Read more -
Map of the United States of America, the British Provinces, Mexico, the West Indies, and Central America: with part of New Granada and Venezuela.
Colton’s seminal 1849 map of the United States: an encapsulation of the pivotal political developments of the 1840s.
Cartographer(s): The Colton Mapmaking CompanyPlace/Date: New York / 1849Read more -
Powell & Kingman’s Map of Southwestern New Mexico
An unrecorded wall map from pre-statehood New Mexico.
Cartographer(s): E. Kingman, Jr.Place/Date: Not listed / 1883Read more -
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 -
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 / 1832Read 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 -
[Nebraska Territory, Kansas Territory]
Early survey map of the Kansas and Nebraska Territories.
Cartographer(s): Surveyor General of Kansas and NebraskaPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. (?) / ca. 1854Read 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 -
[Republic of Texas] Phelps & Ensign’s Travellers’ Guide, and Map of the United States, containing the roads, distances, steam boat and canal routes &c.
Phelps & Ensign’s 1841 map of the United States: the embodiment of early American enterprise and patriotism.
Place/Date: Brooklyn, NY / 1841Read 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 -
Colton’s Map of the United States of America, The British Provinces, Mexico and The West Indies Showing the Countries From the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
Colton’s spectacular wall map of a rapidly expanding America.
Cartographer(s): The Colton Mapmaking CompanyPlace/Date: New York / 1854Read more -
Preliminary Mineralogical and Geological Map of the State of California Issued By The California State Mining Bureau. January 1st 1891.
A pioneering map of California, in which the entire state is mapped in mineralogical and geological terms for the first time.
Cartographer(s): Julius C. HenkeniusPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1891Read more -
Colton’s Map of the United States of America Showing the Country from the Atlantic to the Pacific
G.W. & C.B. Colton’s first U.S.-centric coast-to-coast map of the United States.
Cartographer(s): The Colton Mapmaking CompanyPlace/Date: New York / 1867Read more -
A New Map of Texas, Oregon and California with the Regions Adjoining. Compiled from the most recent authorities
Samuel Augustus Mitchell’s definitive chart of the American West: a quintessential guide for those drawn to the frontier.
Cartographer(s): Samuel Augustus MitchellPlace/Date: Philadelphia / 1846Read more -
Carta de las Costas de la Escambia, Alabama y Bocas de Rio Misisipi, la Luisiana, Tejas, con la Provincia del Nuevo Santander en el Golfo de Mejico…
A rare Gulf coast sea chart with the Republic of Texas and antebellum New Orleans.
Place/Date: Madrid / 1846Read more -
Map of Oregon and Upper California from the Surveys of John Charles Fremont and Other Authorities
Presentation copy by Senator T.H. Benton.
Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1848Read more