Fine lithographed map of the town of New Castle. The map provides the names of specific homeowners, as well as information about the occupations and physical locations of the various tradesmen in each village from Beer's famous county atlas "Atlas of New York and vicinity, a documentary record of nineteenth-century life and delightful specimens of American folk art." F. W. Beers, along with other members of his family, were among the leading county atlas publishers in the period immediately foll...

Scarce print with German text sheet showing the Dutch attack on Praia.On 27th June 1589, Simon de Cordes left Holland with five ships, bound for the Magellan Straits. On reaching Santiago - one of the Cape Verde Islands, they decided to loot the fortress at Praia. This stood on top of a high rock whose only approach was by a narrow stairway with 175 steps. At the time the fortress was occupied by the Portuguese, under a Spanish commander. On landing, however, the Dutch were entertained by some o...

Very fine decorative map od Brazil with west to the top. From the book "A Collection of Voyages and Travels" by Churchill and the map came from the part containing a description Nieuhoff's travels in Brazil.

Scarce print with a German text sheet. Captain Weert and the chief ate modestly on roast plantain, smoked fish and wine fermented from palm, bought by a local woman. However, when Weert ordered Spanish wine to be brought from his ship, the chief forgot his temperance and drank so much he had to be carried to rest. Weert had to stay the night but returned to his ship in the morning.On the way back he was confronted by an ugly, naked woman carrying ashes in a box. After circling him three times an...

Murder of Dominican monks in Cumana or Cubagua Island in what is now Venezuela. Scarce print (150x177mm.) on a German text sheet taken from a first edition of Johann Ludwig Gottfried's "Newe Welt Vnd Americanische Historien/ Jnhaltende Warhafftige vnd volkommene Beschreibungen Aller West-Indianischen Landschafften…" published by M.Merian in 1631.

This is John Tallis’ map of East Canada or what is now Quebec and New Brunswick. Includes Montreal, Quebec City, and the St. Lawrence River valley. Features five vignettes which include American Indian warriors and a spectacular view of Quebec City. The whole is surrounded by a decorative vine motif border. The vignettes for this map were drawn by H. Warren and engraved by J. B. Allen. The map itself is the work of John Rapkin. The Illustrations after a design by H. Warren and engraved by J Ra...

A delightfully detailed map of the West Indian island Tobago by John Thomson. The map displays excellent detail concerning roads, rivers, towns, bays, harbors, and other interesting topographical details.Thomson (1777-c1840) was a Scottish cartographer from Edinburgh, celebrated for his 1817 New General Atlas, published by himself in Edinburgh, John Cumming in Dublin, and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy in London.

A well engraved and highly detailed chart of French Guiana and the island of Cayenne. Made in 1763 by Jacques Bellin (1703-72), a prolific cartographer assigned the Ministry of the French Navy. It shows soundings, anchorage's, channels, shoals, navigational sightings. Engraved by Croisey, engraver for the Depot Générale de la marine is noted as such on the map.

A rare map of St. Dominica, with insets of Charlotteville with its attack by the French on 7 September 1778 on the British. Also small inset map of the Caribbean islands from Antigua till Grenada. With dedication to de Sartine, a French official.

Very attractive large map of North America with stunning panorama at top of figures representing the continents, etc. A rare and decorative map. From "Atlas geográfico universal texto redactado bajo la dirección de Dr. D. Juan Vilanova parte artística bajo la dirección de Otto Neussel Dibº geogrº J.P. Morales, cromo litogrº Ginés Ruiz".Good hand color on panorama and original lithographic color on the map. The most ambitious of all the monographs and scientific works by Spanish geographe...

Fourth state of the map of Canada published by Delisle with the imprint "sur le Quai de l’Horloge a l’Aigle d’Or avec Privilege pour 20 ans, 1703". Beneath the title, Renard’s imprint is erased.Including the fictitious discoveries of Baron de Lahoutan: the legendary River Longue etc. The north west corner of Hudson Bay is left open, leaving the possibility of a north west passage open. De l'Isle's map was the first to show Detroit (founded by Cadillac) and the first to mention a settleme...

From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume ancien et moderne ou histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la religion, des arts, etc. published in Milan by the author between 1816 and 1827.This aquatint engraved plate was color printed on fine wove paper of a soft aged white color, bearing the embossed seal of authenticity impressed at the time of publication with the legend "Il Costume Antico E Moderno" surrounding the initials GF. A beautifully hand colored aquatint with additional hand-coloring....

Etching of a bison by Leendert Brasser (1727 - 1793) after a painting of the Dutch artist Gerrit van den Heuvel.An early portrait of a bison, etched by Leendert Brasser (1727-93) after Gerrit van den Heuvel.Gerrit van den Heuvel portraited this bison in 1766 in the menagerie of Arnout Vosmaer (1720 - 1799). Vosmaer was a Dutch naturalist and collection curator. In 1756 Vosmaer became the director of a natural history collection started by Princess Anna, the wife of William IV, Prince of Orange a...

Nice small map of South America. Dated 1748. From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.Page 105 outside border top right. Mary Sponberg Pedley does not mention a state without date.

Detailed small map showing most part of the Brazilian seacoasts, from the mouth of the Amazon River as far as the island of Sao Sebastiao.From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.  111 outside border top right. Mary Sponberg Pedley does not mention a state without date.

Very decorate view of New-York. J.Hesse was known as a portrait painter and publisher of lithographs. A long panorama of the shoreline from the sea, with sailing vessels and American steamships in the busy port.

Uncommon map of the east coast of North America, including the Great Lakes area. To the right inset map of New Foundland. After the map by William Faden of 1783. With color-key.

Lantor is a kind of coconut palm (or Indian nut) with fronds as long as a human body. These fronds are used as paper. Pimenta del Rabo (or cubebe) grows grape-like on trees and is held in such esteem by the Indians that they cook and preserve them, rather than sell them to other countries. Also shown is the Tamarind tree or Assa, the plant Talasse grows in Java, and the Mangostan fruit and the black pepper is called ‘Sahang’ in Java.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a...

Chart of the entrance of Bassin de L'Quest , visited on July 2nd 1786 by La Perouse. On many 18th century maps we find a depiction of Mer de L'Quest or Sea of the West a great sea, easily the size of the Mediterranean, to flow from the then-known Strait of Juan de Fuca and an opening to the ocean from this great sea at roughly in North California or Oregon and Quivira somewhere in Idaho.Engraved by Bouclet.

Very detailed map of Strait of Magellan, with in top inset map of Southern tip of South America with the Falklands. Prepared by Don Juan de La Cruz of Spain.Engraved by Jos. Gestner.