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NorthAmerica

Map title
Americae sive novi Orbis, nova Descriptio

Mapmakers
Munster

Location shown
North and south America.

Date & author
Munster -- this issue [??: 1590]

Atlas
Cosmographiae Universalis -- Henrich Petri

Price & condition
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Color
Black/white

Verso
German text

Size
Plate inches 13.5 x 12 cm 33.75 x 30 Paper inches 15.5 x 13 cm 38.75 x 32.5

Technique
Woodcut

Note
Influential wood cut map from Munsters Cosmographia, based on Ortelius 1570 map, with the bulge on the west coast of South America. This map replaced the highly speculative Munster map of 1540

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Code
#54


Map title
Mondo nuovo

Mapmakers
Porcacchi

Location shown
North America

Date & author
Thomaso Porcacchi -- this issue [Venice: 1686]

Atlas
L'Isole piu famose del mondo -- Pietr'Antonio Brigonci

Price & condition
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Color
Black/white

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 5.5 x 4.5 cm 13.75 x 11.25 Paper inches 7 x 6.5 cm 17.5 x 16.25

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
Late edition for this beautiful map

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Code
#55


Map title
Islands

Mapmakers
Coronelli

Location shown
Bermuda, Iceland, Newfounland, Mayen

Date & author
Vincenzo Coronelli -- this issue [Venice: 1692]

Atlas
Atlante Veneto

Price & condition
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Color
Black/white

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 24 x 18 cm 60 x 45 Paper inches 27 x 19 cm 67.5 x 47.5

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
4 maps

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Code
#56


Map title
Carte Particuliere Du Fleuve Saint Louis Dressee Sure Les Lieux Avec Les Noms Des Sauvages Du Pais

Mapmakers
Chaterlain

Location shown
Canada & North America

Date & author
H.Chatelain -- this issue [Amsterdam: 1708]

Atlas
Atlas Historique

Price & condition
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Color
Black/white

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 14 x 18 cm 35 x 45 inches x cm 0 x 0

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
Key giving historical & geographical information

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Code
#57


Map title
Canada, Louisiane, Possessions Anglais

Mapmakers
Unknown

Location shown
North America

Date & author
Didier Robert de Vaugondy -- this issue [Paris: 1762]

Atlas
Atlas Protatif

Price & condition
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Color
Black/white

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 11.5 x 9.5 cm 28.75 x 23.75 Paper inches 16 x 10.5 cm 40 x 26.25

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
First state of this interesting map of the colonial possessions of England, France and Spain in North America. A large inset map covers the west coast and is most notable for its depiction of two remarkable cartographic misconceptions; a huge Mer de l' Ouest or Sea of the West and a Northwest Passage through a system of rivers and lakes connecting Hudson Bay with the Pacific based on the fictitious discoveries of Admiral de Font.

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#58


Map title
Carte de la Louisiane

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown
Louisiane

Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Paris: 1746-1757]

Atlas
Historie General des Voyages -- Prevost

Price & condition
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Color
Black/white

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 12 x 8.5 cm 30 x 21.25 Paper inches 12 x 9.5 cm 30 x 23.75

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
Bellin notes all major river systems, especially the Mississippi system upon which their claims rested, and many of the French forts, including Detroit, Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh), Fort de la Presque Isle (Erie), Sandoske, and Fort Checagou.

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#59


Map title
Carte des lacs du Canada

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown
Lakes of Canada

Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Paris: 1746-1757]

Atlas
Historie General des Voyages -- Prevost

Price & condition
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Color
Black/white

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 11 x 7.5 cm 27.5 x 18.75 Paper inches 12 x 9 cm 30 x 22.5

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
Bellin's map has the five lakes in an appropriate scale and with the names that we know today.

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#60


Map title
Carte de la Baye de Hudson

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown
Hudson bay

Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Paris: 1746-1757]

Atlas
Historie General des Voyages -- Prevost

Price & condition
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Color
Black/white

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 11.5 x 8.5 cm 28.75 x 21.25 Paper inches 12 x 9.5 cm 30 x 23.75

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
No particular notes for this maps

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Code
#61


Map title
Carte du golphe de S.Laurent et pays voisins

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown


Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Paris: 1746-1757]

Atlas
Historie General des Voyages -- Prevost

Price & condition
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Color
Black/white

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 13.5 x 8.5 cm 33.75 x 21.25 Paper inches 15 x 10 cm 37.5 x 25

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
No particular notes for this maps

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#62


Map title
Carte des parties du Nord-Ouest de l'Amerique

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown
North-west of America

Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Paris: 1746-1757]

Atlas
Historie General des Voyages -- Prevost

Price & condition
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Color
Black/white

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 10.75 x 8.75 cm 26.875 x 21.875 Paper inches 12.5 x 10.5 cm 31.25 x 26.25

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
No particular notes for this maps

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#63


Map title
Carte reduite des parties Septentrionales du Globe situees entre l'Asie et l'Amerique

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown


Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Paris: 1746-1757]

Atlas
Historie General des Voyages -- Prevost

Price & condition
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Color
Black/white

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 13.5 x 8.5 cm 33.75 x 21.25 Paper inches 15 x 10 cm 37.5 x 25

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
No particular notes for this maps

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Code
#64


Map title
Carte reduite des mers du nord

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown
North Atlantic

Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Paris: 1746-1757]

Atlas
Historie General des Voyages -- Prevost

Price & condition
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Color
Black/white

Verso
Blank

Size
inches x cm 0 x 0 inches x cm 0 x 0

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
No particular notes for this maps

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#65


Map title
Carte de l'Ocean Occidental

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown
Mid-Atlantic

Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Paris: 1746-1757]

Atlas
Historie General des Voyages -- Prevost

Price & condition
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Color
Black/white

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 18 x 12.5 cm 45 x 31.25 Paper inches 19.5 x 13.5 cm 48.75 x 33.75

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
An attractive and desirable 18th-century nautical style map of the Atlantic Ocean, with parts of Western Africa, New England, Europe, and South America. The map boasts a highly decorative cartouche and beautiful compass rose. It is nicely engraved and names dozens of important cities and ports.

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Code
#66


Map title
Carte de la baye de Chesapeack et Pays Voisins

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown


Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Paris: 1746-1757]

Atlas
Historie General des Voyages -- Prevost

Price & condition
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Color
Black/white

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 11 x 7.5 cm 27.5 x 18.75 Paper inches 12 x 9 cm 30 x 22.5

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
No particular notes for this maps

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Code
#67


Map title
Carte du cours du Fleuve de S.Laurent depuis son embouchure jusqu'au dessus de Quebec

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown


Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Paris: 1746-1757]

Atlas
Historie General des Voyages -- Prevost

Price & condition
Please ask: info@thetreasuremaps.com

Color
Black/white

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 11.5 x 7.5 cm 28.75 x 18.75 Paper inches 12.5 x 9 cm 31.25 x 22.5

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
No particular notes for this maps

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Code
#68


Map title
Carte de l'Accadie et Pais Voisins

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown


Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Paris: 1746-1757]

Atlas
Historie General des Voyages -- Prevost

Price & condition
Please ask: info@thetreasuremaps.com

Color
Black/white

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 12.5 x 8 cm 31.25 x 20 Paper inches 13.5 x 9.5 cm 33.75 x 23.75

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
No particular notes for this maps

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Code
#69


Map title
Carte du cours du Fleuve de S.Laurent depuis son embouchure jusqu'au dessus de Quebec

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown


Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Amsterdam: 1773]

Atlas
Atlas Portatif -- E. van Harrevelt

Price & condition
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Color
Old colors

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 11.5 x 7.5 cm 28.75 x 18.75 Paper inches 15.5 x 10.5 cm 38.75 x 26.25

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
No particular notes for this maps

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Code
#70


Map title
Carte du Golphe du Mexique et des Isles de l'Amerique

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown


Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Amsterdam: 1773]

Atlas
Atlas Portatif -- E. van Harrevelt

Price & condition
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Color
Old colors

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 14.5 x 10.5 cm 36.25 x 26.25 Paper inches 15.5 x 12.5 cm 38.75 x 31.25

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
No particular notes for this maps

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Code
#71


Map title
Carte de L'Accadie et Pais Voisins

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown


Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Amsterdam: 1773]

Atlas
Atlas Portatif -- E. van Harrevelt

Price & condition
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Color
Old colors

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 12.5 x 8 cm 31.25 x 20 Paper inches 15 x 10.5 cm 37.5 x 26.25

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
No particular notes for this maps

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Code
#72


Map title
Suite du cours du Fleuve de S.Laurent depuis Quebec jusqu'au Lac Ontario

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown


Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Amsterdam: 1773]

Atlas
Atlas Portatif -- E. van Harrevelt

Price & condition
Please ask: info@thetreasuremaps.com

Color
Old colors

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 11 x 7 cm 27.5 x 17.5 Paper inches 14 x 10.5 cm 35 x 26.25

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
No particular notes for this maps

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Code
#73


Map title
Carte de la baie de Hudson

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown


Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Amsterdam: 1773]

Atlas
Atlas Portatif -- E. van Harrevelt

Price & condition
Please ask: info@thetreasuremaps.com

Color
Old colors

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 11.5 x 8.5 cm 28.75 x 21.25 Paper inches 14.5 x 10.5 cm 36.25 x 26.25

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
No particular notes for this maps

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Code
#74


Map title
Carte de la nouvelle Angleterre

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown


Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Amsterdam: 1773]

Atlas
Atlas Portatif -- E. van Harrevelt

Price & condition
Please ask: info@thetreasuremaps.com

Color
Old colors

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 11.5 x 8 cm 28.75 x 20 Paper inches 14.5 x 10.5 cm 36.25 x 26.25

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
The New England colonies are named except Vermont which is still the unnamed disputed territory between New Hampshire and New York. The area covered as a whole extends from Penobscot Bay south to Chesapeake Bay and west to Lake Erie. The map illustrates provinces, towns, forts, rivers, Native American lands and relief.

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Code
#75


Map title
Carte de la Louisiane

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown


Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Amsterdam: 1773]

Atlas
Atlas Portatif -- E. van Harrevelt

Price & condition
Please ask: info@thetreasuremaps.com

Color
Old colors

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 12 x 8.5 cm 30 x 21.25 Paper inches 15.5 x 10.5 cm 38.75 x 26.25

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
Bellin notes all major river systems, especially the Mississippi system upon which their claims rested, and many of the French forts, including Detroit, Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh), Fort de la Presque Isle (Erie), Sandoske, and Fort Checagou.

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Code
#76


Map title
Carte des lacs du Canada

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown


Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Amsterdam: 1773]

Atlas
Atlas Portatif -- E. van Harrevelt

Price & condition
Please ask: info@thetreasuremaps.com

Color
Old colors

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 11 x 7.5 cm 27.5 x 18.75 Paper inches 15.5 x 10.5 cm 38.75 x 26.25

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
Bellin's map has the five lakes in an appropriate scale and with the names that we know today.

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Code
#77


Map title
Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland.

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown


Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Amsterdam: 1773]

Atlas
Atlas Portatif -- E. van Harrevelt

Price & condition
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Color
Old colors

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 11 x 7.5 cm 27.5 x 18.75 Paper inches 13.5 x 10.5 cm 33.75 x 26.25

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
Same as Carte de la baye de Chesapeack et Pays Voisins

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Code
#78


Map title
Carte de la Caroline et Georgie.

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown


Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Amsterdam: 1773]

Atlas
Atlas Portatif -- E. van Harrevelt

Price & condition
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Color
Old colors

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 11 x 7.5 cm 27.5 x 18.75 Paper inches 14 x 10.5 cm 35 x 26.25

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
No particular notes for this maps

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Code
#79


Map title
Carte du golphe de S.Laurent et pays voisins

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown


Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Amsterdam: 1773]

Atlas
Atlas Portatif -- E. van Harrevelt

Price & condition
Please ask: info@thetreasuremaps.com

Color
Old colors

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 13.5 x 8.5 cm 33.75 x 21.25 Paper inches 16.5 x 10.5 cm 41.25 x 26.25

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
No particular notes for this maps

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Code
#80


Map title
Carte des nouvelles decouvertes

Mapmakers
Diderot

Location shown
North America

Date & author
Diderot -- this issue [Paris: 1772]

Atlas
Encyclopedie -- De Vaugondy

Price & condition
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Color
Black/white

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 16 x 12.5 cm 40 x 31.25 Paper inches 20 x 16 cm 50 x 40

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
No particular notes for this maps

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Code
#81


Map title
Plan de la Ville de Quebec

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown
Map of Quebec city

Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Paris: 1746-1457]

Atlas
Historie General des Voyages -- Prevost

Price & condition
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Color
Black/white

Verso
Blank

Size
Paper inches 11.5 x 8.5 cm 28.75 x 21.25 Plate inches 11 x 7.75 cm 27.5 x 19.375

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
No particular notes for this maps

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Code
#374


Map title
Indie occidentali ed America centrale

Mapmakers


Location shown
Florida & Central America

Date & author
Civelli -- this issue [Milan: 1865]

Atlas
Atlante geografico

Price & condition
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Color
Old colors

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches inches x 15 cm 0 x 37.5 12 inches cm x 39 cm 0 x 97.5

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
No particular notes for this maps

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Code
#383


Map title
Tavola dell'isole nuove, le quali son nominate occidentali, & indiane per diversi rispetti

Mapmakers
Munster

Location shown
North and south America.

Date & author
Munster -- this issue [Vernice: 1571]

Atlas
Cosmographiae Universalis -- Henrich Petri

Price & condition
Please ask: info@thetreasuremaps.com

Color
Black/white

Verso
Italian text

Size
Plate inches 13.25 x 10.25 cm 33.125 x 25.625 Paper inches 16.5 x 12.5 cm 41.25 x 31.25

Technique
Woodcut

Note
Superb woodcut map of North/South America, has Magellan's ship in the Pacific along with large Zipangi (Japan). Cathay just makes page upper left. This is the first separate printed map of the Western Hemisphere.

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Code
#401


Map title
Carte de la nouvelle Angleterre

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown
New England

Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Paris: 1746-1757]

Atlas
Historie General des Voyages -- Prevost

Price & condition
Please ask: info@thetreasuremaps.com

Color
Black/white

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 11.5 x 8 cm 28.75 x 20 Paper inches 12 x 9 cm 30 x 22.5

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
The New England colonies are named except Vermont which is still the unnamed disputed territory between New Hampshire and New York. The area covered as a whole extends from Penobscot Bay south to Chesapeake Bay and west to Lake Erie. The map illustrates provinces, towns, forts, rivers, Native American lands and relief.

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Code
#404


Map title
Suite du cours du Fleuve de S.Laurent depuis Quebec jusqu'au Lac Ontario

Mapmakers
Bellin

Location shown


Date & author
M.Bellin -- this issue [Paris: 1746-1757]

Atlas
Historie General des Voyages -- Prevost

Price & condition
Please ask: info@thetreasuremaps.com

Color
Black/white

Verso
Blank

Size
Plate inches 11 x 7 cm 27.5 x 17.5 Paper inches 12 x 9 cm 30 x 22.5

Technique
Copper engraving

Note
No particular notes for this maps

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Code
#405

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