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Herman Moll. "A Map of Mexico or New Spain Florida now called Louisiana and Part of California &c." From Atlas Geographus: or; A Compleat System of Geography, (Ancient and Modern) For America. London: John Nicholson, 1717. 7 x 10. Very good condition. Framed.
The map is by Herman Moll, who was a Dutch emigré to England after 1680. Moll soon established his own business and became England's most prominent map publisher, his prolific output covered a wide range from loose maps to atlases. His work was highly regarded and often copied due to the quality of detail found in his maps. This map shows North America from just north of the 35th parallel and extends south to encompass all of Central America. Moll includes much detail of settlements and Indian tribes. This area was mostly controlled by the Spanish or French, though a large "Carolina" is shown with "Charles Towne" indicated. $625
Johann Baptist Homann. “Virginia, Marylandia et Carolina in America Septentrionali.” Nuremberg, [1714] ca. 1730. 18 1/2 x 22 1/4 plus full margins. Engraving. Second state. Ref.: Cumming-DeVorsey, 156. Original hand color. A few small spots. Manuscript numbers in ink on back and front margin. Four worm holes near top margins at corners. Short separation at bottom of centerfold. Very good condition.
While the French and then the English generally dominated the cartographic world in the eighteenth century, the Homann firm from Nuremberg, Germany was producing many influential maps and atlases during this time. The firm was founded about 1702 by Johann Baptist Homann, who was appointed Geographer to the Emperor in 1715. In about 1730, “Cum Privilegio Sac. Caes. Majest” was added below the title, thus creating a second state of the map. The maps by the Homann firms are noted particularly for their striking appearance, and this boldly colored map is no exception. Of note is the wonderful baroque title cartouche which embodies European impressions of the New World. European traders, Indians, native flora and fauna, and a pelt drying shed are all depicted with impressive engraving.
The map shows the area from New Jersey to the Carolinas. Detail is quite good along the coast, with the geography increasingly speculative in the interior. Included are lakes, rivers, settlements of Indian tribes and the still sparse European villages. The Germans were not known for their skeptical approach to geography, and typically this map includes a good number of mythical geographic features. A large marsh is shown in the upper Delaware River, which flows through a non-existent “Zuyd Lac,” just north of Philadelphia. The most prominent fictional feature is “Apalache Lacus,” which is shown in the southern part of the Carolinas. This lake was put there by Jodocus Hondius in the early seventeenth century — a misplaced depiction of a Florida lake — and it continued on maps for over a hundred years. For its decorative and historic interest, this is an excellent eighteenth century regional map of the mid-Atlantic region. $2,800
After Herman Moll. "Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre, Nouvelle York, Nouvelle Jersey, et Pensilvanie." Paris, ca. 1730. Engraving. Light hand color and slightly darkened paper. Old separation at lower centerfold and chipping in margins. Expertly conserved and attractive map in overall good condition.
Another map by Moll, an attractive and interesting map of New England taken from from his Atlas Minor (1728). Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, are New York are shown as separate colonies (though strangely formed), while the entire northeast is labeled "Nouvelle Angleterre." Some counties are noted, as are major cities, with rivers shown throughout and Lake Champlain depicted but not named in the upper left corner. $225
Guillaume Delisle. "Carte Du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France." Amsterdam: Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier, ca. 1730. 19 1/8 x 22 1/2. Engraving. Hand color. Some paper toning and mottling. Otherwise, very good condition.
An attractively colored example of Delisle's famous map of the Great Lakes and Canada. The map was first issued in 1703, and this example was issued not too long after in Amsterdam. This map is a important example of Delisle's work, seminal in the history of the mapping of America exactly because of his pioneering method and attitude. It was based on years of research, using all the latest reports of travels, explorations and surveys in the region. Delisle was particularly well placed with respect to gathering information on North America, for with his connections in the French court, especially within the Ministry of Marine, he had access to all the official and unofficial reports coming out of New France. It is not surprising, then, given Delisle's method and connections, that this map is so important in the cartographic history of the continent. The depiction of the Great Lakes is a landmark in the history of their mapping, superior to the previous renderings by Sanson and Coronelli. This map is a "mother map" of both Canada and the Great Lakes. Such was its importance that it continued to be published for the rest of the century. The wonderful baroque title cartouche adds a final flourish to the map, showing natives, flora and fauna, and explorers of the New World. $1,200
Didier Robert De Vaugondy. "Nouvelle Angleterre Nlle. York, Nlle. Jersey, Pensilvanie Mariland et Virginie." From Atlas Portatif, Universel et Militaire. Paris: Gilles Robert de Vaugondy, 1749. 7 1/2 x 6 3/8. Engraving. Original outline color. Full margins. Very good condition. Pedley: 468.
A interesting French map issued in the Robert De Vaugondy Atlas Portatif. With the 1748 signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, which ended the War of the Austrian Succession, Robert de Vaugondy came out with an expanded edition of the atlas containing more detailed maps of those areas affect by the war and the subsequent treaty. This map shows the political situation in North America as the French understood it at the end of the American phase of the War, which was also known as King George's War. The only major military event in this war was the capture of Louisburg by the British. The treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, however, reverted the political map in North America to that standing before the war. Thus the situation in North America remained unsettled, with both the French and the British claiming the lands lying between the Mississippi River and the Appalachian Mountains. This map, reflecting the French claims, shows the British colonies as limited by the Appalachian chain, with a wide swath of land south and east of Lakes Eire and Ontario belonging to the French, and even the colon of Carolina, never really in French control, shown as part of the French territory. This map, then, is a fascinating document demonstrating French claims on the eve of their repudiation by arms, soon to begin, in 1755, during the French & Indian War in North America. $525
Gilles Robert de Vaugondy. “Partie De L’Amerique Septentrionale, qui comprend Le Cours De L’Ohio, La N’lle Angleterre, La N’lle York, Le New Jersey, La Pensylvanie, Le Maryland La Virginie, La Caroline.” Paris: G. Robert de Vaugondy, 1755. 18 3/4 x 24 1/2. Engraving by C. Haussard. Original outline color in map and later color added to cartouche. Very good condition. Pedley: 469, State 1.
An attractive example of Gilles Robert de Vaugondy’s map of the British colonies, which was based upon John Mitchell’s great map of North America from the same year. As such, it took information from Lewis Evans on the middle British Colonies and Joshua Fry's and Peter Jefferson's map of Virginia and Maryland. The Mitchell map resulted from many years of British surveying in the colonies of North America, and it represented the best information about the continent that was available to Europeans and Americans in the mid-eighteenth century. Robert de Vaugondy’s map does not cover the entire area shown in Mitchell’s map, but rather focuses on the British colonies, extending from southern Maine to the Carolinas, with an inset of South Carolina and Georgia added in the upper left corner. Dense detail is neatly engraved for the river systems and settlements along the eastern coast and well inland. The mapping of the trans-Allegheny regions–showing the Ohio River, Kentucky, Tennessee, and parts of Ohio–and of the inland areas to the southeast of the Great Lakes and in interior New England is of particular interest, for this shows some of the earliest accurate information of these regions. The dotted lines and outline color designate pre-Treaty of Paris (1763) information about the Ohio country. A rococo title cartouche in the lower right adds a fine decorative touch to this historic document. $1,850
From about 1650 to 1750, the French dominated the cartographic world, with their fine, scientifically based maps. Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-72), Hydrographer to the King of France, was one of the best French cartographers of the later period. His specialty were marine and coastal maps and his famous Petit Atlas Maritime contained small but detailed charts of coasts and coastal cities around the world, including a series of fascinating American maps.
William Fuller. A three section map. "Plan of Amelia Island in East Florida," "A Chart of the Entrance into St. Mary's River," and "A Chart of the Mouth of Nassau River." London: Thomas Jefferys, 26 March 1770. Engraving. Original hand color. 20 1/2 x 24 1/2 (platemarks) plus generous margins. Very good condition. With a coastal profile of the "Entrance into St. Mary's River." Ref.: Lowery Collection, p. 359; Cumming-DeVorsey, item 393.
An intricate and rare three part map of the region around Amelia Island. This area was ceded to England as a result of the Treaty of Paris of 10 February 1763. Spain ceded Florida to England, so the disputed areas between Georgia and Florida were thus unequivocally within the interest of England and prime for development. In the left panel, the map first the entire length of Amelia Island, which is bounded by the important mouths of the Saint Mary's River to the north and the Saint John's River at the south. To the right are two charts showing detail of these mouths at a larger scale, with information that would be necessary for future colonies: soundings, sandbars, topography, a city plan on the north river, potential docking facilities and fresh water sources.
The information in the general map is taken from William Gerard De Brahm's important "Map of South Carolina & Georgia" (1757), the best map of the Georgia-Florida region at the time. The two more detailed charts are based on readings "taken by Captn. W. Fuller," who compiled this three part map published by leading British cartographic publisher Thomas Jefferys. The detail is impressive, including a plan of "New Town" on Amelia Island and a note on the abandoned Fort William on Cumberland Island. Rumblings of discontent over the Stamp Act had already begun in the North American English colonies, but that was far from the mind of Fuller, who made this map, dedicated it to John Earl of Egmont, for future British colonists. A fascinating and scarce map of Georgia-Florida interest. $8,200
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