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Rigobert Bonne. "Le Nouveau Mexique." Paris, 1778. 8 x 12 1/4. Engraving by Dien. With some light off-setting. Otherwise, very good condition. Lowery: 545.
Rigobert Bonne was the Royal Hydrographer of France, so his primary interest was in marine charts. However, with his Royal connections and access to the cartographic documents in Paris, Bonne was able to compile maps containing some of the most up-to-date information of his time. This map of the southern part of North America is a good example of his work. It shows as far north as Santa Fe and to just below Guadalahara, also including the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula. The southern coast of the United States in included to western Florida, and the river systems are included inland, especially for present-day Texas. A fine eighteenth century map of the region, with good early information of this American southwest. $325
Thomas Kitchin. "Mexico, of Nieuw Spanje; tot het nagaan der Vorderingen van Cortes." From Robertson's Geschiedenis van America. Amsterdam, 1778. 11 x 14 7/8. Engraving. With folds as issued, and some creasing from being folded in volume. Otherwise, very good condition.
Another map from William Robertson's popular History of America, this edition in Dutch. To the east of New Mexico is indicated a large empty land labeled "Groote Ruimte van onbekeno Land" (Large space of unknown land). Along the Gulf coast the major rivers are indicated and in "Tecas" are noted "Cenis" and "Presidio," near the latter of which the note indicates that "Hier zette zich la Sale in 1685." $425
Rigobert Bonne. "Le Nouveau Mexique." From Bonne's Atlas de toutes les parties connues du Globe Terrestre. Paris, 1780. 8 x 12 1/4. Engraving by André. Very good condition.
Rigobert Bonne was the Royal Hydrographer of France, so his primary interest was in marine charts. However, with his Royal connections and access to the cartographic documents in Paris, Bonne was able to compile maps containing some of the most up-to-date information of his time. This map of the southern part of North America is a good example of his work. It shows as far north as Santa Fe and to just below Guadalahara, also including the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula. The southern coast of the United States in included to western Florida, and the river systems are included inland, especially for present-day Texas. A fine eighteenth century map of the region, with good early information of this American southwest. $325
Bernard. "Carte d'une partie de l'Amérique Séptentrionale, qui contient partie de la Nle. Espagne, et de la Louisiane." From Pierre de Pagès' Voyages Autour Du Monde. Paris, 1782. 12 3/4 x 17. Engraving by Bernard. Very good condition.
A unusual map based on a first hand trek across Texas and Mexico by a French naval officer, Pierre Marie François de Pagès. Born of noble family, Pagès made a five-year voyage around the world, which he recounted in his publication of 1782. Perhaps of the most interesting part of his trip was his horseback traverse of Texas in 1767. As shown by a line marked on this map, Pagès landed in New Orleans, traveled up the Mississippi and Red Rivers to "Nachitoches" and then set off on horseback across the "Province de los Texas." and then south through Mexico to Acapulco. Pagès account, and this map, provided the best first-hand information on this region in the late eighteenth century. The map shows many town, forts, rivers, and notes on Indian tribes. Pagès returned to France via the Pacific, wrote his account and later engaged in further expeditions (to the North and South Poles) and even was involved with the French navy in the American Revolution. $1,400
After Thomas Kitchin. "Mexico oder Neu Spanien zu Campens Entdekkung von America." From J.H. Campe's Entdeckung von America. Germany, ca. 1786. 8 x 12 1/2. Engraving. Outline color. Very good condition.
A nice example of Thomas Kitchen's map of Mexico, appearing in J.H. Campe's "Discovery of America," a history intended for young people that was issued in a number of editions in Germany in the latter part of the eighteenth century. The information in Mexico, including New Mexico up the Rio Grande, is quite good. Along the Gulf coast the major rivers are indicated and in "Tecas" are noted "Cenis" and "Presidio," near the latter of which the note indicates that "Hier liess sich de la Sale 1685." Also included in the map is an inset of the region around Mexico City. $450
L. Hebert. "Spanish Dominions In North America Northern Part." From Pinkerton's Modern Atlas. London: Cadell & Davies, 1811. 20 x 27 3/4. Engraving by Neele. Original outline color. Very good condition.
A graphic, large-scale map of New Spain from about the 22nd parallel in the south to the Great Salt Lake in the north, and including the Louisiana Territory shown to just south of the Missouri River. The rendering is based on Humboldt's map of the region (cf. above), though it is narrower in focus. The topography is shown with striking hachuring, emphasizing the mountains up the Rio Grande Valley to well past Santa Fe. The Louisiana Territory section documents the extensive network of rivers in this region. Detail is excellent with many lakes, rivers and numerous towns shown throughout, with the borders depicted for the Spanish intendancies. Further data provided is indicated in the key to symbols that lists "Provincial Council of the Mines," mines, farms, military posts, and "Station of Muleteers." $1,800
Mathew Carey. "Mexico or New Spain." Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1814. 17 5/8 x 15 5/8. Engraving. Original outline color. Very good condition.
An intriguing American map of Mexico. Published by Mathew Carey in 1814, during the War of 1812, this map is from Carey's Atlas which represented the best American cartographic work of the period. Mexico, or "New Spain" as such included not only present-day Mexico, but El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, all subject to the Spanish Crown. The northern boundary as shown here extended well north of Santa Fe, while the eastern border is located at the Sabine River-a boundary which was to moved west by the treaty accords following the 1819 War between Spain and the United States. By 1820 the provincial government under Augustin de Iturbide had revolted against the new liberal monarchy for fear of modernization. This was the beginning of a 60-year period defined by one internal rival struggling against the other that would end only with the second election of Porfirio Diaz in 1884. The southern end of the nation similarly reacted in their own, local interests forming the Central American nations of modern times. $850
John Thomson. "Spanish North America." Edinburgh: J. Thomson, 1821. Engraving. 20 x 24 1/4. Full original hand color. Very good condition. Wheat: 320.
A strongly engraved map of Mexico and present-day southwest United States. The map was issued by one of the leading British cartographic firms, John Thomas from Edinburgh, and was based primarily on the maps of Humboldt and Pike, whose "Highest Peak" (Pike's Peak) is indicated. New Spain is shown during the Hidalgo/Morelos revolt against Spanish rule, the precursor to Mexican independence in 1821. The Spanish possessions are depicted as extending from Guatemala up through Santa Fe to the Louisiana Territory, which encompasses the area from Santa Fe to the Mississippi and from the Missouri River to near the Gulf. Topography is shown with cross-hatching, and rivers, lakes and towns, including the mission of "Texas," are depicted with excellent detail. The hand coloring and strong engraving lend a nice aesthetic appearance to this interesting map. $875
"Missouri." Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1822. 11 7/8 x 9 7/8 (map); 16 1/4 x 20 3/4 (full sheet). Engraving by Young & Delleker. Full, original hand coloring. Very good condition.
In 1822, Henry Charles Carey and Isaac Lea published their A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas. This volume was based on Emmanuel Las Cases' Atlas Historique of 1803, with updated maps and text modified by Carey, a political economist. The sheets from this atlas, which cover North America, Central America, South America and the West Indies, are comprised of an engraved map surrounded by text documenting the history, climate, population and so forth of the area depicted. The atlas is particularly known for its excellent early maps of the states and territories of the United States. This map is a fine example of the first map of Missouri as a state, probably derived from U.S. Government surveys conducted by Stephen H. Long's important expedition of 1819-20. No credit for this source appears on the map, but Carey & Lea were presently publishing Edwin James' official Report of that expedition, so they used the information in their own atlas published one year earlier. Missouri is shown in a very early stage of development, with few towns and no roads. Rivers and topography are illustrated and the political divisions are hand colored with bright washes. Carey surrounded his maps with text in a format that copied Lavoisne's French atlases, and his descriptions of the region were optimistic and promotional. Note the "List of Governors," designed for future editions, which has only one name. $750
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Philippe Vander Maelen. "Iles Sandwich." [Hawaii.]. From Atlas Universel. Brussels: P. Vander Maelen, 1827. 18 x 19. Lithograph by H. Ode. Original outline hand coloring. Very good condition.
A finely executed and very detailed map from Vander Maelen's monumental atlas of 1827, the Atlas Universel. This atlas was one of the most remarkable world atlases ever produced, anticipating the International Map of the World and being the first atlas to show the entire land mass of the world on a uniform scale. The entire atlas consisted of 400 maps drawn on a scale of ca. 1:1.6 million, with as precise and accurate information as was then available. This atlas was also the first to be made totally with lithography, each map precisely drawn by H. Ode. This map shows the Sandwich Islands based on very good marine surveys. A box in the lower left corner contains extensive text, in French, about the islands. $550
P. Vander Maelen. [Texas] Sheets 48, 54-55, 59-60 from Vander Maelen's Atlas Universel. Brussels: P. Vander Maelen, 1827. Five sheets, each ca. 18 1/2 x 22 1/2. Lithographs by H. Ode. Original outline coloring. Very good condition, though a few spots on one map.
A set of maps from Vander Maelen's atlas encompassing all of present-day Texas. $2,900
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