<American Antique Maps and Atlases by the antique map dealer Mapcarte offering views of Africa, the British Isles, and the World.
Antique Maps and Atlases by the antique map dealer Mapcarte offering views of Africa, the British Isles, and the World.
The Americas


Americae Mappa Generalis
Item Number:
 888
Cartographer:
 Homann Heirs
Year:
 1746
Origin:
 Nuremberg
Size:
 18. 5 X 17.7
Condition:
 VG Small repaired tear bottom centerfold, faint water stain at bottom
Price:
 $1300.00
Description:
The continent as it was just before the American Revolution. California shown as a peninsula and the unknown Pacific Northwest left blank.


Carte des parties nord et ouest de l'Amerique
Item Number:
 524
Cartographer:
 Robert de Vaugondy
Year:
 1772
Origin:
 Paris
Size:
 15"x11.5"
Condition:
 F - tear in left margin not impacting image
Price:
 $500.00
Description:
Based on Samuel Engel's map of 1764. Myth of Northwest Passage persists, also a River of the West and Alaska as islands.


Nieuwe kaart van het Westelykster Deel der Weereld dienende tot aanwoyzing van de Scheepstogten der Nederlanderen Naar Westindie
Item Number:
 192
Cartographer:
 Isaak Tirion
Year:
 1754
Origin:
 Amsterdam
Size:
 14.5"x13.5"
Condition:
 G - small spot in Atlantic
Price:
 $650.00
Description:
Pacific Northwest left blank with notations on Russian exploration in 1743; a thought of a Northwest Passage seen via the Great Lakes


America Settentrionale Divisa ne Suoi Principali Stati
Item Number:
 127
Cartographer:
 Antonio Zatta
Year:
 1785
Origin:
 Venezia
Size:
 15"x19.75"
Condition:
 VG very minor soiling
Price:
 $850.00
Description:
Misplaced lakes and mountains in Pacific Northwest and Canada add character.


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Antique Maps and Atlases of America by the antique map dealer Mapcarte.

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