Americas

Pacific Northwest left blank with notations on Russian exploration in 1743 a thought of a Northwest Passage seen via the Great Lakes.

Survey and explorations of P. Norris, Superintendent of the park. Showing topo features, stations and planned roads.

Unique, pre-Civil War depiction of the central U.S. states with insets of Cinncinnati, Nashville and Lexington. Showing important railways and waterways. Titled “United States of North America”.

An accurate picture of the wilderness that is known as Jackson Hole without man made features. Delineates the extreme contours of the Teton Range as well as the lakes and creeks of the entire Jackson Hole area. Attractively colored to identify conifers, aspens, agricultural land and burned areas shortly after the establishment of Yellowstone and several nearby reserves.

From Rand McNally & Co.’s Indexed Atlas of the World, this large map is highly detailed. It includes rivers, lakes, parks, railroad lines and streets. Parks are shown in green and the city limits are indicated in red.

Steel plate double page map from Johnson’s New Illustrated Family Atlas. Large, highly detailed map of the state including counties, towns, roads, railroads, trails, forts and waterways surrounded by a decorative border.

Steel plate double page map from Johnson’s New Illustrated Family Atlas. Large, highly detailed map of the state including counties, towns, roads, railroads, trails, forts and waterways surrounded by a decorative border.

A highly detailed view of the country just prior to the Civil War. The western territories have interesting shapes. Texas extends northward to the Arkansas River and includes Santa Fe and Taos. Iowa and Wisconsin have undefined borders in Indian territory which is unnamed. The border of the map includes portraits of Washington and Franklin. Inside the border are vignettes of the Capitol, the Washington Monument, including a planned statue of him that never was completed, Penn’s treaty with the Indians and a buffalo hunt. Last, but not least the U.S. and Excelsior shields are in the upper right corner.

This edition of the Delisle map of the Americas, first published in 1722, was extensively updated through numerous revisions. It includes the information from Cook’s discoveries in the Northwest and Alaska in an inset “Supplement a la Partie Nord Ouest de l’Amerique d’apres les Decouvertes du Capitaine Cook.” The newly independent United States extends to the Mississippi River in the west and to Florida in the south. In this edition the Privilege is changed from “du Roi” to “l’Auteur Rue des Noyers Garantie Nationale An. 9.” After the French Revolution the Royal arms were erased from the cartouche and replaced by ribbons, the king’s name was removed from the title, and the date (An 9) is the French Republican calendar for 1800.

Detailed copper plate map filled with fascinating notations on the movements of Spanish galleons. The seas are fully engraved with trade wind directions indicated.