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[a href="http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/BlueNileSource-bruce-1790"]Click for a high resolution zoomable image and detailed description of this authentic antique map.[/a]	1790 James Bruce Map of Ethiopia and the Source of the Nile Fascinating document illustrating Bruce's rediscovery of the source of the Blue Nile. Code: BlueNileSource-bruce-1790 Price: $400.00 Title: To My Worthy and Learned Friend the Honourable Daines Barrington This Plan of two Attempts to Arrive at the Source of the Nile is dedicated by his most Obliged and faithful Humble Servant James Bruce. Size: Printed area measures 21 x 13 inches (53.34 x 33.02 centimeters) ...click here for this antique map's full description.


[a href="http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/CaliforniaNewMexicoUtah-johnson-1861"]Click for a high resolution zoomable image and detailed description of this authentic antique map.[/a]	1861 Johnson Map of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona Scarce 2nd State of Johnson's Southwest Map showing Nevada's original territorial configuration. Code: CaliforniaNewMexicoUtah-johnson-1861 Price: $700.00 Title: Johnson's California Territories of New Mexico and Utah. Size: Printed area measures 17.5 x 25 inches (44.45 x 63.5 centimeters) ...click here for this antique map's full description.


[a href="http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Abissinia-coronelli-1690"]Click for a high resolution zoomable image and detailed description of this authentic antique map.[/a]	1690 Coronelli Map of Ethiopia, Abyssinia, and the Source of the Blue Nile The first map to accurately depict Abyssinia and the source of the Blue Nile. Code: Abissinia-coronelli-1690 Price: $950.00 Title: Abissinia, doue sono le Fonti del Nilo descritta secondo le relationi de P.P. Mendez, Almeida, Pais, Lobo, e Lodulfo del P. M. Coronelli M.C. Cosmografo della Seren. Rep. di Ventia� Size: Printed area measures 19 x 25 inches (48.26 x 63.5 centimeters) ...click here for this antique map's full description.


[a href="http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/AntarcticContinent-wilkes-1840"]Click for a high resolution zoomable image and detailed description of this authentic antique map.[/a]	1840 Wilkes Map of Wilkes Land, Antarctica (map that proved Antarctica a continent) The map that definitively established Antarctica's continental nature. Code: AntarcticContinent-wilkes-1840 Price: $1,000.00 Title: Chart of the Antarctic Continent Shewing the Icy Barrier Attached to It Discovered by the U.S. Ex. Ex. Size: Printed area measures 24 x 34 inches (60.96 x 86.36 centimeters) ...click here for this antique map's full description.


[a href="http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/NorthAmerica-bellin-1743"]Click for a high resolution zoomable image and detailed description of this authentic antique map.[/a]	1743 Bellin Map of North America Important early map illustrating the explorations of La Verendrye and the River of the West. Code: NorthAmerica-bellin-1743 Price: $1,000.00 Title: Carte de L'Amerique Septentrionale Pour servir a L'Histoire de la Nouvelle France. Size: Printed area measures 11.25 x 14.25 inches (28.575 x 36.195 centimeters) ...click here for this antique map's full description.


[a href="http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/MacaoHongKong-guignes-1808"]Click for a high resolution zoomable image and detailed description of this authentic antique map.[/a]	1808 Guignes Nautical Chart or Map of Macau, Hong Kong, and Canton (Guangzhou) Rare and important nautical chart of the the Zhujiang River Estuary, featuring Macao, Gunagzhou, and Hong Kong. Code: MacaoHongKong-guignes-1808 Price: $1,250.00 Size: Printed area measures 18 x 16.5 inches (45.72 x 41.91 centimeters) ...click here for this antique map's full description.


[a href="http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/AlaskaAsia-cook-1784"]Click for a high resolution zoomable image and detailed description of this authentic antique map.[/a]	1784 Cook Map of the American Pacific Northwest (Alaska) and Northeast Asia Scarce first edition of the official map of Captain Cooks seminal discoveries in Alaska. Code: AlaskaAsia-cook-1784 Price: $1,250.00 Title: Chart of the N.W. Coast of America and N.E. Coast of Asia explored in the Years 1778 & 1779. Size: Printed area measures 16.5 x 26.5 inches (41.91 x 67.31 centimeters) ...click here for this antique map's full description.


[a href="http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/WestCoast2-vancouver-1799"]Click for a high resolution zoomable image and detailed description of this authentic antique map.[/a]	1799 Vancouver Map of the West Coast of North America - California, Vancouver, Alaska The first published map of the northwest coast to show Vancouver Island, the Puget Sound, and the Columbia River. Code: WestCoast2-vancouver-1799 Price: $1,300.00 Title: Carte de la Partie de la Cote Nord-Ouest de L'Amerique Reconnue pendant Etes de 1792, 1793, et 1794 Size: Printed area measures 31 x 25 inches (78.74 x 63.5 centimeters) ...click here for this antique map's full description.


[a href="http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/FeuTerribleaNouvelleYorck-haberman-1776"]Click for a high resolution zoomable image and detailed description of this authentic antique map.[/a]	1776 Habermann View of New York during the Great Fire of 1776 Important Revolutionary War view of the Great New York Fire of 1776. Code: FeuTerribleaNouvelleYorck-haberman-1776 Price: $1,400.00 Title: Representation du Fue Terrible a Nouvelle Yorck. Size: Printed area measures 12 x 16.5 inches (30.48 x 41.91 centimeters) ...click here for this antique map's full description.


[a href="http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/CosteLouisianeFloride-bellin-1744"]Click for a high resolution zoomable image and detailed description of this authentic antique map.[/a]	1744 Bellin Map of the Gulf Coast: Mississippi Delta, New Orleans, Mobile Bay, St. Marks River Among the earliest obtainable specific maps of the Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida coasts. Code: CosteLouisianeFloride-bellin-1744 Price: $1,500.00 Title: Partie de La Coste de la Louisiane et de La Floride depuis le Mississipi Jusqua St. Marc d'Apalache. Dressee sur les Manuscrits du Depost des Plans de la Marine. Size: Printed area measures 8.5 x 17 inches (21.59 x 43.18 centimeters) ...click here for this antique map's full description.


[a href="http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/HellGateRooseveltIsland-uscs-1891"]Click for a high resolution zoomable image and detailed description of this authentic antique map.[/a]	1891 U.S. Coast Survey Map of New York City: Harlem River, Hell Gate, Roosevelt Island The only known example in this edition. Code: HellGateRooseveltIsland-uscs-1891 Price: $1,500.00 Title: Hell Gate and East River from S. End of Blackwell's Island to Lawrence's Point including Little Hell Gate and Mouth of Harlem River. Size: Printed area measures 27 x 53 inches (68.58 x 134.62 centimeters) ...click here for this antique map's full description.


[a href="http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/CarteGeneraledeCanada-lahontan-1715"]Click for a high resolution zoomable image and detailed description of this authentic antique map.[/a]	1715 Lahontan Map of the Great Lakes, Canada, and the Upper Mississippi This primary map of Canada emphasized the importance of the river trading routes.' -Kershaw Code: CarteGeneraledeCanada-lahontan-1715 Price: $1,750.00 Title: Carte Generale de Canada. Size: Printed area measures 9.5 x 12 inches (24.13 x 30.48 centimeters) ...click here for this antique map's full description.


[a href="http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/AmeiqueSeptentrionale-vanderaa-1729"]Click for a high resolution zoomable image and detailed description of this authentic antique map.[/a]	1728 Van der Aa Map of North America Rare example of this lovely map with an elaborate decorative border. Identifies the phantom island of Borodon or St. Brendan. Code: AmeiqueSeptentrionale-vanderaa-1729 Price: $1,850.00 Title: L'Amerique Septentrionale Suivant les Nouvelles Observations de Messrs. De L'Academie Royal des Sciences, etx. Size: Printed area measures 13.5 x 16.5 inches (34.29 x 41.91 centimeters) ...click here for this antique map's full description.


[a href="http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/LongIsland-beers-1873"]Click for a high resolution zoomable image and detailed description of this authentic antique map.[/a]	1873 Beers Wall Map of Long Island, New York Code: LongIsland-beers-1873 Price: $2,000.00 Title: Map of Long Island Size: Printed area measures 14 x 52 inches (35.56 x 132.08 centimeters) ...click here for this antique map's full description.


[a href="http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/SouthSeaCompany-moll-1720"]Click for a high resolution zoomable image and detailed description of this authentic antique map.[/a]	1720 Herman Moll Map of South America (South Sea Company) A strategic guide to privateering in South America and an illustration of the world's first stock bubble. Code: SouthSeaCompany-moll-1720 Price: $2,000.00 Title: A new & exact map of the coast, countries and islands within the limits of ye South Sea Company, from ye River Aranoca to Tierra del Fuego, and from there through ye South Sea to ye north port of California, &c. with a view of general and coasting trade-winds and particular draughts of the most important bays, ports, &c., according to ye newest observations, by Herman Moll Geographer. Size: Printed area measures 26 x 19.5 inches (66.04 x 49.53 centimeters) ...click here for this antique map's full description.

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1790 James Bruce Map of Ethiopia and the Source of the Nile

Fascinating document illustrating Bruce's rediscovery of the source of the Blue Nile.

1861 Johnson Map of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona

Scarce 2nd State of Johnson's Southwest Map showing Nevada's original territorial configuration.

1690 Coronelli Map of Ethiopia, Abyssinia, and the Source of the Blue Nile

The first map to accurately depict Abyssinia and the source of the Blue Nile.

1840 Wilkes Map of Wilkes Land, Antarctica (map that proved Antarctica a continent)

The map that definitively established Antarctica's continental nature.

1743 Bellin Map of North America

Important early map illustrating the explorations of La Verendrye and the River of the West.

1808 Guignes Nautical Chart or Map of Macau, Hong Kong, and Canton (Guangzhou)

Rare and important nautical chart of the the Zhujiang River Estuary, featuring Macao, Gunagzhou, and Hong Kong.

1784 Cook Map of the American Pacific Northwest (Alaska) and Northeast Asia

Scarce first edition of the official map of Captain Cooks seminal discoveries in Alaska.

1799 Vancouver Map of the West Coast of North America - California, Vancouver, Alaska

The first published map of the northwest coast to show Vancouver Island, the Puget Sound, and the Columbia River.

1776 Habermann View of New York during the Great Fire of 1776

Important Revolutionary War view of the Great New York Fire of 1776.

1744 Bellin Map of the Gulf Coast: Mississippi Delta, New Orleans, Mobile Bay, St. Marks River

Among the earliest obtainable specific maps of the Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida coasts.

1891 U.S. Coast Survey Map of New York City: Harlem River, Hell Gate, Roosevelt Island

The only known example in this edition.

1715 Lahontan Map of the Great Lakes, Canada, and the Upper Mississippi

This primary map of Canada emphasized the importance of the river trading routes.' -Kershaw

1728 Van der Aa Map of North America

Rare example of this lovely map with an elaborate decorative border. Identifies the phantom island of Borodon or St. Brendan.

1873 Beers Wall Map of Long Island, New York

1720 Herman Moll Map of South America (South Sea Company)

A strategic guide to privateering in South America and an illustration of the world's first stock bubble.