Virginia - West Virginia
Most important map in 18th century American history.
Amerique Septentrionale avec Les Routes, Distances et miles, Villages et Etablissements François et Anglois Par le Docteur Mitchel.
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This is the important 1777 Georges Le Rouge French edition of the seminal John Mitchell map of the eastern part of North America. The Mitchell map is considered the single most important map in 18th-century American history. It was used as a primary reference for nearly every treaty and boundary dispute in colonial North America from the French and Indian War (1754 - 1763) through the late 19th century. The map is all the more astounding because this is Mitchell's one and only map - a truly remarkable feat of virtuosity. (more details)
First large-scale map to show American postal routes.
A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye Continent of North America. Containing Newfoundland, New Scotland, New England, New York, New jersey, Pensilvania, Maryland, Virginia and Carolina.
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This is Herman Moll's 1715 'Beaver Map' of the British Colonies in America, here in its 1733 state (see below). In addition to its iconic and namesake image of Niagara Falls and the rich American peltries, this map is also significant as one of the most accurate maps of the period and the first large-scale map to show American postal routes. (more details)
First Clash of Ironclads - by America's first female professional artist.
Terrific Engagement Between the 'Monitor' 2 guns, and 'Merrimac' 10 guns, in Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862. The First Fight between Iron Ships of War. In which the Merrimac was ripped, and the whole Rebel Fleet driven back to Norfolk.
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A striking 1862 Currier and Ives original lithograph view of the historic American Civil War battle of the Monitor and Merrimac. Considered the first clash of Ironclads, this was one of the most important naval engagements in the American Civil War (1861 - 1865), transforming future naval warfare. This is one of the first images of the historic battle that would have been available to the general public. Moreover, it is the work of Frances 'Fanny' Palmer, the first American woman to work as a professional artist. (more details)
First Swedish printed description of the Americas.
This rare volume is the first and only edition of Ambrosius Svenonis Nidelberg's 1675 description of the New World: it is the earliest substantial Swedish printed work pertaining to America. Sabin described it as 'one of the scarcest of the Swedish typographical productions of the seventeenth century on America.' The work is both geographical and ethnographic: it is the first Swedish description of North America's indigenous population. In particular, it is the first Swedish description of the English colonies in Bermuda and Virginia. (more details)
Piracy of a seminal map detailing Trans-Appalachia.
Bowles's New Pocket Map of the Middle British Colonies, in America, Vis. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensylvaia, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and RHode Island. Comprending also the Habitations and Hunting Countries of the Confederate Indians: by Lewis Evans.
$6,500.00
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A fine example of the 1780 Carington Bowles edition of the Lewis Evans map of the Middle British Colonies - one of the most important maps to emerge out of the French and Indian War (1754 - 1763). Essentially a piracy of a piracy, this is the Carington Bowles 1780 piracy of the 1771 Kitchen/Jefferys piracy of the 1755 Lewis Evans map - here given new relevance in the context of the American Revolutionary War (1775 - 1783). There are numerous subtle changes over earlier editions although the essential Lewis Evans chart - the finest and most comprehensive treatment of the Trans-Appalachia and the Ohio Valley from the French and Indian War through the Revolutionary period - remains the core. Pre-release editions of this map were circulated among British officers, including Major-General Edward Braddock (1695 - 1755), who consulted them during his disastrous 1755 expedition against the French-occupied Ohio River Valley (he was killed in the effort - but not for lack of cartographic reconnaissance). (more details)
Revealing the Virginia Colony in North America.
Norumbega et Virginia.
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A superb example of Cornelis Wytfliet's 1597 map of Virginia and the northeast part of America. The map prominently features the legendary city and land of Norumbega; at the same time, it is among the earliest acquirable maps to detail the Virginia colony, making it a superb demonstration of accuracy and error in close proximity. This map is among the earliest to show John White's cartography in Virginia. It is a foundational map for any collector of Virginia or the colonization of North America. (more details)
A Superb, Large-Format Chesapeake
Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie, La Nouvelle Jarsey. Orient et Occidentale.
$4,500.00
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This is Pierre Mortier and Alexis-Hubert Jaillot's c. 1700 large-format nautical chart of the Mid-Atlantic coast, including Chesapeake Bay and the Delaware River Estuary. One of the most important early modern maps of this region, it is significant for its early inclusion of Philadelphia and prodigious hydrographic information. (more details)
Important State of the dominant chart of Colonial Virginia.
Virginia, Maryland, Pennsilvania, East and West New Jarsey...
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This is a superb example of William Mount and Thomas Page's large nautical map of the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay in the 1742 first state. It represents the dominant English depiction of the water approaches to Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey for most of the Colonial Period. (more details)
Outbreak of the Civil War.
Birds Eye View of The Seat of War. Arranged after the latest Surveys, showing views of Washington, Baltimore, Harpers Ferry, Richmond, Manassas Junction, Ft. Monroe, Norfolk Harbor and c. Their Connections, and The General Surface of the Country in Maryland, Dist. of Columbia, and Virginia.
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This is a rare 1861 bird's-eye view of the vicinity of Washington, D.C., including Richmond, the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, and the Potomac River in the early days of the American Civil War (1861 - 1865). The work was compiled by Boston's most talented lithographer, Louis Prang. It is novel in that it is anticipatory, a tool for Prang's audience to understand a conflict that was universally expected, but which had not yet developed. (more details)
Inset of Boston - first map of an English colonial city on a non-English map.
Carte Nouvelle De L'Amerique Angloise Contenant La Virginie, Maryland, Caroline, Pensylvania, Nouvelle Iorck, N. Iarsey, N.France, Et Les Terres Nouvellement Decouverte...
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An impressive large-scale Pierre Mortier 1700 map of the British Colonies in North America. The map features an important inset of Boston - the first map of a British colonial city on a non-British map (Burden). It was issued to capitalize on popular interest in King William's War (1689 - 1697). (more details)
Classic Dutch Map of the Caribbean.
Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum Terris adiacentibus.
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This is a beautiful 1637 example of Jan Jansson's 1636 map of the Caribbean Islands and the adjacent coastlines of North and South America. It is among the most beautiful maps of the region produced in the first half of the 17th century. Moreover, the present example is in superb condition with gorgeous, bright original color. (more details)
'One of the most important maps of America ever produced.' -Burden
Nova Virginiae Tabula.
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A beautiful, original-color example of Guillaume Blaeu's 1635 map of the Virginia colony and the Chesapeake Bay. The map represents a combination of exceptional cartographic achievement and meaningful wishful thinking - suggesting possible connections to the Pacific from Virginia. (more details)
Foundational Map of American Colonization.
Nova Virginiae Tabula.
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A beautiful example of Henricus Hondius' 1630 map of the Virginia colony and the Chesapeake Bay. Hondius' map is based upon the foundational 1612 John Smith map of the Virginia colony. Smith's fine survey work, combined with reports from indigenous American Indian tribes and wishful thinking, resulted in one of the most essential maps of America to emerge in the 17th century. Philip D. Burden, the author of The Mapping of North America, considers this map to be 'one of the most important maps of America ever produced and certainly one of the greatest influence.' (more details)
A fine decorative map depicting colonial America during the Spanish War of Succession.
Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae, Floridae, Novae Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae et Pensylvaniae, nec non Insularum, Archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali.
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This is a 1715 J. B. Homann's decorative map of Mexico, Florida, New England, the West Indies, and the Mississippi Valley (Louisiana). Centered on the Mississippi River Valley, Homann's map depicts from Sinaloa (Mexico) eastwards to the Atlantic Coast and from the ... (more details)
Colonial rivalries in early America - fine original color.
Virginiae Partis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumqus regionum Nova Descriptio.
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This is Willem Blaeu's map of Virginia and Florida, engraved in 1638 and appearing here in an early, 1642 Appendix issue of the map in beautiful original color. This classic Dutch map, which encompassed the Carolinas and what would become Georgia and part of Florida, has been called 'the most correct map of this area yet to appear.' (Cumming) (more details)
Elegant Edition of the Pinnacle of the Colonial Mapping of Virginia.
Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland Dressée sur la grande carte Angloise de Mrs. Josué Fry et Pierre Jefferson, Par le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy Géographe.
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This is Robert de Vaugondy's 1755 map of Virginia and Maryland, here in an attractive example of the 1793 5th state. (more details)
Rochambeau's March to Yorktown.
[Revolutionary War Map Showing Rochambeau's March from Boston to the Chesapeake.]
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This is the first edition of François Soulés map of the American coast during the Revolutionary War, illustrating Rochambeau's epic march from Boston to the Chesapeake Bay and Yorktown - a key achievement that contributed to the decisive American victory at Yorktown. (more details)
Conflicting French and English claims to the Carolina, Georgia, and Florida seaboard.
Virginiae Partis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumque regionum Nova Descriptio.
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This is a beautiful c. 1644 Jan Jansson map of Virginia and Florida. This classic Dutch map, encompassing the Carolinas and the area that would become Georgia and part of Florida, was derived from that of Willem Blaeu, which has been called 'the most correct map of this area yet to appear' (Cumming). Blaeu's map was sufficiently authoritative for Jansson to make an extremely faithful copy. Both cartographers' maps would enjoy a long print life. (more details)
Railroads in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.
Map of Eastern Virginia.
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This is an 1862 Walter L. Nicholson map of eastern Virginia and Maryland, published during the second year of the American Civil War (1861 - 1865). The map embraces the Eastern Theater of war, from Pennsylvania south to the North Carolina - Virginia border. Washington, D.C. stands out on the Potomac River, while red concentric circles in ten mile increments focus upon Richmond. No battlefields are explicitly marked, but landmarks for which battles were named both before and after this map was published, including Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania Court House, and Gettysburg, appear. Red overprinting illustrates the railroad network, which proved critical to both the Union and Confederate war effort. Both sides used the railroads to move men and supplies to and from battlefields. Railroads and railroad hubs thus became strategic targets for raids and advancing armies. (more details)
Seat of the Civil War around Washington D.C. and the Chesapeake Bay.
The Sea of War. Birds Eye View of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia.
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A striking 1861 three-color Schedler/Schaus chromolithograph view/map of the Chesapeake Bay region, including Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and Washington D.C., shortly after the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861 - 1865). (more details)
Cold War, Civil Rights, Anti-Communism.
Communists Incite Racial Uprising and Bloody Revolution Among Negroes of Dixie / Seek to Establish Negro Republic In the 'Black Belt.'
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This is the only known example of a c. 1940 anti-Communist persuasive broadsheet and map of the U.S. South published by the organization American Women Against Communism (A.W.A.C.). The sheet details and denounces a supposed international Communist plot to create a 'Negro Republic' in the 'Black Belt' of the South. (more details)
Updating the Evans Map: First Map with Louisville
Carte Generale des Etats de Virginie, Maryland, Delaware, Pensilvanie, Nouveau-Jersey, New-York, Connecticut et Isle de Rhodes Ainsi que des Lacs Erie, Ontario, et Champlain. D'Apres la Carte Ameriquaine de Louis Evans et la Carte Anglaise de Thomas-Jefferys, pour les Lettres d'un Cultivateur Amériquain.
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An elegant 1787 French edition of Louis Evans' seminal and influential map of the Middle British Colonies, one of the most important maps of the British colonies and the best colonial mapping of the Ohio River Valley. It was issued for Michel Guillaume St. Jean de Crevecoeur's 1787 Lettres d'un Cultivateur Ameriquain, one of the most influential works on colonial America. (more details)
Best 18th century map of the Ohio River Valley.
A New and General Map of the Middle Dominions Belonging to the United States of America, viz. Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware-Counties, Pennsylvania, New Jersey etc…
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This is the Laurie and Whittle 1794 updated edition of Lewis Evans' foundational 1755 map of the middle part of the British Colonies in North America. Evans' map was the earliest to accurately detail the American frontier at the time of its original publication. It exhibits superb detail in the northern Appalachian Mountains and the Ohio River Valley, providing information about Native American tribes and transport, French and English forts, and other details pertinent to the frontiersman, including sources of salt, roads, and trails. It was hailed by Schwartz and Ehrenberg as 'the most ambitious performance of its kind undertaken in America up to that time.' So widely was the excellence of Evans' map recognized that he was unable to make any money on it at all, as it was promptly pirated by Jefferys, Sayer, Kitchen, Bowles, Crevecoeur, and, as here, Laurie and Whittle. This 1794 edition, at least, updates the map to indicate the outcome of the American Revolution - it names the United States and includes the boundary line between the United States and Canada as determined by the 1783 Treaty of Paris. This is also the first edition of the Evans map to include the new state of Kentucky - although erroneously positioned north of the Ohio River. (more details)
Thirteen Colonies on the Brink of Revolution.
Carte Nouvelle de L'Amerique Angloise contenant tout ce que les Anglois possedent sur le Continent de L'Amerique Septentrionale savoir le Canada, la Nouvelle Ecosse ou Acadie, les treize Provinces unies
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This is an uncommon 1776 French-language map of the Thirteen Colonies and emerging United States by Augsburg cartographer Matthias Albrecht Lotter, published at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. Drawing heavily on French cartographic traditions, the map presents British North America at the very moment the colonies declared independence and the United States began to take shape. Issued two years before France formally entered the Revolutionary War on the American side, it captures the continent on the cusp of a geopolitical transformation that would redraw North America. (more details)
The dominant 17th century depiction of the American Southeast.
Virginiae Partis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumque regionum Nova Descriptio.
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This is Jan Jansson's beautiful map of Virginia and Florida, engraved in 1639, appearing here in an attractive example of its c. 1694 restrike under the imprint of Gerard Valk and Peter Schenk. This classic Dutch map, encompassing the Carolinas and what would become Georgia and part of Florida, was derived from that of Willem Blaeu, which has been called 'the most correct map of this area yet to appear' (Cumming). Blaeu's map was sufficiently authoritative for Jansson to make an extremely faithful copy. Both cartographers' maps would have a long print life. (more details)
Execution of a Desperado observed by U.S. Colored Regiments.
Military Execution Of James Griffin, alias John Thomas Barnett, a Private of the 11th Pa. Calvary, for Desertion and Highway Robbery, At Portsmouth, Va., Sept. 17th, 1863.
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This rare and rather grisly image is a c. 1863 U.S. Civil War Era hand-tinted Endicott lithograph illustrating the execution of John Thomas Barnett, a Union deserter and highwayman. Also, at left, the image includes a rare illustration of the 1st and 2nd Regiment Colored Troops among the observers. Such images, while scarce, were intended to underscore the severity of military justice. (more details)
Quartet of Colonial-America Maps.
Dominia Anglorum in America Septentrionali. Specialibus Mappis Londini Primum a Mollio Edita, Nunc Recusa ab Homannianis Hered.
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This 1737 Homann Heirs engraving presents a quartet of maps depicting the British Colonies in North America. The four segments present Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, New England, Virginia and Maryland, and the Carolinas, respectively. The maps' detail is drawn closely from the work of Hermann Moll: each of the individual maps appeared as separate maps in Moll's Atlas Minor. Beyond this, the plate includes descriptive text pertaining to three of the four maps and includes a special commentary on the Iroquois Nation. (more details)
Battle of the Ironclads.
The First Naval Conflict between Iron Clad Vessels. In Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862.
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This is Charles Parsons' 1862 view of the American Civil War (1861 - 1865) naval battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia, a captured Union ship formerly called Merrimac. Although the battle was inconclusive, this first confrontation between ironclads ushered in a new era of naval warfare. (more details)
West Virginia's Oil Boom.
Mannington, West Virginia, 1897.
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This rare 1897 Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler and James B. Moyer chromolithograph bird's-eye view of Mannington, West Virginia, captures the town at the height of its oil and natural gas boom - a fleeting golden age when derricks, railways, and ambition filled the Appalachian hills. From the recently connected Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station to the Eureka Pipeline - one of America's pioneering natural gas systems - the view celebrates Mannington's emergence as a booming oil town. (more details)
America's first great insurance company.
The Approaches from Washington, to Richmond.
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A scarce 1864 Daniel A. Heald map of the Washington D.C. / Richmond, Virginia area during the American Civil War. The strategically and politically critical corridor between Washington D. C. and Richmond, Virginia was one of the most hotly contested theaters of the American Civil War (1861 - 1865). When this map was issued, in 1864, the war had already turned strongly in favor of the Union. Late 1864 and early 1865 witnessed a succession of battles as Union forces pursued Confederate armies as they retreated toward their capital, Richmond. Battle sites are marked by crossed cavalry swords. The main map relates to the 1862 Peninsular Campaign. While the submap follows military operations in Eastern Tennessee, Northern Alabama, and Georgia - representing the final days of the Confederacy. (more details)
Benchmark Map of the Northwest Territory.
A New Map of Part of the United States of North America, exhibiting The Western Territory, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and C. Also, the Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Ontario and Erie; with Upper and Lower Canada and C. From the Latest Authorities.
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Prepared by John Cary in 1805, this is one of the most interesting and attractive maps of the American Frontier and the Great Lakes to emerge in the first years of the 19th century. It provides a detailed snapshot of the western United States in the early years of the republic. (more details)
Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.
J.H. Colton's Topographical Map of the Seat of War in Virginia, Maryland, etc.
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This is a rare 1862 J. H. Colton map of Virginia, Maryland, and the Chesapeake Bay during the American Civil War (1861 - 1865). This map was issued for readers to follow Civil War events as they unfolded. In 1862, most of the Civil War had yet to come, but there was no doubt that most of the decisive battles would take place in the Mid-Atlantic theater, where the warring capitals stood just over 100 miles apart. (more details)