| | Photo | | Creator | Date | Title | Price | | | Description |
| 262 |  | Details | Mackenzie, Murdoch (Senior) | 1750 | Survey of the Orkney and Lewis Islands. (Atlas of 8 folio plates) | $6,000.00 | Mackenzie--Murdoch-(Senior) | Survey-of-the-Orkney-and-Lewis-Islands--(Atlas-of-8-folio-plates) | This important, intact, and scarce folio-sized atlas of 8 plates is a landmark in cartography by Orkney native Murdoch Mackenzie senior (1712 - 1797). The atlas of the Orkney Islands, published in 1750 is Mackenzie's first published work and is considered to be the most accurate survey in Britain up to the mid 18th century. </br> </br>
<strong><a style="color:#9BAFCB" href= "/MackenzieAtlasViewer.aspx">[ Browse the entire atlas ]</a></strong> </br> </br>
In 1962 A.G.W. Robinson wrote about the unique characteristics of Mackenzie's first charts: "Some of the conventions he adopted, for example showing bottom deposits by a letter under the relevant sounding, are still in use on present day charts." <br></br>
Contents include Title Page, Subscriber list, A 14 page History of the Orkneys, 8 charts of the Orkneys, Pomona, and the Lewis. <br></br>
Reference: Robinson, A.H.W. 'Marine Cartography in Britain'. Leicester University Press. 1962. pp. 60-70. |
| 51 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1720 | Plan de la Baye et Rades de Marseille (small scale) | $1,875.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Plan-de-la-Baye-et-Rades-de-Marseille-(small-scale) | Drawn by <a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henri Michelot<a/>, pilot of the royal galley for Louis XIV and XV , this large chart of the bay of Marseilles would have been useful to coastal navigators such as those with the Corps de Galeres. Extending from Cap Couronne past Cap Croisete to Morgiou the chart notes local water sources (galleys could only carry enough water for about two weeks), anchorages, and denotes a near-shore passage for the galleys near Cap Croisete: "Passage ordinaire des Galeres". <BR> </BR>
The authors' intimate knowledge of the area is confirmed by their location of several "madragues" around the bay (large anchored fish ponds or seines) that would have posed a threat to any fleet of coastal vessels operating in the area. <BR> </BR> <BR> </BR>
The city of Marseille is shown surrounded by city walls on three sides. This chart is of special interest as Marseille was one of the chief bases for the galleys (galère / galères) of Louis XIV and XV as well as the home port for Michelot and Bremond. In the year this chart was published, 1720, the city of Marseille experienced an outbreak of "la peste", bubonic plague, that killed an estimated 40% of its population. The plague, spread from an arriving merchant ship, was one of the last great outbreaks in Western Europe. Perhaps it is coincidence but the location of both the Infirmerie Vieux and the Infermerie Vielle in Marseile are indicated.<BR> </BR> <BR> </BR>
With a large beautifully engraved title cartouche by Starckman featuring Neptune with two overflowing horns-of-plenty.<BR> </BR> <BR> </BR>
<p><a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/Creator/Michelot-and-Bremond">[IN STOCK: Henry Michelot and Laurens Bremond]</a> </p> |
| 404 |  | Details | Roggeveen, Arent | 1675 | Paskaert vande Cust van Westindien | $1,875.00 | Roggeveen--Arent | Paskaert-vande-Cust-van-Westindien | This rare work is the earliest available detailed chart of this portion of the Guyana coastline. On this fine Dutch foundational sea chart from ca. 1675 coverage stretches from Rio Soronama (Suriname River) and Paramaribo, Suriname in the east to the west past Rio Demerary (Demerara River) and Georgetown, Guyana. Fort Paramaribo is the sole noted habitation, reflecting both the early date of the chart and the fort's importance for trading. The course of the Demerara River is shown with soundings to past St. Iohannes Island (St. John's Island), about 15 miles from the river's mouth.<BR> </BR>
This chart appears in the First Part of the Burning Fen or Het Brandende Veen by Arent Roggeveen. Dr. C. Koeman describes the significance of this work as of the same order as Waghenaer's Der Spieghel der Zeevaerdt: "The First Part of the Burning Fen rates as one of the most important printed Pilot Books. The First Part of the Burning Fen, published by Pieter Goos in 1675, is the first pilot book containing charts of the Central American coasts and islands that ever appeared in print."<BR> </BR>
Unlike Waghenaer, Arent Roggeveen was not a sea captain but rather a trained land-surveyor who taught navigation in the town of Middelburg to pilots of the Dutch West India Company which was headquartered there. Roggeveen likely had access to manuscript charts from Guyana and possibly to early Spanish portolan charts throuh his connections with the West India Company.<BR> </BR> |
| 405 |  | Details | Poussin, Guillaume Tell | 1834 | Plans hydrographiques des baies, rades, ports et detroits des Florides | $1,775.00 | Poussin--Guillaume-Tell | Plans-hydrographiques-des-baies--rades--ports-et-detroits-des-Florides | Very scarce antique nautical chart of Gulf Coast bays, passes, and port entrances from Mobile, Alabama past Appalachicola, Florida and the Ochlockonee River. Unusual large copperplate engraved French hydrographic chart by French cartographer and engineer Guillaume Tell Poussin from 1834. Contains ten insets of north U.S. Gulf Coast ports in Alabama and Florida. These inset charts show soundings and isobaths (contour lines) in English feet. Text in French. Plate # 8. <BR> </BR>
Insets include the following areas: </BR>
Fig. 1. Entrée de la Baie de la Mobile (Entrance to Mobile Bay, Alabama with Dauphin Island and Fort Gaines to the west and Mobile Point with Fort Morgan on the east) </BR>
Fig. 2. Entrée de la Rade de Pensacole (Entrance to Pensacola Bay, Florida with Santa Rosa Island and Fort Pickens to the right. Also noted are Fort Barrancas and a Navy shipyard near Point Tartar) </BR>
Fig. 3. Entrée orientale du Detroit ou Canal de Santa Rosa (Entrance to Santa Rosa sound, Florida from the east side of Santa Rosa Island) </BR>
Fig. 4. Entrees du Detroit de St. Andre </BR>
Fig. 5. Entrée de la Baie ou Rade de St. Joseph </BR>
Fig. 6. Entrée principale du Detroit de St. Georges </BR>
Fig. 7. Entrée du milieu du Detroit de St. Georges </BR>
Fig. 8. Entrée orientale du Detroit de St. Georges </BR>
Fig. 9. Entrée de la Baie d'Appalachicola (Entrances to Appalachicola Bay, Florida and river) </BR>
Fig. 10. Entrée de la Baie d'Ocklockony (Entrance to Ochlockonee Bay, Florida)<BR> </BR>
Published in: "Travaux d'ameliorations interieures projetes ou executes par le Gouvernement General des Etats-Unis d'Amerique, de 1824 a 1831"; par Guillaume-Tell Poussin … Atlas. Paris, Anselin, Libraire, pour l'art militaire, les sciences et les arts, rue Dauphine, No. 36, dans le passage Dauphine. Carilian-Goeury, Libraire, des ponts et chaussees et des mines, Quai des Augustins, No. 41. 1834. Imprimerie de Lachevardiere, rue du Colombier, No. 30.<BR> </BR> |
| 21 |  | Details | Levanto, Francesco M. | 1664 | La Costa di SPAGNA | $1,625.00 | Levanto--Francesco-M- | La-Costa-di-SPAGNA | Rare nautical chart of the Mediterranean coast of southern Spain including Alicante and Cartagena Spain and of the North African coastline including Oran and Cape Ferrat. Portolan style central compass rose surrounded by a concentric grouping of rhumb lines. <BR> </BR>
Produced by the Genoan cartographer Francesco Maria Levanto in 1664 in "La Prima Parte dello Specchio del Mare…" (Sea Mirror) probably from earlier Dutch charts, possibly by Jacobsz. This chart was reissued later by Coronelli in 1697. Charts from Levanto's Specchio del Mare are quite scarce. Plate 5. Chain laid paper. |
| 18 |  | Details | Levanto, Francesco M. | 1664 | Carta Maritima della Meridionale Costa di MOREA | $1,575.00 | Levanto--Francesco-M- | Carta-Maritima-della-Meridionale-Costa--di-MOREA | Rare portolan-style nautical chart of the Greek coast including islands of Serigo (Kythera), Sapienza, and Serigotto Greece by Genoan cartographer Franceso Maria Levanto in 1664. Levanto's "La Prima Parte dello Specchio del Mare" (Sea Mirror) was probably based on earlier Dutch charts, possibly by Jacobsz. Plate 17. Oriented North at top. Chain laid paper.<BR> </BR> <BR> </BR>
This chart was reissued about 40 year later by Coronelli. Charts from the Specchio del Mare are quite scarce. |
| 23 |  | Details | James Imray and Son | 1868 | The Coasts of France, Spain and Portugal (Blueback) | $1,300.00 | James-Imray-and-Son | The-Coasts-of-France--Spain-and-Portugal-(Blueback) | Very attractive, imposing, and desirable 140+ year old blueback nautical chart of the Atlantic coast of Europe. Contains the blue stamp from the firm of "Imray 1869". Coverage includes the Strait of Gibraltar and western Mediterranean. This wide nautical chart of the West coat of Europe would have been useful to any navigator sailing eastward as it covers all the approaches to the Mediterranean, Bay of Biscay, English Channel and the Bristol and Irish Channels.<BR> </BR>
A six- foot working blueback nautical chart by Imray that has seen its time at sea and exudes history. You can almost smell the salt air! Several manuscript navigator's tracks plotted in pencil include notation: "8th day July 1877 from (illegible) to Falmouth 133 days out". 9 insets including rivers Tagus, Douro and Gironde. Lighthouses indicated in red.<BR> </BR> <BR> </BR>
On verso is original yellow publishers label from James Imray and Son with price of 10s 6d. Also on verso is a sellers label from "D. Eggert and Sons, manufacturers and importers of chronometers, fine watches, nautical instruments, charts, books, &c. 127 Pearl Street, New York between Wall Street and Old Slip." |
| 176 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1765 | Carte des Variations de la Boussole | $1,250.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Carte-des-Variations-de-la-Boussole | Spectacularly decorative map of the world from the 'Hydrographie francoise'. Displays compass variation and prevailing wind direction across the globe. Australia is shown with only a partial coastline as "Terres Australis" or "Nouvelle Hollande" and the U.S. Pacific Northwest with no coastal detail.<BR> </BR>
Winds are represented as small cherubs with puffed cheeks. Huge rococco cartouche at right is decorated with cornucopia and numerous floral elements; capped with a crowned globe bearing the three fleur-de-lis that have be an emblem of the French coat of arms from the 14th century. This map of the world was produced by J.N. Bellin the first French "Ingenieur de la Marine" towards the end of his career in 1765. The dedicatory cartouche to the Minister of War, the Duke de Choiseul, is as much a tribute to Bellin as to the minister as it lists his several accomplishments: "Ingenieur de la Marine", "Censeur Royal de l'Academie de Marine et de la Societe Royale de Londres". |
| 367 |  | Details | Goos, Pieter | 1664 | Cuften van Noorwegen | $1,200.00 | Goos--Pieter | Cuften-van-Noorwegen | Beautiful antique engraved chart of the Skagerrak with Swedish and Norwergian coast and fjords centered on Oslo. Produced by Dutch cartographer <a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/Creator/Goos--Pieter">Pieter Goos</a> , In Amsterdam in 1664. <BR> </BR>
Primary coverage includes the south coast of Norway from "Der Neus" east of Kristiansand, past Oslofjord to Pater Nosterskärgårdens naturreservat on the southwest coast of Sweden. Slight coverage of northwest Jutland includes Skagen. Place names are in Dutch so matching place names to their current equivalent is challenging: Anfloo = Oslo; Tonfberger = Tonsberg; Laerwyck = Larvik; Schagen = Skagen; Trom = Tromoy; Vlecker = Flekkerøy. Most other place names difficult (for me) to identify. Other unknown cities include Coperwyck, Akershuys, De Buy, Hefnes . Plate number 8.<BR> </BR>
Probably derived from the earlier work by Willem Janszoon Blaeu in 1619. |
| 347 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1718 | Baye de Cadiz et Detroit de Gibraltar | $1,100.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Baye-de-Cadiz-et-Detroit-de-Gibraltar | From the perspective of this writer this chart of Cadiz and the Strait of Gibraltar is the most important chart of the 16 large Mediterranean sea charts by <a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henry Michelot and Laurens Bremond</a> . The chart bears the earliest date of any of the 16 that were published - 1718. Also, the large decorative title cartouche at the upper left is reflective of Michelot's rank and symbols of high status. Michelot describes himself as “Hydrographe et Pilote Real des Galères du Roy” (hydrographer and pilot of the royal galley for the kings galley corps).<BR> </BR>
The vessel depicted in the cartouche is clearly the "Reale" or Royal Galley (galère, Fr.) with three large stern lanterns. These distinctive lights served at night as a reference point for the fleet to follow. Above the galley, at the center top of the cartouche are the coat of arms of the French King surrounded on both sides by numerous banners and weapons including cannon and pikes. Perhaps the most unusual and significant decorative element is the two captive Muslim prisoners. Along with the opulent galley and other power icons the image of these near naked, chained ‘infidel’ captives would have been intended to demonstrate the map maker’s high status and authority to the map’s audience and as Petto points out, to reflect glory onto the map-makers patron to whom the charts were dedicated.<BR> </BR>
With an inset legend and a single large very decorative central compass rose and rhumb lines. Includes San Lucar de Barameda, Rota, Cape Trafalgar, Ceuta, Tangiers, Tarife (Tarifa) Gibraltar, Puerto Santa Maria and the hills of Medina Sidonia. Perhaps more than any other chart from the pair of Marseilles-based cartographers the numerous guard towers, soundings, and marked anchorages would have been important to the intended constituency for this chart- galley pilots and other coastal navigators of that period. |
| 368 |  | Details | Goos, Pieter | 1664 | Cuft van Hispagnien vande Rivier Sivilien | $1,050.00 | Goos--Pieter | Cuft-van-Hispagnien-vande-Rivier-Sivilien | Attractive and desirable small-scale nautical chart covers the Atlantic approaches to the Strait of Gibraltar with Cadiz, Spain, Algeciras ("Out Gibralter"), Sanlucar de Barrameda , Xeres, Rota, Cape Trafalgar, and the Guadalquivir River to just past the small stream of Brazo de la Torre. Inside the strait and in the Mediterranean are Tangier, Ceuta, Tetuan, and Penon de Velez on the north coast of Africa. On the south coast of Spain Gibraltar, Algeciras, Tarifa, Marbella, and Malaga are featured. <BR> </BR>
Fine chart of the historically important area surrounding the Strait of Gibraltar and Cadiz, Spain. With an elaborate strapwork cartouche, two compass roses, and depictions of a galley and a square-rigged sailing vessel, the two predominant sea-going vessels of that era. Produced by Dutch cartographer <a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/Creator/Goos--Pieter">Pieter Goos</a> in Amsterdam in 1664. North oriented to the right. Plate number 3. <BR> </BR> |
| 334 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1718 | Nouvelle Carte De Cotes De Catalogne, Roussillon, Languedoc, Provence | $900.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Nouvelle-Carte-De-Cotes-De-Catalogne--Roussillon--Languedoc--Provence | Left half of very wide 4-page Michelot and Bremond chart of the Northern Mediterranean. If you have the right half I will sell you this portion or gladly buy the other half from you. Either way, the chart deserves to be exhibited in its full extent. <BR> </BR>
Possibly a later impression as the chart has a small line near bottom left that appears to be the result of a cracked engraving plate. |
| 59 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1864 | Detroit du Bass (Australie) | $900.00 | Anonymous | Detroit-du-Bass-(Australie) | Interesting navigational chart of South Australia, the Bass Straight and upper coast of Tasmania published by the Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine. Numerous lighthouses marked as red dots with yellow highlights and red circles indicating scope of lighthouse vibility. Includes Port Phillip and the city of Melbourne. Right center includes inset propfile views. <BR> </BR>
With a black over-stamp for Cartes de la Marine Impériale. Debrie Libraire au Harve, Seul Depositaire. Price: Deux Francs. |
| 284 |  | Details | Magini, Tolomeo | 1598 | Descrittione di Tutto'l Mondo, Secondo la prattica de' Marinari | $850.00 | Magini--Tolomeo | Descrittione-di-Tutto-l-Mondo--Secondo-la-prattica-de--Marinari | Exquisitely-engraved small chart of the entire world by Tolomeo Magini executed in the style one would find in larger sea charts of the late 16th century, with rhumb lines. At the time the copperplate engraving was made the outlines of the continents were becoming more accurate. This chart reflects those cartographic achievements with the glaring exception of a large southern landmass "Terra Australis Nondum Cognita", which stretches from West to East at the chart bottom. Much finely engraved detail and calligraphy by Porro with stippling throughout all the world's oceans and seas.<BR> </BR>
5" x 7" engraving set in a larger sheet of Italian text measuring 8" x 12". <BR> </BR>
Verso contains text descriptions of Caribbean islands with large woodcut capitals. These descriptions incude the islands of Jamaica (L' Isola Iamaica, o di S. Iacomo), Cuba (L' Isole Cuba, o Fernandina) and Canibalori (L'Isole de Canibalori, o de Caribi). Overall a very interesting piece. Chapter 35. |
| 193 |  | Details | Varelay Ulloa, Joseph | 1787 | Carta Esferica de la Costa de Africa | $850.00 | Varelay-Ulloa--Joseph | Carta-Esferica-de-la-Costa-de-Africa | This large engraved nautical chart of the Northwest coast of Africa was published as part of the first scientific Spanish sea atlas: 'Atlas Maritimo de España' (Maritime Atlas of Spain) by the Dirección de Hidrografía, Spain's equivalent to the U.S. Coast Survey. The chart was authored by Spanish naval Captain Don Joseph Varelay Ulloa (ca. 1743-1794) who made several hydrographic surveys of the coast of Africa. With manuscript pencil plots from 1808 centered on Madeira. <BR> </BR>
Coverage from Cape St. Vincent past the Strait of Gibraltar to Cape Bojador in the south including the Canary Islands. Inset with 20 detailed coastal profile views. |
| 191 |  | Details | Tofino de San Miguel | 1786 | Plano Geometrico de la Bahia de Algeciras y Gibraltar | $800.00 | Tofino-de-San-Miguel | Plano-Geometrico-de-la-Bahia-de-Algeciras-y-Gibraltar | Scarce original Spanish antique nautical chart from Captain Vincente Tofiño de San Miguel y Van der Walle (1732-1795), Director of the Spanish Naval Academy in Cadiz. This old sea chart of the Bay of Gibraltar and Algeciras was one of 47 published in 1786 as part of the first scientific Spanish sea atlas: 'Atlas Maritimo de España' (Maritime Atlas of Spain) by the Dirección de Hidrografía, Spain's equivalent to the U.S. Coast Survey. Prior to the late 18th century Spain jealously guarded nautical maps and charts of its possessions, especially so for its overseas colonies.<br></br>
Attractive title cartouche at upper left contains a legend that identifies several dozen landmarks in and around the Bay of Gibraltar. <br></br>
Unlike other 18th century antique nautical charts that focus primarily on the coastal outline around the bay of Gibraltar, this old sea chart is notable for the extensive detailed engaving that is used to illustrate inland topographical details. This detail on inland areas, which is also evident in contemporary British charts from the same era (e.g. Faden), is likely related to the emphasis on land forces used in battles that occurred in this strategic location. During the siege of British occupied Gibraltar by Spanish and French forces during 1779 - 1783 , Spain and its allies are said to have fielded 35,000 ground troops in addition to the tens of thousands of sailors and marines aboard its naval fleet (80,000 spectators are said to have watched the grand assault of 1782 from locations in the surrounding hills). |
| 57 |  | Details | Vincedon-Dumoulin | 1858 | Carte de la Cote Orientale de la Nouvelle Hollande | $800.00 | Vincedon-Dumoulin | Carte-de-la-Cote-Orientale-de-la-Nouvelle-Hollande | Fine engraved lines define geographic boundaries in this copperplate engraved French navigational chart of Eastern Australia, Great Barrier Reef, the Coral Sea, New Caledonia, and North New Zealand. Based on the voyages of French explorer Dumont D'urville in the 1820's and 1830's . <BR> </BR>
Contains the circular anchor stamp of the Depot General de la Marine. With a black over-stamp for Cartes de la Marine Impériale. Debrie Libraire au Harve, Seul Depositaire. Price: two Francs. Plate 1. Edition of 1858. |
| 14 |  | Details | Roux, Joseph | 1790 | Rade de Marseilles Dediee a Monsieur Charles Salles | $795.00 | Roux--Joseph | Rade-de-Marseilles--Dediee-a-Monsieur-Charles-Salles | Interesting, large and very unusual late 18th century copperplate chart of the Bay of Marseille by Joseph Roux dedicated to Charles Salles, of the Marseilles Chamber of Commerce. Stretching across the entire top of chart is a view of Marseille environs from Cape Couronne to Mayre Island, including the islands of Tiboulain, Chateau d'If, Ratoneau, and Pomegues in what is now called the Frioul Archipelago .<BR> </BR>
Decorative cartouche is adorned with elements reflecting arts, travel, and learning and is surmounted with a coat of arms containing a boar and two stars, souurounded by a laurel wreath. We have never seen this chart with dedication to Charles Salles anywhere else. |
| 30 |  | Details | Blondeau, Alexandre | 1820 | Carte de la partie de la Cote Nord-Ouest de L'Amerique | $795.00 | Blondeau--Alexandre | Carte-de-la-partie-de-la-Cote-Nord-Ouest-de-L-Amerique | French copy of Vancouver's nautical chart of West North American coast from Alaska to Mexico. By Blondeau. Elsewhere attributed to Depot de la Marine but that is doubtful. Tracks of Vancouver's vessels, mountain ranges, missions, anchorages and a few soundings are clearly delineated.<BR> </BR>
Highly detailed (get a magnifier and enjoy) chart coverage extends down the coast from Kodiak Island, Alaska though Prince William sound, Port San Francisco and St. Diego California, into Mexico- Baie do Todos Santos, Baie de las Virgines, and ends near a marked anchorage near a mission 'St. Domingo'. California is described as "Nouvelle Albion".<BR> </BR> <BR> </BR>
Engraved and lettered by Blondeau: "Ecrit par M. Blondeau. Grave par Blondeau Rue et Porte St Jacques No 85." |
| 187 |  | Details | Tofino de San Miguel | 1788 | Carta Esferica de una Parte del Oceano Atlantico | $700.00 | Tofino-de-San-Miguel | Carta-Esferica-de-una-Parte-del-Oceano-Atlantico | Published as part of the first scientific Spanish sea atlas: 'Atlas Maritimo de España' (Maritime Atlas of Spain) by the Dirección de Hidrografía, Spain's equivalent to the U.S. Coast Survey. This small-scale copperplate engraved chart by the renowned Spanish hydrographer Don Vincente Tofino de San Miguel (1732-1795) covers the coast of Spain and of Africa as far south as Cape Verde. Includes Cape Verde islands, Canary islands, the Azores. Coverage of the Western Mediterranean includes the Balearic islands with Ibiza, Mallorca, and Minorca.
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Picturesque dedicatory cartouche to Frey Don Antonio Valdes engraved by D. Fernando Selma includes palm trees, an anthropomorphic lion and two rabbits ovelooked by crumbling columns bearing the incribed national motto "Plus Ultra". |
| 218 |  | Details | Bolland, Richard | 1730 | The Straites Mouth of Gibralter | $675.00 | Bolland--Richard | The-Straites-Mouth-of-Gibralter | Drawing of the Strait of Gibraltar including both Spanish and Moroccan coasts created by Captain Richard Bolland to illustrate his systematic hydrographic description of the currents and tidal flows in that area. Bolland's work, "A Draught of the Streights of Gibraltar with Some Observations upon the Currents thereunto Belonging", dated July 24, 1675 was based on Bolland's first-hand observations and measurements while living in Tangiers for nine years. The chart includes substantial tide tables and information on currents in the Strait.<BR> </BR>
This work of Bolland is clearly the source of Mortier's later similar engraving of the Strait published ca. 1705. Mortier pirated this work to publish in Amsterdam along with many other works in an age before international copyright law. <BR> </BR> <BR> </BR>
Published (and attributed to Bolland) by Awnsham and John Churchill ca. 1704 at the end of Volume 4 of their publication: "A Collection of Voyages and Travels". Page 777. English text. Verso blank. <BR> </BR> <BR> </BR>
Online copy of Bolland's text provides interesting background for the experimental methodology that Bolland used to develop the chart (http://www.canadiana.org/view/33300/812 ). |
| 196 |  | Details | Faden, William | 1783 | Plan of the Bay Rock and Town of Gibraltar | $650.00 | Faden--William | Plan-of-the-Bay-Rock-and-Town-of-Gibraltar | This beautifully engraved plan of the Bay and Rock of Gibraltar and Algeciras by William Faden details the disposition of military forces of France, Spain, and England during the great Siege of Gibraltar during 1779 - 1783, specifically in 1782. Details include the town, fortifications and the location and movement of the Spanish fleet's "forty-nine sail of the line", fire-ships, and battering ships <BR> </BR>
Hydrographic details include current and numerous soundings. Remarkably extensive hachuring is used throughout the land areas to convey differences in elevation and topography. This chart/map must have required considerable effort by Faden to engrave. Faden promotes the accuracy of the map though his assurance in the title that it is based on a first-hand survey made between 1769 and 1775. Publication date in title of January 26, 1783 by William Faden. Number "24" printed on otherwise blank verso. |
| 17 |  | Details | Collins, Greenville | 1760 | The Isle of Man | $540.00 | Collins--Greenville | The-Isle-of-Man | This beautiful nautical chart of the Isle of Man c. 1760 is depicted with rhumb lines, soundings, an ornamental title cartouche and two sailing vessels. Features a view of Peel Castle in upper right. From one of the many editions of Greenville Collin's 'Great Britain's Coasting Pilot', published from 1693 to 1792.<BR> </BR>
Strong graphic composition and attractive subdued coloring make this nautical chart an excellent candidate for display and decoration. Inscribed: "To the Right Honorable William Earle of Derby, Lord of Ye Isle of Man & This map is humbly dedicated by Capt. G. Collins." Oriented North to right of chart. |
| 83 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1757 | Isles Britanniques, Second Feuille | $510.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Isles-Britanniques--Second-Feuille | Impressive copperplate engraving of Wales (Isle of Anglesey), Northern Britain (Isle of Man, Yarmouth) , Scotland, and Eastern Ireland (Belfast, Dublin) on very thick wove paper. Published by J.N. Bellin of the Depot de la Marine in 1757. Single vertical fold as issued. Heavy impression. (Second sheet also available). |
| 81 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1757 | Isles Britanniques, Troisieme Feuille | $500.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Isles-Britanniques--Troisieme-Feuille | Impressive copperplate engraving of Scotland (Edinburgh), Firth of Forth, Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, Firth of Clyde, the Irish Sea and Northern Ireland (Londonderry) on very thick wove paper. Published by J.N. Bellin of the Depot de la Marine in 1757. With a large, decorative, dated title cartouche in upper right. Single vertical fold as issued. |
| 36 |  | Details | Beautemps-Beaupre, Charles F. | 1820 | Reconnoissance Hydrographique de la Cote Nord de France, Gravelines, Ostende | $475.00 | Beautemps-Beaupre--Charles-F- | Reconnoissance-Hydrographique-de-la-Cote-Nord-de-France--Gravelines--Ostende | Attractive large-scale copper-plate chart of the French coast from Gravelines to Ostende by Charles Beautemps-Beaupre. Oriented with North at top of page indicated by a large compass circle (with shadow); surveyors lines and several sets of rhumb lines.<BR> </BR>
Beatemps-Beaupre was one of the earliest hydrographers to use isobaths to represent water depth. In this carefully colored chart he uses differently colored isobaths (light orange tones) to represent three depth categories : less than 10 feet ; between 10 and 16 feet; and between 17 and 24 feet. This detail along with hundreds of soundings demonstrates Beautemp-Beaupres' dedication to his profession, and explains why he is considered by some to be the 'father of French hydrography'.<BR> </BR> <BR> </BR>
Of special historical note are several items that reflect the then recent French revolution: Use of the label "Replublique Francaise" across the French coast; date of " l'An IX et de l'An X "; Depot de la Marine stamp with "E.F." replacing Fleur de Lis)<BR> </BR>
This coastal chart was likely published ca 1820 as part of "Le Pilote Francais", Beautemps-Beaupre's six folio-volume atlas comprised of 613 sheets of charts and plans. |
| 338 |  | Details | Heather, William | 1798 | The River Thames | $475.00 | Heather--William | The-River-Thames | Large colored navigational chart of the entrances to the Thames River with an inset showing the continuation of the Thames River from Erith to London. On heavy, chain laid paper. Numerous soundings and depictions of the well-knows sandbanks near the Thames mouth including "Kentish Knock", "Goodwin Sands", and the "Margate Sands". The Tower of London is noted and colored in red. Colored compass rose and rhumb lines. Coverage includes parts of Essex, Kent, and Suffolk: Harwich, Dover, Milton, Stratford, Ipswich, Colchester and the entrance to the Medway river. <BR> </BR>
Dedication reads: "To the Right Honorable the Master, Wardens, and Elder Brethren of the Trinity Houfe, this Chart of the Entrances to the River Thames is Most Respectfully Dedicated by their obliged humble servant William Heather". Scales in English and French miles and Dutch Mylen. |
| 385 |  | Details | Parry, William Edward | 1824 | Chart of a part of the North Eastern Coast of America [North] | $450.00 | Parry--William-Edward | Chart-of-a-part-of-the-North-Eastern-Coast-of-America-[North] | A large chart of the Melville Peninsula and its adjacent islands, including Amherst, Liddon, and Ormond Islands. The chart documents the expedition of the vessels Fury and Hecla from 1822-1823 led by William Edward Parry to find a Northwest passage to the Pacific. Contains the route of the expedition's ships with Cape Englefield and Cape Hallowell off the Fury and Hecla strait as the western-most point. <BR> </BR>
Foldout steel engraving from: "Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1821-22-23, in his Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, under the orders of William Edward Parry, … ". Published by John Murray, Albemarle Street, London. January 6th, 1824. |
| 387 |  | Details | Parry, William Edward | 1824 | Chart of a part of the North Eastern Coast of America [South] | $450.00 | Parry--William-Edward | Chart-of-a-part-of-the-North-Eastern-Coast-of-America-[South] | A large chart of Northeastern America with Repulse Bay as the Western-most point.. The chart documents the expedition of the vessels Fury and Hecla from 1821-1822-1823 led by William Edward Parry to find a Northwest passage to the Pacific. During that expedition Parry explored Repulse Bay and discovered what is now Fury and Hecla Strait. Other geographical features on this chart include Cape Frigid, Duke of York Bay, Frozen Strait, Gore Bay, Ross Bay, and Lyon Inlet. <BR> </BR>
Foldout steel engraving from: "Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1821-22-23, in his Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, under the orders of William Edward Parry, … ". Published by John Murray, Albemarle Street, London. January 6th, 1824. |
| 363 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 | Punta de la Caldera | $450.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Punta-de-la-Caldera | Small scarce harbor chart of Punta de la Caldera (Calderas), Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic), on the south coast of that island. Coverage includes from punta de Burros to punta de Salinas. At the location where the Base Naval de las Calderas is now located there is depicted a single small shack. Other features include: punta Intermedia, Punta de Mata-Sola, Caleton, punta Morrillos, casimba de agua dulce (Translated: 'bucket of sweet water'), punta de las Garzas, and punta Rancheros. Numerous soundings, anchorages, and rocks are noted.<BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, this large-scale port/harbor chart is one of 22 charts (on 16 plates) of ports in Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in Part IV of the atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". Because of Spain's secrecy about its New World territories these charts represent some of the earliest detailed charts of these areas. These small charts do not often appear on the market. Plate Number 13. Scale in cables.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 364 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 | Puerto del Mole de San Nicolas | $450.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Puerto-del-Mole-de-San-Nicolas | On the northwest section of Haiti, Mole San Nicolas is located just 50 miles from Baracoa, Cuba. This rare chart of the bay and harbor chart of Mole San Nicolas shows the city firmly established at the time of the survey with these features: Almacen de Polvora (gunpowder magazine), quarteles, and la Ciudad protected by a defensive wall.<BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, this large-scale port/harbor chart is one of 22 charts (on 16 plates) of ports in Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in Part IV of the atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". Because of Spain's secrecy about its New World territories these charts represent some of the earliest detailed charts of these areas. These small charts do not often appear on the market. Plate Number 9. Scale in cables.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 260 |  | Details | Monnier, Paul | 1877 | Carte Generale de la Martinique | $425.00 | Monnier--Paul | Carte-Generale-de-la-Martinique | Very large antique sea chart / map of the island of Martinique in the eastern Caribbean. This chart, is an 1877 edition of a chart first produced in 1831 by Monnier for France's Depot de la Marine . The chart is a fine example of the extensive use of hachuring to convey interior details of the island. <br></br>
Lighthouses dotted in yellow. Contains the circular seal for the Depot General de la Marine . |
| 34 |  | Details | Beautemps-Beaupre, Charles F. | 1820 | Reconnoissance Hydrographique de la Cote Nord de France, Dunkerque | $425.00 | Beautemps-Beaupre--Charles-F- | Reconnoissance-Hydrographique-de-la-Cote-Nord-de-France--Dunkerque | This large-scale chart of the town and environs of Gravelines is a fine example of the work of Beautemps-Beaupre. Beatemps-Beaupre was one of the earliest hydrographers to use isobaths to represent water depth. In this chart he uses differently colored isobaths to represent three depth categories : less than 10 feet ; between 10 and 16 feet; and between 17 and 24 feet. This detail along with numerous soundings demonstrates Beautemp-Beaupres' dedication to his profession, and is the reason he is sometimes referred to as the 'father of French hydrography'.<br/><br/>
Date of 1802 is consistent with a dedication to vice-admiral F.E. de Rosily who served as Directeur of the Depot Generale de la Marine from 1795-1805. <br/><br/>
This fine example was likely published ca 1820 as part of "Le Pilote Francais", Beaupre's six folio-volume atlas comprised of 613 sheets of charts and plans. With stamp of the Depot de la Marine.<br/><br/> |
| 121 |  | Details | Collins, Greenville | 1763 | Newcastle upon Tyne | $420.00 | Collins--Greenville | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Three handcolored charts on a single sheet of heavy wove paper. Largest section is devoted to the Tyne river from the sea to the town of Newcastle. Two inset charts continue provide additional coverage on either side of the Tyne River: one of the coast near Sunderland and the other of Blyth Harbor. <BR> </BR>
With a large dedicatory cartouche to Trinity House. Trinity House, founded under royal charter in 1514 had three primary functions: maintenance of lighthouses and other aids to navigation, pilotage authority for more than 40 ports, and was a charititable organization for mariners. This chart clearly locates daymarks and buoys, information that is often not included in charts from this period. |
| 386 |  | Details | Parry, William Edward | 1824 | Chart of the Northern Shore of Hudson's Strait | $400.00 | Parry--William-Edward | Chart-of-the-Northern-Shore-of-Hudson-s-Strait | A large chart of upper Hudson's Strait from Nottingham Island to Resolution Island. The chart documents the expedition of the vessels Fury and Hecla from 1821-1823 led by William Edward Parry to find a Northwest passage to the Pacific. During that expedition Parry explored Repulse Bay and discovered what is now Fury and Hecla Strait. Contains the route of the expedition's ships. <BR> </BR>
Foldout steel engraving from: "Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1821-22-23, in his Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, under the orders of William Edward Parry, … ". Published by John Murray, Albemarle Street, London. January 6th, 1824. |
| 20 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1750 | Carte Generale De La Coste De Guinee | $395.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Carte-Generale-De-La-Coste-De-Guinee | Large working antique nautical chart of African coast focusing on the Gulf of Guinea and Gulf of Benin. Six profile views of the coast of West Africa, just north of the equator. This chart was intended for service aboard French vessels as noted in the cartouche "Pour servir aux vaisseaux du Roy".<BR> </BR>
Large central cartouche framed by strapwork and floral flourishes. This nautical chart was published less than 40 years after the death of Louis XIV, the "sun king" by the Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine. |
| 512 |  | Details | Ortelius, Abraham | 1598 | America sive Novus Orbis | $390.00 | Ortelius--Abraham | America-sive-Novus-Orbis | Small decorative map of North and South America, from the Philippe Galle edition of the miniature Ortelius atlas, Epitome Theatri Orteliani. |
| 35 |  | Details | Beautemps-Beaupre, Charles F. | 1820 | Dunkerque | $375.00 | Beautemps-Beaupre--Charles-F- | Dunkerque | This large-scale chart of the town and environs of Dunkirk is a fine example of the work of Beautemps-Beaupre, often referred to as the "Father of French Hydrography". Covering a stretch of coast from Mardick to Zuycoote the chart is focused almost entirely on the offshore areas. <BR> </BR>
Beatemps-Beaupre was one of the earliest hydrographers to use colored isobaths to represent water depth. In this carefully colored chart he uses differently colored isobaths (light orange tones) to represent three depth categories : less than 10 feet ; between 10 and 16 feet; and between 17 and 24 feet. This detail along with hundreds of soundings demonstrates Beautemp-Beaupres' dedication to his profession. <BR> </BR>
Not dated but another example from same series is dated to 1802. This fine example was likely published ca 1820 as part of "Le Pilote Francais", Beatemps-Beaupre's six folio-volume atlas comprised of 613 sheets of charts and plans. With stamp of the Depot de la Marine. |
| 45 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1790 | Carte Reduite de Golfe de Gascogne | $375.00 | Anonymous | Carte-Reduite-de-Golfe-de-Gascogne | Large, no-nonsense copperplate engraved navigational chart on wove paper. Coverage is of the Gulf of Gascogne from Isle d'Ouessant to Cape Finisterre. Published by the French Depot de la Marine in 1790. |
| 318 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1841 | Carte Particuliere des Cotes de France (Cours de la Seine) | $375.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Carte-Particuliere-des-Cotes-de-France-(Cours-de-la-Seine) | Chart of the Seine River with numerous soundings for the navigational channel. Villages include Guerbaville, Bliquetuit, Caudebec, Villequier, Aizier, Vieux Port, St. Aubin, Berville sur-mer, St. Opportune, Bouquelon, Conteville, St. Nicolas de-la-Taille, La Cerlangue, St. Vigor, Fiquetfleur, Tancarville, Rogerville, Gonfreville, St. Sauveire, Fatouville, and Honfleur. <BR> </BR>
Lower quarter of the chart is dedicated to extensive remarks and a tide table. Numerous soundings and windmills are noted (moulin). Circular stamp of Depot General de la Marine. Number 949. Price 2 francs. |
| 315 |  | Details | van Keulen, Gerard | 1698 | Nouvelle carte marine croissante en degres d'une partie des cotes maritime de Bretagne | $375.00 | van-Keulen--Gerard | Nouvelle-carte-marine-croissante-en-degres-d-une-partie-des-cotes-maritime-de-Bretagne | Chart of Brittany (Bretagne) from 1698 by Gerard van Keulen, well known Dutch chart maker. Coverage is centered on the coastline, estuary and rivers near Morlaix, France. Goulven, St. Paul de Leon, and Lanion are among the largest towns depicted. Chart contains picturesque details that would have been useful to coastal navigators including villages, churches, windmills, offshore rocks and islands (Les Seit Isles; roche blanche) and navigational aids. Chart is set on a series of rhumb lines with two decorative compass roses. |
| 319 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1836 | Plan du port de Barfleur et de ses environs | $355.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Plan-du-port-de-Barfleur-et-de-ses-environs | Highly detailed chart of the harbor and town of Barfleur, France and the surrounding coastline extending about 1.5 French mille marine to the north and south. Roads, fields, and very rocky offshore topography near the coast are depicted with great detail and relief. This graphic treasure captures the state of that stretch of coastline as it was in 1832 from the Pointe de Barfleur with its lighthouse to the north, past Anse Crabet and dozens of small islets, beyond the Plateau de Antiqueires and Plateau de Moulard to Anse de Landemer south of Barfleur. Nearby villages depicted include Monfarville, Quenanville, and Gatteville.<BR> </BR>
Manuscript notation of a cannon battery at the far east end of Barfleur harbor includes four red lines extending into the sea presumably marking the prospective firing angle and range of those cannon protecting the navigational channel. Circular stamp of Depot General de la Marine. Number 848. Price 2 francs. |
| 345 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1872 | Carte Particuliere de la Cote Sud-Ouest d'Amerique | $355.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Carte-Particuliere-de-la-Cote-Sud-Ouest-d-Amerique | Large mid-nineteenth century navigational chart from the French Depot de la Marine. Chart is made more interesting by the display of extensive topographical relief details of the coastal margins. Detailed coverage of the Southwest coast of Patagonia (Chile) from the Western approach to the Strait of Magellan (near the Evangelistas group of islands) north to the Gulf of Penas. An inside route is shown that would have permitted 19th century navigators to bypass at least some of the lower Pacific. Features include Mont Burney, insets of Hevre de l"isle and Anse Colombine; numerous islands, archipelagos, and straits. <BR> </BR>
Corrected version from 1872 of a chart first published in 1851. No. 1307. With circular stamp of Depot General de la Marine. |
| 195 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1786 | Costa de Espana | $340.00 | Anonymous | Costa-de-Espana | Set of profile coastal views of Spain's Costa del Sol and other coastal areas in the Mediterranean published as part of the first scientific sea atlas of Spain: 'Atlas Maritimo de España' (Maritime Atlas of Spain) by the Dirección de Hidrografía, Spain's equivalent to the U.S. Coast Survey in 1787. Included in this large dated sheet of land profiles from Tofino de San Miguel's atlas of antique nautical charts: Estepona; Punta de Velez, Malaga; Sierra d Marbella; Cabo de Gato; Cabo de Palos; Torre de Almazarron; Islands of Columbretes, Bedra and Benidorm; and many more coastal features. Sheet 1.
<br></br> The interested reader can find most of these profile locations described in an English-language translation of Tofino de San Miguel's sailing directions "Espana Maritima". This translation of San Miguel's work published in 1812 by Faden can be found online at: "http://books.google.com/books". |
| 119 |  | Details | Rochette, Louis S. | 1780 | Coasts of Spain and Portugal | $325.00 | Rochette--Louis-S- | Coasts-of-Spain-and-Portugal | Small scale chart of the coasts of Spain and Portugal from Cabo Blanco along the African coast to the Bay of Gascogne. Includes the Western Mediterranean from Nice to the Strait of Gibraltar. As is typical for charts of that period the north coast of Africa is labeled "Barbary". Coverage of this antique nautical chart of the western Mediterranean coast by Louis Rochette (1780) , includes the Balearic Islands of Ibiza, Majorca, Minorca, and Formentera. |
| 80 |  | Details | Malham, John | 1801 | A Correct Chart of the West Coast of North America | $300.00 | Malham--John | A-Correct-Chart-of-the-West-Coast-of-North-America | Early small-scale copperplate chart by Rev. John Malham covering the North and Northwest Pacific coasts. Alaska only noted as "Part of North America". Numerous decorative rhumb lines. |
| 24 |  | Details | James Imray and Son | 1885 | Haiti (Blueback) | $300.00 | James-Imray-and-Son | Haiti-(Blueback) | Large, handsome blueback nautical chart of Haiti / San Domingo (now the Dominican Republic) from James Imray and Son with the eastern-most tip of Cuba visible. Strong graphic composition. Profile view at top of "Port Paix or Valpariso, distant 3 miles". <BR> </BR>
The nautical chart is surrounded with six compass roses and is marked with the Imray globe / laurel wreath emblem . Four lighthouses are highlighted in yellow, while the title cartouche insert contains the following warning: "The lights are of inferior brilliancy and badly attended: some of them may not be shown." <br/><br/>
Verso contains complete yellow Imray publishers label: "Chart No. 119 Haiti or San Domingo". |
| 44 |  | Details | Mannevillette, d'Apres | 1780 | Carte des Cotes Occidentales de France | $295.00 | Mannevillette--d-Apres | Carte-des-Cotes-Occidentales-de-France | Two-page black and white nautical chart of west France, northern Spain, southern Britain, and Ireland on chain-laid paper. Illegible watermark. Primary focus is coverage of the Gulf of Gascogne and the approaches to the English Channel. Small central compass rose with numerous rhumb lines. North at top of chart. Plate I. |
| 346 |  | Details | Depot General de la Guerre | 1857 | Environs de Paris. | $290.00 | Depot-General-de-la-Guerre | Environs-de-Paris- | Folding map of Paris and its environs by the French war deparment originally published in 1839. This revised edition from 1857 has an emphais on the Seine river and includes Versailles. Backed with coarse brown linen, the map is divided into eight horizontal sections and 4 vertical sections and folds to a compact 6" x 8 3/4".<BR> </BR>
The map is annotated at bottom with a circular, blue seller's stamp from "E. Andriveau-Goujon - Geographe" and an oval blind-stamp by the "Depot de la Guerre". Scale 1:40,000. When folded the front cover contains a decorative black and white sticker from E. Andriveau-Goujon geographe, editeur, Rue du Bac 21, Paris . The sticker details the many specialties of his shop including: globes, spheres, Atlas de Choix, and cartes de parties du monde. |
| 370 |  | Details | Collins, Greenville | 1750 | Rye | $275.00 | Collins--Greenville | Rye | Chart depicts the coast of Kent and towns of Rye and Socket England along with the Rye Camber and part of the Romney Marshes. This chart by Greenville Collins was published between 1750 and 1790 and shows the navigational channel to Rye marked by beacons as well as numerous soundings at high and low water. <BR> </BR>
Dedicatory cartouche in upper right with putti contains the dedication: "To the Honorable Robert Austen, Esq One of the Lords Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admirall of England This Map is most Humbly dedicated and Presented by Captain Greenville Collins." With a decorative square-rigged warship and a colorful compass rose. Number 8. |
| 40 |  | Details | La Bretonniere | 1792 | Cotes de France- Departement du Pas de Callais | $275.00 | La-Bretonniere | Cotes-de-France--Departement-du-Pas-de-Callais | Depot de la Marine copperplate engraved sea chart by La Bretonniere of the Pas de Calais region focused on the town of Calais and its near offshore waters. Sand banks, soundings, and coastal features are shown with fine detail. Top right of chart annotated with manuscript "16" in large letters.<BR> </BR>
Of special historical note on the chart are two items that reflect the French revolution: Date of " l'An I " and the Depot de la Marine stamp with "E.F." replacing the Fleur de Lis. |
| 288 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1895 | Cote est D'Irlande de la Baie de Dublin de la Baie de Belfast | $275.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Cote-est-D-Irlande-de-la-Baie-de-Dublin-de-la-Baie-de-Belfast | Interesting and uncommon folding 1895 edition (bottom of chart) of an antique nautical chart first printed in 1875. This intact linen-backed large folding chart of the Irish sea was published by the French Admiralty (Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine). Covers a wide area of Ireland and western portions of Britain including Belfast and Dublin , Isle of Man, and Holyhead Island. Lighthouses highlighted in yellow.<BR> </BR>
Folds to 5" x 9 1/2". Folds into 3 sections horizontally and 8 sections vertically. With a printed seller's sticker on front: " Maison Andriveau Goujon. Henry Barrere, Editeur-Geographe. 21 Rue du Bac, Paris". On the sticker below the seller's attribution is a script annotation of the chart title and a date of 1906.<BR> </BR>
Insets of the Port of Killough, Port of Ardglass, and a small view of the entrance to the Bay of Dundalk. Platemark is apparent but the chart is probably lithographic due to late 19th century provenance. Number 3460. Price: two francs. |
| 116 |  | Details | Collins, Greenville | 1750 | How the Several Lands Show at Sea | $265.00 | Collins--Greenville | How-the-Several-Lands-Show-at-Sea | Profile view of English coast including Beachy Head, Portland, Isle of Wight, Dartmouth, and Milford. From one of the many editions of Great Britain's Coasting Pilot by Greeville Collins. |
| 79 |  | Details | Malham, John | 1801 | A Correct Chart of the East Coast of North America | $250.00 | Malham--John | A-Correct-Chart-of-the-East-Coast-of-North-America | Early small-scale copperplate chart. Coverage is from the North Coast of Cuba, Florida and Bahamas past the Grand Bank to Labrador. Gulf Stream current noted with arrows. Both lattitude and longitude clearly marked as well as numerous rhumb lines. |
| 514 |  | Details | Melish, John | 1822 | Charleston and Adjacent Country | $250.00 | Melish--John | Charleston-and-Adjacent-Country | Early (1822) copperplate engraved map of Charleston, South Carolina by John Melish. Coverage includes Kiawah Island, Folly Island, Sullivan's Island, Long Island, Castle Pinckney, Wood Island, Daniel's Island, Goose Creek, Fort Johnson, Fort Moultrie, and numerous rivers and creeks.<BR> </BR>
From Melish's "A Geographical Description of the United States, with the Contiguous British and Spanish Possessions." Philadelphia, 1822. |
| 362 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 | Plano de la Bahia de S. Lorenzo | $250.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Plano-de-la-Bahia-de-S--Lorenzo | Small scarce harbor chart of San Lorenzo Bay, near Sabana de La Mar, in Hato Mayor, Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic). Coverage includes several sandbanks and Rio San Lorenzo.<BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, this large-scale port/harbor chart is one of 22 charts (on 16 plates) of ports in Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in Part IV of the atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". Because of Spain's secrecy about its New World territories these charts represent some of the earliest detailed charts of these areas. These small charts do not often appear on the market. Plate Number 16. Scale in nautical miles ("milla maritima").<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 420 |  | Details | Malham, John | 1797 | A Correct Chart of the Mediterranean Sea engraved for Malham's Naval Gazetteer | $225.00 | Malham--John | A-Correct-Chart-of-the-Mediterranean-Sea-engraved-for-Malham-s-Naval-Gazetteer | Scarce sea chart showing the entire Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea including the west coast of Spain, Strait of Gibraltar, Majorca, Minorca, Crete, Cyprus, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, and Malta . From the rare first American edition of Malham's Naval Gazetteer, published by Spotswood and Nancrede in Boston. Vol 2.<BR> </BR>
This chart comes from an early nautical gazetteer produced first in England and after 1796 in Boston, Massachusetts. Major cities shown include Gibraltar, Cadiz, Seville, Valencia, Barcelona, Florence, Rome, Naples, Venics, Constantinople (Istanbul), Acre, Gaza, and Tunis. With three sets of rhumb lines.
Rev. John Malham was a prolific Yorkshire-born author. Malham died near London in 1807. (Gentleman's Magazine, Vol 102, 1807, p. 568). Archivally matted.<BR> </BR> |
| 316 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1839 | Plan de l'embouchure de la Seine (environs du Harve) | $225.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Plan-de-l-embouchure-de-la-Seine--(environs-du-Harve) | Large chart covering the mouth of the Seine river with Villerville on the South bank and Le Havre and St. Adresse on the North bank. Le Havre fortress shown completely encircled with Vauban-type defensive walls. Locations of cannon batteries added in manuscript. Chart has been profusely annotated in manuscript apparently by a member of the military or a military engineer. Numerous pencil notations in left and right margins with bearings. Red pen used to draw lines radiating from cannon batteries to delineate the expected range and line of fire. Numerous soundings. Circular stamp of Depot General de la Marine.No. 892. Price 2 francs. |
| 326 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1842 | Plan du port de Boulogne | $225.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Plan-du-port-de-Boulogne | Large chart published in 1842 covering the French port of Boulogne and nearby coastline. Circular stamp of Depot General de la Marine. |
| 317 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1839 | Carte Particuliere des Cotes de France (Cherbourg) | $210.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Carte-Particuliere-des-Cotes-de-France-(Cherbourg) | Attractive 1839 chart of the environs around Chebourg, France including Cape Hague and Cape Levi. Includes villages of Biville, Vauville, Auderville, Tonneville, Omonville, Greeville, Flottemanville, Querqueville, Henneville, Equerdeville, Toulaville, and Bretteville, and Cherbourg. The locations of several forts are noted and the cannon batteries and forts are named via script annotations in black ink. <BR> </BR>
Chart has been profusely annotated in manuscript apparently by a member of the military or a military engineer. Numerous pencil notations in left margin and top with bearings. Red pen used to draw lines radiating from cannon batteries to delineate the expected range and line of fire. Numerous soundings. Circular stamp of Depot General de la Marine. Price 2 francs. |
| 276 |  | Details | Malham, John | 1797 | A Correct Chart of the Coasts of South America | $195.00 | Malham--John | A-Correct-Chart-of-the-Coasts-of-South-America | Small sea chart showing South American continent with coasts of both the South Pacific Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean. This chart comes from an early nautical gazetteer or geographical dictionary produced first in England and later in the United States. From the rare 1st American edition of of Malham's Naval Gazetteer, published by Spotswood and Nancrede in Boston in 1797. Vol 1.<BR> </BR>
Noteworthy geographical features include Buenos Aires (Ayres) , Plate River (Rio de la Plate) , Amazon River, Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego and the Galapagos Islands, where the largest of the archipelago, Isabella, is designated as 'Albemarle Island' as it was known to the British of that period (extreme upper left of chart).<BR> </BR>
Rev. John Malham was prolific Yorkshire-born author who produced other works that include "Navigation Made Easy and Familiar", "Twenty-Two Sermons on Doctrinal and Practical Subjects" and "The Scarcity of Wheat considered". Malham died near London in 1807. (Gentleman's Magazine, Vol 102, 1807, p. 568).<BR> </BR>
Colophon at end of Volume 1 states that the work is "From the prefs of Samuel Etheridge, No. 9 Newbury Street, Boston, 1797"). |
| 510 |  | Details | Malham, John | 1797 | A Correct Chart of the Coast of Portugal engraved for Malham's Naval Gazetteer | $185.00 | Malham--John | A-Correct-Chart-of-the-Coast-of-Portugal-engraved-for-Malham-s-Naval-Gazetteer | Early U.S. printed sea chart of Portugal's Atlantic coast from 37 to 42 degrees North Lattitude. From the rare first American edition of Malham's Naval Gazetteer, published by Spotswood and Nancrede in Boston. Vol 2.<BR> </BR>
This chart comes from an early nautical gazetteer produced first in England and after 1796 in Boston, Massachusetts. Coverage includes Seville, Cape St. Vincent, Sagres, Setuval, Lisbon, Coimbra, and Oporto. Just below the fleur-de-lis pointing North is a notation: "About this spot is supposed to exist a submarine volcano that occasioned the earthquake Nov 1, 1755." This earthquake, referred to as the "Great Lisbon Earthquake", killed over 10,000 people in Lisbon alone.
Rev. John Malham was a prolific Yorkshire-born author. Malham died near London in 1807. (Gentleman's Magazine, Vol 102, 1807, p. 568).<BR> </BR> |
| 419 |  | Details | Malham, John | 1797 | A Correct Chart of the West India Islands engraved for Malham's Naval Gazetteer | $180.00 | Malham--John | A-Correct-Chart-of-the-West-India-Islands-engraved-for-Malham-s-Naval-Gazetteer | Small sea chart showing the east coast of the United States south of Charlestown, the Gulf of Mexico, the West Indies, Central America, Columbia, and Venezuela. From the rare first American edition of Malham's Naval Gazetteer, published by Spotswood and Nancrede in Boston. Vol 2.<BR> </BR>
This chart comes from an early nautical gazetteer or geographical dictionary produced first in England and after 1796 in the United States. Key noted cities include Charleston, St. Augustine, New Orleans, Havana, Port Royal, Cartagena, Caracas. <BR> </BR>
Rev. John Malham was a prolific Yorkshire-born author who produced other diverse works that include "Navigation Made Easy and Familiar", "Twenty-Two Sermons on Doctrinal and Practical Subjects" and "The Scarcity of Wheat considered". Malham died near London in 1807. (Gentleman's Magazine, Vol 102, 1807, p. 568).<BR> </BR> |
| 421 |  | Details | Malham, John | 1797 | A Correct Chart of the Indian Ocean engraved for Malham's Naval Gazetteer | $175.00 | Malham--John | A-Correct-Chart-of-the-Indian-Ocean-engraved-for-Malham-s-Naval-Gazetteer | Scarce chart showing the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. From the first American edition of Malham's Naval Gazetteer, published by Spotswood and Nancrede in Boston during September 1796. Vol 2.<BR> </BR>
This chart comes from an early nautical gazetteer produced first in England and after 1796 in Boston, Massachusetts. Coverage includes the Persian Gulf, Maldive Islands, Andaman Island, and Nicobar Islands. With three sets of rhumb lines. Rev. John Malham was a prolific Yorkshire-born author. Malham died near London in 1807. Archivally matted.<BR> </BR> |
| 383 |  | Details | U.S. Army Engineers | 1893 | Barataria and Lake Borgne Levee Districts 1893 | $165.00 | U-S--Army-Engineers | Barataria-and-Lake-Borgne-Levee-Districts-1893 | Draftsman-style map of the lower Mississippi River from New Orleans to the Mississippi River passes. Depicts the levees constructed along the Mississippi River in the 1892-1893 season. The map names levee improvments circa 1893 in Orleans, St. Bernard, Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes with Mississippi river mileage from Cairo, Illinois shown at 5 mile intervals. New Orleans is shown as it existed in 1893 with the northern half of the city to Lake Ponchartrain yet to be developed. <BR> </BR>
Key points along the river that are identified include Southwest Pass, the Jump, Tropical Bend, Devils Plate, Fort Jackson and English Turn. Lines of lattitude and longitude. Plate VII. Dated June 1, 1893. <BR> </BR> |
| 513 |  | Details | de la Porte, Joseph | 1796 | Golfe du Mexique | $160.00 | de-la-Porte--Joseph | Golfe-du-Mexique | Detailed map of southern United States Gulf Coast ( Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Texas ) , the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, Central America, the Antilles (inc. Cuba, Puerto Rico, Antigua, St. Lucia, Martinique, and more) and northern South America (Venezuela and Colombia). Cities noted include New Orleans, Mobile, St. Augustine, Pensacola, Merida, Cozumel. |
| 278 |  | Details | Malham, John | 1797 | A Correct Chart of the West Coast of Africa engraved for Malham's Naval Gazetteer | $155.00 | Malham--John | A-Correct-Chart-of-the-West-Coast-of-Africa-engraved-for-Malham-s-Naval-Gazetteer | Small sea chart dated October 1796 showing the Straits of Gibraltar and the west coast of Africa from the Mediterranean Sea to the Gulf of Guinea. From the rare first American edition of Malham's Naval Gazetteer, published by Spotswood and Nancrede in Boston in 1797. Vol 1.<BR> </BR>
This chart comes from an early nautical gazetteer or geographical dictionary produced first in England and after 1796 in the United States. Key noted features include Majorca, Minorca, Corsica, Sardinia, Barcelona, Spain; Madeira, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, and Cape Bojador . Four broad geographical areas or "coasts" are identified: Grain Coast, Gold Coast, Slave Coast, and the Ivory Coast ("Tooth Coast").<BR> </BR>
Rev. John Malham was a prolific Yorkshire-born author who produced other diverse works that include "Navigation Made Easy and Familiar", "Twenty-Two Sermons on Doctrinal and Practical Subjects" and "The Scarcity of Wheat considered". Malham died near London in 1807. (Gentleman's Magazine, Vol 102, 1807, p. 568).<BR> </BR>
Colophon at end of Volume 1 states that the work is "From the prefs of Samuel Etheridge, No. 9 Newbury Street, Boston, 1797"). |
| 69 |  | Details | U.S. Army Engineers | 1894 | Barataria and Lake Borgne Levee Districts 1894 | $155.00 | U-S--Army-Engineers | Barataria-and-Lake-Borgne-Levee-Districts-1894 | Interesting U.S. Corps of Engineers draftsman-style map of the lower Mississippi River from New Orleans to the Mississippi River passes. New Orleans shown as it existed at that time with the northern half of the city to Lake Ponchartrain yet to be developed including many areas that flooded severely in Hurricane Katrina.<BR> </BR> <BR> </BR>
Names and dates river levee improvments circa 1890 in Orleans, St. Bernard, Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes and surrounding area with mile markers on the Mississippi shown at 5 mile intervals. Several key points along the river that are identified include English Turn, Jesuits Bend, Fort Jackson and Fort St. Phillip. |
| 71 |  | Details | Bonne, M. | 1780 | Carte de l'Isle de la Jamaique | $150.00 | Bonne--M- | Carte-de-l-Isle-de-la-Jamaique | Attractive hand-colored chart by Bonne ca. 1780. Horizontal format of the island of Jamaica showing extensive mountain ranges. Spanish Town, Fort "Ahgusta", and Port Royal Harbor clearly identified. |
| 280 |  | Details | Malham, John | 1797 | A Correct Chart of the Baltic Sea engraved for Malham's Naval Gazetteer | $150.00 | Malham--John | A-Correct-Chart-of-the-Baltic-Sea-engraved-for-Malham-s-Naval-Gazetteer | Small sea chart showing the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Finland and surrounding coastal areas including Poland, Estonia, and Sweden (then including Finland). From the rare first American edition of Malham's Naval Gazetteer, published by Spotswood and Nancrede in Boston in 1797. Vol 1.<BR> </BR>
This chart comes from an early nautical gazetteer or geographical dictionary produced first in England and after 1796 in the United States. Key noted cities include Copenhagen, Stockholm, and St. Petersburg. <BR> </BR>
Rev. John Malham was a prolific Yorkshire-born author who produced other diverse works that include "Navigation Made Easy and Familiar", "Twenty-Two Sermons on Doctrinal and Practical Subjects" and "The Scarcity of Wheat considered". Malham died near London in 1807. (Gentleman's Magazine, Vol 102, 1807, p. 568).<BR> </BR>
Colophon at end of Volume 1 states that the work is "From the prefs of Samuel Etheridge, No. 9 Newbury Street, Boston, 1797"). |
| 337 |  | Details | U.S. Geological Survey | 1892 | Provincetown Harbor | $145.00 | U-S--Geological-Survey | Provincetown-Harbor | Small lithograph of northern Cape Cod, Provincetown, Massachusetts and the harbor derived from U.S. Coast Survey chart No. 10 and overlaid with topographic details. Lifesaving stations, lighthouses, soundings, and navigational aids are shown. Water shown in blue. Features include Race Point, Wood End Light, Long Point Light, and Peaked Hill Bar lifesaving station. <BR> </BR>
Produced for the U.S. Geological Survey Thirteenth Annual Report. Produced by George S. Harris Lithographers, Philadelphia. Plate 35. |
| 339 |  | Details | U.S. Geological Survey | 1892 | Entrance to San Francisco Bay | $140.00 | U-S--Geological-Survey | Entrance-to-San-Francisco-Bay | Small lithograph of the Entrance to San Francisco Bay. The chart, from the U.S. Geological Survey, is derived from a U.S. Coast Survey chart and overlaid with hachured topographic details. Lighthouses, soundings, life saving stations and navigational aids are shown. Water shown in blue. Some of the features include the Golden Gate (entrance to the bay), Ballenas Bay, Alcatraz Island, San Bruno, Point Lobos, and Pt. San Pedro. <BR> </BR>
Produced for the U.S. Geological Survey Thirteenth Annual Report. Produced by George S. Harris Lithographers, Philadelphia. Plate 45. |
| 506 |  | Details | Le Rouge, George | 1767 | Isles Moluques | $140.00 | Le-Rouge--George | Isles-Moluques | Antique map of the Moluccas (Malaku Islands) in Asia, an archipelago within Indonesia. These islands were once referred to as the "Spice Islands". Plate 82. Coverage includes Bali, Borneo, Sulawesi (Celebes Isle) , East Java, Timor, Ambon, Ceram, and Western New Guinea. |
| 151 |  | Details | Jefferys, Thomas | 1774 | Coast of France from Callais to Fecamp | $130.00 | Jefferys--Thomas | Coast-of-France-from-Callais-to-Fecamp | Neat chart of the English and French coasts along the "British Channel" near the Straits of Dover. On the British side coverage extends from Beachy Head past the South Foreland. Printed for Faden and Jefferys in 1774 the two volumes in the series contained 87 charts of the sea coast and fortifications. |
| 77 |  | Details | Blunt, Edmund | 1822 | Harbour of Annis Squam in Ipswitch Bay | $125.00 | Blunt--Edmund | Harbour-of-Annis-Squam-in-Ipswitch-Bay | Small copperplate engraved chart of Annissquam inlet and harbor by Edmund Blunt for an edition of his well-known port and pilot book. With a decorative three-masted sailing vessel depicted underway into the channel marked to the east by the Annissquam lighthouse, established only 20 years earlier. |
| 27 |  | Details | Blunt, Edmund | 1852 | North East Coast of North America (Blueback) | $125.00 | Blunt--Edmund | North-East-Coast-of-North-America-(Blueback) | Large, small-scale ante-bellum blueback nautical chart of northeast U.S. coast by E & G.W. Blunt. This 158 year old well-used blueback chart of U.S. northeast coast reveals a long and full life. <BR> </BR>
Coverage from Nova Scotia past New York city including Georges Shoal and Little Georges. Coastal detail shown with fine lines. Copious soundings off coasts of New Jersey and NYC. One faint manuscript calculation on this blueback chart that could easily be erased. |
| 199 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1764 | Plan de Bayes et Poussole | $125.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Plan-de-Bayes-et-Poussole | Clean copy of this small large-scale chart of the Italian coast including the city of Pozzouli (Poussole) from La Petit Atlas Maritime. Coverage includes the Mediterranean coast from Cap Mizene to Cap Coroille. Highlights include a small volcano "Souffriere" and the island of Nizita south of Pozzouli. Tome 4. No. 85. |
| 403 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1752 | Philippines | $120.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Philippines | Early map of the Philippines Islands by Bellin after Velarde . Dated 1752 in cartouche |
| 165 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1759 | Carte de la Coste Occidentale d'Afrique | $110.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Carte-de-la-Coste-Occidentale-d-Afrique | Small chart of the African coast near the bay of Arguim (Arguin) from the Dutch version of Prevost's widely published history originally engraved by Bellin. This copperplate, engraved by J.V. Schley., shows the African coast with both French and Dutch place names. Highlights the island of Arguim which was the site of an important Portugese trading post / slave fort from which as many as 1000 slaves may have been sold each year. |
| 281 |  | Details | British Admiralty Hydrographical Office | 1871 | Bays of Pampatar and Port Moreno, and Port of Laguna Grande del Obispo | $75.00 | British-Admiralty-Hydrographical-Office | Bays-of-Pampatar-and-Port-Moreno--and-Port-of-Laguna-Grande-del-Obispo | The island may be named 'Margarita' but this old pirate can't find Margaritaville anywhere on the chart. Perhaps its too much french wine and cheeses… or my eyes.<BR> </BR>
Lithographed antique nautical chart shows Port Moreno and the castle and city of Pampatar, Venezuela near the easternmost point on the island of Margarita- Punta Ballena. Also, Laguna Madre del Obispo, a bay on the northern coast of the Golfo de Cariaco in the state of Sucre, Venezuela. Originally published in 1826 with corrections in 1871, these two charts on a single page are copied from earlier copperplate engraved works prepared by the Spanish Direccion Hidrografia ca 1809.<BR> </BR>
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<BR> </BR>Stamp of "Hydrographical Office". Price: sixpence. Notation at bottom: "Sold by J.D. Potter, Agent for the sale of Admiralty Charts, 31 Poultry & 11 King Street, Tower Hill". |
| 340 |  | Details | U.S. Geological Survey | 1892 | Mouth of the Mississippi River | $75.00 | U-S--Geological-Survey | Mouth-of-the-Mississippi-River | Small lithograph of the Mouth of the Mississippi River. The chart, from the U.S. Geological Survey, is derived from a U.S. Coast Survey chart and overlaid with hachured topographic details. Lighthouses, soundings, life saving stations and navigational aids are shown. Water shown in blue. Some of the features shown include Lake Ponchartrain, Timbalier Pass, Bayou Lafourche, Pass Fourchon, Chandeleur Islads, Biloxi, and Pass Christian. <BR> </BR>
Produced for the U.S. Geological Survey Thirteenth Annual Report. Produced by George S. Harris Lithographers, Philadelphia. Plate 22. |
| 341 |  | Details | U.S. Geological Survey | 1892 | Turtle Harbor Florida | $75.00 | U-S--Geological-Survey | Turtle-Harbor-Florida | Small lithograph of Key Largo and Turtle Harbor Florida. The chart, from the U.S. Geological Survey, is derived from a U.S. Coast Survey chart and overlaid with hachured topographic details. Lighthouses, soundings, and navigational aids are shown. Water shown in blue. Some of the features shown include Pumpkin Key, Carysfort Reef, Angelfish Key, and Palo Alto Key. <BR> </BR>
Produced for the U.S. Geological Survey Thirteenth Annual Report. Produced by George S. Harris Lithographers, Philadelphia. Plate 36. |
| 342 |  | Details | U.S. Geological Survey | 1892 | Marquesas Keys (Florida) | $75.00 | U-S--Geological-Survey | Marquesas-Keys-(Florida) | Small lithograph of Marquesas Keys, Florida. The chart, from the U.S. Geological Survey, is derived from a U.S. Coast Survey chart (no. 70) and overlaid with hachured topographic details. Soundings, and navigational aids are shown. Water shown in blue. Some of the features shown include Couch Key and Round Island. <BR> </BR>
Produced for the U.S. Geological Survey Thirteenth Annual Report. Produced by George S. Harris Lithographers, Philadelphia. Plate 36. |
| 343 |  | Details | U.S. Geological Survey | 1892 | Delta at Caesars Creek (Florida) | $75.00 | U-S--Geological-Survey | Delta-at-Caesars-Creek-(Florida) | Small lithograph of area around Caesars Creek, on the southeast coast of Florida. The chart, from the U.S. Geological Survey, is derived from a U.S. Coast Survey chart (no. 66) and overlaid with hachured topographic details. Soundings, and navigational aids are shown. Water shown in blue. Some of the features shown include Elliott Key, Rubicon Key, Tottens Key, and Reids Key, Adams Key. <BR> </BR>
Produced for the U.S. Geological Survey Thirteenth Annual Report. Produced by George S. Harris Lithographers, Philadelphia. Plate 42. |
| 282 |  | Details | British Admiralty Hydrographical Office | 1871 | The Bay of Corsarios and the Port of Turiamo fom Spanish printed plans. | $65.00 | British-Admiralty-Hydrographical-Office | The-Bay-of-Corsarios-and-the-Port-of-Turiamo-fom-Spanish-printed-plans- | 19th century lithographed antique nautical chart shows two coastal areas in Venezuela: The Bay of Corsarios and The Port of Turiamo. Originally published in 1827 with corrections in 1871, these two charts on a single page are copied from earlier copperplate enraved works prepared by the Spanish Direccion Hidrografia.<BR> </BR>
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<BR> </BR>Stamp of "Hydrographical Office". Price: sixpence. Notation at bottom: "Sold by J.D. Potter, Agent for the sale of Admiralty Charts, 31 Poultry & 11 King Street, Tower Hill". |
| 108 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1889 | Goat Island Ledge | $45.00 | Anonymous | Goat-Island-Ledge | Corps of Engineers survey shows Goat Island, Great Island, and Seavy's Island and a marked 'sailing course' through the nearby waters. Land areas identified through neat orange hachuring. |
| 354 |  | Details | Naval War Records Office | 1881 | Mouths of Roanoke River | $45.00 | Naval-War-Records-Office | Mouths-of-Roanoke-River | Map from 1881 depicting Union defenses near Plymouth N.C. on the Roanoke River during the attack of Confederate ironclad gunboats in 1864. Notable features Batchelors Bay, Warren Neck, Fort Gray, Fort Wessells, Fort Williams, and the location of the wreck of the USS Southfield.<BR> </BR>
From "Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion". United States. Naval War Records Office, United States. Printed by The Norris Peters Co., Photo-Litho, Washington, D.C. |
| 348 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1808 | Manuscript Map of Cadiz | $0.00 | Anonymous | Manuscript-Map-of-Cadiz | Sold<BR> </BR>
French pen and ink manuscript map of Cadiz, Spain ca. 1808. Scale: "Une mille." Interestingly, for a map associated with a naval officer, there is little hydrographic detail or soundings as there might be in a nautical chart , but instead a great deal of topographic detail about the surrounding area. Fourteen key locations are noted by lettering and described by a legend at the left of the map. Decorative compass rose denotes north to the upper left. |
| 353 |  | Details | Naval War Records Office | 1881 | Order of Battle and Plan of Attack Nov. 7th 1861 | $0.00 | Naval-War-Records-Office | Order-of-Battle-and-Plan-of-Attack-Nov--7th-1861 | SOLD
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Map from 1881 depicting Fort Walker on Hilton Head Island and Fort Beauregard on St. Helena Island as U.S. Navy forces attacked in 1861, one of the earliest naval battles of the Civil War. With a summary of the disposition of both Union and Rebel naval forces and their movements. Other notable features include Paris (Parris) Island, Daw Island, Pinckney Island, and Capers Island, the Beaufort, Broad, and Ckhessee Rivers
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From "Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion". United States. Naval War Records Office, United States. Printed by The Norris Peters Co., Photo-Litho, Washington, D.C. |
| 369 |  | Details | Tirion, Isaac | 1730 | Carta Generale Dell Africa | $0.00 | Tirion--Isaac | Carta-Generale-Dell-Africa | SOLD- <BR> </BR>
Highly decorative map of the African continent with the Arabian peninsula, Turkey and Mediterranean. Coverage includes the Indian Ocean, Madagascar, and the Maldives to the east and to the west the Pacific Ocean islands as far as Brasil (Bresil). Decorative cartouche at upper right depicts men hunting a crocodile with elephant and ostrich in the foreground. |
| 426 |  | Details | U.S. Army Engineers | 1878 | Water Routes from Norfolk to the Cape Fear River | $0.00 | U-S--Army-Engineers | Water-Routes-from-Norfolk-to-the-Cape-Fear-River | SOLD
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Attractive map of the Virginia and North Carolina coasts including the Outer Banks. This 130 year-old hand-colored lithograph from the Army Corps of Engineers accompanied the Chief Engineer's report to the U.S. 46th Congress. Key cities and features include Pamlico Sound and River (spelled Pamplico), Wilmington, Cape Lookout, Cape Hatteras, Washington D.C., Albemarle Sound, the Dismal Swamp Canal, Norfolk, and the entrance to Chesapeake Bay. Numerous lighthouses and inlets dot this 15" x 22" late 19th century chart. <BR> </BR>
With a table of distances in statute miles. Senate Document Number 73. Surveyed under the direction of Captain Charles B. Phillips. Drawn by G.P. Strums. |
| 452 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1880 | Chart of Portions of Beaufort River | $0.00 | Anonymous | Chart-of-Portions-of-Beaufort-River | SOLD
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Corps of Engineers hydrographic chart of several portions of the Beaufort River, near Beaufort S.C., the second oldest city in South Carolina, behind Charleston. Noted features include Battery Creek, the "site of old fort", and "site of Fort Charlotte". With depth contours and numerous soundings. Archivally matted with total size approximately 25" x 27".<BR> </BR>
Accompanied Senate doc. 195, 46th Cong., 2nd Sess. |
| 406 |  | Details | Humboldt, Alexander von | 1811 | Plan du Port de Veracruz | $0.00 | Humboldt--Alexander-von | Plan-du-Port-de-Veracruz | <BR> </BR>
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Chart and plan of the walled city of Veracruz, Mexico and surrounding area by scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt after a chart by Spain's Deposito hydrografico. Important features include: Isla de Sacrificios; Chateau de St. Juan de Ulua; the Cathedral; Chapelle du Santo Christo et Cimetiere, and several suggested courses for ships entering the harbor. Delicate, fine stippled engraving and numerous soundings. Inset profile view at upper left from Villa Rica to Punta Delgada. An excellent example.<BR> </BR>
From: "Atlas Geographique Et Physique Du Royaume De La Nouvelle-Espagne, Fonde Sur Des Observations Astronomiques, Des Mesures Trigonometriques Et Des Nivellemens Barometriques." Par Al. De Humboldt. Paris, Chez F. Schoell, Rue Des Fosses-Saint-Germain -L'Auxerrois, No. 29. 1811. De L'Imprimerie De J.H. Stone.<BR> </BR> |
| 114 |  | Details | Ogilby, John | 1671 | Brasilia | $0.00 | Ogilby--John | Brasilia | SOLD. .<BR> </BR>
Map of Eastern Brazil published after a work by Arnoldus Montanus. West is shown at top of map. |
| 169 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1849 | Reconnaisance of Pensacola and Perdido Bays | $0.00 | Anonymous | Reconnaisance-of-Pensacola-and-Perdido-Bays | Small coastal survey chart of Florida from Bonsecour Bay to the East end of Santa Rosa Island. |
| 22 |  | Details | James Imray and Son | 1874 | Indian Ocean (Blueback) | $0.00 | James-Imray-and-Son | Indian-Ocean-(Blueback) | SOLD
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This four-foot long 136 year old blueback nautical chart from James Imray and Son covers from the Cape of Good Hope to Western Australia, and extends as far south as Kerguelen Island. Daily manuscript navigational track plotted in pencil for passage around the Cape to Bay of Bengal in 1876 and return by the bark "Jeekelet?". Seven insets of ports, passages and islands. <BR> </BR>
Nautical chart with yellow publishers label on verso for James Imray and Son , London with a stated price of 8s. Large, white decorative seller's label opposite on verso for "Bristol Observatory and Chronometer Depot" from the shop of Edwin Langford (est. 1826) Chronometer and Watch Maker, 53 Quay. The label states that along with sextants and quadrants they were "adjusters of iron ships compasses" and promotes the navigation school conducted by Mr. White at 46 Price Street. |
| 53 |  | Details | Vincedon-Dumoulin | 1865 | Carte Generale de l'Ocean Pacifique | $0.00 | Vincedon-Dumoulin | Carte-Generale-de-l-Ocean-Pacifique | This chart is SOLD. <BR> </BR>
French navigational chart of Japan, Southern China and the Pacific Islands including New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Borneo, Samoa, Tonga, and many more. Based on the voyages of French explorer Dumont D'urville in the 1820's and 1830's . With a black over-stamp for Cartes de la Marine Impériale. Debrie Libraire au Harve, Seul Depositaire. Price: two Francs. Plate 1. Edition of 1865. |
| 212 |  | Details | Bertius, Petrus | 1637 | Spitsbergen | $0.00 | Bertius--Petrus | Spitsbergen | SOLD <BR> </BR>
Small decorative copperplate map of Spitsbergen, Norway by Flemish writer and map maker Petrus Bertius (1565-1629). With two sailing vessels underway and penguins cavorting offshore in 'Oceanus Septentrionalis' (Northern Ocean) . Probably from 'Atlas minor, sive Tabulae geographicae Orbis Terrarum' published by Blaeu ca. 1637. |
| 301 |  | Details | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey | 1916 | 1916 Inside Route New York to Key West | $0.00 | U-S--Coast-and-Geodetic-Survey | 1916-Inside-Route-New-York-to-Key-West | SOLD<BR> </BR>
Complete set of eight U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey folding navigational charts for the inside route for maritime traffic on the eastern coast of the United States from New York South. These historical charts from 1916 predate the U.S. Government's ownership of the route which later became part of the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) . Placed end to end, the charts would extend over 18 feet long.
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A bit of research shows that in its early history some portions of the inside route were owned and dredged by private entities who charged a toll to vessels for passage, sometimes by stringing a chain across narrow passages to restrict traffic flow. In fact, chart 7 contains manuscript pencil annotations, obviously made during a voyage, of "Toll" and "Toll chain" that reflects that little-known fact. Interestingly, the toll chains are not noted as part of the official chart. After 1919 Congress mandated that the entire passage should be turned over to the Federal government and the tolls were eliminated.<BR> </BR>
Size of each chart when folded is approximately 8" x 5". These 8 lithographed working navigational charts capture the full extent of the eastern U.S. inside route in detail with some manuscrpt pencil annotations, especially in Florida. Chart sections include roughly these areas and chart sizes: (one dimension is typically 10" and the other dimension is below). <BR>
1. Jersey City to Philadelphia - 10" <BR>
2. Philadelphia to Norfolk - 33" <BR>
3. Norfolk to Cape Lookout - 28" <BR>
4. Cape Lookout to Murphy Island - 31" <BR>
5. Murphy Island to Fernandina - 35" <BR>
6. Fernandina to Cape Canaveral -28" <BR>
7. Cape Canaveral to Miami -32" <BR>
8. Miami to Key West - 24" <BR> |
| 279 |  | Details | Malham, John | 1797 | A Correct Chart of the Southern Coasts of Africa | $0.00 | Malham--John | A-Correct-Chart-of-the-Southern-Coasts-of-Africa | <BR> </BR>
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Small sea chart showing the continent of Africa south of the Equator and the island of Madagascar. From the rare first American edition of Malham's Naval Gazetteer, published by Spotswood and Nancrede in Boston in 1797. Vol 1.<BR> </BR>
This chart comes from an early nautical gazetteer or geographical dictionary produced first in England and after 1796 in the United States. Key noted features include Madagascar, Cape of Good Hope, Isle France, Isle Bourbon, . Regional African native tribal associations or kingdoms identified include: Bake-bake, Hotentots, Bororos, Zambas, Nimeamai, Bembei, and Biri.<BR> </BR>
Rev. John Malham was a prolific Yorkshire-born author who produced other diverse works that include "Navigation Made Easy and Familiar", "Twenty-Two Sermons on Doctrinal and Practical Subjects" and "The Scarcity of Wheat considered". Malham died near London in 1807. (Gentleman's Magazine, Vol 102, 1807, p. 568).<BR> </BR>
Colophon at end of Volume 1 states that the work is "From the prefs of Samuel Etheridge, No. 9 Newbury Street, Boston, 1797"). |
| 223 |  | Details | Tardieu, Ambroise | 1822 | SOLD--- Carte des Bouches de L'Escaut | $0.00 | Tardieu--Ambroise | SOLD------Carte-des-Bouches-de-L-Escaut | This item is SOLD. <BR> </BR>
Tardieu's engraving of Zeeland , based on an earlier work of Beautemps-Beaupre, covers the many waterways associated with the mouth of the Scheldt (Fr. Escaut) river. Key cities in the Southern Netherlands included in the map include Sluis, Middelburg,and Berg Op Zoom, and Anvers. Most larger cities are shown still fortified with the Vauban-inspired defensive walls that were needed for protection during that period. This work is probably from one of a six-volume series published by General Count Mathieu Dumas: "Précis des Evénemens militaires. Recueil de plans et de cartes pour servir à l'intelligence des opérations militaires décrites dans le texte."<BR> </BR>
Amboise Tardieu (1788 - 1841) was descended from a family of famous French engravers that included Pierre Alexandre Tardieu and Nicolas Tardieu, a 17th century coppersmith from Paris. Tardieu is sometimes confused with his famous son Auguste Ambroise Tardieu, France's top expert in forensic pathology. |
| 232 |  | Details | Bennet | 1900 | Sold--- Bennet's Map and Guide to the River Thames from Oxford to Gravesend | $0.00 | Bennet | Sold-------Bennet-s-Map-and-Guide-to-the-River-Thames-from-Oxford-to-Gravesend | This item has been sold.<BR> </BR>
Scarce lithographed color map and advertising guide of the Thames River ca 1900. Fisherman's or traveller's map to this historic English river identifying numerous bridges, piers, and roads. Presence of theTilbury Docks (built 1886) downstream from London dates the map to no earlier than 1886. |
| 255 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1759 | Carte du Comte de Kent et du Pas de Calais | $0.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Carte-du-Comte-de-Kent-et-du-Pas-de-Calais | SOLD
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Full colored old antique sea chart produced by the Depot de la Marine in 1759. This chart, produced by J.N. Bellin, covers many areas of historical importance including the English Channel, and the Thames river as far as London, Dover, Calais, Beachy Head, Dunkirk. Good coverage of inland cities, towns, and road in England including New Haven. Croydon, Bromley, Deal, Sandwich, Rochester and many, many more. Numerous soundings and details of the sandbanks near Dover, Dunkirk, and the entrance to the Thames River. Highly decorative dated cartouche at bottom right. |
| 258 |  | Details | Randle, Charles | 1813 | Sold- Manuscript Chart - Portugal, Spain, Strait of Gibraltar | $0.00 | Randle--Charles | Sold----Manuscript-Chart---Portugal--Spain--Strait-of-Gibraltar | This manuscript chart is sold.<br></br>
Small manuscript sea chart of Spain, Portugal and the Strait of Gibraltar. Signed and dated "C. Randle May 18, 1813". Despite the relatively small size of this manuscript chart, the author spent considerable time drawing fine detail of navigational hazards and features. The Guadalquivir River is shown past the bridge in Seville and the Guardiana River is shown to Alcoutin with some details that suggest the author was very familiar with its navigation. <br></br>
Charles Randle (fl. 1775 - 1813) served as an officer in the British Royal Navy during both the battle for American independence from Great Britain and
the war of 1812. Records show Randle held the rank of Lieutenant in 1783 and retired in 1820 with the rank of commander. <br></br>
Randle is best known for several watercolor drawings he produced during the time of the American Revolution. These include several drawings of the
battle of Valcour Island that show the British and American lines of battle . These and other drawings he made from that period are presumably based on his first-hand knowledge as a participant at those events. All are signed as C. Randle and are dated between 1775 and 1778.<br></br>
The Library of Congress records holding of 37 manuscript maps and 46 watercolor views signed C. Randle and dated to 1810 .<br></br> |
| 179 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1851 | Carte des Canaux de la Providence et de Bahama | $0.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Carte-des-Canaux-de-la-Providence-et-de-Bahama | <BR> </BR>
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Fine old chart from 1851 of Southern Florida and the Keys to Cuba including the Bahamas to Eleuthera. This scare old chart after a work by Edmund Blunt in 1847 was produced by the French Depot-General de la Marine and includes the circular imprint of that organization. Points of interest include "Havane" (Havana, Cuba) and Fort Dallas (est. 1836), at the mouth of the Miami River. Notably absent is any mention of the towns of Miami, Palm Beach or any other population center in that area. Insets at upper right and upper left contain profiles of topographic features. <BR> </BR> <BR> </BR>
Old maps of Florida by the Depot de la Marine are uncommon and should be prized both by the collector and by those interested in their use as nautical décor. |
| 181 |  | Details | Laurie and Whittle | 1798 | Plymouth Sound---- SOLD | $0.00 | Laurie-and-Whittle | Plymouth-Sound-----SOLD | This item has been sold. <br></br>
Very cool antique nautical chart by Laurie and Whittle from 1798 of the Hamoaze and Catwater rivers, port of Plymouth, England and Plymouth Sound. Plymouth has a long distinguised history as a maritime port. This old sea chart of Plymouth Sound shows the location of many historic locations including a hill known as the Hoe, where legend says Francis Drake was to to have insisted on completed a game of bowls before setting out to meet the invading Spanish Armada of 1588 led by the Duke of Medina Sidonia (Drake knew the tide was not in his favor at the time he was notified of the approaching Spanish fleet).<br></br>
Attractive title cartouche with date. Copious sailing directions, soundings, landmarks (especially churches), and navigational hazards are noted. The chart is an attractive record of the days when the town Plymouth was smaller in size, but no less important to England. |
| 186 |  | Details | Rocque, John | 1762 | A Plan of the City of Cadis - - - SOLD | | Rocque--John | A-Plan-of-the-City-of-Cadis-------SOLD | THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD <BR> </BR> Scarce and desirable plan of Cadiz, Spain published by Mary Anne Rocque, wife of engraver John Rocque, after her husband's death in 1762. The colorful engraved plan covers from Rota in the North to Chiclana in the South with an scroll inset of the town of Cadiz. Inset legend with descriptions of map locations. Numerous soundings and navigational hazards are identified.<BR> </BR>
John Rocque, born in France, had a long career during which he engraved and published maps and plans based on surveys he personally conducted of many English estates, cities and counties. Two of Rocque's best known achievements are a 24 sheet map of London published by John Pine and John Tinney in 1746 and a posthumously published "A Set of Plans and Forts in America Reduced from Actual Surveys". |