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Rare maps of North America

Rare old maps of North America for sale. Clive A. Burden Ltd. offer a selection of antique maps, sea charts, plans and travel books relating to the North America. All our historic items are authentic, genuine maps, charts etc. which date from the earliest map of North America, printed in 1511 through the mid-nineteenth century. Many include firsts and the results of important explorations in the English colonies, Canada, the Mississippi Valley and the West. Regions of significant interest include the Northeast, mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Great Lakes, Texas and California as an island.

64 rare maps matched your search criteria.

WHITE, John

Americæ pars, Nunc Virginia dicta, primum ab Anglis inventa sumtibus Dn. Walteri Raleigh Equestris ordinis Viri Anno Dni.M.D LXXXV

Theodore de Bry, Frankfurt, 1590

305 x 415 mm., with good margins in good condition.

Stock number: 8221

$ 18,500

BLOME, Richard

L'Amerique Angloise, ou description des isles terres du roi D'Angleterre, dans L'Amerique

Chez Abraham Wolfgang, pres la Bourse, Amsterdam, 1688

WITH A PREVIOUSLY UNRECORDED FIRST STATE OF THE MAP OF NEW ENGLAND. Duodecimo (150 x 85 mm.), full contemporary calf, blind panelled, with ribbed spine, very ornate gilt decoration to compartments, gilt title, gilt slightly worn. With typographic title page, pp. [4], 331, [1], p. 236 erroneously numbered 136, with 7 folding maps, otherwise in excellent condition.

Stock number: 9894

$ 4,950

THACKARAY, John & VALLANCE, James

Plan of the City of Washington

Philadelphia, 1792

PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST PLAN OF WASHINGTON. 220 x 265 mm., uncut, in very good condition.

Stock number: 8229

$ 25,000

LONGWORTH, David

Plan of the City of New York

Drawn and Engrav'd for D. Longworth Map & Print Seller No.66 Nassau Street, New York, c.1796-[c.98]

A PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST FOLIO PLAN OF NEW YORK. 410 x 555 mm., with light offsetting, good margins, uncut, with manuscript title to the verso, in good condition.

Stock number: 9726

$ 37,500

ANONYMOUS

(Order of Procession)

(Printed by Samuel Loudon, No. 5, Water-Street, between the Coffee-House and Old Slip), New York, 24 November 1783

BROADSIDE POSTED IN NEW YORK DETAILING THE PROCESSION TO RE-OCCUPY THE CITY. 270 x 155 mm., professionally lined with tissue, with loss of the last five lines and imprint, otherwise in good condition.

Stock number: 9727

$ 49,500

ALEXANDER, Sir William

(No title)

London, 1624

AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE MAP in its FIRST STATE. 250 x 340 mm., with wide margins, with some repair to double folds as might be expected, light fold along the centre, otherwise in good condition.

Stock number: 9881

$ 15,950

BROWNE, Christopher

A New Mapp of New England and Annapolis with the Country's adjacent

C. Browne at the North gate of the Royal Exchange & by him at the Globe by the West end of St. Paul's Church, London, 1712

BEAUTIFUL EARLY WASH COLOUR. 500 x 595 mm., in magnificent full early wash colour, good condition.

Stock number: 8247

$ 49,500

DES BARRES, Joseph Frederick Wallet

[Chart of the Harbour of Boston]/ Nautical Remarks and Observations for the Chart of the Harbour of Boston. Composed from different Surveys; but principally from that taken in 1769, by George Callendar, Late Master of His Majesty's Ship the Romney.

London, 5 August 1775

FIRST STATE. ACQUIRED BY HUGH PERCY, THE SAVIOUR OF THE BRITISH AT LEXINGTON AND CONCORD. 705 x 1040 mm., in 2 sheets joined, large aquatint and etched engraving, UNFOLDED AND UNCUT, with the LVG watermark. With pamphlet, quarto (280 x 230 mm.), original blue wrappers, typographic title, pp. 5-(12), there are no pages 3-4 which agrees with the John Carter Brown example.

Stock number: 8314

$ 22,500

HONDIUS, Jodocus

Virginiae item et Floridae Americæ Provinciarum, novæ Descriptio

Amsterdam, 1606-[19]

350 x 490 mm., early wash colour with French text, in good condition.

Stock number: 9123

$ 3,500

BORDONE, Benedetto

(No title)

Venice, 1528-[47]

85 x 145 mm., small area of margin loss repaired in far upper right margin level with the text, otherwise good condition.

Stock number: 5237

$ 1,950

DE LAET, Joannes

Florida, et Regiones Vicinae

Leiden, 1630

275 x 350 mm., in recent wash colour, good condition.

Stock number: 6044

$ 3,950

MORSE, Jedidiah

The American Geography; or, A View of the Present Situation of the United States of America

John Stockdale, London, 1792

Octavo (220 x 145 mm.), full modern calf, gilt ruled ribbed spine with calf gilt title label, pp. xvi, 536. With two large folding maps and a folding table, in good condition.

Stock number: 7142

$ 1,250

HERRERA Y TORDESILLAS, Antonio de

Descripcion de las Yndias del Norte 2

Madrid, 1601

215 x 280 mm., in good condition.

Stock number: 6446

$ 1,950

WALDSEEMULLER, Martin - FRIES, Laurent

Tabula terræ novæ

Strasbourg, 1522-[25]

290 x 380 mm., in FULL EARLY WASH COLOUR, in good condition.

Stock number: 8220

$ 19,500

THORNTON, John, MORDEN, Robert & LEA, Philip

A New Map of New England. New York. New Iersey. Pensilvania. Maryland. and Virginia

Iohn Thornton at ye Platt in ye Minories./ By Robt. Morden at the Atlas in Corn-hill./ And by Phillip Lea at ye Atlas & Herculus/ in the Poultry, London, c.1685

The FIRST STATE in fine EARLY OUTLINE COLOUR of the FIRST PLAN OF NEW YORK HARBOUR. 450 x 550 mm., in early outline colour, with two marks lower centre, otherwise in good condition.

Stock number: 8223

$ 29,500

TIDDEMAN, Mark

A Draught of New York from the Hook to New York Town by Mark Tiddeman

I. Mount & T. Page upon Tower Hill, London, 1732-[73]

460 x 570 mm., in recent outline and wash colour, with margin's all round, slim on the lower and lower left, light offsetting and foxing otherwise in good condition.

Stock number: 8225

$ 3,950

TARDIEU, Ambroise

Carte du Mexique Dressee pour l'intelligence de l'histoire generale des Voyages de Laharpe

Paris, 1821

390 x 250 mm., early outline colour.

Stock number: 8820

$ 375

[PRINCE, Thomas]

The Vade Mecum for America: Or a Companion for Traders and Travellers: Containing...

Printed by S. Kneeland and T. Green for D. Hencilman at the Corner Shop, the South Side of the Town-House & T. Hancock at the Bible and Three Crowns in Ann-Street, Boston, 1732

Tall 16mo (180 x 75 mm.), full contemporary calf, blind panelled, rebacked preserving original spine with blind ruled compartments. [2], vi, 220 pp., later endpapers, some occasional light foxing otherwise in good condition.

Stock number: 8909

$ 2,950

ROSS, Lieutenant John

Course of the River Mississippi from the Balise to Fort Chartres; Taken on an Expedition to the Illinois, in the latter end of the Year 1765. By Lieut. Ross of the 34th. Regiment: ... London Printed for Robt. Sayer No. 53 in Fleet Street Published as the Act directs. 1 June 1775

Robert Sayer, London, 1772-[75]

FIRST LARGE SCALE ENGLISH MAP OF THE REGION AFTER THE TREATY. 1120 x 340 mm., in fine early outline colour. Two sheets joined, printed on strong paper, in good condition.

Stock number: 8848

$ 5,500

MAXIMILIAN ALEXANDER PHILIPP ZU WIED-NEUWIED, Prince

Carte Itineraire de Prince Maximilian de Wied dans l'interieur de l'Amerique Septentrionale de Boston a Missouri superieur &c. en 1832, 33 et 34. Reise Charte des Prinzen Maximilian zu Wied Map to illustrate the Route of Prince Maximilian of Wied in the interior of North America. From Boston to the Upper Missouri &c. in 1832, 33 & 34.

Paris, 1839

415 x 810 mm., large folding map in early outline colour as issued, one or two light creases, some browning to upper margin and water stain to lower margins not affecting the map, otherwise in good condition with no major splits or tears.

Stock number: 8228

$ 6,950

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Rare maps of North America