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 TIRION, Izaak (1705-1765)
Nieuwe kaart van de Grootbrittannische volkplantingen in Noord America waar in tevens de Fransche Bezittingen en de Landen, tusschen die beide Volken in geschil staande en de wederzydsche Pretensien duidelyk aangewezen worden. Getrokken uit de beste Kaarten van de Hr. Mitchell en anderen. Ter opheldering van de Hedendaagsche Historie van Groot Brittanje. [New Map of Great Britain’s Colonies in North America including the French lands & those disputed by the two peoples and the mutual claims appropriately delineated. Produced from the best maps by Mr. [John] Mitchell & others. To clarify the modern history of Great Britain]
Amsterdam: Isaak Tirion, 1755. Copper-engraved map, full period hand colouring. Sheet size: 17 x 20 7/8 inches.
An attractive and detailed map of the British, French and Native American claims in North America, at the time of the French and Indian War.
This highly detailed map, here with beautiful full original colour, embraces the area from Labrador and Newfoundland in the north, as far south as the northern border of Florida, and as far west as the Mississippi. As the title notes, it is based on John Mitchell's famed map, first published in February 1755. "Shows the English colonies in North America, French territorial claims, select towns and cities, forts, some roads and trails, Indian villages and tribal territory, and relief. Includes historical notes and text" (Sellers and Van Ee).
Sellers & Van Ee, Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies 63; Koeman Atlantes Neelandici III, 126-135 (see Tir 4:99); McCorkle, New England in Early Printed Maps 769.1.
#25663 $1,000.00  
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 VALK, Gerard (c.1650-1726) & Leonard VALK (1675-1755)
America Aurea Pars Alter Mundi Auctoribus
Amsterdam: [circa 1700]. Copper-engraved map, full period hand-colouring. Sheet size: 21 1/8 x 25 1/4 inches.
Highly decorative map of North and South America showing California as an island and here with full period hand colouring.
This decorative map by the Valk brothers is after a similar map by Carol Allard, first published circa 1696. Cartographically, both Allard and the Valks borrow heavily from the De Wit map of 1675, naming the Great Lakes, showing California as an island and with a Terra Esonis and Fretum Anian in the northwest. Interestingly, the Valks here re-issue the first state of Allard's map, i.e. before the re-engraving of the western Great Lakes and the Mississippi River (based on Hennepin's mapping). In addition, the lower left corner of the cartouche is left blank, whereas in subsequent issues of the Allard map, an inset of New Zealand appears. In the present issue, there are no toponyms on Terra Esonis and the South Pacific is without New Guinea.
Cf. Burden, The Mapping of North America II: 724 (discussing the map under the entry for Allard); Wagner, Cartography of the Northwest Coast, 496; Tooley, "California as an Island," 68 in Tooley, The Mapping of America; McLaughlin,The Mapping of California as an Island, 176.
#25683$2,750.00
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 VERRIER, Ambrose & François PERRIER
[North America - Pair of Maps] Partie Septentrionale Des Possessions Angloise en Amerique. Pour servire d'intelligence a la guerre présente entre les Anglois et leurs Colonies Dresée sur les Meilleurs Carte du Pays traduite de l'Anglois, de Michel à Paris à l'Hotel de Soubise [and] Partie Meridionale Des Possessions Angloise en Amerique. Pour servire d'intelligence a la guerre présente entre les Anglois et leurs Colonies Dresée sur les Meilleurs Carte du Pays traduite de l'Anglois à Paris à l'Hotel de Soubise
Paris: R.-J. Julien, Rue du Chaume à l'Hôtel de Soubise, 1778. Copper-engraved maps, with original outline colour, in excellent condition. Sheet size: of each 21 1/2 x 29 7/8 inches.
An extremely rare and beautifully engraved pair of maps of the American Colonies depicted during the Revolutionary War
This very elegant matched pair of maps, when considered together, embraces the Atlantic seaboard of America from Georgia up to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and into the interior to include the Appalachians and the Ohio Valley. The two maps divide horizontally at a point just south of New York City. These maps very rarely appear as a complete pair, as originally intended, and the southern sheet seems to be exceptionally scarce. They were produced by Verrier and Perrier, who assumed management of Roch-Josèphe Julien's establishment in 1777. Described as "the first true map shop in Paris," it was located at the Hôtel de Soubise, a magnificent palace that was an architectural jewel of the rococo period.
Verrier and Perrier responded to the French public's great demand for maps of America following their country's entry into the Revolutionary War in support of the American cause, pursuant to the Treaty of Alliance of February, 1778, a diplomatic success realised by the efforts of Benjamin Franklin. Like other French cartographers, Verrier and Perrier faced great challenges in devising their maps, as their nation lacked independent North American cartographic sources since its effective expulsion from the continent in 1763 following the Seven Years War. Records show that in March, 1778 they wrote to England's most eminent cartographer, William Faden requesting new material. They then went to great effort and expense to produce this magnificent matched pair of maps based on John Mitchell's A Map of the British & French Dominions in North America (1755), which was by far the era's most influential map of the subject.
This pair of maps were amongst the first and most detailed, and certainly one of the finest French cartographic representations of the entire theatre of the Revolutionary War. At the time that they were made, the French were sending the naval force of the Comte D'Estaing to assist the Americans, who although having bested the British in New England, were facing renewed threats from Britain's Royal Navy. The British had effective control of Canada, New York City and Newport, Rhode Island, but were preparing a dramatic southern offensive which would see them seizing Savannah, Georgia in December, 1778. While the initial endeavors of the Franco-American alliance did not turn out as planned, the intervention of the Comte de Rochambeau proved to be a decisive element in securing the ultimate victory of the Americans, an outcome effectively secured at the Battle of Yorktown in October, 1781. Both of the map sheets are adorned with highly elegant cartouches, the one on the top sheet features an Indian maiden astride laurel boughs, and the one on the lower sheet evinces a nautical theme.
Sellers & Van Ee, Maps & Charts of North America & West Indies, 161; McCorkle, New England in Early Printed Maps, 778.2 (top sheet only); cf. Pedley, 'Maps, War and Commerce: Business Correspondence with the London Map Firm of Thomas Jefferys and William Faden,' Imago Mundi 48
#20179$9,500.00
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 VISSCHER II, Nicolaas (1649-1702)
Nova Tabula Geographica Complectens Borealiorem Americae Partem; in qua exacte delineateae sunt Canada sive Nova Francia, Nova Scotia, Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium, Pensylvania, Virginia, Carolina, et Terra Nova ...
Amsterdam: [circa 1690]. Copper-engraved map, full period hand-colouring. Sheet size: 24 1/4 x 20 3/4 inches.
Highly decorative map of the North American coast and English colonies, with stunning full period hand-colouring.
This map depicts the North American coast as far south as Carolina and as far north as Maine; inland the map extends northward as far as Hudson's Bay and as far west as the Great Lakes. The English colonies are named and each defined by dotted lines and colouring, with East and West Jersey prominently divided. "The map does not appear to be derived from any one source ... There seems to be greater access to English and Dutch material opposed to that of French" (Burden).
This map is found both separately, as here, and with an additional sheet comprising Nova Scotia, Labrador and Newfoundland. The presence of a line running down the right side of the map shows where the other sheet could be joined. The map was "clearly engraved in such a manner that allowed both unification as a two-sheet map and individual usage, as can be shown by the graduation being on all four borders" (Burden).
The dating of this map is based on the inclusion of Pennsylvania (making it after 1685) but before Visscher's death in 1702. McCorkle dates the map to 1689, and Burden to 1696. This is an example of Burden's second state with the addition of topography and trees (the first state without such embellishment considered a proof). Later states would be published by Schenk and are usually the versions encountered, this early state by Visscher being rare.
Burden, The Mapping of North America II: 731; McCorkle, New England in Early Printed Maps 689.8; Kershaw, Early Printed Maps of Canada 319.
#25684$3,000.00
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 VISSCHER, Nicolaes (1649-1702)
Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Descriptio
Amsterdam: [circa 1658]. Copper-engraved map, period hand-colouring in outline. Sheet size: 17 5/8 x 24 7/8 inches.
Rare first state of Visscher's map of North and South America, one of the most influential mappings of the western hemisphere in the 17th century.
"Although the map did not provide much in the way of cartographic advances, it had a large influence, future cartographers drawing upon either its geography or the distinctive cartouches. One of the most recognisable features is the large open lake in the place of the western Great Lakes ... The title is decorated with a scene showing the panning of gold or silver, with a native standing by under an umbrella. The cartouche top left bears a dedication to Cornelis Witsen, and depicts three angels helping a native Indian to heaven while the devil is fading away" (Burden).
Cartographically, the map follows Blaeu's mapping from his world map of 1648, though depicts California as an Island as per the Briggs model. The map would be reissued after 1677, that second issue bearing a privilege line at the bottom of the map not present on the first issue.
This map would prove influential to many future mappings of the western hemisphere, with similar maps issued by De Wit, Danckerts, Allard, and Ottens to the end of the 17th century.
Burden, The Mapping of North America I: 332; McLaughlin, The Mapping of California as an Island 48; Wagner, Cartography of the Northwest Coast 378; Leighly 56; Van Ermen 19; Tooley "California as an Island," 29 in Tooley, The Mapping of America.
#25758$2,800.00
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 VOOGHT, Claes Janszoon (d. 1696). - Johannes van KEULEN (1678-1727).
Pas-kaart vande Golfe van Mexico
Amsterdam: Johannes Van Keulen, [1687]. Copper-engraved map, period hand-colouring. Inset of the waters near Vera Cruz. (Expert restoration at sheet edges). Sheet size: 20 7/8 x 24 inches.
Van Keulen's scarce 17th century chart of the western Gulf of Mexico, oriented with west to the north.
Van Keulen's rare chart of the western portion of the Gulf of Mexico "covers the coastline from the panhandle of present day Florida around to the Yucatan peninsula. The main feature of this map is its originality of form. It is the first sea chart of the western portion of the Gulf of Mexico detailing the coastal waters of present-day Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. The geography is largely derived from the exceedingly rare Hessel Gerritz chart of c. 1631" (Burden). As expected, most of the toponyms are Spanish and the mouth of the Mississippi is labelled Baja de Spirito Sancto. Oriented to the west, "it represented the most sophisticated rendering of the coast then available" (Martin & Martin).
The Van Keulen family were chart and instrument makers, and publishers of nautical textbooks, books on sea law, shipbuilding, almanacs and more. Founded by Joannes van Keulen (c.1654-1715), the firm remained in business for over 200 years. For the publication of his Zee-Fakkel, Keulen retained geographer and mathematician Claes Janszoon Vooght.
Burden's second state, with the page number "14" added to the lower left corner, but before later additions and re-engravings.
Burden, The Mapping of North America II: 592; Martin & Martin, Maps of Texas and the Southwest p. 85, plate 11.
#25772$7,000.00
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 WELLS, Edward (1667-1727)
A New Map of North America shewing its principal divisions, chief cities, townes, rivers, mountains, &c. Dedicated to his Highness William Duke of Glocester
London: [circa 1700]. Copper-engraved map. Sheet size: 17 x 22 3/4 inches.
First state of a noted English map of North America, with a large depiction of California as an island.
The map is dedicated to His Highness William Duke of Gloucester, with his coat of arms in the title cartouche. It was drawn and engraved by Michael Burghers, the official engraver of the University of Oxford, and appeared in editions of Wells atlas, titled A New Sett of Maps both Ancient and Present Geography.
The general outline of North America generally follows Hennepin's depictions, with the discoveries in the Mississippi valley attributed to him on the map, but with other sources as well. English settlements are located along the eastern seaboard and a new French settlement is identified near the mouth of the Mississippi (i.e. d'Iberville's colony at Biloxi founded in 1699). In the interior, the Ohio River (named Hotico R.) is shown flowing through a mountain range, named the Apalachin M., but which run east-west in an arc that encloses the Spanish possessions of Florida. The Great Lakes are shown rather distorted, a large mythical lake still appears in Carolina and, as expected, the northwest coast is largely unmapped.
Burden identifies four states of the map, printed between 1700 (though with some evidence to suggest that the first state was completed in 1699) and circa 1743; the present example is the first state, without a plate number below the cartouche, with the Great Lakes unnamed and prior to the addition of Georgia.
Burden, The Mapping of North America II:758; McLaughlin, The Mapping of California as an Island 142; Tooley, "California as an Island," 69 in Tooley, The Mapping of America; Wagner, Cartography of the Northwest Coast 466; Lowery 249; Leighly 116.
#25694$1,750.00
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