NORTH AMERICA. Homann Heirs. 1756.
America Septentrionalis a Domino d'Anville in Galliis edita nunc in Anglia Coloniis in Interiorem Virginiam deductis nec non Fluvii Ohio cursu aucta notisque geographicis et historicis illustrata. Imprint: Sumptibus Homanniorum Heredum. Norembergæ. Ao. 1756. 18”h x 20”w. Two faint stains. Very good condition. Hand color.

Appears in various atlases published by Homann Heirs. Based on the Jefferys map of 1755, North America from the French of M. d’Anville….. Map toponyms are in English, the title in Latin, and extensive notes in German relating to English and French territorial claims. There is a later (1777) more common version of this map.

The map extends from Labrador to Central Florida and west beyond the Mississippi River. It shows a large Virginia extending to the Mississippi River and north to the Great Lakes. The map was produced during The French and Indian War (1754–1763). The conflict resulted in the British conquest of all of New France east of the Mississippi River, as well as Spanish Florida. France's colonial presence north of the Caribbean was reduced to the tiny islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Illustrated in McCorkle, New England in Early Printed Maps, 756.1.

Reference Sellers & van Ee, Maps and Charts of North America, 68.

NORTH AMERICA. Homann Heirs. 1777.
America Septentrionalis a Domino d'Anville in Galliis edita nunc in Anglia Coloniis in Interiorem Virginiam deductis nec non Fluvii Ohio cursu aucta notisque geographicis et historicis illustrata et ad bellum praesentis temporis accomodata. Imprint: Sumptibus Homanniorum Heredum. Noremberge. Ao. 1777. 18”h x 20”w. Minor loss at centerfold . Worm holes in upper margin at centerfold. Margins and centerfold strengthened on verso. Heavy paper. Good condition. Outline color.

This map appears in various atlases published by Homann Heirs. Based on the Jefferys map of 1755, (Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, 1697-1782.) The map toponyms are in English, the title in Latin, and extensive notes in German relate to English and French territorial claims. This map is an updated version of the Homann Heirs’ map published in 1756. The political boundaries now reflect the outcome of the French and Indian War (1754–1763) and the evolution of the American colonies. The title of the present map has the words et ad bellum praesentis temporis accomodata added before the imprint, the date is changed from 1756 to 1777, and there are some changes in the text.

Extends from Labrador to Central Florida and west beyond the Mississippi River. The boundaries of Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida extend west to the Mississippi River.

McCorkle,New England in Early Printed Maps, 777.2.
Sellers & van Ee, Maps and Charts of North America, 69.

NORTH AMERICA. Morden. c.1695. Rare 1st State.
A New Map of the English Empire in America Viz. Virginia Maryland Carolina Pennsylvania New York New Iersey New England … by Rob: Morden.

Imprint: Sold by Robt. Morden at the Atlas in Cornhill. And by Christopher Brown at ye Globe near the Westend of St. Pauls Church: London. Lower right: I. Harris, Sculp: 20”h x 23”w. Toning at margins. Minor losses through neat lines top and bottom in facsimile. Separation along Mississippi River due to acidification repaired. Narrow margins. Backed on archival tissue. Good condition. Original outline color. Very attractive.

Robert Morden (fl.1669-d.1703) was a British bookseller, publisher, and maker of maps and globes in London. The engraver, John Harris (fl. c1685-c.1720), was one of the most important members of his profession during that period.

Bibliographers generally refer to this as the rare first state created circa 1695 (see below for a more detailed identification of states). It was published separately and appears in some composite atlases. It also appears in volume 2 of Frederik de Wit’s Atlas Maior (Amsterdam, [1706]?. The mainly known fourth state dated 1719 was published by John Senex in his A New General Atlas (London, 1721) using Morden’s map with a new title and imprint.

Morden extends the English American colonies westward at the expense of the French claims. At the left is the Mississippi River. Much of Canada is shown as English (outlined in green). At lower right is a large inset map of the North Atlantic, “A General Map of the Coasts & Isles of Europe Africa and America”. Just above that inset is the title cartouche surmounted by the royal arms of William III. An inset map of Boston Harbor, “The Harbour of Boston or Mattathusetts Bay”, is adjacent to the title.

Burden indicates there are four states of the map:

• State 1. c.1698. This map, as described.
• State 2. c.1703. Longitudinal numbers rounded up, such as 93 to 95.
• State 3. c.1718. Imprints of Morden and Browne removed without replacements.
• State 4. 1719. Title cartouche states “Revis’d by Jon. Senex 1719”.

Illustrated and described:

• Burden, The Mapping of North America II, map 750, using the date c.1698;
• Cumming, Southeast in Early Maps, 119 and illustrated on the dust jacket;
• Karpinski, Maps of Famous Cartographers, p. 109 and Pl. XII;
• Kershaw, Early Printed Maps of Canada,II, 323 (his State 2 of 5);
• Pritchard & Taliaferro, Degrees of Latitude, pp. 358-360.

Reference:

• McCorkle, New England, 695.3;
• Phillips, List of Maps of America, p. 564 with a question mark by the date 1695;
• Phillips, List of Atlases, 549:
• Stevens & Tree, Comparative Cartography, 20 (a) for the Morden issue and 20 (b) for the Senex issue.

VIRGINIA & FLORIDA. Mercator/Hondius. RARE VERSION. 1609.

Virginia et Florida.

7 ¼”w x 5 ¾”h. Very good condition. Hand color. German text verso.

Published in Atlas Minor, das ist ein kurtze jedoch gründlitche Beschreibung ... in unsere hoch Teutsche Sprach versetz. (Franckfurt am Mayn: 1609.) This is the only edition of Mercator’s Atlas Minor published in German in which this map appears and, as such, this version of the map is rarely seen.

Although called “Mercator’s Atlas Minor”, Gerard Mercator had died in 1594, and Jodocus Hondius had purchased Mercator’s plates that year. Koeman states: “The copperplates for the first atlas minor were most probably made by Hondius himself....” Hondius published his first Atlas Minor in 1607, a Latin edition. A French edition followed in 1608 and this German edition in 1609.

References: Koeman Me 188; Burden 155; Phillips Atlases 425; Swem 9. See also Coolie Verner’s article “”Maps of Virginia in Mercator’s Lesser Atlases” in volume XVII of Imago Mundi.

VIRGINIA. Blaeu's Edition of Smith's Map. 1630/1662.
Nova Virginiæ Tabula. Imprint: Ex officini Guiljelmi Blaeuw. D. Grijp. Sculp.

15"h x 19"w. Wide margins. Dine-sized thin in margin. Old color. Very good condition.

Map engraved by D. Grijp for Jodocus Hondius. Willem Blaeu purchased the plate in 1629 or 1630 from Jodocus Hondius widow, altered the imprint from Hondius to Blaeu, and first published the map in 1630. Coolie Verner's Derivative 1, State 2 of Smith's map of 1612 (and later).

This is a Latin edition of 1662, published in Amsterdam in the Atlas Minor. There were numerous editions by the Blaeu family in Latin, German, Dutch and French text spanning more than 30 years. The map was later included in atlases by de Wit (1680?), Visscher (1717?) and Covens & Mortier (1761?), all without the text verso.

Shows the Virginia-Maryland area with North oriented to the right. In the upper left is a scene depicting the Indian chief Powhatan. At the right is a standing Susquehanna Indian.

References:
Allen, The Atlas of Atlases: The Map Maker’s Vision of the World,p. 81;
Burden, The Mapping of North America 193;
Portinaro and Knirsch. The Cartography of North America, LXXIV;

VIRGINIA. Hondius Edition of Smith Map. 1630/1647.
Nova Virginiae Tabula. Imprint: Amstellodami, ex officina Henrici Hondii. 15"h x 19"w. Centerfold repair. Image very good. French text verso. The map was first published by Henricus Hondius in 1630.

This map was published in Nouvel Atlas ou Theatre du Monde ... (Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, 1647). Koeman Me 106. This is Coolie Verner’s Derivative 5 of John Smith’s 1612 (and later) map of Virginia.

Covers the Chesapeake Bay Region in the style of John Smith's map of 1612. North is to the right.

Illustrated in Burden 228, Moreland VIII, Potter p. 153 and Tooley Mapping, 73.

VIRGINIA. Mercator /Hondius. 1630/1636.
Nova Virginiae Tabula. Imprint: Amstellodami, ex officina Henrici Hondii.

15"h x 19"w. The text verso is in Latin. There is some show-through of the text in the upper third of the map. The paper is lightly toned. Image is very good. Original color.

This is Derivative 5, State 1, of John Smith’s map of 1612. The map was first published by Henricus Hondius (1597-1651) in 1630. The present map was published in Gerardi Mercatoris Atlantis Novi ... (Amsterdam: Henrici Hondij, 1636). The publisher, Henricus Hondius, was the brother of Jodocus Hondius who had published Derivative 1, State 1 of the Smith map.

This map is from a map of the Jodocus Hondius plate of 1618 but with variations of the de Bry engravings and the imprint. The map shows the Virginia-Maryland area with North oriented to the right. In the upper left is a scene depicting the Indian Chief Powhatan. At the right is a standing Susquehanna Indian; this is the only Derivative with the Indian facing the Chesapeake Bay.

Burden, The Mapping of North America, 228; Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Me 50 A; Moreland, Antique Maps, VIII; Potter, Collecting Antique Maps, p. 153; Tooley, The Mapping of America, 73.

VIRGINIA. DuVal. 1676.
Carte de la Virginie Par P. Duval Geographe du Roy. A Paris. Above the upper coordinate scale are the words: La Virginie et des Isles Bermudes.

4 ¾”w x 3 ¾”h. Damp stains lower corners.

Published in Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Pierre Duval d'Abbeville (1619-1683) was a French cartographer and son-in-law of Nicolas Sanson.

This miniature map shows the east coast of America from Long Island to Carolina and includes early references to Manhattan and New Amsterdam. A rudimentary inset of the island of Bermuda is suspended from the longitude scale. The following nomenclature is new: “al= Manhate” is appended to “Nouuel Amster=dam “, as is “ou N.Hollande” to “N.Pais Bas”. The word “Iroquois” now appears below the word Canada.

The settlement “Cristina” is shown in “N’le Svede” (New Sweden, defeated in October 1664). The French claim of Florida is separated from Virginia, and the word “Melilot” now appears above an un-named lake drained by the “Trinité R.” The mythical Lake May appears in Florida. .

Illustrated in Burden, Mapping of North America, 341. State 4;
Cumming, Southeast in Early Maps, Map 56.

THE CAROLINAS. Speed. 1676. Only issue.
A New Description of Carolina.

Imprint: Sold by Tho: Basset in Fleetstreet. and Ric: Chiswell in St. Pauls Churchyard. Francis Lamb sculp. 15"h x 20"w. Color. Worm hole repaired. Very good condition.

Engraved by Francis Lamb, this map was printed only in the 1676 edition of John Speed's Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World, so is a relatively rare Speed map.

North is oriented to the right. At the North are the Powhatan (James) River and James Town. At the South is St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in North America. A large "Ashley Lake" rests at the foot of the Appalachians. The “Outer Banks” are prominently featured. Croatan, the site of the lost English settlement of the 1580s is shown. Roanoke Island, Cape Fear, Charles Town, and Hilton's Head are among the features shown.

There are two pages of text in English about the Indians, the geography, the discovery and settlement, and the boundaries and governments of Carolina and Florida. Parts of the map and text about Carolina were based on a map and book by John Lederer about his exploration of Virginia and Carolina in 1671. Johnson states that "Prior to Lederer, the region had been cartographically barren, and his influence on subsequent mapping was considerable". As can be seen on the Speed map, that influence regarding the interior details is at least amusing.

References:

Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps. Map 77;

Johnson. America Explored, p.136;

Potter. Country Life Book of Antique Maps, 155.

VIRGINIA. Hondius/Schenk & Valk. 1684.
Nova VirginiæTabula.

Imprint: Amstellodami, ex officina apud Pet. Schenk et Ger: Valk. C. Priv.

20”w x 15”h. Wide margins. Original color. Excellent condition.

This is State 2, Derivative 5 of John Smith’s 1612 map of Virginia. This map was printed from the plate originally used by Hondius for State 1 of Derivative 5. Schenk acquired the plate in 1694 and altered it as follows: he added longitude and latitude lines crossing the map and a dotted line to indicate the boundary of Virginia, and changed the imprint to read as above.

“In 1694 Petrus Schenk acquired all of the Atlas Major plates at public auction from the heirs of Jansson van Waesberge, and began issuing the maps with his own imprint. This last state of the map [State 2] is uncommon and has no text on the reverse.” (Burden.)

Burden, The Mapping of North America, 228, State 2 (This map); Tooley, The Mapping of America, p.166, State 2.

VIRGINIA. Moll. 1729.
Virginia and Maryland by H. Moll Geographer. 1729.

11”h x 8”w. Very good condition. Outline color. No page numbers are given.

From Herman Moll’s Atlas Minor, (London, H. Moll, 1729).

The map covers the Chesapeake Bay Region. According to Morrison this map in its various editions is one of the most widely owned maps of the Tidewater Region during the Eighteenth Century. In this edition, the erroneous longitude of the map shown in Morrison has been corrected to read “76” degrees west from London. English plantations are designated by small squares; Indian “plantations” are designated by triangles. References: Phillips, Atlases, 574, stating this is a first edition with entirely new maps added.

Morrison, On the Map, Figure 25. Another edition of the same year is illustrated.

VIRGINIA. Moll. 1736.
Virginia and Maryland by H. Moll Geographer. Upper right: [Page] 50. Upper left: (after 432).

11”h x 8”w. Very good condition. Outline color.

From Herman Moll’s Atlas Minor, (London: Printed for T. Bowles and J. Bowles, 1736).

The map covers the Chesapeake Bay Region and is based on the geography of Augustine Herrman’s landmark map of 1670 with additional features and settlements. Although based on Herrman, it is a much smaller size and covers a smaller area. An erroneous boundary line runs down the middle of the Potomac River. According to Morrison this map in its various editions is one of the most widely owned maps of the Tidewater Region during the Eighteenth Century. English plantations are designated by small squares; Indian “plantations” are designated by triangles.

Herman Moll (c.1654-1732) was an engraver, geographer and bookseller of German origin. He went to England in 1670s and worked as an independent cartographer including engraving for several other publishers. When he died, the Bowles family of printers took over Moll's plates and publications. They reissued the Atlas Minor at least through the 1790 edition.

References:

Morrison, On the Map, Figure 25. An edition of 1729 is illustrated.

Phillips, Atlases, 585. Maps p. 980.

VIRGINIA. London Magazine. Washington’s Journey. 1754.
A Map of the Western parts of the Colony of Virginia. Top margin: For the London Magazine 1754. Lower margin: Printed for R. Baldwin, in Pater Noster Row. Lower left: J. Gibson Sculp’t.

Published in London by R. Baldwin, 1754.

This map covers the region from Lakes Erie and Ontario south to New River and Williamsburg in Virginia. Forts, colonial settlements, Indian villages and Indian territories are shown. It shows a road and distances from Williamsburg to Winchester to “Gist's Settlem't” on the Mononguhela to Shanopin's T. to Log T. on the Ohio to Vinango on the Ohio to Fr. Fort on Beef R. to Fr. Fort on Lake Erie. This route was traveled by George Washington in his negotiations with the French in 1753/54 prior to the French and Indian War. The decorative cartouche portrays dark-skinned people (probably Blacks) engaged in tobacco production.

Washington's report first appeared in an obscure pamphlet published in Williamsburg early in 1754. Phillips indicates “This map was afterward enlarged and published in the London ed. 1744 (sic, actually 1754), of Washington’s journal”. That edition is titled: Some Extracts from the Journal of Major George Washington, sent by Robert Dinwiddie, Esq.; Governor of Virginia, to the Commandant of the French Forces on the River Ohio; with the Governor’s letter and the French Officer’s Answer.

References:
Jolly, LOND – 85;
Phillips Maps, page 981;
Sellers & van Ee, Maps and Charts of North America, 1426.

VIRGINIA. Bellin. 1764.
Carte de la Virginie Mariland &a. Tiree des meilleures Cartes Angloises. Upper right: Tome 1. No. 35.

7’h x 12”w. Outline color. Very good condition.

Map by Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772). Published in Le Petit Atlas Maritime (Paris, Bellin, 1764).

Includes Virginia, Maryland, part of Pennsylvania (then including Delaware) and New Jersey.

References:
Phillips, Atlases, 3508, Vol. 1, Map 35;
Sellers & van Ee, Maps and Charts of North America, #1437.

VIRGINIA. Lodge. 1780. Shows Fort Necessiry (sic).
A New and Accurate Map of Virginia, and Part of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Lower right: Jno Lodge sculp. Imprint in bottom margin: London: Publish’d as the Act directs. 31st of Decr. 1780. J. Bew, Pater Noster Row.

14 ¾”w x 10 ¾”h. Outline color. Two tiny holes. Very good condition.

Published in the December 1780 edition of Political Magazine. (London: J. Bew.) Engraved by John Lodge.

Near the upper left is “Fort Necessiry (sic)” with the note: “Washington taken here 1754”, referring to Washington’s capture by the French at Fort Necessity at Great Meadows early in the French and Indian War. Jolly quotes part of the text in the Political Magazine: “In the map we have pointed out Mount Vernon, the rebel commander’s house. It is finely situated on a very high hill on the banks of the Potowmac.” Such entries on this map, prepared in the middle of the Revolutionary War, reflect the British public’s curiosity about this troublesome country. Shows Richmond which had been made the capital of Virginia in 1779. Mountains are shown by profile and shading. Shows Delaware as a separate entity; it had been under the governor of Pennsylvania until 1776.

Reference Jolly, Maps in British Periodicals, POL – 17.

VIRGINIA. Laporte/Bertholon. Ca 1785.
Carte de la Virginie et du Mariland. Upper right: Pl. 27.

7"h x 8 ¾”w. Very good condition. Color.

Map by Joseph de Laporte (1713-1779). Published in Atlas Moderne Portatif (Paris: ca 1785).

Shows imprecisely defined boundaries of the colonies on or near the Chesapeake Bay. The western limits of Virginia are shown. Maryland is triangular wedge between Virginia, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. Delaware had become a separate state in 1776, but is still shown as a county of Pennsylvania. Several towns are shown in Virginia and Maryland. In the Atlantic Ocean (labeled “Mer du Nord”) are the words “Etats Unis”, reflecting the outcome of the Revolutionary War.

Later versions of this map are similar. Minor differences can be seen upon careful study, and in some the title cartouche is different. In this case the cartouche is a decorated box with an arched top at the center. At least two later versions used the same page number; some did not.

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. Gibson. 1763.
Untitled: [Map of the Country on both Sides of the Mississippi].

Lower right: J. Gibson Sculp.

7”h x 10”w. Folded into booklet. Very good condition. Map engraved by John Gibson.

Bound in The Gentleman’s Magazine: For June 1763, (included with purchase of map). The map title is taken from the contents shown on the title page of the June issue. The eight-page text related to the map is titled: “Some Account of Louisiana, or the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina and the Countries that lie on both sides of the Mississippi, where a Colony from the Plantations is actually now forming”.

The map illustrates the part of Louisiana that was rapidly being settled by British subjects at the conclusion of the French and Indian War. By The Treaty of Paris, February 1763, France ceded all of her territory east of the Mississippi, except New Orleans, to the British. France had secretly ceded all of her territory west of the Mississippi to Spain. The map is full of details including gold and silver mines, forts and frontier outposts. Virginia and Carolina extend to the Mississippi. A dashed line along the Appalachians is labeled "Formerly the French claim'd all ye Country Westward of this Line." Large expanses of the country are shown belonging to various Indian nations, and their villages are shown. Near the top of the map and west of the Mississippi are a large fictitious river and lake, identified as “The Great River according to M. de la Hontan”.

References:

Jolly, Maps in British Periodicals, GENT-169;

Sellers & Van Ee, Maps and Charts of North America, 109.

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. Ross. 1775.
Course of the river Mississipi, 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: Improved from the Surveys of that River made by the French.

Imprint: London Printed for Robt Sayer 1 June 1775.

Two sheets joined into one, 13”w x 44”h. Old color. Excellent condition.

Published in: The American Atlas. London: Thomas Jefferys, 1775 (this second edition). First edition is dated1772; third edition is dated 1794.

This is the first large-scale map of the Mississippi River, and the first based in whole or part upon English surveys. The course of the river is carefully detailed and tributaries are also shown. It shows numerous islands in the river, boundaries, forts, towns, Indian villages, etc. It includes historical and descriptive notes. This second edition also includes additional detail around New Orleans. After the French and Indian War, the British moved into the Illinois area. As a result they officially surveyed the lower Mississippi for the first time, and then produced this map. By 1775 when this second edition of map was published (the first appeared in 1773), the American Revolutionary War was underway. Ross’s map represents the first detailed military survey of this region of great economic importance to the British.

References:

Stevens & Tree, Comparative Cartography, 31 (b);

Sellers & Van Ee, Maps and Charts of North America, 781.

NEW ENGLAND. Bleau. 1635/1640.
Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova. 15"h x 20"w. Stains in wide margins well away from neatlines; image in very good condition. Latin text verso.

The map was prepared in 1635 by Willem Blaeu, the founder of the Blaeu firm. His sons Joan and Cornelis continued the family business after his death in 1638. The present map was published in Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Amsterdam: Joan and Cornelis Blaeu, 1640).

This beautifully designed and expertly crafted map of New England is featured in many books about maps and map-makers. It is oriented with west at the top and extends from the fabled Norumbega (shown inland from Penobscot Bay in Maine) to the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. According to Schwartz, this is "the first printed map that was decorated with canoes, bears, beavers, turkeys, and other animals". European ships and Indian canoes are at sea. Also, two types of Indian compounds are shown. The coast line is well detailed. Cumming indicates that some of the geographic details were derived from Adrien Block's manuscript map of 1614. Block Island, off the coast of Rhode Island, was named for Adrien Block and is shown on this map. The interior leaves much to speculation, and Lake Champlain is placed too far east.

References:

Burden, The Mapping of North America, 241;

Cumming, The Discovery of North America, 361;

Deak, Picturing America, 27;

Goss, The Mapping of North America, 28;

Humphreys, Antique Maps and Charts, p. 143;

Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Bl 22 (Map 6, America);

Schwartz & Ehrenberg, The Mapping of America,, Pl. 58;

Tooley, Maps and Mapmakers, Pl. 79.

NEW ENGLAND. Jansson. 1636.
Nova Anglia Novum Belgium et Virginia. Imprint: Amstelodami Johannes Janssonius Excudit. 15"h x 20"w. Centerfold stain. Extra fold lines at centerfold. Probably original color. Image very good. The rare edition with English text verso.

This is the first edition of this map with the heart-shaped cartouche. It was published in Atlas, or a Geographicke description of the Regions ... (Amsterdam: Henry Hondius, 1636). This is the first state of Jansson's map of New England; the second, with a rectangular cartouche, was first printed in 1647.

This map is based on a map of the same name, "Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium et Virginia", drawn by Hessel Gerritsz and published in Johannes de Laet in 1630. Both de Laet, a director of the Dutch West India Company, and Gerritsz, the cartographer to the Dutch East India Company and later for the Dutch West India Company, had access to their up-to-date records, and created an amazingly accurate map of the area.

This map covers the eastern coast of America from Nova Scotia to "C. of Feare" (actually appears to be Cape Lookout at the south end of the outer banks of North Carolina, not the Cape Fear near the South Carolina border). Cape Cod, Lake Champlain, Long Island, and the Chesapeake Bay are easily recognized compared to images on earlier maps. This map contains some of the earliest accurate cartography of the region showing New Amsterdam, Fort Orange, the Hudson (Noordt River) and the Delaware (Zuydt River). This is the second printed map to name Manhattan Island (Manbattes). Jansson shows an unnamed lake, probably Lake Champlain. The Great Lakes are beginning to emerge: "Lac des Yroquois" (Ontario?) and "Grand Lac" (Superior?) dominate the top of the map.

References:

Burden, The Mapping of America, Pl. 247, state 1;
Cumming, The Exploration of North America 1630-1776 Plate 81;
Goss, The Mapping of North America, Map 29;
Karpinski, Maps of famous Cartographers depicting North America, pp.26 and31 and Pl. II;
Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Me 41A;
McCorkle, New England in Early Printed Maps, 636.1;
Morrison, On The Map, Fig 10;
Tooley, The Mapping of America, p. 311 and Pl. 28. See also Chapter Ten for his view of the mapping of the Great Lakes.

NEW ENGLAND. Jansson. 1647.
Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova.
Imprint: Amstelodami Johannes Janssonius Excudit.
15"h x 20"w. Centerfold repair. Scattered surface soiling. First published in 1647.

This particular version of Jan Jansson's map was published with French text in Nouvel Atlas ou Theatre du Monde ... (Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, 1647). This is the second state of Jansson's map of New England; the first, with a heart-shaped cartouche, was first printed in 1636.

This map is identical in geography to the 1636 version. Added to this map are engravings of wildlife and an Indian village. The map covers the eastern coast of America from Nova Scotia to "C. of Feare" (actually appears to be Cape Lookout at the south end of the outer banks of North Carolina, not the Cape Fear near the South Carolina border). Cape Cod, Lake Champlain, Long Island, and the Chesapeake Bay are easily recognized compared to images on earlier maps. In fact, this map contains some of the earliest accurate cartography of the region showing New Amsterdam, Fort Orange, the Hudson ('Noordt River') and the Delaware ('Zuydt River'). For more than a century after its publication, this map provided the basis for many others of the area. This is the second printed map to name Manhattan Island (Manbattes). The Great Lakes are beginning to emerge: “Lac des Yroquois" (Ontario?) and "Grand Lac" (Superior?) dominate the top of the map.

References:
Burden, The Mapping of North America, Map 247;
Cumming, Southeast in Early Maps, Plate 25;
Johnson, America Explored, page138;
Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Me106.
McCorkle New England in Early Printed Maps, Map 636.2, second state, p. 20.

NORTHEAST. Ogilby. 1671.

Novi Belgii et Quod nunc Novi Jorck vocatur Novae ….

11 ½”h x 14 ½”w. Professional restoration of wormed area in Long Island. Includes reproduction of title page of book from which removed. Very good condition.

First published in Die Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld by Montanus in 1671. This present map is from the edition translated into English by Ogilby for his America, Being the Latest and Most Accurate Description which was printed in London a few months after the Montanus edition. A German edition, translated by Dr. Olfert Dapper, was printed by Jacob de Meurs in 1673. The maps are identical, except for title or imprint in all editions.

John Ogilby (1600-1676) was a Scottish translator and cartographer. He is best known for publishing the first British road atlas. Arnoldus Montanus (1625-1683) was a Dutch teacher and author, publishing books on theology, history, and geography.

This is a map of the Northeast, extending from the St. Laurence River and New England to the Chesapeake Bay. The map includes good detail along the Atlantic Coast, Hudson River, Delaware River and Bay, and the Chesapeake Bay. At the lower right enclosing the title is an ornate scene of Europeans and Native Americans trading.

References:

• Burden, The Mapping of North America II, 411. State 1.


• McCorkle, New England in Early Printed Maps, 671.1

NEW ENGLAND. Jansson. 1651/1694.
Belgii Novi Angliae Novae, et partis Virginiae Novisssima Delineato.

Imprint: Postant Amstelaedami apud Petrum Schenk, et Gerardum Valk. C. P.

20 ½ inches wide x 17 ½ inches high. Old color as evidenced on verso. Very good condition. Map in Latin and Dutch.

Map by Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664), born Jan Janszoon (in English usually written as Jan Jansson). A Dutch cartographer who lived and worked in Amsterdam, in the 1630s, he formed a partnership with his brother-in-law Henricus Hondius, and together they published atlases as Mercator/Hondius/Janssonius. After Jansson's death, the publishing company was continued by his son-in law, Johannes van Waesberge.

Published in Atlas Major. Originally called Atlas Novus, by 1660 there were 11 volumes containing the work of about a hundred credited authors and engravers. Amsterdam: Petrus Schenk,1694.

This is number 3 of the 28 (plus) of the “Jansson-Visscher Maps of New England” described by Tony Campbell in Chapter Eight of Tooley. Campbell states: “The maps which form the so-called Jansson-Visscher series span more than a century. When the prototype was first issued by Jansson at the midpoint of the 17th century it was the most up to date and most detailed of the region available.”

It is a famous and decorative map of the Dutch province of New Netherland and the surrounding region, showing the east coast from south of the Chesapeake to the St. Lawrence River in the North. The map was first published in 1651 by Jan Jansson. It is one of the fundamental landmark maps of the seventeenth century. It was copied almost exactly on at least twenty-seven later maps. Compiled from numerous manuscript and printed sources, the map follows the general outline of Adriaen Block's chart of 1614 with the St. Lawrence River and Lake Champlain based on Champlain. Virtually all European settlements are depicted with several English settlements appearing for the first time on Jansson's map.

This example is State 3 of the original Jansson plate, printed after Schenk acquired the plates at public auction in 1694 from the heirs of Johannes van Waesberge.

Burden lists three states of this map:

State 1. 1651. Lacking the dedication to de Raet lower center.

State 2. c.1660. A dedication to de Raet is added bearing the imprint of Janssonius.

State 3. c.1694. Janssonius imprint replaced with “Petrum Schenk”. Below the title within the cartouche “Postant Amstelaedami apud Petrum Schenk, et Gerardum Valk. C. P”. The present map is State 3.

References:

Burden, Mapping of North America, 305, State 3;

McCorkle, New England in Early Printed Maps, 650.1;

Tooley, The Mapping of America, p. 179, p.284 and Plate 146.

COLDEN. GREAT LAKES REGION. 1750.
A Map of the Country of the Five Nations, belonging to the Province of New York; and of the Lakes near which the Nations of Far Indians live, with part of Canada. 6”h x 9”w.

Bound in Cadwallader Colden, The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada, which are the Barrier between the English and French in that Part of the World. 2nd English ed. London: Whiston, Davis and Ward, 1750. Colden (1688-1776) was Surveyor-General and Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of New York.

The map extends from Long Island and the Hudson River west to the middle of Lake Michigan and north to Quebec.

The map is bound in the book.

References:

Brown, The Story of Maps , 15:
Howes, US Iana, C560:
Johnson, America Explored, 212;
Karpinsky, Maps of Famous Cartographers Depicting America, LX and p. 139:
Stevens, Rare Americana: A Catalogue, No. 703.

NEW YORK. Montresor. State 2 of 4. 1775. Important Revolutionary War Map.
A Map of the Province of New York, with Part of Pensilvania. and New England from an Actual Survey by Captain Montresor, Engineer, 1775. Imprint: Published as the Act directs June 10th. 1775, by A. Dury, Dukes Court St. Martins Lane London. Dedication: To the Right Honourable Sir Jeffery Amherst … John Montresor Engineer. Lower right: P. Andrew Sculp. Four sheets laid on one piece of linen 57"h x 36"w. Framed. Light foxing in some areas. Some original outline coloring.

This is a detailed, large-scale map covering much of the Hudson River Valley and Long Island. Insets: upper left, “Continuation of Lake Champlain”; and upper right, “Continuation of Connecticut River”.

Engraved by Peter Andrews. Published by Andrew Dury in London. Second state of 4 with “Carillon Fort” on the west bank of Lake Champlain and “Ticonderoga” on the east bank.

This is a rare and important Revolutionary War map. According to Schwartz, this map is “a topographical map by an important British military engineer. One of the most detailed maps of New York region issued during the revolutionary era.” That “important British military engineer” was John Montresor (1736-1788?) who had fought in the French and Indian War and in Pontiac's Rebellion (1763); he knew the area very well. Montresor compiled his map of the Province of New York primarily from surveys done by other army engineers and from his own surveys in the vicinity of New York City and around the south shore of Lake Erie. The surveys were completed and the map was first published at the beginning of the initial engagements. Clearly, the English expected a war with the Colonists largely due to their objection to taxes levied on the Colonists to defray the costs of the French and Indian War. In 1765 General Thomas Gage, then Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in North America, ordered Montresor to supply him with a map of New York City and its surroundings. This present map had its beginnings in that task.

References:

Phillips, Maps, p. 502;
Sellers & Van Ee, Maps and Charts of North America, 1066;
Stevens and Tree. “No. 39: Comparative Geography” in Map Collectors’ Series (Fourth Volume) and in R. V. Tooley, The Mapping of America, p. 76, no. 42(b).

Illustrated:

McCorkle, New England in Early Printed Maps, no. 775.9;

Schwartz and Ehrenberg, The Mapping of America, Pl. 114;

Pritchard and Taliaferro, Degrees of Latitude: Mapping Colonial America, Map 45 and Figure 165.