PANAMA. Dampier. 1697/1698.
Three maps on one sheet: [1] A Map of the Isthmus of Darien, & Bay of Panama, [2] The North Sea Coast of the Isthmus of America to the West of Portobel, and [3] The South Sea Coast of the Isthmus of America to the West of Panama.. 6 ¼”w x 6”h. Right margin close. Backed with archival paper.

This map was published in the 3rd edition, corrected, of A Voyage Round the World ... By William Dampier. London: James Knapton, 1698. Engraved by or after Herman Moll (c1654-1732) of German origin who began working in England in the 1670s. Moll’s name appears on other maps in this volume covering Dampier’s voyages. This map first appeared in the 1st edition of 1697.

This map includes details of Central America and several tracks, presumably by Dampier. Topography and forests are shown pictorially on the map of Darien and Panama.

William Dampier (1652-1715) was a soldier, buccaneer, pirate, British navy captain, and an hydrographer. He was also among the most influential of travel writers. Dampier completed his first circumnavigation between 1679 and 1691, during which he was among the first group of Englishmen to land in New Holland (Australia). His memoir, A Voyage Round the World, was published in 1697, and went through three more editions during the next two years. Dampier was given command for two more voyages, one to New Holland in 1699 and the other his second circumnavigation of 1703 -1706. Dampier made his third and final circumnavigation as pilot of the expedition led by Woodes Rogers in 1708 to 1711.

SOUTH AMERICA. Morse. 1797.
A Map of South America and the Adjacent Islands 1797. Below bottom neatline: Engraved for Morse’s American Gazetteer. Lower right: Callender Scp. 4 ½”w x 6 ½”h. Staining in left margin. Left margin re-enforced. Image in very good condition. Reference Wheat & Brun 714.

Engraved by Benjamin Callender, Jr. (1773-1856). Published in Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826), The American Gazetteer.... Boston: Thomas & Andrews, 1797. First edition. Howes M839.

A large region in the center is labeled “Amazonia”. The Galapagos Islands (discovered 1535) are shown on the Equator off the coast of Ecuador. Cape Verde Islands are shown outside the right neatline. Tracks of Captain Cook in 1768 and Captain Wallis in 1767 are shown.

SOUTH AMERICA. Bowen. 1788.
An Accurate Map of South America, from the best Modern Maps and Charts. By Thos. Bowen, Geog'r.. 13"h x 18"w. Fold lines. Very good condition. Map by Thomas Bowen (c1732-1790).

Published in Thomas Bankes, A New and Authentic System of Universal Geography (London: C. Cooke, 1788?).

The interior of Brazil is sparsely defined, but there is a lot of coastal detail. The Galapagos Islands are clearly shown.

SOUTH AMERICA. Russell. Dated 1794. Published 1799.
A General Map of South America Drawn from the Best Surveys By J. Russell, 1794. Imprint under bottom center: London. Publish’d as the Act directs, Sep’r. 6, 1794, by H. D. Symonds No: 20 Pater Noster Row. Lower right: J. Russell sculp’t. Constitution Row Grays Inn La’e. 18”w x 14 ¼”h. Uncolored. Fold lines. Image very good.

This is one of nine maps engraved by John Russell of London and published in London in John Reid’s An American Atlas. The same nine maps were included in An Historical, Geographical, Commercial and Philosophical View of the American United States by William Winterbotham (1763-1829) published in London in 1795 and 1799 and in New York in 1796 (some maps by other engravers). Howes W581. Reid’s An American Atlas was meant to accompany the version of Winterbotham’s history published without the maps. The map offered here is from Winterbotham’s 1799 edition.

This is a detailed map of South America and the lower portion of Central America. Relief is shown pictorially. Shown are mountains, rivers, lakes, towns and a few roads. A large area in the center of the map is labeled “Amazonia”. The southern part of present-day Argentina is labeled “Patagonia”.

At the left, along the Equator are the Galapagos Islands.

CHILE. Hondius. 1630/1636.
Chili Lower left: Amstelodami, Henricus Hondius excudit. 15"h x 19"w. Centerfold damp stained. Map in good condition. Probably original color. English text verso shows through lightly.

First published in 1630, this map was published in Atlas or a Geographicke description of the Regions ... (Amsterdam: Henry Hondius, 1636). Koeman Me 41A. This is the rare English edition. It appeared later (1638 and 1641) but only one copy of each was known by Koeman.

This beautiful map shows most of Chile (from the vicinity of Copiapo south to 46 degrees South Latitude). North is to the left. Mountains are dramatically depicted. Ships and sea monsters add to the interest.

CHILE & ARGENTINA. Bonne. c1780.
Le Chili, avec les Contrees voisines et le pays des Patagons. Par M. Bonne, Ingen'r Hydrographe de la Marine Lower right: Andre sculp. Upper right: 104. 14"h x 9"w. Image in good condition. Map in French. Map by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795). Engraved by Gespard Andre.

Published in Atlas de Toutes Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre. . . (Paris: G.T. F. Raynal, c1780).

This map includes most of Chile and most of Argentina. The Falkland Islands are also included. Mountains are shown in shading and profile.

GUYANA. Hondius. 1633/1636.
Guiana siue Amazonum Regio.Lower right: Amstelodami, Henricus Hondius excudit. 15"h x 19 1/2"w. Centerfold damp stained; image good. Probably original color.

First published in 1633, this map was published in Atlas or a Geographicke description of the Regions ... (Amsterdam: Henry Hondius, 1636). Koeman Me 41A.

This map includes modern Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and part of Brazil. The Orinoco river is at the left and the Amazon near the right. A large "Parime Lacus" occupies much of the middle of the map.

ARGENTINA, PARAGUAY, URUGUAY. Jansson. 1630/1649.
Paraguay, o Prov. de Rio de la Plata cum regionibus adiacentibus Tucuman et S'ta. Cruz de la Sierra. Lower right: Amstelodami, Excudebat Ioannes Ianssonius. 15"h x 19"w. Centerfold very lightly stained; small light stain near centerfold; wide margins; image very good. German text verso.

Originally published in 1630; this version published in Novus Atlas, Das ist: Welt-Bescreibung . . . (Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, 1649). Koeman Me 136A.

The Tropic of Capricorn runs near the middle of the map. The principal focus of the map is the Plata River and the major tributaries, Parana and Paraguay, in what are now called Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Buenos Aires had already been established (permanently settled in 1580). To the left are Peru, Chile and the Andes Mountains.

ARGENTINA, PARAGUAY, URUGUAY. Jansson. 1630/1636.
Paraguay, o Prov. de Rio de la Plata cum regionibus adiacentibus Tucuman et S'ta. Cruz de la Sierra. Lower right: Amstelodami, Excudebat Ioannes Ianssonius. 15"h x 19"w. Centerfold damp stained; image good. Probably original color.

First published in 1630, this map was published in Atlas or a Geographicke description of the Regions ... (Amsterdam: Henry Hondius, 1636). Koeman Me 41A.

The Tropic of Capricorn runs near the middle of the map. The principal focus of the map is the Plata River and the major tributaries, Parana and Paraguay, in what are now called Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Buenos Aires had already been established (permanently settled in 1580). To the left are Peru, Chile and the Andes Mountains.

PERU. Jansson. 1630/1636.
Peru.Lower left: Amstelodami, Apud Ioannem Ianssonium. 15"h x 19 1/2"w. Centerfold damp stained; smudges on map; image good. Probably original color.

First published in 1630, this map was published in Atlas or a Geographicke description of the Regions ... (Amsterdam: Henry Hondius, 1636). Koeman Me 41A.

North is to the left. This map starts above the Ecuador and includes part of Columbia and all of Equator. The map continues south through Peru and past the Tropic of Capricorn thus including parts of Bolivia and Chile. Lake Titicaca is shown. The Andes Mountains are shown in profile and shading.

PERU. Bonne. c1780.
Pérou et pays Circonvoisins. Par Mr. Bonne, Ingénr. Hydrographe de la Marine Lower right: André sculp. Upper right: 105. 14"h x 10"w. Image in good condition. Map in French. Map by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795). Engraved by Gespard André.

Published in Atlas de Toutes Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre. . . (Paris: G.T. F. Raynal, c1780).

This map includes Peru and parts of Ecuador, Columbia, Brazil, Bolivia and Chile. Mountains are shown in shading and profile.

STRAIT OF MAGELLAN. Mercator-Hondius. 1630/1633.
Freti Magellanici ac novi Freti vulgo Le Maire exactissima delineatio. 15"h x 19"w. Original color. French text verso. Henry Hondius, Amsterdam, 1633. Although this particular map was engraved by Henry Hondius in 1630 and published in Mercator-Hondius atlases, both Blaeu and Jansson used the same plate in their atlases. Koeman Me 36A, the second No. 709 listed.

This striking map of the Strait of Magellan includes Tierra del Fuego (the land of fire) as named by Ferdinand Magellan during his exploration in 1520. This entire area was (and is) extremely hostile to seaman dependent on the wind, so little effort was made to chart the many islands and waterways; this map depicts just a few. Ships, whales and penguins adorn this interesting map. At the right is the Strait of Le Maire named after Jacob Le Maire, a Dutch navigator who transited the area in 1615-1616 with Willem Schouten.

STRAIT OF MAGELLAN MAP BOUND IN HAWKESWORTH'S GESCHICHTE DER SEE-REISEN. ONE OF 54 MAPS AND PLATES. . Hawkesworth. 1774.
Carte du Detroit de Magellan dans laquelle on a Inséré les Observations et les Decouvertes du Cap’ne Bryan, du Cap’ne Wallis, et du Cap’ne Carteret. Second title in German: Carte von der Magellanischen=Meerage … Bryan, Wallis und Carteret…. Lower right: [Map] 2. 18 ½”h x 30”w. Short tear at binding stub. Strong impression. Image in excellent condition. Large scale map showing the Strait of Magellan and 4 views of the terrain as seen from the strait.

This is one of 54 maps and plates bound in Volume 1 of John Hawkesworth (1715-1773), Geschichte der See-Reisen und Entdeckungen im Süd-Meer welche auf Befehl Sr. Grosbrittannischen Majestät unternommen, und von Commodore Byron, Capitain Wallis, Capitain Carteret und Capitain Cook im Dolphin, der Swallow, und dem Endeavour nach einander ausgeführet worden sind; aus den Tagebüchern der verschiedenen Befehlshaber und den Handschriften Joseph Banks Esq. in drey Bänden verfasst von Dr. Johann Hawkesworth. Mit des Herrn Versassers Genehmhaltung aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Johann Friedrich Schiller. Berlin: A. Haude und J.C. Spener, 1774. First German edition. For details of the book see our “Antiquarian Books”

STRAIT OF MAGELLAN. Bonne. c1780.
Détroit de Magellan avec les Plans des principaux Ports, Bayes &c. de ce Détroit. Par M. Bonne Ingénieur-Hydographe de la Marine. Upper right: 124. Lower right: Andre sculp. Upper left: Voyages des Capits. Byron, Wallis et Carteret. 13 ¾”w x 9 ¼”h. Very good condition. Map by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795). Engraved by Gaspard Andre.

Published in Atlas de Toutes Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre… (Paris: T. G. F. Raynal, c1780).

Ferdinand Magellan discovered this strait near the southern tip of South America in 1620 on his way around the world (he died later while still en route). Above and below the chart are insets of the ports, harbors and bays.

STRAIT OF MAGELLAN. Bonne. c1780.
Extrémité Méridionale de l’Amérique Par M. Bonne. Ingénieur- Hydrographe de la Marine Lower right: André sculp. Upper right: 123. Upper left: Cook 2e. Voyage. 13 ¾”w x 9 ¼”h. Image in very good condition. Map in French. Map by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795). Engraved by Gespard André.

Published in Atlas de Toutes Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre. . . (Paris: G.T. F. Raynal, c1780).

This map includes Terra del Fuego, the Strait of Magellan and parts of Argentina and Chile (then called Patagonia). Five insets:

Canal de Noël.
Partie E. de la Terre de Feu….
Plan del la Baye Dubon Succés.
Partie de la Terre des Etats.
Suite de la Côte au Nord du Cap des Vierges.