WESTERN HEMISPHERE. Mallet. 1684.
Nouveau Continent ou Amerique. Above upper neat line: das Neue Veste Landt oder America. Fig. 7. 5 1/2“h x 4”w. Very good condition. First published in Alain Manesson Mallet’s 5 volume Description de l’Univers . . ., (Paris: 1683).

This German version published in Beschreibung des ganzen welt-kreisses . . . (Frankfurt, 1684). Reference McLaughlin 86, State 2.

Shows California as an island with a flat northern coast. The map includes partial outlines of large areas in the South Pacific, possibly New Zealand or Australia.

WESTERN HEMISPHERE. RARE EDITION. Dampier. 1698.
Kaart van het Middelste deel van America. 6 1/2”h x 11 1/2”w. Very good condition. Inset upper right: “de Eylanden van Capo Verde”. Adjacent to the inset: Page 20.

From Nieuwe Reystogt Rondom de Werrelt (The Hague, A. de Hondt, 1698). This is the rare Dutch edition of William Dampier’s A new Voyage round the World: Describing particularly, the Isthmus of America, several Coasts and Islands in the West Indies.... (London, printed for James Knapton, 1697) which included 4 maps by Hermann Moll. The present map has been re-engraved with Dutch names. This map extends from Maryland to the Amazon River and west to include the Baja Peninsula. Sea routes on both sides of the Western Hemisphere are indicated, but not identified.

Dampier (1651-1715), an Englishman, had sailed from Virginia in 1683 to prey on Spanish cities on the west coast of South America. His ship went on to the Philippines then to New Holland (Australia). Throughout his travels Dampier kept a journal of his adventures and an account of his impressions of the places he visited and their inhabitants. He returned to England, and in 1697 published the account of his experiences in A New Voyage.... His book has been described as one of the greatest tales of adventure and exploration ever written. Dampier made several other voyages and wrote other books about his travels. Dampier's voyages had a significant influence on future explorers and scientists. His report on New Holland was of special interest to the English. Captain James Cook used Dampier's nautical observations on his voyages, and Charles Darwin found his books so useful that he took them aboard the Beagle.

AMERICA. Dampier. 1697/1698.
A Map of the Middle Part of America. 11 ¼”w x 6 h. Very good condition.

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

This map covers North America south of Maryland to South America just south of the Amazon River. On the left, the Baja Peninsula, labeled “California I.” is shown. Tracks for voyages to the area are shown on both sides of the continent.

An inset: “The Isles of Cape Verd” is at the upper right corner and shows Dampier’s track through the islands.

William Dampier (1652-1715) was a soldier, buccaneer, pirate, British navy captain, and 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). Dampier was given command for two more voyages, one to New Holland in 1699, and the other his second circumnavigation 1703 -1706. Dampier made his third and final circumnavigation as pilot of the expedition led by Woodes Rogers in 1708 to 1711.

WESTERN HEMISPHERE. Nolin. 1720.
L’Amerique ou le Nouveau Continent dresseé sur les Memoires les plus nouveaux et sur les Relations les plus recentes, rectifiez sur les dernieres observations. Dedieé et Presenteé a Monseigneur Law. Controlleur Gen’al des Finances par son tres humble et tres obiss’t. Serviteur I. B. Nolin. Under title cartouche: C. Cochin f. Lower right under scale: A Paris Chez l’Autheur, Quay de l’Horloge du Palais, a l’Enseigne de la place des Victoires. 1720. Jenviliers Sculpsit. 17 ½”h x 23 ¼”w. Extraneous centerfold. Very good condition.

The engraver of the catouche is Charles Nicolas Cochin (1688-1754). The engraver of the map is Jenviliers, a French engraver.

This map, published by Jean-Baptiste Nolin (1686-1762), is dedicated to "Monseigneur Law”, Controller General of Finances, France. The Scottish financier, John Law, was masterminding the economic recovery of France while Nolin was preparing this map. One element of Law’s plan involved the exploitation of the French possessions in Louisiana, the so-called “Mississippi Scheme”. Law convinced the Duke of Orleans, regent for Louis XV, that paper money issued by a national bank and backed by a vast trading and colonizing enterprise would bring new life to the French economy. As part of the scheme, on January 1, 1718, the Company of the West received a 25-year charter to trade, settle and govern in the Mississippi Valley. Speculation in the shares ran wild as Frenchman of all classes engaged in the fantasy before the “Mississippi Bubble” burst in 1720. A few speculators sold their shares in time to make huge profits, but most were ruined. In the governmental crisis that followed, Law's financial system was abolished, and he fled the country in December, 1720. Although a failure in its financial aspects, the “Mississippi Scheme” was responsible for the largest influx of settlers into Louisiana up to that time. Nolin’s dedication to Law was untimely, but adds to the present-day interest in the map.

One of the first maps to show “Mer de l’oeust”. New Zealand is partially outlined.

There are editions of the map dated 1740 and 1742 (see Phillips Atlases, 5958). Some catalogs attribute this map to J. B. Nolin (The Elder), but he died in 1708, 10 years before Law’s “Mississippi Scheme”. A search of OCLC finds 1 copy of the 1720 edition (NYPL) and 2 copies of the 1742 edition (libraries not available). No other copies of the 1720 edition were found on current map dealer, book dealer or institution web sites.

RARE EDITION.

WESTERN HEMISPHERE. Senex. 1721.
A New Map of America From the latest Observations Revis'd by I. Senex Most humbly Inscrib'd Lower left: I. Harris Fecit. 19"h x 22"w. Slight centerfold toning; margins chipped and smudged well outside the neat lines. Outline coloring. The large, beautifully engraved cartouche showing Indians in various activities is uncolored. John Harris was the engraver. John Senex updated an earlier map published by Christopher Brown in 1685 and 1700.

This map published in New General Atlas (London: for D(aniel). Brown, 1721). Illustrated in McLaughlin, p. [83], No. 193. Reference Tooley Mapping , p. 130, map 81 and Wagner , p. 329, Map 520.

This map includes both North and South America. California is shown as an island. A large fictional lake, "The Great Lake of Thoago or Thoya" appears in western Canada. The Mississippi River is shown draining into the Gulf of Mexico near the mouth of the Rio Grande.

WESTERN HEMISPHERE. Bowen. 1748.
A New and Accurate Map of America. Drawn from the most approved modern Maps and Charts…Exhibiting the Course of the Trade Winds…. Upper right: Vol: II. Page 1. 14”h x 18”w.

Published in John Harris, Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca. Or, A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels. London: Printed for T. Woodward et al, 1744-1748. Map by Emanuel Bowen (c1693-1767). Faint centerfold stain. Right and left margins added.

Cartouche shows Indians and an alligator. California is correctly shown as a peninsula. Northwest United States and Western Canada blank with the notations "Parts Undiscovered" and "The Supposed Straits of Annian". Spain and parts of Africa are shown at the far right.

WESTERN HEMISPHERE. Tirion. c1769.
Nieuwe Kaart Van het Westelykste Deel der Weereld ... Imprint: Te Amsterdam by Is. Tirion. 1754. 13"w x 14"h. Backed to strengthen folds; image in very good condition. Dutch text on map.

Published in Nieuwe en beknopte Hand-Atlas (Amsterdam: Isaak Tirion, c1769). Phillips Atlases 600, map [3].

Northwest America is not defined. An unnamed river drains two lakes located west of the Great Lakes into the Pacific Ocean. The same lakes also flow into Lake Superior. The Great Lakes are fairly well portrayed. A large Virginia extends to the Mississippi River, as does Carolina. The West is dominated by California and New Mexico. The extent of Louisiana is very limited for a map of that time as if the cartographer's sympathy lay with England. Southern Argentina, often called Patagonia on early maps, is called "Magellan". The west coasts of Europe and Africa are also shown.

WESTERN HEMISPHERE. Tanner. 1819.
America. Imprint: Engraved & Published by Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. No. 10 Liberty St. Philadelphia. 18" h x 21" w. Color. Upper margin trimmed to two inches wide; very good.

Published in A New American Atlas (1819). Reference Phillips Atlases 4462.

In this edition of Tanner's America, Baffin Bay is much too wide at the top, and details along both sides are lacking compared to the 1823 edition. Also at the northern end of Hudson Bay what is now Southampton Island is shown as a peninsula in this edition, but correctly shown in the 1823 edition. Similarly, other details near or north of the Arctic Circle differ on the maps. A large Missouri Territory occupies much of the U.S., and its border with Canada is not delineated west of the Rockies. The Hawaiian Islands are still called the Sandwich Islands as Captain Cook had named them.

WESTERN HEMISPHERE. Tanner. 1823.
America. Imprint: Published by H. S. Tanner, Philadelphia. 18"h x 21"w. Original color. Centerfold badly stained; poor condition.

Published in Henry Schenck Tanner A New American Atlas (1823). Reference Phillips Atlases 1374.

In this edition of Tanner's America, details near the Arctic Circle are beginning to clarify. Baffin Bay has narrowed at the top, although there is no hint that Greenland is an island. Southampton Island (not named) correctly appears at the north end of Hudson Bay as an island rather than its earlier peninsular form. Also on this version the Madeiras appear off the north-west coast of Africa (perhaps overlooked earlier by Tanner, but certainly not by the early explorers who often stopped in for a glass). A vast Missouri Territory covers much of the U.S. west of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. The Southwest is still claimed by the Spanish. Ft. St. Francisco appears in California.