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£2500
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PRICE, C
Detailed Chart of Hispaniola. Compass points, rhumb lines. The map was drawn in 1702, when Price worked with Seller in Wapping. Ref: Tooley, Maps and Mapmaking p61
Dimensions (W x H): 59 x 46.5 / 23 x 18½
£1800
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SELLER, John
North to the right. From Puerto Rico to Venezuela. Compass at sea, rhumb lines, a few depth soundings around Trinidad. Title cartouche at top center. Ref: Tooley, Maps and Mapmaking p61
Dimensions (W x H): 52.5 x 43 / 20½ x 17
£1200
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SELLER, John
The map covers most of the Atlantic, with both coasts showing, compass point, rhumb lines, title at upper left.
Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 45 / 22 x 17½
£650
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HOMANN Heirs
The plate is made up of five separate maps at different scales, only two of which ascribe to being by Homann. The title is in Latin and German with English/German translations of mapping terms. The text on the maps is in German.
Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 49 / 22 x 19½
£575
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SELLER, John
Attractive chart of Jamaica with inset map of the Harbour of Port Royal (present day Kingston). Above the inset there are instructions on how to navigate the harbour. Compass point at sea, rhumb lines.
Dimensions (W x H): 52 x 40.5 / 20½ x 16
£550
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VAUGONDY, Robert de
Splendid map of the Caribbean Ocean, from the tip of Florida to the northern coast of South America, showing the Keys, all of the West Indies and Cuba. Decorated title cartouche at top right, scale at lower left.
Dimensions (W x H): 63 x 49 / 25 x 19½
£530
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BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas
A decorative sea chart with title cartouche showing the Island of Jamaica and part of the coast of Cuba and the Island of Saint Domingue
Dimensions (W x H): 88 x 55 / 34½ x 21½
£500
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SEUTTER, Georg Matthaus
A beautiful map with decorative cartouche depicting natives meeting with Europeans. Cartouche is uncoloured
Dimensions (W x H): 56.2 x 49 / 22 x 19½
£500
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BOWEN, Emmanuel
Attractive map of the West Indies showing the trade winds. Small but pleasing pictorial title piece showing hunters and lion. Bowen was one of the leading English mapmakers of the eighteenth-century, and was unusual in that he was cartographer to both the French and English Royal Courts.
Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 35 / 16½ x 14
£500
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BOWEN, Emmanuel.
Attractive map of Bermuda divided into its different ‘tribes’. Text to the left of map gives information on `the islands. Rhumb lines converge on a compass rose at centre of map. Emmanuel Bowen was one of the leading English mapmakers of the eighteenth-century, and was unusual in that he was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21.5 x 35 / 8½ x 14
£450
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BLAIR, Rev John
A clear, detailed map of the Caribbean islands and Central America.
Dimensions (W x H): 57.5 x 41.5 / 22½ x 16½
£450
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JEFFREYS, Thomas
Two insets, one showing a map of the Harbour of Bluefields and the other showing the Harbours of Port Royal and Kingston. Jefferys produced some of the finest maps of the New World, yet never reaped financial reward for his talents, and had to be bailed out of bankruptcy. Many of his maps were not ...
Dimensions (W x H): 62 x 46 / 24½ x 18
£450
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THORNTON, John
Attractive chart of Antigua, with compass at centre, rhumb lines, rocks and sand banks, depth soundings, title at top right. The map is printed on a folio page, between a page header at right, and text to the left.
Dimensions (W x H): 32.5 x 26 / 13 x 10
£450
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THOMSON, John
Map of the West Indies, including all the islands, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic coast from Cape Fear in Georgia to the mouth of the Orinoco in the south. The New General Atlas was one of the most accurate and best produced atlases of the day. John Thomson’s ‘County Atlas of Scotland’ is ...
Dimensions (W x H): 59 x 50 / 23 x 19½
£400
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BOWEN, Emmanuel.
Small but pleasing title cartouche showing at top right. The map shows the southern Carribean from the southern tip of Cuba and the northern coast of South America. Bowen was one of the leading English mapmakers of the eighteenth-century, and was unusual in that he was cartographer to both the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 35 / 16½ x 14
£395
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THOMSON, John
Two superb maps on one sheet, of two Carribean Islands. ‘Martinico’ is Martinique. Below the Martinique map, there is an inset map of the ‘Cul de Sac Royal’. The New General Atlas was one of the most accurate and best produced atlases of the day. John Thomson’s ‘County Atlas of Scotland’ is ...
Dimensions (W x H): 59.5 x 49.5 / 23½ x 19½
£395
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THOMSON, John
Beautiful map, clear and detailed, of Jamaica, with the counties in outline colour. Two insets maps in the lower corners. Title at lower centre. The New General Atlas was one of the most accurate and best produced atlases of the day. John Thomson’s ‘County Atlas of Scotland’ is generally considered ...
Dimensions (W x H): 60 x 49.5 / 23½ x 19½
£375
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CARY, John
Clear and accurate map of the West Indies. The map includes much of the southern states of the US and the north of South America. John Cary was considered 'the most representative, able and prolific of English cartographers'. Tooley says, 'As an engraver he was elegant and exact with fine clear ...
Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 46 / 20½ x 18
£375
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BOWEN, Emanuel
An attractive and detailed map of the island. One inset entitled "A draught of the Harbours of the Port Antonio & St. Francis on the North East Coast of Jamaica" and another entitled "A draught of Port Royal or Kingston Harbour in Jamaica". Both have depth soundings.
Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 34 / 16½ x 13½
£375
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THOMSON, John
Three superb map on one sheet, of three Carribean Islands. The New General Atlas was one of the most accurate and best produced atlases of the day. John Thomson’s ‘County Atlas of Scotland’ is generally considered the finest of its kind.
Dimensions (W x H): 60 x 50 / 23½ x 19½
£350
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ZATTA, Antonio
Attractive map of the Caribbean from Florida to South America, showing all the islands from Cuba to Curacao. Cartouche at top right. Antonio Zatta was one of the leading cartographers and publishers of the time, and his Atlante Novissimo was one of the most beautifully produced of 18th century ...
Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 32 / 16½ x 12½
£350
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THOMSON, John
Two superb maps on one sheet, of two Carribean Islands. Porto Rico above, Haiti below. The New General Atlas was one of the most accurate and best produced atlases of the day. John Thomson’s ‘County Atlas of Scotland’ is generally considered the finest of its kind.
Dimensions (W x H): 59.5 x 49.5 / 23½ x 19½
£350
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SANSON, Nicolas
Handsome map of the Carribean Islands. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from the Low Countries to France. This map was published in Bion’s treatise on globes. Nicolas Bion was a famous French mathematical and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 31 x 20 / 12 x 8
£350
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BOWEN, Emanuel
An attractive and detailed map of the island. Two inset maps., one entitled "A Draught of the Harbours of the Port Antonio & St. Francis on the North East Coast of Jamaica" and another entitled "A draught of Port Royal or Kingston Harbour in Jamaica". Both have depth soundings.
Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 34 / 16½ x 13½
£350
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THOMSON, John
Three superb map on one sheet, of three Carribean Islands. St. Christopher’s is modern day St. Kitts. The New General Atlas was one of the most accurate and best produced atlases of the day. John Thomson’s ‘County Atlas of Scotland’ is generally considered the finest of its kind.
Dimensions (W x H): 59.5 x 50 / 23½ x 19½
£345
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SWANSTON, G.H.
A very decorative sheet containing two maps: The upper map shows Bermuda, the lower map, Jamaica. There is beautiful view of ‘Government Dock Yard, Bermuda’ below the Bermuda map. It is flanked by smaller vignettes of a ‘Bermudian boat’ and ‘Sperm whale fishing’. The Jamaica map is surrounded by ...
Dimensions (W x H): 31 x 46 / 12 x 18
£320
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BOWEN, Emanuel
An attractive map St. Kitts with rhumb lines, compass at sea, and decorative cartouche at lower right
Dimensions (W x H): 22 x 35 / 8½ x 14
£300
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BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas
Ornamental cartouche at top right. This attractive map shows the voyages of early explorers - Cortes, Hernandez and Ponce de Leon
Dimensions (W x H): 38 x 28 / 15 x 11
£300
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CHÂTELAIN, Henri
This fascinating engraving has three views of St. Kitt’s above, texts in French about St Kitts and the province of Bemarin at centre, and below there are three prints of fishes, birds and insects of the island. Title on top edge. Chatelain’s Atlas Historique in seven volumes, half atlas and half ...
Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 37 / 19 x 14½
£300
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PORCACCHI DA CASTIGLIONE, Thomaso
Map of Cuba with decorated cartouche, sea monsters and compass point. The maps for this atlas were engraved by Girolamo Porro from Padua, and are set within a page of text, with engraved headpiece and decorated initial. There were many editions of this popular atlas between 1576 and 1713.
Dimensions (W x H): 14 x 10.5 / 5½ x 4
£300
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MERIAN, Matthaus
An attractive map/bird’s eye view of the city of Santo Domingo, capital of the Domincan republic by Matthew Merian. Merian was not only a publisher, but an accomplished engraver in his own right. Born in Basel, Switzerland, he spent most of his life in Frankfurt where he met and married Theodore ...
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 19.5 / 13 x 7½
£300
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SWANSTON, G. H.
A detailed map of The West Indies with inset of “The Most Important of the Lesser British Islands on an Enlarged Scale” showing the Virgin Islands, Leeward and Windward Islands. Inset at top left of Bermuda.
Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 41 / 21 x 16
£275
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RUSCELLI, Girolamo (1504-66)
An attractive early map of Cuba. Includes Jamaica and part of Hispaniola. Ruscelli worked in Venice and issued a translation of Ptolemy’s Geographica. Ref: Shirley, The Mapping of the World p123
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 18 / 9½ x 7
£265
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PORCACCHI DA CASTIGLIONE, Thomaso
Map of Jamaica with decorated cartouche and sea monster. The maps for this atlas were all engraved by Girolamo Porro from Padua, and are set within a page of text, with engraved headpiece and decorated initial. There were many editions of this popular atlas between 1576 and 1713.
Dimensions (W x H): 14 x 10.5 / 5½ x 4
£250
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BOWEN, Emmanuel.
Attractive map of St. Kitts. Rhumb lines converge on compass rose at centre left, title cartouche at lower right. Emmanuel Bowen was one of the leading English mapmakers of the eighteenth-century, and was unusual in that he was cartographer to both the French and English Royal Courts.
Dimensions (W x H): 21.5 x 35 / 8½ x 14
£245
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ARROWSMITH, John.
Handsome map of the Carribean, with an inset at lower right of the Pacific coast of Guatamala. John Arrowsmith constantly revised and improved his popular London Atlas and it ran to many editions.
Dimensions (W x H): 59 x 47.5 / 23 x 18½
£245
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BARTHOLOMEW, John
A very decorative sheet containing two maps: The upper map shows Curacao, the lower map, Surinam. The Curacao map has four inset maps of other Caribbean islands. Below each map there is a vignette view and the margins contain very attractive vignettes of island people and wildlife.
Dimensions (W x H): 31 x 46 / 12 x 18
£245
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PORCACCHI, Tomaso
Title in decorated cartouche, fish and sea serpent. Includes Jamaica and part of Hispaniola.
Dimensions (W x H): 14.3 x 10.2 / 5½ x 4
£245
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BONNE, Rigobert
The Carribean from Florida to the Northern Coast of South America. Map of Bermuda in inset in top right hand corner
Dimensions (W x H): 31.5 x 20 / 12½ x 8
£195
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H Warren
/ RAPKIN, J
A highly decorative map for the period with vignettes showing towns and local scenes, the whole enclosed in an elegant border
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 26 / 13 x 10
£195
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ZATTA, Antonio
Printed as if on an unrolled scroll. Compass rose at lower left hand corner. Antonio Zatta was one of the leading cartographers and publishers of the time, and his Atlante Novissimo was one of the most beautifully produced of 18th century atlases. He drew on the work of other cartographers- such ...
Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 33 / 16½ x 13
£195
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Pearson, Robert
Matanzas is located about 50 miles east from Havana. Attractive map of the harbour of Matanzas. Rhumb lines, depth soundings and a few navigational notes on map.
Dimensions (W x H): 30.5 x 23 / 12 x 9
£175
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DE FER, Nicholas
This informative map from De Fer’s atlas also includes accompanying text and title cartouche
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 26 / 14 x 10
£175
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PETERMANN, Augustus/ BARTHOLOMEW, John
Decorative sheet containing two maps: The upper map shows Trinidad, the lower map showing British Guyana according to Sir Robert Schomburgk. There are nine vignettes showing scenes, people and wildlife from the region, including a view of Georgetown, parrots, sugar cane, humming birds and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 31 x 46 / 12 x 18
£165
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WELLER, Edward
Two maps on one sheet, the top showing Jamaica, and the bottom, the island of Haiti and Hispaniola.
Dimensions (W x H): 43.5 x 30.5 / 17 x 12
£165
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ZATTA, Antonio
Printed as if on an unrolled scroll. Compass rose at lower left hand corner. Antonio Zatta was one of the leading cartographers and publishers of the time, and his Atlante Novissimo was one of the most beautifully produced of 18th century atlases. He drew on the work of other cartographers- such ...
Dimensions (W x H): 42.5 x 31.9 / 16½ x 12½
£160
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CARY, John.
This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. This was a compact version of his General Atlas, and shows the high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy that has led many to consider Cary as the finest of English map-makers.
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 23 / 11 x 9
£150
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BARLOW, James
A very clear map in five colours, from Florida, round the Gulf of Mexico and including the north coast of South America
Dimensions (W x H): 31 x 19 / 12 x 7½
£145
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BRUÉ, Adrien Hubert
A detailed map of the area.
Dimensions (W x H): 52.7 x 37.6 / 20½ x 15
£145
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BONNE, Rigobert
Clear map of Jamaica, showing the mountains and rivers. Four scales at top right
Dimensions (W x H): 31.7 x 21 / 12½ x 8½
£145
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PORCACCHI, Tomaso, di Castiglione
Latin text below the map. Title shown above map with decorative border showing kneeling cherubs. Some text shows through but in fine condition overall
Dimensions (W x H): 14 x 10.1 / 5½ x 4
£145
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Map of Jamaica with two inset views, of Bluefields and Kingston Harbour. Thomas Brown was an Edinburgh Bookseller and Publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. The maps from his General Atlas are on the cusp between the decorative maps of the eighteenth century and the more accurate maps ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
£145
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A very attractive map with decorative borders and vignettes by Warren and Rogers showing a sugar mill, Kingston, Port Royal Harbour, Port Antonio, and a flying fish.
£145
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KITCHIN, Thomas
A detailed map of the West Indies and Central America. Title cartouche at top right, scales at bottom left.
Dimensions (W x H): 49.5 x 31.5 / 19½ x 12½
£145
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Wonderful map of the West Indies and Central America. An inset of Jamaica is included at top right.
Dimensions (W x H): 49.5 x 33.5 / 19½ x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 49.5 x 33.5 / 19½ x 13
£120
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LEVASSEUR, Victor
A detailed map of Guadeloupe bordered with ornate illustrations showing settlers, the landscape, a windmill and an earthquake, with text of ‘statistiques’ beneath
Dimensions (W x H): 42.4 x 28.5 / 16½ x 11
£100
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LEVASSEUR, Victor
An informative and detailed map bordered with vignettes showing local scenes and activities
Dimensions (W x H): 42.4 x 30.5 / 16½ x 12
£95
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BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas
Pretty map of the island of Hispaniola and Haiti in the Caribbean. Title cartouche and rhumb lines.
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 19.5 / 11½ x 7½
£95
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Detailed maps of the islands of Cuba, Haiti, Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The maps are colour coded by colonial possession; the key is located on the bottom left margin.
Dimensions (W x H): 33.5 x 50 / 13 x 19½
Dimensions (W x H): 33.5 x 50 / 13 x 19½
£95
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Two maps on one sheet. On the left, a detailed map of the Southern Caribbean Islands of Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, and Trinidad colour-coded by British or French possession. On the right, British, Dutch and French Guiana.
Dimensions (W x H): 49.5 x 34 / 19½ x 13½
Dimensions (W x H): 49.5 x 34 / 19½ x 13½