AMERICA. Gentleman’s Magazine. 1763.
Untitled [Map of the Country on both Sides of the Mississippi]. Lower right: J. Gibson Sculp. Upper right: Gent: Mag: 7”h x 10”w. 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". Reference entry GENT – 169 in Jolly, Maps in British Periodicals; Sellers & van Ee 109.

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 the locations of Indian tribes and villages, 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. 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”.

VIRGINIA. Blaeu Edition of Smith's Map. 1630/1642.
Nova Virginiæ Tabula. Imprint: Ex officini Guiljelmi Blaeuw. D. Grijp. Sculp. 15"h x 19"w. Very good condition. Early color. German text verso.

Dirck Grijp engraved this map for Jodocus Hondius II who published it in 1618. Blaeu purchased the plate in 1629 or 1630 after Hondius died and altered the imprint from Hondius to Blaeu. First published by Blaeu in 1630. This edition published 1642. Coolie Verner's Derivative 1, State 2 of Smith's map of 1612 (and later). Illustrated in Allen p. 81; Portinaro LXXIV; Tooley Mapping Pl. 69; Van Ermen 8; Wolf 27.

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.

VIRGINIA. Blaeu's Edition of Smith's Map. 1630/1642.
Nova Virginiæ Tabula. Imprint: Ex officini Guiljelmi Blaeuw. D. Grijp. Sculp. 15"h x 19"w. The already wide margins extended another inch or so. Excellent condition. Some outline color.

Map engraved by D. Grijp for Jodocus Hondius. Blaeu purchased the plate in 1629 or 1630, altered the imprint from Hondius to Blaeu, and first published the map in 1630.

This is a Dutch edition of 1642. Coolie Verner's Derivative 1, State 2 of Smith's map of 1612 (and later). Illustrated in Allen p. 81; Burden p. 238; Portinaro LXXIV; Tooley Mapping Pl. 69; Van Ermen 8; Wolf 27.

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.

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. Coolie Verner’s Derivative 5 of John Smith’s 1612 (and later) map of Virginia. Illustrated in Burden 228, Moreland VIII, Potter p. 153 and Tooley Mapping 73.

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

VIRGINIA. Hondius Edition of Smith's Map. 1630/1636.
Nova Virginiae Tabula . Imprint: Amstelodami, ex officina Henrici Hondii. . 15"h x 20"w. Quarter-inch square loss at centerfold below lower neat line. Minor centerfold repairs. Image very good. Early color, with the green penetrating the paper. English text verso. First published in 1630.

This edition published in Atlas or a Geographicke description of the Regions ... (Amsterdam: Henry Hondius, 1636). Koeman Me 41A. Illustrated in Burden 228, Moreland VIII, Potter p. 153 and Tooley Mapping 73.

Covers the Chesapeake Bay Region in the style of John Smith's map of 1612. North is to the right. This is Henry Hondius' version of Smith's map, or more precisely, Henry's 1630 re-engraving of the 1618 map by his brother Jodocus. Jodocus died in 1629, and in 1630 Blaeu acquired his map plates and published a nearly identical map.

VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. Speed. 1676.
A Map of Virginia and Maryland. Imprint: Sold by Thomas Basset in Fleet Street, and Richard Chiswell in St. Pauls Church yard. Lower left: F. Lamb. Sculp. 15"h x 19 1/2”w. Tape in upper margin beyond plate mark. Faint show-through of text verso. Early color. The English text verso gives an up-to-date description of the colonies, adding to the appeal of this sought-after and decorative map engraved by Francis Lamb.

In John Speed, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain.... together with a Prospect of the most famous Parts of the World (London, 1676). Illustrated in Gohm 82, Goss North America 40, Morrison 11, Papenfuse fig 15a, Stephenson Pl. 5 and Tooley 78. Reference Swem 93. In 1611 John Speed published an atlas of Great Britain under the title Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain. In 1627 he brought out a world atlas called A Prospect of the most famous Parts of the World. Later the atlases were combined into one volume and reissued several times. The 1676 reprint by Basset and Chiswell contains eight new maps, four of which concern the New World. This “Map of Virginia and Maryland" is one of them.

North is to the right. The map shows both the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays and "Part of New Iarsy". The Royal Arms of England are at the upper left; the large elegant title cartouche is at the upper right. This map shows the influence of two prototypes: the John Smith map of 1612 and the contemporary Augustine Herrman map of 1673. The delineation of the land is much like John Smith. The nomenclature, however, is nearly identical to that of Herrman. The shape of the Atlantic coastline and the double row of trees on the Delmarva Peninsula, indicating the Maryland and Virginia boundary established in 1668, are based on the Herrman map. Coolie Verner describes this as State 1 of Derivative 9 of John Smith's map.

CHESAPEAKE BAY REGION. Jaillot. 1700.
Carte Particuliere De Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie, La Nouvelle Iarsey. Orient Et Occidentale. Bottom left under scale: A Amsterdam Chez P. Mortier, Avec Privilege. 20 1/2”h x 31 1/2”w. Excellent condition. Outline color. Only a single edition and state are known to exist.

Published in Suite du Neptune Francois … (Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1700). See Koeman Vol. IV, M. Mor 7, Map [31]. Later it was published in Vol. 2 of Sanson’s Atlas Nouveau as map [110] (Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1708)(See Koeman Vol. III, Mor 1). Illustrated in Papenfuse & Coale, Fig. 29. Illustrated in Morrison, On the Map, fig. 23). The map is generally attributed to Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (c1632-1712) and sometimes to Nicolas Sanson heirs.

This is a nautical chart with depths shown by soundings and covering the coasts of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and waterways of eastern Pennsylvania. It is oriented with north to the right. This map is a copy of the first state of John Thornton’s map of 1689, “Virginia, Maryland, Pennsilvania …” (Papenfuse & Coale, Fig. 27), which in turn was based on the Augustine Herrman map of 1673 (P & C, Fig 14).

MID-ATLANTIC. Homann. 1714.
Virginia Marylandia et Carolina in America Septentionali Britannorum industria excultae repraesentatae. Imprint: a Ioh. Bapt. Homann S. C. M. Geog. Norimbergae. 19"h x 23"w. Outline and watercolor wash. Cartouche uncolored. A few spots, centerfold stain near top, stain right margin. Good condition.

Published in J. B. Homann, Atlas Novus Norimbergae Nuremberg, 1714. Cumming (156 and Plate 46) indicates that the map first appeared in 1714, and that about 1730 and thereafter, the line "Cum Privilegio Sac. Caes. Majest." is found below the word "Norimbergae". That line is not present on this map.

Large uncolored cartouche in lower right depicting Indians and White traders. The boundaries of Virginia and Carolina do not resemble today's, but those of Maryland and New Jersey are recognizable. In western Virginia is "Germantown Teutsche Statt" just waiting for the German immigrants. Philadelphia is neatly laid out north of the 40th parallel and several miles inland from the Delaware River. That supposed location north of the 40th parallel became a source of considerable friction when it became obvious Philadelphia was inside Maryland's original 40th parallel grant. New Jersey appears as two parts, East New Jersey and West New Jersey. In the southwest is a giant Apalache Lake draining into the May River. Florida extends to the Great Lakes.

VIRGINIA. Robert de Vaugondy. 1755/1793.
Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland Dressee sur la grande carte Angloise de M'rs. Josue Fry et Pierre Jefferson, Par le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy Geographe. Under map scale: Groux. 19"h x 25 1/4"w. Centerfold separated at bottom neat line. Very good condition. Outline color. In this edition the signature of Charles Jacques Groux replaces that of Elisabeth Haussard. This map is Coolie Verner's State 5 of the Robert de Vaugondy editions of the Fry and Jefferson map. See "The Fry and Jefferson Map" in Vol. XXI of Imago Mundi.

This rarely seen state was published in Giles and Didier Robert de Vaugondy, Atlas Universal … Par C. F. Delamarche ….(Paris, Delamarche, 1793?). Reference Phillips Atlases 678; Swem 337; and Pedley 470, State 5.

This map is a reduction of the 31 by 48-inch Fry and Jefferson map accomplished by reducing the content somewhat and by trimming the coverage surrounding Virginia. The result is a beautiful, yet manageable copy of the most sought-after and recognizable map of 18th Century Virginia and Maryland. Although the title is in French, most of the place names retain their English spellings.

SOUTH EAST. Sartine/ Petit. c1778.
Carte Reduite Des Cotes Orientales De L'amerique Septentrionale Contenant Partie du Nouveau Jersey, la Pen-sylvanie, le Mary-land, la Virginie, la Caroline Septentrionale, la Caroline Meridionale et la Georgie, Assujettie aux Observations les plus recentes et aux Cartes de detail les plus estimées. Dressée au Dépôt Général des Cartes, Plans et Journaux de la Marine. Pour le Service des Vaisseaux Français Par Ordre de M. de Sartine, Conseiller d'Etat, Ministre et Secretaire d'Etat, ayant le Département de la Marine. 1778. Lower left: Gravé par Petit, Graveur du Roi et de la Marine. Circular stamp under title: DEPOT GENERAL DE LA MARINE. 23"h x 34"w. Outline coloring, tears into margins and upper coordinate scale; good condition. Map by Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-72). Engraved by Petit.

Published in Hydrographie Francoise. (Paris: Depot General de la Marine, 1778 and later). Phillips Atlases 590, Vol. 2, Map 62. Also published in Neptune Americo-Septentrional in 1780 and later.

A beautiful combination land and sea chart with numerous place names and topographic features such as the especially striking mountains stretching from Pennsylvania into Florida. Water depth and current flow are shown at the coast line. Rhumb lines fill the Atlantic Ocean.

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

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). Koeman Me 41A. Illustrated in Burden Pl. 247; Cumming Exploration, Plate 81; Goss North America Map 29 and Morrison On The Map Fig 10. This is the first state of Jansson's map of New England; the second, with a rectangular cartouche, was first printed in 1647.

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.

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). Koeman Me106. Illustrated in Cumming, Southeast, Plate 25; Johnson, page138; and McCorkle New England, Map 636.2, second state, p. 20. Reference Burden, Map 247. 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.

NEW ENGLAND. Ogilby/Montanus. 1671.
Novi Belgii quod nunc Novi Jorck vocatur, Novae qz Angliae & Partis Virginiae Accuratissima et Novissima Delineatio. 11"h x 15"w. Full color. No text verso.

Published in Amsterdam: Ogilby/Montanus,1671. John Ogilby had access to the 1671 Montanus atlas on America and freely used the ideas, creating essentially an English translation with substantial improvements in the text on North America. The plate is referred to as an Ogilby/Montanus plate. See Tony Campbell's article in Tooley p. 289, and Plate 157). Illustrated in McCorkle, New England, Map 671.1.

This is an early look at America, with interior details sketchy and speculative. Included is only one of the Great Lakes, a crude Lake Champlain, Indians in the cartouche, and animals in the interior of America. The map stretches from Maine to the Chesapeake Bay. The shoreline configuration is quite recognizable, although distorted.

GREAT LAKES REGION. Colden. 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 is illustrated in Brown 15, Haskell 3, Johnson 212, and Karpinsky LX and p. 139. Reference Howes C560 and Stevens, Rare Americana: A Catalogue, No. 703.

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.

NEW ENGLAND. Lotter. 1777.
A Map of the Provinces of New-York and New-Jersey, with part of Pennsylvania and the Province of Quebec, from the Topographical Observations of C. J. Sauthier. Imprint: Augsburg Engraved and Published by Matthew Albert Lotter. 1777. 30”h x 22”w on two joined sheets. Margins trimmed to 3/8 inch. Hand colored. Illustrated in McCorkle, 777.20. Reference Sellers & Van Ee, 1048 and Phillips, Maps, page 505. According to McCorkle, this map was published in Seutter’s Grosser Atlas (Augsburg, Lotter, 1778) and in some editions of Seutter’s Atlas Novus.

This map appeared first in an edition published in London by Faden the year before this edition was published in Germany. It is based on a 1776 map by Claude Joseph Sauthier (1736-1802), a French draughtsman and surveyor. Sauthier drew on his own detailed surveys, as well as on the surveys of Bernard Ratzer (as noted in the title of the map) another important surveyor and map maker in the years preceding the Revolution. His map was published on three sheets as “A map of the Province of New-York, reduc'd from the large drawing of that Province, compiled from actual surveys by order of His Excellency William Tryon, Esqr. Captain General & Governor of the same by Claude Joseph Sauthier, to which is added New-Jersey, from the Topographical Observations of C. J. Sauthier & B. Ratzer”.

Sauthier was an Alsace-born cartographer who followed Tryon to North Carolina in 1767 and then to New York in 1771. Appointed surveyor for the Province of New York in 1773 he was involved in determining the disputed boundaries of the province. After 1776 he was employed as a military surveyor. His map gave British commanders an excellent overview of areas that would be crucial in the early years of the war, in particular New Jersey and the Hudson Valley and Lake Champlain areas.

Matthew Albert Lotter (1741-1810), the son of Tobias Conrad Lotter (1717-1777), was an engraver and publisher in Augsburg. Lotter issued a number of English language maps relating to America and the Revolution, probably because of interest aroused by the large number of German troops involved in the conflict and the increasing international interest by Europeans in North American affairs. This map is one of those he issued in an Anglicized edition. The prime meridian is New York. An inset of the Chesapeake Bay is at the lower left.

SOUTHEAST. Blaeu. 1640.
Virginiae partis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis.... 15"h x 20"w. Color. Centerfold thins seen only when map held up to light. Latin text verso.

Published in Guil. et Ioannis Blaeu Theatrum orbis terrarum.... (Amsterdam: 1640). Koeman Bl 22 with signature “10 America I tio”. This map first appeared earlier that same year in the French edition, Bl 17. Illustrated in Burden Pl 253, Cumming (Southeast) on Plate 26 and described in entry 41; Portinaro Plate LXXXVII; Goss North America Map 31; Moreland 256; and Johnson 70.

This map of Virginia-Florida covers the southern part (partis australis) of Virginia and the eastern part (partis orientalis) of Florida, as those two areas were defined in the early 1600's. The Carolinas had not yet been identified as such. The Carolinas grew out of a 1663 grant of all the land between the 31st and the 36th parallels of latitude. This map covers much of the same area as a Mercator-Hondius map of 1606 which preceded the first permanent English settlement in America (Jamestown). Blaeu incorporated new geographical knowledge; even so, he perpetuated gross inaccuracies about the Appalachians and two mythical lakes in the area now included in the Carolinas. Many names shown on this map have long since changed as Spanish and French influence waned and as Indian place names were superseded by English names. However, as shown in the upper right of the map, Jamestown and the Chesapeake Bay still retain their early names.

VIRGINIA & FLORIDA. Blaeu. 1640.
Virginiæ partis australis, et Floridæ partis orientalis, interjacentiumq regionum Nova Descriptio. 20”w x 15”h. Full margins. Old color. French text verso. Image in very good condition.

Koeman does not have an entry for this particular signature on the back of the map: “10 Amerique K ceux”, but he shows “10 America F” for the first 1640 Latin edition and “10 America I” for the second. in 1640. So we conclude that this edition with French text was published circa 1640. Burden, too, does not list this specific signature. The map was first published in 1640 with French text and signature “28 Amerique Ee”.

This edition is State 2 with the tail on the left cherub. This map is easily distinguished from the Jansson edition by the longitude engraving error (“298 299 200”) present on the bottom of the Blaeu map. Reference Burden 253.

CAROLINA. van Keulen. c1682/1687.
Pas Kaart Van de Kust van Carolina Tusschen C de Canaveral en C Henry Door C I Vooght Geometra T Amsterdam By Johannis Van Keulen Boek en Zee Kaart verkoper aande Niewen brugh Inde Gekroonde Lootsman Met Privilegie voor 15 Iaaren. Lower left corner only: 18. 20"h x 22"w. Slight offsetting and foxing. Upper and lower margins close as issued. Strong image. According to Cumming, plate number 18 was added to the lower right corner in 1690. This dates the map prior to that time.

This map appeared in the Dutch edition of the Zee Fakkel, De Nieuwe Groote/Lightende Zee-Fakkel t' Vierde Deel ... By Johannes van Keulen ... 1687. Illustrated in Cumming Southeast Pl. 40 and described (Map 91).

This is a sea chart oriented with North to the right, extending from Cape Henry located at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay southwest to Cape Canaveral, Florida. No inland details are shown. Rhumb lines, two compass roses and a lone sailing ship are at sea. In the upper right is an inset: De Kust van Carolina Tusschen Riviers Mondt en C de S Romano in't Groodt. "Charles Town" appears on the west bank of the "Rio Grande" (Ashley River) in both the main map and the inset.

SOUTHEAST. Bellin. c1757.
Carte de la Floride, de la Louisiane, et Pays Voisins. Pour sevir a la Histoire Generale des Voyages... Par M.B. Ing. de la Marine 1757. 9"h x 12"w. Pair of tiny insect holes upper centerfold within map image; otherwise very good. Map by Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772).

Published in Histoire Generale des Voyages... (Paris, edited by Antoine Francois Prevost, 1747-89).

This is an excellent map of the mid-west and Gulf states at the time of the French and Indian War (1753-64). At the far west is the Rio Grande River (not so named), and in the north-central is the Missouri River, the extent of which was not known until the Lewis and Clark surveys in the early 1800s. A few mountains are scattered through the west and mid-west; most would not be found on maps today. Indian tribes are identified throughout the map, except east of the Appalachian Mountains. At this time (1757) the land immediately west of the Mississippi was claimed by France. Farther west were the Spanish possessions. The boundary between them was indefinite and not suggested on this map. Nor is the boundary of Florida which belonged to Spain until 1763 when it was ceded to England as a result of trades made after the French and Indian War. (Spain allied herself with France). The British created boundaries for East Florida and West Florida, dividing them at the Apalachicola River and extending West Florida to the Mississippi River.

FLORIDA. Gentleman’s Magazine. 1763.
A Map of the New Governments, of East & West Florida. Upper right: Gent. Mag. Lower right: J. Gibson Sculp. 10”w x 7 ½”h. Left margin close.

Published in Gentleman’s Magazine, Vol. 33, 1763. Reference David Jolly, Maps in British Periodicals, GENT – 171.

Inset: “Plan of the Harbour and Settlement of Pensacola”. Shows Florida divided by numerous waterways.

SOUTHEAST. Bonne. 1780.
Carte de la Partie Sud des Etats Unis de l’Amerique Septentrionale Par M. Bonne, Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine. Upper right: No. 48. 8”h x 12 1/2”w. Small rust spot. Image very good. Outline color. Map by Rigobert Bonne.

Published in Atlas de Toutes Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre.... (Paris: G.T.F. Raynal, 1780). Phillips Atlases 652.

Extends from mid-Virginia south through Georgia and west to the Appalachians. Bonne succeeded Bellin as hydrographer at the French Depot de la Marine in 1773.

LOUISIANA MAP BOUND IN SCHILDERUNG VON LOUISIANA. Berquin-Duvallon. 1804.
Louisiana. 9”w x 6 3/4”h. In German. Very good condition.

Folding map bound in Schilderung von Louisiana [and] M. Rochon’s Reisen nach Moroko und Indien…. Weimar, Verlag des F. G. pr. Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, 1804. 8”h x 5”w. Only German edition. The map extends from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, including much of today’s Texas.

The book is bound in three-quarter leather on marbled boards. Library stamps. Introduction by Theophil Freidrich Ehrmann (1762-1811). Contains two major parts:

The first part, pertaining to Louisiana, is a 344 page German translation of the French edition of Berquin-Duvallon’s Vue de la Colonie Espagnole du Mississipi : ou des Provinces de Louisiane et Floride Occidentale, en l'Année 1802, par un Observateur Résident sur les Lieux. (Paris : A l'Imprimerie Expéditive, rue St.-Benoît, no. 21, 1803). Howes B389.

The second part is a 146 page German translation of a portion of the French edition of Father Alexis-Marie de Rochon’s ,.Voyages a Madagascar, a Maroc et aux Indies orientales…. As can be seen from the German title, this German translation does not include the voyage to Madagascar. Rochon was a famous French astronomer and navigator whose fame included his Voyages.

CALIFORNIA - AS AN ISLAND. Fer. 1705.
Cette Carte de Californie et du Nouveau Mexique, est tiree de celle qui a ete envoyee par un grande d'Espagne pour etre communiquee a Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences Par n. de Fer Geographe de Monseigneur le Dauphin avec privilege du Roy. 1705. Imprint: A Paris dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay del'Orloge a la Sphere Royale. Lower left: C. Inselin Sculp. 9"h x 13"w. Very light offsetting; small faint spot in text upper right; image very good.

Published in Nicolas de Fer L'Atlas Curieux (Paris: 1705). Illustrated in McLaughlin 134. Reference Lowery 245; Tooley 62 on p. 126; Wagner 462; Wheat 78.

This is an important map in the cartographic history of California. California is shown as an island with an indented northern coastline. It is labeled "Californias o Carolinas". "Nuevo Mexico" is also labeled. There are 314 sites numbered on the map and listed in an index at the upper right. This is the first printed map to show the discoveries of Father Eusebio Kino.