Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D’Anville. “Amérique Septentrionale Publiée sous les Auspices de Monsieur le Duc d’Orleans” (Paris: chez l’Auteur, c. 1755). Copperplate engraving with original outline hand color. Four sheets joined as two. Top sheet: 21 x 38 1/2" with full margins. Bottom sheet: 21 x 39" with full margins. Large title cartouche in l. r. features an allegorical figure representing the New World with indigenous animals: the alligator and the beaver. Minor toning to sheet edges. Fine. SOLD.    Click here for more information.     William Faden. “The United States of North America: with the British Territories and Those of Spain, according to the Treaty of 1784” (London: William Faden, Feb. 11, 1796). Copperplate engraving with original full and outline hand color. 20 3/4 x 24 5/8" at neat line. Sheet size: 23 x 31". Old transference, minor surface soiling and spotting, marginal creasing at top and bottom edges; a couple of tiny tears at bottom center of margin. Large title cartouche at l. r. showing the British bartering with New World natives. Excellent condition overall. SOLD. Click here for more information.     Eugène Andriveau-Goujon. “Carte Générale des Etats-Unis et du Mexique Comprenant L’Amérique Centrale et Les Antilles” (Paris: Andriveau-Goujon, Rue du Bac, 21, 1862). Steel-plate engraved case map with superb full original hand color. 24 1/4 x 35 1/2" at handsome piano key border. Sheet size: 26 1/4 x 37". Dissected and laid on linen. Folds into green cloth covers with the title in embossed gilt. Blind-stamp decorative embossing to cover, further embellished by Andriveau-Goujon’s logo featuring a globe in green and gold. An original Andriveau-Goujon paper label is attached to the linen on verso. Four inset maps: "Entrée de New-York," "Carte des Rapports entre L'Europe & L'Amérique," "Petites Antilles et Nord de l'Amérique du Sud," and "Etats de L'Amérique Centrale." Mint condition for map and covers. SOLD. Click here for more information.     Heinrich Scherer. “Delineatio Nova et Vera Partis Australis Novi Mexici, cum Australis Parte Insulae Californiae Saeculo Priori ab Hispanis Detectae” (Munich, 1703–1710). Published in Atlas Novus, Pars II: Geographia hierarchica. Copperplate engraving, black and white as issued. 9 x 14" at neat line. Sheet size: 10 3/4 x 14 1/2". Impressive title cartouche in u. l., featuring two New World natives holding a crucifix. Large, attractive compass rose at bottom right. Sea monsters and sailing ships embellish the map. A fine dark impression in mint condition. $1,250. Click here for more information.     Johann Baptist Homann. Superb Maps of the World and Four Continents (Nuremberg: Johann Baptist Homann, 1716). Published in first edition of Grosser Atlas Ueber Die Ganze Welt. Five maps, each map is a double-page copperplate engraving with exceptional original hand color. All have the following sizes: 19 x 22" at neat line with full margins, and sheet size: 21 x 24". Condition of individual maps noted below. Overall, for all five maps, excellent condition with eye-popping original hand color. SOLD. Click here for more information.     Johann Baptist Homann. “Amplissima Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciae Ludovicianae . . .” (Nuremberg: Io. Bapt. Homanno, c. 1720 [–1763]). Published in Atlas geographicus major Norimbergae Homannianis heredibus [1763]. Double-page copperplate engraving with bright original full and outline hand color. 19 x 22 3/8" at neat line. Framed size: 34 1/2 x 35 1/2". Uncolored title cartouche, u. l., shows Father Hennepin with allegorical figures related to the exploration of the New World and below them a famous view of Niagara Falls. An uncolored vignette, l. r., presents a very early representation of an American bison flanked by Indians. Latin and French text. Very minor surface soiling. Overall, fine (by sight). Handsome archival presentation in gold-tone frame. SOLD. Click here for more information.     Eugene Andriveau-Goujon. “Amérique du Sud,” (Paris: E. Andriveau-Goujon, 21 Rue de Bac, 1868). Steelplate engraving with superb full original hand color. 52 3/4 x 36 3/4" at neat line with full margins. Sectioned and mounted on linen for separate issue as a case map. Slip case and internal folder composed of marbled paper over boards. Leather label with gilt title pasted on spine: “Amérique du Sud.” Includes inset of “Îles Galapagos.” Publisher’s decorative paper label pasted on verso of first panel: “E. Andriveau-Goujon / Géographe / Editeur.” Very slight surface soiling. Otherwise fine condition for map and slip case. SOLD. Click here for more information.   [ Continue browsing, to Maps of Overseas Destinations ]