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The map is by Herman Moll, who was a Dutch emigré to England after 1680. Moll soon established his own business and became England's most prominent map publisher, his prolific output covered a wide range from loose maps to atlases. His work was highly regarded and often copied due to the quality of detail found in his maps. This map shows North America from just north of the 35th parallel and extends south to encompass all of Central America. Moll includes much detail of settlements and Indian tribes. This area was mostly controlled by the Spanish or French, though a large "Carolina" is shown with "Charles Towne" indicated. $625
Henry Popple. "Nouvelle Carte Particuliere De L'Amerique." Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, ca. 1742. Second state. 22 1/4 x 20 1/2. Engraving. Original outline color on map; cartouche full color. Some discoloration, mostly at edges. Overall, very good condition.
A sheet from Covens & Mortier's handsome edition of Popple's important 1733 map of North America, the first large scale map of the continent. Popple's map was the first English response to Delisle's 1718 map of North America that did not simply copy its geographic information. The map was based on first hand information gathered over several years at the Board of Trade and Plantations in London, and constituted the first powerful English reply to Delisle's chauvinistic document. Covens & Mortier reduced the size of Popple's map and issued it in four sheets, of which this is the lower left showing from the Carolinas in the north south to Panama. The detail included here is marvelous for the period, with myriad rivers, Indian names, forts, and many topographical features. This section of the map includes the frontier lands of the present-day American south and southwest, as well as the then better known parts of Mexico and Central America. In the lower left corner is the charming title cartouche for the Popple map, compete with its proud Native Americans and a scene of European traders. The course of the Spanish galleons is noted in the Gulf, which includes illustrations of a number of these ships. Visually attractive, filled with detail, and with an interesting history, this is an excellent map of the southern part of the continent. $3,350
Thomas Kitchin. "Mexico, of Nieuw Spanje; tot het nagaan der Vorderingen van Cortes." From Robertson's Geschiedenis van America. Amsterdam, 1778. 11 x 14 7/8. Engraving. With folds as issued, and some creasing from being folded in volume. Otherwise, very good condition.
Another map from William Robertson's popular History of America, this edition in Dutch. To the east of New Mexico is indicated a large empty land labeled "Groote Ruimte van onbekeno Land" (Large space of unknown land). Along the Gulf coast the major rivers are indicated and in "Tecas" are noted "Cenis" and "Presidio," near the latter of which the note indicates that "Hier zette zich la Sale in 1685." $425
Rigobert Bonne. "Le Nouveau Mexique." From Bonne's Atlas de toutes les parties connues du Globe Terrestre. Paris, 1780. 8 x 12 1/4. Engraving by André. Some light off-setting. Otherwise, very good condition.
Rigobert Bonne was the Royal Hydrographer of France, so his primary interest was in marine charts. However, with his Royal connections and access to the cartographic documents in Paris, Bonne was able to compile maps containing some of the most up-to-date information of his time. This map of the southern part of North America is a good example of his work. It shows as far north as Santa Fe and to just below Guadalajara, also including the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula. The southern coast of the United States in included to western Florida, and the river systems are included inland, especially for present-day Texas. A fine eighteenth century map of the region, with good early information of this American southwest. $275
Bernard. "Carte d'une partie de l'Amérique Séptentrionale, qui continent partie de la Nle. Espagne, et de la Louisiane." From Pierre de Pagès' Voyages Autour Du Monde. Paris, 1782. 12 3/4 x 17. Engraving by Bernard. Very good condition.
A unusual map based on a first hand trek across Texas and Mexico by a French naval officer, Pierre Marie François de Pagès. Born of noble family, Pagès made a five-year voyage around the world, which he recounted in his publication of 1782. Perhaps of the most interesting part of his trip was his horseback traverse of Texas in 1767. As shown by a line marked on this map, Pagès landed in New Orleans, traveled up the Mississippi and Red Rivers to "Nachitoches" and then set off on horseback across the "Province de los Texas." and then south through Mexico to Acapulco. Pagès account, and this map, provided the best first-hand information on this region in the late eighteenth century. The map shows many town, forts, rivers, and notes on Indian tribes. Pagès returned to France via the Pacific, wrote his account and later engaged in further expeditions (to the North and South Poles) and even was involved with the French navy in the American Revolution. $1,400
After Thomas Kitchin. "Mexico oder Neu Spanien zu Campens Entdekkung von America." From J.H. Campe's Entdeckung von America. Germany, ca. 1786. 8 x 12 1/2. Engraving. Outline color. Very good condition.
A nice example of Thomas Kitchen's map of Mexico, appearing in J.H. Campe's "Discovery of America," a history intended for young people that was issued in a number of editions in Germany in the latter part of the eighteenth century. The information in Mexico, including New Mexico up the Rio Grande, is quite good. Along the Gulf coast the major rivers are indicated and in "Tecas" are noted "Cenis" and "Presidio," near the latter of which the note indicates that "Hier liess sich de la Sale 1685." Also included in the map is an inset of the region around Mexico City. $450
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