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This is an identical map to the previous one, except for in two features. The date has been changed from "An IX" to "1800" and a fleur-de-lis symbol has been placed in the center of the map. These changes likely represent a change in attitude by the French establishment towards the earlier French state and the Revolution that evolved after the coming to power of Napoleon at the end of 1799. The publisher no longer felt the need to use the Revolutionary dates and pride in the old symbol of France could express itself again. $2,200
John Thomson. "West Indies." From A New General Atlas. Edinburgh: J. Thomson & Co, 1821. 19 1/2 x 23 1/4. Engraving by Kirkwood & Son. Original hand color. Some faint offsetting. Very good condition.
In the early nineteenth century, the British cartographic publishers were producing the finest maps in the world. John Thomson, working in Edinburgh, was one of the leading British cartographers and his maps are good evidence of the quality of work issued in Great Britain at the time. The navy and marine merchants of Great Britain dominated the world at the time, so the islands of the West Indies were of particular interest. Thomson included both a general map and other maps which illustrated individual islands. In this map the political affiliation of each island is indicated by its colored outline. $525
Other maps from Thomson's A New General Atlas. All with some light off-setting.
An interesting and rare 19th century map in Italian showing Hispaniola and Jamaica in the Caribbean, after the French cartographer of the turn of the 19th century, Jean Baptiste Poirson (1760-1831). The key in the top right indicates the symbols for principal towns in each province, criminal and civil courts and sea ports, and the scale below shows French and maritime leagues as well as meters. Longitude is measured from the Isola del Ferro in the Canaries and from Paris. $165
Fielding Lucas, Jr. "Hispaniola or Saint Domingo." From A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas. Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1822-27. 11 3/4 x 18 (map); 16 1/2 x 20 1/2. Engraving by Young & Delleker. Full, original hand coloring. Very good condition.
In 1822, Henry Charles Carey and Isaac Lea published their American Atlas. This volume was based on Emmanuel Las Cases' Atlas Historique of 1803, with updated maps and text modified by Carey, a political economist. He considered himself an American foil to John Stuart Mill and the London economists who were proclaimers of "the gloomy science" influenced by Ricardo and Malthus. Instead of preaching overpopulation and degeneration of the human species, Carey illustrated the nations of the western hemisphere through maps that showed an expanding region with ample promise of developing into lands of great new opportunity and growth. The sheets from this atlas, which cover North America, Central America, South America and the West Indies, are comprised of an engraved map surrounded by text documenting the history, climate, population and so forth of the area depicted. The atlas is particularly known for its excellent early maps of the states and territories of the United States. Many of these maps were drawn by Fielding Lucas, Jr., an important Baltimore cartographer. This one is typical of the maps showing excellent and very up-to-date detail on Hispaniola, and providing fine verbal and graphic pictures of states and territories in the early 19th century. $275
Thomas Ewing. "West Indies." From Ewing's New General Atlas. Edinburgh: Olver & Boyd, ca. 1830. 7 x 8 1/2. Engraving by J.& G. Menzies. Original hand color. Very good condition.
A rare map from Thomas Ewing's New General Atlas. Ewing issued a number of editions of this fine quarto atlas in the first part of the nineteenth century, containing attractive maps of countries around the world. Published in Ediburgh, the maps were precisely engraved by J.& G. Menzies, who were noted engravers who worked for a number of publishers. The maps contain good detail and careful hatchuring to graphically represent topography. The hand coloring adds a nice flourish to these maps, which are good examples of British mapmaking at a time when it dominated the cartographic world. This map of the West Indies shows each island, color coded for political affiliation. $175
John Lothian. "West Indies." From New Edinburgh General Atlas. Edinburgh: J. Gellatly & London: Henry Washbourne, ca. 1840. 9 1/2 x 13 5/8. Engraving. Original hand color. Light waterstain at left. Else, very good condition.
A lovely and well produced map from John Lothian's New Edinburgh General Atlas. Published jointly in London and Edinburgh, this atlas contained maps with very good detail of towns and cities, river and lakes, orography, and political divisions. In this period, the United Kingdom had established itself as the dominant economic and cartographic nation and the maps from this atlas bespeak the quality of British mapmakers. Each map is finely hand colored, making them as attractive as they are historically interesting. This map shows the West Indies as well as the lands around the Gulf of Mexico, Central Ameirca and the northern coast of South America. With good detail and the nationality of each island indicated by a different color $225
Thomas G. Bradford. "West Indies." From Samuel G. Goodrich's A General Atlas of the World. Boston: C.D. Strong, 1841. 11 3/8 x 14 1/8. Engraving by G.W. Boyton. Original hand color. Very good condition.
The West Indies from Goodrich's edition of Thomas Bradford's important atlas. Good detail of the islands, with coastal information given and cities and towns named. An inset at the top shows the Bermudas. A nice example of early American cartography. $225
After Henry S. Tanner. "West Indies." From New Universal Atlas. Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, [1850.] 12 1/4 x 15 1/8. Lithographic transfer from engraved plate. Full original color. Very good condition.
A strong, nicely crafted map of West Indies drawn by important American cartographer H.S. Tanner. In 1846, S. Augustus Mitchell, founder of one of the leading U.S. cartographic firms of the period, purchased Tanner's plates and came out with his own edition of the Universal Atlas. The maps represent the best available knowledge of the time and its detail of each island is impressive, and a table under the title gives the European power that claimed each of the islands. Also included is an historical account in the upper right corner, added by Mitchell. $225
A. J. Johnson. "Johnson's Cuba, Jamaica, and Porto Rico." New York: Johnson & Browning, 1860. 12 1/2 x 16 3/8. Lithograph. Full original hand-color. Full margins. Spot on inset of Puerto Rico and a few scattered in ocean; else, very good condition. With decorative border.
An attractive map of the islands of Cuba, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico, as well as the Bahama Islands, by Johnson and Browning. Johnson, who published out of New York City, built a very successful business producing popular atlases, geographies and so on. This map details the northern portion of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, with ocean depths around each coast. An excellent example of Johnson's work. $150
S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. "Map of Mexico, Central America and the West Indies." Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1860. 13 1/8 x 21. Lithograph. Original hand coloring. Full margins. Decorative border. Stain in top margin, not affecting image. Else, very good condition.
For most of the middle part of the nineteenth century, the firm founded by S. Augustus Mitchell dominated American cartography in output and influence. This fine map is from one of his son's atlases, and it shows Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean in 1860. Towns, rivers, and other topographical information are clearly shown, and the states and provinces are shaded with contrasting pastel colors. Good information is also provided or roads and railroads in the region. A fine decorative border surrounds the map, and the whole effect makes for an attractive mid-nineteenth century map. $165
"Barbados From Various Authorities." London: Admiralty, 31 July 1856, corrected to May 1862. 24 1/4 x 19. Engraving by J.&C. Walker. Very good condition.
A British Admiralty map of Barbados. The Admiralty's charts were some of the best in the world and this depiction of Barbadoes is a good example of the quality of their output. The costline is precisely delineated,w ith soundings given in the accessible southwest area and indications of shoals around much of the rest of the coast. The interior, with hatchuring for topography and indications of rivers, is filled with interesting information of buildings etc. As good a map as one could expect from this period. $575
“Colton’s West Indies.” New York: G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co., 1866. 12 3/4 x 15 3/4. Lithograph. Full original hand-coloring. Very good condition.
From the mid-nineteenth century on, the lead in American map publishing swung from Philadelphia to New York, and the firm of Joseph Hutchins Colton played a large role in this shift. This map exhibits the typical care with which the Colton firm produced their maps. Each island is carefully depicted, with topography and settlements indicated. Includes inset maps of the “The Bermuda Islands" and "City and Harbor of Havana." A very good example of nineteenth century American cartography. $150
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