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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 map of North America. That map, based on first hand information gathered by Popple over several years at the Board of Trade and Plantations in London. The map, first issued in London with twenty sheets, was the first British map to give a good overall view of the eastern half of North America, and it came at an important time for the continent, which would soon be the seen of colonial battle between the French and British. Popple's map, both the large version and the key map, were immensely influential throughout Europe, and it was copied by French, Dutch and German cartographers. This is the lower left sheet from Covens & Mortier's four sheet version, 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. $3,350
Rigobert Bonne. "Le Nouveau Mexique." Paris, 1778. 8 x 12 1/4. Engraving by Dien. With some light off-setting. Otherwise, very good condition. Lowery: 545.
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 Guadalahara, 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. $325
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. 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 Guadalahara, 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. $325
Bernard. "Carte d'une partie de l'Amérique Séptentrionale, qui contient 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
De la Rochette after Henry Roberts. "Chart of the N.W. Coast of America and the N.E. Coast of Asia, Explored in the Years 1778 and 1779." London: William Faden, Jan. 1, 1794. Second edition. 15 1/2 x 26 5/8. Engraving by W. Palmer. Original outline color. Very good condition. Wagner: 830.
A finely detailed British map showing the information gathered on explorations in the northern Pacific Ocean, the northeast parts of Asia, and the northwest parts of North America between the years 1778 and 1793. Henry Roberts was an officer on James Cook's third voyage and his charts, drawn from information gathered under Cook's supervision, provided the first accurate mapping of the northwest coast of North America, dispelling many of the fanciful and fantastic theories that had swirled about the region for years. The basis for this map was Robert's chart issued in 1784. A decade later, Faden had Louis De la Rochette update Roberts' chart with information gathered in the intervening years. As a note on the map says, "The Interesting Discoveries made by British and American Ships, since the first Publication of this Chart in 1784, Together with the Hydrographical Materials, lately procured from St. Petersburg and other places, have enabled Mr. De la Rochette to lay down the Numerous Improvements which appear in the Present Edition." Amongst the explorers taken note of were La Perouse (1785-8), Vancouver (1791-2), and Mackenzie (1789-93). $1,400
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