Auction 15
Following are some of the cartographic highlights of our Auctions 14 & 15,
with links to fuller decriptions and more cartography. Both our Auctions 14
& 15 offer the collector much, including the Jefferson
Map and many circumnavigations in Auction 15, while Auction 14 has a strong
focus on atlases as well as Texas & Borderlands maps. Below are short descriptions
with an example image. Simply click on the links to see more. Some long load
times may be involved, depending on your connection. Given the nature of these
collections, there will be some overlap between photography, iconography, and
cartography.
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132.
[MAP: OVERLAND ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA]. JEFFERSON, T. H. Lithographed
map in four separate sheets (as issued). Map of the Emigrant Road from
Independence Mo. to St. Francisco California by T. H. Jefferson.
Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year 1849 by T. H. Jefferson...Parts
1, 2, 3 & 4. |
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22.
FRANCE. COMMISSION SCIENTIFIQUE DU MEXIQUE. Guillemin-Tarayre,
Edmond. [Wrapper title]: Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans L’Amérique
Centrale, Ouvrage Publié par Ordre du Ministre de l’Instruction Publique...Paris:
Imprimerie Nationale, 1871. 20
lithographed and engraved maps, plans, profiles, and plates ($1,000-2,000) Click on this link or the picture for more: More>> |
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40.
CHORIS, Louis. Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde, avec des
Portraits de Sauvages d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Afrique, et
des Iles du Grand Océan.... Paris: Didot, 1820, 1822.
2
charts, 1 folded map, 105 plates; a fine, tall copy (41.5 cm; 16-1/4
inches), with fresh, vibrant coloring. ($100,000-150,000) Click on this link or the picture for more: More>> |
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68.
DUPETIT-THOUARS, Abel Aubert. Voyage Autour du Monde sur la
Frégate la Vénus pendant les années 1836-1839....Paris: 1840-1844.
Atlas: Voyage autour du Monde... Atlas hydrographique. [Paris]:
Depot de la Marine, 1845. [2] pp., 16 uncolored lithographed maps (6 folded).
Folio, very fine. “A magnificent, and very rare, atlas”—Forbes. ($50,000-100,000). Click on this link or the picture for more: More>> |
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67.
DUFLOT DE MOFRAS, Eugène. Exploration du territoire de l’Orégon,
des Californies et de la mer Vermeille, exécutée pendant les années 1840,
1841 et 1842.... Paris, 1844. Atlas
(20 leaves on thick paper): 3 leaves (title and prelims); 13 leaves (22
engraved maps); 4 leaves (4 lithographed plates); large folded lithographed
map with original hand-colored outlining. ($20,000-40,000) Click on this link or the picture for more: More>> |
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64.
WOODMAN, David. Guide to Texas Emigrants. Boston, 1835.
Folding copper-engraved map on onionskin paper with original hand coloring
(Map of the Colonization Grants to Zavala, Vehlein & Burnet in Texas,
Belonging to The Galveston Bay & Texas Land Co. One of the Fifty Texas Rarities. ($15,000-30,000) Click on this link or the picture for more: More>> |
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74.
[FERNÁNDEZ DE NAVARRETE, Martín]. Relación del viage hecho por
las goletas Sutil y Mexicana en el año de 1792....
Madrid: La Imprenta Real, 1802. Atlas
(Atlas para el viage de las goletas Sutil y Mexicana al reconocimiento
del estrecho de Juan de Fuca en 1792....): 9 copper-engraved maps (4
folded), 2 folded aquatint plates of Nootka....(see map and plate list for
more). The "Spanish Vancouver." ($15,000-30,000) Click on this link or the picture for more: More>> |
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114.
JOHNSTON, William Graham. Experiences of a Forty-Niner, by Wm.
G. Johnston, a Member of the Wagon Train First to Enter California in the
Memorable Year 1849.... Pittsburgh, 1892. Folded blueprint
map by Stewart Johnston (untitled map of route from Independence, Missouri,
to Sacramento, California. Kurutz,
The California Gold Rush 364a: "Many copies lack the map and
the portrait." ($750-1,500) Click on this link or the picture for more: More>> |
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162.
RINGGOLD, Cadwalader. A Series of Charts, with Sailing Directions,
Embracing Surveys of the Farallones, Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco,
Bays of San Francisco and San Pablo, Straits of Carquines and Suisun Bay,
Confluence and Deltic Branches of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers,
and the Sacramento River (with the Middle Fork) to the American River.....
Washington: Printed by Jno. T. Towers, 1851 ($2,000-4,000) Click on this link or the picture for more: More>> |
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188.
SHELVOCKE, George. A Voyage round the World by Way of the Great
South Sea, Perform’d in the Years 1719, 20, 21, 22, in the Speedwell
of London.... London, 1726. [8] xxxii [4] 468 pp.,
4 copper-engraved plates, 2 of which are folded (Chilean chasing a bull,
sea lions, California Native Americans), 1 folded copper-engraved map (A
Correct Map of the World Describing Capt. Shelvock’s [sic]
Voyage Round). ($1,500-3,000) Click on this link or the picture for more: More>> |
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[ATLAS]. BRADFORD, T[homas] G[amaliel]. An Illustrated Atlas,
Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the United States, and the
Adjacent Countries. Boston: Weeks, Jordan, and Company, [1838]. 33 maps
with contemporary color outlining and shading, the map of the United States
being double-sheet. Bradford
was the first maker of atlases to include a separate map for Texas. ($8,000-16,000) Click on this link or the picture for more: More>> |
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203.
TORQUEMADA, Juan de. Primera [segunda, tercera] parte de los
veinte i un libros rituales i monarchía indiana, con el origen y guerras,
de los indios ocidentales..... Madrid, 1723.
3 copper-engraved allegorical
title pages (illustrating Torquemada preaching), folded copper-engraved
map of America. ($5,000-10,000) Click on this link or the picture for more: More>> |
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211.
[VIZETELLY, Henry]. Four Months among the Gold-Finders in Alta
California, Being the Diary of an Expedition from San Francisco to the Gold
Districts. By J. Tyrwhitt Brooks, M. D. London: David Bogue [title page
verso: Vizetelly Brothers and Co.], 1849. xviii, 207 pp., lithographed map
with gold regions outlined in yellow (The Gold Districts of Alta California...). ($400-800) Click on this link or the picture for more: More>> |
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