Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

Selection of Rare and Antique Maps recently added to the California category of Geographicus Antique Map Gallery.

1662 Sanson Map of North America w/California as an Island

1000.00 USD — Tue, 19 May 2015 12:27:00 +0000

A very attractive 1662 Nicolas Sanson map of North America. Sanson's map covers all of North America from Baffin Bay and Greenland, south to include all of Central America, the West Indies, and parts of the Spanish Main, it similarly extends from California eastwards to the Azores and the British Isles. Cartographically, this map is a reduced version of Sanson's own larger 1650 Amerique Septentrionale . This is a beautiful map of the city of San Francisco, California, issued by the Rand McNally and Company in c.1930. It covers the entire city from Fort Point and Presidio Park as far south as the Laguna de la Merced. The map is extremely detailed, showing individual buildings, major and minor streets, railroads, street car lines, parks, cemeteries, lakes, piers, reservoirs, military installations and several other important landmarks. This is a fine c.1940 folding map or plan of the city of San Francisco by Rand McNally. It shows all major streets, parks, cemetery, squares and peaks and covers San Francisco from Fort Point (Golden Gate Bridge) in the north to Lake Merced in the south and from the Great Highway in the west to Waterfront Street in the east. The top right quadrant of the map contains an inset of the Downtown Business District. Shows the large proposed land fill around South Basin and Hunter's Point. This is Johnson's desirable 1866 map of the American south-west. It depicts the state of California and the territories of Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. Offers superb detail throughout noting mining districts, emigrant trails, the Santa Fe Trail, the Pony Express Route and several proposed railroads, as well as American Indian tribes, geological features, and local political divisions. This is an exceptional 1701 map by Herman Moll depicting the United States and part of Canada. Molls relatively small map covers from Fort Frontenac and the Ontario River east to the Pacific Ocean. Mexico City appears appears in the border. This map is remarkable on a number of levels including the depiction of California as an Island and it's rendering of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley. We begin our examination of the map in the west. This is a scarce example of S. A. Mitchell and J. H. Young's important 1854 map of California and the western territories of Washington, Oregon, Utah, and New Mexico. Based upon Mitchell's seminal pocket map of 1846, this map covers from Vancouver Island to the Gulf of California and from the Pacific shore to Pikes Peak and the Yellowstone River. An exceptional 1691 nautically styled map of the Pacific Ocean by the Venetian cartographer Vincenzo Maria Coronelli. Coronelli's map covers the Pacific from Japan to New Zealand and from New Guinea to Tiera Del Fuego and the Yucatan. The map focuses on the new discoveries in the Pacific by Dutch, French, and Spanish, and as such is styled as nautical chart with heavy coastal but only limited inland detail. An extremely scarce 1850 map of North America by J. Calvin Smith. Published to capitalize on the mass westward migrations associated with the 1849 California Gold Rush, this map covers all of North American and Central America from Panama to the Arctic Circle, including Alaska and Canada. An exceptionally beautiful map of considerable historic importance, this is J. H. Colton's first edition 1849 map of the United States on the cusp of the California Gold Rush. Colton depicts the borders of the United States as consolidated under the 1848 Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo signed at the end of the Mexican American War. The United States stretches from coast to coast with the Mexican Cession of Upper California or New California noted. A landmark 1700 map showing California as an island and the first published dissemination of Fr. Eusebio Frabcusci Kino's groundbreaking explorations in New Mexico and California. Drawn by Nicolas de Fer, official Geograph de Monseigneur le Dauphin , this map covers from Cape Mendocino (California) to the Gulf of Mexico and the mouth of the Mississippi River (mis-mapped) and from Santa Fe to Mexico City. A landmark 1705 map showing California as an island and the first published dissemination of Fr. Eusebio Frabcusci Kino's groundbreaking explorations in New Mexico and California. Drawn by Nicolas de Fer, official Geograph de Monseigneur le Dauphin , this map covers from Cape Mendocino (California) to the Gulf of Mexico and the mouth of the Mississippi River (mis-mapped) and from Santa Fe to Mexico City. This is a fine c. 1930s pocket map of the city of San Francisco by the Bekins Van and Storage Co. The map shows all major streets, piers, parks and cemeteries. It covers San Francisco from the Bay View Park in the south to Fort Point in the north and from Great Highway in the west to Hunters Point in the east. This is a beautiful 1875 Warner and Beers' map of California and Nevada. It depicts the states of California and Nevada in extraordinary detail, along with parts of neighboring Utah, Oregon, Idaho and Arizona, noting major towns, counties, cities, lakes, rivers, railway lines, roads and other topographical features, with relief rendered by hachures. The map is color coded according to counties. This map was issued as plate no. 83 and published by Warner and Beers and is derived from H.H. A large and highly detailed c. 1920 pocket format map of California by the Clason Map Company. This map covers the entire stain of California with green highlighting to distinguish county borders and national forest lands. Inset submaps in the upper right and lower left quadrants focus on the San Francisco Bay area and the vicinity of Los Angeles, respectively. An index set along the map's left hand border offers population statistics and a key to various cities throughout the state. An uncommon example of the 1859 U.S. Coast Survey nautical chart or maritime map of Santa Barbara and San Pedro (Los Angeles), California. essentially two maps on a single sheet, the left hand map details the stretch of land that would eventually evolve into the city of Santa Barbara. When the Coast Survey issued this map Santa Barbara was, for all intent and purposes, uninhabited. The right hand map focuses on Point Fermin and the San Pedro Anchorage. An appealing c. 1920 map of Fresno County, California by the Progressive Map Service. Printed in blue ink, this pocket map covers all of Fresno County broken up into land plats by the state survey. The city of Fresno is located at center. Today, Fresno is California's third largest city. This map is notable as one of the few map of Fresno actually published in Fresno. A fine example of Francois e. Matthes' 1930 topographical survey map of the spectacular Yosemite National Park, California. The map covers the entire park along with surrounding areas from Stanislaus National Forest to Mono Lake and the Mono National Forest. The map also features the boundary lines between Mariposa and Madera Counties and Tuolumne and Mono Counties. The Yosemite National Park limits are also marked. A rare heavy stock issue of the 1898 edition of the U.S. Coast Survey nautical chart or map of San Pablo Bay, California. San Pablo Bay is the extension of San Francisco Bay that lies to the north of the Golden Gate and includes the port cities of San Rafael, Richmond, San Pablo, and Vallejo. This is a fine example of the U.S. Coast Survey work at its highest expression, combing the work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey teams to offer both extraordinary nautical and inland detail. A lovely petite c. 1860 view of San Francisco by W. L. Ormsby. This small but beautifully view shows the city and Harbor of San Francisco with military in the surrounding hills. This was engraved at the height of San Francisco�s population boom just following the California Gold Rush. Drawn and engraved by Waterman L. Ormsby. Ormsby was an engraver, counterfeiter, and artist living in San Francisco in the mid-19th century. This is an exceptionally rare and early map of San Diego Bay, California, and San Blas, Mexico, published in 1825 by order of Senor Don Guadalupe Victoria, the first president of the Republic of Mexico. Essentially two maps on a single sheet, this map highlights the starting point (San Blas) an ending point (San Diego) of the Spanish supply route to southern California. The upper map focuses on San Diego Bay, covering the region from Puerto Falso (Mission Harbor) to Punta de Arena.

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Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

1662 Sanson Map of North America w/California as an Island