Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

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

1855 U. S. Coast Survey Map of the Northeastern Florida Gulf Coast

This is a very attractive example of the 1855 U.S. Coast Survey nautical progress chart or map of the Northeastern Gulf Coast of Florida. Centered on St. Andrew's Sound, this map extends from Perdido Bay eastwards past Pensacola Bay and Santa Rosa Bay to St. Andrews Bay, St. Georges Sound and Appalachee Bay, including Escambia bay, St. Vincent's Sound and St. Josephs Bay. The map names numerous points, lighthouses, and towns (including Pensacola) the coastline. An appealing 1855 Florida Land Office survey map of the South Florida. This map covers peninsular Florida from Tampa Bay south as far as the Everglades and the Florida Keys. Numerous cities, depts., lakes, and other geographical features are noted. The region between The Caloosahatehee River and Ft. Harrall (Gullivan Bay) is identified as 'Country Occupied by the Seminoles'. This map was drawn to illustrate the progress and order of the active and scheduled Florida land survey work. An appealing 1855 Florida Land Office survey map of the Tampa Land District, South Florida. This map covers peninsular Florida from, roughly, Merritt Island and the modern day Chassahowitzka Wildlife Refuge south as far as the Everglades and the Florida Keys. Though there are no labels, the map offers some interesting topographical details regarding the rivers and swamps throughout the region. A massive four panel 1861 Edmund Blunt blueback nautical chart or maritime map covering the southeastern coast of the United States from the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay to Florida and Cuba, including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia coasts. This is an 1851 triangulation chart of Biscayne Bay, Key West, Bahia Honda, the Cedar keys and the Dry Tortugas produced by the U.S. Coast Survey. Essentially five maps compiled onto a single sheet. Upper left map focuses on Key West, Florida, and the surrounding islands. Upper right map details Key Biscayne Bay, just south of Miami and north of Key Largo and features the Miami River. Other maps show the Cedar keys, the Dry Tortugas and Bahia Honda. Prepared under the supervision of A. D. An exceptional example of the 1855 Land Survey Map of Florida. This map represents the state of the Land Survey in Florida as of October 1855. Shows the state divided into several hundred numbered plats, some of which are marked with an 'S' to state that they had been fully surveyed, and some with a 'T' suggesting that they had only been surveyed externally. This is an attractive example of the 1854 public survey map of Florida for the proposed canal across the Espiritu Santo Bay and the St. Johns and Ocklawaha Rivers. This beautiful hand colored map covers Florida from Lake George in the north to Maniti River in the south and from Tampa Bay east as far as Lake Hamey. Among the most scarce and decorative Dutch nautical charts of the American southeast, this is Johannis Van Keulen's and C. J. Vooght's 1687 maritime map of the Virginia, Carolina, Georgia and Florida coasts. Oriented to the west (with north to the right), this map covers from the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay southwards, along the eastern seaboard, as far as Cape Canaveral, Florida. Like most nautical charts, this map focuses on the coast line and offers limited inland data. A fine first state example of J. B. Homann's decorative 1712 map of Mexico, Florida, New England, the West Indies, and the Mississippi Valley (Louisiana). Centered on the Mississippi River Valley, Homann's map covers from Sinaloa (Mexico) eastwards to the Atlantic Coast and from the Great Lakes to the Spanish Main (Venezuela) inclusive of Florida, the West Indies, Central America, and the British Colonies along the Atlantic seaboard. A highly uncommon U.S. Survey nautical chart or maritime map of St. Augustine Harbor, Florida. Centered on the city of St. Augustine (in red), the map covers from North Beach and the Tolomato or North River south to the Matanzas River and Anastasia Island. There are countless depth soundings throughout and excellent inland detail, including basic topography, roads, estuaries, and some individual farms. The St. Augustine Light as well as several shipwrecks are also identified. This is the 1783 Dezauche issue of Phillipe Buache and Guillaume D L'Isle's important map of North America and the West Indies. The map covers the United States, Mexico, New Mexico, Central America and the West Indies or Antilles. De L'Isle first issued this map in 1703. At the time it was by far the most sophisticated map of the region yet produced, an achievement that the map historian Carl Wheat considers 'a towering landmark along the path of Western cartographic development'. An uncommon 1855 U.S. Coast Survey nautical chart or maritime map of Key West, Florida, and its approaches. Centered on Key West, this map covers from Boca Grande Key eastward to Raccoon Key, north as far as the N.W. Boca Chica Keys and south to W. Dray Rock and Sand Key. Notes numerous channels, countless depth sounding, and offers extensive sailing instructions, as well as notes on tides, under sea elevations, and beacons. The triangulation for this chart was completed by J. E. Hilgard. A nice example of Antonio Zatta's fascinating map of Mexico, Texas, Florida, Louisiana, and Central America. Centered on what would soon be known as Texas, this map covers from the Pacific to the Atlantic, and from the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay tot eh Isthmus of Panama. This remarkable map of the region, which predated Humboldt's landmark map of 1810, illustrates just how little was known of the American southwest north of Mexico. A fine example of the 1789 Dezauche edition of Buache's important map of the West Indies. Centered on Cuba, this massive map covers Central America, the Gulf of Mexico, the West Indies, and the Caribbean from Mexico and Texas to the Lesser Antilles and from Florida to the Spanish Main. Cartographically Buache derived this map from Henry Popple's remarkable 1733 map of North America. As a whole it exhibits numerous significant advances over earlier Buache / De L'Isle model of the region. A very attractive example of the rare 1859 U.S. Coast Survey map or nautical chart of St. George Sound, Florida. St. George Sound is the coast part of Tate�s Hell State Forest, just southwest of Tallahassee, along the Florida Panhandle. Centered on the Crooked River, this map covers the lands on either side of the river, the eastern part of the St. George Sound, and Dog Island. Features countess depth sounding and notes on shoals and channels. A very attractive example of the rare 1859 U.S. Coast Survey Map the western Florida Keys. Centered on Key West, this map covers from Ramrod Key in the east to Boca Grande Key in the west. All of the Islands are named but only Key West shows any inland development. There are countless depth soundings throughout and various channels and shoals are noted. The triangulation for this chart was completed by J. E. Hilgard, Jas. Totten, J. Rockwell, and J. A. Sullivan. An extremely scarce and important map of Florida drawn by Horace Drew in 1884. This highly uncommon map, the earliest known example of which was issued in 1867, is considered to be the only pocket map of Florida actually printed in Florida. The first edition of this map was printed by Columbus Drew from his offices in Jacksonville Florida and subsequently updated in an unknown number of editions into the 1880s. This example was printed by Horace Drew, son and successor to Columbus. This is an unusual 1810 map of Mexico and the United States by the French cartographer J. B. Tardieu. Depicts all of Mexico and much of the United States shortly following the acquisition of Louisiana but prior to the acquisition of Florida, Texas and Upper California. This map exhibits a curious ephemeral mapping of the American Southwest based upon the Dominguez-Escalante expedition of 1776 and 1777 and Zebulon Pike's expedition of 1806. A beautiful example of S. A. Mitchell Jr.�s 1864 map of North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. Detailed to the county level with special attention both political and geographic elements. Notes important river systems, railways, canals, and cities. An inset in the center left features the city and harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Though the copyright information in unchanged this map was updated from the 1860 variant to include North Carolina. Engraved by Balthasar Ruyter, this is an extremely rare and highly unusual 1747 map of Mexico, the Caribbean, the West Indies and Florida. Covers from roughly Michoac�n Mexico, west to Surinam, north as far as modern day Virginia and south as far as modern day Ecuador. The cartography exhibited here almost certainly references the important 1698 map of North America attributed to Friar Hennepin.

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Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

1855 U. S. Coast Survey Map of the Northeastern Florida Gulf Coast