Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

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

1875 Colton Pocket Railroad Map of the United States

An uncommon pocket map of the United States issued in 1875 by J. H Colton. This large map covers the most inhabited parts of the United States from Texas, Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota eastward to the Atlantic. Colton offers a wealth of cartographic detail including counties defined by color coding with elevation rendered by hachure. The map includes railroad lines, towns, cities, and notations regarding various American Indian nations. This is an attractive example of the 1828 Malte-Brun map of North America. It covers from Baffin Bay (Baffins Bay) to Honduras. This map predates the Mexican American War consequently most of California, New Mexico, and Texas are Spanish Territory. The mythical kingdom of gold, Quivara, a relic of 16th century Conquistador legends, is identified in modern day Oregon. Texas is identified as Tecas. This is an attractive example of the 1828 Malte-Brun map of the Western Hemisphere. It covers North America, South America and most of Polynesia, including New Zealand. The Pacific Coast of the United States is here identified as 'New Albion', a name given to the region by Sir Francis Drake, after he explored it and claimed it for England in 1579. Various, important rivers, islands, cities and other topographical details are noted. This is a fascinating example of the 1862 H. H. Lloyd map of North America. Centered on the United States, covers from the Arctic Ocean to Panama, including Greenland and parts of South American and the West Indies. A tiny inset map in the upper left quadrant depicts the westward extension of the Alaska Peninsula. The maps lower quadrants contain an elevation profile of the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean and another of the lands between latitude 33�43 and 38�01. This is a fine example of Rand McNally's 1883 railroad map of the United States. This map covers all of the United States and the southeastern provinces of Canada. Nine inset maps in the lower right quadrant include a map of Atlantic coast states engraved on an enlarged scale, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago, Buffalo & Niagara Falls, and Washington. The map is highly detailed and notes cities, towns and counties. 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. An appealing and colorful pictorial map of the United States illustrated with our national folklore and legends. Recognizable figures include Paul Bunyan and his great Blue Ox, Long Jon Silver, Moby Dick, Jonny Appleseed, the heroes of the Alamo, the Headless Horseman, and many others. Insets in the lower left focus on the folklore and legends of Hawaii and Alaska � respectively. This map was prepared by the General Drafting Company of ENCO. A fine example of Adam and Charles Black's 1849 map of the United States. Covers the populous eastern portions of the United States from Lake Superior in the north to the Florida Keys in the south and from Missouri in the west to Maine in the east. The United States at this time was witnessing a period of rapid expansion. With the rise in territorial population to the west of the Mississippi, the eastern states were becoming increasingly divided over the issues of slavery and state vs. A fine example of the 1846 first edition of Mitchell's map of the United States. This map covers the United States east of the Mississippi as well as the Trans-Mississippi territories of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and Iowa. The whole is engraved and colored in Mitchell�s distinctive style with green border work and vivid pastels. Political and topographical features are noted and color coded with elevation rendered by hachure. A delightfully whimsical 1846 map of the North America, from a German kinderatlas or children's atlas. The map details all of North America in the last year of Texas autonomy (1836 � 1846), thus the continent is divided with color coding into the United States (Vereinigte Staaten), Texas, Mexico, British America (Canada), Russian America (Russisch), Guatemala (inclusive of Panama), and the Antilles or West Indies. An excellent 1856 first edition example of Colton's desirable map of North America. The map covers the continent from South America to the Arctic, inclusive of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. The United States portion of this map features an early territorial configuration of the Transmississippi. Nebraska is shown at its fullest, extending from Kansas to the Canadian border. A fine 1729 map of North America by Pieter Van der Aa with an elaborate frame style border. Centered on the Great Lakes, this map covers all of North America from the Baffin Bay to the Spanish Map and from California to the Azores (Acores). The map is color coded according to the dominant colonial powers; the regions of Florida, New Mexico, New Spain (Mexico), California, Nouvelle France, the lands of the Hudson Bay Company, and the British Colonies along the eastern seaboard being 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'. This is the 1783 Dezauche issue of Phillipe Buache and Guillaume D L'Isle's important map of northern North America. The map covers the United States north of the Chesapeake and Canada or New France. De L'Isle first issued this map in 1703. One of the most interesting and attractive 19th century wall maps of North America. Published in 1855 by Jacob Monk, this large and beautiful wall map, details much of North America from the southern border of Canada to Central America, the West Indies, and the northwestern parts of South America. Details the United States in full as well as parts of modern day Canada. A highly significant map, this is the 1774 'Jefferys' Map' of the Most Inhabited Part of New England . Centered on the Massachusetts Bay Colony, this map covers from Long Island to Lake Champlain and from the Hudson River to Cape Cod and Kennebec Bay, Maine. There is an inset of Boston in the upper left corner and another of Boston Harbor near the cartouche in the lower right quadrant. This scarce map was drawn by Braddock Mead (a.k.a. John Green) and published by Thomas Jefferys. An appealing first edition issue of Brion de la Tour and Loius Charles Desnos' 1766 map of North America. Depicts North America according to the French conception with hopeful speculative river passages extending west from Hudson Bay towards Lake Winnepeg then along the mythical R. de L�Ouest to the Pacific at the Entr�e de Martin d�Aguilar (likely the entrance to Columbia River). A fine example of Adam and Charles Black's 1840 map of the United States. Covers the populous eastern portions of the United States from Lake Superior in the north to the Bahamas in the south and from Missouri in the west to Maine in the east. The United States at this time was witnessing a period of rapid expansion as well as rising anxiety over the issue of slavery. These tensions would grow over the next twenty years culminating in the American Civil War. This map was engraved by S. The Dezauche issue of Joseph Nicolas De l'Isle's extraordinary 1730 map of North America, Siberia, the Arctic, and the North Pacific. J. N. De L'Isle and Buache drew this map to illustrate their speculations on the feasibly of a Northwest Passage. Cartographically this map is a combination of data absconded from the Russian �Academy of Sciences� and Buache�s speculations on the Northwest Passage. This map is highly significant for its revival of the 'Sea of the West' hypothesis. 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.

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Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

1875 Colton Pocket Railroad Map of the United States