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Cartographer: Girolamo Ruscelli
Title: : Nueva Hispania Tabula Nova
Date: 1564 Size: 10 x 8 inches
Published: Venice
Description: Early copper-engraved map of the American Southwest, the second-earliest obtainable map of California, Florida, Mexico, Texas, and the Southwest. [Burden 31, State 2]
Map Ref: USA7230

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Cartographer: Vincenzo Coronelli
Title: : Louisiana Parte Setteno Descritta
Date: c. 1690 Size: 11 x 18 inches
Published: Venice
Description: Great Lakes and Cape Breton Island. Two maps on one sheet within separately engraved border. One of the earliest maps to focus on Cape Breton Island.
Map Ref: USA6699

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Cartographer: Johann Baptist Homann
Title: : Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi
Date: c. 1710 Size: 23 x 20 inches
Published: Nuremberg
Description: Large and important map of the eastern half of the United States with the French-claimed region of Louisiana in yellow, Spanish Florida in pink, and the English colonies in green. Famous cartouche of a buffalo. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: USA9151

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Cartographer: Herman Moll
Title: : A Map of New France Containing Canada, Louisiana &c. in Nth. America
Date: c. 1725 Size: 10 x 7 inches
Published: London
Description: New France including Louisiana and Canada. Text panels on upper left and on cartouche stating French claims and name changes. Coloured.
Map Ref: USA8891

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Cartographer: Jacques Benard
Title: : Le Cours du Fleuve Missisipi
Date: c. 1730 Size: 17 x 15 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Rare early map of the Great Lakes and course of the Mississippi River, based on the journeys of French explorer and missionary Father Louis Hennepin (1626-1704). Fair impression.
Map Ref: USA6843

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Cartographer: Covens & Mortier
Title: : Tabula Geographica Mexicae et Floridae &c.
Date: c. 1730 Size: 24 x 19 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Mexico and Florida. Dutch edition of De L'Isle's important map. Original colour.
Map Ref: USA6176

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Cartographer: Henry Popple
Title: : A Map of the British Empire in America
Date: c. 1733 Size: 21 x 23 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Engraved map, hand-coloured in outline. Four separate maps showing the British Empire in North America.
Map Ref: USA6936

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Cartographer: Matthaus Seutter
Title: : Accurata delineatio celeberrinier Regionis Ludovicianae vel Galliee Louisiane
Date: c. 1740 Size: 22 x 20 inches
Published: Augsburg
Description: Louisiana, Canada and the Eastern Seaboard. Allegorical cartouche of the Mississippi Bubble. Original colour.
Map Ref: USA9157

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Cartographer: Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
Title: : Carte de La Louisiane Cours Du Mississipi et Pais Voisins
Date: 1744 Size: 21 x 15 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Louisiana and South-east United States. French text. Outline colour.
Map Ref: USA5088

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Cartographer: Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
Title: : Carte des Lacs de Canada
Date: c. 1750 Size: 11 x 8 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Reduced version of Bellin's hugely influential map of the Great Lakes.
Map Ref: USA9196

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Cartographer: Covens & Mortier
Title: : L'Amerique Septenrionale
Date: 1757 Size: 24 x 18 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: North America. Beautifully engraved cartouche. Original colour.
Map Ref: USA7631

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Cartographer: Thomas Jefferys
Title: : A Map of Canada and the North Part of Louisiana with the Adjacent Countrys
Date: 1762 Size: 30 x 13 inches
Published: London
Description: A rare map of the Northern part of North America. On the Pacific North West side there is an inscription reading ' Land which is supposed to be the Fou-Sang of Chinese Geographers'.
Map Ref: USA8244

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Cartographer: Andrea Scacciati
Title: : Carta rappresentante i cinque Laghi del Canada
Date: 1763 Size: 7 x 10 inches
Published: Florence
Description: Great Lakes region. Title panel above with floral design. Coloured.
Map Ref: USA6400

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Cartographer: Malachy Postlethwayt
Title: : North America
Date: 1766 Size: 33 x 33 inches
Published: London
Description: Stunningly engraved wall map of the United States on four sheets joined, also incorporating Central America and the West Indies. (SL)
Map Ref: USA8535

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Cartographer: Rigobert Bonne
Title: : Carte du Mexique ou de la Nouvelle Espagne
Date: 1771 Size: 18 x 12 inches
Published: Paris
Description: The South and Southwest of the United States and Mexico showing the Spanish possessions in North America after the settlement of the Seven Years War. Lattre edition. Original hand colour.
Map Ref: USA8939

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Cartographer: Robert de Vaugondy
Title: : Carte des Parties Nord et Ouest de l'Amerique
Date: 1772 Size: 15 x 12 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Fascinating map of the United States with a hypothetical depiction of the Pacific coast. Published by Vaugondy in an attempt to finally dispel the myth of a North West Passage.
Map Ref: USA9146

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