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Cartographer: G. & C. De Jode
Title: : Americae Pars Borealis, Florida, Baccalaos, Canada, Corterealis
Date: 1593 Size: 20 x 16 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: RARE. The second earliest printed map of North America. Strong impression. [Burden 81]
Map Ref: AMER1931

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Cartographer: Henry Briggs
Title: : The North Part of America
Date: 1625 Size: 14 x 9 inches
Published: London
Description: Landmark map of North America, the first English map to show California as an island. Framed. [Burden 214]
Map Ref: AMER2343

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Cartographer: Nicolas Sanson
Title: : Amerique Septentrionale
Date: 1650 Size: 22 x 15 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Sanson's landmark map of North America showing California as an island. This is the first printed map to name Lakes Superior and Ontario. Original hand-colour. [Burden 294, state 3]
Map Ref: AMER2067

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Cartographer: Jan Jansson
Title: : America Septentrionalis
Date: 1666 Size: 22 x 19 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Decorative map of North America, the West Indies, and Central America. Embellished with ships, sea monsters and indigenous animals. Coloured.
Map Ref: AMER2275

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Cartographer: Alain Manesson Mallet
Title: : Amerique Septentrionale
Date: 1683 Size: 5 x 6 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Early miniature map of North America, marking California as an island. French text on verso. Coloured. [Burden 563, State 1]
Map Ref: AMER2289

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Cartographer: Vincenzo Coronelli
Title: : America Settentrionale
Date: c. 1690 Size: 35 x 24 inches
Published: Venice
Description: Beautifully engraved map of North America with California as an island. One of the earliest maps to correctly show the Mississippi River emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. [Burden 643] (SL)
Map Ref: AMER2225

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Cartographer: Louis Hennepin
Title: : Carte d'un tres Gran Pays entre le Nouveau Mexique et la Mer Glaciale
Date: 1698 Size: 21 x 17 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: North America. Landmark map produced to accompany Father Hennepin's account of his travels in New France. [Burden 738, State 3]
Map Ref: AMER2259

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Cartographer: Paolo Petrini
Title: : America Settentrionale
Date: 1700 Size: 22 x 16 inches
Published: Naples
Description: RARE Italian version of Sanson's landmark map of North America showing California as an island. Original hand-colour. [Burden 771, State 1]
Map Ref: AMER2082

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Cartographer: Heinrich Scherer
Title: : Repraesentatio Americae Borealis
Date: c. 1700 Size: 14 x 10 inches
Published: Munich
Description: Ornate map of North America showing California as an island and shading the regions which were not being reached by Catholic missionaries. Coloured.
Map Ref: AMER2113

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Cartographer: Pierre Mortier
Title: : Amerique Septentrionale
Date: c. 1700 Size: 34 x 23 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Scarce, large-scale map of North America showing California as an island. Original hand-colour. [Burden 686, State 3] (SL)
Map Ref: AMER1229

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Cartographer: Henri Chatelain
Title: : Nouvelle Catre de L'Amerique Septentrionale
Date: 1719 Size: 24 x 19 inches
Published: Paris
Description: North America. Accurate Mississippi River and California re-attached. Coloured.
Map Ref: AMER1838

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Cartographer: C. & J. Weigel
Title: : America Septentrionalis
Date: c. 1720 Size: 16 x 13 inches
Published: Nuremberg
Description: Scarce map of North America based on the geography of the French cartographer Guillaume De L’Isle. Decorative cartouche and vignette depicting Native Americans. Original hand colour.
Map Ref: AMER1887

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Cartographer: Herman Moll
Title: : Eine Neue Charte von America
Date: c. 1720 Size: 10 x 7 inches
Published: London
Description: Unusual German edition of Herman Moll's map of North America depicting California as an island. Coloured.
Map Ref: AMER1920

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Cartographer: Pieter van der Aa
Title: : l'Amerique Septentrionale
Date: 1729 Size: 12 x 9 inches
Published: Leiden
Description: Decorative map of North America with California no longer drawn as an island and with most of the West left blank. Large title cartouche featuring Neptune and two Native Americans. Coloured.
Map Ref: AMER1922

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Cartographer: Covens & Mortier
Title: : L'Amerique Septentrionale
Date: c. 1730 Size: 23 x 18 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: North America. Dutch edition of de L'Isle's ground-breaking map of the continent. Original colour.
Map Ref: AMER1890

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Cartographer: Covens & Mortier
Title: : L'Amerique Septentrionale
Date: c. 1730 Size: 12 x 9 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Decorative map of North America with California no longer drawn as an island and with most of the West left blank. Large title cartouche featuring Neptune and two Native Americans. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: AMER1622

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