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 AA102
- R. BONNE “Mappe Monde Sur Le Plan De
L'Equateur Hemisphere Meridional” Paris 1770. Colored. 9X13.
Attractive circular chart of Antarctica showing the south polar regions
and islands and the southern continents of Australia with Tasmania
joined. South America and South Africa with Madagascar. On each side of
the spherical chart are detailed tables of meridians arid parallels. |
$250 |
 AA102A
- R .BONNE “Mappe
Monde Sur Le Plan De L'Equateur. Hemisphere Septentrional.”
Paris. 1770. Colored. 9½X13½. Attractive circular chart of the world
with a north polar projection shows the northern hemisphere & the lands
around the Pole. On each side of the chart are climate tables by
latitude and region and map includes a sphere in lower right showing the
equator, tropics, ecliptic & Arctic and Antarctic Circles. Finely
engraved by a Royal Hydrographer in Paris in the late 18th century. |
$250 |
 AA103
- R. BENARD/J. COOK
“Carte De L'Hemisphere
Austral montrant Les Routes Des Navigateurs Les Plus Celebres. Par Le
Capitaine Jacques Cook” Paris 1785. Colored. 21X21. James Cook's
large circular chart of the Southern Hemisphere with a south polar
projection shows South America, the South Atlantic Ocean, South Africa,
Madagascar, Australia with Tasmania still joined to the mainland, New
Zealand and the southern Pacific Ocean with islands indicated. Tracks of
the major navigators are shown with dates of their voyages. Ships tracks
are particularly noted around the Antarctic Circle with notations of ice
fields seen during the voyages. Cook's tracks are shown along with those
of Tasman, Byron, Mendana, Bougainville, Bouvet, Halley, Wallis,
Furneaux, Carteret, Schouteen and Quiros. Splendid chart was folded and
has been flattened with small repair to upper fold area. Otherwise
excellent. |
$550 |
ANTARCTICA
 AA119 -
U.S.N.O.O. “Antarctica”
Wash. D. C.
4th edition 1956 (Corrections to 1965.) Chart #2562. 31X48. Splendid
chart in blue and yellow gives very detailed soundings in the Southern
Oceans. Locates Victoria Land, Wilkes Land, Queen Maud Land; Coats Land,
Edith Ronne Land, Marie Byrd Land, Ellsworth Highland, Enderby Land,
Ross Sea, Amundsen Sea, Bellinghausen Sea & the Weddell Sea around
the Polar landscape. Shows banks, Ice shelf, bays, gulfs. New Zealand,
Tasmania, Cape Horn, Falkland Islands, Isles Crozet, Kerguelen's Is.
South Africa & the Southern Indian Ocean. |
$85 |
 AA122
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R. BONNE “Mappe
Monde Sur Un Plan Horisontal Situé a 45d de Latitude Sud. Hemisphere
Occidental.” Paris. 1770. Colored. 9¼X13½.
Attractive & finely engraved circular chart shows the southern regions
of North America, plus the Caribbean & South America, the South Pacific
Ocean, Australia and New Zealand, drawn with a south polar projection.
Two spheres are located on either side of the central chart, showing the
circles around the earth of the latitudes, tropics, equator & horizons
called Sphere Oblique and Pour Le Latitudes. A fine example of the work
of Rigobert Bonne, the Royal Hydrographer in Paris.
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$250 |
 AA123
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R. BONNE “Mappe-Monde
Sur un Plan Horisontal Situé a 45d de Latitude Nord.. Hemisphere
Oriental.” Paris. 1770. Colored. 9X13½. Fine
circular chart, drawn with a north polar projection shows the countries
of the world, the seas & oceans portrayed above the southern latitudes
in good detail overall. On either side of the map are two spheres, one
called “Effet De La Pesanteur”
and the other “Sphere Oblique”
showing the equator, tropics, horizon & ecliptics. Finely engraved by a
master Parisian engraver of the late 18th century.
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$250 |
 AA127
- W. FADEN “Southern Hemisphere”. London 1802. Colored. 22½X½.. Fine large
circular chart of the lands in the Southern Hemisphere as they had been
charted by the early 19th century, shows all of Australia, New Guinea,
New Zealand and the islands in the South Pacific. Includes South
America, South Africa and Madagascar and locates the Antarctic Circle
and the closest islands to it explored to date. The map depicts all
harbors around the land areas. Tasmania is now shown as an island
independent of the Australian mainland, and the Falkland Islands, New
Georgia and Southern Thule and Sandwich Land off the southern tip of
South America are shown with a note indicating surveys done in 1756 and
1775. This is a particularly fine map with excellent engraving. From Faden's “General Atlas” of 1802.
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$375 |
AA128 - S.
NEELE “A Map of the Countries
Thirty Degrees Round the North Pole.” London
1808. Colored. 14X13½. Fine hemisphere map with a north polar projection
shows the northern coasts of the lands around the North Pole as surveyed
in 1808. Depicts North America from the Bering Strait in the Pacific
Northwest to Hudson's and Baffins Bays on the east coast, showing the
lands of the Copper and Dog Ribbed Indians and Hearn's Discoveries
around the Bays. Greenland is drawn as part of the mainland. Iceland &
Spitzbergen are drawn on and above the Arctic Circle & Scandinavia's
Arctic coast is shown connecting to the Russian Arctic coast which is
depicted above mainland China and Tartary, extending to the Behring
Strait and Russian Alaska. Above the Behring Strait, between Russia and
North America is a note saying “ice extending
from continent to continent” and no
settlements are shown in Alaska and only C.
Lisbon, C. Mulgrave and C.
Prince of Wales are indicated on the northwest shoreline.
Engraved by Samuel Neele, and published by Longman & Co. in 1808 this is
a finely engraved polar chart.
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$310 |
 AA129
- W. LIZARS
“Polar Regions” Edin.
1822. Colored. 15½X14½. Fine map has a north polar projection and shows
the northern coastlines of the lands around the North Pole. No
settlements are shown in North America which extends from the Behring
Strait in the Pacific Northwest across the continent to Hudsons and
Baffins Bays. Many harbors are indicated around the Bays and along the
western coast of Greenland which is still shown attached to the
mainland. Iceland, the Shetland Islands and Spitzbergen are drawn on and
above the Arctic Circle. Scandinavia's northern coast is named Lapland,
and no settlements are indicated along Russia's Arctic coast which
stretches across to the Behring Strait and Russian Alaska. Many depth
soundings are indicated in the Strait which has indications of harbors
on both its west and east shores. Published by A. Constable in 1822,
this fine map appeared in Lizars “Edinburgh
Geographical General Atlas.”
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$285 |
CAN192
- A. H.
PETERMANN “Provisorische karte von Lieut.
Schwatka's Expedition. Zur. Aufsuchung der Reste Sir John Franklin's
Expedition auf King William Land. 1879-1880.”
Gotha. 1880. Colored. 10X7¼. Small but very detailed chart shows
explorers routes to Canada's Northwest Territories above Hudson's Bay.
Locates Victoria Strait, King William Land (afterwards Prince of Wales
Land,) Boothia & the Adelaide Peninsula. Shows the tracks of Sir John
Franklin's expedition 1845-47, when he attempted to find a northwest
passage from the Atlantic to the North Pacific, but he died in the
attempt when his ship became trapped in the ice. Lieut Schwatka's
expedition took place at the end of the 19th century after which this
chart was included in August Henry Petermann's “Geographische
Mittheilungen”. Published by Justus Perthes in
1880. |
$85 |
 CAN193
- A. H.
PETERMANN “Die Eskimo-Landen Nordlich Der
Hudson-Strasse, Zur Obersichtder Neuesten Aufnahmen unter Captain Hall,
Schwatka, Spicer, Keeney, Boas und Anderen.”
Gotha. 1885. Colored. 9½X14. This finely drawn chart shows the extent of
the expedition to Canada's northern
territories above Hudson's Bay in the late 19th century, by Capt Charles
F. Hall, Lt. Schwatka, Capts. Spicer, Chappell
and Keeney, Dr. F.
Boas and J. B.
Walker. The region covered stretches from the Davis Strait in the east
to King William Land and Victoria Strait in the northwest and includes
Melville Island, Southampton Is. Cockburn Land, Baffin Land, Luke Fox
Land, Hudson Strait, Cumberland Peninsula and Sound and the Gulf of
Boothia. Small inset map in top right shows Handy Harbor visited by
Capts. Chappell and Spicer in 1879-81. Map was
included in August Henry Petermann's “Geographische
Mittheilungen” published by Justus Perthes in
1885. |
$120 |
 CAN194
- A. H.
PETERMANN “Das Nordlichste Land Der Erde
Entdeckt 1616 bis 1861. Nach den
Olriginslquellen gez. von A. Petermann.”
Gotha. 1887. Colored.9½X16½. Very detailed chart in 5 sections shows
individual charts outlining the discoveries of 6 explorers to Canada's
Northern Arctic Territories above Baffin's Bay from 1616-1861. 1. Bylot
& Baffin. July 1616, 2. Ross. Aug. 1818, 3. Inglefield, Aug/Sept. 1852,
4. Kane 1853-1855, 5. Hayes. Aug. 1860-July 1861.
August Petermann who drew these charts was an expert in the
geography of the Arctic and had a bay named for him on the coast of
Grinnelland. Born in Germany in 1822, he moved to London in 1847 where
he drew maps published by himself and others, and in 1854 he moved back
to Germany and joined the Justus Perthes publishing company where he
issued his famous “Geographische Mittheilungun”
a geographical journal that became world famous. This excellent map was
included in his Journal in the 1887 edition. |
$185 |
 PNWR131
- A. PETERMANN
“Special karte von Nord-Siberien Zwischen Lena
und Beringstrasse.” Gotha. 1879. Colored.
14X14. This fine chart shows Siberia and Russia's Arctic coast from Lena
to the Bering Strait and Alaska. Chart depicts many ships tracks criss-crossing
the offshore Arctic waters, with depth soundings noted along the routes.
Locates Capt. Smith's American Bark “New
Bedford” 1879, Capt. Soule's
“St. George”
1867, The Bark “Wollaston”,
Capt. Nye, Capt. Craynor in H.M.S. Reindeer, 1867, Collinson in 1850,
Kellett in 1849, Capt. Cook in 1778 (above the Bering Strait) and shows
Wrangell Land visited by Capt. Long in 1869.
Also depicted on the chart is the coast of Alaska and the North American
coastline on the east shore of the Bering Strait. This is a very
detailed and finely executed explorers map that includes great detail of
Russia's Arctic coast.Drawn under the supervision of Augustus Petermann,
the map was included in Petermann's “Geographishe
Mittheilungun” and published by Justus Perthes
in 1879. |
$150 |
 RUSS116
- A. PETERMANN
“Prof. Nordenskiolds Fahrt Um Die Nordspitze Asiens Im Dampfer-Vega.
August 1878.” Gotha. 1879. Colored. 14½X19½.
This fine chart shows the track of Capt. Nordenskjold's Whaler, the
Vega, sailing from Lena on Russia's Arctic coast around the East and
West Taimyr Peninsulas. Baron Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjold (1832-1901)
was an Arctic explorer, historian and geologist, born in Helsinki,
Finland who moved to Stockholm. Sweden in 1858. He commanded the first
successful transit of a Northeast Passage in 1878-1879. To accomplish
this feat he left Tromso on 21st July 1878 and passing through the Yugor
Strait, he rounded Cape Chelynski on 19th August and then wintered in
173° E. Long., 120 miles from the East Cape.In the summer of 1879 he
passed through the Bering Strait into the Pacific Ocean.
(Note: in 1932 a Soviet ice-breaker made the first passage in a
single season between the White Sea and the Pacific.) This excellent
explorers chart includes a drawing in top left of Nordenskjold's Whaler
the Vega and Augustus Petermann included this chart is his famous
“Geographische Mittheilungen”
published by Justus Perthes in 1879. Nordenskjold became the Head of the
Dept. of Mineralogy at the National Museuam of Natural History and
Professor at the University of Stockholm. He explored Greenland in
1882-1883 and became a cartographic historian and avid collector
gradually building up a huge library of books, atlases and maps. The
Nordenskjold Collection is now in Helsinki's University Library. (Ref.
Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers. K-P. Page. 333.) |
$150 |
 AA141
- C. S.
HAMMOND “Region Around the North
Pole Giving the Records of the Most Important Explorations.”
N.Y. 1936. Printed color. 10½X15. This
excellent and informative map shows the tracks and dates of the North
Polar explorations in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The map also
depicts the land contours of the countries surrounding the North Pole in
great detail, with many place names and outlines of the Sounds, Seas,
Bays and Islands. Includes three inset charts 1. Franz Josef Land, 2.
Smith Sound and Robeson Channel and 3. Svalbard (Spitzbergen). Also
includes a list of Explorers' Routes from Davis in 1587 and Baffin in
1616 to Ekblaw in 1915. A fine map. From C. S.
Hammond's “New World Atlas”. |
$110 |
 AA143
- J. COOK “A Chart of the Southern Hemisphere Shewing the Tracks of
some of the Most Distinguished Navigators by Captain James Cook of His
Majesty's Navy.” London. 1777. B/W. 22½X21¼. This fine chart with a
South Polar Projection shows the southern continents of South Africa,
South America, Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific Ocean was
drawn under the supervision of Capt. James Cook after his 2nd voyage to
the Pacific in 1772-1775. It depicts Cook's tracks during his 1st and
2nd voyages, 1768-1771 and 1772-1775 as well as the tracks of his
contemporaries Carteret, Byron, Furneaux, Wallis and Bougainville and
includes Quiros in 1606, Tasman in 1612, Halley in 1700, & Bouvet in
1738. The chart also lists the islands in the Southern Hemisphere and
their postions,as discovered by the explorer/navigators. This fine chart
was published in 1777 by William Strahan and Thomas Cadell in the
Strand, London. Both well known 18th century publishers. |
$750
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 AA147
- J. de BEAURAIN “Carte Des
Deux Region Polaires Jusqu'au 45 Degre de Latitude.” Paris. c. 1795.
Colored. 7½X11. Finely engraved early double hemisphere map with North
and South Polar Projections. Land contours around the Arctic Circle are
still very speculative and on America's Pacific Northwest coast is the
apocryphal entrance to a Northwest Passage, reported by Admiral de Fonte
in 1640, but disproved after later navigators such as James Cook and
George Vancouver surveyed the coast in detail in the late 18th century.
On the South Polar map are the tracks of Abel Tasman in 1642, and
Captain's Cook and Furneaux in 1769, 1773 and 1774. Jean, Chevalier De
Beaurain Sr. lived from 1696-1771 and was a well known Parisian
cartographer, who was made Geographe Du Royal (Royal Geographer to the
King) in 1721. After his father's death, Jean de Beaurain Jr. carried on
his father's mapmaking business and issued a well known chart of Boston
Harbor, in Massachusetts, based on Des Barre's chart of the same region. |
$275 |
 AA148
- A. ZATTA “Carta Delle Due
Region Polare.” Venice. c. 1778. 9X9.
Colored Attractive hemisphere map with a North
Polar projection shows the lands around the North Pole. In the Pacific
Northwest the land contours are still highly speculative and Vitus
Behring's Strait, named after him does not appear on the map, but the
apocryphal entrance to a Northwest Passage on America's Pacific
Northwest coast is depicted. The entrance to a Passage across North
America was first reported by Admiral de Fonte in 1640, but it was
deemed fictitious after Captain Cook and George Vancouver made more
accurate surveys along the coast in the late 18th century. Antonio Zatta
(1750-1804) was a well known Venetian cartographer, publisher and
printer and this map came from his “Le Colonie Unite Dell' America
Settentrie,” a set of 12 maps he published in 1778. |
$350 |
 AA149
- E. BOWEN “A New and Accurate Map of the North Pole with all the
Countries Hitherto Discovered Situated Near or Adjacent to it, as well
as Some Others More Remote. Drawn from the Latest and Best Authorities
and Regulated by Astronomical Observations. By Eman. Bowen.” London
1747-1752. Colored. 15X16. Very handsome circular map by a major
cartographer - Emanuel Bowen (c.1693-1767), was drawn with a Polar
Projection to show all the lands around the North Pole. Depicts Hudson's
Bay, Labrador or New Britain in North America, Baffin's Bay, Davis
Strait, Greenland, Iceland and the North Atlantic Ocean to the British
Isles, Norway, Lapland & the Baltic Sea in Europe, and thence to the
Russian Arctic and Siberia. The chart depicts the Arctic Circle and the
Northern or Arctic Ocean. The text on the map states “By the view which
this Polar Map exhibits of the Compass and Extent of Sea and Land lying
East and West from the Meridian of London may be estimated the
importance of the many attempts which have been formerly made and is at
present making, to discover a passage to China and the East Indies. For
could this desirable discovery be made either by a northeast passage as
has been hitherto in vain attempted, or by a northwest passage as is now
again attempting; it would greatly shorten the length and lessen the
expenses of East India voyages; and consequently be of considerable
advantage to our British trade and navigation.” Further paragraphs of
text provide the names of the navigators consulted in the formation of
this chart and a note that “the publick is in great expectation of new
discoveries from the expedition of the Dobbs Galley and the California
which passed by Yarmouth the 31st of May 1746 under convoy of the Loo of
40 Guns on their voyage to discover the N.W. Passage by Hudson's
Streights.” This fine chart has a beautiful title cartouche in top
center surrounded by ornamental scrolls and foliage. From “A Complete
System of Geography” by Emanuel Bowen.
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$1,200 |
 AA150
- G. MERCATOR/H. HONDIUS “Polus Arcticus Cum Vicinis Re Gionibus.”
London. 1635-7. Colored. 5¼X8½. Very decorative map produced by Gerhard
Mercator (1512-1594) & printed by Michael Sparke in 1637 from “Historia
Mundi” or Mercator's Atlas. The map also has a title “The North Pole” &
shows all the lands around the Pole from Northern Europe to America and
Asia. In 3 corners of the map are engravings of 1.) the mythical island
of Frisland, 2.) the Shetland Islands and 3.) the Faroe Islands. In the
4th corner is the title in a circle & around the Pole are very detailed
notes regarding it's position within the Arctic Circle. The background
of the map is designed with strapwork & ornamental motifs. Partial text
is included on the reverse side of the map. This is a gem of a map and
very scarce. |
$685 |
 AA151
- BALDWIN & CRADOCK “Circumjacent to the North Pole.”
London. 1830. Colored. 10½X11. Finely engraved map shows the lands
surrounding the North Pole. The map is drawn with a North Polar
Projection & includes a note saying “The figures around the coast show
the time of High Water at the Full & Change of the Moon.” The chart
shows cities, towns & harbors, rivers & seas in the Northern Hemisphere
& is extremely detailed. The map was published by Baldwin & Cradock
under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful
Knowledge. A very well-drawn map.
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$175 |
 AA152
- G. DE L'ISLE “Hemisphere Meridional Pour Voir Plus Distinctement Les
Terres Australes. Par Guillaume De L'Isle de l'Academie Royale des
sciences. A Paris Chez l'Auteur sur le Quai de l'Horloge. Juillet 1714.”
Paris/Amsterdam 1714. Colored. 18X18. Very handsome map of the Southern
Hemisphere drawn with a South Polar Projection shows all the known lands
around the Pole. Eastern Australia & New Zealand have yet to be explored
& charted as well as the islands in the South Pacific. The routes of
Dampier, Halley, Tasman & Magellan are drawn in fine lines around the
globe, & the significance of the map is that it shows the limitations of
man's knowledge in the early 18th century, of the Southen Hemisphere.
This splendid map was created under the direction of Guillaume De L'Isle
(1675-1726) who was one of the major figures in the development of
French cartography. He believed in accuracy on his maps and continuously
updated them to reflect new information as it was received in London &
Paris by the early circumnavigators. The map was published in 1714 in
both Paris & Amsterdam by J. Ottens in the “Atlas Maior Cum Generales
Omnium.”
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$825 |
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