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SE-US134 - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY “North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Eastern Tennessee”. Wash. D.C. 1926. Printed color. 14½X19. Very colorful map shows the States in excellent detail with counties, cities, towns & roads, railroads & canals located. Depicts the coast from Albemarle Sound south to Cape Lookout & Cape Fear, Charleston, Savannah, & Jacksonville, noting harbors, offshore islands, beaches & bays. Includes 3 insets, 1.) Charleston, 2.) Charlotte & 3.) Atlanta & Vicinity.

SE-US141 - J. N. BELLIN “Carte De La Caroline Et Georgie Pour Servir a L'Histoire Generale des Voyages.” Paris. 1757. Colored. 7½X11. Very attractive map by Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) one of France's premier cartographer/engravers, shows the coast of North & South Carolina from the Virginia border at Edenton, down to Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, Wilmington & Cape Fear. The Savannah River is located in Georgia & below it, inland is the “Pais Des Apalaches” (country of the Apalache Indians.) The map has a large, beautiful title cartouche in lower right decorated with scrolls & ornamental motifs. It was published in “Histoire Generale des Voyages.” in 1757 by Prevost D'Exiles. This is a gem of a map in very nice condition.

SE-US142 - J. JANSSON “Virginiae Partis Australis et Floridae Partis Orientalis Interjacentiumque Regionum Nova Descriptio.” Amsterdam 1642. Colored. 15X20. This very attractive & colorful map published by Jan Jansson (1588-1664) was based on a map by W & J Blaeu & shows America's southeast coast from Florida to Chesapeake Bay including Georgia, the Carolinas & Southern Virginia. In the late 16th century the Spanish had claimed the territory, but by the early 17th century the French & English had started colonies along the coast, & when the Blaeu map was drawn it was divided into English & French zones, depicted by the colorful coats-of-arms drawn on the map. Inland the map depicts rivers & lakes and the first showing of the Appalachian Mountains called Apalatcy Montes Auriseri, & it is said on the map that these mountains were named after the Indian King Apalatcy who lived there around 1562. This beautiful map is decorated with sailing ships, compass roses, cherubs & a handsome title cartouche ornamented with scrolls, strapwork & native figures. Published in “Nuevo Atlas O Teatro De Todo El Mundo” by Jan Jansson in 1642. French text on verso.

SE-US144 - U.S.C.G.S “Atlantic Coast. Cape Henry to St. Catherine's Sound.” Wash. D.C. 1893. B/W. 22X28. Finely drawn chart shows North America's southeast coast from Cape Henry & the entrance to Chesapeake Bay down to Albemarle Sound, Pamlico Sound, Cape Lookout & Cape Fear, North Carolina, & thence to Georgetown, Charleston, St. Helena Sound & Port Royal, South Carolina, continuing to Savannah, Georgia, & Ossabaw Sound & St. Catherine's Sound. Chart locates all the Outer Banks, with harbors, bays, & inlets & the track of the Axis of the Gulf Stream as it runs up the coast from Florida in the south. This fine chart was printed by A. Hoen & Co. Baltimore for the United States Coast & Geodetic Survey. Includes the Seal of the USCGS.

SE-US145 - J. BIEN “General Topographical Map Sheet. X. (Untitled. Georgia & Florida).” NY. 1891. Colored. 16½X27. This fine Civil War map of Georgia & the northern part of Florida depicts the coast from the Savannah River south to St. Catherine's Sound, Sapelo, Altamaha & St. Simon's Sounds. Then to Brunswick, the St. Mary's River ( Florida), Fernandina, Amelia Island, Nassau Sound, Jacksonville & St. Augustine. Inland the map stretches westward to the Flint River & Chattahoochee & then southward to Florida's Apalachee Bay & the Forbes Purchase. Includes topographical details, towns, & settlements, railroads, turnpike roads, & forts. Published by Julius Bien (1826-1909) a famous 19th century lithographer & printer, the map was issued in “The Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union & confederate Armies. 1861-1865,” Excellent detail. 

SE-US146 - J. BIEN "Map Prepared to Exhibit the Campaigns In which the Army of the Cumberland Took Part During the War of the Rebellion." New York. 1891. Colored. 17X27. Map includes parts of Virginia, Tennessee, North & South Carolina, Alabama, & Georgia. Depicts the sea coast from Wilmington & Cape Fear down to Charleston & Savannah. Locates roads & railroads, cites, towns & harbors. A fine map of the South & Southwest States to the Mississippi River that has 2 inset charts 1.) Cumberland Gap, Tenn.& 2.) Environs of Petersburg, VA. The map was published by Bien in New York for the "Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union & Confederate Armies. 1861-1865." Very good condition

SE-US147 - J. BIEN (Untitled) "North & South Carolina." New York. 1891. Colored. 17X27. Very detailed map from the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union & Confederate Armies in 1861-1865" by Julius Bien depicts the coast from Cape Lookout down to Cape Fear continuing to Charleston & the Ashley & Cooper Rivers. Inland depicts cities, towns, villages, roads and railroads. Includes a large inset chart showing the entrance to the Cape Fear River, North Carolina. At base of map is a long horizontal sketch by the Navy Dept. of the Rebel Work for the Defense of the New Inlet, Entrance to Cape Fear River. A finely delineated map. Very good condition.

SE-US148 - J. BIEN (Untitled) "South Carolina & Georgia" New York 1891. Colored. 17X27. Finely delineated map from the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union & Confederate Armies in 1861-1865, by Julius Bien depicts the seacoast from Charleston & the Ashley & Cooper Rivers to St. Helena Sound, Port Royal Entrance, Hilton Head, the Savannah River, to Ossabaw Island, St. Catherine's Sound & Harris Neck. Inland depicts cities, towns & villages, roads & railroads, all in fine detail. A fine Civil War map in very good condition.

SE-US149 - JOHNSON & WARD “Johnson's North & South Carolina.” NY 1863. Colored. 17X24. Splendid map of the two States with counties in different colors. The map traces the coastline from Cape Charles & Cape Henry down to Pamlico Sound, Cape Lookout, Cape Fear, to Charleston, St. Helena Sound & Savannah at the border of Georgia. Depicts hundreds of cities, towns & villages, harbors, roads & railroads. Includes 3 inset charts 1.) Plan of Charleston, 2.) Table Mountain, & 3.) Chimney Rock & French Broad River. The map was compiled by Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884) & published by Johnson & Ward in “Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel plate) Atlas” in 1863. Condition is very good with a decorative border frame.

SE-US150 - S. A. MITCHELL “County Map of the States of Georgia & Alabama.” Phila. 1880. Colored. 13½X24½. Very colorful & detailed map of the two States with the Gulf Coast from West Florida to Mobile, Alabama shows counties in different colors & hundreds of cities, towns, & harbors around the coasts. Locates roads & railroads connecting major cities & includes two inset maps 1.) A street block plan of the City of Savannah on the Savannah River & 2.) Street block plan of the City of Atlanta. The map was compiled under the direction of Samuel Augustus Mitchell (1792-1868) & published by his son, in 1880 in “Mitchell's New General Atlas.” Good condition.

SE-US151 - J. HONDIUS “Virginiae Item Et Floridae Americe Provinciarum Nova Descriptio.” Amstd. 1606-1619. Colored. 13½X19. This wonderfully decorative early map shows America's east coast from the Chesapeake down to St. Augustine, in Florida & depicts sailing ships, sea monsters, & native Indians fishing offshore in a longboat. The map was published in the 1st Edition of Gerhard Mercator's Atlas by Jodocus Hondius & is the only map of North America included in the Atlas. According to Philip Burden in his “Mapping of North America” the map is “a compilation of John White's “Virginia” & Jacques Le Moynes' “Florida” as interpreted by Theodore de Bry in 1590 & 1591 respectively.” In 1606, the earliest date of this map, a party of English settlers sailed for North America to colonize an area in Chesapeake Bay, they called Jamestown & the Bay is noted on the map as Chesepioock Sinus. The map's title in top left is surrounded by a decorative strapwork design, along with 2 circular drawings of Indian villages one in Virginia & one in Florida. A wild turkey along with deer embellish the map, which includes mountains, lakes and an Indian couple dressed as the King & Queen of Florida. Furthermore in lower right is a decorative mileage scale surrounded by an intricate strapwork design. Includes French Text on verso. From “Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes De Frabrica Mundi Et Fabricati Figura,” by Gerhard Mercator. (1512-1594). He was the greatest cartographer, engraver, instrument maker, & innovator of his time and was the first to coin the word Atlas for a collection of maps. A scarce & beautiful early map.

SE-US152 - J. B. HOMANN “D. Carolina Nebst Einem Theil Von Florida.” Nurnberg. 1731. 8X11. Colored. This attractive & colorful map shows North & South Carolina & Northern Florida, with a coastline that runs south from Chesapeake Bay down to Port Augustine on the coast of Florida. Inland shows major towns & forests, open fields & rivers flowing to the coast. Includes part of Western Florida on the Gulf of Mexico. The map forms the lower right corner of a 4 part map titled “Domina Anglorum” which was published in Homann's "Grosser Atlas” in Nurnberg in 1731.

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