A Group of Three Maps from Arnoldus Montanus’ 1671 Atlas

A Group of Three Maps from Arnoldus Montanus’ 1671 Atlas

MAP OF VIRGINIA Amsterdam 1671 Titled: “Nova Virginae Tabula” Published in De Nieuwe in onbekende Weereld…by Arnoldus Montanus (circa 1625-1683) Printed by Jacob Meurs MAP OF VIRGINIA and the SOUTHEAST Amsterdam 1671 Titled: “Virginae partis australis et Floridae...
A New Mapp of Carolina

A New Mapp of Carolina

A New Mapp of Carolina By John Thornton … and Will: Fisher Inset: A Large Draught of Ashly and Coopers River First published in 1689 in the Fourth Book of the English Pilot London, C. 1728 18.5 x 23” overall (The altered script in the cartouche dates to the 1728...
A French Admiralty Map of the East Coast of North America

A French Admiralty Map of the East Coast of North America

Carte Reduite Des Cotes Orientales De L’Amerique Septentrionale… Antoine Sartine (1729-1801) 23 ¾ ” x 35 1/2”. First published 1778, “VAISSEAUX DU ROI” Reissued C. 1792, Post French Revolution “VAISSEAUX FRANCAIS” Published by the French Admiralty, Antoine...
Map of North America, Coronelli, Venice,

Map of North America, Coronelli, Venice,

Mare del Nord Engraving from the Atlante Veneto Vincenzo Maria Coronelli ~Cosmographer to the Venetian Republic Venice Circa 1691 V.M.Coronelli (1650-1718) was a Franciscan priest who became a renowned mathematician and cartographer.  In 1685 he was appointed the...
A NEW DESCRIPTION OF CAROLINA By Order of the Lords Proprietors

A NEW DESCRIPTION OF CAROLINA By Order of the Lords Proprietors

A NEW DESCRIPTION OF CAROLINA By Order of the Lords Proprietors Drawn by John Ogilby Engraved by James Moxon Published by John Ogilby in his atlas “America” London, 1672 20 ½” x 16” Commentary: A New Description of Carolina was based in large part on a manuscript map...