A Map of the State of Kentucky and the Tennessee Government Compiled from the Best Authorities by Cyrus Harris, engraved by Amos Doolittle, published by Thomas and Andrews, Boston, 1796. From THE AMERICAN UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHY by Jedidiah Morse. Copper plate engraving of Kentucky and Tennessee depicting early towns and roads, including Nashville and Clarksville, rivers, […]

Four (4) framed 18th-century maps of America. 4 plates (out of 12) from “Le Colonie Unite dell’ America Settentr’le” by Antonio Zatta, published Venice, 1778, hand-colored engravings on laid paper. Includes plates VII, X, and XI depicting parts of Florida, Georgia, Virginia, and the Carolinas, plus VIII depicting parts of Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. […]

1st item: Map of the United States, steel engraving by John Rapkin, published by John Tallis, London, 1851. Hand colored. With three decorative vignette views labeled: “Washington’s Monument” (includes the statue at the top which was never installed), “Penn’s Treaty with the Indians,” and “Buffalo Hunt.” Shows the eastern states and some interestingly shaped western […]

1st item: Double Hemisphere World Map, published by A. J. Johnson and Benjamin P. Ward as plates nos. 4-5 in the 1863 edition of “Johnson’s Family Atlas”. Detailed large double hemisphere map of the world, with the hemispheres meeting in the Atlantic Ocean. The Antarctic continent is only partially illustrated due to limited Antarctic exploration […]

Henry Roberts (1756-1796), A General Chart Exhibiting the Discoveries Made by Captain James Cook, 1784. Original copperplate engraving from Cook’s Last Voyage published in 1784 by Strahan and Cadell of London. In 1766 Captain James Cook (1728-1789) of the Royal Navy was commissioned to undertake three historic voyages of exploration in the Pacific, resulting in […]

Moll, Herman: A NEW MAP OF ITALY, 1714, large hand colored copper plate engraved map on laid paper, depicting the entirety of Italy, with images at left of erupting volcanos Mt. Vesuvius and Mt. Aetna and a stable Mt. Aeolius. Matted and framed under glass in a woodgrain frame. Sight- 25″H x 40″W. Frame – […]

Blaeu, Johannes, REGNO DI NAPOLI, c. 1640 map from Atlas Novus depicting the Kingdom of Naples in Southern Italy when it was part of the Spanish dominions of the Hapsburg Empire in Europe (as indicated by the Spanish Arms, upper right). The hand-colored map features panels of provincial coats of arms at each side with […]

Small, vintage French globe made of reinforced cardboard with paper overlaid maps, raised on a metal and wood pedestal stand. Signed “G. Thomas, Editeur. 44 Rue N.D. des Champs, Paris”. 11 1/2″ H, 6″ D. Early 20th century. PROVENANCE: Private Nashville TN Collection. CONDITION: Some scratches, bottom attachment point has widened, now reinforced by later […]

Newton’s New & Improved Celestial Globe, c. 1830, “on which all the Stars Nebulae & Clusters contained in the extensive Catalogue of the late F. Wollaston F.R.S. are accurately laid down, their Right, Ascensions & Declinations having been recalculated for the year 1830 by W. Newton…” The approx. 12″ globe features twelve engraved and hand […]