Part of "Caroline Meridionale et Partie de la Georgie Par le Chevr. Bull Gouverneur Lieutenant le Capitaine Gascoign. Chevr. Bryan et de Brahm Arpenteur General de la Caroline Meridle et un des Arpentteurs de la Georgie" by William Gerard De Brahm, published by Chez le Rouge rue des grands Augustins, Paris, 1777. Copper plate engraving […]
Lot 292: Western NC and Southern VA Map (after Mitchell, 1773)
Antonio Zatta: IL PAESE DE CHERACHESI CON LA PARTE OCCIDENTAL DELLA CAROLINA SETTENTRIONALE, E DELLA VIRGINIA. Section of the Italian edition of Mitchell's 1773 map of North America, from Storia Dell'America Settentrionale by Antonio Zatta, John Mitchell, G.T. Raynal (Venice, 1778). Map with outline color engraved on laid paper, depicts a portion of the Southeastern […]
Lot 291: A New Map of Georgia, 1748 Bowen
"A New Map of Georgia, with Part of Carolina, Florida and Louisiana. Drawn from Original Draughts assisted by the most approved Maps and Charts" by Emanuel Bowen, London, 1748. From "Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca, or Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels" by John Harris. Copper plate engraving of the Georgia colony, Florida, the Carolinas, and […]
Lot 290: Kentucky Map, J. Russell, 1794
A MAP OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY WITH THE ADJOINING TERRITORIES by J. Russell, 1794. London: H.D. Symonds. Includes most of Tennessee, referred to as the "Southwestern Territory" on this map. North of the Ohio River is part of the Northwest Territory, with Fort Washington shown. South of Tennessee and Davidson Counties, is "Reserved for […]
Lot 289: Map of the Tennessee Government, 1795 Smith
"A Map of The Tennassee [sic] Government formerly Part of North Carolina taken Chiefly from Surveys By Genl. D. Smith & others" drawn by Daniel Smith, engraved by Joseph T. Scott, published by Matthew Carey, Philadelphia, 1795. From "General Atlas For Carey's Edition Of Guthrie's Geography Improved" by Matthew Carey. Copper plate engraving of Tennessee […]
Lot 288: KY and TN Map, Cyrus Harris, c. 1796
Cyrus Harris, A MAP OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY AND THE TENNESSEE GOVERNMENT COMPILED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES from Jedidiah Morse's The American Universal Geography. Boston: Thomas and Andrews, 1796. Engraving by Amos Doolittle. Indian boundaries and the Southern boundary of the military reservation set aside for veterans of the North Carolina troops are shown. […]
Lot 286: Hand drawn Memphis plat, ref. Fort Pickering
1877 hand drawn and partially colored map of a section of Memphis, Tennessee by Charles Christopher Burke (1815-1901, County Surveyor 1870-1884), depicting numerous city landmarks including the State Female College, and the Bayou Gayosa (buried underground c. 1910 under the area now home to the St. Jude's campus and Danny Thomas Boulevard), McLemore and Race […]
Lot 287: New Map of Cherokee Nation, uncut from the London Magazine
THE LONDON MAGAZINE OR GENTLEMAN'S MONTHLY INTELLIGENCER, published February 1760, containing the fold out map by Thomas Kitchen, "engraved from an Indian draught" and entitled A NEW MAP OF THE CHEROKEE NATION WITH THE NAMES OF THE TOWNS AND RIVERS THEY ARE SITUATED ON. Features western North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Northern Alabama, and Northern […]
Lot 284: Early View of Nashville
VIEW OF NASHVILLE FROM ROCK CASTLE, SEAT OF DR. OVERTON, early engraved view of Nashville, Tennessee, flanked by views of The University of Nashville (1826-1909) and The Tennessee Penitentiary (which opened in 1831), vignettes cut from the very scarce 1833 map of Nashville by J.P. Ayres, published by Doolittle and Munson (we can find no […]
Lot 285: 3 Early Southern and TN Maps, inc. Mero District plus book excerpt
Four (4) items total, 3 unframed maps and 1 book excerpt. 1st item: Joseph Scott: THE SOUTHWEST TERRITORY, Scott's Gazetteer, Phila. 1795, showing the Mero district, Nashville, Knoxville, Clarksville and other Tennessee locations such as Ross's Iron Works and the South Boundary Military Reservation; Kentucky to the North and Georgia to the South. The area […]