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Presented is an original 1846 map of “North America.” The map was drawn and engraved by I. Dower and published in London by Orr & Company. The map depicts North America, to include G...

Nice map of North America Drawn and engraved by J.Dower Published by Orr & Smith. C.1835 Unframed. Free shipping

A fine antique 18th century map of the North American seaboard. Entitled "A New Map of North America from the Latest Discoveries 1763". By the Cartographer/Engraver - John Spil...

A brilliantly colourful map of the Leipzig, Karl Marx Stadt and Dresden area in the former German Democratic Republic by VEB Hermann Haack of Gotha.

Great map of Chili, Peru and part of Bolivia Wonderful figural border From the celebrated Royal Illustrated Atlas Lithograph. Original color. Published by Fullarton, Edi...

Great map of South East Asia Copper-plate engraving Drawn and engraved by Thomas Clerk, Edinburgh. Published by Mackenzie And Dent, 1817 Unframed.

Fabulous map of North Carolina Original color By Rand, McNally & Co. Published, 1894 Unframed Free shipping.

Large U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart A of the Atlantic Coast, 1877, re-issued in February 1881, a printed paper laid down on linen navigational chart of the U.S. Atlantic coast...

Antique map of North Carolina Published By A & C Black. 1903 Original colour Good condition Unframed. Free shipping

Splendours of the East Temples Tombs Palaces and Fortresses of Asia by Mortimer Wheeler. Spring Pub., London, New York, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket. 288 pages; illustrated with ...

Presented is U.S. Coast Survey nautical chart or maritime map of Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay from 1856. The map depicts the region from Susquehanna, Maryland to the northern Outer Banks in North Carolina. It also shows from Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia to the Atlantic Ocean. The map is highly detailed with many cities and towns labeled throughout. Rivers, inlets, and bays are also labeled. Various charts illustrating more specific parts of the region are marked on the map using dotted lines. The lines form boxes, and the corresponding chart number and publication date are given. Extensive triangulation surveys were conducted the length of Chesapeake Bay and are illustrated here. Hampton Roads, Virginia is labeled, along with the James, York, and Rappahannock Rivers, which were all extensively surveyed. The chart was published under the supervision of A. D. Bache, one of the most influential and prolific figures in the early history of the U.S. Coast Survey, for the 1856 Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an American physicist, scientist, and surveyor. Bache served as the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey from 1843 to 1865. Born in Philadelphia, Bache toured Europe and composed an important treatise on European Education. He also served as president of Philadelphia's Central High School and was a professor of natural history and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. Upon the death of Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler, Bache was appointed Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey. The Office of the Coast Survey, founded in 1807 by President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of Commerce Albert Gallatin...

Greenville Collins Northwest Coast and Isle of Man. hand coloured chart, encased in an ebonised frame. Dimensions Height 26.5 Inches Width 30 Inches Depth 1 Inches