Antique Plan of the Harbour of Taloo by Cook, 1784

Antique map titled 'Sketch of the Harbours on the North Side of Eimeo (..)'. Plan of the harbour of Taloo in the Island of Moorea, one of the Society Islands, French Polynesia. Origi...

Antique map French Polynesia titled 'Schets van de Havenen aan de Noord Zijde van Eimeo'. Plan of the harbour of Taloo in the Island of Moorea, one of the Society Islands, French Polynesia. Originates from 'Reize rondom de Waereld door James Cook...

Antique map titled 'Sketch of Tongataboo Harbour (..)'. Antique map of the harbour of Tongatabu, one of the Tonga Islands. Originates from an edition of Cook's Voyages. Artists an...

Antique map titled 'View of Sulphur Island (..)'. Antique map and view of Suffren Island. Originates from an edition of Cook's Voyages. Artists and Engravers: Published by Nicol, ...

Antique map Kiribati titled 'Christmas Island (..)'. Antique map of Christmas Island, also known as Kiritimati. Originates from an edition of Cook's Voyages. Artists and Engravers...

Antique map titled 'Sketch of the Harbour of Samganooda (..)'. Antique map of the Harbour of Samganoodha, Oonalaska, North America. Originates from an edition of Cook's Voyages. A...

PL Burdett A Chart of the Harbour of Liverpool hand coloured. Encased in an ebonised frame. Dimensions Height 23.5 Inches Width 28 Inches Depth 1 Inches

This large and detailed plan of Paris was published by Alexandre Vuillemin in 1845. The map conveys a wonderful amount of information and is decorated throughout with pictorial vigne...

Great battle plan of The Battle of Abukir Drawn by A.M Perrot Steel engraving by Tardieu with original hand colour Unframed. The size given is the paper size

By Andrew Ellicott (1754-1820) and Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754-1825). Plan of the City of Washington. Published by Thackara & Vallance, Philadelphia, 1792. Later impression printed on 19th century wove paper. This is a fine 19th century printing of the "official" plan of Washington, D.C. First printed in 1792 by the original publishers, Thackara & Vallance in Philadelphia, this is a later 19th century printing of the fifth recorded engraving of the L’Enfant / Ellicott city plan. The first three issues of this city plan were in published in periodicals, making the fifth edition only the second separately-issued engraving of the plan. In full, the title reads, “Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia, ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America and by them established as the Seat of their Government after the year 1800.” The national capital city is laid out according to a plan originally proposed by Pierre Charles L'Enfant and modified by Andrew Ellicott. L'Enfant was born in Paris, where he trained to be an architect. He came to America in 1777, and served under George Washington as an engineer during the Revolutionary War. In 1791, Washington asked L'Enfant to design the new capital city in the District of Columbia. However, trouble arose between the city and L'Enfant. The City Commissioner needed a finished, printed copy of the plan in order to sell building lots but L'Enfant worked slowly and released only incomplete plans, and proved to be quite obstinate. On instruction from President Washington...

Produced for the W.H. Smith guide, folded in the original. The map here is unfolded and framed flat, with transportation routes shown and color details. sight 22 x 32" (original ful...

The Decorative Arts Of The Mariner by Gervis Frere-Cook. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1966). Profusely illustrated. Seventeen authorities have...