Old Engraving of Volcano Piton de la Fournaise on Reunion Island, c.1750

Antique map titled 'Isle d'Auphine, communement Nommée par les Europeens Madagascar, et St. Laurens, et par les Habitans du pays Madecase'. Beautiful map of Madagascar...

Antique map titled 'Carte des environs de Batavia '. French map of the Batavia area (Jakarta) in Indonesia. With cartouche, scale and compass rose. Published circa 1750. The map i...

Title on page: "Ins. de Cerno a. Nostatibus Mauritius Nominata [on sheet with] Gunnanappi Labetacq [and] Civitas Gammelamme [and] Rex Tubatus", Le Clerc, Jean This sheet includes fo...

Antique print titled 'Gezigt van Kabo Verde' and 'Zydelings Gezigt van Kabo Verde'. Old print of Cabo Verde with a double view of the island coast. Engraved...

An early 19th century map of ancient Syria and Egypt entitled "Carte de la Syrie et de l'Egypte anciennes/dressée par M. Lapie, Colonel d'Etat Major, et...

Print by engraving on copper plate Tav III TIX fig. 17-22 from the volume Navigazione; with frame 28 x 33. Some calculations are depicted. Very good condition. Shipping is insured by...

ST/520 - Old rare Italian map of England, dated 1826-1827 - by Girolamo Tasso, editor in Venise, for the atlas of M.r Le-Sage.

Presented here is an 1876 engraving of John B. Bachelder and James Walker’s Gettysburg. The Repulse of Longstreet’s Assault. The engraved scene depicts the decisive battle on the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Researched by the photographer and topographer John B. Bachelder and painted by James Walker, the original painting was created in 1870. This detailed engraving was done by H. B. Hall Jr. and published by James Drummond Ball. Otherwise called Pickett’s Charge, the battle occurred on July 3, 1863. Pickett’s corp commander, Lieutenant General James Longstreet was placed in charge of the attack despite his hesitations. Longstreet’s central role led to the title of the work, Repulse of Longstreet’s Assault. In an attempt to gain control of an important supply route, nine Confederate brigades charged across three-quarters of a mile of open ground against cannon fire to take Cemetery Ridge from the defending Union Army. Despite their overwhelming numbers, the Confederate forces were repelled with considerable casualties marking not only a decisive victory for the Union, but also the beginning of the slow defeat of Lee’s Army. The furthest the charging forces advanced before being repulsed would forever be known as the “High Water Mark of the Confederacy.” The Confederate army never recovered from the losses at Gettysburg and it effectively ended Lee’s campaign into Pennsylvania. The engraving gives the perspective from the Union rear, one that encompasses most of the battlefield, from Big Round Top on the left to the northern reaches of Cemetery Ridge on the right. The Confederate lines at Seminary Ridge are in the far distance, partially obscured by bursting shells. The image centers on the main Confederate assault, in the vicinity of what today are known as "The Copse" and "The Bloody Angle." The composition has elemen...