18th Century Maps
Carte de la Coste D'Arabia, Mer Rouge, et Golfe de Perse (Map of the Coast of Arabia, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf), 1740
Map of the Arabia Peninsula, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf
Copperplate engraving
Non-contemporary colored
9" x 10"
Cartographer: Jacques Nicolas Bellin
Carte de Nouveau Continental (Map of the New World), 1749
Map of North and South America
Copperplate engraving
Non-contemporary hand colored
9" x 7 1/8"
Cartographer: Robert de Vaugondy
Pays Bas Catholiques (Catholics of the Netherlands), 1750
Map of the Catholic provinces of Flanders
Copperplate engraving
Non-contemporary hand colored
5 7/8" x 6 1/8"
Cartographer: Robert de Vaugondy
Terre Sainte (Palestine and the Twelve Tribes), 1750
Map of Holy Land showing 12 tribes of Israel
Cartouche b/w of Palestine
Copperplate engraving
Non-contemporary hand colored
19 1/2" x 20 1/2"
Cartographer: Johann Christoph Harenberg
Isles-Britanniques (Isles of Brittania), 1780
Map of Great Britain and Ireland
Five scales of distance in upper right corner
Prime meridian through Paris
Copperplate engraving
Non-contemporary hand colored
14" x 9 3/4"
Cartographer: Rigobert Bonne
Les Etats Unis de L'Amérique Septentrionale (The United States of North America), 1781
Map of US showing east coast including Canada
Copperplate engraving
Non-contemporary color
No 826 on plate
14" x 9 1/2"
Cartographer: Rigobert Bonne
Mappe - Monde, 1787
Map of North and South America
Compass rose with names and usage
Copperplate engraving
Non-contemporary hand colored
10" x 14 1/2"
Cartographer: Rigobert Bonne
This map was published in Paris in 1787. It includes updates provided by James Cook for Hawaii, New Zealand and the northwest coast of America. The United states is shown confined to east of the Mississippi River. In the lower left is a diagram of the shape of a hemisphere showing the poles. The lower right has a compass known as a “Rose de Boussol."
Amérique Septentrionale (North America), 1787
Map of North America
Prime Meridian through Paris
Seven scales of distance
Copperplate engraving
Non-contemporary hand colored
Cartographer: Rigobert Bonne
Mappa Dispersûs Filiorum Noemi (Map of Dispersal of Sons of Noah), 1787
Map showing dispersal of sons of Noah
Copperplate engraving
Non-contemporary colored
9 7/8" x 14 3/8"
Cartographer: Rigobert Bonne
L'Amerique, c.1790
North and South American Map with Napolean dating
Copperplate engraving
Non-contemporary hand colored
10" x 9 1/8"
Cartographer: Robert de Vaugondy
Judee ou Terre Sainte (Judea or Holy Land), 1790
Map of Judea and the Holy Land showing twelve tribal divisions
Copperplate engraving with cartouche
10" x 8 7/8"
Cartographer: Robert de Vaugondy
Europe Accurately Drawn from the most approved Modern maps and Charts, 1790
Detailed map of Europe from Percival Barlow's "General History of Europe; and Entertaining Traveller"
B/W steel plate engraving
13" x 15 7/8"
Cartographer: Thomas Bowen
