Cornelius Wytfliet. Anian Regnum, ca. 1597. 29 cm. x 23 cm. Black and white.

Mapping of California from the first atlas devoted to regional maps of America, Descriptionis Ptolemaeici Augumentum. The atlas was produced for the council secretary of Brabant. For the maps, Wytfliet drew upon various sources, including Gerhard Mercator's world map of 1569, Peter Plancius' world map of 1592 as well as various manuscript maps and travel accounts to which he had access. This is second printed map of California and the northwest (The first, by de Jode, 1593, is rarely available) and is therefore of seminal importance in the cartography of California. $$$

Henri Hondius. Nova Virginiae Tabula,  ca. 1640. 48 cm x 36 cm. Full contemporary color.

Based on the John Smith prototype map of Virginia, this is the earliest map of this area to delineate the Chesapeake Bay with any accuracy. The vignettes which adorn the map were taken from John White's drawings which appeared in Grand Voyages by De Bry. Usually accepted as one of the most decorative of the early regional maps of America.  $$$

Jan Jansson, Northeast America, ca. 1651. First state.  Belgii Novi,  1651.   51.5  cm x 44.5  cm, original color. Rare.

Mother map for the Jansson-Visscher series, here offered in the increasingly rare first state.  One of the most fundamental prototype maps of America ever published.  Essentially geographically verbatim copies (save for the inset of New York) were published for over a century. The basic outlines stem, from Peter Minuit and the Adrian Block chart. The animals and indian scenes were widely copied.  Burden, No. 305.  $$$$$

John White, Virginia, , ca. 1590.  48  cm x 30.5  cm, black and white. Second state, as usual.  Excellent condition with excellent margins all around.  Published in de Bry after John White’s sketches.

This is the famous White map of Virginia which Burden calls “one of the most significant cartographic milestones in colonial North American history.”  Burden further states that this was the most accurate mapping of any region of North America in the 16th century. Of fundamental importance to Amercian cartography.  Burden, No. 76.   $$$$$$

Visscher,  Northeast America. ca. 1700.  Carte  Nouvelle ... Partie d’Amerique la Plus Septentrionale, ca. 1680.  2 sheets, each 18.5 cm x 23 cm. Very rare in such fine condition and as a matched pair in beautiful original color.

Pieter Goos. Northeast North America. Pas Caerte van Nieu Nederlandt en de Engelische Virginies, ca. 1666.  53 cm x 45 cm, original color, excellent condition.  Published in the Zee Atlaa ofte Water-Weereld.

Goos’ renowned sea chart of the east coast from the outer banks to just above Cape Cod. Based on Van Loon’s chart of 1661. One of the most beautiful maps of America in the 17th century. Ref. Burden, No. 387.  $$$$$$

Two sheets giving a stunning, yet detailed, mapping of the eastern portion of North America. One of the most beautiful of the post-Blaue era Dutch maps. An essential advance on earlier mapping.  $$$$