America – Ortelius, Abraham. (1527 – 1598).

Culiacanae, Americae Regionis, Descriptio – Hispaniolae, Cubae, Aliarumqe Insualrum Circumiacientium Delineatio.

Antwerp, Ortelius, [1579]. Original hand-coloured engraving. Plate Size: 49.3 cm x 35.3 cm. Sheet Size: 53.1 cm x 42 cm. Original map. Very good condition, with some signs of browning to the outer margins only. Slight creasing to the top right coner of map. Professionally repaired tear to lower centre fold, barely noticeable given the quality of the workmanship. Latin text on reverse.

America / Latin America / North America / USA / Canada – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

North America – with Vignettes and illustrations of Cossacks, Esquimaux [sic] Inuit Dog-Sledge, Mount Hekla, Beavers, Falls of Niagara, Convoy of Diamonds, Ancient Monument in Mexico, North American Indians, Wapiti Dear.

London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Plate Size: 24.2 cm x 35.4 cm. Sheet Size: 27.4 cm x 37.5 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

America / USA – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

United States [of America] with Vignettes and illustrations of the Buffalo Hunt, Penn’s Treaty with the Indians, Washington’s Monument, Portraits of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin and a very early depiction of the american flag.

London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Plate Size: 32.8 cm x 24.6 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition. Beautifully Framed !

Americas – Homann, Johann Baptist. (1664 – 1724).

Americae Mappa generalis.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Nürnberg, Homann, 1746. Plate Size: 53 cm x 46 cm. Sheet Size: 56.3 cm x 50 cm. Original map. Very good+ condition. Expertly restored map with reinforced edges. Faintest traces of the professional repairs barely evident such is the quality of the restoration.

United States – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Boston – With Beautiful Vignettes of Boston, the State House and Bunker Hill’s Monument.

London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by J. Watkins Plate Size: 32.5 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size: 37.2 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

Western Hemisphere – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Western Hemisphere – With Stunning Vignettes of Indigenous Peoples, Native Animals.

London, Edinburgh & Dublin, J.& F. Tallis, 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Warren and Enrgaved by J. Rogers. Plate Size: 34 cm x 25.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27 cm. In very good condition with only faintest traces of browning to outer margins. Very slight paper imperfections along edge. Minor tear near upper left corner. Very minor tear to map above the Arctic Circle.