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

East Canada and New Brunswick with Vignettes and illustrations of Quebec City and a group of Native Americans. The map shows in detail the area between the Bay of Fundy and the St.Lawrence River, to the West it shows reaches as far as Montreal with Trois-Rivières to the North.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 33.3 cm x 25.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

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

Nova Scotia and Newfoundland with Vignettes and illustrations of Halifax, Cod Fishery of Newfoundland. The Vignettes showing Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island, Anticosti Island and the mouth of the St.Lawrence River. The outher margins of the map beautifully illustrate the importance of the Cod Fishery to these regions by showing Cod on hooks. Also on the map a beautiful, large illustration of a Steamship with the fleet of Cod-Fishers behind it.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 25 cm x 32.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

3. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Northern Africa with Algeria, Marocco and Tunis and showing the Street of Gibraltar with southern Spain – with Vignettes and illustrations of Mogador / Marocco [Marokko] / Constantine [Constantinople / Istanbul] / Algiers / Tunis.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 41.5 cm x 50.5 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition.

4. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Van Diemen’s Land or Tasmania with beautiful Vignettes and illustrations of Hobart Town, Residence of the Company’s Agent, Circular Head / Thylacinus Cynocephalus. The map shows the old districts of Tasmania: Dorset, Cornwall, Glamorgan, Pembroke, Cumberland, Buckingham, Kent, Devon, Westmorland etc.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 39.5 cm x 46.5 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

5. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Western Africa – with Senegambia, Guinea (Ashantee / Dahomey, Benin) / Liberia etc. – with Vignettes and illustrations of Sierra Leone and Bakel, a Cape Coast Castle, Christiansborg (Danish Gold Coast / Osu Castle).

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of the Frame with map: 50 cm x 41 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

6. Africa / South Africa – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Cape Colony with Clan William, Little Namaqua Land, Tulbagh or Karoo, Stellenbosch, The Cape, Zwellendam, George, Zitzikamma, Uitenhage, Beaufort, Graaf Reynet, Albany, Somerset, Victoria, Colesberg, Griquas. With Vignettes and illustrations of Cape Town, Entrance to the Knysna, Graham’s Town.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 32 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

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

British America (meaning CANADA) – with Vignettes and illustrations of Esquimaux [Sic] (Inuit), Polar Bears, Images of the British Royal Navy vessels Fury and Hecla, Whale Fishing, Seal and a beautiful illustration of Montreal.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 33 cm x 24.6 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27.4 cm. Some fraying to the upper margins. Otherwise in very good condition with a small inkstain to the Montreal image. Beautifully Mounted !