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From "Atlas Designed to Illustrated the Geography of the Heavens". New York: Huntington and Savage, 1835. . 13-3/4" x 18"-35 x 45.7 cm. . Outline colour. Minor defects to blank margins, o/w a colourful map. Nice wide margins. A detailed celestial chart showing the major constellations.

c. 1815.. light offsetting, marginal chips and tears one larger one upper left extending into neatline else good.. 19-1/2" x 23- "49.5 x 58.4 cm.. Published in Thomson's New General Atlas. Outline colour. A large map of the world showing explorer’s routes such as Cook, Vancouver, Perouse etc. World, exploration, Cook, Vancouver, Perouse

An interesting chart showing the magnetic curves throughout the world's ocean's and seas. Barlow trained in mathematics and spent ten years studying the field of magnetism as well as experimenting with optics. In 1825 he was awarded the Copley medal from the Royal Society for his work in magnetism.

Published in Diderot's Astronomie c. 1750. 8-3/4" x 13-1/4"-22.2 x 33.6 cm. Light marginal staining o/w a nice crisp impression. An interesting Celestial chart showing the constellations in the Boreal and Austral hemispheres.

A map showing the principal islands in the Atlantic including: The Azores, Faroe Islands, Madeira, Canary Islands, Princes, Fernando Anno Bon & St. Thomas islands, Bermuda, Trinidad, Fernando Noronha (Brazilian convict island), the Falklands, Cape de Verde Islands, Ascension, St. Helena and Tristan D'Acunha Islands. Ports, towns and population numbers are indicated

London: , [1755.]. Two extra creases to upper corners else very good.. 7-1/4 x 11- 18.4 x 27.9 cm. . Jolly Gent-94 An interesting map of the World including recent discoveries of islands in the Pacific in 1741 and the eastern coast of Australia.

From Nuovo Atlante Univ., Milano. 7-1/4" x 10-1/2"-18.4 x 26.6 cm. . Hand coloured Horizontal crease north of Greenland, else very good. Other map fine

1766.. Folds as issued, extra vertical crease left, left margin trimmed close otherwise very good.. 14-1/4 x 17-1/4- 36.1 x 43.8 cm. . Published in The Maps and Charts to the Modern Part of the Universal History London: T. Osborne etc., Copper engraved map with later hand colouring. ESTC; T172676; Phillips, 639; Shirley, R. Maps in the atlases, T.Bow-2d An interesting map of the world on Mercators projection. Compass lines shown in the oceans. World, Mercators projection

1758.. Very good.. 8-1/4" x 6-3/4"- 20.9 x 17.1 cm.. London: Gentleman's Magazine, A pair of copper engraved maps hand coloured in outline. Jolly Gent-121 & 83. A curious pair of maps of Africa & Asia as well as the Americas. The first map is actually mistitled as the intention was to read "A Map of the Old Continent" to compliment the map of the "New Continent". On the second map North and South America is shown on an axis with North America shifted to the right. Map, Continents, World

Published in Diderot's Astronomie c. 1750. 8-3/4" x 13-1/4"-22.2 x 33.6 cm. Light marginal staining o/w a nice crisp impression. An chart showing the planets and there positions as seen from the earth.

From Raynal's "Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre. 8" x 12-1/4"-20.3 x 31.1 cm. Slight darkening to upper and right outer margins, near fine. Shows wind directions. Australia is still referred to as New Holland with Tasmania still attached . Much of western United States and the interior of Africa is left blank.

5-1/2" x 10"-13.9 x 25.4 cm. Engraved map. Two small closed tears to lower margin, lightly toned especially along fold, o/w good. A small double hemisphere map showing principle cities. Australia is named both New Holland and Australia.