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Maps
We are in the process of putting a number of our maps on the
web. Please click on the map description that interests you.
Hood Bay Southeastern
Alaska ca. 1939 U.S. chart, but printed in Japanese additions, showing
their plans for Alaska. Extremely rare. $150.00 |
3450-TA
Kotzebue 1826 In Russian Ooasti Severnoi America (Mercator's chart of
the West Coast of America). From the extremely rare first edition of
Kotzebue's exploration of the Alaskan coast. The area shown is, fittingly,
Kotzebue Sound. $1500.00 |
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Diderot. 105-D ca. 1772 One of ten
charts of everything known of the Arctic collected by the French
encyclopedist. Of special interest as it shows maps the Dutch surgeon,
Kaempfer, said he copied from those of the Japanese emperor. Modern
Japanese have never heard of them. $250.00 |
3483-W
Janvier. 1783 Both North and South America as shown by the noted
French cartographer. Color outline, $450.00 |
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2594-SI Vandermaelen,1826 Kodiak
Island and vicinity. This is from the first atlas of uniform scale and
shows Billing's track Quite inaccurate chart of the island, so of
particular interest - where did it originate? $500.00 |
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et L'Indoustan ca. 1762 charming map of Asia by the noted French
cartographer $75.00 |
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Requests for further information welcomed. This is only a
sample of our extensive collection.
If you’re looking for an antiquarian map of any polar region, including Alaska and Canada, you’ve come to the right place. We also have in stock antiquarian maps of many other areas of the United States and the world.
Our maps range from the very rare and costly to the surprisingly affordable but historically significant, interesting, or just plain lovely.
If you have a question about a map of a particular region, or about antiquarian maps generally, just ask proprietor Dee Longenbaugh. If she can’t help you, she can point you in the right direction.
Antiquarian map enthusiasts, whether new to the field or well-traveled, will enjoy the monthly online cartography magazine
www.mapforum.com. Other links to interesting antiquarian map sites can be found at our Selected Links page.
The Observatory is part of a network of antiquarian map dealers who link to one another’s sites. If you can’t find your map through us, you might want to try
www.cosmography.com. Be sure to tell them we sent you.
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