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Full col. Relief shown by hachures. Shows tribes, etc. Prime meridian: Paris. On globe in cartouche: Sphericite de la terre., This atlas is exceptional for its "spheroidal" maps of the globe, showing the various continents and poles, shaded to give the effect of a sphere floating in space. The remaining maps are also very well executed and colored, mostly by hand, a few in colored litho. In recent years, this atlas has become rare in the trade. This is the only atlas that Garnier produced, according to Phillips. Tooley lists an 1860 edition. Covers are quarter leather marbled paper covered boards with a paper label; the burgundy leather spine is embossed with "F.A. Garnier. Atlas Universel et Spheroidal de Geographie" in gilt. On verso of half-title: Paris -- Imprimerie de P.-A. Bourdier et Cie., Rue Mazarine, 30., Phillips, 836.

Water is hand painted in full color; countries shown with outline color. Dissected into 60 sections. Map has yellow paper end sheets and folds into a brown cloth covered slip case 21.5x15 with "Map of Tropical America" hand written in white ink on the spine, and a paper label reading "Sir ... McNeill. Tropical America" in ms and "London: Edward Stanford, Wholesale & Retail Mapseller, &c. 55, Charing Cross. Agent By Appointment. Ordnance Maps. Admiralty Charts. Maps, Guide Books, Atlases. Plans" printed in black ink. Relief shown by hachures. Scale of inset map 1:1,000,000. Prime meridians: Ferro and Greenwich., Phillips Maps of America, p. 412.

Water is hand painted in full color; countries shown with outline color. Dissected into 60 sections. Map has yellow paper end sheets and folds into a brown cloth covered slip case 21.5x15 with "Map of Tropical America" hand written in white ink on the spine, and a paper label reading "Sir ... McNeill. Tropical America" in ms and "London: Edward Stanford, Wholesale & Retail Mapseller, &c. 55, Charing Cross. Agent By Appointment. Ordnance Maps. Admiralty Charts. Maps, Guide Books, Atlases. Plans" printed in black ink. Relief shown by hachures. Scale of inset map 1:1,000,000. Prime meridians: Ferro and Greenwich., Phillips Maps of America, p. 412.

"Promoting A Canal Across The Isthmus of Darien This view of the Isthmus of Darien is a rare and fascinating bird's-eye view map, published by the Société Internationale du Canal Colombien. It depicts the proposed Colombian Canal, a visionary but ultimately unrealized project aimed at creating a sea-level canal across the Isthmus of Darién, connecting the Pacific Ocean (via the Gulf of San Miguel) to the Caribbean Sea (via the Gulf of Urabé). The map, based on surveys conducted by Lucien de Puydt and Fernand Mougel-Bey during scientific expeditions from 1861 to 1866, offers a dramatic and optimistic visualization of the canal route. The view is oriented looking eastward across the isthmus, emphasizing the 153 kilometer proposed canal route, which would have been entirely within the United States of Colombia (modern-day Panama and Colombia). Notably, the project proposed a sea-level canal with "no tunnels or locks" (sans tunnels ni écluses), suggesting a straightforward and rapid transit route. This ambitious design was conceived during an era of intense international competition to secure a viable interoceanic passage, reflecting the geopolitical and economic importance of such a connection for global trade. The map captures the challenges and opportunities of the route, cutting through the Darién Gap, a dense and rugged jungle region that remains one of the most inhospitable stretches in the Americas. The Darién Gap, famously the only interruption in the Pan-American Highway, underscores the extreme difficulty of such an undertaking. While the map portrays the project with optimism, the reality of the terrain and technical limitations of the time proved insurmountable. In 1879, an international conference organized by the Société de Géographie de Paris evaluated competing canal proposals, ultimately selecting Ferdinand de Lesseps' Panama Canal project over the Colombian Canal. Construction of the Panama Canal began under French supervision in 1881 and was later completed by the United States in 1914, bypassing the Colombian Canal entirely. Rarity The map is very rare on the market. This is the first example we have offered in over 30 years (1992-2024). Lucien De Puydt Biography Lucien de Puydt was a French scholar who conducted explorations on the Panama Isthmus between 1861 and 1865. During this period, he studied the indigenous peoples of the region, including the Cunas (now commonly referred to as the Guna or Kuna). His work focused on documenting aspects of their language and culture. In 1868, he published a paper on the subject with the Royal Geographic Society of London. Carl Hermann Berendt (1817–1878), a German-American linguist and ethnographer, took notes on de Puydt’s 1868 publication. Berendt reorganized de Puydt’s vocabulary lists, including terms for numbers, and incorporated them into his own linguistic studies of indigenous languages." (Ruderman, 2024)

Map representing the physical and political geography of Central America, the Caribbean, Colombia, Venezuela, and Guyana. Shows political boundaries, topography, cities, roads, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands, and water depths. Relief shown with hachures and color coding. Includes descriptive text, a legend, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, a bar scale given in kilometers, as well as a scale statement: 1:10,000,000. Color lithograph. Map is 36 x 46 cm, on double sheet 40 x 54 cm. Appears in Volume I., Grande atlante geografico : 102 tavole di geografia fisica, politica ed economica con 250 carte e cartine ed indice dei nomi by Mario Baratta and Luigi Visintin. Published by Istituto Geografico de Agostini in Novara, Italy, 1922. Title translates to: Large geographical atlas: 102 tables of physical, political and economic geography with 250 charts and maps and an index of names. In two volumes. The first volume includes a brown paper jacket with the title printed in blue on the cover and spine, with a maroon leather cover and matching fabric overlay and spine, gilt title and spine title. The second volume includes a maroon fabric cover, gilt title and spine title. Each volume include a title page, table of contents, and extensive index. Atlas covers the world and includes 304 maps across both volumes. Maps show political boundaries, cities, railways, roads, deserts, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, and islands. Founded in Rome in 1901 by Giovanni De Agostini with the name "Primo Istituto Italiano di Cartografia", the primary title of the newly founded publishing house was the Atlante De Agostini Calendar. The idea was an immediately success. In 1908 the company moved to Novara, Italy, both because it was closer to Germany, from which De Agostini took his cartography equipment, and because the area had rapid industrial development. In 1919 the company was acquired by Marco Boroli and Cesare Rossi and began its climb to success. In 1922 the Great Geographical Atlas was released - the first great Italian atlas. From 1927, with the installation in Novara of the first rotogravure printing plant in Italy, the De Agostini Institute began to diversify its publishing activities: it inaugurated a series of illustrated books, entered the sector of school textbooks, and published a series of art books. In 1946, the company was taken over entirely by the Boroli family. In the 1950s, the company produced art editions, children's books and large encyclopedia volumes. From 1959 to 1970 sixteen large encyclopedias were produced and accompanied by the adoption of installment sales, an absolute novelty for the time. Starting in 1983, the company began to lead the industry with large, multi-volume works and school textbooks, gaining a leading position at a national level. It then began to acquire publishing houses operating in major European markets. Today, De Agostini Editore is currently one of the most well-known and important Italian publishing houses, operating in over thirty countries around the world in thirteen different languages. Its activities are focused on the promotion and dissemination of knowledge in all its forms. Historical notes courtesy Fondazione Fiera, Milan: https://archiviostorico.fondazionefiera.it/entita/1463-istituto-geografico-de-agostini

Map of the Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, British, Dutch and French Guiana. Shows political boundaries, cities, railroads, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines and islands. Relief shown with hachures. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Provides figures for square milage and population. Inset map: Galapagos Islands. Map indexed to indicate place names. Colored lithograph. Map is 40 x 55 cm, on double sheet 45 x 67 cm., Cram's standard American railway system atlas of the world, by George F. Cram; published in New York and Chicago, 1899. Bound in dark teal-colored board, which has been reinforced with duct tape. Front cover includes title, advertisement and "Index to United States, Canada and Mexico maps". With green floral end papers. Collation: 2° : [1-4], 5-510, 515-608, [1-42] pages. Atlas comprised of 231 maps, with geographic coverage of the United States as a whole and each of its fifty states, as well as Canada, Central America, South America, the West Indies, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, the East Indies, Australia and New Zealand. Also, with several city maps, including San Francisco, New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Atlanta, Dallas and Denver. Maps show political boundaries, counties, towns, Indian reservations, mines, railroads, roads, steamship lines, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands and water routes with distances. Some maps provide figures for square mileage and population. Volume includes title page, table of contents, and index pages associated with state maps, as well as 42 (unnumbered) pages with “Special list of attorneys in every banking town in the United States” and “Bank directory containing one or more principal banks and bankers in each city and town in the United States, who make a specialty of collections and general banking business”. According to the title, “Maps of the United States are the largest scale and clearest print of any maps published. Foreign maps are compiled largely from charts of the Royal Geographical Society and are geographically correct.” For the 1901 edition of the atlas, see Pub List No. 2809.000.

Outline hand color map. Includes 3 profile diagrams., Physical and political atlas of the world, by Adrien Hubert Brue, containing maps of ancient and modern geography. Published in Paris, by J. Goujon, Geographer-Editor. Unusual edition of Brue's Atlas, complete with its 36 maps on heavy paper, dated between 1762 and 1825 and supplementary 8 maps, in addition to the 36 plates. including: Comparative and figurative table of the height of the main mountains … 1829; La Palestine 1767; 3 plates from an atlas of Africa (nos. 1, 3 and 2); Plate no. 59 United States of Mexico, 1830, and plates nos. 64-65, South America, 1828-1830. Maps are engraved hand color in outline. Most maps double page, with title cartouche, some on multiple plates. Showing political and administrative boundaries, cities, towns, roads, exploration routes, rovers, canals and mountains. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Depth shown by soundings. Prime meridian: Ferro and Paris.

Colored by states. Prime Meridian is Washington. Relief shown by hachures. Shows capitals, railroads, major cities and towns., This 1859 edition was published by Charles Desilver, copyright dates have been updated to 1859 or 1860, and was most likely issued in late 1859 or early 1860, as opposed to the previous 1859 edition that was published by Cushing & Bailey of 362 Market Street in Baltimore, with almost all copyrights dated 1856 (see: #4557.000). The maps bear the copyright and imprint of Charles Desilver 714 Chesnut Street. Changes from the 1859 edition includes a new map of Pennsylvania, two double page maps - map of Kansas by W.H. Holmes, and map of Mexico, with no pagination, as well as a double page map of Northern Italy which replaces map of Sardinia (Pl. 63), also various updates to individual maps. Maps in full color. Title page includes the vignette of the "First Landing of Columbus in the New World". Atlas includes 78 plates, some double page. Bound in half red leather brown paper covered boards., P6135.

Engraved. Countries outlined in color. In French. Relief shown by hachures. Four scales shown., First edition, with a second edition in 1834 listed by Phillips. The maps are well done, slightly smaller than the contemporary Brue and Lapie maps (except in the case of the double sheet maps), and with the North American maps perhaps not quite as detailed as the Brue and Lapie maps. Nonetheless, the entire atlas achieves a beautiful overall effect. This copy with the maps bound on long edges, unfolded with large margins. Twelve of the maps are double sheets. The maps are dated 1824 to 1826. Vivien was born in 1802 and died in 1897. This was his first atlas published. Outline color. Atlas is bound in half leather red paper covered boards with "Atlas De Vivien" stamped in gilt on the red leather spine., P4315; Wheat 363; Tooley Australia and Antarctica 1302.

Engraved. Colored by state. Meridians Washington and London. Relief shown with hachures., This is a very unusual Lucas atlas - according to Foster, only two copies are known. The engraved title page shows a globe and books on a table, with pages open listing Lucas' products: "Drawing Materials of every kind, Paper of all sizes, Mathematical Instruments, Globes, Maps, and Atlases of every description suitable for Colleges and Schools constantly for sale by the Publisher." It has 31 of the Tanner and Harrison engraved maps of the continents and foreign countries that appeared in the (1815) and (1816) "New And Elegant General Atlas" (only Netherlands bears Lucas' imprint, engraved by Young & Delleker, and is basically the same as the map that appears in the 1823 "General Atlas Containing Distinct Maps..." ). Of the remaining 36 maps, 8 are of South America and the West Indies and are unchanged in the 1823 atlas; the other 28 maps are in many cases early states of the new U.S. maps that appear in the 1823 atlas and replace the Tanner engraved U.S. maps of 1815 and 1816 atlases. They all have Lucas' imprint and show various engravers, Welch, Young & Delker, Cone & Freeman, Kneass, and Hufty. Compared to the early 1823 atlas (our #4584), 16 of the 28 U.S. maps are earlier issues, with only one being a later issue - New Hampshire shows Merrimack County (1823) which does not appear on the early 1823 atlas map (this was probably drawn in anticipation of creation). Of particular note are: Louisiana, a double page map engraved by Harrison and "Reduced from W. Darby's Four Sheet Map" which is dated 1817 as does not show Alabama or Arkansas Territory; and a map of "North Western and Michigan Territories" which is the same base map as the 1823 "Michigan Ter." but shows a much smaller Michigan in a configuration that Paullin dates as 1819 with a large North Western Territory extending to the west. Karpinski 94 incorrectly dates this map as "certainly as late as 1824" while mentioning that Phillips dates it 1819 (?). We cannot find the Phillips entry, but we bel, Foster, p. 190; Sabin sub 42611; Karpinski 94.

Suitable for use in a standard classroom; viewable up to 40 feet. Language(s): Spanish. Map is paper on muslin. Mounted on wood rods. Prime Meridian is Greenwich. Length of rolled wall map is 103 cm. Topics include: topography, hydrography, internal and external political boundaries, transportation. Department of Geography, University of California at Berkeley, Call Number 813-J-3., UCBGEOG1, UC Berkeley, Geography Department Call Number 813-J-3.

Hand colored chart. Shows harbor and fortifications. Prime meridian is London. Depth shown by soundings. Includes historical text at the foot of map., Luffman's atlas consists of 2 volumes, including engraved hand colored detailed plans of various cities, harbors and ports around the world, Luffman also included maps of some countries, regions, and islands. Showing roads, railroads, cities, towns, fortifications, rivers and canals. They are engraved and published by John Luffman between 1799 and 1802, often with numbered key. Includes index to each volume and historical text at foot of maps. Relief shown by hachures, pictorially and depth shown by soundings. Bound in light green paper covered boards, with title "J. Luffman plans of fortified cities, forts and harbours, coloured " in gilt pasted on spine., Phillips, 62. Tooley, 404.

“This atlas was issued as part of Humboldt and Bonpland’s Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent fait en 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804 (Paris, 1808-1834), which was published in over thirty volumes over several decades…This atlas is important for many reasons, and its illustrations showed Europe and the entire world new scientific information for the first time. Humboldt’s groundbreaking exploration of the Orinoco River, for example, is delineated on two maps, one of which was the first to establish the precise location of and to show the connection between Rio Orinoco and Rio Negro, a question that had baffled geographers for three centuries…The Orinoco river maps are supplemented by maps of other rivers, many accurately depicted for the first time. Also significant are the profiles and maps of mountain ranges, which are depicted with scientific precision showing new information in novel ways. Many of the profiles are dramatically hand colored… The dramatic volcano plates are supplemented by several large-scale maps, which are masterful depictions of land forms. These studies were crucial to Humboldt’s later conclusions about the origin and nature of these natural structures and constitute one of his major contributions to the field of geology. Humboldt mapped many areas in an accurate fashion for the first time. Because riverbeds and stream courses interested him immensely, those features are often shown in great detail on the maps, which also depict other natural and man-made features, such as mountains, missions, roads, and settlements. His map of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, for example, was from the latest available surveys recently done by the Mexican government (Humboldt was for fifty years an advocate of an interoceanic connection between the Atlantic and Pacific). The Cuba map is also an updated version and reflects his recent explorations of the island. Despite a few secondary sources, most of the maps are based directly on his extensive travels and observations during the course of his explorations. Perhaps the most remarkable map in this atlas is the first printing of a manuscript map that harks back to the very earliest European cartographic representation of the New World. This is the manuscript world map made by Spanish conquistador, cartographer, and explorer Juan de la Cosa (ca. 1460-1509), who sailed with the first three voyages of Columbus and was the owner of the Santa María. This portolan world chart incorporates lands discovered in America up to 1500 during expeditions by Spanish, Portuguese, and English expeditions to America. Juan de la Cosa’s mappa mundi is painted in ink and colors on ox hide (93 x 183 cm) and richly decorated. His map is believed to be “the earliest extant map showing any part of the continent of North America” (Schwartz & Ehrenberg, The Mapping of America, Plate 1, pp. 18-19)… Finally, going back to the beginning, the emblematic frontispiece engraving Humanitas. Literæ. Fruges (after the art work of artist Barthélemy Joseph Fulcran Roger) is not just another pretty, classical picture, but rather an expression of Humboldt’s deep philosophical concept of America and Europe expressed in iconography.” (Dorothy Sloan, Auction 22, 2009). This copy is unbound in original paper covers with multiple title pages. See our “Atlas Geographique Et Physique Du Royaume De La Nouvelle-Espagne,” 1811 for the other atlas volume in this series, concerning Mexico.

Color map. Engraved by E. Guillot. Shows administrative boundaries, capitals, cities, towns, rivers, roads, and railways. Relief shown by hachures and shadings. Includes Index and legend. Prime meridian is Paris., Atlas of America, 24 pages of text and 17 color maps. Engraved by E. Guillot. Printed by Dufrenoy (Firm) and published by Garnier Freres. Maps printed on single or double page, showing political and administrative boundaries, capitals, cities, towns, rivers, roads and railways. Relief shown by hachures and shadings. Includes index and table of contents. Bound in half leather hard cover beige paper with title "Atlas de America" in gilt on spine and pictorial back cover.

Engraved outline hand color map. Shows boundaries, cities and towns. Includes list of provinces under the map. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian is Ferro., New Meyer's Zeitungs-Atlas. In 31 deliveries, closely corresponds to Meyer's Zeittungs und Groschen Atlas. With a engraved title page, index, and 123 steel engraving outline hand colored maps dated between 1849-1852. Although all the maps in this atlas are not individually dated, the title page and maps were often updated while the imprint with the date was not, causing confusion to the exact date for some of the maps. Atlas includes 123 maps of old geography, maps of modern geography, and maps of physical geography. Bound in marbled paper covered boards. Map numbering skips around from country to country with no obvious logic, and does not correspond with the index listing all the maps. The maps are of the highest Meyer quality, with detail information, showing political and administrative boundaries, cities, towns, canals, forts, roads, railroads, rivers and mountains. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians are Ferro, Paris or Greenwich. There are six detailed maps of groups of the United States, including an interesting "Californien, Texas und die Territorien New Mexico u. Utah" of 1852 that shows the gold region in California and has a Texas truncated by an enlarged New Mexico. Maps engraved by J. Zipter, F. Sporer, E. Luther, C. Metzeroth, Joh. David, H. Bornmuller, Gustav Metzeroth, C. Ehricht, Adolf Gottschalck, E. Biedermann, W. Feuerstein, R. v. Rothenberg, H. Schleifmann, Schouw, Joakim Frederik and Jean Adam. See our 4808.000 - the 1854 edition of this atlas, in a somewhat composite form., Espenhorst, J. Petermann’s planet, v. 1, p. 477

Outline hand color engraved map. Shows political boundaries, towns, villages, roads, etc. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian is Paris. Includes text and color coded reference., This atlas was published in many compilations over a thirty year period. It was indeed an atlas of "choice" of the publisher and as such consists of a wide variety of maps that Andriveau-Goujon favored to include at the time. It consists of ancient and modern geographical maps, engraved and hand colored, in 42 sheets some folded. Dated 1764-1830. Bound in brown marbled paper over board with green leather spine. Shows the old world with the spreading and development of the different peoples. Including a double hemisphere and solar system, Holy Land, the ancient world, Europe, France (on double and one-half sheets), the Americas, The United States features the Confederate Territory of Arizona, Africa and Asia. The last sheet includes a large comparative view of the main mountains and over the main rivers of the world. Maps embellished with engraved cartouche, geographical, agricultural, physical information, tables and text. Some maps in Latin. Shows administrative divisions, capitals, cities, villages, mines, roads, rivers, canals, postal routes, etc. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Prime meridian is Paris.

Detailed physical and political map., This is the English edition of the Polish Atlas Swiata. This massive atlas (weighing nearly 5.5 kilograms and containing 48 square meters of maps) is of high cartographic and aesthetic quality, and provides a rich assortment of thematic (over 400) as well as hundreds of physical and political maps. Includes pictures of the flag and a synopsis for each country. Liberal yet tasteful and effective use of tinted colors, especially for topography and bathymetry. Rich use of symbolism creatively conveys the data in a clear manner. Many maps of urban areas. Printed on beige paper. Printed in Warsaw, Poland. Book No. 08 001958 7. Post and screw binding coupled with frequent use of fold-out maps eliminates any problem with the gutter.