United States
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Date: 1846 |
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S. Augustus Mitchell's landmark map of the American West included the new state of Texas, the Oregon and Missouri Territories, Upper California and more. Mitchell collected data from earlier maps and explorations - Lewis & Clark, Fremont, others - to create a comprehensive record of this region and what became the most popular map of the West in its time. Brigham Young owned copies of this map when preparing for the Morman westward migration.
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| Size: 15 ¾” x 17 ¼" - Color, Text Weight Paper: $10.00 |
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This manuscript from the Simcoe Papers in the collections of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation shows the main features of the Virginia capital planned by Governor Francis Nicholson in 1699. The Governor's Palace, the College of William and Mary, and the Capitol provided the three principal architectural elements of its axial design.
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| Size: 8" x 13" - Black & White, Cover-stock Paper: $25.00 |
| Williamsburg |
Date: 1781-1782 |
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In September 1781 French forces under Rochambeau were in Williamsburg preparing to join Washington's troops for the siege of Yorktown. This manuscript of the town and vicinity at that time was drawn by a French military cartographer the following year. Our fully colored facsimile is one-half the size of the original.
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| Size: 13½" x 18¾" - Colored, Cover-stock Paper: $30.00 |
| Williamsburg |
Date: 1781-1782 |
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In September 1781 French forces under Rochambeau were in Williamsburg preparing to join Washington's troops for the siege of Yorktown. This manuscript of the town and vicinity at that time was drawn by a French military cartographer the following year. Our fully colored facsimile is one-half the size of the original.
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| Size: 13” x 18” - Colored, Text Weight Paper: $10.00 |
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This early 19th century engraving portrays the streets and blocks of Delaware's largest city at the beginning of its industrial growth. It is reproduced from an impression in the library of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
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| Size: 23½" x 15¾" - Black & White, Cover-stock Paper: $27.50 |
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Major Michel Capitaine du Chesnoy drew this superb manuscript map for General Lafayette to record the decisive battle of the American Revolution. Its colors are clear and bright, and it shows in great detail the fortifications and military positions of the two armies in and around this little Virginia town.
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| Size: 12½" x 18" - Color, Cover-stock Paper: $30.00 |
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Major Michel Capitaine du Chesnoy drew this superb manuscript map for General Lafayette to record the decisive battle of the American Revolution. Its colors are clear and bright, and it shows in great detail the fortifications and military positions of the two armies in and around this little Virginia town.
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| Size: 12” x 18” - Color, Text Weight Paper: $10.00 |
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