Antique maps & prints of the Americas
Colonial America
★ 193 original pieces ★
Before independence the continent was drawn mostly in Amsterdam, Paris and London. Maps from this period show coasts better than interiors, rival colonial claims, and occasionally California as an island.
Antique Print with Views of Santa Catarina Island, Part of Brasil, 1749
1749 · Guillaume Delisle
$180
Bougainville's Claim in the Magellan Straits, circa 1767
1767
$180
Engraving of Women Resisting Capture by Dutch Pirates, Strait of Magellan, 1768
1768
$180
Mexican Marriage and Childhood Ceremonies as Imagined in the 18th Century, 1734
1734
$180
Antique Map of South America by Scherer, c.1700
1700 · Thomas Kitchin
$170
Antique Print of Wedding Ceremonies of the Indians in Panama by B. Picart, 1723
1723 · Theodor de Bry
$170
Antique Print of Wedding and Divorce Customs in Canada by B. Picart, 1723
1723 · Theodor de Bry
$160
Navigational Chart of Mexico's Coast, with Acapulco and Port Marquis, 1748
1748
$155
Antique Print of Petatlan and Coiba Island, Near Mexico and Panama, 1749
1749
$155
Antique Print of Natives of the Great South Patagonia, circa 1760
1760
$155
Antique Print with Views of San Julian in Patagonia, 1749
1749
$155
Native American Widows from Florida Scattering Hair on Husbands' Graves, 1758
1758 · Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
$155
1757 Engraving of Florida Natives – Indigenous Clothing & Village Scene
1757
$155
1757 Engraving of Inuit & Indigenous Peoples – Hudson Bay & Arctic Canoe Scene
1757
$155
1757 Engraving of Hudson Bay – Winter Encampment & Early Settler Cabin
1757
$155
Antique Print of Widows in Florida by B. Picart, 1721
1721 · Theodor de Bry
$155
Antique Print of the Region of the Hayes river, Northern Manitoba, Canada, 1759
1759
$145
Antique Print of the Spanish Conqueror of Mexico, c.1750
1750
$145
Antique Print of Ceremonies of the Incas 'South America' by B. Picart, 1723
1723 · Theodor de Bry
$140
Antique Print of Indians from Canada by B. Picart, 1723
1723 · Theodor de Bry
$140
Antique Print of Funeral Ceremonies of the Canadian People by B. Picart, 1723
1723 · Theodor de Bry
$140
Historical Portraits of Six Incan Rulers, Peru, 1752: A Copperplate Collection
1752
$135
Antique Map of the Bay of Cordes and Surroundings by Hawkesworth, 1774
1774
$125
Antique Print of a Gathering Around a Fire in Virginia by B. Picart, 1721
1721 · Theodor de Bry
$110
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