1. America – Ortelius, Abraham. (1527 – 1598).

Culiacanae, Americae Regionis, Descriptio – Hispaniolae, Cubae, Aliarumqe Insualrum Circumiacientium Delineatio.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Antwerp, Ortelius, [1579]. Plate Size: 49.3 cm x 35.3 cm. Sheet Size: 53.1 cm x 42 cm. Original map. Very good condition, with some signs of browning to the outer margins only. Slight creasing to the top right coner of map. Professionally repaired tear to lower centre fold, barely noticeable given the quality of the workmanship. Latin text on reverse.

2. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Jamaica – with Vignettes of Port Royal Harbour, Kingston, Port Antonio, a Sugar Mill on Jamaica and a depiction of a Flying Fish.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Vignettes by H. Winkles & W. Lacey. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 42 cm x 52 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition.

3. Vaugondy, Gilles Robert de. (1688 – 1766).

“Isles De Saint Domingue ou Hispaniola, et De La Martinique” [with Haiti and special highlight map of Martinique within the print].

Beautifully Handcoloured Original Engraving (copper). [Paris], 1750. Beautifully framed. Size of frame with map: 69.5 cm x 73.5 cm. Map itself measures: 53 cm wide x 50 cm high. Excellent condition of this beautiful original 18th century map.

4. [Lodge, John]. (1754 – 1796).

West Indies with the Harbour & Fort of Omoa – From the Best Authorities [With Lucayos of Bahama Isles / Caribbee Isles / Virgin Isles / Jamaica / Cuba / Little Antilles / Trinidad / Mexico / Yucatan, Honduras, New Mexico (Rio Bravo), etc.]

Original copper engraved Map / Copper engraving. [London], [Political Magazine / John Bew], c.1780. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with the two maps on both sides: 47 cm x 50 cm Size of actual maps: 32.5 cm x 29 cm. IMPORTANT: This rare map was cut in half and mounted separately on fold-over-pages. In order to show it accurately we had it framed with glass on both sides (see images of front and back). / Mounted on paper. Tiny closed repair to outer margin. Very good condition with only the faintest signs of browning. From a wonderful collection of Maps from an old english library (South Shields) – with tiny library stamps to the mounting paper (The stamps are NOT on the maps).