1. America / South America – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

British Guayana with Vignettes of Georgetown, The Christmas Cataract at the River Berbice, Ataraipu or The Devil’s Rock / New Amsterdam.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 24.7 cm x 34.7 cm. Sheet Size: 27.4 cm x 37.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

2. America / South America / Latin America / Brazil – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Brazil – with Vignettes and Illustrations of Boats on the Rio Negro / St.Catharina / Monte Video / Cape St. Antonio in Bahia / Rio de Janeiro.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 23.9 cm x 34.3 cm. Sheet Size: 27.5 cm x 37.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

3. America / South America / Latin America / Bolivia / Peru – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Peru & Bolivia – with Vignettes and illustrations of Lima, Potosi, Tarija, swimming couriers of Peru.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 24.7 cm x 33.8 cm. Sheet Size: 27.4 cm x 37.5 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

4. America / South America / Latin America / Venezuela – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Venezuela, New Granada, Equador [Ecuador] and the Guayanas with vignettes and illustrations of the Chimborazo, The Fall of the Bagota, Paramaribo (Suriname).

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 32.7 cm x 24.9 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

5. Americas – Homann, Johann Baptist. (1664 – 1724).

Americae Mappa generalis.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Nürnberg, Homann, 1746. Plate Size: 53 cm x 46 cm. Sheet Size: 56.3 cm x 50 cm. Original map. Very good+ condition. Expertly restored map with reinforced edges. Faintest traces of the professional repairs barely evident such is the quality of the restoration.

6. Americas – Kircher, Athanasius. (1602-1680).

Mappa fluxus et refluxus rationes in isthmo Americano, in Freto Magellanico, cæterisque Americæ litoribus exhibens.

Original copper engraving. Amsterdam, Kircher, [c.1665]. Plate Size: 40.2 cm x 34.1 cm. Sheet Size: 37 cm x 39.1 cm. Original Map. Very good condition of an increasingly rare map. Very minor traces of browning to outer margins.

7. Antilles – Homann, Erben. (1702 – 1848).

Dominia Anglorum in præcipuis Insulis Americæ ut sunt Insula S. Christophori Antega Iamaica Barbados, nen non Insulæ Bermudes vel Sommers dictæ. / Die Englische Colonie-Laender Auf den Insuln von America und zwar Insuln S. Christophori Antegoa Jamaica Barbados Smt den Ins. Bermudes sonst Sommers gennant.

Original hand-coloured map. Nuremberg, Homann Heirs, [c.1740]. Plate Size: 55.6 cm x 48.7 cm. Sheet Size: 60 cm x 52 cm. Original map. Very good condition. Trace of foxing along sheet edges. Minor open tear with missing material evident to fore edge. Lower margin running out towards left corner. Centre-fold as issued.

8. South America. Kircher, Athanasius. (1602-1680).

Tabula qua Hydrophylacium Andium Exhibetur, quo Universa America Australis Innumeris Fluviis Lacubusque Irrigatur.

Original Engraving. Amsterdam, Kircher, [c.1665]. Plate Size: 20.1 cm x 33.9 cm. Sheet Size: 24.7 cm x 39 cm. Original Map. Very good condition. Very minor instance of foxing to cartouche. Map is orientated to the North. Dutch text on reverse.

9. South America / Patagonia – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Falkland Islands and Patagonia – With Vignettes of Jason Islands, Penguins, Sea Eagles, Fugeans, and Christmas Sound, Tierra del Fuego.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Winkles and Engraved by W. Lacey. London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Plate Size: 25 cm x 35 cm. Sheet Size: 27 cm x 37.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

10. Volcanoes – Meyer, Joseph. (1796 – 1856).

Die Vulkan Gürtel des Atlantischen Oceans [Translates: “The Volcano – Belt of the Atlantic Ocean”].

Original hand-coloured engraving. Hildburghausen, Joseph Meyer, [1852]. Plate Size: 28 cm x 19.4 cm. Sheet Size: 31.6 cm x 25.6 cm. Original map. Very good conditions but with some foxing towards sheet edges.

11. Western Hemisphere – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Western Hemisphere – With Stunning Vignettes of Indigenous Peoples, Native Animals.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Warren and Enrgaved by J. Rogers. London, Edinburgh & Dublin, J.& F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 34 cm x 25.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27 cm. In very good condition with only faintest traces of browning to outer margins. Very slight paper imperfections along edge. Minor tear near upper left corner. Very minor tear to map above the Arctic Circle.