1. California – Homann, Johann Baptist / Landteck, Zacharias.

[California shown as an Island] Geographische Universal-Zeig und Schlag-Uhr.

Original hand-coloured engraving, with the Cartographer showing California as an Island. Nürnberg, Homann, [c.1735]. Plate Size: 57 cm x 48.5 cm. Sheet Size: 60.5 cm x 51.7 cm. Original map. Very good, actually stunning, condition. Some faint trace of browning to upper corners of sheet. Very minor tears to edges at centre-fold.

2. America / Central America / Latin America / Mexico – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Mexico, California and Texas with Vignettes and illustrations of the Ruins at Uxmal on the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexican Peasantry, Gold Washing. Showing also the gold districts of California which subsequently led to the Gold Rush.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 33 cm x 25 cm. Sheet Size: 37.6 cm x 27.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.