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ARROWSMITH, John Map of the Bahama Islands

Arrowsmith’s map of the Bahamas

£3,000

LAS CASAS, Bartolomé de Brevissima relacion de la destruycion de las Indias.

An indictment of the brutal Spanish conquest of the New World

£175,000

By LAS CASAS, Bartolomé de, 1552-1553.

STADEN, Johann von Warhafftig Historia vnnd Beschreibung einer Landtschafft der wilden, nacketen, grimmigen Menschfresser Leuthen, in der Newen Welt America gelegen.

A sensational tale of cannibalism in the New World

£50,000

By STADEN, Johann von, 1557 [dedication, page 14, 1556].

LOPEZ DE GOMARA, Francisco Con privilegio del Principe nuestro Senor: Cronica de la Nueua España: con la conquista de Mexico, y otras cosas notables:

The conquest of Mexico

£40,000

By LOPEZ DE GOMARA, Francisco, 1554.

ARROWSMITH, John Map of the Bahama Islands

Arrowsmith’s map of the Bahamas

£3,000

By ARROWSMITH, John, May 10th, 1848

HOLLAR, Wenceslaus Unus Americanus ex Virginia

Out of stock

Hollar’s handsome Virginian

£5,000

By HOLLAR, Wenceslaus, 1645.

FADEN, William The Course of Delaware River from Philadelphia to Chester.

The British take Philadelphia: “the definitive contemporary source map for these events” (Taliaferro)

£15,000

By FADEN, William, April 30, 1778.

FADEN, William A Plan of New York Island, with part of Long Island, Staten Island & East New Jersey,

Out of stock

The bloody Battle of Long Island

£20,000

By FADEN, William, Oct.r 19th, 1776.

SAUTHIER, Claude Joseph A Plan of the Operations of the King's Army under the Command of General Sr. William Howe, K.B. in New York and East New Jersey, against the American Forces Commanded by General Washington.

Out of stock

The first state, issued within months of the action at White Plains

£18,000

By SAUTHIER, Claude Joseph, 25 February 1777.

FADEN, W[illiam] Plan of the City of Quebec,

The Battle of Quebec

£7,500

By FADEN, W[illiam], 12th Sept., 1776.

ANDERSON, Margaret Swainson Road Map of Barbados. Compiled from Admiralty Charts 502 and 2485,

The first “good road map” of Barbados

£600

By ANDERSON, Margaret Swainson, 1956.

SCHOUTEN, Willem Corneliszoon; [translated by William PHILLIP] The Relation of a Wonderfull Voiage made by William Cornelison Schouten of Horne.

“a newe unexpected and neverheretofore discovered Passage” (Phillip)

£95,000

By SCHOUTEN, Willem Corneliszoon; [translated by William PHILLIP], 1619.