Plan of the Town of Alexandria in the District of Columbia, 1798
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Plan of the Town of Alexandria, VA, D.C., with the environs... 1845
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Plan of Alexandria
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Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia, ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the Seat of their Government after the Year MDCCC.
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Washington and Georgetown Harbors, District of Columbia, 1882
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Chart of the Head of Navigation Shewing the Route of the Alexandria Canal
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A Chart of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays
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Nova Virginiae Tabula
"This is Henricus Hondius' derivative of John Smith's highly important map of Virginia, 1612. It is, however, drawn from his deceased brother Jodocus' version of 1618. The two has led separate careers for at least ten years and in 1629, upon the death of Jodocus, Willem Blaeu acquired a number of plates from the estate. About thirty of these formed the nucleus of Blaeu's Atlantis Appendix of 1630. This challenge to the atlas of Henricus, which was by now quite dated, stimulated fierce competition between the two houses. The sale of plates must have occurred by 2 March 1630 as a contract of that date survives where Henricus Hondius and his partner Joannes Janssonius, angry at the sale of plates to their competitor, engaged engravers to cut a number of new plates after those of Jodocus within eighteen months so that they could advance their own atlas.
The Virginia was one of the first engraved as it appears in Janssonius' Atlantis Appendix of 1630. Attractively engraved it is the only Smith derivative to bear an Indian facing the Chesapeake Bay. After the death of Janssonius in 1664 the business was left to a number of different parties. It could not be divided in such a way that ensured the continued production of the various atlases. In 1694 Petrus Schenk acquired all of the Atlas Major plates at public auction from the heirs of Jansson van Waesberge, and began issuing the maps with his own imprint." (Burden)
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A New and Accurate Map of Virginia wherein most of the Counties are laid down from Actual Surveys. With the Concise Account of the Number of Inhabitants, the Trade, Soil, and Produce of that Province.
John Henry, 1770.
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A New Map of North America, with the West India Islands.
Robert Sayer, 1783.
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A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye Continent of North America.
Herman Moll. This map is also referred to as "The Beaver Map".
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Map of North America
Herman Moll. This map is also referred to as "The Codfish Map".
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A New Map of of the North Parts of America claimed by France under ye Names of Louisiana, Mississippi, Canada and New France with ye Adjoyning Territories of England and Spain.
Herman Moll.
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Virginia, Maryland, Pennsilvania, East and West New Jarsey.
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Amerique Meridinale
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Nova Orbis Tabula, In Lucem Edita, A.F. de Wit.
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Map of the World on a Globular Projection. Exhibiting Particularly the Nautical Researches of Capn. James Cook, F.R.S., with all the Recent Discoveries to the Present Time.
A. Arrowsmith, 1794.
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“City of Washington : From beyond the Navy Yard.”
George Cooke; Aquatint engraving, 1834.
One of the great views of the Nation's Capital. Washington is shown from the south bank of the Anacostia River. On the right is the Washington Navy Yard, est. 1799, behind is the original Capitol Building and to the left is the White House. The painter of this view is George Cooke. He and the engraver, William Bennett, teamed up to produce four folio-size views of American cities. This very rare print is in good condition, with its original color. A brother print is also at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, however it is
currently not on display to the public.
