The Gallery​

Stephen Hanon’s virtual map gallery​

The maps you see below are the core of my small collection and represent my thematic interests: The Age of Discovery, Maps and Views of Spain, Early American Maps (particularly Revolutionary War and New York City). Like many collectors, I enjoy maps that reinforce connections to my family history and ethnic heritage (Syrian [Nasr], Irish [Hanon], French [Rabut], Scottish [Taylor]. 

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Jolliet & Marquette’s Discoveries (c.1681)

Explorations of Great Lakes and Mississippi River by Marquette and Jolliett.

Jolliet Mississippi

The First Map of the Mississippi River

Facsimile of Jolliet manuscript map first published in Recueil de Voyages de Mr Thevenot. Paris, 1682.

Lewis and Clark

Lewis & Clark’s Map of Western Discovery (1814/1815 London Edition)

Journals of Lewis 1804-1806. Published in London, 1815

A New and Accurate Map of The World – John Speed, 1651

A New and Accurate Map of The World – John Speed, 1651

Rare Third State - Roger Rea Publisher

Typus Orbis Terrarum – Abraham Ortelius, 1570

"Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" (Antwerp, 1570)

City View of Sevilla – Braun and Hogenberg, 1572

City View of Sevilla – Braun and Hogenberg, 1572

Civitates Orbis Terrarum

Mapa de una porción del reyno de España que comprende los parages por donde anduvo Don Quijote y los sitios de sus aventuras – Tomás Lopéz, 1780

Mapa de una porción del reyno de España que comprende los parages por donde anduvo Don Quijote y los sitios de sus aventuras – Tomás Lopéz, 1780

El Quijote published in 1819

Iconic map of New Netherlands with the first obtainable view of New York.

Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae Nec Non Partis Virginiae Tabula – Nicholas Visscher, ca. 1652

NOVI BELGII NOVAEQUE ANGLIAE NEC NON PARTIS VIRGINIAE TABULA. [Amsterdam, ca. 1652.]

Superb Example of an Early New York City Plan

Map of the City of New York, with the latest improvements – H. Phelps, 1831

Haskell, D. C. Manhattan Maps, no. 736; not in Rumsey Cartographic Collection (online site); cf. Tooley’s Revised Dictionary of Mapmakers, K-P, pp. 419-420.

Battle of Bennington, 1777

Battle of Bennington, 1777

William Faden, 1780

Map of Spain with Decorative Cartouche – Herman Moll, c. 1755

Map of Spain with Decorative Cartouche – Herman Moll, c. 1755

Shirley (BL Atlases) T.MOLL-4b [24].

Syria Map – John Tallis and John Rapkin, 1851

Syria Map – John Tallis and John Rapkin, 1851

Illustrated Atlas of the World