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  • [Norman, John] | Among the earliest maritime charts of the Georgia and South Carolina coasts
    Dec. 10, 2024

    [Norman, John] | Among the earliest maritime charts of the Georgia and South Carolina coasts

    Est: $8,000 - $12,000

    [Norman, John] A Chart of South Carolina and Georgia. [Boston: John Norman, 1794] Copper-engraved sea chart (sheet size: 543 x 435 mm); expert marginal restoration, one or two stray spots. Among the earliest maritime charts of the Georgia and South Carolina coasts published in America, here in the rare first state. The chart shows the area from the St. John's River, Florida, in the south, to John's Island, South Carolina, in the north; at the lower right is a large inset of Charleston Harbor. It is one of the earliest American charts of the coast, preceded only by Mathew Clark's very rare chart of 1790. This map was originally published as part of the first edition of John Norman's The American Pilot in 1791, and appeared in this state in the subsequent 1792 and 1794 editions. The present first state includes the "Shule's Folly" reading in the inset, an error which was corrected for the 1798 and subsequent editions of The American Pilot. The American Revolution brought to an end Britain's leading role in the mapping of America. The task now fell to the American publishing industry, still in its infancy, but with first-hand access to the new surveys that were documenting the rapid growth of the nation. In particular, there was a need for nautical charts for use by the expanding New England commercial fleets. The first American marine atlas, Mathew Clark's A Complete Set of Charts of the Coast of America, was published in Boston in 1790. Two of Clark's charts had been engraved by John Norman, who was inspired to launch his own enterprise. In January 1790, Norman published a notice in the Boston Gazette stating he was currently engraving charts of all the coast of America on a large scale. These were assembled and published as The American Pilot in 1791. Norman's Pilot, the second American marine atlas—indeed the second American atlas of any kind—marked an advance over the earlier work of Mathew Clark. (See preceding lot.) REFERENCES: Wheat & Brun Maps & Charts Published in America before 1800 600; Phillips 821 (second issue); cf. Wroth, Some Contributions to Navigation 32-33 PROVENANCE: Museum of the City of New York (deaccessioned)

    Sotheby's
  • [Norman, John] | The earliest American chart of the North Carolina coast
    Dec. 10, 2024

    [Norman, John] | The earliest American chart of the North Carolina coast

    Est: $20,000 - $30,000

    [Norman, John] Chart of the Coast of America from Cape Hateras [sic] to Cape Roman from the actual surveys of Dl. Dunbibin Esq. [Boston: John Norman, 1794] Copper-engraved sea chart, on two joined sheets (overall size: 838 x 545 mm), mounted on board, third state; one stray spot, a few short closed tears to margins. An early issue of the earliest American chart of the North Carolina coast. Wheat and Brun, and others, speculate that the original version of this map was separately published in 1761, citing an advertisement in the 14 September 1761 edition of the Boston Gazette: "The Navigation on the Coast of North and South Carolina being very dangerous on account of the many Bars, Shoals, Sandbanks, Rocks, etc. The late Daniel Dunbibin, Esq. of North Carolina, has, at very great Expence and Labour, draughted the Sea Coast of both the Provinces in a large whole Sheet Chart of 33 inches by 23; together with all the Rivers, Bays, Inlets, Islands, Brooks, Bars, Shoals, Rocks, Soundings, Currents, &c. with necessary Directions to render the Navigation both easy and safe, and are much esteemed by the most expert Pilots..." No copy of this 1761 map is known to exist. It is believed, however, that John Norman reused the original printing plate for this map, or closely copied a surviving example, when he published the first edition of his The American Pilot in 1791. This example of Norman's chart of the North Carolina coastline is present here in its third state (preceded by the 1761 first issue, and second issue copies from the 1791 and 1792 editions of Norman's Pilot). This state can be discerned by the addition of "New Inlet" just north of Cape Fear. Additional issues were published through 1803. The American Pilot is one of the rarest of all American atlases, and one of the very few published during the eighteenth century. Wheat and Brun locate just ten complete copies for the first five editions. (See following lot.) REFERENCES: Wheat & Brun, Maps & Charts Published in America before 1800 580 (third state); Phillips 872 (1798 edition); Printed Maps of the Carolinas 24 PROVENANCE: Museum of the City of New York (deaccessioned)

    Sotheby's
  • NORMAN LEAR JOHN SALADINO END TABLE
    Feb. 24, 2022

    NORMAN LEAR JOHN SALADINO END TABLE

    Est: $100 - $200

    metal label to underside; glass and painted wood; Provenance: The Collection of Norman and Lyn Lear; 23 1/2 inches square; 22 inches high

    Abell Auction
  • Painting, John L. Norman
    Nov. 16, 2019

    Painting, John L. Norman

    Est: $100 - $200

    John L. Norman (American, 20th century), Landscape with Cows, oil on canvas, signed lower right, overall (with frame): 19.75"h x 23.75"w

    Clars Auctions
  • NORMAN, JOHN. The American Pilot: Containing the Navigation of the Sea-Coast of North-America.
    Dec. 05, 2017

    NORMAN, JOHN. The American Pilot: Containing the Navigation of the Sea-Coast of North-America.

    Est: $80,000 - $120,000

    NORMAN, JOHN. The American Pilot: Containing the Navigation of the Sea-Coast of North-America. 11 double-page or folding engraved charts of the North American coast on heavy laid paper watermarked "AL Masso", letterpress title-page and 2 leaves of "Directions for Sailing Along the Coast of North America" on wove paper. Folio, 21x17 inches, contemporary drab boards gently worn and rebacked in a simple calf spine; preliminaries with marginal repairs, verso of title lined with thin tissue, charts on later guards with minimal soiling and edge wear, two charts with small separations at fold intersections, chart of the Coast of New England with repairs to right edge including small portions of the degree border reinstated in sympathetic facsimile. Boston: John Norman, 1810

    Swann Auction Galleries
  • Norma John, a carved and polychromed red cedar
    Oct. 27, 2010

    Norma John, a carved and polychromed red cedar

    Est: $250 - $350

    Norma John, a carved and polychromed red cedar Macquinna mask 20 1/4 in. h. x 23 in. l. x 6 in. d.

    Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
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