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VII. Quorundam ob Delicta sua misere mutilatorum effigies.

This shows Sebald van de Weert, the Dutch sailor who emerged from the Magellan Straits in 1600 and spotted the rocky islands off the coast of South America. For most of t...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609

 


A ship's hour glass.

Maritime hourglass with blown glass bulbs, orange sand, junction ring covered with cord, the circular ebony frame with six turned baluster columns. The invention of the ...

$2400 / ≈ €2103
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Germany, ca. 1750

 


Globe Terrestre Didié et Présénté a Monseigneur le Comté Maubec de Brancas...

A rare terrestrial globe dated 1741.  Complete title "Globe Terrestre  Didié et Présénté a Monseigneur le Comté  Maubec de Brancas Par Jacque  Hardy. Dres...

$25000 / ≈ €21902
Maker / Publisher: HARDY, Jacques
Place & Date: Paris, dated 1741

 


[The French left in Fort Charles suffer the scarcity of provisions.]

An Indian town visited by the French of Charlesfort in search for food. After a drawing by LeMoyne. Charlesfort-Santa Elena is on what is now Parris Island, South Carolin...

$400 / ≈ €350
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594