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DE BRY, Th., Plants Lantor, Assa, Pimenta, Mangostan and Pepper., antique map, old maps

DE BRY, Th. - Plants Lantor, Assa, Pimenta, Mangostan and Pepper.
Frankfurt, 1598, Uncoloured.. 135x175mm. Copper plate engraving on text sheet. Paper lightly browned and spotted as usual. Size of sheet : 290 x 200 mm. German text.
Lantor is a kind of coconut palm (or Indian nut) with fronds as long as a human body. These fronds are used as paper. Pimenta del Rabo (or cubebe) grows grape-like on trees and is held in such esteem by the Indians that they cook and preserve them, rather than sell them to other countries. Also show... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 80
Approx. Euro 68

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HERRERA y TORDESILLAS, A. de., Descripcion del audiencia del Nuevo Reino 9., antique map, old maps

HERRERA y TORDESILLAS, A. de. - Descripcion del audiencia del Nuevo Reino 9.
Amsterdam, Michel Colin, 1622, Uncoloured.. 211x287mm. Paper very slightly age toned as usual. A very good and dark impression.
The earliest map to include information from the previously secret manuscript maps of the Spanish cosmographer, Juan López de Velasco, showing present-day Colombia and Venezuela.
From Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas Description des Indes Occidentales Qu'on appelle aujourdhuy Le Nouveau Mond... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 450
Approx. Euro 383

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LAET, DE J. / GERITSZ, H., Venezuela, atque Occidentalis Pars Novæ Andalusiae., antique map, old maps

LAET, DE J. / GERITSZ, H. - Venezuela, atque Occidentalis Pars Novæ Andalusiae.
Leiden, 1625, Uncoloured.. 280x356mm. Very good impression. Generally mint with a dark impression.
Coastline of Venezuela with little interior development. Including Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, etc. Scarce map prepared by Hessel Gerritsz (1581-1632), former apprentice of Willem Blaeu, and Blaeu’s predecessor as chief cartographer of the Dutch East India Company. Gerritsz enjoys a very high reputatio... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 600
Approx. Euro 510

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LAET, DE J. / GERITSZ, H. - Venezuela, atque Occidentalis Pars Novæ Andalusiae.
Leiden, Elzevier, 1630, Uncoloured.. 280x356mm. Very good and dark impression. Some very minor toning. Very fine to mint.
Coastline of Venezuela with little interior development. Including Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, etc. Scarce map prepared by Hessel Gerritsz (1581-1632), former apprentice of Willem Blaeu, and Blaeu’s predecessor as chief cartographer of the Dutch East India Company. Gerritsz enjoys a very high reputatio... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 600
Approx. Euro 510

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GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY., [Sir Walter Ralegh meets the King of Arromaia]., antique map, old maps

GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY. - [Sir Walter Ralegh meets the King of Arromaia].
Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633, Uncoloured.. 140x177mm. Copper plate engraving on text sheet. Paper browned as usual, but with a large brown stain affecting the text only. Size of sheet : 345 x 215 mm.
German text on verso.
Scarce print with a German text sheet. During Ralegh’s voyage up the Orinoco in search of El Dorado, he met an old man who said he was the king of Arromaia. He claimed to be one hundred and fourteen years old and with him he brought an entourage bearing gifts of fruit, vegetables and birds.
Ra... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 125
Approx. Euro 106

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GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY, T., [Murder of Dominican monks in Cumana or Cubagua Island]., antique map, old maps

GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY, T. - [Murder of Dominican monks in Cumana or Cubagua Island].
Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633, Uncoloured.. 150x175mm. Copper plate engraving on text sheet. Paper slightly browned, as usual. Size of sheet : 345 x 215 mm. German text on verso.
Murder of Dominican monks in Cumana or Cubagua Island in what is now Venezuela. Scarce print (150x177mm.) on a German text sheet taken from a first edition of Johann Ludwig Gottfried's "Newe Welt Vnd Americanische Historien/ Jnhaltende Warhafftige vnd volkommene Beschreibungen Aller West-Indianische... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 80
Approx. Euro 68

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GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY., [Ralegh arrives at Orocotona.], antique map, old maps

GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY. - [Ralegh arrives at Orocotona.]
Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633, Uncoloured.. 155x175mm. Copper plate engraving on text sheet. Paper lightly browned as usual. Small (old) repair to lower right corner.
Size of sheet : 345 x 222 mm. German text and on verso.
On reaching the rapids of the Caroní, further up the Orinoco, Ralegh’s expedition was unable to proceed further by river, so they continued overland, eventually arriving at the town of Orocotona.
This was where they again met the king of Arromaia, whose subjects greeted their visitors warmly w... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 150
Approx. Euro 128

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GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY., [How natives of Paria cope with illness] / Vespucci reaches Lake Maracaibo].., antique map, old maps

GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY. - [How natives of Paria cope with illness] / Vespucci reaches Lake Maracaibo]..
Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633, Uncoloured.. 147x175mm. Copper plate engraving on text sheet. Paper lightly browned and stained, as is usual. A lower corner is missing. Some minor ink stains. Size of sheet: 345 x 222 mm. German text and on verso.
Two engravings. [421b] When the natives of those parts, they were bathed in a cold stream, then chased round a blazing fire until they had dried out. Then they were put to bed and great care was taken to ensure their loins were dry. Vomiting was overcome by fasting for three or four days and paying ... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 80
Approx. Euro 68

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BLAEU, W., Venezuela cum parte Australi Novae Andalusiae., antique map, old maps

BLAEU, W. - Venezuela cum parte Australi Novae Andalusiae.
Amsterdam, 1634, Uncoloured.. 370x473mm. Paper slighty age-toned, and it has a marginal rust mark not affecting the engraved area. A good and dark impression.
German text on verso. A finely engraved, decorative map of Venezuela. The islands of Trinidad and Tobago, Margarita, Aruba and Curaçao are shown. With decorative title cartouche held aloft by a pair of winged cherubs and a handsome pair of compass roses. from the Novus Atlas, Das ist, Abbildung u... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 750
Approx. Euro 638

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BLAEU, W. - Venezuela cum parte Australi Novae Andalusiae.
Amsterdam, ca. 1644, In attractive strong original colours.. 375x490mm. A good and dark impression. In good condition. French text on verso.
A finely engraved, decorative map of Venezuela. The islands of Trinidad and Tobago, Margarita, Aruba and Curaçao are shown. Local animals are depicted, sheep, birds, monkeys.
With a decorative title cartouche held aloft by a pair of winged cherubs and a handsome pair of compass roses, galleon e... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 750
Approx. Euro 638

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SANSON, N., Terre Ferme, Nouveau Royaume de Grenade, & C. . ., antique map, old maps

SANSON, N. - Terre Ferme, Nouveau Royaume de Grenade, & C. . .
Paris, P. Mariette, 1667, In original o/l colours.. 205x277mm. Paper slightly age toned. Some marginal water staining and spotting.
Map depicting Colombia and Venezuela prepared by N.Sanson and published by Pierre Mariette.
Published in an early edition of the small Sanson atlas L'Europe Dediée a Monseigneur . . . Le Tellier Secret. D'Estat &c."The atlas proved popular and the maps were imitated by Johann Zunners in F... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 300
Approx. Euro 255

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MONTANUS, A., Venezuela cum parte Australi Novae Andalusiae., antique map, old maps

MONTANUS, A. - Venezuela cum parte Australi Novae Andalusiae.
Amsterdam, 1673, Uncoloured.. 286x360mm. Margins cut short. Some age-toning and staining of paper. Upper margin cut till neat line. Dark imprint.
Most decorative map with two large cartouches and compass-rose, large group of islands at the mouth of the Orinoco, other islands off Venezuela coast: Margarita, Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, etc.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 350
Approx. Euro 298

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