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Americae Nova Descriptio.

Final state. According to Philip Burden, "this scarce map is America's first single-sheet map with decorative borders." A re-issue of the 1614 plate by Pieter v...

$16000 / ≈ €15410
Maker / Publisher: VISSCHER, N.J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1652

 


Carte D'Amerique Divisée en ses Principaux Pays. . .

Rare. Uncommon and decorative wall map of America, prepared by Clouet. With superb decorative borders, 170mm wide at the sides and 150mm at the bottom, containing twenty ...

$10000 / ≈ €9631
Maker / Publisher: CLOUET, J. B. L. abbé / MONDHARE, L.
Place & Date: Paris, Cadiz, 1785

 


Americae Pars Magis Cognita. Chorographia nobilis & opulentae Peruanae Provinciae, atque Brasiliae, . . . MDXCII

First state. Although a map of South America it does include much of what is now the southern United States. There are two elaborate, strap-work cartouches with the one a...

$6500 / ≈ €6260
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1592

 


Americae Nova Tabula.

The delineation of the coast and the nomenclature on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts are basically Spanish in origin and follow the maps of Ortelius and Wytfliet. To...

$6000 / ≈ €5779
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645

 


Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio.

This is the second copperplate of Ortelius' map showing the western hemisphere, showing the prominent bulge in the South American coastline. An important map because of i...

$5500 / ≈ €5297
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1579

 


(Totius Americae nova et exacta tabula ex) optimis tum geographorum tum aliorum scriptis collecta et ad hodiernam regnorum principatuum et maiorum partium distinctionem accomodata.

Eastern part of a two-sheet map of America, with attribution to Willem Blaeu. According to Philip Burden, the map was derived from Cornelius Danckert's 1647 map of the sa...

$5000 / ≈ €4816
Maker / Publisher: ROSSI, G. / BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Rome, 1679

 


[Printed on silk] Nova Totius Americae Sive Novi Orbis Tabula, Auct. Hugo Allardt.

Hugo Allard’s ca. 1661 map of the Americas, showing California as an island printed on silk. This separately issued map printed on paper is quite rare on the market. T...

$4750 / ≈ €4575
Maker / Publisher: ALLARD, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1661

 


Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Descriptio.

Second state of Visscher's map of the Americas, this decorative map greatly influenced the cartography of the Americas both geographically and artistically.Although it di...

$2000 / ≈ €1926
Maker / Publisher: VISSCHER, N.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1677

 


Rooseveld rekende verkeerd ! De vangarmen van De Dollarpoliep worden afgesneden. . .

An remarkable Anti-American Dutch World War II propaganda poster by Lou Manche, showing an pink octopus, representing the United States, with its tentacles being cut from...

$1900 / ≈ €1830
Maker / Publisher: MANCHE, L.
Place & Date: The Netherlands, 1942

 


Descripcion de las Yndias Ocidentalis.

Rare early general map of America, the Pacific Ocean and the Eastern part of Asia. Showing "Meridiano de la demarcacion porla parte oscidental" - and "... ...

$1750 / ≈ €1685
Maker / Publisher: HERRERA y TORDESILLAS, A. de.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Michel Colin, 1622

 


Americae Retectio (Allegory of the Discovery of America)

Allegorical scene commemorating the discovery of America. The main image shows Neptune, supporting a Globe, flanked by Flora-representing Florence, and Janus-representin...

$800 / ≈ €771
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594

 


[Columbus is standing in the bow of his ship]

Columbus is standing in the bow of his ship, which is near the shore. He is clad in a long mantle and undercoat, while his armor lies at his feet, and his standard is flo...

$750 / ≈ €722
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594

 


America.

A beautiful, large-scale map of the Americas. Alaska is named as 'Russian America', Texas is still a part of Mexico, yet to become a republic (1836), before finally becom...

$400 / ≈ €385
Maker / Publisher: ARROWSMITH, John
Place & Date: London, 1839

 


North and South America At-A-Glance.

A clever device for demonstrating the statistics of each country, the Area, Population, Population per Sq. Mile, Highest Elevation, Principal River, Currency, Capital, Fo...

$300 / ≈ €289
Maker / Publisher: THE INTERNATIONAL AT-A-GLANCE CHART CO.
Place & Date: New York & London: International At-A-Glance Chart Co. 1931