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Peich ou Peider de Nation Persienne Laquais du Grand Seigneur. (13 )

Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...

$100 / ≈ €85
Maker / Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650

 


Azamoglan Rustique .(12)

Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...

$100 / ≈ €85
Maker / Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650

 


Iannissaire Allant à la Guerre. (9)

Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thoma...

$100 / ≈ €85
Maker / Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650

 


Boluch Bassi Capitaine de Cent Janissaires. (6)

Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thoma...

$100 / ≈ €85
Maker / Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650

 


Solachi ou Solacler, Archer Ordinaire de la Garde du Grand Seigneur. (7)

Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...

$100 / ≈ €85
Maker / Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650

 


Iannissaire ou Ianissarler Soudart a Pied de la Garde Ordinaire du Grand Seigneur. (8)

Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thoma...

$100 / ≈ €85
Maker / Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650

 


Les Isles Philippines [on sheet with] Islas de los Ladrones ou Isle des Larrons.

Sanson's important mid-seventeenth-century map of the Philippines and tha Ladrones.It was first engraved by J. Somer for the elder Nicolas Sanson with a privilege for twe...

$1200 / ≈ €1026
Maker / Publisher: SANSON, N.
Place & Date: Amsterdam/Utrecht, 1654

 


Terra Promissions.

A beautifully executed and very rare map of the Promised Land, divided into the 12 Tribes. The shore line runs in north-southwesterly direction from Sidon as far as Pelus...

$4000 / ≈ €3420
Maker / Publisher: HONERVOGT, J.
Place & Date: Paris, c.1655

 


Royaume de la Chine. . .

Detailed map of China. Engraved by A.Winter. Attractive miniature map, depicting Korea as an island and parts of Japan, i.e. western part of Honshu and Kyushu.

$200 / ≈ €171
Maker / Publisher: SANSON, N.
Place & Date: Paris, 1656

 


Pecheli, Xansi, Xantung, Honan, Nanking, In plaga Regni Sinensis. . .

A map of the northern provinces of China after the Jesuit Martino Martini, depicting of Hebei (Pecheli), Shanxi (Xansi), Shandong (Xantung), Henan (Honan), and Jangsu (Na...

$1500 / ≈ €1282
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca 1660

 


Fokien Imperii Sinarum Provincia undecima.

The province of Fokien lies opposite Taiwan and south of the region described in the above map. The coast is shown from Wen-zhou in the north to Fu-zhou and as far south ...

$1100 / ≈ €940
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660

 


Sumatrae et insularum Locorumque nonnullorum circumiacentium. . .

Fine depicting the Island of Sumatra and the southern coasts of Malaysia from Quedo to Johore.North is orientated to the left of the page.Singapore is probably identifie...

$1800 / ≈ €1539
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660

 


Xantung, sinarum imperii provincia quatra.

A map of the northern province ‘Xantung’ of China after the Jesuit Martino Martini.Shows the Great Wall and is centered on the Bohai Sea, and the Shandong and Liaonin...

Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca 1660

 


Xantung, sinarum imperii provincia quatra.

A map of the northern province ‘Xantung’ of China after the Jesuit Martino Martini.Shows the Great Wall and is centered on the Bohai Sea, and the Shandong and Liaonin...

$1500 / ≈ €1282
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca 1660

 


Arabia.

A handsome map of the Arabian Peninsula drawn on a large scale on which the three classical divisions are shown with some urban centers and topographical features. A cert...

$3000 / ≈ €2565
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1662

 


Asiae Nova Apud Hudo Allardt. / Nova et exacta Asiae geograpicha descriptio.

Rare map of Asia, with relief shown pictorially. Shows Great wall of China and the mythical island of Yedso north of Japan. Title at head of map: Nova et exacta Asiae geo...

$1500 / ≈ €1282
Maker / Publisher: ALLARDT, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660-1665

 


Noordoost Cust van Asia van Japan tot Nova Zembla.

Important for its early depiction of Hokkaido and the Islands to the North of Japan. Ships navigate the seas around the Siberian, Chinese and Japanese coast extending as ...

$2000 / ≈ €1710
Maker / Publisher: GOOS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1666

 


Asie.

This rare map of Asia was published by Jollain in 1667. Published in "Trésor Des Cartes Geographiques Des Principaux Estats de Lunivers".This atlas is based up...

$300 / ≈ €256
Maker / Publisher: JOLLAIN.
Place & Date: Paris, 1667

 


Impery sino Tartarici Supremus Monarcha.

Decorative costume plate showing Kam Hi son of the Shunzhi Emperor of China [1638 - 1661?], the second emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty, who apparently supported the fo...

$250 / ≈ €214
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS VAN WAESBERGHE, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1668

 


Paskaerte Zynde t'Oosterdeel Van Oost Indien, met alle de Eylanden daer ontrendt geleegen van C. Comorin tota aen Iapan.

An eye-catching chart of Pieter Goos' sea chart of Australia, Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Korea and India. The chart shows the regions from Cape Comorin (Southern India...

$10000 / ≈ €8550
Maker / Publisher: GOOS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1669

 


An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China deliver'd by their excellencies, Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at his imperial city of Peking. . .

Very rare first English text edition of this most important and early resource on China and the Chinese. Three parts in one folio by John Macock for the author.Part I: An...

$9000 / ≈ €7695
Maker / Publisher: NIEUHOF, J.
Place & Date: London : Printed by the Author at his house in White-Friers, 1669

 


La Chine d'Athanase Kirchere de la compagnie de Jesus, illustrée de plusieurs monuments tant sacrés que profanes et de quantité de recherches de la nature. . .

Athanasius Kircher, S.J., (1601 or 1602-1680) was a 17th-century German Jesuit scholar who published around 40 works, most notably in the fields of oriental studies, geol...

$3000 / ≈ €2565
Maker / Publisher: KIRCHER, A.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1670

 


Nazareth.

Decorative view of Nazareth, below a decorative cartouche with numbered key and surrounded by 2 cherubins. Taken from a very rare travel book by Anthonius Gonsales, "...

Maker / Publisher: GONSALES, A
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673

 


Rama. [Ramah]

Town plan of Ramah, about 5 miles (8 km) from Jerusalem and near to Gibeah. Below a decorative cartouche with numbered key and surrounded by 2 cherubins.Taken from a very...

Maker / Publisher: GONSALES, A
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673

 


Turckschemoniken die onder den goddelycken. . .

Decorative picture of three dervishes dancers. Their whirling dance, also known as the sema, is a serious religious ritual performed by Muslim priests in a prayer trance ...

$80 / ≈ €68
Maker / Publisher: GONSALES, A
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673

 


Via Bethleem. [The route from Jerusalem to Bethlehem ]

The route from Jerusalem to Bethlehem. Below a lettered key. Taken from a very rare travel book by Anthonius Gonsales, "Hierusalemsche Reyse". The book describe...

Maker / Publisher: GONSALES, A
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673

 


Arabie.

Uncommon miniature map of the Arabian peninsula, from Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de géographie in 1657, Pierre Duval publ...

$550 / ≈ €470
Maker / Publisher: DU VAL, P.
Place & Date: Paris, 1676

 


Reiß in das Gelobte Land ... Mit nach dreyen andern Reißbeschreibungen vermehret, und schönen Kupfern gezieret.

Very rare first illustrated edition of collected travel accounts by citizens of Zürich, containing : Hans Jacob Amman, "Narrative of a trip to Palestine". The ...

$6000 / ≈ €5130
Maker / Publisher: AMMANN, Hans Jacob
Place & Date: Zürich, M. Schauffelberger Erbin, 1678

 


Carte des Isles du Japon Esquelles est remarque la Route..

This uncommon map of Japan, which is on a fairly large scale, contains comments about the nature of the country. For instance, Ocsaqui (Okazaki, near Nagoya) is said to h...

$5000 / ≈ €4275
Maker / Publisher: TAVENIER, J.B.
Place & Date: Paris 1679

 


Carte des Isles du Japon Sequels est remarque la Route..

This uncommon map of Japan, a reduced version of his larger map, contains comments about the nature of the country. For instance, Ocsaqui (Okazaki, near Nagoya) is said t...

$750 / ≈ €641
Maker / Publisher: TAVERNIER, J.B.
Place & Date: Paris / Amsterdam, 1679

 


Nova Persiae Armeniae Natoliae et Arabiae.

This fine map shows the area East from Cyprus to Iran, including The Saudi Peninsula, Red Sea, Nile River, Cyprus, Asia Minor, the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean, Armenia...

$900 / ≈ €769
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


Accuratissima totius Asiae tabula..

The map includes a detailed depiction of South East Asia and the Far East. The northern tip of Australia (Hollandia Nova) is shown as are the important discoveries made t...

$2000 / ≈ €1710
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


Ambassades mémorables de la Compagnie des Indes orientales des Provinces Unies vers les empereurs du Japon.

First edition in French of this important work on Japan, a work whose illustrations "represent a high-water mark in book illustrations of the 17th century" (Lac...

$5500 / ≈ €4702
Maker / Publisher: MONTANUS, A.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


Turcicum Imperium.

Detailed map of the Turkish Empire by Holland's leading mapmaker at the end of the seventeenth century. The cartouche shows an Ottoman administrator or possibly the Sulta...

$750 / ≈ €641
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


Waere affbeeldinge wegens het casteel ende stadt Batavia.

A good impression of this finely engraved and detailed plan of Batavia, present-day Jakarta, the Dutch center of trading activities in the East Indies. Copied after Cleme...

$3250 / ≈ €2779
Maker / Publisher: LETI, G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1681

 


Hern Johann Baptisten Taveniers..Vierzig Jaehrige Reize..

This German edition includes Tavernier's map of Japan in a reduced form (210x315mm) and contains legends about the country's nature, e.g., where gold is mined and plottin...

$7500 / ≈ €6412
Maker / Publisher: TAVERNIER, J.B.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1681

 


Il regno della China detto presentente Catay e Magnin. . .

A rare and decorative Italian map of China and Japan, with Japan closely modelled on the indented Cardim outline and Hokkaido, called Yuppi , shown as an Asian peninsula....

$4500 / ≈ €3847
Maker / Publisher: ROSSI, G.
Place & Date: Rome, 1682

 


Jerusalem.

Engraved by Bastiaan Stoopendaal from Juan Bautista Villapando's imaginary town-plan of Jerusalem. This bird's-eye view is surrounded by 12 scenes, views and portraits of...

$600 / ≈ €513
Maker / Publisher: STOOPENDAAL, B.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1682

 


Asia.

Detailed map the Asian continent. The map is of interest for the use of Sea of Corea, the sea between Korea and Japan.

Maker / Publisher: BELL, A.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1682
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Indiae extra Gangem Pars Septentrionalis. Indiae extra Gangem Pars Meridionalis.

The map on the left depicts the northern portion of the India Ganges region, representing Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. The right one depicts th...

$400 / ≈ €342
Maker / Publisher: SANSON, N.
Place & Date: Utrecht / Amsterdam, J.Halma, 1683

 


La Reine de la chine.

Very rare and decorative costume plate. In the background : Palais Royal Peking. Beneath the plate a descriptive text about the Queen of China.Bears the address : Se vend...

$400 / ≈ €342
Maker / Publisher: JOLLAIN, F.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1685

 


Paradigma XV Provinciarum et CLV Urbium Capitalium Sinensis Imperij Cum Templis quae Cruce X Signatur Et Domiciliis S.I.

First edition of this rare Jesuit map of China, published by Jean Baptiste Nolin in Paris and based on Philippe Couplet's map of 1686. The map shows China's 15 provinces ...

$2400 / ≈ €2052
Maker / Publisher: NOLIN, J.-B.
Place & Date: Paris, 1686

 


Le Grand Mongol. . .

Rare full portrait of the Mongol emperor of Indostan, published by map seller, François Jollain, the Elder (1641-1704), active in Paris, rue St. Jacques à la ville de C...

$300 / ≈ €256
Maker / Publisher: JOLLAIN, F.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1686

 


Penisola Dell India di la dal Gange Diusa ne i Regni, che in essasi contengono et accresciuta di varie notizie. Da Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola e conforme le Relationi di alcuni Padri della Compa di Giesu di Monsu Tavernier . . . 1683

Giacomo Rossi's fine late 17th century map of Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and part of Sumatra.. Engraved by Franciscus Donia. Issued in Il Mercurio geografico In lower r...

$2200 / ≈ €1881
Maker / Publisher: DE ROSSI, G.
Place & Date: Rome, 1683-1688

 


Iunan, Queichev, e Quangsi Provincie della Cina. . .

A beautiful map depicting the area of Beijing with decorative title cartouche and scale cartouche. Information about the area at the top of the map.The remarkable Vincenz...

Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1690

 


Mocha, in Arabien. (View of Mocha, Yemen.)

Magnificent bird's eye-town-view of Mocha in Yemen.. Etched by Gaspar Bouttats (1640-1695).The Antwerp based publisher Jacques Peeters published ca. 1690 a series of prin...

$200 / ≈ €171
Maker / Publisher: PEETERS, J. / BOUTTATS, G.
Place & Date: Antwerp, c.1690

 


Quantung, e Fokien, Provincie della China...

A beautifully engraved decorative map of Southern China extending from Hainan in the West to Formosa in the East and centered on the Pearl River Delta with Macao and the ...

$3750 / ≈ €3206
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1691

 


Isola del Giapone e penisola di Corea.

A most attractive and decorative map by Vincenzo Coronelli. An elaborate central title cartouche garlanded with intertwined flowers and dedicated to the Rev.de Fontaine o...

$2200 / ≈ €1881
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1692

 


[Arabia]

A lovely miniature map of the region of Armenia and Georgia, showing both parts of the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. For such a small map it renders a wealth of detail, with...

$300 / ≈ €256
Maker / Publisher: MÜLLER, J. U.
Place & Date: Ulm, 1692

 


Het gezandtschap der Neerlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, Den tegenwoordigen Keizer van China. . .

Third edition of this beautifully illustrated work on China. The first edition was published in 1665.Jan Nieuhof was a "Dutch traveler and adventurer" (1618-72)...

$5500 / ≈ €4702
Maker / Publisher: NIEUHOF, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, W. Waasberge, 1693

 


Parte orientale della China.. / Parte occidentale della China. (2 sheets)

The map depicts the eastern part of China with Korea -correctly- as a peninsula. Formosa is included as well. Japan is partly visible i.e. the area of Yamaguchi, strait K...

$7500 / ≈ €6412
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1695

 


Isole dell'Indie. . .

A beautiful and flamboyantly engraved large-scale map of the East Indies, including the Malay Peninsula, Cambodia, the Philippines and all of Indonesia and the Spice Isla...

Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1696

 


Le Royaume de Siam avec les Royaumes. . .

Influential map of the Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Borneo, centered on Singapore. Mortier incorporated information provided by the French Jesuits and charts the ro...

$500 / ≈ €427
Maker / Publisher: MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1700

 


Chorographia Terrae Sanctae in Angustiorem. . .

Rare. Large visually rich map decorated with illustrations of the sacred objects and places of Judaism. In the bottom center is a plan of ancient Jerusalem, and the route...

$1200 / ≈ €1026
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1700

 


Carte de la Turquie de l'Arabie et de la Perse.

Very rare state with the address : Chez l’Auteur, Rue des Canettes prez St. Sulpice. Avec Privilège, 1701". This early state with "rue des Canettes" imp...

$1200 / ≈ €1026
Maker / Publisher: L'ISLE, G. de.
Place & Date: Paris, 1701

 


A Mapp of Batavia with all itts Forts.

Wonderful, scarce, and decorative plan of present-day Jakarta, showing the City and its immediate environs, the surrounding rice fields intersected by a network of waterw...

$450 / ≈ €385
Maker / Publisher: CHURCHIL, J.
Place & Date: London, Printed for A. and J. Churchill, 1703

 


Les Vrays Indes dits Grands Indes ou Indes Orientales Par N. de Fer. Geographe de Sa Majeste Catoliques et de Monseigneur le Dauphin.

Detailed map on India, Thailand, the Malay Peninsular and the south coast of China up to Macao. The map was engraved by C. Inselin.

$460 / ≈ €393
Maker / Publisher: FER, N. de
Place & Date: Paris, 1705

 


Carte de L'Egypte de la Nubie de L'Abissinie..

Including the Arabian Peninsula. Giving good detail on Egypt. Engraved by Desrosiers. Address and date changed, now with the imprint "A Paris Chez l’Auteur sur le ...

$100 / ≈ €85
Maker / Publisher: DE L'ISLE,G.
Place & Date: Paris, November 1707

 


De Stadt Jerusalem.

Plan of ancient Jerusalem from a Dutch bible after Villalpando. The print is in contemporary colors, which is extremely rare for a plate like this. Lower left the Temple ...

$1500 / ≈ €1282
Maker / Publisher: LUCHTMANS, S.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1710

 


Le Royaume de Siam avec Les Royaumes Qui Luy sont Tributaries & c. / La Royaume de Siam avec les royaumes qui luy sont Tributaires, et les Isles de Sumatra, Andemaon, etc. . . [two sheet map]

Influential map of Southeast Asia and the East Indies including modern day Thailand, southern Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra and Java. Ottens inc...

$2200 / ≈ €1881
Maker / Publisher: OTTENS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1710

 


Le détroit de Malacca . . .

Map of Malacca. The map details the Strait of Malacca from P. Peru and Tanjong Goeree to Lingen and Pulu Panjang. Malacca and Ihor (Johore), along with numerous other coa...

$550 / ≈ €470
Maker / Publisher: VAN DER AA, P.
Place & Date: Leiden, 1712

 


De golf van Bengalen.

Rare chart of the Indian Ocean, with nice detail on Ceylon (Sri Lanka) with compass roses and a system of rhumb lines, soundings and anchorage's. Many place names. The pl...

$2000 / ≈ €1710
Maker / Publisher: DONCKER, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, after 1669-1712

 


Paldobundo Province.

Woodblock printed map of Jeolla Province which was one of the historical Eight Provinces of Korea during the Kingdom of The map is drawn in "Paldo Bundo," styl...

$2000 / ≈ €1710
Maker / Publisher: Paldobundo Province.
Place & Date: 1710-1718

 


Terki, ville de la Circassie, dans l'Asie.

A very detailed panoramic view of Terki in the Caucasus, the capital of one of the most powerful Dagestani potentates of southeast Asia.Showing the Volga River.The town o...

$150 / ≈ €128
Maker / Publisher: AA, P. van der
Place & Date: Leiden, c. 1719

 


Carte du Golfe de Bengale, Mer de Indes, et Riviere du Gange, Avec les Pais et Iles d'alentour, Savoir les Cotes de Malabar, Cormandel, Ile de Ceylon, Les Maldives . . .

Detailed map of the Southern part of India with Ceylon. Good detail along the coasts of Malabar, Coromandel, the Maldives islands and the Kingdoms of Visipour, Golconda, ...

$400 / ≈ €342
Maker / Publisher: VANDER AA, P.
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719

 


Saba, ville en Perse.

Decorative view of Sabā / Dakān Sorkh) which is a village in Vahdatiyeh Rural District in present-day Iran.In the foreground are camels and horses. This well-executed e...

$300 / ≈ €256
Maker / Publisher: VAN DER AA, P. / OLEARIUS, A.
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719

 


Carte du Golfe de Bengale, mer des Indes et rivieres du Gange . . .

Detailed scare map of the Southern part of India with Ceylon. Good detail along the coasts of Malabar, Coromandel, the Maldives islands and the Kingdoms of Visipour, Golc...

$300 / ≈ €256
Maker / Publisher: Van der AA, P.
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719

 


Carte du Golfe de Bengale, Mer de Indes, et Riviere du Gange, Avec les Pais et Iles d'alentour, Savoir les Cotes de Malabar, Cormandel, Ile de Ceylon, Les Maldives . . .

Detailed map of the Southern part of India with Ceylon. Good detail along the coasts of Malabar, Coromandel, the Maldives islands and the Kingdoms of Visipour, Golconda, ...

$275 / ≈ €235
Maker / Publisher: VANDER AA, P.
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719

 


Vue et Description de Quelques-Uns des Principaux Forts des Hollandois dans les Indes .

Interesting sheet with seven detailed views illustrating the most important Dutch V.O.C. trading outposts and fortified colonial possessions in the East Indies, including...

$175 / ≈ €150
Maker / Publisher: CHATELAIN, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720

 


Carte des Principales Ports de Mer Bancs de sable &c: qui sont dans la Mer Rouge..

Some cities existed along the western coast of the Arabian peninsula, where they served as entrepots for transcontinental trade between Europe and Asia. Mecca, founded by...

$1500 / ≈ €1282
Maker / Publisher: MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720

 


Huquang, Kiangsi, Chekiang ac Fokien.

A reissue of Janssonius' map of south east China, with wash color and uncolored cartouches.The map is based on the maps of Martin Martini, themselves based on Chinese sou...

$900 / ≈ €769
Maker / Publisher: VALK, G. / SCHENK, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720

 


Imperii Sinarum nova descriptio.

Schenk and Valk's rare early 18th century issue of Janssonius milestone map of China, Korea and Japan after Martino Martini. Engraved by Johannes van Loon. The overall ba...

$1900 / ≈ €1624
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J./ VALK, G. / SCHENK, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720

 


Arabiae Felicis, petrae et desertae.

A very striking map with a finely decorated title cartouche, published by Valk & Schenk, utilizing Jansson's original plate. Interestingly, this map uses the names th...

$3000 / ≈ €2565
Maker / Publisher: SCHENK, P./ VALK, G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720

 


Habillement des femmes de Smyrnes, des Grecques et des Juifs de cette ville.

Four portraits of Smirne women in typical dress, each with a descriptive engraved text. From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Historique".Henri Abraham Ch...

$45 / ≈ €38
Maker / Publisher: CHATELAIN, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720

 


Japonia Regnum.

It is the first map to correctly show Korea as a peninsula. The rare Covens and Mortier issue of this important map of Japan and Korea, originally published by Blaeu. Thi...

$2200 / ≈ €1881
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J. / DE WIT, F. / COVENS, J. / MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1655 - 1720

 


Carte de l'Ile de Java.

An inset plan of Batavia and clearly indicated rice fields, mountains, forests, towns in profile and even elephants suggest the wealth of detail found on this map. Modele...

$1250 / ≈ €1069
Maker / Publisher: CHATELAIN, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720

 


Waere Affbeeldinge Wegens het Casteel ende Stadt BATAVIA Gelegen opt Groot Eylant Java.

A good impression of this finely engraved and detailed plan of Batavia, present-day Jakarta, the Dutch center of trading activities in the East Indies. Copied after Cleme...

Maker / Publisher: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1721

 


A New Map of Asia from the latest Observations Most Humbly Inscrib'd to the Right Honbl. George Earl of Warrington &c.

Fine map of Asia, with decorative title cartouche flanked by two figures in Asian dress, along with flora and fauna of the continent., based on the work of Guillaume De L...

$1500 / ≈ €1282
Maker / Publisher: SENEX, J.
Place & Date: London, 1721

 


Carte des Cotes de Malabar et de Coromandel..

Detailed and attractive map of India and the northern tip of Sri Lanka. With decorative title cartouche and two compass-roses.Rare edition with address : A Paris chez l...

$200 / ≈ €171
Maker / Publisher: DE L'ISLE,G.
Place & Date: Paris, 1723

 


Kaart van het Eyland Formosa en de Eylanden van Piscadores.

The earliest printed map of Taiwan or Formosa. Oriented to the east, with north at the left, covering the entire island and the nearby Pescadores, now known as the Penghu...

$4000 / ≈ €3420
Maker / Publisher: VALENTIJN, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1724