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Nieuwe kaart van 't Koninckryk Bengale. . .
Rare map Bangladesh with the Ganges delta, including Calcutta. Giving great detail with trade routes, European trade settlements, etc. Prepared by Joh. Van Leenen who was...
Publisher: VALENTIJN, F.
Date: Amsterdam, 1726
Parliamentary Papers - Foreign Office - Annual Series - Diplomatic and Consular Reports on Trade and Finance.
Very scarce - Only for the British Parliament and the British Crown printed - and not for the trade! Accounts about the Korean country during the time span of the last th...
Publisher: FOREIGN OFFICE
Date: London, Harrison and Sons, 1882-1906
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.Tabula III Asiae. [Caucass and Armenia.]
Ptolemaic map of the region south of the Caucasus Mountains and between the Caspian Sea as far south as the headwaters of the Tigris River in the south and the Black Sea,...
Publisher: PTOLEMY, C.
Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1535
Vue de L'Hotel de Batavie. . .
A so-called optical print of Fatahillah Square in Jakarta, Indonesia, prepared for use in a light-box or an amusing light-show. This richly hand colored print is much per...
Publisher: PROBST, G.B.
Date: Augsburg, 1750
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...
Publisher: TAVERNIER, J.B.
Date: Nuremberg, 1681
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Nankin [Nanjing, Jiangsu]
Very detailed (1:1.000.000) map showing the area north of Nanjing, Jiangsu. The French Service géographique des armées was founded in 1887 and provided the French milit...
Publisher: SERVICE GEOGRAPHIQUE DE L'ARMEE
Date: Paris, 1900
Het Beloofde Landt Canaan door wandelt . . .
A beautifully engraved map of the ancient land of Canaan which roughly corresponds to present-day Israel. Cherubs hold up a draped cloth of key symbols, also a scale pane...
Publisher: STOOPENDAAL, B.
Date: Amsterdam, 1682
A view of the town and castle of Macao.
Nice engraving shows the attack of the English ship "Centurion" on Macau, during which she captured a Portuguese ship that had sailed from Manila. In upper righ...
Publisher: HARRIS, J.
Date: London, 1746
Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea.
BRITAIN'S FIRST ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF KOREA & OKINAWANS. With an appendix containing charts and various hydrographical and scientific notices by captain Basil Hall and ...
Publisher: HALL,B.
Date: London, 1818
A new & accurate map of Asia, Drawn from the most approved modern maps & charts / by Thos. Bowen.
The map is of interest for the use of Sea of Korea, the sea between Korea and Japan.Detailed map of Asia from Saudi Arabia, Persia, Russia, India, China, Japan to Southea...
Publisher: BOWEN, Th.
Date: London, J.Cooke, 1777-1778
AFGHAN de CABOULE. Costumes Persans 8.
A beautiful hand colored lithograph of an elegant Afghan from Kabul published in the French work "Galerie Royale de Costumes peints d´après nature par divers artis...
Publisher: GALERIE ROYALE DE COSTUME.
Date: Paris, Chez Aubert & Cie., 1842-1848
DANSEUSE. Costumes Persans 9.
A beautiful hand colored lithograph of an elegant dancing girl from Persia published in the French work "Galerie Royale de Costumes peints d´après nature par diver...
Publisher: GALERIE ROYALE DE COSTUME.
Date: Paris, Chez Aubert & Cie., 1842-1848
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...
Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Date: Amsterdam, 1660
Straat Riouw onder opzicht van de commissie tot verbetering der Indische Zeekaarten..
Very large and rare so called Blue back centered on the strait passing between the Riau Islands. It contains an inset map with enlarged details of Riouw harbor on Bintan...
Publisher: HULST VAN KEULEN, Wed.G.
Date: Amsterdam 1843
Carte générale de L'Empire Ottoman en Europe et en Asie dressée par Henri Kiepert . . .
Large School wall map of Turkish Empire printed in chromo-lithography. Published by Dieter Reimer and printed by Ferdind Barth in Berlin. This rare map has two insets in ...
Publisher: KIEPERT, H.
Date: Berlin, Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, 1867
Tabula nova utriusque Indiae.
This is the fourth and last edition of this map based on Waldseemüller's first "modern" map of Asia. It follows that cartography without change but adds an int...
Publisher: PTOLEMY,C. / FRIES, L.
Date: Vienne, 1541
Terra Sancta.
This is the most modern of Ortelius' maps of the Holy Land. It focuses specifically on the Holy Land and is oriented with east of the top. Ortelius used as a model the wa...
Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Date: Antwerp, 1603
Carte Generale du Cours du Gange et du Gagra. . .
A large chart that is essentially six inset maps printed on one sheet by the Jesuit Joseph Tiefentaller in the latter half of the eighteenth century. The map is in French...
Publisher: TIEFENTALLER, Joseph.
Date: Paris ca 1784
Tabula Superioris Indiae & Tartariae maioris. (Modern Map of China, Japan, etc.)
Important map extending from Tartary in the north, to "Prov. Bocat" (Cambodia) in the south. "Tebet" is shown prominently, as is "Zinpangri"...
Publisher: FRIES, L.
Date: Vienne, 1541
Meine Hochzeitsreise durch Korea während des Russisch-japanischen Krieges.
Illustrated with ca. 200 illustrations. All photographs are taken by the author.
Publisher: ZABEL, Rudolf.
Date: Altenburg, S.-A., Stephan Geibel Verlag, 1906
The narta, or Sledge for burdens in Kamtschatka.
The narta, or Sledge for burdens in Kamtschatka, taken from "Views in the South Seas" being a very important and early views depicting scenes encountered while ...
Publisher: WEBBER, J.
Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808
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[Taprobana - Sri Lanka]
Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of Ceylon prepared Martin Waldseemüller.Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 published in "P...
Publisher: PTOLEMY, C . / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541
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.[Pakistan, Afghanistan]
Wood block printed Ptolemaic map of the region of present-day Pakistan and part of Afghanistan. Convoluted mountain ranges and river systems dominate the trapezoidal map....
Publisher: PTOLEMY,C ./ WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541
Histoire Naturelle, Civile, Et Ecclésiastique..'
First French edition, published by P.Gosse, J.Neaulme and B.Lakeman. The basic work on Japan from the second half of the 17th century when it was still forbidden to forei...
Publisher: KAEMPFER, E.
Date: Amsterdam, 1729
View in the island of Cracatoa.
Early view of the volcano Krakatoa (Indonesian name: Krakatau), on the Indonesian island of Rakata in the Sunda Strait, taken from "Views in the South Seas" bei...
Publisher: WEBBER, J.
Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808
The Fan palm, in the island of Cracatoa.
The Fan palm, on the island of Krakatoa (Indonesian name: Krakatau), in the Sunda Strait, taken from "Views in the South Seas" being a very important and early ...
Publisher: WEBBER, J.
Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808
Reis-kaart van het Britsche gezantschap van Hang-choe-foe naar Quang-choe-foe of Kanton in China.
Uncommon map of eastern part of China, showing a journey of the English Embassy from Hangzhou (south of Shanghai) to Guangzhou (Canton). The maps is giving a wealth of in...
Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Date: Netherlands, c.1800
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...
Publisher: TAVENIER, J.B.
Date: Paris 1679
Carte de la Coste d'Arabie.
Uncommon issue of this very nice map of the Arabian peninsula. Depicted is Saudi Arabia, Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.With French text in title cartouche and an additiona...
Publisher: HARREVELT,E.van / CHANGUION, D.J.
Date: Amsterdam, 1773
Descriptio Arabie / Arabia.
A rare miniature map of the Arabian Peninsular. Title cartouche on the lower right corner.First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were executed by the m...
Publisher: LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P.
Date: Amsterdam, Cornelis Claes, 1606
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.[Near east with Cyprus]
Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of Near east with Cyprus prepared Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 publ...
Publisher: PTOLEMY, C . / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Date: Vienna, 1525 -1541
Carte géologique détaillée. Beyrouth.
Geological or soil map showing part of Lebanon with Beyrouth , including in top a colored legend with signs of the different geological ages. Provenance : Fondation P. Fa...
Publisher: DUBERTRET, Louis.
Date: Liban, Service geographique des F.F.L., 1945.
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.[India]
Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of India prepared Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 published in "P...
Publisher: PTOLEMY, C . / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541
Carte géologique détaillée. Jezzîne.
Geological or soil map showing part of Lebanon with Jezzîne , including a legend with signs of the different geological ages and giving many informations of greatest int...
Publisher: DUBERTRET, Louis. / HEYBROCK, Friso.
Date: Liban, Service geographique des F.F.L., 1945.
L'Asie, dressée pour l'étude de la Géographie . . .
Highly decorative map of Asia embellished with a landscape style title cartouche and several sailing ships.The map is of interest for the use of Mer de Corée, the sea be...
Publisher: DESNOS / BRION
Date: Paris, 1765
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...
Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1660
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...
Publisher: CHATELAIN, H.
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Tabula Sexta Asia (Arabian Peninsula)
Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of the Arabian Peninsular prepared Martin Waldseemüller. River Rhine to the left. Based on the slightly...
Publisher: PTOLEMY,C ./ TRECHSEL, G.
Date: Vienna, 1525 -1541
Carte géologique détaillée. Râchaïya Nord.
Geological or soil map showing part of Lebanon with Râchaïya , including a legend with signs of the different geological ages and giving many informations of greatest i...
Publisher: DUBERTRET, Louis.
Date: Liban, Service geographique des F.F.L., 1945.
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.[Bangladesh, Burma, India, Thailand]
Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of Bangladesh, Burma, India, Thailand prepared Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map f...
Publisher: PTOLEMY, C . / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541