Very early wood cut printed regional map of Switzerland.Originally engraved in 1548. The map was prepared by Johannes Stumpf (1500-1576). Included in "Landtaflen. Hi...
Publisher: STUMPF, J. Date: Zurich, Christoffel Froschover, 1548,1552-1566
Very early wood cut printed regional map of Switzerland with Wallis region.Originally engraved in 1548. The map was prepared by Johannes Stumpf (1500-1576). Included in &...
Very early wood cut printed regional map of Switzerland with Basel region.Originally engraved in 1548. The map was prepared by Johannes Stumpf (1500-1576). Included in &q...
Probably by the Vienna astronomer Melchior Klayber who used the Copernican precession theory, which is closely connected with the chart (Ptolemy - 6° 40' and Ptolemy - 5...
Publisher: KLAYBER, Melchior ? Date: Vienna, ca. 1569
Double-page woodcut Ptolemaic-style map by Sebastian Münster figuring Mauritania, present-day Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, published in the edition of Strabo by Henri ...
Publisher: STRABO / MUNSTER, S. Date: Basle, Henri Petri, 1571
A few marginal annotations (pp. 109-111), in a 19th c. hand. Latin translation with a commentary by Wilhelm Holtzmann, also called Guglielmus Xylander. (1532-1576), libra...
Publisher: STRABO. Date: Basle, Henri Petri, 1571
Beautiful and early town-plan of Paris with title cartouche and figures in the foreground. The Bastille is shown at the upper center of the engraving and the Notre-Dame c...
Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F. Date: Cologne, ca. 1572
From 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]' published in Antwerp. French text on verso.The map of Frankenland is prepared by Sebastian Rotenhan (1478-1532) ...
Publisher: ORTELIUS,A./ GALLE,T. Date: Antwerp, c.1574
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...
Publisher: ORTELIUS, A. Date: Antwerp, 1579
Pair of views on one sheet, the first showing the Austria capital of Vienna with fields, and figures in the foreground.Lower view shows the Hungarian capital of Budapest....
Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F. Date: Cologne 1580
Attractive full page longitudinal map of Palestine, Syria and Cyprus, cut by Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch. The shore line running from Southern Anatolia to the Nile Delta. ...
Publisher: MÜNSTER, S. Date: Basle, 1550-1580
Second Italian edition (variant B) and first Plantin edition (1st Silvius 1567) and the most sought after edition of the famous description of the Low Countries, updated ...
Publisher: GUICCIARDINI, L. Date: Antwerp, Plantin, 1581
The first map of China ever to appear in a Western atlas, west to the top. The first state without "las Philiooinas" somewhere in 1587 added to the plate. When ...
Publisher: ORTELIUS, A. Date: Antwerp, 1584
DUTCH TEXT EDITION. A detailed chart of the coast of Flanders and Normandy decorated by a large colorful baroque title cartouche, and the coat of arms of Flanders with a ...
Publisher: WAGHENAER, L. J. Date: Leiden, Plantijn, 1585
A detailed chart of the English channel coastland. Decorated by a colorful title cartouche and scale cartouche, one compass rose, several vessels and sea monsters. A very...
A rare Dutch text edition of this early detailed chart of the northern coast of England. West to the top. Mileage cartouche has no Latin captures. Decorated by a colorful...
A rare Dutch text edition of this early and detailed chart of the coast of Norway. Decorated by a colorful title cartouche and scale cartouche, one compass rose, several ...
A detailed chart of the coast of Denmark and its islands, Copenhagen in center of chart. West to the top. Decorated by a title, scale and descriptive cartouche, a compass...
The bird's-eye plan provides an excellent view of the citadel, city, docks and fortifications. The city was defended by a line of fortification and a moat constructed und...
Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F. Date: Cologne, 1585
Mercury holding a caduceus and riding in a chariot drawn by two birds on the clouds in the sky, an extensive landscape with a harbour with goods being loaded and unloaded...
Publisher: DE VOS, M. after Date: Antwerp, 1585
Earliest printed bird's-eye view of Eindhoven. Showing the siege of April 13-23 1583. On April 22nd the young Count Carel van Mansfeld was taking the town after a 9 days ...
Publisher: HOGENBERG, F. / EYTZINGER Date: Cologne, 1590
Print relating to Brussels during the first decades of the eighty year war between Spain and the Low Countries: (plate 18). This plate shows the hanging of the head of po...
Publisher: HOGENBERG, F. Date: Cologne, ca. 1590
This is a plate from a series of twenty prints illustrating new inventions and discoveries (Nova Reperta) after Jan van der Straet. On image, bottom right: 'Ion. Stradanu...
Publisher: STRADANUS, Johannes / COLLAERT, Jan (II). Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, c. 1590
The Chaves map of Florida is a prime example of an explorer's map since it records the recent discoveries of Cabeza de Vaca, De Soto, and Moscoso. The map revealed little...
Publisher: ORTELIUS, A. Date: Antwerp, 1592
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...
Publisher: DE BRY, Th. Date: Frankfurt, 1592
Rarissime placard dirigé contre la Ligue et le duc de Mayenne. La gravure est signée I.S. (marque inconnue). Ce placard en latin et en allemand est une reprise de l’e...
Publisher: /. S. Date: France ca.. 1594
A splendid map depicting the travels of Paulus. With two fine scenes in top. Showing the countries along the Mediterranean, including Cyprus and Italy. A first edition wi...
Publisher: ORTELIUS, A. Date: Antwerp, 1595
Portrait of Abraham Ortelius (Abraham Ortel), famous cartographer born in Antwerp and after studying Greek, Latin and mathematics set up business there with his sister, a...
Publisher: ANONYMOUS Date: Antwerp, c.1595
The book was a popular work that was reprinted over many years and in a number of languages, the La Relationi was a geographical and political discourse on the world. Not...
Publisher: D'ANANIA, G.L. Date: Venice, Andrea Muschio, 1596
This map of Africa has an unusual shape, tapering to a narrow angle in the south. Numerous rivers appear in West Africa and as tributaries to the Nile, and mountain chain...
Publisher: BÜNTING, H. Date: Magdeburg, ca 1597
Three maps on one sheet. The left hand is centered on the eastern part of Austria. The right upper hand map is centered on northern Yugoslavia, and the last map is center...
Publisher: ORTELIUS, A. Date: Antwerp, 1598
Whale and whaling scene, set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 1. The engraving is copied after Adrian Collaert pla...
Publisher: COLLAERT, Adriaen (after) Date: Antwerp, after 1598
A very nice map of Italy, centered on Milan, prepared by Johannes Septala. Very decorative title cartouche on the left side. A sea monster and a ship are depicted on the ...
Fine early map of Arabian peninsula, being one of the earliest modern maps of the region.Girolamo Ruscelli first published the map in his "La Geographi di Claudio To...
Publisher: RUSCELLI, G. Date: Venice, 1598
North-West Africa. Koeman speculated: In view of the important trading relationship between Antwerp and Africa, it is not impossible that the original was a manuscript ma...
The map is centered on the city of Florence and extends to Liguria, the Apennine Mountains, the Adriatic Coast, Siena and Lago di Perugia. The map is based upon Stefano B...
Publisher: ORTELIUS, A. Date: Anvers, 1598
During their return voyage, the Portuguese were wrecked on a sandbank (the Seychelles?) From the debris they began building a smaller ship in which they hoped to return t...
Publisher: DE BRY, Th. Date: Frankfurt, 1598
The 1598 edition of this early map of South East Asia. Just to the west and south of Malacca one will notice ‘Camatra’ (Sumatra) and Java. China with Canton in the up...
Very rare map of Rhodes Island published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. D...
Publisher: ROSACCIO, Giuseppe. Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Very rare map of Santorini published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. Da Gi...