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Hanc Tabulam continens Laetam Pharnambuci.. . [Brazil].

An extremely rare and decorative map of coast-line of Pernambuco. With one inset: In the upper left corner a map of Brazil, with title in five lines Dutch and five lines ...

$3000 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: PISCATOR,N.J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1630

 


[Slave labor on an indigo plantation ].

Aquatint depicting slave labor on an indigo plantation engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N°51.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouverne...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[Slave labor on a Tobacco plantation ].

Aquatint depicting slave labor on an tobacco plantation engraved by Biasioli. Plate N°50.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouverne...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


Rivage du port Saint-Nicolas.

Exquisite contemporary colored lithograph of Port Saint-Nicolmas Bay in most southern part of South America, with Dumont D'Urville's officers making landfall. Drawn by E....

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: DUMONT D'URVILLE, J.
Place & Date: Paris, 1846

 


[ Indian accessories ].

Aquatint depicting Indian accessories engraved by Gallina. Plate N°49.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice,...

$120 / ≈ €112
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Chief Regolo ].

Aquatint depicting Chief Regolo (also called Cacique) accompanied by his women engraved by Gallina. Plate N°57.Cacique from the taíno word for the pre-Columbian tribal ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Chief Regolo ].

Aquatint depicting chief warriors engraved by G. G. Plate N°58.Cacique from the taíno word for the pre-Columbian tribal chiefs or leaders, of the Taino tribes in the Ba...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Cofre de Perote ].

Aquatint depicting the Cofre de Perote engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N°59.Cofre de Perote, mean something like 'Mountain of the Lord of Four Places'. This extinct volcano...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Regla columnar basalt quarry ].

Aquatint depicting columnar basalt quarry engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N°60.This common extrusive volcanic rock is used for highway construction, railroad ballast, and t...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Jorullo Volcano ].

Aquatint depicting the Jorullo Volcano engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N°61.El Jorullo is a cinder cone volcano in Michoacán, central Mexico in an area known as the Michoa...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Portraits of Motezuma II and Cortes ].

Aquatint depicting two portraits of Motezuma II and Cortes engraved by Gallina. Plate N°63.Montezuma II was trained as a priest and rose to become leader of the Aztecs i...

$120 / ≈ €112
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Montezuma II As Represented in an Anonymous Codex in The Vatican ].

Aquatint depicting Motezuma II represented in the Vatican's anonymous codex engraved by DKB. Plate N°64.The Codex Vaticanus, so called because it is the most famous manu...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Mexican weapons ].

Aquatint depicting Mexican weapons engraved by DKB. Plate N°65.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[Incas lay siege to Cusco.]

Atahualpa’s brother, Manco, organized a long and bloody siege to reoccupy the Inca capital, which eventually spread to open rebellion throughout the land. Pizarro, who ...

$125 / ≈ €117
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


[ Mexican weapons ].

Aquatint depicting an Oaxaca monument representing a warrior engraved by Bonatti. Plate N°66.Oaxaca is the historic home of the Zapotec and Mixtec peoples, and contains ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


Nueva Hispania tabula nova.

Uncommon first edition of this early map of New Spain, Florida and Gulf of Mexico. The map is an enlarged version of Giacomo Gastaldi's map published in 1548. Nomenclatur...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: RUSCELLI, G.
Place & Date: Venice, 1561

 


[ Aztec low relief representing ancient warriors ].

Aquatint depicting an Oaxaca monument representing a warrior engraved by Bonatti. Plate N°67.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouv...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


Carte des côtes du Golfe du Mexique compris entre la pointe sud de la presqu'Ile de la Floride et la pointe nord de la presqu'Ile d'Yucatan: Dresée d'après le observations et las plans des espagnols, ...

Detailed and important early chart of the Gulf Coast and Florida and dated 1800. First French edition of "the first printed [map] to show and name Galveston Bay&qu...

$4500 / ≈ €4211
Maker / Publisher: DEPOT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE
Place & Date: Paris, 1800

 


[ Hieroglyph representing the Cihuacohuat Goddess ].

Aquatint depicting a hieroglyph representing the Cihuacohuat Goddess engraved by DKB. Plate N°68.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Azrec Idols ].

Aquatint depicting Aztec idols engraved by Gallina. Plate N°698.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[Human sacrifice.]

Aquatint depicting a human sacrifice engraved by Gallina. Plate N°72.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


Driving chart of Hartford and vicinity : 15 miles around.

Road map by Albert A. Hyde & Co. of Hartford and vicinity, with the Connecticut River in the center. Published by Albert A. Hyde & Co., in New York and lithograph...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: HYDE and Co, A. A.
Place & Date: New York / Philadelphia, 1884

 


[ Gladiators ].

Aquatint depicting gladiators in combat engraved by Gallina. Plate N°73.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milic...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[The Dutch covalesce on the Isle Santa Clara.]

Many of the Dutch were in poor health after their Atlantic crossing and when they found an island to the north of Rio de Janeiro, called Santa Clara, (I. do Francez) they...

$125 / ≈ €117
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


Manuscript plan of Havana harbour.

Manuscript chart with good nautical detail and soundings of Havana harbour.

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Spain c.1820

 


Coast to Coast.

A game board that features a map of the U.S. with a built-in spinner. Players travel a circular track around the map visiting landmarks as they go. A fun way to learn geo...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: HARIETT-GILMAR
Place & Date: New York, ca. 1950

 


[ Local Mexican Indian game, the Voladores de Papantla ].

Aquatint depicting local game engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N°77.The Aztecs also had spectacular dances such as the Voladores de Papantla ,the Sun Dance, in which the dan...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Acrobatic games ].

Aquatint depicting acrobatic games engraved by Gallina. Plate N°78.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Bread making ].

Aquatint depicting a family making bread engraved by Gallina. Plate N°82.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la mili...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Mexican traditional garments ].

Aquatint depicting Mexican traditional garments engraved by Gallina. Plate N°83.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Hieroglyph Christian calendar written in an Aztec style ].

Aquatint depicting Hieroglyph Christian calendar written in an Aztec style engraved by BonattiB. Plate N°84.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou H...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


Paraguay o Prov. de Rio de la Plata cum regionibus adiacentibus Tucuman et Sta. Cruz de la Sierra.

Blaeu's map of the Rio de la Plata region of South America. Originally engraved for Jodocus Hondius II, at his death in August 1629 this map was, among 39 other copper pl...

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1634

 


[ Mechoacan Indians traditional garments ].

Aquatint depicting Mechoacan Indians traditional garments engraved by Gallina. Plate N°85.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvern...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


Pascaerte van Brazil en Nieu Nederlandt van Cuorvo en Flores.

A rare chart of the Atlantic Ocean from the first edition of Hendrick Doncker's Zee-Atlas, of which no surviving example is known.Although the idea of its unusual coverag...

$2750 / ≈ €2573
Maker / Publisher: DONCKER, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1658

 


Venezuela cum parte Australi Novae Andalusiae.

German text on verso. A finely engraved, decorative map of Venezuela. The islands of Trinidad and Tobago, Margarita, Aruba, and Curaçao are shown. With a decorative titl...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1634

 


Waschinga Sahba's Grab.. (Wakonda Creek.)

Original aquatint engraving for Travels in the Interior of North America between 1832-34 . Engraved by Ch. Vogel. The finest work on American Indian life and the American...

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: BODMER, Karl
Place & Date: London/ Paris/ Coblenz, 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 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: THE INTERNATIONAL AT-A-GLANCE CHART CO.
Place & Date: New York & London: International At-A-Glance Chart Co. 1931

 


United States At-A-Glance.

A clever device for demonstrating the statistics of each state, the Area, Population, Highest Elevation, Principal River, Capital, railroad Mileage, Date Entered Union, P...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: THE INTERNATIONAL AT-A-GLANCE CHART CO.
Place & Date: New York & London: International At-A-Glance Chart Co. 1931

 


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 / ≈ €14971
Maker / Publisher: VISSCHER, N.J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1652

 


[The dogs of Vasco Nunez de Balboa attacking native Indians]

A brutal scene in which the dogs of the Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa, ferociously attack native Indians, while the Spanish look on.In 1631 Johann Ludwig Gottfri...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633