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Planiglobii Terrestris - Mappe-Monde...
Word map in double hemisphere. In center two smaller hemispheres of the north and south pole are shown. Two interesting diagrams depict the earth as it would be seen from...
Publisher: HOMANN HEIRS.
Date: Nuremberg, 1746
Tractus Littorales Guineae a Promontorio Verde usque ad sinum Catenbelae.
Chart of the West coast of Africa from Mauritania up to Angola. In top centre a very decorative title cartouche.
Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Date: Amsterdam, 1675
Nova Africa descriptio.
A beautifully engraved and most attractive "carte à figures"- map of the African continent. Bordered, above, by panels showing panorama's of Cairo, Alexandria,...
Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Date: Amsterdam, after 1660
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
Peregrinationis Divi Pauli Typus corographicus. . .
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
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
Tabula Ducatus Brabantiae.
Detailed map orientated west to the top.
Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Date: Amsterdam, 1680
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
Nova Helvetiae Tabula.
A most decorative "carte à figures" map with panoramic views of Lucern, S.Gal, Bern, Solothurn, Schafhausen in upper border and Basel and Zurich in lower left ...
Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Ducatus Lutzenburgi Novissima et Accuratissima Delineatio.
West to the top. Very detailed and fine map of Luxembourg, including the towns of Namur, Liege, Trier and Metz.
Publisher: VISSCHER, N.
Date: Amsterdam, 1680
Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France.
A later edition of Guillaume De l'Isle's map. It still includes the fictitious discoveries of Baron de Lahoutan: the legendary River Longue etc. The north west corner of ...
Publisher: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Date: Amsterdam, 1730
Corea and Japan.
A fine large-scale map of Japan and Korea showing an increasingly refined outline to the Japanese islands but still oversized Korean peninsula. The strait south of Korea,...
Publisher: THOMSON, J.
Date: Edinburgh, 1816
India quae Orientalis.
The map covers the area from India to Japan, with the East Indies, with good detail in Philippines. In the upper right corner the southern tip of Korea is shown, and mark...
Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Date: Amsterdam, 1645
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...
Publisher: VALK, G. / SCHENK, P.
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Fossa Sanctae Mariae.
Detailed map of part of the country between rivers Rhine and Meuse showing a canal to be dug between 1626 and 1628 between Rheinberg in Germany and Venlo. A deficiency of...
Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Tabula Bergarum ad Zomam Stenbergae et novorum ibi operum.
The map gives an outline of the Scheldt from Bergen op Zoom to Antwerp, with all the ramparts built between 1622 and 1627.
Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Date: Amsterdam, 1647
Palatinatus Rheni Nova et Accurata Descriptio.
Early state (1630) of Visscher's "carte à figures"- map of the German Rhine River Valley. Inset views of Frankfurt am Main, Mainz, Speyer, Worms and Heidelberg...
Publisher: PISCATOR, N.J.
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Comitatus Flandria.
A highly decorative map with in the left and right top corners the pictures of archduke Albert of Austria and Isabella, queen of Spain. In the left and right borders cost...
Publisher: VISSCHER, C.J.
Date: Amsterdam, 1648
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
Genehoa Jaloffi et Sierraliones regna.
Decorative and detailed map of the West African Coast, from Senegal to Sierra Leone. In the center the river Gambia to the mouth in the Atlantic. Upper left a dedication ...
Publisher: SCHENK, P. / VALK, G.
Date: Amsterdam, 1670 / 1720
Lyste vande prysen der goederen ingekoft by de Kamer. . .
Rare price list of meat, bacon, wheat, rye, butter, cheese, olive oil, Spanish wines, Bordeaux, brandy etc.On front page in letter press Lyste Van de Pryfen der Goederen,...
Publisher: V.O.C.
Date: Amsterdam, 1685
Manuscript plan of Havana harbour.
Manuscript chart with good nautical detail and soundings of Havana harbour.
Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Date: Spain c.1820
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[Title page] Table Des Cartes etc: Du Sr. Sanson..
Large, powerfully engraved title page. Geographic scholars at work in a library are depicted along the bottom.
Publisher: SANSON, N. / MORTIER, P.
Date: Amsterdam, 1700
Carte de la Manche. . .
showing the Chanel, with the coastline of France from La Baie de Douarnenez to Dunkerque, and the coastline of England from Stroble head to Manning Tree.Boundaries outli...
Publisher: JAILLOT, H.
Date: Amsterdam, 1692
Les Provinces confederées du Pais-Bas
The first wall map of the Seven Provinces of 1651, re-issued as 'Stoel des Oorlogs' by Covens & Mortier. The first issue of the present wall-map is known to be includ...
Publisher: COVENS / MORTIER
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1740
Lion and Bull made of terracotta.
Very fine terracotta figure of a lion symbolizing the continent of Africa. The Bull symbolizing Europe.The items will be dispatched in 4 wooden crates from Belgium. Pleas...
Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Date: Netherlandisch , 1780~1800
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
Launa vulgo Laun Bohemiae civitas.
Bird's-eye views of Louny in Bohemia by G. Hoefnagel. The copperplate was made for Braun and Hogenberg's townbook. However there the print has been transformed by the eng...
Publisher: BEEK, A. / BRAUN,G / HOGENBERG, F.
Date: The Hague, 1700
Schlanium vulgo Schlani Bohemiae oppidum.
Very decorative and rare panoramic of Schlan, Schlanium s. Slany.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged this print, originally publi...
Publisher: BEEK, A./ BRAUN & HOGENBERG
Date: The Hague, 1700
Vue du Magazin de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales. . .
So-called optical print of the formerly the V.O.C. warehouse and arsenal for the Admiralty of Amsterdam, now-a-days the Scheepvaartmuseum (Maritime Museum).In the eightee...
Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Date: France, 1780
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Etats-Unis de L'Amerique Septentrionale. [Two sheets in manuscript ]
Two sheets giving an detailed information in French, about population in the year 1810, principal cities, products of industry and commerce, financial situation for the y...
Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Date: France, ca. 1819
Helmond.
A panoramic view of the Helmond, seen from the Kromme Steenweg .
Publisher: GUICCIARDINI, L.
Date: Arnhem, 1613
Kaart van Zeeland.
Fine map of the province of Zeeland, with the fortified cities are highlighted in red. Isaac Tirion was born in Utrecht ca. 1705. He came to Amsterdam ca. 1725. Tirion pu...
Publisher: TIRION, I.
Date: Amsterdam, 1747
Nader prolongatie van het Octroy voor de Westindische Compagnie voor den tyd van nog dertig jaaren. . .
A proclamation by the Dutch States General, dated 1761, extending the charter of the Dutch West India Company for another thirty years. Like the 1730 proclamation, it has...
Publisher: SCHELTUS, I.
Date: Amsterdam, 1761
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
VERSO: one 2-line illuminated initial in liquid gold on colored ground, seven 1-line initials and line-fillers in same.RECTO: eight 1-line initials in liquid gold on colo...
Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Date: France, 1520-1540
Poloniae, Lituaniaeq descriptio.
Fine general map of Poland. Rare; the second plate appearing in post-1595 edition of the Theatrum. Only used until 1612.Based on the now lost map of Waclaw Grodecki. Show...
Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Date: Antwerp, 1612
Portrait of Jan Maatzuiker.
Portrait of Jan Maatzuiker, Governor-General of the East Indies from 1653 till 1678. From Kok's Woordenboek . Engraved by Reinier Vinkees in 1790.
Publisher: VINKELES, R.
Date: Amsterdam, 1790
Carte des Principales Ports de Mer Bancs de sable &c: qui sont dans la Mer Rouge..
A sheet including 11 charts of Bays and anchor places along the coasts of Yemen, east coast of the Arabian peninsula and Egypt. One of the early maps to focus on this are...
Publisher: MORTIER, P.
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
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 covera...
Publisher: DONCKER, H.
Date: Amsterdam, 1658
Nuevo plano de la ciudad de Buenos Aires y parte del partido de avellaneda . . .
A rare detailed city plan of Buenos Aires prepared in 1912 by Ernesto Escalante. The plan depicts the city from the Partido de Avellaneda and the Villa Riachuelo to the R...
Publisher: ESCALANTE, E.
Date: Buenos Aires, 1912