Search Listings matching "silk" in Asia
Constatinopolis.
Panoramic town-view of Constantinople (Istanbul). Woodcut published in the so-called pirate edition of the "small Schedel" in Augsburg, 1497, Latin edition. Ori...
Place & Date: Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger. 1497
Octava Asie Tabula (The Silk Road Area.)
Woodblock printed large-format map showing Northern India with Central Asia including the Himalayas and China. From the 1513 edition of Waldseemüller's Geographia.In the...
Place & Date: Strasburg, 1513
Septima Asie Tabula (Central Asia.)
A woodblock-printed large-format Ptolemaic map showing the region east of the Caspian Sea is labeled SOGDIANA. Sogdia or Sogdiana was an ancient Iranian civilization betw...
Place & Date: Strasburg, 1513
![Septima Asie Tabvla. |Walsseemüller's map of Central Asia and the Silk Road]](/uploads/cache/62137-250x250.jpg)
Septima Asie Tabvla. |Walsseemüller's map of Central Asia and the Silk Road]
Trapezoidal woodcut map showing the area east of the Sarygamysh Lake, about midway between the Caspian Sea and the (former) Aral Sea. It is one of the earliest obtainabl...
Place & Date: Strasburg, J. Schott, 1513
Tabula X. Asiae hae sunt e cognitis totius orbis.
This is the earliest printed representation of India west of the Ganges River in Ptolemy's time. It is an important map of southwestern Asia, including Persia, Afghanista...
- $1100 / ≈ €964
Place & Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1525
Tabula Asiae VII.
Attractive woodblock map, depicting the Caspian Sea, Black Sea and the Persian Gulf, extending to the Imaus Mountains. according to Ptolemy. In the center of the map is...
Place & Date: Basle, 1542
Constantinopel des Griechischen Keijserthumbs Hauptstatt
Detailed town view of the Golden Horn of Constantinople. The city plan depicts the markets, homes, palaces and churches, including the famous Hagia Sophia, shown prior to...
- $550 / ≈ €482
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1580
Tartariae sive Magni Chami Imperium.
This is a very early depiction of the northern Pacific, with the first mapping of the Northwest Coast of America and probably the first map to name California 'C. Califor...
- $1750 / ≈ €1533
Place & Date: Antwerp, c. 1590
Tartaria.
Published in Hondius' editions of the Mercator Atlas from 1606 onwards, China, Korea, and the northern Pacific coast of America are shown as two continents separated by t...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1633
Asiae Nova Descriptio.
Final State of Pieter Van Den Keere's Rare Map of Asia -- The first map of Asia to include decorative panels. Published by N.J.Visscher and engraved by Abraham Goos, embe...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1636
Asia noviter delineata. . .
From 1633 the members of the Blaeu family were official cartographers to the United East India Company and, as such, had access to the most up-to-date cartographic inform...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Isfahan.
An early of Isfahan in central Iran,. From the rare first edition "Offt begehrte Beschreibung der newen orientalischen Rejse, so durch Gelegenheit einer Holsteinisc...
- $250 / ≈ €219
Place & Date: Schleßwig, Zur Glocken, 1647
Description de l'Empire du Sophi des Perses tiree en partie de l'Arabe de Nubie, et en partie de plusieurs et diverses Relations.
The map of the Empire of Persia is shown to extend from Baghdad almost to the present-day borders of India. Including part of Saudi Arabia and Oman. Including "Golfe...
- $275 / ≈ €241
Place & Date: Paris, 1650
Tartaria sive Magni Chami imperium.
This is a detailed and decorative map of the Tartary and northern part of China, including the Chinese Great Wall, the Caspian Sea, and the Volga River east as far as the...
- $700 / ≈ €613
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1658
Constantinopolitanae urbis effigies ad vivum expressa.
A rare panoramic town-view of Istanbul with over the whole length of the lower part 3 columns of poems in Latin, Dutch and French and a numbered key 1-29 to the principal...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660
Die Grosse Tartari.
Rare map showing Siberia, Korea with part of the Caspian Sea to the West, as well as India and North Russia. The title in an oval cartouche in upper right cornerThe map r...
- $1000 / ≈ €876
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1689
A New Map of Great Tartary and China with the adjoining parts of Asia
Two insets show the land to the northeast of China, according to Jesuit information. The map stretches from northern Russia and Nova Zemlya in the northwest to Formosa in...
Place & Date: Oxford, 1700
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...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
La grande & belle ville de Kaschan, en Perse. (Kashan in Iran)
Decorative view of Kashan in Iran. A branch of the Silk Road skirts the western and southern edges of Iran's central desert, passing through a string of small cities — ...
- $300 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
Carte la plus nouvelle et plus exacte du royaume de Perse . . .
This is a decorative map of Persia and Central Asia. It has very good details of the region east of the Caspian Sea, showing modern-day Uzbekistan. The region is labeled ...
- $400 / ≈ €350
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
![Nouvelle carte de la province de Kilan en Persie . . . (Iran]](/uploads/cache/39437-250x250.jpg)
Nouvelle carte de la province de Kilan en Persie . . . (Iran]
Decorative map of southern part of the Caspian Sea in Northern Iran. This well executed engraving was published in 1729 and 1727 by Pieter van der AA, in Leiden in "...
- $300 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
Carte des Indes, de la Chine & des Isles de Sumatra, Java &c..
This fine and quite detailed general map extends from northern Japan to Timor and from India to New Guinea.There are very good details of towns and trade routes in modern...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
A Map of Turky, Arabia And Persia. Corrected from the latest Travels. . .
FIRST EDITION - Fine Turkish Empire map centered on Saudi Arabia, Cyprus and the Mediterranean Sea. Dated 1711, "Sold by John Senex at the Globe aga inst St. Dunstan...
- $1750 / ≈ €1533
Place & Date: London, 1721
La Ville de Bagdad, dans la Turquie.
Decorative view of the town of Bagdad. This well executed engraving was published in 1729 and 1727 by Pieter van der AA, in Leiden in "Voyages tres-curieux et tres-r...
- $350 / ≈ €307
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719-1727
Carte de L'Empire des Turcs en Asie & en Afrique..
Including the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, Cyprus, and part of the Mediterranean. In the upper right corner is a large Caspian Sea, filled with notes. To the right, the Rive...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Historic Map - Naaukeurige Kaart Van Tartaryen, Soo als dat door W De Rubruquis doorreyst.
This attractive map published by Pieter van der Aa, shows Tartary abd the ancient Silk Road region. The map shows the track of William of Rubruck (Willem van Rubroeck or ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1713-1729
Imperii Persici in omnes suas Provincias . . . Exacte Divisi Nova Tabula Geographica. . .
Showing the eastern part of Turkey and Cyprus, Palestine, Persian Gulf, including Gulf of Oman, Caspian Sea, Iran and the north-west territories of India.Embellished with...
Place & Date: Ausburg, 1730
Oriens, Persia, India etc.
Uncommon map of Persia, Armenia, Arabian Peninsular and part of India. Prepared by Christoph Cellarius (1638-1707). From Geographia Antiqua...
Place & Date: Leipzig, Gledisch, 1732
Nova Maris Caspii et Regionis Usbeck cum Provincijs adjacentibus vera Delineatio
This is the first printed map specifically of the Uzbek region. It shows the area around the Caspian Sea and northern Iran. The area eastward from the Caspian is marked '...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1735
Imperium Turcicum in Europa, Asia et Africa Regiones proprias, tributarias, clientelares sicut et omnes eusdem Beglirbegatus seu Præfecturas Generales exhibens. . .
Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map of the Ottoman Empire centered on Cyprus. With good detail in the Arabian Peninsular. In the lower left, a decorative title cart...
- $500 / ≈ €438
Place & Date: Nurnberg, 1737
Carte la plus generale et qui comprend la Chine, la Tartarie chinoise et le Thibet. . .
It has a quite elaborate pictorial cartouche engraved by G. Kondet. It is a very detailed map of China, Tibet, and Korea.In the upper left corner is very good details of ...
Place & Date: The Hague, 1737
A Map of Western Tartary Drawn from the Survey of the Jesuits and Mr. Kyrillow's Map of the Russian Empire.
Uncommon map of the Gobi Desert and the eastern portion of the Silk Route region by Thomas Kitchin. Covers from Lake Baikal in the north as far south as Beijing, east to ...
- $110 / ≈ €96
Place & Date: London, 1745-1747
Nieuwe kaart van Tartarie.
A map of Tartary, Korea and part of Japan. The map is most notable for the confusion between Kamchatka and Iesso.There are very good details of towns and trade routes in ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1750
Constantinople ville de Romanie et capitale de l'Empire des Turcs.
A very decorative and extremely rare of Istanbul, including a numbered legend in lower part. Published by Jacques Chéreau, (1688 - 1776). Engraved by Aveline and first ...
Place & Date: Paris, ca.1750
![[Set of 3 optical prints] Vue du Pallais du l'Empereur de Perse avec la Mosquée, ou Eglise a Ispahan.](/uploads/cache/49123-250x250.jpg)
[Set of 3 optical prints] Vue du Pallais du l'Empereur de Perse avec la Mosquée, ou Eglise a Ispahan.
An optical print of the court of the Persian Emperor. Engraved by F.X. Habermann (1721-1796). The Academie Imperiale was a well-known publisher of optical prints establis...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1750
Vue du Pallais du l'Empereur de Perse avec la Mosquée, ou Eglise a Ispahan.
An optical print of the court of the Persian Emperor. Engraved by F.X. Habermann (1721-1796). The Academie Imperiale was a well-known publisher of optical prints, establi...
- $300 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1750
Carte de la Turquie de L'Arabie et de la Perse.
This is the Amsterdam issue of De L'Isle's map of the Turkish Empire and Arabian Peninsula. It includes the Turkish Empire, the Mediterranean, Central Asia, and parts of ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1751
Perse.
Scarce small map of Persia based on cartography of Guillaume Delisle (. Published in "Nouveau traité de geographie par M ", published by La veuve Lottin & ...
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1752
Vue des Promenades et les Fontaines d'Ispahan.
Carmine was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Augsburg.Isfahan was once one of Central Asia's largest and most important cities, at the crossroads ...
- $250 / ≈ €219
Place & Date: Augsburg 1770
Le Royaume de Perse suivant les nouvelles observations Par J.B.Nolin.
This is a rare map of Persia with modern-day Uzbekistan to the north. The region is labeled as "Grande Tartarie" and "Pays des Usbeks." Bocara (Bukhar...
- $300 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Paris, 1783
L'Asie divisée en ses principaux Etats..
A finely and crisply engraved map of Asia is decorated with an ornamental title cartouche in the lower-left corner.There are very good details of towns in modern-day Uzbe...
Place & Date: Venice, 1776 - 1784
Carte de l'Empire de Perse...
Finely and crisply engraved map of the Persian Empire during the 18th century. It shows the Caspian Sea in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south, and from Armenia in...
Place & Date: Venice, 1779 - 1784
A scarce Real Compañia de Filipinas 250 Pesos deed issued in 1785
A scarce Real Compañia de Filipinas 250 Pesos deed issued in 1785. Share nº 23726, hand signed by several company officials.Engraved by Fernando Selma (1752-1810) after...
Place & Date: Spain, 1785
![A New and Correct Map of Asia Laid down from the latest and best Observations Humbly Inscribed to his Royal Highness George, Prince of Wales. . . [2 subtitles:] Several Representations of the Customs Manners etc. of Divers Parts of Asia. . .](/uploads/cache/35765-250x250.jpg)
A New and Correct Map of Asia Laid down from the latest and best Observations Humbly Inscribed to his Royal Highness George, Prince of Wales. . . [2 subtitles:] Several Representations of the Customs Manners etc. of Divers Parts of Asia. . .
A large, attractive and rare, separately issued map of Asia with figured side borders. With large decorative title cartouche ad address "By Thomas Kitchin. London, p...
Place & Date: London, 1787
Carte d'Asie divisée en ses principaux Etats.
Uncommon and decorative "carte à figures" - wall map, prepared by Clouet, with superb decoration, including a wonderful rococo border with 20 decorative vignet...
Place & Date: Paris, Mondhare, 1787
![[Asia and part of Australia]](/uploads/cache/26453-250x250.jpg)
[Asia and part of Australia]
An engraved map of Asia shows an oversized Japan and part of Australia, called Neu Holland. To the east of the Caspian Sea, we see the area of present-day Uzbekistan and ...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Tübingen, Heerbrandt, 1790
Kirguisienne.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint from 'Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus', showing a native of Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian country along the Silk Road, ...
- $25 / ≈ €22
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Carte d'Asie.
Fine map of Asia, with an interesting representation of Japan, Hokkaido, Sakhalin Island, Kamchatka, and Korea. Engraved by Alexandre Blondeau, who also worked for Depôt...
- $175 / ≈ €153
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1810
Voyage of his majesty’s ship Alceste, along the Coast of Corea, to the island of Lewchew, with an account of her subsequent shipwreck, by John M’LEOD. Surgeon of the Alceste.
The second and best edition, with a frontispiece portrait of Captain Maxwell and five fine hand-colored aquatint plates, including a plate not present in the first editio...
Place & Date: London, John Murray, 1818
Perse Afghanistan et Balouchistan . . .
Detailed map of Irak and Iran, prepared by A. H. Basset, rue Saint-Jacques, no. 64, Paris and published in Atlas classique et Universel de Géographie . . . .The top thre...
Place & Date: Paris, A.H. Basset, 1828
Carte physique et politique de l'Asie. Publiée pour la première fois en 1822 par J. GOUJON. Revue et augmentée par l'éditeur d'après de nouveaux matériaux.
This is a detailed map of Asie. It provides very good details of towns in modern-day Uzbekistan. The region is labeled as "Usbecs." The important cities on the...
- $500 / ≈ €438
Place & Date: Paris, J. Goujon et J. Andriveau, 1837
A fan combining views of Hong Kong (right), Canton (center), and Macau.
The fan shows nice images of Macau, Hong Kong and Canton on onside and on verso a garden with 45 characters welcoming a rider on his white horse. Their clothes are height...
Place & Date: China, ca. 1850-1860
![[Escape map] N°34 Southeast Asia + Northeast Asia.](/uploads/cache/40293-250x250.jpg)
[Escape map] N°34 Southeast Asia + Northeast Asia.
A fine "survival map" or "escape map" of China was compiled for the U.S. Army Air Forces. South China side has an inset of Taiwan (Formosa). These lig...
- $125 / ≈ €110
Place & Date: Washington, D.C. 1944
