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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 / ≈ €265
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
L' Asie Dressée Selon les Observations de Mrs. De l' Academie Royale des Sciences..
Delightful little map of Asia that conforms to the standard French model of the period. Hokkaido is attached to the mainland and Terre de Iesso is off the coast partially...
- $300 / ≈ €265
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
Carte du Golfe de Bengale, Mer de Indes, et Riviere du Gange, Avec les Pais et Iles d'alentour, Savoir les Cotes de Malabar, Cormandel, Ile de Ceylon, Les Maldives . . .
Detailed map of the Southern part of India with Ceylon. Good detail along the coasts of Malabar, Coromandel, the Maldives islands and the Kingdoms of Visipour, Golconda, ...
- $375 / ≈ €331
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
Waere affbeeldinge wegens het casteel ende stadt Batavia.
A good impression of Batavia's finely engraved and detailed plan, present-day Jakarta, the Dutch center of trading activities in the East Indies. Copied after Clement de ...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
L' Asie Dressée Selon les Observations de Mrs. De l' Academie Royale des Sciences..
Delightful little map of Asia that conforms to the standard French model of the period. Hokkaido is attached to the mainland and Terre de Iesso is off the coast partially...
- $400 / ≈ €353
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
Estats de L'empire du Grand Seigneur dit Sultan et Ottomans Empereur des Turcs. . .
The map shows the extent of the Ottoman Empire from the Balkans to Persia, including all of Arabia and North Africa (an inset map at the lower left shows the continuation...
- $250 / ≈ €221
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
Goa Indiae orientalis metropolis.
A fine example of a rare plan of this important Indian city and port, the focal point for Portuguese trading activity in southern Asia. Pictorial map by Pieter Boudewyn v...
- $450 / ≈ €397
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
Carte du Golfe de Bengale, mer des Indes et rivieres du Gange . . .
Detailed scare map of the Southern part of India with Ceylon. Good detail along the coasts of Malabar, Coromandel, the Maldives islands and the Kingdoms of Visipour, Golc...
Place & Date: Leide, 1719
La Rade de Batavia . . .
Beautifully engraved map with elaborate cartouche of present-day Jakarta. From van der Aa's very rare work "La galerie agreable du Monde".
- $300 / ≈ €265
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
Plan de la Ville et du Chateau de Batavia en l'Isle de Java.
Detailed dual language plan of Batavia, the capital of the Dutch East Indies.Batavia, today’s Indonesian capital of Jakarta, was the center of Dutch economic activity i...
- $800 / ≈ €706
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
L'Empire du Japon, tire des cartes des Japonnois.
A good impression of this decorative map of Japan based on Reland's map of `1715, one of the earliest to use both Latin names and Japanese characters. With inset of the b...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1719
Waere affbeeldinge wegens het casteel ende stadt Batavia.
A good impression of this finely engraved and detailed plan of Batavia, present-day Jakarta, the Dutch center of trading activities in the East Indies. Copied after Cleme...
- $1100 / ≈ €971
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
Carte du Golfe de Bengale, Mer de Indes, et Riviere du Gange, Avec les Pais et Iles d'alentour, Savoir les Cotes de Malabar, Cormandel, Ile de Ceylon, Les Maldives . . .
Detailed map of the Southern part of India with Ceylon. Good detail along the coasts of Malabar, Coromandel, the Maldives islands and the Kingdoms of Visipour, Golconda, ...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
JUDEA seu TERRA SANCTA quae HEBRAEORUM sive ISRAELITARUM in suas duodecim Tribus divisa secretis ab invicem Regnis IUDA et ISRAEL expressis in super sex ultimi temporis eiusdem Terrae Provincijs. . .
Map of Palestine, showing the location of the various tribes, in two kingdoms, Judah and Israel as well as in six provinces. Shows Palestine on both sides of the Jordan, ...
- $750 / ≈ €662
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
La Chine.
A charming small map of China, Taiwan, Philippines, Korea and Kyushu (Japan). By Allain Manneson Mallet (1630-1706), a well traveled military engineer and geographer who ...
- $300 / ≈ €265
Place & Date: Paris, 1720
Succession Des Empereurs De la Chine divisée en XXII. Familles.
Showing successions of the Emperors of China divided into 22 families, copper engraved plate from "Atlas Historique". Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) was the father...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Bosphore de Thrace.
This handsome folio sheet present three views of the strategically important Bosporus. At top is a large decorative bird's-eye view of Istanbul as viewed from across the ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Le Royaume de Siam avec Les Royaumes Qui Luy sont Tributaries & c.
Influential map of Southeast Asia, including modern day Thailand, southern Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra and Java. Chatelain incorporated inform...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1720
Carte des Principales Ports de Mer Bancs de sable &c: qui sont dans la Mer Rouge..
Some cities existed along the western coast of the Arabian peninsula, where they served as entrepots for transcontinental trade between Europe and Asia. Mecca, founded by...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
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
40 De gelegentheyt van ’t Paradys en ’ t Landt Canaan.
Bottom right:' t Amsterdam uytgegeven door Cornelis Dankerts voor aen op de Nieuwendijck in den Atlas met Previlegie.This Cornelis Danckerts ( the spelling of his name di...
- $250 / ≈ €221
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Viandes & breuvages des Turcs . . . / La manière dont les Turcs mangent . . .
Interesting sheet with a detailed views illustrating the lunch time in turkey, with descriptive French text, from Chatelain's monumental 7 volume Atlas Historique. In upp...
- $55 / ≈ €49
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Description des habits des Persans..
This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates.Ornamented with numerous vignettes showing the costumes of the ancient Persians.General i...
- $150 / ≈ €132
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Carte De L'Asie Inferieure Selon Les Auteurs Anciens, Enrichie de Remarques Historiques sur les Changemens qui y sont arrivez.
Text page with inset map (220x269.mm.) of Turkey, including Cyprus from Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Historique". Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 – 17...
- $200 / ≈ €177
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Antiquez curieuses qui se trouvent aux environs de Smyrne, et sur le chemin d'Ephese.
Folio sheet describing and depicting ancient Greek monuments and ruins in Smyrna (Izmir). From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Historique". Henri Abraham...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte Particuliere d'une Partie d'Asie ou sont Les Isles D'Andemaon, Ceylan, Les Madives . . .
An impressive large sheet chart including the Red Sea, the coasts of Somali, Yemen, east coast of the Arabian peninsula. One of the early maps to focus on this area. Nume...
- $1500 / ≈ €1324
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Arabiae Felicis, petrae et desertae.
A very striking map with a finely decorated title cartouche, published by Valk & Schenk, utilizing Jansson's original plate. Interestingly, this map uses the names th...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Mahomet V. Türkischer Kayser.
Portrait of Mahomet V. son of Mustapha II. succeeded in 1730, on the deposition of his uncle, Achmet III.Mahomet was more respectable for his pacific disposition, than hi...
- $150 / ≈ €132
Place & Date: Germany, c. 1720
Imperii Sinarum nova descriptio.
Schenk and Valk's rare early 18th century issue of Janssonius milestone map of China, Korea and Japan after Martino Martini. Engraved by Johannes van Loon. The overall ba...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Accurate Vorstellung der Orientalisch Kayserlichen Haupt- und Residenz-Stadt Constantinopel samt ihrer Gegend und Zweyen . . .
The upper part shows Constantinople with adjoining regions. The view shows the former Christian church Hagia-Sophia, the Blue Mosque, three Egyptian obelisks, Sultan Sule...
- $1250 / ≈ €1103
Place & Date: Nuremberg 1720
Succession Des Empereurs Du Japon Avec Une Description Du Meurtre De L'Empereur Cubo Et La Reception Des Ambassadeurs Hollandais. . .
The plate is showing the murder of the Emperor Cubo at Kyoto, the arrival of one of the early Dutch embassies.A small map of Honshu in a central panel. Plate from his &qu...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte de l'Ile de Java. . .
An inset plan of Batavia and clearly indicated rice fields, mountains, forests, towns in profile, and even elephants, suggesting the wealth of detail found on this map. M...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Description de la Celebre Mosquee de Com, Des Tombeaux Des Deux Derniers Rois de Perse qu'elle Renferme & du Grand Caravan-Serai De La Ville De Cachan Le Puls Magnifique de Tout L'Orient ...
Four views on one page with descriptive text showing the interior of the Mosquek, including the Sepulchre of Abas the Second and Sefy the First, along with the Tomb of th...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Vue et description de la Ville de Meaco Capitale du Japon. . .
Top part of the print shows the town of Meaco (Kyoto) at that time the capital of Japan, with a coach and horses in the foreground. Other parts show among other things th...
- $450 / ≈ €397
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Description d'un des plus fameux temples des Chinois..
This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates.Divided in 3 panels, respectively showing the most important gods in the Chinese deities ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Succession Des Empereurs Du Japon Avec Une Description Du Meurtre De L'Empereur Cubo Et La Reception Des Ambassadeurs Hollandais. . .
The plate is showing the murder of the Emperor Cubo at Kyoto, the arrival of one of the early Dutch embassies.A small map of Honshu in a central panel. Plate from his &qu...
- $400 / ≈ €353
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Vue et Description de Quelques-Uns des Principaux Forts des Hollandois dans les Indes .
Interesting sheet with seven detailed views illustrating the most important Dutch V.O.C. trading outposts and fortified colonial possessions in the East Indies, including...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Description te vue de la Place d'Ispahan . . .
Pair of decorative views showing the Royal Palace at Isfahan (Esfahan) and the Royal Mosque of Abas the Great. From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Historique...
- $125 / ≈ €110
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Mariage des Turcs & des Armeniens, avec la ma niere dont se font les demonstrations d'amour . . .
Showing the marriage rituals and lives of Turks and Armenians. Five engravings set round a text panel in French. From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Historiq...
- $150 / ≈ €132
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Vue et description de Bethleem et de Nazareth . . .
Decorative panoramic view of Bethlehem and Nazareth, among 3 other views of the Hall of the Annunciation and Church of Cana .From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "At...
- $200 / ≈ €177
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Japonia Regnum.
It is the first map to correctly show Korea as a peninsula. The rare Covens and Mortier issue of this important map of Japan and Korea, originally published by Blaeu. Thi...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1655 - 1720
Carte de l'Ile de Java: partie Occidentale, partie Orientale, Dressée tout nouvellement sur les Mémoirs les plus exacts, Avec une Table des principales villes de cette Ile. . .
One of the finest large-scale maps of Java, giving good information regarding the VOC settlements An inset plan of Batavia and clearly indicated rice fields, mountains, f...
- $1500 / ≈ €1324
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Vue et description de la Ville de Meaco Capitale du Japon. . .
The top part of the print shows a panoramic view of Meaco (Kyoto) at that time the capital of Japan, with a coach and horses in the foreground. Other parts show among oth...
- $750 / ≈ €662
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Imperium Japonicum.
The map is based on Engelbert Kaempfer's map of 1727. It shows a much-distorted outline for the Island of Japan and a wonderful decorative cartouche top left.Tobias Conra...
- $1900 / ≈ €1677
Place & Date: Augsburg 1720
Le Temple de la Mecque.
Striking view of the Temple at Mecca, showing the Kaaba at the center of Islam's most sacred mosque, that is Al-Masjid Al-?aram, in Mecca, Hejaz, Saudi Arabia.The engravi...
- $1000 / ≈ €883
Place & Date: The Hague, Isaac Vaillant, 1721
Les Indes Orientales sous le Nom de queles est compris L'Empire du Grand Mogol, Les Deux Presqu'Isles Deca et de la Le Gange, Les Maldives, et L'Isle de Ceylan . . . 1721
Rare map of the region including India, Malaysia with "Sincapur", Thailand, Sumatra, the eastern part of Java. The map is extended in the right border with Maca...
Place & Date: Paris, 1721
Waere Affbeeldinge Wegens het Casteel ende Stadt BATAVIA Gelegen opt Groot Eylant Java.
A good impression of this finely engraved and detailed plan of Batavia, present-day Jakarta, the Dutch center of trading activities in the East Indies. Copied after Cleme...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1721
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 / ≈ €1545
Place & Date: London, 1721
A New Map of Asia from the latest Observations Most Humbly Inscrib'd to the Right Honbl. George Earl of Warrington &c.
Fine map of Asia, with decorative title cartouche flanked by two figures in Asian dress, along with flora and fauna of the continent., based on the work of Guillaume De L...
Place & Date: London, 1721
L'india.
This small Italian map of of South East Asia, with Indonesia, , Malacca is based on the cartography of Guillaume Delisle. Japan is shown attached to Ter di Yesso (Hokkai...
Place & Date: Venice, c.1722
Platte Grond vande Stadt Macao.
A fine view of the city of Macao from Lappa Island showing in schematic blocks the structure of the town. With European vessels and junks in the surrounding water. With n...
- $750 / ≈ €662
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1724
De Stad Macao.
A fine view of the city of Macao from Lappa Island showing the defenses, the forts, churches and convents: including Fort de Baare, Bon Parto, Fort St Paulo (Monte Fort)....
- $750 / ≈ €662
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1724
Kaart van het Eyland Formosa en de Eylanden van Piscadores.
The earliest printed map of Taiwan or Formosa. Oriented to the east, with north at the left, covering the entire island and the nearby Pescadores, now known as the Penghu...
- $4000 / ≈ €3531
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1724
Malacca.
Fine print showing Dutch vessels offshore the city of Malacca and it is located 2 degrees north of the equator by the shore of the Straits of Malacca between Singapore to...
- $175 / ≈ €154
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard, 1725
Arabiae Veteris.
A very striking map of the ancient Arabian Peninsula, embellished with an colored pictorial title cartouche.Read more about Mapping of Arabia and of Arabia and the Persi...
- $550 / ≈ €485
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1725
(Bird's eye view of the Bay of Bantam)
Early view of the Bay of Bantam with the islands of Pulo dua and Batto.Bantam was always a product of the ferocious commercial rivalry between the Dutch and English and P...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Amsterdam, F. Bernard, 1725
Solor / A la Baye de Solor.
Decorative map of the Bay of Solor. With a lettered key (A - E). Solor is a volcanic island located off the eastern tip of Flores island in the Lesser Sunda Islands of In...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Amsterdam, F. Bernard, 1725
La Baye de l'Isle & ville de Borneo.
Uncommon map of a Bay on the island of Borneo. From the French reissue of the account of early Dutch voyages first published in 1608 by Commelin. The French translation w...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Amsterdam, F. Bernard, 1725
(Gunanappi / Wayer / Nera / Pulorin / Puloway .)
Uncommon map of islands in the Banda Sea. Several islands and villages are named, Wayer, Nera, Pulorin, Puloway, Lontoor, Ortattan and Combeer.From the French reissue of ...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Amsterdam, F. Bernard, 1725
Fort de l'Isle de Banda.
Decorative print of the Dutch fortress on the island Banda.From the French reissue of the account of early Dutch voyages first published in 1608 by Commelin. The French t...
- $90 / ≈ €79
Place & Date: Amsterdam, F. Bernard, 1725
Ternate, par son aspect oriental.
This map is a view of Ternate with the summit of Gamalama from Dodoku Ali. From the French reissue of the account of early Dutch voyages first published in 1608 by Commel...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard, 1725
Embouchure de la rivière de Chincheo à la Chine.
This map is a view of Quanzhou Bay. Quanzhou was established in 718 during the Tang Dynasty (618–907). In those days, Guangzhou was China's greatest seaport, but this s...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, F. Bernard, 1725
Selling price: $110
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Ormus. (Hormuz)
Panoramic view of the town of Hormuz, with little inset map of the island. From the French reissue of the account of early Dutch voyages first published in 1608 by Commel...
- $200 / ≈ €177
Place & Date: Amsterdam, F. Bernard, 1725
Nova Persiae Armeniae Natoliae et Arabiae.
This fine map shows the area East from Cyprus to Iran, including The Saudi Peninsula, Red Sea, Nile River, Cyprus, Asia Minor, the Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, Armenia, th...
- $750 / ≈ €662
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1725
Jonques de la Chine.
A depiction of two Chinese junks. Tome 3 Page 377. From the French reissue of the account of early Dutch voyages first published in 1608 by Commelin. The French translati...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard, 1725
Batavia, L'an 1629.
Scarce town-view of Batavia (Jakarta) in 1629.From the French reissue of the account of early Dutch voyages first published in 1608 by Commelin. The French translation wa...
- $150 / ≈ €132
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1725
Idolle des Chinois.
Print of a Chinese divinity. Tome 3 Page 377 in upper left corner. From the French reissue of the account of early Dutch voyages first published in 1608 by Commelin. The ...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard, 1725
Palais de Lamthau à la Chine.
View of a Mandarin's Palace at Lantau Island, showing the palace wall, 3 gates and guards in the inner palace where the Mandarin meets with the officers.. Tome 3 Page 392...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard, 1725
La ville et le fort de Gamma-Lamma dans l'isle de Ternate lequel fort apartient aux Espagnols.
A view of the town and fortress on the island of Ternate. The city was in the southern part of the island, in the place now called Kastela. From the French reissue of the...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard, 1725
Le fort d'Amboine tel qu'il était en l'an 1607.
Fine plan of the Dutch fortress on Ambon Island which is part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. The island has an area of 775 km2 (299 sq mi).From the French reissue of...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard, 1725
Le fort d'Amboine tel qu'il était en l'an 1607.
Fine depiction of the Dutch fortress on Ambon Island which is part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. The island has an area of 775 km2 (299 sq mi).From the French reiss...
- $80 / ≈ €71
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard, 1725
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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1726
Insulae Palaos seu Novae Philippinae 87 Alias Archipelagus S. Lazari ven Carolinae . . .
Map of Philippine archipelago. Stöcklein's work is a compound of letters of the Jesuit missionaries from all over the world and here particularly the ones stationed at t...
- $1200 / ≈ €1059
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1726
Die Insel Formosa neu abgemessen auf Befehl Kaysers Kamhi.
One of the earliest obtainable printed maps of Taiwan or Formosa Island. It was issued around 1726 to illustrate Joseph Stöcklein's [Stoecklein] compellation of Jesuit m...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1726
De Landvoogdy der Moluccos met de Aangrenzende Eylanden . . .
Two charts on one sheet depicting the Moluccas islands. Little interior detail is given but the coastlines, settlements and principal coastal features are identified. To ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1726
Cilicia Asiae Minoris pars orientalis. . .
Uncommon map of Cilicia, an ancient region and former kingdom of SE Asia Minor, between the Taurus Mountains and the Mediterranean: corresponds to the region around prese...
- $200 / ≈ €177
Place & Date: Paris/ Bordeaux, 1726
Nieuwe Caart der Eylanden van Banda.
Decorative map of the Banda Islands.François Valentijn (1666-1727), a missionary, worked at Amboina from 1684 to 1694 and 1705 to 1713 and travelled extensively in the V...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1726