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Universe Europae Maritime Eiusque Navigationis Descriptio. Generale Pascaerte van Europa . . .
This general chart of north-western Europe and the surrounding coastal waters is from the rare pilot-guide De Spiegel der Zeevaerdt , printed by Christopher Plantin in Le...
Date: Leyden, 1584
Belchrijuinghe vande zee custen van Engelandt. . .
A rare Dutch text edition of this detailed early chart of the northern coast of England. West to the top. The mileage cartouche has no Latin captures. Decorated by a colo...
Date: Leiden, Plantijn, 1585
Caerte der Noordt cufte van Engelandt, beginnende van Robinhodes baij tot Coket Eijlandt. . . .
A very early Dutch text edition of this detailed chart of the northern coast of England. The mileage cartouche has no Latin captures. West to the top.Decorated by a color...
- $2000 / ≈ €1839
Date: Leiden, Plantijn, 1585
Die zee custe van Noorweghen tusschen der Noess en Mardou. . .
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 ...
Date: Leiden, Plantijn, 1585
De custen van een deel van Denemarken en Swede. . .
A detailed chart of the coast Skane and Kalmar, with the island Öland. Decorated by a title and scale cartouche, a compass rose, several vessels and sea monsters, and de...
- $2000 / ≈ €1839
Date: Leiden, Plantijn, 1585
Zee caerte vande Sondt tvermaerste van Danemarcke . . .
A detailed chart of the coast of Denmark and its islands, Copenhagen in the center of the chart. West to the top. It is decorated by a title, scale and descriptive cartou...
Date: Leiden, Plantijn, 1585
Hydrograhica descriptio
This very rare chart is important as the first printed sea chart of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, Gibraltar, also depicting the northern coast of Marocco.Willem Bar...
Date: Amsterdam, W.Blaeu, 1612
Carta terza Generale del' Asia.
Rare first state of this important chart showing part of the north coast of New Guinea and islands of the Pacific Ocean. To the north of Japan the landmass of Isola di Ie...
Date: Florence, 1646
Carta prima Generale dell' Asia.
FIRST STATE of Robert Dudley's general chart of the Persian Gulf, going east through India to the southeastern coast of China showing Macau and the area of present-day Ho...
Date: Florence, 1646
Currus Veliferi Illmi. Pr. Mauritii Nassouvii. (Prince Maurits' sailing-carriage, designed by Simon Stevin. )
Prince Maurits' sailing carriages had been designed by Simon Stevin. The Prince, always accessible to new inventions of his old instructor, could not please the foreign a...
- $3000 / ≈ €2759
Date: Amsterdam, 1649
Nova Hispaniae, Chili, Peruviae, et Guatimalae Littorae..
A superbly decorative chart, oriented with north to the left of the sheet, covering the coasts of Central America, Peru, Chile, Jamaica and part of Cuba and Porto Rico. S...
- $1000 / ≈ €920
Date: Amsterdam, 1660
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De Texel Stroom met de gaten vant Marsdiep. [with] Caarte van De Mase ende het Goereesche Gat.
Two decorative charts on one sheet, one depicting Texel and the entrance of the Zuider Zee with an inset showing the north coast of West-Friesland, the other depicting th...
Date: Amsterdam, 1660
De Texel Stroom .. vant Marsdiep./ Caarte van De Mase...
Two decorative charts on one sheet, one depicting Texel and the entrance of the Zuider Zee with an inset showing the north coast of West-Friesland, the other depicting th...
- $750 / ≈ €690
Date: Amsterdam, 1660
De Tesselstroom met de Gaten van Marsdiep./ De Mase met. . .
Three charts on one sheet depicting the entrances to the Zuiderzee between Holland, Texel and Vlieland. The entrances of the Maas with Rotterdam and in a small inset the ...
- $750 / ≈ €690
Date: Amsterdam, 1662
HOLLANDT, Zuyder-Zee, Texel ende Vlie-stroom.als mede 't Amelander
An attractive chart of the Zuiderzee, now the inland water het IJselmeer.
- $1200 / ≈ €1104
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1665
.Caarte voor een gedeelte der Canarise Eylanden als Canaria, Tenerifa, Forteventura, etc.
Very rare chart of the Canaries. Showing Palma, Ferro, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Forteventura, Lancerota. In upper right hand corner inset of harbour of Lancerota.
- $1000 / ≈ €920
Date: Amsterdam, 1666
.Pascaerte Van't Westelyckste der Middelandsche Zee. . .
An eye-catching chart of the western part of the Mediterranean Sea.Pieter Goos (ca. 1616-1675) was one of the most important cartographer, engraver, publisher and print s...
- $3000 / ≈ €2759
Date: Amsterdam, 1666
Noordoost Cust van Asia van Japan tot Nova Zemla.
An eye-catching chart of Japan, Hokkaido and the Islands to the North of Japan. In the lower left Korea and part of northern China. Korea has three names mentioned: "...
- $2000 / ≈ €1839
Date: Amsterdam, 1666
Cust van Hollant Tussen de Maes ende Texel.
Uncommon chart of the coast of Holland, including the southern tip of Texel. East at the top. Two fine compass cards, soundings and a large Bree Veerthien offshore.Piete...
Date: Amsterdam, 1666
Noordoost Cust van Asia van Japan tot Nova Zembla.
Important for its early depiction of Hokkaido and the Islands to the North of Japan. Ships navigate the seas around the Siberian, Chinese and Japanese coast extending as ...
- $3000 / ≈ €2759
Date: Amsterdam, 1666
Paskaart van Guinea van C.Verde tot R. deGalion.
Rare edition of Doncker's sea chart of Guinea coast. From an atlas printed in 1668, "l'Atlas de MER ou MONDE AQUATIQUE, Remontrant toutes lescôtes de la Mer…"...
- $1000 / ≈ €920
Date: Amsterdam, 1660-1668
Paskaerte Vande Bocht van Vranckrijk Biscajen en Galissen
An eye-catching chart of Spain and France, including a large part of Brittany, including Isle de Reé , Isle Saint Martin ...Shows the gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocea...
- $1000 / ≈ €920
Date: Amsterdam, 1669-1676
Pas-kaart vande Zee kusten van Venecuela met de Byleggende Eylanden. . .
Rare chart of the coast of Venezuela, including the islands of Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba, etc.The chart has two insets, one (15x22cm) with a map of Curaçao, one smaller w...
Date: Amsterdam, 1680
Mare Balticum. . . / Nieuwe Pascaert van de Oost Zee. . .
Decorative chart showing the Baltic sea, with a splendid cartouche of royal figures. A re-issue of the De Wit copper plates, now with many improvements.
- $2500 / ≈ €2299
Date: Amsterdam ca.1680
Pascaerte van Carybes, Nieu Neder landt, Brazil. . .
This progenitor chart covers the American shores of the Atlantic Ocean. This chart by Theunis Jacobsz. was most probably engraved close to his death in 1650 or shortly af...
- $2200 / ≈ €2023
Date: Amsterdam, 1653-1681
Nieuwe Paskaert van de Kust van HOLLANDT - Tussen Texel en de Maes.
Nieuwe Paskaert van de Kust van Hollandt Tussen Texel en de Maes. A very attractive sea chart off the coast of Holland by Johannes van Keulen with a pair of decorative c...
- $400 / ≈ €368
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1685
Nieuwe gelyk Graadige Paskaart van de Kust van Guiana in West-Indien.
Detailed chart of Guiana in South America. Two scales are given in both maps: Dutch, French and English nautical miles.The inset chart provide detailed view of the Camopi...
- $650 / ≈ €598
Date: Amsterdam, 1684 - 1704
Paskaart van de Mont van de Witte Zee,. Beginnende van Tiepena tot Pelitza, als mede van C. Cindenoes tot Catsnoes.
Fine sea chart of the southern part of the Barents Sea, oriented to the West. With 5 inset maps: - Swetenoes, de Kust van Laplandt, Lombascho, "T Vaste Landt van Lap...
- $1000 / ≈ €920
Date: Amsterdam, c.1710
Nieuwe en Nette Afteekening van het Eyland Corsica en het Eyland Elba vertoonende alle desselfs Havenen, Steeden en Rivieren . . .
Highly decorative large sea chart of Corsica, Sardinia and Elba, including multiple sailing ships, compass roses, cartouche, coat of arms, rhumb lines, topographical deta...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1710
De golf van Bengalen.
Rare chart of the Indian Ocean, with nice detail on Ceylon (Sri Lanka) with compass roses and a system of rhumb lines, soundings and anchorage's. Many place names. The pl...
Date: Amsterdam, after 1669-1712
Carte des pavillons accompagnée d'observations pour en faire comprendre le blazon et les différentes devises aussy bien que d'une table alphabétique pour les trouver facilement.?
Map of 88 marine flags, including Malta, Turkey, Middelburg, Amsterdam, Portugal, Monaco, Tuscany, China, Nanking, the French Royal flag, French admiralty flag and mercha...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Nieuwe Wassende Graade Zee Kaart over de Spaanse Zee Vant Kanaal tot 't Eyland Cuba in Westindia. . .
¤ Engraved by I.van Anse. A very representative example of a Dutch chart of the Atlantic, showing the north-east coast of America, the coasts of Africa and Europe and So...
Date: Amsterdam, 1728
A Chart of the Sound -- A Map of the rivers Elbe and Weser -- The River Dvina and the harbour of Archangel.
Scarce sea chart by John Harris (1667?-1719) and James Knapton (d. 1738). Chart 20 from "Atlas maritimus & commercialis", shows Lapland and part of the Russ...
- $400 / ≈ €368
Date: London, J. Knapton, 1728
A large draught of the North part of CHINA. Shewing all the passages and chanells into the harbour of CHUSAN. / To the honourable the court of mannagers for the UNITED TRADE to the EAST INDIES.
A very fine sea chart of China's Zhejiang Province, from the celebrated Third Book of 'The English Pilot'This elegant and large chart captures China's modern-day Zhejiang...
Date: London, William Mount / Thomas Page, 1734
Plan de la Rade de Gedda situee de la Cote d'Arabie sur la Mer Rouge.
Chart of the area around city of Gedda in the Red Sea. D'Après De Mannevillette (1707-1780) was one of Franc's first hydrographers. When the first edition of his Atlas L...
- $600 / ≈ €552
Date: Paris, 1745
A chart of the coast of Africa from Cape Virde to Cape Bona Esperansa.
Rare and attractive chart of the western part of Africa.
- $800 / ≈ €736
Date: London, 1748
Nieuwe en zeer accuraate Zee-Caart van de Hollandse Wal strekkende van de Maas tot Texel opgenomen door Jan Rokusz Douw, , ,
A very fine and rare chart of the coast of Holland, Prepared by Jan Rokusz, Douw and Agge Roskam KoolEmbellished with a very decorative cartouche with a dedicational text...
Date: Amsterdam, 1750
Nieuwe Wassende Graade Zee Kaart over de Spaanse Zee Vant Kanaal tot 't Eyland Cuba In Westindia.
Rare two-sheet blue-back sea chart of the Atlantic and Eastern part of North America., published by Gerard Van Keulen. The map extends from the latitude of Newfoundland a...
- $2000 / ≈ €1839
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1728-1751
Paskaart Vande Noord Cust van Schotland als mede de Eylanden van Hitland en Fero. . .
Decorative chart, with south to the top. Latitude scale, compass rose and system of rhumb lines, soundings, anchorage's, etc. In lower right corner with added number 26.A...
- $500 / ≈ €460
Date: Amsterdam, 1753
Nieuwe Paskaart van het Westerlykste Gedeelte van HET KANAAL strekkende aan de ENGELSCHE KUST van Poortland tot de Sorlinges. . .
Nieuwe Paskaart van het Westerlykste Gedeelte van HET KANAAL strekkende aan de ENGELSCHE KUST van Poortland tot de Sorlinges en aan de Fransche kust van het Eylandt Guern...
- $900 / ≈ €828
Date: Amsterdam, 1760
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[65] Surie.
Charming chart of the harbour of the town of St Jean d'Acre in Syria. Showing town and harbour plan, with soundings, anchorages, rocks, shoals, fortifications and lightho...
- $120 / ≈ €110
Date: Marseille, 1764
Carte réduite de l'Océan Oriental, depuis Le Cap de Bonne Espérance jusqu'à l'Isle Formose.
French chart covering the seas between the Cape of Good Hope until Taiwan and the West Coast of Australia. Prepared by Jacques-François L'Abbé Dicquemare (1733-1789). L...
- $1000 / ≈ €920
Date: Paris, Brest, chez Demonville, 1775
Carte de la Baye et du Port de Trinquemalay dans L'Isle de Ceylan.
Chart showing the bay of Trincomalee, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Trincomalee is natural deep water port on the east coast of Sri Lanka, about 110 miles northeast of Kandy. It is...
- $450 / ≈ €414
Date: Paris, 1775
Carte de la Baye et du Port de Trinquemalay Dans L'Isle de Ceylan.
French chart of the harbor of Trinquemalay on the island of Ceylon. Prepared after Samuel Cornish who was a vice admiral for the English East India company.Latitude and l...
- $350 / ≈ €322
Date: Paris, Brest, chez Demonville, 1775
Carte Réduite Des Côtes Orientales De L' Amérique Septentrionale Contenant Partie du Nouveau Jersey.. Virginie.. Georgie..
Uncommon chart that extends from Delaware Bay and Philadelphia south through much of Georgia to Island Amelia and St. Johns River. Fleur-de-lis and rhumb lines fill the s...
- $2000 / ≈ €1839
Date: Paris, 1778
The Coast of India, from Point Gordeware to the Ganges Comprehending Part of the Coast of Golconda . . .
Detailed sea chart of the coast of India, from the mouths of the Ganges Rivers in the northeast to Point Gordeware in the south west. Includes numerous sailing channels a...
- $400 / ≈ €368
Date: London, 1794
A plat of the East Sea. By William Fisher and Richard Mount...
An important sea chart of the East Sea with coast lines of Poland, Russia, Sweden, published by William Fisher and Richard Mount in London.Richard Mount (1654-1722) was a...
- $1800 / ≈ €1655
Date: London, 1795
Eastern passage to China. sheet 1.
James Horsburgh early chart of the coasts of Java, Bali, Lombok, with part of Sulawesi, and Borneo. Insets of "Sketch of Bally Strait", Sketch of Lombock Strait...
- $2500 / ≈ €2299
Date: London, 1824
Kaart van de Gaspar Straaten volgens opnemingen van J.Stolze, D.Ross, enz.
Very large and rare chart centered on the strait between Bangka's southeastern seacoast and Belitung's western shores.Short front views of the coastal relief are shown in...
- $900 / ≈ €828
Date: Amsterdam 1843
Straat Riouw onder opzicht van de commissie tot verbetering der Indische Zeekaarten..
Very large and rare so-called Blue Back centered on the strait passing between the Riau Islands. It contains an inset map with enlarged details of Riouw Harbor on Bintang...
Date: Amsterdam 1843
North Pacific Ocean LOO CHOO and adjacent Islands 1855.
Large scale chart of Okinawa in the Japan Sea. With scale and vignette of Typographical office. Map nr. 2416.An interesting note in lower right "The coast line of al...
- $300 / ≈ €276
Date: London, 1855
China, Sheet IX, Yang-Tse-Kiang from the sea to Nanking . . .
A fine, large-scale chart. This chart depicts the last stretch of the Yangtse River before it meets the sea. It gives soundings and notes on the tides, and includes an in...
- $750 / ≈ €690
Date: London, 1843-1859
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Red Sea - Strait of Jubal.. [2838]
Large chart focused on the Strait of Jubal in the Gulf of Suez. With the Juzur Tawilah Islands at the center and an inset plan of the Tur Harbour (At Tur, South Sinai) o...
- $500 / ≈ €460
Date: London (1853) corrected for 1862
![(2 charts of Shri Lanka) Mer des Indes - Ile de Ceylan - Partie Nord. Détroit de Palk et Golfe de Manaar.. [with] Partrie Sud...](/uploads/cache/23493-500x500.jpg)
(2 charts of Shri Lanka) Mer des Indes - Ile de Ceylan - Partie Nord. Détroit de Palk et Golfe de Manaar.. [with] Partrie Sud...
Two very large charts representing the northern and southern part of Sri Lanka and giving details about the Indian seacoast around the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait....
- $750 / ≈ €690
Date: Paris, 1866
Arabia. Gulf of Aden - North Coast. Aden and Adjacent Bays..
Large chart focused east of Aden, in Yemen. With inset plan of Aden Anchorage in the upper right corner and a set of coastal profiles in the upper left corner.With latitu...
- $900 / ≈ €828
Date: London (1836) corrected to 1868
North Pacific.
Huge three sheet so-called Blue-back sailing chart of the Northern Pacific including China, Korea (with Matu Is. and Liancourt), Japan, Philippines, Kamchatka, Hawaii, Al...
Date: London, 1868
Carte Des Detroits De Singapour Durian, Jombol et Rhio Dressee d'apres les travaux Anglais et Hollandais les plus recents . . . 1866
Rare separately issued chart of Singapore, extending to Johore, Battam, Bintang, Rempang, Galang, Jombol, Suji, Sanbon and neighboring islands, depicting coastal features...
Date: Paris, 1870
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Bay of Bengal, compiled chiefly from government survey.. [2 sheets]
Large scale chart in 2 sheets focused on the Bay of Bengal.It covers Sri Lanka, the whole Indian eastern coast, the seacoast of Bangladesh, Myanmar and Thailand as far as...
- $1200 / ≈ €1104
Date: London (1863), corrections to 1871
![[2 Sheets] Carte Générale de l'Océan Pacifique Dressée Par Mr. C. A. Vincendon-Dumoulin. . . Pl. 1. N° 1092. / Ocean Pacifique Feuille 2. . . Pl. 2. N° 1093.](/uploads/cache/26731-500x500.jpg)
[2 Sheets] Carte Générale de l'Océan Pacifique Dressée Par Mr. C. A. Vincendon-Dumoulin. . . Pl. 1. N° 1092. / Ocean Pacifique Feuille 2. . . Pl. 2. N° 1093.
Two sea charts depicting the Pacific Ocean, with nice detail of Hawaii. Sheet 1 shows the south east Asian region. The second North America and part of South America. Pre...
- $1100 / ≈ €1012
Date: Paris, 1845, updated for 1884
Mer de Chine. Golfe du Tonkin. Entrées de Kuaï-Chin-Mun et Tsieng-Mun. . .
Large chart centred on the Gulf of Tonkin in the South China Sea. Showing banks, isles and soundings made in metres. Relief is shown by hachures.Engraved by A. Gérin aft...
Date: Paris, 1887
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2008
Colombo Harbour From Surveys supplied by Sir. John Coode. . .
Sir John Coode's highly detailed map of the Harbour at Colombo (Sri Lanka), with manuscript notations and corrections in pencil. With red pencil "INCORRECT".The...
- $500 / ≈ €460
Date: London, 1885 -1896
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Wusung River or Hwang Pu. / Wusung River Entrance [With Shanhhai]
A fine Survey chart no. 1601 showing Wusung River or Hwang Pu. / Wusung River Entrance [With Shanghai]
- $800 / ≈ €736
Date: London, 1887 - 190, updated to 1903
Ocean Pacifique Partie Ouest.
Large French sea chart featuring the western part of the Pacific Ocean with Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Philippines, till Korea and Japan, corrected in 1929.On th...
- $450 / ≈ €414
Date: France, 1909-1929
![Mer Adriatique. Environs de Raguse (Dubrovnik).Première Feuille. Baie de Maestro.. [276]](/uploads/cache/23472-500x500.jpg)
Mer Adriatique. Environs de Raguse (Dubrovnik).Première Feuille. Baie de Maestro.. [276]
Large scale coastal chart showing a stretch of Dalmatian coast west including Dubrovnik.With latitude and longitude scales, soundings, rocks, shoals, and safe harbors are...
Date: Paris [1877] corrected to 1932
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Environs de Raguse (Dubrovnik). Deuxième Feuille. Canal de Calamota (Kolocep).. [277]
This large-scale coastal chart shows the stretch of the Dalmatian coast between Slano as far as the island of Kolocep, the southernmost inhabited island in Croatia. With ...
- $200 / ≈ €184
Date: Paris [1877] corrected to 1932
![Mer Adriatique. Côte Orientale. De l'Ile Meleda à Antivari.. [3552]](/uploads/cache/23471-500x500.jpg)
Mer Adriatique. Côte Orientale. De l'Ile Meleda à Antivari.. [3552]
This large scale coastal chart shows the stretch of Dalmatian coast between the island Mljet in Croatia as far as Ulcinj (Montenegro). With latitude and longitude scales,...
- $200 / ≈ €184
Date: Paris [1877] corrected to 1934
![Mer Adriatique. Partie Sud.. [3976]](/uploads/cache/23549-500x500.jpg)
Mer Adriatique. Partie Sud.. [3976]
This large scale coastal chart centered on the southern part of the Adriatic sea. Showing the Dalmatian coast between Split in Croatia as far as the northernmost tip of C...
- $200 / ≈ €184
Date: Paris [1883] updated for 1935
Singapore.
Chart of Southern part of Malaysian peninsular showing good detail on of Singapore. Map with legend and scale.
Date: London, 1944
Philippine Islands - Semirara, Ilin and Ambulong 1.s with part of Mindoro. (971)
A highly corrected version of Admiralty chart 971 originally published 15th February 1866 under the Superintendence of Captain G.H. Richards. Edition Date 1991 with furth...
- $150 / ≈ €138
Date: London, 1866 / 1999
Philippine Islands - Mindanao West Coast - Basilan Strait to Camiguin Island including Tubbataha Reefs. . . (3811)
A highly corrected version of this oversized Admiralty chart 3811 originally published 26th February 1925 under the Superintendence of Captain P.H. Douglas. Edition Date ...
- $150 / ≈ €138
Date: London, 1925 / 2005