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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...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Place & Date: Amsterdam, E. Roger, 1703
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...
- $120 / ≈ €104
Place & Date: Amsterdam, E. Rogers, 1703
A Mapp of Batavia with all itts Forts.
Wonderful, scarce, and decorative plan of present-day Jakarta, showing the City and its immediate environs, the surrounding rice fields intersected by a network of waterw...
- $450 / ≈ €390
Place & Date: London, Printed for A. and J. Churchill, 1703
The Modern History, by way of sequel to Mr. Rollin's ancient history. Vol. I. Containing the history of China.
A rare book translated from French and printed for J.& P. Knapton. The volume is divided into a number of parts, covering a general history of China, a description of...
Place & Date: London, 1704
Le Roy de Camboia est le Seig.r de touts les Costes de Malabares, et des terres que le Fleuve Indus. . .
Very rare and decorative costume plate. Underneath the plate a descriptive text in French.Bears the address : A Paris chez F. Jollain l aine Rue St Jacques a la Ville de ...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1685-1705
Imperium Turcicum Complectens Europae, Asiae, et Africae, Arabiae que Regiones ac Provincias Plurimas Industria et Labore . . .
Petrus Schenk's map of the Ottoman Empire, is based upon an earlier map by Sanson. It is showing from Italy to the Caspian Sea and the Saudi Peninsula, centered on Cyprus...
- $1000 / ≈ €867
Place & Date: Amsterdam, circa 1705
Zee-Togt van den Grooten Turk Uyt het Roode Meyr Tegen de Portugy fen na Indien tot aan Kaap Comorin Ondernomen.
Map of the Arabian peninsula, with Saudi Arabia, the Indian Ocean and India and Ceylon.Although not renowned for the originality of his work, Pieter van der Aa is highly ...
- $450 / ≈ €390
Place & Date: Leiden, 1706
Prequ Isle de L'Inde deca Le Golfe du Gange (and) Prequ Isle de l'Inde dela le Golfe du Gange.
A very rare double map of India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives islands, together with a separate map of Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and North Sumatra. The map shows Bangkok...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Brussels, Antwerp, 1706
Carte de Tartarie..
Uncommon Amsterdam edition covering north east Asia, Korea and part of "Terre d'Eso". Nova Zembla joined with the mainland.
- $500 / ≈ €434
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1706
Carte de Tartarie.
Rare first edition "Chez l'Auteur Rue des Canettes préz de St. Sulpice". The "Rue des Canettes" address appears on the original versions of maps date...
- $600 / ≈ €520
Place & Date: Paris, 1706
Asia.
Uncommon map of Asia, with a curious shape for Korea. Nice title cartouche in upper left corner with an elephant and a warrior. From his atlas Oorlogs tablessen, Oft uytg...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1706
Reys-togt Thomas Coryat van Jerusalem te Land gedaan na Asmere de Hof-Stadt des Grooten Mogols in Oostindien.
Regional map, illustrating the narrative of Thomas Coryat's travels by land from Jerusalem to the Court of the Great Mogul. Coryat travelled to Ajmer in India to the cour...
- $450 / ≈ €390
Place & Date: Leiden, 1706
Carte de Tartarie.
Covering north east Asia, Tibet, Korea and part of "Terre d'Eso". Nova Zembla joined with the mainland.With good detail in Korea, several cities a labeled: Ch...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, 1706
Carte de L'Egypte de la Nubiede L'Abissinie. . .
Including the Arabian Peninsula. Giving good detail on Egypt. Engraved by Desrosiers.More about Mapping of Arabia [+]
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, 1707
De kusten van Arabie het Roode Meer en Persize Zee..
Map of the Arabian Peninsula till West Coast of India, southern Persia and the 'Horn of Africa'. Although not renowned for the originality of his work, Pieter van der Aa ...
- $350 / ≈ €304
Place & Date: Leiden, 1707
De Land-Reyse, door Benedictus Goes, van Lahor gedaan, door Tartaryen na China.
Interesting map showing the region of northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam and Bangladesh. Canton in lower right corner.The map illustrates the narrative of the trave...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Place & Date: Leiden, 1707
IUDAEA seu PALAESTINA... TERRA SANCTA... IUDA et ISRAEL
Map of Palestine divided among the Tribes, drawn by Homann after Guillaume Sanson. The shoreline runs from Sidon as far as Rinocorura. The Kishon River is shown as connec...
- $500 / ≈ €434
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1707
D'Indize kusten van Bengale, Pegu, Malacca en Siam Tot in China. . .
Map of Indonesia, Malacca with Singapore (Cingapura) and Taiwan in upper right corner. In lower left a fine title cartouche showing Duarte de Menezes.Although not renowne...
- $450 / ≈ €390
Place & Date: Leiden, 1707
Indien onder den Heer Lopo Vaz De Sampayo, als Gouverneur Generaal tot aan Nieuw-Spanje in American on Kusten van Peru en Chili bevaaren.
Most decorative and scarce item, centred on Indonesia, including an incomplete coast of Australia, and west coast of America. The South Pacific is occupied by a large tit...
- $500 / ≈ €434
Place & Date: Leiden, 1707
Iudaea seu Terra Sancta quae Hebraeorum sive Israelitarum. . .
Map of the Holy Land divided among the Tribes as well as in two kingdoms, Judah and Israel. The title cartouche shows Moses and Aaron. Lower right corner cartouche, which...
- $600 / ≈ €520
Place & Date: Paris, 1709
Totius Asiae continens cum praecipuis insulis eidem annexis
On this map Hokkaido is connected with Honshu and even bigger depicted than Honshu. In lower left cartouche a scale and a monstrance with the sign of the Society of Jesus...
Place & Date: Munich, 1710
Two double sided pages No's 25 & 26 ‘Directions for the coast of Arabia.' 27 & 28 Directions for the Coast of Persia & ‘Directions for the coast of Arabia
Four woodblock chart’s on two double sided sheets by Samuel Thornton showing the approaching coast lines Arabia by John How and Samuel Thornton. Pages numbered 25,26,27...
- $500 / ≈ €434
Place & Date: London, 1711
Two double sided pages No's 57, 58, 59, 60 (Directions for the coast of Sumatra and Strait Diron).
Text page with woodblock plofiles by Samuel Thornton showing the approaching coast lines of Sumatra, the Island of Quesan, Sampanna, Lamjett and Island of Hightan and &qu...
- $60 / ≈ €52
Place & Date: London, 1711
Genealogie de Mahomet.
Fine example of Chatelain's attractive plate showing the genealogy of Mahomet. Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) was the father of Henri Abraham (1684-1743) and Zacharie Junior...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1714
Asia - L'Asie.
This print represents an allegory of Asia, one of the continents. Since ancient times, the Old World was divided into three continents: Asia, Africa and Europe. A Turkish...
- $400 / ≈ €347
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca. 1715
Carte du royaume d'Yémen dans l'Arabie heureuse par G. Delisle. . .
Scarce little map of the Arabian Peninsular after De. L'Isle. From "Voyage de l'Arabie heureuse par l'Océan Oriental et le Détroit de la Mer Rouge. Fait par les Fr...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1716
L'Asie Suivant les Nouvelles Decouvertes. . .
Showing the land masses from Arabia to Japon ou I.de Niphon and Nouvelle Zeelande (but what is part of New Guinea). Decorative dedication panel and title cartouche.
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, 1717
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 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, 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 / ≈ €260
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 / ≈ €694
Place & Date: Paris, 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...
Place & Date: Leiden, 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
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 / ≈ €260
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 / ≈ €347
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
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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 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
Ware affbeeldinge wegens het casteel ende stadt Batavia. . .
A reduced version of Clement de Jonghe (1650) plan of Jakarta from 1650. The town plan has a vignette at the bottom showing Jakarta from the sea with the volcanoes Mount ...
- $800 / ≈ €694
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
Genealogie des anciens empereurs Tartares,. . .
In lower part a map Russia including Tartary and Korea (158 x 290mm.), flanked by text in French. In top a family tree of the descendants of Genghis Khan.From Chatelain's...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 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 / ≈ €347
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 / ≈ €217
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 / ≈ €325
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
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 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, 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 / ≈ €217
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 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
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 / ≈ €390
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 / ≈ €108
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 / ≈ €130
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 / ≈ €173
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 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 / ≈ €1301
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
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
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 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 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 / ≈ €173
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 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 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 / ≈ €48
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 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 / ≈ €87
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 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 / ≈ €1301
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...
Place & Date: Augsburg 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
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 / ≈ €1084
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...
- $400 / ≈ €347
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
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, ...
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...
Place & Date: Germany, c. 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 / ≈ €651
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
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
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 / ≈ €1518
Place & Date: London, 1721
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 / ≈ €867
Place & Date: The Hague, Isaac Vaillant, 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
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[The Philippines]
Fine chart depicting the Islands of the Philippines. Little interior detail is given but the coastlines, settlements and principal coastal features are identified. An att...
- $2200 / ≈ €1908
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1724
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 / ≈ €651
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 / ≈ €3470
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)....
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1724
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 / ≈ €69
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J.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 / ≈ €65
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 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard, 1725
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 / ≈ €152
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard, 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 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard, 1725