Browse Listings in Asia
Nieuwe Kaart van Choromandel ende Malabar. . .
Fine map depicting the southern part of India and the northern tip of Ceylon. Much detail is given along the coastlines, settlements and principal coastal features are id...
- $650 / ≈ €561
Date: Amsterdam, 1726
Astjien.
Nice bird's eye-view of the Town of Atjien on the northernmost point of Sumatra by François Valentijn (1666-1727), a missionary, who worked at Amboina from 1684 to 1694 ...
- $225 / ≈ €194
Date: Amsterdam, 1726
Nieuwe kaart van het Eyland Ceylon. . .
Fine map depicting the Island of Ceylon/Sri Lanka, oriented with north to the left.. Good interior detail is given with settlements, roads, etc. An attractive early map, ...
- $850 / ≈ €734
Date: Amsterdam, 1726
Makjan Geheel Bergagtig.
The island of Makian in Indonesia (formerly the Dutch East Indies) is represented on this map as a mountainous Möbius strip around a giant donut hole. François Valentij...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, 1726
Kaart van de Zuyd-Wester Eylanden van Banda.
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 VOC's lands....
- $400 / ≈ €345
Date: Amsterdam, 1726
Great or Asiatick Tartary, Agreeable to Modern History.
A map from the Frozen Ocean in the north to Usbec Tartary in the south, from Moscow in the west to China Tartary and Peking in the east. Rivers and mountains feature prom...
- $125 / ≈ €108
Date: London, ca. 1727
Moruma ville de la Tartarie Moscovite.
Decorative view of the town of Moruma, Russian city near the northern shore of the Caspian sea as seen from across the river Oka. This well executed engraving was publish...
Date: Leiden, 1719-1727
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...
Date: Leiden, 1719-1727
Nangasaki appellé par les Chinois Tchangki.
Attractive bird's-eye view of Nagasaki, with reference key to principal points of interest, including the Dutch V.O.C. Company House. The Dutch/Chinese enclave is central...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Paris, 1727
Great or Asiatick Tartary, Agreable to Modern History.
Map of Tartary to Peking. The eastern coastline of Asia is almost flat, with no attempt to mark Kamchatka.
- $275 / ≈ €238
Date: London, 1727
L'Inde de la le Gange, suivant les nouvelles observations...
Decorative map of Malaysia, Thailand, Indo-China, and the Northern parts of the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. Singapore marked as Sincapour.Originally published by Piete...
Date: Amsterdam, 1728
La Chine suivant les nouvelles observations...
Uncommon edition of this map of China. From Le Nouveau Theatre du Monde, ou la Geographie Royale.Curious shape of South Korea.
- $1100 / ≈ €950
Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Carte historique et géographique pour servir à l'Histoire Sainte et à la Vocation de Saint Paul, avec quelques remarques curieuses pour servir à l'Histoire des Antiquités judaïques.
Interesting sheet with a map of the travels of Saint Paul, including eastern part of Europe, Asian continent and part of north Africa, with descriptive French text, from ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Carte de la Terre Sainte Divisée dans toutes ses parties. . .
A finely engraved map depicting the division of the Holy Land into twelve tribes.Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) was the father of Henri Abraham (1684-1743) and Zacharie Juni...
- $350 / ≈ €302
Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Carte Nouvelle de la Grande Tartarie ou de l'Empire du du Grand Cham. . .
Very detailed map of Northern China, Korea, Russia in the north the Murmansk Sea. Including the western coast of Nova Zembla. Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) was the father o...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Carte Particuliere De L'Egypte, De La Nubie et de L'Abyssinie, Dressee sur les Memoires les plus Nouveaux & les Observation les plus exactes.
Including the Arabian Peninsular, Egypt, north eastern part of Africa, Cyprus and part of the Mediterranean.Based on the work of Guillaume Delisle. It is a very detailed ...
- $400 / ≈ €345
Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Genealogie des empereurs Mogols . . .
Text sheet with two inset maps of "Carte de l'empire du grand Mogol (122x158mm.) and inset map of Kahsmire "carte nouvelle du royaume de Kachemire" (120x15...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Carte de la Terre Sainte Divisée dans toutes ses. . .
A finely engraved map depicting the division of the Holy Land into twelve tribes.
- $400 / ≈ €345
Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Turquie en Asie, suivant les nouvelles observations..
Uncommon edition of this map of Turkey, Holy Land, Armenia, including Cyprus. With decorative title cartouche lower left corner.This example is unusual in having the addi...
Date: Leiden, 1728
Succession Des Empereurs Du Japon Avec Une Description Du Meurtre De L'Empereur Cubo Et La Reception Des Ambassadeurs Hollandais En Ce Pays . . .
Composite sheet, with a small map of Japan and two detailed views: one depicting the murder of the Emperor Cubo, the other, the reception of the Dutch ambassadors, each w...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Vue & discription de la Ville de Jerusalem..avec Tombeaux..
This copper-engraving shows a panoramic view of Jerusalem, two insets of mount "Liban" and three insets of the tombs De Zacharie, Des Rois, and D'Absalom.Zachar...
- $400 / ≈ €345
Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Genealogie des anciens empereurs mogols,. . .
Text sheet with two inset maps of "Carte de l'empire du grand Mogol (122x158mm.) and inset map of Kahsmire "carte nouvelle du royaume de Kachemire" (120x15...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, 1728
[No title] Mongol.
Interesting sheet with four detailed engravings illustrating Mongol's life scenes. In upper right margin: 'Tom. V. No 43. Pag: 116.Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 – 1743)...
Date: Amsterdam, 1728
[No title] Hindou
Interesting sheet with four detailed engravings illustrating Hindou's life scenes. In upper right margin: 'Tom. V. No 42. Pag: 116.Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 – 1743)...
Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Turkey in Asia: or Asia Minor &c.
Herman Moll's map of the Turkish Empire in Asia, published in London during the first half of the eighteenth century. It shows the eastern Mediterranean, including Crete ...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: London, ca 1729
[Lot of 10 maps] Carte Nouvelle de la Grande Tartary.
Antique map of Asian Russia] Carte Nouvelle de la Grande Tartarie ou de l'Empire du Grand Cham. With 10 maps / views of Asian Russia- Carte Nouvelle de la Grande Tartari...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720 - 1730
Asia Cum omnibus Imperiis, Provinciis, Statibus et Insulis. . .
A finely engraved and decorative mid-18th century map published in Augsburg, Germany and incorporating two large decorative title cartouches upper right and bottom left. ...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Augsburg, 1730
Plan de la Ville et du Chateau de Batavia en l'Isle de Iava / Ware affbeeldinge wegens het Casteel ende Stadt Batavia gelegen opt groot Eylant Java.
Detailed East-oriented plan of Jakarta former Batavia on Java / Indonesia. With bird's-eye view from sea side, various ships and a lion. Two inset keys with detailed desc...
Date: Leiden, 1730
Perspective des Isles de Palo Condoro à le regarde de 8 lieües di coté de Midy.
An attractive view of the Isle de Condor (Côn Son Island), located off the southern tip of Vietnam and a victualing point by European traders. In 1702, the English East ...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Paris / Amsterdam, ca 1730
Plan de la Ville et du Chateau de Batavia en l'Isle de Iava / Ware affbeeldinge wegens het Casteel ende Stadt Batavia gelegen opt groot Eylant Java.
Detailed East-oriented plan of Jakarta former Batavia on Java / Indonesia. With a bird's eye view from seaside, various ships and a lion. Two inset keys with detailed des...
- $750 / ≈ €648
Date: Leiden, 1730
Terra Sancta vocata quae olim XII tribus . . .
Map of the Holy Land, among the 12 Tribes and divided into 6 provinces. In the upper left near the title cartouche Pharaoh's daughter discovers Moses in the River Nile. O...
Date: Augsburg, 1730
Alexandri Magni Imperium et Expeditio. . .
The map represents the theatre of Alexander the Great's conquests between the Black Sea and Indus River, today's Turkey, Armenia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, etc. The map is...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Paris, 1731
Great Tartary, with the tract of the Moscovite Ambassador's Travels from Moscow to Pekin in China.
An interesting map illustrating the route taken by the Russian Ambassador on his travels east to Beijing. Shows the Great Wall, "Somer Houses" and "parts u...
- $125 / ≈ €108
Date: London, 1732
Nouvelle Carte de Moscovie où sont representés les differents etats de sa Maiesté Czarienne..
Map of Russia Tartary and part of China with key tables to the towns. Depicting the different states belonging to the Czar in Asia and Europe, showing the path of one of ...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1732
Nouvelle Carte de Moscovie où sont representés les differents etats de sa Maiesté Czarienne. . .
Map of Russia Tartary and part of China with key tables to the towns. Depicting the different states belonging to the Czar in Asia and Europe, showing the path of one of ...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1732
Der Hollaendisch-Ostindianischen Compagnie Weltberühmte Haupt - Handels und Niederlags stadt BATAVIA..
A very fine decorative plan of Batavia showing the City and its immediate environs, the surrounding rice fields intersected by a network of waterways, canals and outlying...
Date: Nuremberg, 1733
Regio Canaan seu Terra Promissionis postra Judeae vel Palaestina nominata hodiae Terra Sancta. . .
A striking and beautiful map of The Holy Land and Judea divided up into the twelve tribes. These are easily distinguished by the use of bold, rich period wash colour. Wit...
- $600 / ≈ €518
Date: Augsburg, ca 1734
Carte particulière de l'entrée de Canton - Plan de Quang-tcheou-fou vulgo Canton .
Beautiful detailed map of the entrance to the city of Canton, showing also the cities of Macao and Quanghai, as well as the islands of the bay, including the island of Sh...
- $450 / ≈ €389
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Province de Koei-Tcheou.
An important map of Koei-tcheou 贵州 [Guizhou]. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation engraved by Guélard, the map ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Province d'Yun-Nan.
Important map of Yun-nan 云南 [Yunnan] province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation, engraved by Delahaye. Jean B...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Province de Koei-Tcheou. [Koei-tcheou 贵州 [Guizhou] province.]
Important map of Koei-tcheou 贵州 [Guizhou]. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation, engraved by Guélard, the map by...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Province de Pe-Tche-Li. Pe-tche-li [Beizhili] 北直隶 [= 河北]. province.]
Important map of Pe-tche-li [Beizhili] 北直隶 [= 河北]. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation, engraved by Guéla...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Province de Kiang-Si. Jiangxi 江西 province.
An important map of Jiangxi 江西 province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation, engraved by Guélard. The map itse...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Province de Tche Kiang. [Tche kiang 浙江 [Zhejiang] province]
D'Anville's highly detailed map of Tche kiang 浙江 [Zhejiang] province from du Halde's "Description geographique historique...de l'Empire de la Chine et de la Tart...
- $400 / ≈ €345
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Province de Hou-Quang. [Hou-quang 湖广 [Huguang] province.]
Important map of Hou-quang 湖广 [Huguang] province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by Guélard, the map engraved by F.Baillieul Lainé, featurin...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Province de Chan-Tong.
Detailed map of Shandong Province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by Guélard, the map by Delahaye, featuring a rabbit and rococo chinoiserie orna...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Province de Chan-Si. [Chan-s 山西i [Shanxi] province. ]
An important map of Chan-s 山西i [Shanxi] province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by Guélard, the map by Delahaye. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Carte de la province de Tche kiang 浙江 [Zhejiang]
D'Anville's highly detailed map of Tche Kiang (Zhejiang) province from du Halde's "Description geographique historique...de l'Empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie Ch...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Province de Se-Tchuen. [ Se-tchuen 四川 [Sichuan] province.]
Important map of Se-tchuen 四川 [Sichuan] province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by Guélard, the map by Delahaye, features animals, birds, a ...
- $450 / ≈ €389
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Province de Ho-nan. [Honan 河南 (Hénán) province]
An important map of Honan 河南 (Hénán) province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by F.Baillieul Lainé. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Villes de la province de Petche-li.
Five town plans : Peking (with forbidden town), Yung-ping-fou, Long-men-hien, Yuen-keou/Tching-sse-yu/Si-yang-keou/Hoang-tou-in, Tchin-ting-fou. From "Description ge...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Carte du ciel et de la terre qui commencent à se former / Figure du ciel fluide & pur & de la terre fixe & ferme.
Recto and verso text page with two illustrations of the grounding of the sky and earth according to a Chinese philosopher. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-178...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Plan du Ti-tang ou du temple, où l'empereur sacrifie à Chang-ti sous le titre de souverain seigneur de la terre
A plan of the temple of the soil god (社稷壇, Shèjìtán, "Altar of Soil and Grain")—under the name "Titang" (地堂, dìtáng, "Hall of Di...
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Souan pan, ou instrument dont les chinois se servent pour compter.
Text page with a wood block illustration of a souan-pan [suan-p'an] the calculation table used by the Chinese. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782), French c...
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Idole que les chinois appellant, le dieu de l´immortalité, et qu´ils disent presider a leur Fortune. . .
Four fascinating engraving on one sheet depicting Chinese gods. "Idole que les chinois appellant, le dieu de l´immortalité, et qu´ils disent presider a leur Fortu...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard c.1736
Charlatans qui se mêlent de vendre le vent de la Chine. Dévots mendiants de la Chine et charlatans qui se promènent sur des tigres apprivoisés, . . .
Two fascinating engraving on one sheet depicting Chinese charlatans. Engraved by Bernard Picart. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et cou...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard c.1736
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 / ≈ €432
Date: Nurnberg, 1737
Carte générale de la Chine Dressée sur les Cartes particulières que l'Empereur Cang-hi a fait lever sur les lieux par les RR. PP. Jésuites missionaires dans cet empire / Par le Sr d'Anville.
An essential and very detailed map of the Southern part of China, including a detailed map of Taiwan.Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782) was a French cartogr...
Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1737
Imperium Turcicum in Europa, Asia et Africa.
Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map of the Turkish Empire, showing from Tunis to Arabia, including Greece, Arabia, Turkey and Palestine. With good detail in the Ara...
- $1000 / ≈ €864
Date: Nurnberg, 1737
Asiae.
A very nice map of Asia. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, historica, i curiosa, segun el estado...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739
Arabia agreeable to Modern History.
Detailed map of the Arabian Peninsula from the Mediterranean Sea to the Arabian Sea, and western Iran. with an engaging text block on upper right corner: "Arabia, d...
- $550 / ≈ €475
Date: London, 1739
La Chine.
A very nice map of China, including Korea and Taiwan. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, historic...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739
Presqu'Isle de l'inde deça le Golfe du Gange/Presqu'Isle de l'Inde dela le Golfe du Gange.
Two maps on one sheet, one depicting India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives Islands (13,5 x 8 cm) and the otherone Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia (13,5 x 8 cm). F...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739
Grande Tartarie.
A very nice map of Tartaria extending from the Caspian Sea to the Pacific Ocean. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia un...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739
(Arabian peninsula, Turkey, Irak).
A very nice map of the Arabian peninsula, Turkey and Irak. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, his...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739
Mogol.
A very nice map of Northern India and Pakistan. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, historica, i c...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739
Perse.
A very nice map of Persia. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, historica, i curiosa, segun el esta...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739
Nieuwe kaart van de Filippynsche, Ladrones, Moluccos of Specery Eilanden als mede Celebes etc.
Shows the western islands of the archipelago, Borneo, Java and Sumatra, up to and including New Guinea. With very good detail to Philippines.Read more Early maps of South...
Date: Amsterdam, 1740
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 lower left shows the continuation of ...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Nieuwe kaart van Arabia.
An attractive map of the Arabian Peninsula here called Gelukkig Arabia or Happy Arabia . The map has a great advance on other maps of the time by showing the true extent ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Carte de L'Egypte de la Nubie de L'Abissinie..
Prepared by G.de l'Isle. Uncommon issue by Hendrik de Leth. Very detailed map of northeastern Africa, the Red Sea and the Arabian peninsula shows the political divisions ...
- $500 / ≈ €432
Date: Amsterdam 1740
Constantinopolis Constantinopel.
Very rare and decorative panoramic view of Istanbul prepared by Friedrich Berhard Werner and published by Martin Engelbrecht. The engraving is done by Johann Georg Ringli...
Date: Augsburg, M.Engelbrecht, ca.1730-1740
Asia Accuratissime Descripta ex omnibus, quae hactenus extiterunt, imprimis…
A rare map prepared by Nicolas Witsen (1640-1717). Witsen was cartographer, diplomat and sometime burgomaster of Amsterdam, he played a unique role in introducing Russian...
- $500 / ≈ €432
Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Ierusalem, cum suburbiis, prout tempore Christi floruit, accurate notatis omnibus insignibus et praecipue us locis, in quibus Passus...
Bird's eye perspectives town-plan of Jerusalem. Lower part of print an extensive numbered key (1-254) to principal buildings in town. Title in Latin and German. The print...
Date: Augsburg, 1740
[Plan of the port and city of Nagasaki]
AN EXTRAORDINARY RARE AND EARLY JAPANESE MANUSCRIPT PLAN OF NAGASAKIA detailed manuscript plan of the navigation into Nagasaki, the town, its layout and surrounding areas...
Date: Nagasaki. Japan, c.1740
Nuova carta dell Asia . . .
Attractive and detailed map of Asia showing good detail in China, Mongolia, Tibet, Kamchatka, Japan, Kuriles, Korea, Manchuria, Formosa, Philippines, Indonesia Borneo, Ne...
Date: Venice, 1740
Prospectus Sanctae olim.. Hierosolymae.. Jerusalem. . .
Two bird's eye perspectives views of Jerusalem. Each with an extensive numbered key to principal buildings in town. Title in Latin and German. The print is published by M...
Date: Augsburg, 1740
Novissima totius Terrae Sanctae sive promissionis. . .
Engraved by J.B.Homann and published by David Funck. One of the very few maps engraved by Johan Baptist Homann, signed lower right.A rare map of the Holy Land, orientated...
- $950 / ≈ €821
Date: Nuremberg, 1742
La procession de Ganga/ La fête de Huly.
Two scenes on one page showing religious scenes, in Japan. Fine copper engraving by Bernard Picart and taken from Bernard Picart's famous Céréonies et costumes religieu...
- $30 / ≈ €26
Date: Amsterdam, 1743
Judaea seu Palaestina .. Terra Sancta. . .
Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map has two large decorative cartouches. Upper left Moses receiving the Tables. Lower right Moses and Aaron pointing at a map showin...
Date: Nuremberg, 1744