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Brabantiae Descriptio.
In an inset Mechelen and surroundings. Decorative scale and title cartouche with dedicational initials, which may refer to Laurentius Michaelis, who may be connected with...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Leodiensis Diocesis Typus.
East to the top. Centered on Liege, including the southern part of Dutch Limburg. Prepared by Jan van Schille.Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black an...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.
A Dutch edition of Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum "Ghedruckt voor A. Ortelius" (by Corn. Claesz.?), 1598. Illustrated with 92 maps, 91 maps numbered 1-91, in...
- $100000 / ≈ €87608
Place & Date: (Amsterdam, Corn. Claesz.) ?, 1598
Gelriae, Cliviae, Finitimorumque Locorum Verissima..
East to the top. Fine map of Geldria and Limburg, prepared by Christian s'Grooten. Very fine title cartouche lower right with painter's utensils around the cartouche. ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Lutzenburgen sis Ducatus Veriss. Descript.
An attractive map of Luxembourg: title cartouche on the lower left corner. From 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]'.Iacobo Surhonio Montano auctore. D...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Anjou. Andegavensium Ditionis Vera et Integra Descriptio. Licimo Guijeto Andegavense auctore.
Beautiful map of the Anjou region of western France along the Loire River. Include the city of Angers in the center. Accompanying French text on verso. Dare to go in B...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
![Blaisois Blesiensis Territorii. . . [together with] - Lemovicum totius et confinium provinciarum. . .](/uploads/cache/40963-250x250.jpg)
Blaisois Blesiensis Territorii. . . [together with] - Lemovicum totius et confinium provinciarum. . .
The map on the left is centered on the Loire with the town of Blois. The right-hand map is centered on Limoges. Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in bla...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Regionis Biturigum... Per Ioannem Calamaeum. / Limaniae Topographia Gabriele Symeoneo Auct.
Two maps on one sheet. Biturigum. The Loire river is on the right in central France. Neuers (Nevers) is at the middle of the right margin. Bourges is near the center, and...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Hollandiae Antiquorum Catthorum..
This map shows Holland in great detail, including small towns, walled cities, rivers and lakes (many of which were reclaimed in the 17th century, and no longer exist). A ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Artois. Atrebatum Regionis Vera Descripto.
Prepared by Jacob Surhon, who made a manuscript map of Artois for which he received 36 Livres from Charles V in 1554. For security reasons, the map was not published. Onl...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Romaniae, (quae olim Thracia dicta) ..
Very fine map centered on the Danube area. The map is based on the double sheet map by Jacob Gastaldi. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a cartographer and publisher, who ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
![[View of Osero].](/uploads/cache/45194-250x250.jpg)
[View of Osero].
Very rare view of Osor published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. Da Giosep...
- $400 / ≈ €350
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
IAPONIAE INSULAE DESCRIPTIO.Ludoico Teisera auctore.
The map was based upon the manuscript draft supplied to Ortelius in about 1592 by the famous official Portuguese chart maker, Luis Teixeira , who was the cartographer t...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Millo.
Very rare view of Milos Island published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. D...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Murgo.
Very rare map of Amorgos published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. Da Gios...
- $300 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Terra Sancta A Petro Laicstain perlustrata, et ab eius ore
Oriented to the east. Shows the shoreline from Beirut to Gaza. P. Laicksteen, a Dutch astronomer… collected topographic material on Palestine during his stay there in 1...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
![Durazo [ view of Durres in Albania]](/uploads/cache/45212-250x250.jpg)
Durazo [ view of Durres in Albania]
Very rare view of Durres in Albania published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra San...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Dulcigno [Ulcinj in Montenegro]](/uploads/cache/45211-250x250.jpg)
Dulcigno [Ulcinj in Montenegro]
Very rare view of Ulcinj in Montenegro published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra ...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[ Map with part of Albania]](/uploads/cache/45210-250x250.jpg)
[ Map with part of Albania]
Very rare view of part of the coast of Albania published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello d...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Natoliae Quae Olim Asia Minor, Nova de Scriptio / Carthaginis Celeberrimi Sinus Typus / Aegypti re Centior de Scriptio
Three detailed regional maps by Ortelius from his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", the world's first modern atlas.The first map covers Asia Minor, Cyprus and the East...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
![Budova [Budua in Montenegro]](/uploads/cache/45209-250x250.jpg)
Budova [Budua in Montenegro]
Scarce map centered on Budua in Montenegro was published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello d...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Glissa. [Klissza or Klis]](/uploads/cache/45203-250x250.jpg)
Glissa. [Klissza or Klis]
Very rare view of Klissza (Klis) published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa....
- $300 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Soria et Terra Santa nuova tavola.
Early map of this classical map of the Holy Land, including Cyprus, prepared by Giovanni Botero. The copper plate was however later used by Giuseppe Rosaccio's expended e...
Place & Date: Venice, 1598
![Liesena Isola [Hvar]](/uploads/cache/45202-250x250.jpg)
Liesena Isola [Hvar]
Very rare view map of the Island of Hvar published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terr...
- $400 / ≈ €350
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Spalato [ View of Split]](/uploads/cache/45201-250x250.jpg)
Spalato [ View of Split]
Very rare view of Split published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. Da Giose...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Presbiteri Johannis, sive Abissinorum Imperii descriptio.
Depicting Africa from the Mediterranean to the Mountains of the Moon placed just below Mozambique. Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black and white,...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
![Citta Di Trav [Trogir]](/uploads/cache/45200-250x250.jpg)
Citta Di Trav [Trogir]
Very rare map centered on the historic town of Trogir published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme q...
- $300 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Barbariae et Biledulgerid, nova descriptio.
North-West Africa. Koeman speculated: "In view of the important trading relationship between Antwerp and Africa, it is not impossible that the original was a manuscr...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Culiacanae Americae regionis.. / Hispaniolae, Cubae..
Two separate virtually identically sized inset maps on one sheet, each with a decorative scroll title cartouche. Culiacanae depicts the coastal and inland western region...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1598
Moraviae.
This early map of Slovakia was prepared by Paul Fabritius in 1569, centered on the city of Brno. Title cartouche on the upper left corner. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) wa...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Silesiae typus..
Fine and early map of Silesia after Martin Helwig (1516-1574) and used by A.Ortelius in his atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World].Only included in the...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Helvetiae Descriptio . . .
A fine map based upon a map by the Swiss cartographer Aegidicus Tschudi of 1538.Dare to go in Black. All early maps are printed in black and white and many were kept that...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Carinthiae et Goritiae .. / Histria / Zarae / Serebenici. . .
Three maps on one sheet. The left hand is centered on the eastern part of Austria. The right upper hand map is centered on northern Yugoslavia, and the last map is center...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
![Antivari [View of Bar in Montenegro]](/uploads/cache/45214-250x250.jpg)
Antivari [View of Bar in Montenegro]
Very rare view of Bar in Montenegro published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra San...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Buchaviae / Waldeccensis Comitatus.
Two maps on one sheet. The map on the left is based on Wolfgang Regerwyl's 1574 single fulda map. The map of Waldeck is based on Joist Moers map of 1572. Abraham Ortelius...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Burgundiae inferioris quae Ducatus Nomine Censetur, Des.
Map centered on the province of Burgundy, from 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'.Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black and white; many were kept that way for ...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Braunsvicensis et Luneburgensis . . . (together with) Norimberg Agri,..
Two maps on one sheet, showing the regions of Braunschweig and Nuremberg from 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]': published in Antwerp.Dare to go in Bla...
- $125 / ≈ €110
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
The carcapuli, canella de mato and cassia solutiva.
The ‘caarcapuli’ that grows on the island of Sunda is a tasty, cherry-sized fruit. The Canella de mato that grows in abundance in the forests of Java is wild cinnamon...
- $80 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
Jerusalem die Heijlighe Stadt van God. . .
Very rare separately plan of the Jerusalem engraved by Joannes van Doetecum Jr. Variant to Poortman, Kaarten in Bijbels, map 64. In lower part the copper plate has been s...
- $5000 / ≈ €4380
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1598
Birds and fish seen during the voyage to India.
During their voyage to India many strange birds were seen, for example, the 'Garayos' that were the size of a chicken, the 'Rabos de Juncos' that are white and about the ...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
The extraordinary 'Abore Triste' tree of India.
In India there is an extraordinary tree, known as the 'Abore Triste', which is regarded as one of God's miracles. This tree flowers for a whole year but only at night tim...
- $80 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
The bamboo, the tree of roots and the Durian fruit.
In India there is a kind of cane, known as Bambus, which has a stem as thick as a human leg. This is used for many things as it is light and yet strong. There is also a k...
- $80 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
The trees that bear Cayus and Jambos and other plants.
Here are shown two trees that produce good fruits but it is the Jambos that is the best and most beautiful according to written accounts. Also shown is how the Perrer pla...
- $80 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
Pineapple, Bettel, palma dactylifera, Samaca & Mango.
These are all Indian fruits, of which the pineapple has the best flavour and aroma. The Bettel plant is also shown here climbing up long rods and canes, just as the peppe...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
A picture of various trees including the palm tree.
The Jacca fruit grows only on the trunk of the tree, not on its branches, rather like the fruit of the palmates. Then there is a fruit that grows in abundance in Bali, wh...
- $80 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
![[View of Caorle].](/uploads/cache/45190-250x250.jpg)
[View of Caorle].
Very rare view of Caorle, at the time an island, published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Polla Querrner [Pula in southern Istria)
Very rare view of Pula in southern Istria, published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Te...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Illustrations of Lancuas, Fagaras, Lacca and Cuci fructa.
Common in Bali, Java and Sunda is a plant known as the great Galanga or Galigam. The natives, however, call it Lancuas. The fagaras, particularly found in Sunda, looks li...
- $80 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
![[San Nicola, Tremiti islands, in Italy. ]](/uploads/cache/45204-250x250.jpg)
[San Nicola, Tremiti islands, in Italy. ]
Very rare view of San Nicola, Tremiti islands, in Italy, published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infiem...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[ View of Cruzola]](/uploads/cache/45205-250x250.jpg)
[ View of Cruzola]
Very rare view of Tremite Islands Island published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terr...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[ View of Ragusi]](/uploads/cache/45206-250x250.jpg)
[ View of Ragusi]
Very rare view of Ragusa published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. Da Gios...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Scutari [View of Shkodër - Albania]](/uploads/cache/45213-250x250.jpg)
Scutari [View of Shkodër - Albania]
Very rare view of Shkodër or Shkodra, historically known as Scutari or Scodra, is a city in the Republic of Albania. It is the capital of the surrounding county of Shkod...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Valona [ View of Valona]](/uploads/cache/45215-250x250.jpg)
Valona [ View of Valona]
Very rare view of Vlora in Albania published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Sant...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Fortezza Di Sopoto [Fortress of Sopot in Abania]](/uploads/cache/45216-250x250.jpg)
Fortezza Di Sopoto [Fortress of Sopot in Abania]
Very rare view of the Fortress of Sopot in Albania published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quel...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Basiliensis territorii descriptio nova./Circulus sue Liga. . .
Left-hand map centered on Basel, east to top. With credit to Sebastian Münster in the title cartouche. Right-hand map with Boden See, Strasbourg and Augsburg. The map wa...
- $300 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Touraine. Turonensis Ducatus.
Map of Touraine Duché in very fine original colours.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
India Tercera Nuova Tavola.
Fine 1598 edition of this early map of South East Asia. Just to the west and south of Malacca, one will notice ‘Camatra’ (Sumatra) and Java. China with Canton in the ...
- $1000 / ≈ €876
Place & Date: Venice, 1598
Castel Novo
Very rare view of Herceg-Novi, an important fortress belonging to Venetian Dalmatia captured during the 16th century by the Turks. Published in the first edition of "...
- $350 / ≈ €307
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Regionis Biturigum... Per Ioannem Calamaeum. / Limaniae Topographia Gabriele Symeoneo Auct.
Two maps on one sheet. Biturigum. The Loire river is at the right in central France. Neuers (Nevers) is at the middle of the right margin. Bourges is near the center, an...
- $125 / ≈ €110
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca. 1598
Oswiec. et Zatorien. Ducatus.
Miniature map of Poland from "Il Theatro del Mondo," which was a plagiarized version of Ortelius' pocket atlas published specifically for the Italian market by ...
- $200 / ≈ €175
Place & Date: Brescia, 1598
Argumentum VI. De modis quibus de loco in locum, feruorum aut conductitiorum humeris transferri Folent. (How the Congolese are transported)
How the Congolese are transported. None of the horses (probably zebras) are tame enough to ride and the people seem incapable of training the oxen to pull wagons for the ...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
Mansfeldiae Comitatus.
A very fine map centered on the city of Mansfelt . A very nice title cartouche in the upper right corner. Signed by the engraver Franz Hogenberg lower left. Abraham Ortel...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
![Sopoto - Margaritino. [Sopot and Margarita in Albania]](/uploads/cache/45218-250x250.jpg)
Sopoto - Margaritino. [Sopot and Margarita in Albania]
Very rare view of Sopot and Margarita in Albania published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Palatinatvs Bavariae . . . / Argentoratensis agri . . .
From 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]. The left-hand map of Bavaria is after Erhart Reych's 4-sheet map of 1540. Including the towns of Regensburg, Nü...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Plants Lantor, Assa, Pimenta, Mangostan and Pepper.
Lantor is a kind of coconut palm (or Indian nut) with fronds as long as a human body. These fronds are used as paper. Pimenta del Rabo (or cubebe) grows grape-like on tre...
- $80 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
![Zafalonia [Map of Kefalonia]](/uploads/cache/45223-250x250.jpg)
Zafalonia [Map of Kefalonia]
Very rare map of the island of Kefalonia published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terr...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[Map of Zakynthos or Zante]](/uploads/cache/45226-250x250.jpg)
[Map of Zakynthos or Zante]
Very rare map of Zakynthos or Zante, a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands. Published in the first edition of "Viaggio da V...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Argumentum IV. Habitus tam magnatum quam plebeiorum descriptus lib. 2 cap. 7. (How the Congolese men dress)
This shows what the inhabitants of the Congo wore before the Portuguese arrived. The men had small square berets, usually red or yellow, more for decoration than as prote...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis. . .
The first printed map of China. It is signed by Ludovico Georgio, whose real name was Luis Jorge de Barbuda. He was a Portuguese Jesuit cartographer and besides that a sp...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
![[Map of Morea]](/uploads/cache/45228-250x250.jpg)
[Map of Morea]
Very rare map of the island Morea published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Plants found in the island of S. Laurenti [Madagascar].](/uploads/cache/41368-250x250.jpg)
Plants found in the island of S. Laurenti [Madagascar].
‘ A’ denotes a tree with only a few twigs on the top. From this tree, canoes and boats are made. ‘B’ is a bush that the Dutch frequently encountered and was calle...
- $80 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
Patavini territorii../ Tarvisini agri typus.. (2 maps on one sheet)
Two maps on one sheet. Map to the left is a detailed map including Venice and the area north of it, including Padua and Vincenza. Very fine map after Giacomo Gastaldi. Th...
- $300 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Argumentum I. Primus Lufitanorum cum Sogni praefecto congreffus, eiusdemque Baptismus, de quibus lib. 2 cap 2. fit mentio. (The arrival of the Portuguese in the county Sogno)
The arrival of the Portuguese in the county Sogno. When the Portuguese first discovered the county and the inhabitants of Sogno, they were taken for gods and received wit...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
Wolgangus Lazius Historic Caesare.
Very decorative portrait of Wolfgang Lazius, engraved by Theodor de Bry (1528-1593) and published in Jean Jacques Boissard, "Icones Virorum Illustrium". Wolfgan...
- $300 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Frankfurt a.M. 1597 - 1599
![XXI. Festorum Quorundam Aliorum in Pegu. (Other festivities in the kingdom of Pegu]](/uploads/cache/29797-250x250.jpg)
XXI. Festorum Quorundam Aliorum in Pegu. (Other festivities in the kingdom of Pegu]
Among their many festivals, the Peguans had a particular one called Sapan Daiche – the Festival of Water. The king arrived at a certain place where everyone sprinkled e...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
Quomodo Lusitanorum vxores & filiae deserrantur per publicum.
The way how the Portuguese carried a noble lady in India from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appear...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
XVI. Magnificentiae Regis In Pegu, et Quomodo. . .
A scene in the kingdom of Pegu, now Myanmar, shows elephants, ships, and locals. Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages ...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
XVII. Proditorum in Pegu Supplicium.
Human torture in Pegu, now Myanmar. After his stay in the Indian city of Goa, Van Linschoten set out for Europe with a Portuguese return fleet in 1588. One of the ships w...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
Peregrinationes noctu devotionis ergo à Lusitanis in India susceptae.
Showing Portuguese family in India from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book....
- $150 / ≈ €131
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
Joan Schonerus Mathematicus.
Very decorative portrait of Johannes Schöner (January 16, 1477 in Karlstadt am Main – January 16, 1547 in Nürnberg), engraved by Theodor de Bry (1528-1593) and publis...
- $300 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Frankfurt a.M. 1597 - 1599