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Asia.
A miniature map of the continent of Asia, published by Petrus Bertius in Amsterdam, at the beginning of the seventeenth century. An attractive small map featuring hatchin...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Natolia.
A miniature map of Turkish Natolia, published by Petrus Bertius in Amsterdam, at the beginning of the seventeenth century. This attractive small map features hatching in ...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Persia.
A decorative miniature map of Persia, stretching from the Tigris River in the west to the Indus River in the east. As far north as the Caspian Sea. Published by Petrus B...
- $175 / ≈ €151
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Malacca.
A nice miniature map of Malacca, A Malaysian state on the southern Malay peninsular, next to the Strait of Malacca. North is orientated to the left Published by Petrus B...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Iapon.
An attractive miniature map of Japan, published by Petrus Bertius, in Amsterdam at the beginning of the seventeenth century.The quirky map is shows the country in a disto...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Decriptio Hispaniolae.
A miniature map of Hispaniola, (modern day Haiti and Dominican Republic), as well as the extreme eastern parts of Cuba. With a simple strap-work title and a scale in Germ...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Tercerae.
An attractive miniature map of The Azorian island of Terceira, in the Atlantic Ocean. Published by Petrus Bertius, in Amsterdam at the turn of the seventeenth century. Di...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Freti Vaigats.
Finely engraved map of the Vaigach Straits, from Bertius's rare miniature atlas. The map focuses on the straits between Novaya Zemlya and the Russian mainland, which had ...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Comitatus Burgundiae.
A decorative small map of region around Dijon, Halons and Dole in Burgundy. Features a nice strap-work title, shows rivers and settlements. From the Bertius atlas Tabular...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Pictaviae.
A charming small map of Poitou in west central France. Showing Cognac, Limoges, Perigord, Poitiers and Angouleme. From the Bertius atlas Tabularum geographicarum contract...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Galliae.
A charming small map of ancient Gaul, France under Roman occupation. Featuring most major cities, rivers, mountains and regions are named. From the Bertius atlas Tabularu...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Biturigum.
A charming small map of central France. Showing the areas around the rivers Loire, Auron, Allier and Yevre. Nevers and Bourges depicted. From the Bertius atlas Tabularum ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Burgundiae Ducatus.
A decorative small map of region around Dijon, Chalons and Dole in Burgundy. Shows many rivers including the Seine, Saone and Brune. It features a nice strap-work title, ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Leodiensis Dioecesis.
A decorative map of the ancient Diocese of liege in Belgium, highlighting cities such as Huy, Liege, Tongeren (old capital), Namur and Maastricht. North is orientated to ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Aniou.
Anjou is a historical province of France, straddling the lower Loire River. Its capital was Angers. It bordered Brittany to the west, Maine to the north, Touraine to the ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Lotharingia.
Lothringaria (Lorraine) is a historical province of N.E. France, it features the cities of Sarrebourg, Metz, Toul and Nancy. With excellent physical and topographical det...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Limania.
A pleasant miniature map of the Limousin region of central France, the area surrounding Clermont Ferrand. Good map detail. From the Bertius atlas Tabularum geographicarum...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
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Venuxinus Comitatus. [Vaucluse]
A pleasant miniature map of the Vaucluse region of S.E. France, as published by Petrus Bertius in Amsterdam at the beginning of the seventeenth century. Many mountains as...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Austria.
A decorative miniature map of the area to the south of Vienna in southern Austria, published by Petrus Bertius in Amsterdam, at the beginning of the seventeenth century. ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Tartaria.
A fine miniature map showing China, Korea and Russia. Title cartouche on the upper left corner. First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were executed by...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Ducat. Ozwiec. et Zato.
An original early 17th century copper engraved miniature antique map of the Oswiecim (Auschwitz) and Zator area of southern Poland by Petrus Bertius. The title is display...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Transisalaniae.
An original early 17th century copper engraved miniature antique map of the eastern Dutch region of Overijssel by Petrus Bertius. The title is displayed in a simple strap...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Arcis Britannicae.
An original early 17th century copper engraved miniature antique map of the Roman remains in the sand dunes near Katwijk aan Zee in south Holland by Petrus Bertius. In Ro...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Geldria.
An original early 17th century copper engraved miniature antique map of the Dutch province of Gelderland by Petrus Bertius, that was published in Amsterdam at the beginni...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Sancta Helena.
An attractive small map of the south Atlantic island of St. Helena. Two years after the publication of Linschoten's Itinerario, the first map of St. Helena appeared in 15...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Cambaiae.
A very decorative little map of northern India with Gujarat and the Indus river, bordering Pakistan. Naming major towns represented by symbols, major rivers, mountains, a...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Savoie.
A decorative miniature map of Savoy - a cultural region in Central Europe that comprises roughly the territory of the Western Alps between Lake Geneva in the north and Da...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Natoliae Sive Asia Minor.
From the first edition. Map of Turkey, also depicting Cyprus.
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Caletensium et Bononiesium def.
An decorative miniature map of the N.W. France, including Calais and Boulogne. A map full of detail and attractive embelishments. North is orientated to the left. From th...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Provinciae.
A decorative miniature map of Provence - a geographical region and historical province of south-eastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône River...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Galliae Belgicae.
A decorative miniature map of a section of ancient France, and that of Belgium. Features a nice strap-work title, shows rivers and settlements. From the Bertius atlas Tab...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Veromanduorum.
A decorative miniature map of Aisne (Vermandois), a French department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne. The map is cent...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Picardia.
A decorative miniature map of Picardy, a historical northern French region. A map that appears to be sparsely populated is still full of detail with great attention to de...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Artesia.
A decorative miniature map of Artois, a historical northern French province that borders Belgium. A map full of detail and is expertly engraved. With the cities of Boulo...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
I. Delineatio convivii a Ternatensium rege Generali Neccio exhibiti.
This famous and desirable scene from Roelof Roelofsz's narrative of a voyage by J.C. van Neck to Ternate.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compi...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, Wolfgangi Richteri, 1607
Die Spanier treiben allerhand Unzucht mit den Indianischen Weibern die sie in dem läger unnd Wasserbädern ergriffen nach dem Atabaliba gefangen worden.
Spanish soldiers march past a pool where native American women are bathing. Some of the soldiers drag some of the women away. After the defeat of the Inca king, some of t...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Wie der Indianer Brucken seyen von Seilen zusammen geflochten und vom Farth Guaynacapae.
Native Americans cross a net bridge over a river while one group cuts the end of it causing men to fall into the river and drown. Includes war clubs, spears, bows and arr...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Die Spanier hawen die Bäume darauff die Indianer ihre wohnung haben mit Axten umb und stürtzen sie herunder.
Native Americans in trees drop stones on Spanish soldiers who attack from the ground. One man chops at a tree trunk while two others hold boards over his head to protect ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Die Spanier streiten mit den Indianern welche ihre Wohnung auff den Bäumen haben.
Native Americans in trees drop stones, shoot with arrows, and pour water on Spanish soldiers who attack from the ground. One man chops at a tree trunk while two others ho...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Frankfurt, 1607
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Dess Ferdinandi und Petri de Contreras, gefangene Kriegssknecht werden zu Ranama [sic] durch den Statt Schultheissen mit einem Dolchen durchstochen.
Men are stabbed inside prisons while chests are loaded onto a boat. Includes men hanging from a tree seen through a barred window, chains, shackles, pillory, and knife. T...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Die Spanier gehen gantz Tyraiñsch mit den Indianern umb welche nicht fort kommen mochten . . .
As Pedro de la Gasca advanced from the north with about 1,500 soldiers, the journey from Trujillo to Ayacucho up the Eastern Cordillera was a terrible experience for the ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Der meinste theil in Peru ubten nur ihren mutwillen under dem schein als ob sie Kay. May. gehorsam leisten.
A Spanish gentleman is stabbed in bed by a soldier. In the background other men are killed or murdered. Includes swords, spears, canopy, and knife. The self-appointed gov...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Blascus Nunnez Vela Königlicher Statthalter ersticht den Guillanum Xuarez Königlichen Proc. . .
Life under the new governor, Vaca de Castro, was no more stable than before and the king of Spain was eventually forced to send out yet another governor to replace him. H...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Die Schlacht zwischen Vaca de Castro, und Almagro dem jüngern.
Even before Pizarro’s death, a new royal governor, Vaca de Castro, was on his way to settle the turmoil in Peru. He refused to accept Almagro the younger, when he heard...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Margraff Pizarrus wird von Didoco Almagro dem jüngern mit hülff seiner Bundgenossen in . . .
Almagro’s son planned to take revenge on Pizarro for his father’s death. In 1541, with the help of Juan de Herrada and other Almagro supporters, they besieged Pizzaro...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Didacus Almagrus wird von dem Ferdinando Pizarro in gefängnuss geworffen darinnen strangul. . .
Almagro returned to Cuzco, disillusioned and embittered from his long and fruitless journey south into Chile, where he had been searching for further wealth. This led to ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Die Spanier und Indianer halten eine Schlacht für der Stadt Cuzco.
Spanish soldiers, some on horseback, fight before a fortified town against native Americans. Includes guns or muskets, drums, swords, spears, fortifications, and scene of...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Die Stadt Cuzco so die reichste war in gantzen Königreich Peru wirdt von den Spaniern eingenommen.
Spanish soldiers fight in a fortified town against native Americans. Includes guns or muskets, swords, spears, fortifications, and scene of warfare.After Atahualpa was ki...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Franciscus Pizarrus lässt den König Atabaliba wider verheissene trew und glauben auff . . .
Atahualpa who is chained to his chair is garroted or executed in a room with Spanish soldiers and blacks [slaves]. Includes spears, gun or musket, headdress, pole and rop...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Als dem König Atabaliba zugesagt war dass er widerumb ledig werden solt schickte er die. . .
Spanish soldiers on horseback supervise native Americans who bring gold and silver vessels and statues to a fortified city. Includes vessels, animals such as a lobster, a...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Atabaliba kompt mit Francisco Pizarro ubereyn der Rantzion halben die er für sein erledigung bezahlen solte. . .
Atahualpa or Atabaliba talks to Francisco Pizarro in a room with Spanish soldiers. Includes spears, guns or muskets, and dwellings. Accompanying Pizarro was a monk called...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Der König Atabaliba kompt mit grossem Pracht zu Caxamalca an.
The Inca king, Atahualpa or Atabaliba, holding a scepter in the shape of a sun is carried on a litter by native American soldiers. In the background is a fortified city. ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Ferdinandus de Soto Hauptmann uber das Kriegssvolck wardt sampt etlichen anderen von Pizarro, zu dem König Atabaliba abgesandt.
Hernando de Soto on horseback greets a native American carrying a scepter in the shape of a sun.They are surrounded by native American and Spanish soldiers. Includes war ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Gonsaluus Pizarrus wird uberwunden gefangen und enthauptet.
Pizarro returned to Spain in 1528 and appealed to the king to grant him permission to conquer Peru. With him, he brought gold and silver, as evidence of their potential w...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Designatio Orbis Christiani
Planispherical world map broadly based on Ortelius and similar to Hondius's Atlas Minor map of the same title. It shows most of the world, excluding the west coast of Nor...
- $450 / ≈ €389
Date: France, ca 1607
Persicum Regnum.
Early map of Persia, from the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the publication of the big folio-atlases the need was apparently fel...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Wirtenberg.
Detailed map centered on Baden-Württemberg. With major cities of the area named.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor. Shortly after the p...
- $40 / ≈ €35
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Brauswik et Meydburg com confinijs.
Detailed map showing the region around Brunswick and Magdeburg. With major cities of the area named.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Sho...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Waldek Comit.
Early map of the region surrounding Waldeck, northern Hessen. From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the publication of the big ...
- $45 / ≈ €39
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Bavaria.
Detailed map showing part of Bavaria. It covers the area between Ingolstadt and Salzburg.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after ...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Fessae Regnum.
Charming small map of the northwestern tip of Africa with Fez showing as the principal city. Decorative title cartouche.From a Latin-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atla...
- $120 / ≈ €104
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Saxoniae Superioris Lusatiae..
Detailed map of Saxony. With Prague at the bottom. From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the publication of the big folio-atlas...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
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...
- $6000 / ≈ €5182
Date: Antwerp, 1608
Saxonia Inferior et Mekleburg.
Detailed map showing part of northern Germany. With major cities of the area named.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the pu...
- $80 / ≈ €69
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
La Germanie.
Small map of Germany, including Austria and part of Poland. Strap work title cartouche in the lower left.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Mino...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Indiae Orientalis.
This map covers an area including India, part of Malaysia, Borneo and China.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the publicati...
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Northumbr. Cumberladia Dunelm. Episcop.
A map of the most northern part of England, from the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the publication of the big folio-atlases the ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Ultonia Oriental.
Map depicting part of Ulster, with the south-western tip of Scotland in the upper right. From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after ...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Udrone.
Map depicting present-day County Carlow in Leinster Province & Catherlaugh which is now Carlow. From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Sho...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Brabantia.
Decorative regional map of northern Belgium and the Dutch province Brabant, extending north to Breda and south to Namur, with Antwerp and Brussels near the center.Oriente...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Hassia Landgraviatus.
Detailed map showing the region around Kassel. With major cities of the area named.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the pu...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Livonia.
Scarce miniature map of Lithuania, from the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor. Engraved by Pieter Van Den Keere.Shortly after the publication of t...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburgh, 1608
Pascaarte van een deel der Oost Zee, tusschen Bornholm ende der Memel, vertonende de ware gelegentheijt der Zeecusten van Pruijssen. . .
This very rare chart of the Northern Coast of Poland with Gdansk, appeared in the rare English edition of Willem Blaeu's 'Het Licht der Zeevaert', an atlas of sea charts ...
- $4000 / ≈ €3455
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Das Wiflispurgergou.
Reduced version of Mercator''s map of the southwestern part of Switzerland. Shows Geneva, Lake Geneva, Lake Neuchatel, Lake Biel, Bern, Freiburg, Lake Thuner, etc.From th...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Anglesey Ins. / Wight.. / Ins. Garnesey. / Ins. Iarsey.
A reduced version of Mercator's folio map with four maps on one sheet depicting the English islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Wright and Alderney.Each map is embellished with ...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Asia.
Map of Asia with an oversized Korea and a curious shape for Japan, from the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the publication of the...
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Cuba Insula. Hispaniola.
Decorative engraved map of Cuba above Hispaniola with smaller insets of Havana, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Margarita.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius''...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Palatinat. Bavariae.
Detailed map showing part of Bavaria. It covers the area between Ingolstadt, Nuremberg and Regensburg.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.S...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Totius Lemovici et . . .
Map of part of France, centered on Limoge, including a plan of Limoge. Prepared by Jean du Fayen (1530-1612), French physician and geographer, who prepared the first know...
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Africae Descriptio.
Map of Africa from the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the publication of the big folio-atlases the need was apparently felt for a...
Date: Amsterdam, 1608