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![[View of the arrival of Cornelis de Houtman's fleet at Bantam, Java.].](/uploads/cache/37937-250x250.jpg)
[View of the arrival of Cornelis de Houtman's fleet at Bantam, Java.].
Engraved map of Bantam on Java with a lettered key (A-N) showing the arrival of Cornelis de Houtman’s fleet at Bantam, Java in 1596. Houtman’s four vessels, the Amste...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
Noricum.
A miniature map showing a part of Bavaria, including the cities of Bamberg and Nuremberg. Title cartouche on the left side.First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, ...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Amsterdam / Frankfurt, 1609
Sara et Zebenic.
A miniature map of the islands of Dalmatia. Title cartouche on the lower left side.First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were executed by the most fam...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Amsterdam / Frankfurt, 1609
![[Foreign Merchants at Bantam].](/uploads/cache/37943-250x250.jpg)
[Foreign Merchants at Bantam].
Two text engravings from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
Pars Undecima Orientalis III. Quomodo Pembae incolae Anglos aliquot. . .
Finely engraved view of the arrival of Europeans at Pemba iIsland in Zanziba.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
![[Tropical fruits of Java].](/uploads/cache/37934-250x250.jpg)
[Tropical fruits of Java].
Two text engravings of fruits on Java from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . ....
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
IX. Repraesentatio Piscationum Diurnarum.
Fishing offshore at the coasts of Guinea. Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at ...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
![[Java Fruits].](/uploads/cache/37933-250x250.jpg)
[Java Fruits].
Text engraving of fruits on Java from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . &qu...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
Solemnitas Nuptialis Bantam Incolarum. (A wedding ceremony in the city of Bantam)
When a young couple become engaged they do not leave their homes until the wedding takes place. On their wedding day they are dressed up and happy, and visited by all the...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Expressio Germinum Quoque Aliorum, in S. Lavrentii.
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...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
VI. Repraesentatio Bellorum, et Quomodo se ad Illa praeparent. (How the natives fight each other)
This shows how the men go to war and which weapons they use. They hold large square shields, about six feet high and four feet wide, made of cane and fortified with ox-hi...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Mare Rubrum / Mer Rouge.
Wonderful miniature map includes the Red Sea, Yemen, and the east coast of the Arabian peninsula. One of the early maps to focus on this area. The title cartouche on the ...
Date: Amsterdam / Frankfurt, 1609
Natolia olim Asia Minor.
Genuine antique map "Natolia" by Abraham Ortelius from Epitome Theatri Orbis Terrarum, published in Antwerp in 1609. This charming 400-year-old miniature copper...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Antwerp, 1609
Tartaria.
A 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 the m...
Date: Amsterdam, 1609
![Repraesentatio Aedificiorum in Benyn, et Quid Praeterea notatu dignum ibi occurrat. [Execution of criminals in Benin.]](/uploads/cache/29834-250x250.jpg)
Repraesentatio Aedificiorum in Benyn, et Quid Praeterea notatu dignum ibi occurrat. [Execution of criminals in Benin.]
Execution of criminals in Benin. According to the text: The town of Benin is quite large and comprises homes with no windows, only open roofs. The more distinguished hous...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Delineatio Piscationum Ternatensis.
Fishing scene on Ternate island, Maluku, Indonesia.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six ...
- $80 / ≈ €69
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Delineatio Foederis Hollandorum cum Rege Calecutanorum pacti.
A treaty between the Dutch and the king of Calicut. The Dutch Admiral, Steffan van der Haagen already knew that the people of Calicut, on the Malabar Coast of India, were...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Mercatorum Extra. Neorum in Bantam Alia. Effigiatio. (People of Malacca)
People of Malacca.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at the time of his death in...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Indianorum, Insulae Pugnatan Incolarum. (The natives of the island of Pugnatan)
There was an island called Pugnatan at the western entrance to the Strait of Sudan, where the natives went about completely naked. Like the natives of Brazil, their hair ...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Habitus Moresque Insulae Sumatra Incolarum. (People of Sumatra)
People of Sumatra.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at the time of his death in...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XVI. Civitas Bantam Tormentis nostris oppugnata . . .
Attack of Bantam (Banten), a city and former sultanate on Java island.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XXV. Quo Ritu Bantani Concilia Militaria Agant. 19. (Councils meeting at Bantam)
Councils meeting at Bantam (Banten), a city and former sultanate on Java island. Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages ...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
VII. Repraesentatio Processus in Iudiciis Civilibus et Criminalibus Ufitati. (Courts and Administration of Justice)
A depiction of the court and administration of justice. Seven features are identified : (A) the king or chief listening to a case presented to him, (B) the beheading of a...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Pars Undecima Orientalis X. Quomodo in Septentrionalibus insulis prope. (How the inhabitants catch whales off the east coast of Madagascar.)
How the inhabitants catch whales off the east coast of Madagascar. When the natives of Santa Marta, off the east coast of Madagascar see a whale, they row out in their li...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Chinensium in Bantam Superstitio et idololatria. 18. ( How the Chinese worship their idols in Bantam)
How the Chinese worship their idols in Bantam. As can be seen here, the Chinese worship their idol, which takes the form of a devil. They lay offerings of fruit on an alt...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XIX. Repraesentatio Maiestatis, qua rex in Cabo Lopo Gonsalves . . . (How the chief of Cabo Lopo Gonsalues presents himself )
This describes the places they call Cabo Lopo Gonsalues and Rio de Gabon, where the chief receives his visitors. He sits on a chair placed upon a platform with two or thr...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XX. Repraesentatio Eorum Quae Praeterea in Cabo Lopo Gonfalues. . . (More inhabitants of Cabo Lopo Gonsalues)
Here we see more figures of Cabo Lopo Gonsalues and Rio de Gabon. A: a distinguished man decked out in his finery and carrying several types of knives in his belt. In his...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Turcicum Imperium / Empire Turc.
A miniature map of the Arabian peninsula, centered on Jerusalem. Title cartouche on the lower left corner.First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were e...
Date: Amsterdam/Frankfurt 1609
Natolia.
A miniature map of the Arabian peninsula, including Cyprus. The title cartouche on the lower right corner.First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were e...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Amsterdam / Frankfurt, 1609
![[Navigational chart].](/uploads/cache/37971-250x250.jpg)
[Navigational chart].
Two text engravings from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the...
Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
XII. Delineatio Venationum, quomodo Nimir um Omnis Generis feras capiant. (How the hunters catch animals: 1603-1604)
A: shows a leopard walking into a cage with a trap door. B: is an antelope, killed by natives, using ‘assagais’. C: shows rabbits being caught. They are frightened ou...
- $125 / ≈ €108
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
![[Description de la Figure de la ville de Gammelamme - Description du N° 15]](/uploads/cache/43504-250x250.jpg)
[Description de la Figure de la ville de Gammelamme - Description du N° 15]
View of the town of Gammelamme [Gamalama] on Ternate, where the Dutch established a trading post. Text engraving from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation a...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
XXVI. Repraesentatio Capitum Praecipuarum Aliquot Personarum in Benyn.
Different types from Benin, in West Africa.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
VIII. Repraesentatio Commerciorum et Negotiationum, Quas Nigritae cum Batauis exercent.
Locals from Gold Coast trying to sell items to the crew of a Dutch vessel. Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 159...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
V. Inusitata Terrae Concussio, in Insula S. Michael Facta.
Showing the Vila Franca earthquake on 26 July 1591Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six p...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XXVII. Triremes seu Galiottae et Fustae Iavenenfium. 21. ( A typical Javanese man-of-war ship)
A typical Javanese man-of-war ship. The Javanese call their man-of-war ships, Cathurs. The slaves are all seated below deck and do the rowing with oars, while the warrior...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
II Pars Indiae Orientalis in qua Johan. Hugonis Linschotani. . .
De Bry's Part II of his "Les Petit Voyages", containing "Pars Indiae Orientalis, in qua Johan. Hugonis Linscotani navagatio in Orientem, 1609", being ...
Date: Frankfurt, Wolffgang Richter, 1609
![[Sunda].](/uploads/cache/37956-250x250.jpg)
[Sunda].
Text engraving and coastal profiles in wood block from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux ad...
Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
Sumatra Insula.
A miniature map of Sumatra containing detailed geography and nomenclature around the entire island. The neighbouring coast of the Malay Peninsula is shown, including Sing...
- $450 / ≈ €389
Date: Amsterdam/Frankfurt 1609
Mercatorum Ex China in Bantam Negotiantium Schema.
An early portrait of Chinese merchants in Banten (Bantam), a small port town near Java's western end.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilati...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
![[Titlepage] Nomenclator Ptolemaicus..](/uploads/cache/06436-250x250.jpg)
[Titlepage] Nomenclator Ptolemaicus..
Title page from a Ortelius Atlas part called: Nomenclator , containing a register of place names in antiquity. Letterpress with copper engraved print (60x60mm) of the eas...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Antwerp, 1609
Vera effigies et delineatio Infulce Ascenstio. . . (St. Helena)
Striking view of the Island of Ascuncion (St. Helena).Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published s...
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Insula D.Helenae sacra coeli Clementia . . .
A fine perspective view of the Island of St.Helena in the South Atlantic. The location of the Island directly on the navigation route from Europe to the Cape of Good Hope...
- $750 / ≈ €649
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
(Title page) Principum Christianorum Stemmata.
Uncommon title page. From Antonio Albizzi, "Principum Christianorum Stemmata ab Antonio Albizio Nobili Florentino collecta: et Cum brevibus ejusdem notationibus ex A...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Strasbourg, 1610
![[Title page] Germaniae Tabule Geographicae ...](/uploads/cache/43267-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Germaniae Tabule Geographicae ...
This is the title page to the volume of the atlas devoted to maps of Germany. According to Shirley the "early sectional parts of his "Atlas" each had Manne...
Date: Amsterdam, 1585-c.1610
Natoliae Sive Asia Minor.
Map of Turkey, also depicting Cyprus.
- $750 / ≈ €649
Date: Amsterdam, 1610
Gelriae, Cliviae, Finitimorumque Locorum Verissima Descriptio.
From the very rare Galle edition of the Ortelius Atlas, published after 1612. Fine map of Geldria and Limburg, prepared by Christian s'Grooten. Very fine title cartouche ...
Date: Antwerp, after 1612
Auriaco infaelix Roermonda. . .
Showing the siege in May 1572 of Roermond.
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Amsterdam, 1612
Tartariae sive Magni Chami Imperium.
This is a very early depiction of the northern Pacific, with the first mapping of Northwest Coast of America and probably the first map to name California 'C. Califormio...
- $2500 / ≈ €2164
Date: Antwerp, c. 1608-1612
Polonia et Silesia. (With text page)
Early map of Poland. With English title above the map and an description of the region in English on verso.
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Amsterdam, 1612
Burgundiae Ducatus.
Map of Burgundy region without text on the verso. Second state with the date 1597 removed from the title cartouche. This is the rarest Burgundy map of the four that Ortel...
- $500 / ≈ €433
Date: Antwerp, after 1612
Polonia. (With text page)
Early map of Poland (168x250mm.) printed on a text page, together with another giving a description of the region in English.
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, 1612
Flandria.
Very decorative, egg-shaped map. This is the last and very rare third state with the signature Theodorus Galle. The fortifications along the Scheldt River are added and t...
- $1000 / ≈ €865
Date: Antwerp, after 1612
Namurcum Comitatus.
Prepared by Jacques Surhon in 1555. His manuscript map was for security reason not published. Only in 1579, when Antwerp was independent for a short time, Ortelius used a...
- $500 / ≈ €433
Date: Antwerp, after 1612
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. Only ...
- $500 / ≈ €433
Date: Antwerp, after 1612
Sardinia / Sicilia.. / Corfu / Zerbi.. / Elba / Malta. . .
Six very fine and early maps on one sheet. Including the islands of Sicily, Corfu, Sardinia, Zerbi (Djerba), Elba and Malta.The map of Malta has a sinking ship at Cala di...
Date: Antwerp, 1570-1612
Domus Hansae Teutonicae / Sacri Romani Imperii. (Antwerp townhall)
From Ludovico Guicciardini.'s description of the Netherlands "Beschrijvinghe van alle de Nederlanden anderssins ghenoemt Neder-Duytslandt", published by Willem ...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Amsterdam, 1612
Prussia .
Important early map showing coast of Baltic Sea in Prussia, today Poland, prepared by the German cartographer Gaspher Henneberg of Erlich. Embellished with a large strapw...
Date: Amsterdam, 1612
Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, nova descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio.
The first map of China ever to appear in a Western atlas, west to the top. When this map appeared, it was by far the most accurate one of China.The map is based on a manu...
- $5500 / ≈ €4760
Date: Antwerp, 1608 /1612
Burgundiae Ducatus. Burgundiae Comitatus.
Separately issued map of Burgundy area. Two maps of Burgundy region on a plate. Separately published map, without text on the verso. Second state with the date 1597 remov...
Date: Antwerp, after 1612
Prussia .
An early map of northern Poland from the "Atlas Minor" (Gerhard Mercator / Jodocus Hondius). Extends from Memel to Torun and the Narew River. With two sailing s...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Date: Amsterdam, 1612
![[Titlepage] Galliae tabulae geographicae..](/uploads/cache/21219-250x250.jpg)
[Titlepage] Galliae tabulae geographicae..
Decorative title page from the atlas by Mercator, surrounded with strapwork designs, garlands, fruit, birds and a portrait of a king.Read more about title pages. [+]
- $220 / ≈ €190
Date: Amsterdam, 1613
![[Titlepage] Italiae, Sclavoniae, et Graeciae tabula geographice..](/uploads/cache/21220-250x250.jpg)
[Titlepage] Italiae, Sclavoniae, et Graeciae tabula geographice..
The text in this decorative title page from the atlas by Mercator is enclosed in an architectural framework engraved with cherubs, garlands and an eagle.Read more about t...
- $220 / ≈ €190
Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Provinciae, Regionis Galliae, vera exactissimaq. descriptio. Provence Petro Ioanne Bomparioo auctore.
A finely engraved map of the Province prepared by Pierre-Jean de Bompar who published a single sheet map of the Province in 1591. Title cartouche in the upper left-hand c...
- $500 / ≈ €433
Date: Amsterdam, 1613
![Description de tovts les Pays-Bas, autrement appellez, la Germanie Inferieure, ov Basse Allemagne / par Messire Loys Gvicciardin [...]](/uploads/cache/48781-250x250.jpg)
Description de tovts les Pays-Bas, autrement appellez, la Germanie Inferieure, ov Basse Allemagne / par Messire Loys Gvicciardin [...]
Fine early edition of the French oblong edition of this famous description of the Low Countries. For the French edition most plates are newly engraved by Petrus Kaerius.....
- $3500 / ≈ €3029
Date: Arnhem, Janssonius, J.,1613
Asiae Nova Descriptio. . .
Several sources appear to have been used in the compilation of this map, including the Portuguese Jesuits Luis Teixeira (1595) for Japan, and Luis Jorgede Barbuda (1584) ...
- $3000 / ≈ €2596
Date: Amsterdam, 1613
![[Title page for] Galliae tabule geographicae . . .](/uploads/cache/47941-250x250.jpg)
[Title page for] Galliae tabule geographicae . . .
Very fine title page by Gerard Mercator, composed of an elaborate strapwork design with the portrait of a King at the top.
Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Nova et accurata Foederatarum Orovinciarum Inferioris Germaniae descriptio… 1615 P.Kaerius.
The oldest know map of the Dutch Republik. The extremely rare 1615 editiion of the map of the Netherlands. The map is better from from the Cloppenburg editions of the At...
- $1500 / ≈ €1298
Date: J.Janssoius, Arnhem, 1615
Turicum imperium.
FIRST IMPRINT FROM THE NEWLY ENGRAVED PLATES IN 1616. - A rare miniature map of the Ottoman empire with Turkey and the Arabian Peninsular. Title cartouche on the lower le...
Date: Amsterdam, J. Hondius, 1616
Descriptio Borussiae.
Fine miniature map of Prussia, now-a-day Poland. Bertius was a Flemish theologian, historian, geographer and cartographer. This little copperplate gem was engraved by van...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, 1616
Comitatus Hannonia.
Detailed map of the Belgium province Hainault or Henegouwen. Including the towns of Mons, Geraadsbergen, etc.Uncommon and decorative oval map in a rectangular frame, the ...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Amsterdam, 1616
India Orientalis.
FIRST IMPRINT FROM THE NEWLY ENGRAVED PLATES IN 1616. - A rare miniature map of the East Indies.First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were executed by...
Date: Amsterdam, J. Hondius, 1616
Malacca.
FIRST IMPRINT FROM THE NEWLY ENGRAVED PLATES IN 1616. - A rare miniature map of Malacca, Borneo, part of Sumatra . Latin text on verso.First published in 1598 in his Caer...
Date: Amsterdam, J. Hondius, 1616
Turcicum Imperium.
FIRST IMPRINT FROM THE NEWLY ENGRAVED PLATES IN 1616. - A rare miniature map of the Arabian Peninsular. Title cartouche on the lower left corner.First published in 1598 i...
- $500 / ≈ €433
Date: Amsterdam, J. Hondius, 1616
Gallia. Nova Galliae descriptio . . .
Very rare and early map of France with figures on three sides with views of cities, portraits (Henri IV and Marie de Medicis) and costumes. The map was directly influence...
Date: Amsterdam, 1616
Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein.. .
Finely executed engraving by Matthäus Merian, taken from "Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein. ...
Date: Hulsen, Stuttgart, 1616
Russia.
Centered on Moscow, with the southern reaches of the map showing Persia, Armenia and Tashkent, the Black and Caspian Seas, and northward to Lapland and the frozen arctic ...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Amsterdam, 1616
Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein.. .
Finely executed engraving by Matthäus Merian, taken from "Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein. ...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Hulsen, Stuttgart, 1616
Polna vulgo Polm insign : Bohemia. . .
This is a view of Polna from the southwest, looking across the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands from a slightly elevated viewpoint. In addition to the parish church (D) in the...
Date: Cologne, 1617
Livoniae Descrip.
A rare miniature map of the Baltic States Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania. The present map is one of the earliest obtainable maps to focus this region. Title cartouche o...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Amsterdam, 1618