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Cochin (today: Ernakulam)
Small but charming 18th water color on paper depicting Cochin (today : Ernakulam) was from 1500, when the first Portuguese fleet called on its port, a firm ally of the Po...
Date: India? c.1750
Carte générale de L'Empire Ottoman en Europe et en Asie dressée par Henri Kiepert . . .
Large School wall map of Turkish Empire printed in chromo-lithography. Published by Dieter Reimer and printed by Ferdind Barth in Berlin. This rare map has two insets in ...
Date: Berlin, Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, 1867
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.Taprobana Ins. Tabula XII Asiae. [Sri Lanka.]
Ptolemy's mythical island of Taprobana originally became associated with Sri Lanka although it was sometimes confused with Sumatra. Taprobana, as it was called on most ea...
Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1535
SETTSU MEISHO ZUE. Illustrations of famous places in Settsu.
Settsu Meisho Zue was printed in two series of 8 and 4 volumes. The principal illustrator was Takehara Shunchosai, but many illustrations in the 4 volumes supplement are ...
Date: Osaka, Yanagiwara Kibei, Kansei 8-10 or 1796-1798
An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China deliver'd by their excellencies, Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at his imperial city of Peking. . .
Very rare first English text edition of this most important and early resource on China and the Chinese. Three parts in one folio by John Macock for the author.Part I: An...
Date: London : Printed by the Author at his house in White-Friers, 1669
Plan commercial de la Région Saïgon-Cholon.
Decorative publicity plan of Ho Chi Minh City, also known by its former name of Saigon and Cholon, prepared by Ngo-Trinh, surrounded by advertisements of local stores. Th...
Date: Saigon, 1948
Mapa De la parte de la Isla Formosa sa perteneciente al Emperadotde la China sacado por Ord. De S.M.
Extremely rare map of the west coast of Taiwan, the Punghu or Pescadore Islands, and the Fokien or Fujian coast of China. Several ancient Taiwanese cities are noted, incl...
Date: Manilla, Seminario Conciliar, y Real de San Carlos, 1788-1792
Carte des Isles du Japon Esquelles est remarque la Route..
This uncommon map of Japan, on a reasonably large scale, includes comments on the country's nature. For instance, Ocsaqui (Okazaki, near Nagoya) is said to have the most ...
Date: Paris 1679
COLLECTION OF HONG KONG MAPS, BOOKS & FLYERS. Including CHINA - HONGKONG surveyed by Captn. Sir Edward Belcher, in H.M.S. Sulphur 1841. Corrected to 1901.
A collection of 30 maps, prints, and publications relating to Hong Kong. Including : - BELCHER, E. Sir, An updated version of this most important nautical chart of Hong K...
Date: London, 1841 - 1901
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.Tabula III Asiae. [Caucasus and Armenia.]
Ptolemaic map of the region south of the Caucasus Mountains and between the Caspian Sea as far south as the headwaters of the Tigris River in the south and the Black Sea,...
Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1535
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[Map of Palestine ]
Map of Palestine from "La Mer des Hystoires" published by Dupré, Paris, 1536 "La Mer des Hystoires" is a translation into French of the famous "...
Date: Dupre, Paris, 1536
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Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae. Das ist: Ein Reisebuch...
Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae. Das ist: Ein Reisebuch, Uber die gantze heilige Schrifft, in zwey Bücher geteilet... Zuvor gemehret mit einem Büchlein De monetis et mens...
Date: Magdeburg, 1587
Atlas des Missions de la Société des Missions-Étrangères. . .
This scarce atlas contains maps showing the locations of the Catholic missions belonging to the Société des Missions Étrangères in Asia. It covers India, Burma, Siam,...
Date: Lille, 1890
Tabula Superioris Indiae & Tartariae maioris. (Modern Map of China, Japan, etc.)
Important map extending from Tartary in the north, to "Prov. Bocat" (Cambodia) in the south. "Tebet" is shown prominently, as is "Zinpangri"...
Date: Vienne, 1541
Asia carta di ciasete piu moderna. (Japan)
Rare FIRST STATE of this important map for Korea and Japan, a map of the Blancus/Moreira type, but adds a huge 'Jesso' filling the top of this old map. The map is of inte...
Date: Florence, 1646-1647
Indie moet vrij vecht ervoor.
War propaganda poster by Patrick (Pat) Cokayne Keely, distributed in the liberated South of the Netherlands, this poster concerned the Japanese occupation of Indonesia an...
Date: London, J.Haworth / Brother Ltd, 1944
Costumes des habitans de Manille.
A very beautiful print, showing four elegant figures relaxing in a shady glade, two women recline and two stand chatting.After a design of Duché de Vancy and engraved by...
Date: Paris, 1798
Peregrinations divi Pauli Tyrus Corographicus. . .
A beautifully executed and very rare map showing the peregrinations of St. Paul in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Mediterranean is ornated with two ships and two sea mons...
Date: Paris, ca. 1640
Het gezandtschap der Neerlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, Den tegenwoordigen Keizer van China. . .
Third edition of this beautifully illustrated work on China. The first edition was published in 1665.Jan Nieuhof was a "Dutch traveler and adventurer" (1618-72)...
Date: Amsterdam, W. Waasberge, 1693
Mocha, in Arabien. (View of Mocha, Yemen.)
Magnificent bird's eye-town-view of Mocha in Yemen.. Etched by Gaspar Bouttats (1640-1695).The Antwerp based publisher Jacques Peeters published ca. 1690 a series of prin...
Date: Antwerp, c.1690
Shinkan Nagasaki no Dzu.
The oldest of these so-called Nagasaki pictures (Nagasaki-zu) were two panoramic prints by the artist Chikujuken that served as guides to the city of Nagasaki for visitor...
Date: Nagasaki, 1801
Peregrinationis Divi Pauli Typus corographicus. . .
A splendid map depicting the travels of Paulus. With two fine scenes in top. Showing the countries along the Mediterranean, including Cyprus and Italy. A first edition wi...
Date: Antwerp, 1595
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Iava Maior.
Very fine miniature map of Java, engraved by Benjamin Wright (1575-1613). This early map contains detailed geography and nomenclature around the northern coastline of the...
Date: Amsterdam, Cornelis Claes, 1606
A Map and Chart of Arabia, the Red Sea, & Persian Gulf, drawn from the Chart of the Eastern Ocean, Publish'd in 1740, by Order of ye Count de Maruepas,...
A small but unusual map of the Arabian Peninsular, engraved by G. Child for 'The universal traveller: or, A compleat description of the several nations of the world', by ...
Date: London, Th. Salmon, 1752-1753
Allerneuester geographisch- und topographischer Schau-Platz von Africa und Ost-Indien. . .
An early issue of this important book by Johann Wolfgang Heydt's describing the Dutch factories, settlements and stations at the hands of the Dutch East India Company in ...
Date: Wilhermsdorf, Tetscher u. Nürnberg, Homanns Erben, 1744
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[Complete set of maps of Japan] Imperium Japonicum Per Regiones Digestum Sex et Sexaginta Atque Ipsorum Japonensium Mappis Descriptum Ab Hadriano Relando.
Complete set of 11 maps Reland's map of Japan, the first map to use Sino-Japanese characters on a European printed map and represents a radical departure from prior Europ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1751
Carte géologique détaillée. Beyrouth.
Geological or soil map showing part of Lebanon with Beyrouth, including in top a colored legend with signs of the different geological ages. Provenance : Fondation P. Fal...
Date: Liban, Service geographique des F.F.L., 1945.
Asia secunda pars in forma Pegasi.
UNRECORDED PLATE or STATE. Asia depicted as the flying horse Pegasus. Below the depiction 3 lines of engraved Latin text. Double page copper engraved map from Heinrich BÃ...
Date: Brunswick, ca. 1635
Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea.
BRITAIN'S FIRST ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF KOREA & OKINAWANS. With an appendix containing charts and various hydrographical and scientific notices by captain Basil Hall and ...
Date: London, 1818
'T Eilandje Desima verblyf plaats der Hollanders in Japan.
Bird's-eye view of Dejima copied from a manuscript by Voogt, who was second-in-command on Deshima in 1713. The island is viewed from the landside, depicting the developme...
Date: Amsterdam, 1739
Carte géologique détaillée. Zahle.
Geological map showing part of Lebanon with Zahle. , including a legend with signs of the different geological ages. Provenance : Fondation P. Fallot
Date: Liban, Service geographique des F.F.L., 1945.
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Hern Johann Baptisten Taveniers..Vierzig Jaehrige Reize..
This German edition includes Tavernier's map of Japan in a reduced form (210x315mm) and contains legends about the country's nature, e.g., where gold is mined and plottin...
Date: Nuremberg, 1681
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Kantong [The Dutch Folly Fort off Canton]
Charming 18th water color on paper depicting The Dutch "Folly Fort" off Canton. Probably made by a western artist visiting China.Forts were built in several pla...
Date: Canton?, c.1750
La Tartaria Chinese.
With decorative title cartouche. Covering north eastern part of China, Korea and Hokkaido (here called Jeso-Gasima, Tartary including the Gobi Desert; also Peking and the...
Date: Venice, 1784
Straat Riouw onder opzicht van de commissie tot verbetering der Indische Zeekaarten..
Very large and rare so-called Blue Back centered on the strait passing between the Riau Islands. It contains an inset map with enlarged details of Riouw Harbor on Bintang...
Date: Amsterdam 1843
Nouvel atlas de la Chine, de la Tartarie chinoise, et du Thibet.
First edition of "the principal cartographic authority on China during the 18th century". It was the second major atlas of China produced in Europe following th...
Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1737
De golf van Bengalen.
Rare chart of the Indian Ocean, with nice detail on Ceylon (Sri Lanka) with compass roses and a system of rhumb lines, soundings and anchorage's. Many place names. The pl...
Date: Amsterdam, after 1669-1712
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[Bantam].
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 cla...
Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
Karte von Asien.
An attractive map of Asia. With a decorative title cartouche in the upper left-hand corner. Engraved by Aarons.Franz Johann Josef von Reilly (Vienna 18 august 1766 - 6 ju...
Date: Vienna 1795
The Kingdome of China.
A most sought-after map of China. Decorative border vignettes including views of the cities of Quinzay and Macao along the top border with the wheeled wind machines and p...
Date: London, G. Humble, 1627
The East Part of India, or India beyond the R. Ganges.
Herman Moll's map of those Asian countries to be found east of the River Ganges, including Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, southern most China, Malaysia, Sumatr...
Date: London, ca 1750
India Tercera Nuova Tavola.
The 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 up...
Date: Venice, 1598
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[Map of the Holy Land, including Cyprus]
Attractive full page longitudinal map of Palestine, Syria and Cyprus, cut by Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch. The shore line running from Southern Anatolia to the Nile Delta. ...
Date: Basle, 1550-1580
Asiae Minoris nova descriptio. Geographische Beschryvinge aller Landen... ende sendbrieuen der Apostele...
Extremely rare map from a Dutch bible, published by Dancker Danckerts. This map was included in a Dutch bible including several maps signed by C.Danckerts and one dated 1...
Date: Amsterdam, 1643
Tabula nova utriusque Indiae.
This is the fourth and last edition of this map based on Waldseemüller's first "modern" map of Asia. It follows that cartography without change but adds an int...
Date: Vienne, 1541
Carte de la Corée d'après la Carte du Dictionnaire coréen-français par les Missionnaires de Corée. . .
Map of Korea called "Corée", which was produced by the French organization Mission Etrangères de Paris (MEP) in 1880. Supposedly, the map was based on Father ...
Date: Paris, 1880
Carte la plus generale et qui comprend la Chine, la Tartarie chinoise et le Thibet. . .
It has a quite elaborate pictorial cartouche engraved by G. Kondet. It is a very detailed map of China, Tibet, and Korea.In the upper left corner is very good details of ...
Date: The Hague, 1737
Carte du Kouy-Tchéou.
Detailed map of Guizhou Province prepared by Mgr. Faurie and other sources supplied by missionaries. Published in "Les Missions Catholique". Engraved by P. Méa...
Date: Lyon, c.1874
Vue de L'Hotel de Batavie. . .
A so-called optical print of Fatahillah Square in Jakarta, Indonesia, prepared for use in a light-box or an amusing light-show. This richly hand colored print is much per...
Date: Augsburg, 1750
Jerusalem.
Engraved by Bastiaan Stoopendaal from Juan Bautista Villapando's imaginary town-plan of Jerusalem. This bird's-eye view is surrounded by 12 scenes, views and portraits of...
Date: Amsterdam, 1682
Vue de cavite dans la Baie de Manille.
Two boats and passengers with Cavite Philippines in the background as if was seen from Manila Bay in January 1787. After a design of Gaspard Duchè de Vancy and engraved ...
Date: Paris, 1798
Il regno della China detto presentente Catay e Magnin. . .
A rare and decorative Italian map of China and Japan, with Japan closely modelled on the indented Cardim outline and Hokkaido, called Yuppi , shown as an Asian peninsula....
Date: Rome, 1682
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[India and China]
Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of India and China prepared Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 published ...
Date: Vienna, 1525 -1541
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.[India]
Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of India prepared by Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 published in &quo...
Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541
Nouvelle carte des mers comprises entre le détroit de Banca et P°. Timon avec la partie orientale du détroit de Malacca.
Important French chart of the tip of Malaysia with Singapore. Latitude and longitude scales, compass rose and system of rhumb lines, soundings near coast and in bay areas...
Date: Paris, 1745
Sumatra Insula.
A miniature map of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula, including Singapore and the various islands directly south of it. Containing detailed geography and nomenclature aroun...
Date: Amsterdam, 1609
Carte de l'Ile de Java.
An inset plan of Batavia and clearly indicated rice fields, mountains, forests, towns in profile and even elephants suggest the wealth of detail found on this map. Modele...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
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[East Asia]
Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of East Asia and centered on Amenia, prepared Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map fr...
Date: Vienna, 1525 -1541
![Carte de la coste orientale de la Chine depuis Amoy, jusqu'Ã Chusan avec une partie de l'Isle Formose [with] Plan du port d'Amoy ou Emouy.](/uploads/cache/33583-250x250.jpg)
Carte de la coste orientale de la Chine depuis Amoy, jusqu'Ã Chusan avec une partie de l'Isle Formose [with] Plan du port d'Amoy ou Emouy.
Important French chart of the China Sea with the coast of Northern China, including a large depiction of Formosa.Latitude and longitude scales, compass rose and system of...
Date: Paris, Jean-François Robustel, 1745
(Untitled view from Scutari with a view of Constantinople)
Panoramic view from Scutari with a view of Constantinople in the distance, after a design by Johann Schranz. Published by J. Missiriè.
Date: Paris, 1860
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Province de Fo-Kien. [Includes West Coast of Taiwan]
An important map of Fujian Province shows the East Coast of China and the West Coast of Taiwan. It shows that for the Manchu Qing, only the western half of Formosa was co...
Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1737
Insularum Moluccarum Nova description.
Exquisite map of the famous Spice Islands based. This map was the first large-scale map of the region and depicts the islands which provided first the Portuguese and then...
Date: Amsterdam, 1730
Carte d'unne partie de l'Arabie Septentrionale Pour suivre les Voyages de Mr. G.A. Vallin. . .
This is the original hand-drawn map by Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun of "Carte d'unne partie de l'Arabie Septentrionale Pour suivre les Voyages de Mr. G.A. Wallin",...
Date: Paris, November 1855
Die Insel Formosa neu abgemessen auf Befehl Kaysers Kamhi.
One of the earliest obtainable printed maps of Taiwan or Formosa Island. It was issued around 1726 to illustrate Joseph Stöcklein's [Stoecklein] compilation of Jesuit mi...
Date: Augsburg, 1726
De Stadt Jerusalem.
Plan of ancient Jerusalem from a Dutch bible after Villalpando. The print is in contemporary colors, which is extremely rare for a plate like this. Lower left the Temple ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1710
AFGHAN de CABOULE. Costumes Persans 8.
A beautiful hand colored lithograph of an elegant Afghan from Kabul published in the French work "Galerie Royale de Costumes peints d´après nature par divers artis...
Date: Paris, Chez Aubert & Cie., 1842-1848
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.[Near east with Cyprus]
Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of Near east with Cyprus prepared by Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 p...
Date: Vienna, 1525 -1541
China Veteribus Sinarum Regio.
Based on Jesuit surveys, the map represents the next major revision in the cartography of China after Ortelius' 1584 map. Korea, however, is still an island, and Japan co...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
A view of the town and castle of Macao.
A nice engraving that shows the attack of the English ship "Centurion" on Macau, during which she captured a Portuguese ship that had sailed from Manila. In up...
Date: London, 1746
A new & accurate map of Asia, Drawn from the most approved modern maps & charts / by Thos. Bowen.
The map is of interest for the use of Sea of Korea, the sea between Korea and Japan.Detailed map of Asia from Saudi Arabia, Persia, Russia, India, China, Japan to Southea...
Date: London, J.Cooke, 1777-1778
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Isola del Giapone e penisola di Corea.
A most attractive and decorative map by Vincenzo Coronelli. An elaborate central title cartouche garlanded with intertwined flowers and dedicated to the Rev.de Fontaine o...
Date: Venice, 1692
Punishment of China.
The Chinese way of a punishment 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. Fr...
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
Punishment of a criminal in China.
Punishment of a criminal in China 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....
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
Parte orientale della China.. / Parte occidentale della China. (2 sheets)
The map depicts the eastern part of China with Korea -correctly- as a peninsula. Formosa is included as well. Japan is partly visible i.e. the area of Yamaguchi, strait K...
Date: Venice, 1695
Emir Fechrredin prince des Drus.
Engraving published by Nicolas Bonnart (c.1637 - 1718), engraver in Augsburg since 1719. Before the nineteenth century, portraits of rulers in the Middle East were a rari...
Date: Paris, ca. 1740
Maldivae Insulae.
Very fine early miniature map of Maldives Islands. East is at the top. Title cartouche on the lower right corner. A dolphin and two ships are depicted.First published in ...
Date: Amsterdam / Frankfurt, 1609
Quinta Etas Mundi. Folium. LXVI. (Visionary Temple of Ezekiel.)
The Latin text page is illustrated with recto and verso depictions of the visionary Temple of Ezekiel. Kings.Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Chro...
Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Philippines Islands.
Pictorial map of Philippines Islands, from the famous illustrator, Ruth Taylor White and published in "Our USA: A Gay Geography".Ruth Taylor White was among the...
Date: Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1935
Histoire Naturelle, Civile, Et Ecclésiastique..'
First French edition, published by P. Gosse, J. Neaulme and B. Lakeman. The basic work on Japan from the second half of the 17th century when it was still forbidden for f...
Date: Amsterdam, 1729
DANSEUSE. Costumes Persans 9.
A beautiful hand colored lithograph of an elegant dancing girl from Persia published in the French work "Galerie Royale de Costumes peints d´après nature par diver...
Date: Paris, Chez Aubert & Cie., 1842-1848
