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Map of contour survey of the site for the federal capital of Australia.
Map of contour survey of the site for the federal capital of Australia / drawn on stone by Messrs. O. Fischer and A.G. von Stach under direction of E.S. Vautin ; drawn on...
Date: Department of Lands, Sydney, 1910
New York - Miami Ocean Highway. Pines to Palms. - Ocean Highway Official Highway Route Approved and Sponsored by the Ocean Highway Association.
Vintage road map showing "The Route of the Experience Motorist" features mileage information in the right margin. Verso features information on cities along the...
Date: Washington, ca. 1947
Index Geographicus Tum veteristum novae cognitae Terrae. . .
This rare and decorative advertising poster uses the world map by Presbyter Chrysanthos, who was the Patriarch of Jerusalem. In the top we see John Constantine Bessaraba ...
Date: Paris, ca. 1930
Norwegia.
An attractive and important miniature map Norway. The map is orientated to the west. The earliest map showing Norway.Prepared by Petrus Bertius, published in Amsterdam at...
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Topographical map of the Federal Territory, Australia.
This map, published by the New South Wales Department of Lands in Sydney in 1910, depicts the Federal Territory—the area designated to house Australia’s future federa...
Date: Sydney, Dept. of Lands, 1910
De Reede en stadt Batavia is geleegen aan de Noord Kust…
A chart of the bay of Batavia with in lower left corner a plan of Batavia (120x147mm). This very rare and influential chart gives a fine representation of Batavia, now kn...
Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Nader prolongatie van het Octroy voor de Westindische Compagnie voor den tyd van nog dertig jaaren. . .
A proclamation by the Dutch States General, dated 1761, extending the charter of the Dutch West India Company for another thirty years. Like the 1730 proclamation, it has...
Date: Amsterdam, 1761
La Ville et le Château de Zélandia dans l' île de Tayovan.
This important copperplate engraving is one of the earliest European views of Taiwan, depicting the Dutch fortifications and trading settlement on the West coast of the i...
Date: Amsterdam, 1675
Mountain system of Hokkaido.
Bilingual English/Japanese map of Hokkaido showing elevations, volcanoes and roads for geological observations, with an inset of Chishima (Kuril Islands).
Date: Hokkaidōchō (Gouvernement de Hokkaidō), Sapporo, 1892
A chart of the northern part of the Indian Ocean..
Complete title in upper right "A Chart of the Northern Part of the Indian Ocean, Containing a Part of the Coast of Africa from Magadasho River to the Straits of Bab-...
Date: London 1794
Algercum munita Metropolis Regni Algeriani…
Scarce bird's-eye plan of Algiers and its harbour, with two large galleons, and a panoramic view below, from "Atlas Novus", engraving with very fine strong hand...
Date: Augsbourg, 1730
Anglia Regnum.
Janssonius' map of England and Wales was one of the new maps prepared by him in 1636. His map closely copies the similar map issued two years earlier by Willem Blaeu.. Th...
Date: Amsterdam, 1642
Pas kaart vande Zuyd kust van Cuba en van Geheel Jamaica…
A nautical chart covers the southern part of Cuba, Jamaica, the western tip of Hispaniola, and some Honduran coastline. Insets of "Baya Oristan in Yamaica ent Groodt...
Date: Amsterdam, J. van Keulen, 1697-1709
Cycloramic view of Canberra capital site, view looking from Camp Hill / … view looking from Vernon.
Showing an extensive panoramic view of the site of Canberra with various features named. Very large colour photo-mechanical print. Printed by John Sands Ltd [Syd].This 5 ...
Date: Sydney, John Sands, [1911]
La Guaiane ou Coste Sauvage, autrement El Dorado, et Pais des Amazones…
An extremely rare edition of Du Val's map, separately published by Jollain in 1668, that references the name "El Dorado" in its title. The title translates as f...
Date: Paros, Chez Jollain, 1668
Neoburgum Fioniae oppidum. . .
Decorative plan and panoramic view of the town of Nyborg in Denmark at the coast of Baltic Sea in Fyn. Prepared by Count Erik Jönsson Dahlberg[h] (1625-1703). Military e...
Date: Stockholm, 1697
Algemeene kaart van de Colonie of Provintie van Suriname : met de rivieren, districten, ontdekkingen door militaire togten. . .
Uncommon large scale map of Suriname, indicating the different plantations and their owners. Consists of two glued-together sheets. Completed with funding by the Directeu...
Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Miniature of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple.
Page from a Book of Hours, use of Rome, with a large miniature set in full borders, by the Maitre François sub-group of Parisian artists of the middle of the second half...
Date: Paris ca. 1470
A Map of the City of Philadelphia, showing the Location of the Volunteer Fire Companies. . .
A fine, large pictorial plan of the City of Philadelphia, based on the drawing by Jacob Riegel in 1937, which itself was based on an earlier work dating back to 1794. The...
Date: Philadelphia, 1938
Nova Maris Caspii et Regions Usbeck. . .
This is the first printed map specifically of the Uzbek region. It shows the area around the Caspian Sea and northern Iran. The area eastward from the Caspian is marked '...
Date: Nuremberg, 1735
Naaukeurige Platte Grond van den Staat en den Loop van Rio de Berbice Met derzelver Plantagien in de Geoctrojeerde Colonie de Berbice Gelegen. . .
Uncommon large-scale map of Berbice with Rio de Berbice and Rio de Canje with at the bottom left a list of plantation owners. In top 3 x 3 coats of arms in cartouches. Th...
Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Nova Guinea et In. Salomonis
Early miniature map of New Guinea from the Caert-Thresoor and engraved by the Dutch master-engraver Petrus Kaerius. The first edition was printed in Middelburg by Barent...
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Balagans or summer habitations, with the method of drying fish at St. Peter and Paul, Kamtschatka.
Balagans or summer habitations, with the method of drying fish at St. Peter and Paul, Kamtschatka, taken from "Views in the South Seas" being a very important a...
Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808
Carte des Isles Maldives.
A small detailed map of the Maldives, with rhumb lines and a large compass rose. Includes a decorative title cartouche. One of the maps produced by Nichlas Bellin for Pre...
Date: Paris, 1757
Astronomy. Figures 26 & 29. Plates LXV & LXV.
A lovely pair of copperplate astronomical plates displaying "The Principal fixed Stars in the North Hemisphere [and the South Hemisphere] Delineated on the Plane of ...
Date: London, 1792
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Baltick or East Sea]
A Chart of the Baltic or East Sea. Gulf of Finland & c. (date ca.1730). Image size: 357mm x 283mm.Herman Moll (1678-1732) was a German emigre from the Hanseatic port...
Date: London, ca. 1720-1730
Ceylan, et les Maldives.
Exquisite map of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, with the southern tip of India shown at the top. Sri Lanka is shown in an inset named Ceylan Isle, qui est la Taprobane des A...
Date: Amsterdam 1700
Mappamondo.
Rare world map from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovanni Zempel in Rome, ca. 1780.The map is based o...
Date: Rome, 1780
The Dole Map of the Hawaiian Islands.
A terrific, colorful poster of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Feher, commissioned for the Hawaiian Pineaple Co. The poster displays all eight of the major islands in the ...
Date: USA, 1950
A Chart, on Mercator's Projection, Containing the Track and Soundings of the Lion, the Hindostan and Tenders, from Turon-Bay in Cochin-China. . .
A chart engraved by Baker and published by Nichol, this large chart traces the routes of the Lion, Hindostan, and Tenders with considerable detail. The chart was part of ...
Date: London, 1796
Latvia/ Estonia. Livonia.
A beautifully engraved map of Livonia – modern Latvia and Estonia – produced by two of the great fathers of modern cartography. Included are parts of the Baltic coast...
Date: Amsterdam, 1595-1609
Fretum Magellanicum / Detroit de Magellan.
Early nice map of the South American extremity with the Strait of Magallanes, discovered by Ferdinand Magellan ( c. 1480 – 27 April 1521). Two natives holding a shield ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Partie de l'Amerique septent? Qui comprend la nouvelle France. . .
A fine copy of this map of New Foundland, Nova Scotia and the course of the St.Lawrence to Lake Ontario in a forth state.An inset shows Bellini's famous and important map...
Date: Paris, 1755-1778
Hispaniolae, Cubae Alliarumique Insularium
Two maps on one sheet: one of the Viceroyalty of Culiacan in Northwestern Mexico and one of the Caribbean. Based on Mercator's 1569 world map, Guttierez' America map of 1...
Date: Antwerp, 1609
Tercia Etas Mundi. Folium.XLVI (An English town view)
Large woodcut depicting an imaginary English town (235x223mm.) and on the verso the genealogy of King David.Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Chron...
Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Sexta etas Mundi. Folium. CCXLV
The Latin text page is illustrated with a depiction of two lovers who happened to have lived in Italy: a knight named Eurialus, who was the personal attendant of Emperor ...
Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
A Plan of the city and harbour of Macao : a colony of the Portugueze, situated at the southern extremity of the Chinese Empire. . .
A large chart of Macao engraved by Benjamin Baker (fl. 1766-1824) and published by George Nicol. The town of Macao is shown in detail, with a 37-point key in English list...
Date: London, 1796
Xantung, sinarum imperii provincia quatra.
A map of the northern province ‘Xantung’ of China after the Jesuit Martino Martini. Shows the Great Wall and is centered on the Bohai Sea, and the Shandong and Liaon...
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1660
Paradigma XV Provinciarum et CLV Urbium Capitalium Sinensis Imperij Cum Templis quae Cruce X Signatur Et Domiciliis S.I.
First edition of this rare Jesuit map of China, published by Jean Baptiste Nolin in Paris and based on Philippe Couplet's map of 1686. The map shows China's 15 provinces ...
Date: Paris, 1686
Iunan, Queichev, e Quangsi Provincie della Cina. . .
A beautiful map depicting the area of Beijing with decorative title cartouche and scale cartouche. Information about the area at the top of the map.The remarkable Vincenz...
Date: Venice, 1690
Anglesey. / Iarsay. / Carnesay. / Wight Vectis Olim.
Four maps on one sheet depicting the English islands Jersey, Guernsey, Wright and Alderney.
Date: Amsterdam, 1629
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Planisphere celeste Septentrional. . . [together with] Planisphere celeste meridional. . .
Beautiful set of celestial charts of the northern and southern skies by the well-known French astronomer, Philippe de La Hire. Surrounded by panels of astronomical notes ...
Date: Paris, ca.1775
(Publicity poster) Amer Besset Sans Rival.
Original chromo-lithographed in-store display for alcoholic drink Amer Besset. Printed by Joseph-Charles in Paris.
Date: Paris, ca.1933
Xantung, sinarum imperii provincia quatra.
A map of the northern province ‘Xantung’ of China after the Jesuit Martino Martini.Shows the Great Wall and is centered on the Bohai Sea, and the Shandong and Liaonin...
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1660
