Browse Listings in Europe > Scandinavia
Bergen.
A spectacular, large, rare view of Bergen, from the famous 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' of Braun & Hogenberg. Bergen was founded in 1070, during the warm medieval perio...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1590
Selling price: $1050
Sold in 2018
Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip.
An influential map of the Arctic. It includes Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland and part of the North American continent, together with the legendary islands of the north: ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1590
Selling price: $850
Sold in 2018
Islandia.
Perhaps the most famous map of Iceland. On the south side of the island a collection of all possible sea monsters is depicted. Polar bears on ice flows and volcanoes in t...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1591
Selling price: $5900
Sold in 2015
Islandia
From the 1591 German edition of the Theatrum (75 copies printed). Probably the most famous map of Iceland. The lower part of this map features a big collection of sea mon...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1591
Selling price: $4900
Sold in 2015
Islandia.
Perhaps the most famous map of Iceland. On the south side of the island a collection of all possible sea monsters is depicted. Polar bears on ice flows and volcanoes in t...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592
Selling price: $5800
Sold in 2009
Islandia.
Perhaps the most famous map of Iceland. On the south side of the island a collection of all possible sea monsters is depicted. Polar bears on ice flows and volcanoes in t...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592
Selling price: $9500
Sold in 2012
Islandia.
Perhaps the most famous map of Iceland. On the south side of the island a collection of all possible sea monsters is depicted. Polar bears on ice flows and volcanoes in t...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592
Selling price: $7300
Sold in 2010
Islandia.
Perhaps the most famous map of Iceland. On the south side of the island a collection of all possible sea monsters is depicted. Polar bears on ice flows and volcanoes in t...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592
Selling price: $9000
Sold in 2011
Islandia.
Perhaps the most famous map of Iceland. On the south side of the island a collection of all possible sea monsters is depicted. Polar bears on ice flows and volcanoes in t...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592
Selling price: $6200
Sold in 2013
Islandia.
One of the most decorative atlas maps of all time published by Abraham Ortelius in his atlas “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum”. The map depicts Iceland in truly remarkable de...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592
Selling price: $6700
Sold in 2018
Topographia Insulae Huenae in Celebri Porthmo Regni Daniae, quem vulgo Oersunt Vocant.
Shows the Island of Hven, where Tycho Brahe had his observatory, Uraniborg. Latin text on verso. More about Braun and Hogenberg, Civitatus [+]
Place & Date: Cologne, 1593
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2016
Helsheborch - Lunden - Elbogen - Landeskron.
Decorative bird's eye views of the cities Helsingburg, Lunden, Elbogen and Landeskron. Four city views on one sheet. More about Braun and Hogenberg, Civitatus [+]
Place & Date: Cologne, 1593
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2016
Freti Danici or Sundt Accuratiss Delineatio.
Bird's-eye view of The Sound with Helsingborg, Landskrona and Elbogen. Inset with a view of Kronenborg Castle. More about Braun and Hogenberg, Civitatus [+]
Place & Date: Cologne, 1593
Selling price: $650
Sold in 2016
Islandia.
Miniature map Island. From the second series of miniature atlas of Ortelius' Epitome. A new series of pocket-size atlases was begun by Philip Galle in 1588. It seems that...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $210
Sold
ISLANDIA.
Superb miniature map of Iceland. From the second series of the miniature atlas of Ortelius' Epitome. Shows the island with the main towns, mountains, rivers, and islands....
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2009
Daniae Regnu.
An uncolored example of Mercator's first map of Denmark, from the first edition of his Atlas.A decorative map of Denmark by Gerard Mercator himself., with an ornate strap...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1595
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2012
Islandia.
Perhaps the most famous map of Iceland. On the south side of the island a collection of all possible sea monsters is depicted. Polar bears on ice flows and volcanoes in t...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $6100
Sold in 2014
Islandia.
Perhaps the most famous map of Iceland. On the south side of the island a collection of all possible sea monsters is depicted. Polar bears on ice flows and volcanoes in t...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $6300
Sold in 2015
Hydrographica Septentrionalis Norvegiae partis descriptio. . . / Beschrijvinghe der Zeecusten vant Nordelicxste deel van Norweghen. . .
A detailed chart of the coast of Norway and Lapland. Decorated by a colorful title cartouche and scale cartouche, two compass roses, several vessels and sea monsters, and...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, C.Claesz, 1596
Selling price: $15750
Sold in 2008
Islandia.
A fine, strong impression example of the famous Quad's map of Iceland. It can be considered a reduced version of Ortelius' "Islandia", the first realistic map o...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1596
Selling price: $1540
Sold in 2019
Oitinense oppidulum et arx Episcopi Lubecensis sedes / Delineatio Civitatis Tonderensis. Tonder - Eutin
Two bird's-eye plans on one sheet: Tønder (Denmark) and Eutin (Germany) by Braun & Hogenberg.From: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, ... Part 5. Köln, 1596 EUTINCAPTION: Eu...
Place & Date: Cologne 1596
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2020
Visbia Gothorum. Visby / Gotland.
A fine antique map - bird's-eye view / plan of Visby on Gotland by Braun and Hogenberg, from: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, ... Part 5. Köln, 1596.TRANSLATION OF CAPTION: In...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1596
Selling price: $700
Sold in 2020
Elsenor / Ripen. Helsingør (Sjaelland) & Ribe (Jutland).
A fine antique engraving with two panoramic views by Braun and Hogenberg on one sheet: Helsingør (Sjaelland) & Ribe (Jutland), from Braun G. & Hogenberg F. Civit...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1596
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2020
![Stocholmia [Stockholm].](/uploads/cache/42581-250x250.jpg)
Stocholmia [Stockholm].
The top engraving, showing the timber houses so typical of Scandinavia, is a view from the northeast across what was then the suburb of Norrmalm and is now the city centr...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588-1597
Selling price: $435
Sold in 2018
Bergen.
The delightful Braun & Hogenberg bird's-eye view of the Norwegian city of Bergen, founded in 1070 and fortified with a palisade, is seen from the southwest across Và...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588-1597
Selling price: $625
Sold in 2018
Gotland
Very fine early miniature map of Gotland, this map is from the first edition of the Langenes atlas, (later well known under the name of Bertius). Dutch text on verso.
Place & Date: Middelburg, 1598
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2010
Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip.
This influential map of the Arctic, including Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland and part of the North American continent, includes also the legendary islands of i.a. Drogeo...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1598
Selling price: $1800
Sold
![Daniae Regni Typus . . . / Cimbricae Chersonesi. .. [2 maps].](/uploads/cache/32297-250x250.jpg)
Daniae Regni Typus . . . / Cimbricae Chersonesi. .. [2 maps].
Two maps on one sheet. The left hand is centered on Denmark, with a credit to the cartographer, Cornelis Anthoniszoon (1499-1557) Cornelius Antoniades Descripsit .The rig...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Selling price: $375
Sold in 2012
Islandia.
From the rare Dutch text edition of the Theatrum of which according to van den Broecke only 100 copies are printed.Perhaps the most famous map of Iceland. On the south si...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Selling price: $6000
Sold in 2016
Islandia.
Perhaps the most famous map of Iceland. On the south side of the island a collection of all possible sea monsters is depicted. Polar bears on ice flows and volcanoes in t...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Selling price: $5800
Sold in 2015
SEPTENTRIONALIUM REGIONUM DESCRIP, 1598
A copperplate full colored decorative map of North Europe.This influential map of the Arctic, including Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland and part of the North American con...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Selling price: $950
Sold in 2019
Europae Tabula VIII.
The third state of Ruscelli's map of Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Showing "Daniae et Norvegiae" as an island, with a separate is...
Place & Date: Venice, 1598
Selling price: $175
Sold in 2018
![Daniae Regni .. / Oldenburg Com. [2 maps].](/uploads/cache/40978-250x250.jpg)
Daniae Regni .. / Oldenburg Com. [2 maps].
Two maps on one sheet. The left hand is centered on Denmark, with a credit to the cartographer, Cornelis Anthoniszoon (1499-1557) Cornelius Antoniades Descripsit .The rig...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2018
Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip.
This influential map of the Arctic, including Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland and part of the North American continent, includes also the legendary islands of i.a. Drogeo...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Selling price: $1750
Sold in 2018
Islandia.
Perhaps the most famous map of Iceland. On the south side of the island a collection of all possible sea monsters is depicted. Polar bears on ice flows and volcanoes in t...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Selling price: $6300
Sold in 2018
Gemeine Beschreibung aller Mitnachtigen Lander / alss Schweden / Gothen / Norwegien / Denmarck / &c.
Sebastian Münster’s third and final map of Scandinavia including England, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, The Baltics, Greenland and America by Sebastian Munster 159...
Place & Date: Basle, 1598
Selling price: $700
Sold in 2019
Odense.
The Danish city of Odense is presented in a sweeping panorama seen in a bird's-eye view from the south. The River Odense winding its way across the landscape flows into t...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1598
Selling price: $290
Sold in 2020
Islandia.
Quad's : reduced in size Ortelius´ map, of Iceland. With German text on verso, from Geographisch Handtbuch. Signed by the engraver Johan Bussemacher.Rare in original col...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1600
Selling price: $2070
Sold in 2016
![Stocholmia [Stockholm].](/uploads/cache/44040-250x250.jpg)
Stocholmia [Stockholm].
The top engraving, showing the timber houses so typical of Scandinavia, is a view from the northeast across what was then the suburb of Norrmalm and is now the city centr...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588-1600
Selling price: $650
Sold in 2020
Islandia.
Quad's : reduced in size Ortelius´ map, of Iceland. With German text on verso, from Geographisch Handtbuch. Signed by the engraver Johan Bussemacher.Matthias Quad was o...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1600
Selling price: $1900
Sold in 2023