Browse Listings in Maritime
Meerwunder und Seltzame Thier.
A fine detailed woodcut depicting a superb variety of fantastic sea-monsters, such as might be encountered by a sailor in northern waters. Including monsters with abundan...
- $1950 / ≈ €1825
Place & Date: Basel, 1580
Beschrivingee der zijden op de Belt en Noortzee. . .
A rare Dutch text edition of this early detailed chart of the coast of Jutland and its towns Skagen among others. Decorated by a title and scale cartouche, two compass ro...
Place & Date: Leiden, Plantijn, 1585
Selling price: $1800
Sold in 2022
Insula D. Helenae sacra coeli dementia et aequabilitate . . .
From Linschoten, Itinerario. 3 Renaissance cartouches, 1 compass rose and many sailig ships. -
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1589
Pisces in mari alati [flying fish attack]
Flying fish attacking a Portuguese ship in the West Indian Waters.Read more about "Les Grand Voyages" by Theodore De Bry [+]
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594
[Columbus is standing in the bow of his ship]
Columbus is standing in the bow of his ship, which is near the shore. He is clad in a long mantle and undercoat, while his armor lies at his feet, and his standard is flo...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594
Inventio Maris Magallanici.
Allegorical scene allegorical image celebrating the circumnavigation of the earth by Ferdinand Magellan. The image shows Magellan on board of his ship, surrounded by myth...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594
Faber marinus, Halee, Gabio, Acipenser Zeelandicus. (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)
Depiction of Faber marinus, Halee, Gabio, Acipenser Zeelandicus. Set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 8. The engra...
Place & Date: Antwerp, after 1598
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2023
Alosa, Acipenser, Manula, Apua cobitis, (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)
Depiction of Alosa, Acipenser, Manula, Apua cobitis, set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 10. The engraving is cop...
Place & Date: Antwerp, after 1598
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2023
The third Dutch artic voyage by W.Barentsz.
Desirable scene during the third Dutch arctic voyage in order to find the north-east passage to India.Barentsz made three voyages (1594, 1595, 1596-1597) in search of the...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1601
Selling price: $120
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The third Dutch artic voyage by W.Barentsz.
This famous and desirable scene showing the "Behouden Huys" during the third Dutch arctic voyage in order to find the north-east passage to India.Barentsz made ...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1601
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2010