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Steenwyck.
Fine birds-eye view of the fortified town of Steenwijk in the province of Overijssel, the Netherlands. Steenwiik grew in the 1580s. During the siege of Steenwijk, the...
Date: Amsterdam, ca.1649
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Gravia Obsessa et Expugnata Armis Ordinum Belgicae Confoederate.
A military map showing Grave, Brabant,Netherlands and the surrounding area with fortifications. featuring a decorative title cartouche, a blank cartouche with two figures...
Date: Amsterdam, 1649
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Stenovicum Obsessa ab Ordinibus Belgiae Foederatae.
Striking map of the siege of Steenwijk by Maurice in 1592.. Copper engraving, produced in 1649 in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu from “Novum ac Magnum Theatrum Urbium Belgicae...
Date: Amsterdam, 1649
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MarieBourg.
This bird's-eye plan of Mariebourg in Belgium illustrates the strategic position of its fortifications . It provides an excellent view of the city's defences, bridges, wa...
Date: Amsterdam, 1649
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Brefurtum Capta Anno 1597 / Breevoort. (Bredevoort)
Plans of Breedevoort from the Townbook "Theatrum Urbium Belgicae" by Blaeu. Bredevoort is in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.Two engravings on one...
Date: Amsterdam, 1649
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Doesburgh.
A nicely colored town plan of Doesburg in northeastern Holland, shown in an unusual panoramic birds-eye view, circa 1649. It features the fortress walls and a few cottage...
Date: Amsterdam, 1649
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Kuynder-Schans.
Also known as “Kaart van de schans van Kuinre”. Kuinre is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel located on the Zuyder Zee.It was a separate municipality until...
Date: Amsterdam, 1649
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Stenovicum Obessa Ab Ordinibus Belgiae Foederatae...
A detailed map of the Siege of Steenwijk by Maurits in 1592. Steenwijk is located in the northern corner of the province of Overijssel, bordering on the Zuyder Zee, calle...
Date: Amsterdam, 1649
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Genneperhuis.
Genneperhuis was a fortress at the mouth of the Niers River, near the town of Milsbeek, in the Dutch province of Limburg.This was the location of the Siege of the Gennepe...
Date: Amsterdam, 1649
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Delfsill.
A plan of the town of Delfzijl, on the northern coast of Holland, shown in a panoramic birds-eye view. It features the walls of the fortress, but only one single church w...
Date: Amsterdam, 1649
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Limania.
A detailed miniature map of an area in the Département Puy-de-Dôme; Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Centered on the Allier river near Clermont-Ferrand and Pont-du-Châtea...
Date: Amsterdam, 1649
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[Title page] Archontologia Cosmica..
Very fine title page by one of Germany most important publishers. From Archontologia Cosmica.. by L.Gotfried.Putti and 4 women representing the four continents, accompani...
Date: Frankfurt, 1649
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[Title page] Topographia Circuli Burgundici . . .
Very fine title page by one of Germany most important publishers.Born in Basel, Matthaeus Merian studied in Zurich and then worked in Strasbourg, Nancy and Paris, before ...
Date: Frankfurt, 1649
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[Title page] Topographia Circuli Burgundici . . .
Very fine title page by one of Germany most important publishers. Born in Basel, Matthaeus Merian studied in Zurich and then worked in Strasbourg, Nancy and Paris, before...
Date: Frankfurt, 1649
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Le Royaume de Pologne..
Detailed map of Poland, including Lithuania, Moravia, Moldavia, etc. included in : Parallela Geographiae Veteris et Novae. / Parallela Geographiae Veteris et Novae by Phi...
Date: Paris, Sebastiani and Gabrielis Cramoisy, 1649
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(Amsterdam)Amstelodami Celeberrimi Hollandiae Emporii delineatio nova.
A very attractive bird's-eye view of this most important European city, engraved at the height of the 'Golden Age' of Dutch cartography, when it sat at the hub of one of ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1649
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Aga Capitaine General des Jannissaires.
Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thoma...
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
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Pleuianders Luytant . (15)
Sought-after copper engraved plate of two wrestlers from Turkey. Plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissemen...
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
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Villageois Grec. (20)
Sought-after copper engraved plate of a musician from Greece. Plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement d...
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
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Calender Religieux Turc. (23)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
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Gentilhomme Persien. (30)
Sought-after copper engraved plate of a man from Persia. Plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de cel...
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
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Femme Déstat Grecque de la Ville de Pera. (47)
Sought-after copper engraved plate of a woman from Greece. Plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de c...
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
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Femme Vestue de la Surienne. (58)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
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Femme moresque de Tripoly en Barbarie. (61)
Sought-after copper engraved plate of a woman with child from Tripoli. Plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establi...
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
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Femme More d'Ager en Barbarie ammant par la Ville. (62)
Sought-after copper engraved plate of a woman from Algeria. Plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de ...
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
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De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs troisiesme figure / Epigramme de la Troisiesme figure. (83)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
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De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Septiesme figure / Epigramme de la Septiesme figure. (91)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
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De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Treiziesme figure / Epigramme de la Treiziesme figure. (103)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
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De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Seiziesme figure / Epigramme de la Seiziesme figure. (109)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
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De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Dixseptiesme figure / Epigramme de la Dixseptiesme figure. (111)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
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Pantheon sive Idola Judeorum. (together with) Atria Templi Solomonis (together with 4 other maps)
Together five decorative copper engraved plates or map taken from Thomas Fuller, "A Pisgah sight of Palestine" and etched by Vaughan.1./ Pantheon sive Idola Jud...
Date: London, 1650
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DAN Holy Land by Thomas Fuller.
An scarce and altogether fascinating 1650 map of The tribes of Israel by Thomas Fuller. The map is centered on Bethlehem with Ekron to the west and Lydda to the north, Co...
Date: John Williams, London 1650
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Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae Caetrarumq Regionum illi Adiacentium exacta decrip. . .
Detailed map of Lithuania, Poland and part of Russia up to the River Dnepr, based upon Blaeu's four sheet map. Highly detailed, extending from Cracow to the Baltic in the...
Date: Amsterdam, 1650
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Royaume d'Annan, comprenant les royaumes de Tumkin et de la Cocinchine / désigné par les peres de la Compagnie de Jesus. . .
Showing the Indo China with Vietnam and small portion of southeastern China with coastline till Macao. Engraved by Somer. RARE.
Date: Paris, 1650
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AFRICAE nova Tabula. Auct. Hen. Hondio.
Important map of Africa, it's the issue of Jodocus Hondius map, without the decorative borders. There are six ships in full sail on the Atlantic and one to the south of M...
Date: Amsterdam , 1631-1650
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Duche et Gouvernement de Bretagne.
First state of this decorative map of Bretagne, including the cities of Nantes, Rennes, Belle-Île, etc. engraved by Robert Cordier d'Abbauil. The map is dated 1650. In t...
Date: Paris, ca.1650
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Nova descriptio Palatinatus Rheni.
Detailed map of Germany centered of Manheim. An extremely rare map finely engraved. The map is copied by Cornelis Danckerts II after a map by Henricus Hondius. This map a...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1650
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Bohemia (Map showing Rübezahl, Giants + Dragon)
Shows the Riesengebirge (Montes Gigantium - mountains of giants), and showing "Ribenzal" (Rübezahl) as figures and a dragon(?). Rare old copper engraving of B...
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Ischia, quae olim Aenaria.
Prepared by Giulio Iasolino (1537-1622), who wrote a book about Ischia in 1568 and its beneficial baths which included a map of the island, which Ortelius and later Janss...
Date: Amsterdam, 1650
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Duche et gouvernement de Normandie.
Fine map of Normandy, with the islands of Jersey and Guernsey. Engraved by R. Cordier d'Abbauil. This edition carries the date 1650. Nicolas Sanson was to bring about the...
Date: Paris, 1650
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.Catalogne et Arragon.
Early imprint of this fine map of Catalonia. With decorative cartouches for the title and scale. Included in " Theatre geographique de France contenant les cartes pa...
Date: Paris, 1650
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.Carte generalle de L'Empire Turc.
Rare map of the Turkish Empire by Pierre Mariette the elder. With decorative title cartouche. Included in "Cartes Generales de Toutes les Parties du Monde". The...
Date: Paris, 1650
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Nova descriptio Judae ae et totius terrae Israel as illustrrationem. . .
Unrecorded map of the Holy Land engraved by Nicolas Berey II.
Date: Paris, ca. 1650
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Amerique Septentrionale par N. Sanson.
Decorative and important map of the Americas with a CALIFORNIA AS AN ISLAND. Engraved by Abraham Peyrounim (c.1620 - c.1666).Sanson's map of North America is the first to...
Date: Paris, after 1650
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Asie.
Landmark map of Asia, It is the first French map to depict significantly new information. The map is known in one state. The map was prepared and issued separately in 165...
Date: Paris, 1650
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Confinia Palestinea cum incolis ad Orientem (together with 2 other maps)
Together three decorative copper engraved maps taken from Thomas Fuller, "A Pisgah sight of Palestine" and etched by Vaughan. Engraved by John Golddard. and Tho...
Date: London, 1650
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Insularum Britannicarum Acurata Delineatio ex Geographicis Conatibus Abraham Ortelii.
This is Jansson's historical map of the British Isles giving credit to Abraham Ortelius in the title. Engraved by Peter van den Keere. North is oriented to the right. H...
Date: Amsterdam, c1650
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Palatina tus ad Rhenum.
A lovely, super-decorated, detailed map of Germany with "three" cartouches depicting "seven" putti plus a coat of arms. The cities, including Bingen, ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1650
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Bercheria vernacule. . . (Barkshire)
‘Bercheria vernacule’ - Barkshire by Joannes Blaeu. A very decorative map, with armorials and escutcheons.
Date: Amsterdam, 1650
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Novissima descriptio Angliae Scotiae et Hiberniae.
Uncommon map of Great Britain and Ireland.
Date: Paris, c. 1650
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Africa Vetus.
A fine map of the ancient African continent.This edition carries the date 1650, with a privilege of twenty years.Below right Madagascar and left a tip of the South Americ...
Date: Paris, ca. 1650
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AFRICÆ Noua TABVLA.
A very rare, decorative French map of Africa . Only known example. Apart from its rarity, this is a highly decorative, finely engraved map with several ships in south Atl...
Date: Paris, c.1650
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Tartaria Sive Magnichami Imperium.
Decorative copperplate map of china, tartary and Central Asia from Mongolia and Xanadu to the Caspian Sea and Volva River and to Tibet nad the Ganges River. Two splendid ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1650
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Mar Del Zur Hispanis Mare Pacificum.
Jansson's fine map of the Pacific including the west coast of America, Japan and a small Australian coastline. This is one of the earliest maps of the Pacific. The first ...
Date: Amsterdam, c.1650
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America Meridionalis.
Gerard Mercator's stunning map of South America with Latin text on the verso. The Strait of Magellan is show but Tierra Del Fuego is part of the large southern continent....
Date: Amsterdam, c 1650
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Asia noviter delineata..
From 1633 the members of the Blaeu family were official cartographers to the United East India Company and, as such, had access to the most up-to-date cartographic inform...
Date: Amsterdam, 1650
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Afrique Par N. Sanson d'Abbevile.
According to Betz, this is a landmark map of Africa, It is the first French map to depict significantly new information. The map is known in one state. The map was prepar...
Date: Paris, 1650
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Ehrenau.
Striking detailed, copper engraving of a view of Schloss Ehrenau, Austria. There is a wonderful cartouche featuring two cherubs, a crown and a coat of arms. In addition t...
Date: Germany, 1650
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Tabula Russiae.
Map shows total Russia with Scandinavia.
Date: Frankfurt on Main, 1650
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Symplegades.
The Argo passing between the cliffs called Symplegades Mythological subjects, engraved by Cornelis Bloemaert, after Pierre Brebiette and published by Pierre Mariette and ...
Date: Paris, 1650
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Prométhée.
Mythological scene with Prometheus lying on a rock, his legs and arms tied down while an eagle picks his liver, by Cornelis Bloemaert, after Jean Varin Published by Pierr...
Date: Paris, 1650
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Tabula ANEMOGRAPHICA seu Pyxis Nautica Ventorum nomina sex linguis representans.
Impressive compass rose with a fleur de lis at the center and 32 wind directions flowing from it identified in six languages, Greek, Latin, French, Dutch, Italian, and Sp...
Date: Amsterdam, 1650
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Herfordiensis Ecclesiae Cathedralis Ab Aquilone Prospectus.
Striking copper engraving of Herford Cathedral by Wenceslaus Hollar. It was created in about 1650 for Sir. W. Dugdale of England for his well known book featuring British...
Date: London, c1650
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Imperium Caroli Magni.
Nice large map showing the Empire of Karol the Great.
Date: Amsterdam, 1650
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Het ghesicht vanden Hellespont en vande propontide.
From 'Diverse viste delle cita in Candia, Malta, come nel Archipelago'. Etchings by Joh. Peeters, Gaspar Bouttats, Lucas Vorstermans and Coenraad Lauwers. A fine bird's e...
Date: Antwerp, I. Peeters, c. 1650
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[Title page from] Novus Atlas sive Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.
Large-size 17th c Dutch Atlas title page in original color. Geographers Ptolemy and Marinus are depicted along with terrestrial and celestial globes, atlases and surveyin...
Date: Amsterdam, c.1650
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Tabula Itineraria ex illustri Peutingerorum Bibliotheca Quae Auguste Vindelicorum.
Eight segments on four sheets making up the famous Peutinger Table, or a Roman road map of the world. The map depicts the imperial roads and posts within the Roman Empire...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1650
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Livonia vulgo Lyefland.
Showing the Baltic region with present-day Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, with the Baltic Sea, as well as the neighboring coastlines of Sweden and Finland. Based on a map...
Date: Frankfurt, 1650
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Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae Caetrarumq Regionum illi Adiacentium exacta decrip. . .
Detailed map of Lithuania, Poland, and part of Russia up to the River Dnepr, based upon Blaeu's four-sheet map. Highly detailed, extending from Cracow to the Baltic in th...
Date: Amsterdam, 1650
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Roma.
Large and detailed bird's-eye town-view of Rome, published and engraved by Matthaeus Merian around 1641. With city arms to the top right corner. One of the most beautiful...
Date: Frankfurt, 1650
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Thuringia landgraviatus...
Detailed map of Thuringa centered on Erfurd on the middle of the map. Showing also Weimar. Embellished with a very decorative title cartouche surrounded by six cherubs. I...
Date: Amsterdam, 1650
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Tabula Anemographica seu Pyxis Nautica.
Impressive compass rose with a fleur de lis at the center and 32 wind directions flowing from it identified in six languages, Greek, Latin, French, Dutch, Italian, and Sp...
Date: Amsterdam, 1650
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Afbeeldinge in Wat Manier de Silver Vloot Vanden Generael Pieter Pietersen Heyn Veroovert is Anno 1628.
Decorative view showing the Dutch capture of the Spanish silver fleet in the Bay of Matanzas (Cuba) in 1628. With the portrait of Admiral Hein, who captured over eleven m...
Date: Amsterdam, c1650
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Oxforde.
Superbly detailed plan of Oxford with hundreds of tiny buildings, numerous fields, and rivers. With 48 places, streets, bridges, churches, and colleges identified through...
Date: Frankfurt, c1650
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Classis Hispanica celeberrima, quae anno celeberrimo. MDLXXXVIII. inter Galliam Brittaniamque venit. & perijt.
Scene of the great sea battle in 1588 between Calais and Dover. Filled with fighting sailing ships, some already sinking with survivors being rescued.
Date: Amsterdam, c1650
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Tabula Anemogra Phica seu Pyxis Nautica Ventorum Nomina Sex Linguis Repraesentans
One of the earliest wind rose charts to appear in the 17th century. This unusual chart represents the evolution from the wind rose to the compass rose. Early mariners nam...
Date: Amsterdam, 1650
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Moluccae Insulae Celeberrimae.
Showing the geographical features of the islands, and decorated with ships, rhumb lines, ships and sea monsters and a handsome cartouche. With an inset of Bachian island....
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1650
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Riviera di Genova di Levante.
Detailed map of the Gulf of Genoa, including the towns of Genoa and La Spezia. Genoa was the birthplace of Christopher Columbus.
Date: Amsterdam, 1650
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Beauvaisis, Comitatus Belovacium
A pleasing map of the Beuavais region of France. Decorative title cartouche with royal arms and drapery style scale cartouche with compass. Johannes Janssonius (1588-16...
Date: Amsterdam, 1650
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Tartaria sive Magni Chami Imperium
A pleasing example of Blaeu's map of Tartary (Siberia) and Central Asia, extending from Mongolia and Xanadu to the Caspian and the Volga River, and to Tibet and the Upper...
Date: Amsterdam, c1650
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