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(MONTREAL). La Terra de Hochelaga nella Nova Francia.
The first printed plan of Montreal, from Delle navigationi et viaggi, and prepared Jacques Cartier, the great French explorer. visited the village of Hochelaga on the isl...
Date: Venice, 1556
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[West Africa]
Rare first edition. West Africa, from the Tropic of Cancer south to St Thomas. The interior is filled with lions, elephants, monkeys and camels, with a fenced native vill...
Date: Venice, 1556
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La ville de Berne L'an 1549.
Attractive hand colored woodcut by Sebastian Münster. Fine bird's-eye view of Berne, Switzerland on the river Aare. The engraving shows city walls, churches, castles and...
Date: Paris, 1556
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Sumatra.
A superb example of "the first separate map of any Southeast Asian island to be based on actual observation" (Suarez). It is moreover highly unusual for a map t...
Date: Venice, 1556
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Afrika
A woodcut map of the African continent from an early German edition of Cosmographia by Sebastian Münster. The map shows most of Africa including the supposed source of t...
Date: Basle 1556
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Brasil.
A fantastic pictorial map of Brazil, shown north to the right. This graphic woodblock map, prepared by the great Venetian cartographer Giacomo Gastaldi and is filled with...
Date: Venice about 1556
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Delle navigationi et viaggi.
Wood block map by the Arabic geographer Leo Africanus, from his work Description de l'Afrique published in Lyons in 1556.It is strongly reminiscent of the map appearing i...
Date: Lyons 1556
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Nova Francia.
RARE FIRST STATE of the woodcut map of the Atlantic coastline from New York to Labrador. Manhattan as the peninsula "Angouleme", named after King Francis I, Duk...
Date: Venice 1556
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Brasil.
A fantastic pictorial map of Brazil, shown north to the right. This graphic woodblock map, prepared by the great Venetian cartographer Giacomo Gastaldi and is filled with...
Date: Venice ca. 1556
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Niche in the form of a cartouche.
A lavishly decorated etching by the famous brother's Joannes and Lucas van Doetecum, after Cornelis II de Vriendt or better known as Cornelis FLORIS (1514 - 1572 or 1575)...
Date: Antwerp, 1556
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MOSCOVIA, QUATENUS MOENIBUS INCLUDITUR ARX VOCATUR EXTRA MOENIA INGENS LIGNEA-rum aedium numerus, civitas dicitur
One of the earliest obtainable town-plans of Moscow from the first authentic account of Russia written by a western traveler: "Rerum Moscoviticarum commentarii Sigis...
Date: Basel, 1556
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MOSCOVIA, QUATENUS MOENIBUS INCLUDITUR ARX VOCATUR EXTRA MOENIA INGENS
One of the earliest obtainable town-plans of Moscow from the first authentic account of Russia written by a western traveler: "Rerum Moscoviticarum commentarii Sigi...
Date: Basel, 1556
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Mosqua so vil mit der Maur eingefangen / Ist das Schlos genent / Ausserhalb ist die Stat gross und weit mit Hulzen heusern.
One of the earliest obtainable town-plan of the Kremlin fortress and Moscow from the German edition of the first authentic account of Russia written by a western traveler...
Date: Vienna, 1557
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Patientia (Patience)
Engraving after a design by Pieter Bruegel the Elder and engraved by Pieter van der Heyden. From the series "The Seven Virtues".Published in Antwerp by Hieronym...
Date: Antwerp, Hieronymus Cock, 1557
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Aedificat Templum Sapientia per Solomonis.
Solomon directing the building of the temple. Rare print by Philips Galle, after Frans Floris and published by Hieronymus Cock, 1558.Solomon sits at right and converses w...
Date: Antwerp, 1558
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De Africae Regionibus.
A very early Münster wood cut view of Algiers, showing its attempted storming during the Algiers Expedition.Sebastian Münster (1488-1552), was a famous German cartograp...
Date: Basel, 1558
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[Central Africa]
Wood block map of Central Africa. Extending south to the Tropic of Capricorn and Madagascar. South to the top and centered on the course of the Nile, which has its primar...
Date: Venice, 1559
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Exactissima Flandriae Descriptio
Rare Lafreri style map of the County of Flanders (BE) published by Domenico Zenoi, Venice 1559. One of the earliest maps of Flanders. Based on Gerard Mercator's 4-sheet m...
Date: Venice, 1559
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Mercure and the Trojan wars.
Two leaves, each of which has an engraving at either side of the page.Page 31/2 has engravings on the god "Mercure", with ornamental borders.Page 161/2 has engr...
Date: Lyons 1559
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Ptolemaisch general Tafel begreiffend.. halbe kugel..
A famous wood block map of the Polemic world. There are 12 wind heads surrounding the then known world, with such romantic names, in banners, as Zephyrus, Corus and Subso...
Date: Basle c.1560
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Ptolemy.
With woodblock portrait of Ptolemy using a quadrant, from a French text edition of the Cosmographia .
Date: Basel 1560
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Title page to <I>Apellatio D.Martini Lutheri ad Concilium...</I>
Edited in Wittenberg. Nice renaissance borders with a man teaching and a woman reading.
Date: Wittenberg, no date., c. 1560
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Antiquissimus Vulterrae regiae olim Thuscorum urbis typus ex monumentis et vestigiis antiquitatis desumptus.
Rare map representing the ancient town of Volterra, in Tuscany, which was one of the major centres of the Etruscan civilization.With an explanatory key index on the botto...
Date: Pisa, ca.1560
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-lines initial decorated with flower in liquid gold on colored grounds and five 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and five line-fillers in sam...
Date: France, 1540-1560
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La figure de la place ou fut jadiz la cité de Rome. . .
Interesting town-plan of ancient Rome. In lower left initials H.H. Heinrich Holzmüller was a famous woodblock cutter working with Sebastian Münster. French text on left...
Date: Basle, ca. 1560
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La ville de Berne. . .
Bird's eye town-plan of Bern.
Date: Basle, ca. 1560
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La paincture de la cité tresancienne des Nemetiens../..Spire.
Panoramic of Speyer, with in foreground the river Rhine. Lower part signed with monogram HF.
Date: Basle, c.1560
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Le rhein de la Gaule, pourtraicte selon la figure qu'elle a auiourdhuy.
Panoramic town-view along River Rhine in French Alsace. In lower left HSD. There is no information available for the monogamist HSD, we think he originates from Worms.Tak...
Date: Basle, c.1560
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Selestat ou Schletstat, cité impériale, située au milieu du pays d'Alsace. . .
Panoramic of Sélestat in the French Alsace region. In lower right corner: RMD [Rudoplh Manuel called Deutsch who was a well-known wood-cutter].Taken from Sebastian Mün...
Date: Basle, ca. 1560
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Tantum aevi longinqua Valet mutare vetustas.
Bird's-eye view of Volterra after Dominicus Vadorinius Pomaranciensis, by Domenicus Vadorinius. With the title in a small banner at upper left, banner at upper right is b...
Date: Pisa, ca. 1560
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L'effigie de la ville de Saleurre. . . (Solothum)
Panoramic of Solothum with on the foreground the River Aar. In lower right CS. There is no information available for the monogamist CS, he was probably German or Swiss a...
Date: Basle, ca. 1560
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La tresancienne Cité de Vangions../.. Vuormes. (Worms)
Panoramic of Worms, with in foreground the river Rhine.Read more [+]
Date: Basle, c.1560
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La noble & ample ville de Coloigne Agrippine... (Cologne)
Panoramic of Cologne with on the foreground the River Rhine. In lower left CS. There is no information available for the monogamist CS, he was probably German or Swiss a...
Date: Basle, c.1560
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Europa / das ein Drittheil der Erden / nach gelegenheit unsern zeiten.
A decorative, full color example of Munster's map of Europe. It belongs to an early German edition of Munster's 'Cosmographia', which has been one of the most influential...
Date: Basle, 1560
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De Europa
A small, attractive map of Europe from the famous 'Cosmographia' by Sebastian Munster, in very nice colors.
Date: Basel, ca. 1560
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AFRICA MIT SEINEN BESUNDERN LÄNDERN, THIEREN, UND WUNDERBARLICHEN DINGEN
A small, attractive map of Africa from the famous 'Cosmographia', by Sebastian Münster. On a whole page of the book.
Date: Basel, ca. 1560
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Venice.
An early, fine bird's-eye view of the city of Venice. It comes from the famous Cosmographia, one of the most influential books of the XVI and XVII century, representing a...
Date: Basle, ca 1560
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Gemeine beschreibung aller Mitnaechtigen Laender, Schweden, Gothen, Nordwegien, Dennmarck, sc.
An early Sebastian Münster's woodcut map of Scandinavia, based on the 'Carta Marina' of Olaus Magnus, 1539. The map includes Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, S...
Date: Basel, 1560
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Landtafel des Ungerlands / Polands / Reussen / Littaw / Walachei / Bulgarei.
Early woodcut map from Münster's Cosmographia, one of the most influential geographical works of the 16th Century. It shows the area from Prussia to Constantinople and...
Date: Basle, ca. 1560
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Regno di Napoli [Kingdom of Naples].
The second state of the map of the Kingdom of Naples is oriented to the northeast—orientation with the name of the four winds TRAMONTANA, OSTRO, PONENTE, LEVANTE. At th...
Date: Rome, ca. 1560
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TAVOLA NUOVA DI PRUSSIA ET DI LIVONIA.
An uncommon first edition of this early map of the region from Pomerania to Livonia, including Lithuania,a portion of Estonia, and some coastal detail of the Baltic Sea, ...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Taprobana [Ceylon/Sri Lanka].
Ptolemy's mythical island of Taprobana originally became associated with Sri Lanka. Later, as this theory was discredited, Sumatra became the next candidate. Almost a dec...
Date: Basle, 1561
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Sinus Arabicus (North Africa)
Woodcut from P. Mela's "De Orbis Situ Libri tres". Published by Henric Perti. Almost a decade after the death of Sebastian Münster, his publisher and stepson H...
Date: Basle, 1561
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India.
A woodcut from P. Mela's "De Orbis Situ Libri tres". Published by Henric Perti. Almost a decade after the death of Sebastian Münster, his publisher and stepson...
Date: Basle, 1561
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Tabvla Asiae XII.
[Antique map of Sri Lanka] Tabvla Asiae XII. An elegantly engraved early map of Sri Lanka, (misshapen) with left the image of an elephant.
Date: Venice, 1561
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View of a farm with a large barn.
The Van Doetecum brothers were active as engravers in the second half of the 16th. Century. They made many prints for the Antwerp market. They later worked in Haarlem. R...
Date: 1559-1561
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India Tercera Nuova Tavola
An early map of South East Asia after Gastaldi from "La Geographia: Descrittione dell' Asia", 3rd vol., p. 122; published by M. Sessa in Venezia, Italy, showi...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Tabula Asiae XII. (Taprobana)
Scarce FIRST edition of this map depicting the island of Ceylon (Taprobana), based on Gastaldi's 1548 map. An elephant with descriptive text next to the map.Ptolemy's myt...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Nueva Hispania tabula nova.
Uncommon first edition of this early map of New Spain, Florida and Gulf of Mexico. The map is an enlarged version of Giacomo Gastaldi's map published in 1548. Nomenclatur...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Mörewunder vnd seltzame thier
Spectacular woodcut of mythical land with sea monsters and animals. The monsters were first engraved in the ‘Carta Marina’ of 1539 by Olaus Magnus and have been us...
Date: Basel, 1561
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Tavola nuova di Germania.
Map of Germany and parts of the surrounding areas. In the northwest is Flanders and Brabant. In the southwest is Lake Geneva and Budapest is in the southeast. The Vistula...
Date: Venise, 1561
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Soria et Terra Santa nova tavola.
Uncommon first edition of this classical map of the Holy Land, including Cyprus. The map is an enlarged version of Giacomo Gastaldi's published in 1548Girolamo Ruscelli's...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Tabula Asiae I.
Uncommon first edition of this classical map of Turkey, prepared by Ptolemy.Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia included newly engraved copperplates by Gi...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Brasil nuova tavola.
Uncommon first edition of this early map of Brazil. West to the top.Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Tierra Nova.
Uncommon first edition of this early map of South America.Girolamo Ruscelli\'s edition of Ptolemy\'s Geographia included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and Livio S...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Africa nuova tavola.
Uncommon first edition of this early map of south Africa. Madagascar is called Isola de S. Lorenzo and is oddly shaped.The origin of the Nile conforms to the Ptolemaic co...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Tabula Asiae IIII.
Uncommon first edition of this classical map of the Holy Land, including Cyprus. The map is an enlarged version of Giacomo Gastaldi's published in 1548Girolamo Ruscelli's...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Tabvla Asiae XII.
An elegantly engraved early map of Sri Lanka, with left the image of an elephant. Ref.: Paranavitana, maps of Dutch Ceylon, p.7.
Date: Venice, 1561
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Tabula Asiae XII. . .
Uncommon first edition of one of the earliest maps of Sumatra.Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and Livio...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Tabula Europae II. . .
Uncommon first edition of one of this map of ancient Spain and the tip of Africa.Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia included newly engraved copperplates ...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Hispania Nova Tabula. . .
Uncommon first edition of one of the earliest maps of Spain and Portugal.Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia included newly engraved copperplates by Giuli...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Anglia et Hibernia Nova. . .
Uncommon first edition of one of the earliest maps of Great Britain.Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Tabula Europa X . . .
Uncommon first edition of this map of Ancient Greece.Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and Livio Sanuti. ...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Tierra Nveva.
Rare first edition of the map of east coast of North America..According to Shirley, most likely engraved by the brothers Giulio and Livio Sanuto. Ptolemaic world map, con...
Date: Venise, 1561
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Orbis descriptio.
The map is elegantly designed and engraved on copper with typical Italian taste and skill. One of two modern world maps in Ruscelli's Atlas, based upon Gastaldi's world m...
Date: Venise, 1561
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Ptolemaei Typus.
A rare first edition of a very attractive Ptolemaic world map, following the standard classical format.Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia included newly ...
Date: Venice, 1561
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India Tercera Nuova Tavola.
Uncommon first edition of this early map of South East Asia.Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and Livio S...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Nueva Hispania tabula nova.
Uncommon first edition of this early map of New Spain, Florida and Gulf of Mexico. The map is an enlarged version of Giacomo Gastaldi's published in 1548. Nomenclature an...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Carta Marina nuova tavola.
Ruscelli's mariner's map is a slightly enlarged version of the map which appeared in Gastaldi's edition of Ptolemy thirteen years earlier. The only change seems to be the...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Graetia Nuova Tavola.
Uncommon first edition of this early map of Greece.Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and Livio Sanuti. Th...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Orbis descriptio.
The map is elegantly designed and engraved on copper with typical Italian taste and skill. Separate double-hemispherical maps were no innovation but this is the first tim...
Date: Venise, 1561
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Tabula Europae IIII
Scarce first edition of this classical map of Poland and Germany. The map is an enlarged version of Giacomo Gastaldi's published in 1548.Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Pt...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Tierra Nveva.
Early map of the east coast is an enlarged version of Giacomo Gastaldi's published in 1548. Nomenclature and cartography are unchanged, with the exception of the depictio...
Date: Venise, 1561
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India Tercera Nuova Tavola.
Uncommon first edition of Ruscelli's map is one of the earliest modern maps of Southeast Asia. An enlarged version of Gastaldi's miniature map of 1548, the map is one of ...
Date: Venice / 1561
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Tabula Europae III.
Ptolemaic style map of France, the Low Countries, and the Rhine river. Includes numerous historic place names. Italian text on verso.
Date: Venice, c1561
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Isola Cuba Nova.
Scarce FIRST edition of this map depicting the island of Cuba - one of the earliest separately published maps of Cuba. Also includes Jamaica and northwestern Hispaniola a...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Tierra Nova.
Scarce FIRST edition of this map depicting South America, extending from Labrador to Jamaica. The map is based upon a map published by Giacomo Gastaldi in 1548. One of th...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Tabula Asiae VI. (Arabian Peninsular)
Scarce FIRST edition of this classical map depicting the Arabian Peninsula, here called Arabia Foelix, Persian Gulf and Red Sea. The map is based upon a map published by ...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Europae Tabula VIII.
Ptolemaic map of eastern Europe, including a portion of Scandinavia, Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine and Russia, stretching from the Swedish island of Gotland (Gothia Insula) ...
Date: Venice, 1561
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Orbis descriptio.
The map is elegantly designed and engraved on copper with typical Italian taste and skill. One of two modern world maps in Ruscelli's Atlas, based upon Gastaldi's world m...
Date: Venise, 1561
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