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Provincia Cartaginese. Tunigi.
An attractive small map of the environs of Tunis in Northern Africa. It is from the "Relationi Universale" by Botero, published in Venice in 1598. Woodcut in pa...
Date: Venice, 1598
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Turcici Imperii Descriptio.
A map depicting the Turkish Empire, with the Arabian Peninsular at its center. Taken from the 1598 Italian printing of Giovanni Antonio Magini's edition of Claudius Ptole...
Date: Venice, 1598
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A ilhae cidade de Goa metropolitanada Indiae. . .
One of the earliest printed detailed plans of a European trading post in the Indies, this finely engraved and designed bird's-eye plan was made by Baptista a Doetecum and...
Date: Amsterdam, 1598
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Hiberniae Britannicae insulae nova descriptio.
Copied from Mercator's influential wall map of the British Isles of 1564, this is certainly the best map of Ireland of the 16th century.Dare to go in Black. All early map...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Cambriae Typus.
Ancient map of Wales, prepared by Humphrey Lhuyd. With fine cartouche, part of a compass-rose and a sea monster.Dare to go in Black. All early maps are printed in black a...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Scotiae tabula.
Fine general map of Scotland with north to right of page. Derived from Mercator's 1564 map of the British Isles in 8 sheets.Dare to go in Black. All early maps are printe...
Date: Anwerp, 1598
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Valentiae Regni ...
An attractive map of the province of Valence. Title cartouche centered on the lower part.Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black and white, and many wer...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Portugalliae que olim Lusitania.
The best-known map of Portugal, after Alvares Secco (1560), orientated west to the top of the sheet. Many mapmakers and publishers copied Secco's map for upwards of a cen...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Regni Hispaniae Post Omnium Editio..
Very decorative map of Spain and Portugal including Majorca and Minorca.Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black and white, and many were kept that way f...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Nobilis Hanoniae Comitatus descrip.
Including part of Belgium and the northern part of France.Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black and white, and many were kept that way for a long time...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Descriptio Germaniae Inferioris.
The oval map is surrounded by a strapwork frame and the title, adorned with ribbons, is held aloft by two winged cherubs. Dare to go in Black. All early maps were prin...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Germania.
General map of Germany, including Switzerland, Austria, The Netherlands and Belgium. Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black and white, and many were...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Burgundiae Comitatus Recentiss. Descriptio.
From 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]'. Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black and white, and many were kept that way for a long ...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Westphaliae . . .
A very fine map of Westphalia prepared by Christian sGroten. A very decorative cartouche on the upper right corner.Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a cartographer and pub...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Thietmarsiae Holsaticae . . . (together with) Rugiae . . .
Two maps on one sheet: Left a fine map of Holstein: The island of Rugia and part of Pomerania on the right hand sheet. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a cartographer and...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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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...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Frisia Orientalis.
Includes the provinces of Friesland. The map was prepared by Jan Bloemmaerts. Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black and white, and many were kept t...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Frisia Occidentalis.
Includes the provinces of Friesland and Groningen. The map was prepared by Sibrandus Leonis (Leo Sybrands) from Leeuwarden in 1579. In a large inset a map of the Netherla...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Flandriae Comitatus Descriptio.
Very fine map of Flanders, after Gerard Mercator's map of 1540. Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black and white, and many were kept that way for a ...
Date: Anvers, 1598
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Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae Descriptio.
The map was engraved by Franz Hogenberg from an original by Anthony Jenkinson of the English Muscovy Company, drawn in 1562. Jenkinson traveled to Bukhara in 1557-59 and ...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Tartariae sive magni Chami regni typus.
Much of the information shown on this map relates to the travels of Marco Polo between 1275 and 1291 with later information gained from the Portuguese Jesuit missionaries...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Fessae et Marocchi regna Africae celeberr.
Uncommon map, covering north-western Africa, with the Canaries and Madeira. With an inset of the Congo, after Filippo Pigafetta's famous map of the kingdom. Dare to go...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Peregrinationis Divi Pauli Typus..
A splendid map depicting the travels of Paulus. With two fine scenes in top. Showing the countries along the Mediterranean, including Cyprus and Italy. A first edition wi...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Austriae Descrip. Par Wolfganum Lazium.
Early map of the Duchy of Austria, engraved after the cartographic source by Wolfgang Lazius.Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black and white, and many...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Regni Bohemiae descriptio.
Fine and early map of Czechoslovakia after Johann Criginger. and used by A.Ortelius in his atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World].Only included in the ...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Ducatus Mediolanensis.
A very nice map of Italy, centered on Milan, prepared by Johannes Septala. Very decorative title cartouche on the left side. A sea monster and a ship are depicted on the ...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Veronae Urbis Territorium.
Very fine map of part of Italy centered on Verona, Vizenza and Lake Garda. Prepared by Bernardino Brugnoli, which first was published in 1574 by Forlani. Ortelius' map is...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Fori Ivlii accvrata descriptio
Map from 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]': published in Antwerp.Dare to go in Black. All early maps are printed in black and white and many were kept ...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Rhetiae alpestris descriptio, . . . Goritiae, Karstii, . . .
Two maps from 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]':published in Antwerp.Dare to go in Black. All early maps are printed in black and white and many were k...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Schlavoniae, Croatiae, Carniale.. Bosniae. . .
Fine and early map of former Yugoslavia after a map of Hirschvogel (1552-1565) and used by A.Ortelius in his atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]. Wi...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Graeciae Universae Secundum Hodiernum Situm Neoterica descriptio.
Ortelius' fine map of Greece, based on Jacobo Gastaldi's map of 1560. The early imprint with the uncorrected scale bar numeral.Dare to go in Black. All early maps are pri...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Archipelagi Insularum Aliquot Descrip.
Very decorative map showing map of Crete and 10 insets of Greek islands: Candia, Metellino, Santorini, Milo, Rodus, Scio, etc.Dare to go in Black. All early maps are prin...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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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 faithfully foll...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Perusini Agri.
A very nice map of northern province of Italy, centered on Perugia. Very nice title cartouche on the lower right corner, with a credit to the cartographer who prepared th...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Transilvania.
Detailed map of Hungary prepared by Sambucas in 1566, who itself based his map on Honter's map of 1532.Dare to go in Black. All early maps are printed in black and white ...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Ungariae Loca Praecipva..
Map of Hungary.Dare to go in Black. All early maps are printed in black and white and many were kept that way for a long time. A black and white map in an early and stron...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Illyricum.
Early map of Istria and Slovenia. Prepared by Johann Sambucus 1572. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a cartographer and publisher, who is born and died in Antwerp. Publis...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Graeciae Sophiani.
This is a beautiful depiction of ancient Greece. The map has a beautiful title cartouche in the shape of a Grecian temple in the bottom left-hand corner and a large scale...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Calecut Nuova Tavola.
Fine 1598 edition of this early map of India. Girolamo Ruscelli first published the map in his "La Geographi di Claudio Tolomeo" (Venice, 1561), with the presen...
Date: Venice, 1598
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Palatium Regium in Angliæ Regno Appelatum Nonciutz. . .
This fine engraving is a view of Nonsuch Palace, with carriages and deer hunting, a panel of female costume figures below. Latin text verso, dated in the plate 1582. The ...
Date: Cologne, 1598
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Carpetaniae Partis Desc.1584. - Guipus Coae Regionis Typus.
An ornate and highly decorative set of three maps on one sheet, Carpetanin, (upper left), Guipuzcoa, (upper right) and Cadiz (lower center). The maps are highly decorativ...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Hispalensis Conventus Delineatio, Auctore Hieronijmo Chiave...
The part of Andalusia centered on Seville, with Cadiz and Cordoba also shown. The second plate with overall stippling in the sea area (after 1595). The map is ornated wit...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Venuxini Comitatus Nova Descr. / Gallia Narbonensis. / Sabaudiae Ducat.
Three maps on one sheet. Upper left the coast of the Mediterranean Sea (with places like Narbonne, Aigues Mortes, Avignon, Arles etc. In the bottom left corner a map of t...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Hassiae Descriptio / Holsatiae Descriptio.
Two maps on one sheet. Left hand presents the province of Hessen, centered on the city of Munich : the right part shows the province of Holstein. Very nice cartouche on t...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Saxoniae Misniae Thuringiae.
A very fine map of Saxen, Misnie and Thüringen . A very decorative title cartouche on the lower left corner, and a symbolized legend cartouche on the upper right corner....
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Wirtenberg Ducatus . . .
Ortelius copied the map after Georg Gadner's map of 1572.Very decorative and a masterpiece in the sense of engraving and composition.Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a ca...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Salisburgensis Iuridictionis.
Prepared by the Salzburg-born cartographer Marcus Secsnagel (1520-1580). Title cartouche on the lower right corner. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a cartographer and pu...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Bavariae, olim vindeliciae delineationis..
Fine and early map of Bavaria, prepared by Philipp Apian in 1561 and used by Ortelius in his atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]. The Theatrum was r...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Thusciae descriptio . . .
Very fine map of Tuscany after Girolamo Bellarmati (1493-1555). In lower right hand corner Rome, includes Chianti wine region, Pisa, Florence, etc.Abraham Ortelius (1527-...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Pedemontanae vicinorumque...
Very fine map of Piemonte after Giacomo Gastaldi (1500-1566). Including towns of Turin, Milan, Genoa, S.Remo, Monaco, etc.Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a cartographer ...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Brixiani Agri Typus [Brescia].
A very nice map of northern province of Italy, Brecia. Copied after a map prepared in 1560 by Christoforo Sorte. Very large title cartouche on the lower left corner. Abra...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Agricremonensis Typus
Very decorative map of northern Italy with the city of Cremona near the center. The map is based on the 1571 map of Antonio Campi. Large inset of essentially the same reg...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Regni Neapolitani verissi..
Very fine map of Southern Italy, including the towns of Ascoli Piceno, Napels, Fogia, Bari, Catanzaro, most northern tip of Sicily with Messina. The map is based on Pirro...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Aprutii Ulterioris Descriptio.
Very fine map covering Abruzzi area, including the towns of Ascoli Piceno, Teramo, Pescara, etc. Prepared by Natale Bonifacio (1538-1592). Three fine title cartouches. A ...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Seaweed and birds seen approaching the Cape of Good Hope.
The sailors saw many plants floating on the surface of the sea during their voyage to India. Among these was the ‘trombas’, which was a pipe-like growth with its root...
Date: Frankfurt, 1598
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How the Javanese bet on cock-fighting.
The people of Java rear cocks for fighting and put bets on them for high sums of money. The fiercest and strongest birds are taken to an open space where pairs are chosen...
Date: Frankfurt, 1598
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A picture of the Aloë, Maguey mexicanum & Sycomorg.
Here is the aloë, or semper vivum, which is as tall as a man and found in great numbers in Agua de Sanbras. Also the maguey, often called metl, grows here, but originate...
Date: Frankfurt, 1598
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The Indian coconut, fig-tree and others.
The Indians have many uses for the palm or coconut tree. Not only do they obtain food and drink from its fruit, they can also make clothing, ships’ sails, rope and othe...
Date: Frankfurt, 1598
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How the inhabitants catch whales off the east coast of Madagascar.
When the natives of Santa Marta, off the east coast of Madagascar see a whale, they row out in their little boats and throw out a rope with a large hook on the end. When ...
Date: Frankfurt, 1598
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Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, nova descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio.
The first map of China ever to appear in a Western atlas, west to the top. The second state with "Las Philipinas" somewhere in 1587 added to the plate. When thi...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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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...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Insularum Aliquot Maris Mediterranei Descriptio.
Six maps on one sheet. In the center a map of Sicily, surrounded by maps of Sardinia, Djerba, The island of Elbe, Corfu and Malta.
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Maris Pacifici.
This was the first printed map to be devoted solely to the Pacific, and the first to name North and South America separately. Lower right a large presentation of Ferdinan...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Typus Orbis Terrarum.
Ortelius' third and last world map is dated 1587 under the author's signature. The earlier border of clouds has been replaced by a more intricate and elegant lattice of s...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Italiae Novissima descriptio. . .
Very fine map of Italy after Giacomo Gastaldi. Embellished with a title cartouche, vessels, sea monsters and sea gods. No text on verso.Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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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...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Romani Imperii Imago.
An attractive map of the second plate prepared (after 1592) of the Roman Empire, drawn by Ortelius and published in the 'Paregon' section. The medallion portraits are of ...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Pomeraniae, Wandalicae Regionis, Typ. - Livoniae Nova Descriptio, Ioanne Portantio auctore. - Ducatus Oswieczensis, et Zatoriensis, Descriptio.
Three maps on one sheet. The first map covers northern part of Pomerania. The map of Livonia is prepared by Johannes Portanius, who was a contemporary of Ortelius who als...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Hungariae Descriptio ..
A very fine map of Hungary, centered on Budapest. The map was prepared by Wolfgang Lazius in 1556. Very decorative cartouche on the lower right corner.Abraham Ortelius (1...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Prussiae descriptio. . .
Fine map of Ortelius' first map of Prussia, with a striking cartouche and two sailing ships, showing part of present day Poland.The map was prepared by Caspar Henneberger...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Poloniae, Lituaniaeq descriptio.
Fine general map of Poland. Rare, the second plate appearing in post-1595 edition of the Theatrum. Only used until 1612. Based on the now lost map of Waclaw Grodecki. Sho...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Açores Insulae.
The importance of the Azores at that time was connected with the observation of Columbus that compass variation (i.e. the difference between the real and the magnetic nor...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Ptolemaei Cognita.
Fine 1598 edition of this early world map. Girolamo Ruscelli first published the map in his "La Geographi di Claudio Tolomeo" (Venice, 1561), with the present e...
Date: Venice, 1598
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America.
Fine 1598 edition of this early map of America. Girolamo Ruscelli first published the map in his "La Geographi di Claudio Tolomeo" (Venice, 1561), with the pres...
Date: Venice, 1598
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Insulae Philippinae [Philippines].
A miniature map of Philippines, centered on Mindanao and Luzon. Title cartouche on the upper left corner. First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were e...
Date: Middelburg, 1598
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Bornnes / Zahara.
Three fine engravings after G> Hoefnagel, dated 1564 of two towns in the province of Cadiz. The two engravings of the hill-top town of Zahara are taken from the west, ...
Date: Cologne, ca 1598
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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...
Date: Basle, 1598
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Brandeburgensis Marchiae Descriptio.
A very fine map centered on the towns of Brandenburg and Berlin. Nice title cartouche on the lower left corner.Prepared by Elias Camerius. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) wa...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Turingiae Noviss../ Mansfeldiae Comitatus.
Two maps on one sheet. Left hand presents the province of Thüringen and is centered on the city of Erfurt. Nice cartouche on the lower left corner with a credit to the a...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Franciae Orientalis (Vulgo Franckenlant) Descriptio, Avctore, Sebast.A. Rotenhan. (with) Monasteriensis Et Osnaburgensis Episcopatvs Descriptio Auctore Godefrido Mascop Embricense. Cum privilegio.
The map of Frankenland is prepared by Sebastian Rotenhan (1478-1532) and showing the area between Frankfurt and Bamberg. To the right a map Monasteriensis which is after ...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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