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Gallia Nova Tabula.
The third state of Ruscelli's map of France, based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Girolamo Ruscelli first published the map in his "La Geographi di Claudio Tolomeo" (Ve...
Date: Venice, 1598
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Tavola nuova di Schiavonia.
The third state of Ruscelli's map of the Balkans, with a coat of arms in lower left corner, based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Girolamo Ruscelli first published the map in his ...
Date: Venice, 1598
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Africa minor nuova tavola.
The third state of Ruscelli's map of North Africa, based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Showing the region of present day Algiers, Tunisia and Libya. Girolamo Ruscelli first publ...
Date: Venice, 1598
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Marmarica nuova tavola.
The third state of Ruscelli's map of northern Africa based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Showing the Nubia Desert and showing Egypt, the Nile, etc. Girolamo Ruscelli first publi...
Date: Venice, 1598
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Egito vuova tavola.
The third state of Ruscelli's map of Egypt with the river Nile, based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Showing Egypt and the Nile. Extends east to the Upper Red Sea and West to Des...
Date: Venice, 1598
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Europae tabula IX.
The third state of Ruscelli's map of The Balkans region, based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Showing the Balkans and Turkey. Girolamo Ruscelli first published the map in his &qu...
Date: Venice, 1598
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Tabula Africae III.
The third state of Ruscelli's map of North Africa and the Mediterranean, based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Showing the north coast of Africa including Egypt and the Nile River...
Date: Venice, 1598
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Tabula Africae IIII.
The third state of Ruscelli's map of The Northern part of Africa, based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Showing Mediterranean, Aethiopia Interior, the Canary Islands, Asia Minor, ...
Date: Venice, 1598
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Tabula Asiae I.
The third state of Ruscelli's map of Turkey, based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Showing Asia Minor and parts of the Black Sea and Cyprus. Girolamo Ruscelli first published the ...
Date: Venice, 1598
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Tabula Asiae II.
The third state of Ruscelli's map of part of the Ukraine and the region between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea extending south to include all of Armenia Maior and part of ...
Date: Venice, 1598
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Tabula Asiae III.
The third state of Ruscelli's map of the region between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea extending south to include all of Armenia Maior and part of Armenia Minoris, based u...
Date: Venice, 1598
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Tabula Asiae VII.
The third state of Ruscelli's map the region north and east of the Black Sea and Caspian Sea, extending to the Imaus Mountains, based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Showing Caspi...
Date: Venice, 1598
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Tabula Asiae VIII.
The third state of Ruscelli's map of central Asia, based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Girolamo Ruscelli first published the map in his "La Geographi di Claudio Tolomeo&quo...
Date: Venice, 1598
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Tabula Asiae IX.
The third state of Ruscelli's map of part of Northern India, based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Showing India, Pakistan and the Indian Ocean. Girolamo Ruscelli first published ...
Date: Venice, 1598
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Tabula Asiae X.
The third state of Ruscelli's map of part of India and the Indian Ocean, based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Showing part of India and the Indian Ocean, extending north to the s...
Date: Venice, 1598
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Wiismaria [Wismar].
Wismar is here shown in a cavalier perspective. The former Hanseatic city on the Baltic rises on the far side of Wismar Bay beyond a broad reach of land. The impressive s...
Date: Cologne, 1598
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Europa.
Fascinating, scarce early map of the Europe from Quad's Europae totius orbis terrarum, published by Johann Bussemacher. Quad's map is a fantastic amalgam of many cartogr...
Date: Cologne, 1598
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Heide / Meldorf.
Twin perspective bird's-eye views of Heide and Meldorf. HEIDE: The town of Heide is presented in a bird's-eye view from the south. The houses are arranged around the larg...
Date: Cologne, 1598
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Tonning / Husum.
A pair of bird's-eye perspective views. TONNING: The illustration of Tönning shows a view across the Eider. The castle with five towers at the center of the town was bui...
Date: Cologne, 1598
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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...
Date: Cologne, 1598
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Halle / Hildesheim.
A pair of bird's eye perspective Views of Halle & Hildesheim. Halle is presented in a view across the Saale from the west. Particularly prominent on the skyline - hal...
Date: Cologne, 1598
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Plon.
Plön is shown in a sweeping bird's-eye view of the countryside surrounding the Greater and Lesser Lake Plön, on which a number of fishermen are seen at work. The palace...
Date: Cologne, 1598
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Americae sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio (Dutch text edition).
One of the most famous and decorative maps of America.The map, which shows both North and South America, featured in Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first ...
Date: Antwerp, (1587) 1598
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Calatia vulgo Caiazo.
The well-fortified town of Caiazzo (also called the Città dell'Olio, "City of Oil"), which lies northeast of Capua in the immediate vicinity of the Vilturno, i...
Date: Cologne, ca 1598
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Elegantissimus a parte Orientali Oenipontis prospectus.
This engraving offers a view of the Inn Valley from the east. In its animation and dynamism, conveyed by the rural staffage, high mountains and dramatic, cloudy sky, the ...
Date: Cologne, 1598
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Turcici Imperii Descriptio.
Map of the Middle East, extending from Greece to Arabia and covering the Cradle of Civilisation region. This is a new plate copied from another Ortelius map of 1570 with ...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Senensis ditionis, Accurata descript.
Map by Ortelius of Tuscan Sea, with Siena in upper left corner. The map was based on a map of Caesar Orlandi.In attractive original colors. From 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum ...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Descriptio Hydrographica accommodata ad Battavorum navagatio
The German writer Levinas Hulsius compiled an extensive collection of accounts of explorers' voyages, published ultimately in twenty-six parts. This handsome map sets out...
Date: Nuremberg 1598
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Theatre de l'Univers, contenant les Cartes de tout le Monde, avec une brieve Declaration d'icelles.
A very decorative title page from the 1598 French edition of Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern Atlas.
Date: Antwerp, 1598
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Fretum Magellannicum, und dessen eigentliche Beschribung, so die hollander durch schifft und aush der leng beschreiben.
A fascinating early map of the Strait of Magellan, with north at the bottom, showing ships sailing the passageway between Terrae del Fuogo Pars and Americae Pars. Depicte...
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
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Franciscus Draco cum in locum quendam venis set, à Rege istius regionis convenitur.
This famous and desirable scene was engraved by de Bry native Americans approaching European soldiers and offer gifts. A group of native Americans sit around a fire in a ...
Date: Frankfurt, Matthaeus Becker, 1599
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Deliniatio cartae trium navigationum per Batavos. . .
A major landmark in Arctic cartography incorporating recent voyages including Barents' third voyage to this region, made in 1596-7. A derivative of Willem Barentsz's map ...
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
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[Portrait of Jan Huijgen van Linschoten.]
Rare head and shoulder portrait of the famous explorer Jan Huijgen van Linschoten. The portrait medallion has an oval frame of simulated metal upon which is engraved Lins...
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
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Regis in candt et Admiralis effigies. (The king of Candy meets the Dutch Admiral)
This shows the mighty king who received the name: Fimala Derura Suriada as a child in Colombo. He was also christened Don Lean d'Austria do Colombo. He is of royal blood ...
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
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XIV. Festum Poenitentiae Apud Populos, Qui. . . ( Strange ceremonies in the state of Silon.)
Strange ceremonies in the state of Silon. Among the Oriental Indians are several from Casta who, whenever a man dies, digs a large pit. Then the corpse is placed in the o...
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
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XVIII. Pugna Inter Regem in Pegu . . . [A battle between King Pegu and King Auua)
Battle with two elephants between King Pegu and King Auua. After King Pegu had burnt the traitors, he gathered together three hundred thousand men and declared war on Kin...
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
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De foro Goae frequentao, Leylon. . . (The daily market at Goa).
This famous and desirable scene of the daily market of Goa, drawn after Jan Huijgen van Linschoten during his visit to the East of 1583-1592 here published by De Bry the ...
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
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Tabula Asiae II
An interesting Ptolemaic map with trapezoidal projection. Shows the Caucasus region from the modern-day Crimea and Sea of Azov, to the mouth of the Volga River and the Ca...
Date: Venice, 1599
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Deliniatio cartae trium navigationum per Batavos..
A major landmark in Arctic cartography incorporating recent voyages including Barents' third voyage to this region, made in 1596-7. A derivative of Willem Barentsz's map ...
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
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XI. Insignia et Sigilla Regum in Celon.
Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at the time of his death in 1598. His widow, ...
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
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Navis Quaedam Lusitanica ab Anglis. . . (The English and Dutch attack a Portuguese ship )
A nice engraving of a battle between Dutch, English and Portuguese ships (137 x 167mm.) with a numbered key. According to the Latin explanation "On the 14th October,...
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
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Edicti Regii, de quo cap. 3 fecundi libri agitur, executio. (How the king of the Congo had all the devilish idols burnt )
How the king of the Congo had all the devilish idols burnt. After the king of the Congo adopted the Christian religion, he told all his noblemen and servants to hand over...
Date: Frankfurt, 1598-1599
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Sebastianus Munsterus Cosmographus.
Very decorative portrait of Sebastian Münster (20 January 1488 – 26 May 1552), engraved by Theodor de Bry (1528-1593) and published in Jean Jacques Boissard, "Ico...
Date: Frankfurt a.M. 1597 - 1599
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Petrus Apianus Binvitzius Astrologus
Very decorative portrait of Petrus Apianus (April 16, 1495 – April 21, 1552), engraved by Theodor de Bry (1528-1593) and published in Jean Jacques Boissard, "Icone...
Date: Frankfurt a.M. 1597 - 1599
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Guliemus Camdenus historicus Brittannus.
Very decorative portrait of William Camden (2 May 1551 – 9 November 1623), engraved by Theodor de Bry (1528-1593) and published in Jean Jacques Boissard, "Icones V...
Date: Frankfurt a.M. 1597 - 1599
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Johannes Hugonis a Linschoten Haerlemensis aeta 35 A° 1598 Soufrir pour parvenir.
Very decorative portrait of Jan Huyghen van Linschoten (1563, Haarlem – 8 February 1611, Enkhuizen), engraved by Theodor de Bry (1528-1593) and published in Jean Jacque...
Date: Frankfurt a.M. 1597 - 1599
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Cantuarbury.
A beautifully rendered and decorative bird's-eye view of the famous English town of Canterbury. The plan identifies important sites and contains four coats-of-arms along ...
Date: Cologne, 1599
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Yorke - Shrowesbury - Lancaster - Richmont.
Four city plans by Braun & Hogenberg on one sheet : Plans of York, Shrewsbury and Lancashire and a view of the castle of Richmond.On each side of the four views are ...
Date: Cologne, 1599
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Deliniatio cartae trium navigationum per Batavos..
A major landmark in Arctic cartography incorporating recent voyages including Barents' third voyage to this region, made in 1596-7. A derivative of Willem Barentsz's map ...
Date: Frankfurt 1599
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CORSICA.
A miniature map of Corsica.First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were executed by the most famous engravers in Amsterdam, including Petrus Kaerius and...
Date: Amsterdam/Frankfurt 1599
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Zelandia.
Map of the Province of Zeeland, with its many islands and peninsulas. Major cities, small villages.
Date: Amsterdam 1599
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Nova Et Exacta Delineatio Americae Partis Australis Que Est : Brasilia, Caribana, Guiana ?
Very rare map of South America, published by Hulsius. First issue. One of the two maps of Central and South América published in "Brevis & admiranda descriptio ...
Date: Nuremberg 1599
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Floating Tea House in China.
This famous and desirable scene from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-1592 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. ...
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
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Transport of China
Scene of a "Chinese" landscape with a wind carriage and the transportation of a noble woman from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here publish...
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
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Mirae Chinensium ceremoniae, quibus in sacris & diuino cultu vtuntur.
A religious scene in China Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. From Part II...
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
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Status Officiatorum Lusitanorum in India.
A scene of Portuguese officials in India from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-1592 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separa...
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
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A Ilha e Cidade de Goa Metropolitana da India e Partes Orientais que esta em 15 Graos da Banda do Norte.
A bird's-eye town-plan of Goa, the capital of the Portuguese trading empire in Asia. This is a reduced version of Doetechum's view that illustrated editions of Jan Huygen...
Date: Frankfurth, 1599
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Imperio Del Preste Gianni - Presbeteri Ioannis Sive Abissinorum Imperii Descriptio.
Charming map of the legendary land of the Christian king, Prester John, inset in Italian text (recto and verso). From "La seconda parte delle relazioni universali&qu...
Date: Breschia c. 1599
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[No Title] - This is the frontispiece of De Bry's work of America Parts VIII.
This is a very rare opportunity to collect a solo example of De Bry's famous master work's world map - title page of: Americae pars VIII. : Continens primo, Descriptionem...
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
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Johannes Hugonis a Linschoten Haerlemensis aeta 35 A° 1598 Soufrir pour parvenir.
Very decorative portrait of Jan Huyghen van Linschoten (1563, Haarlem – 8 February 1611, Enkhuizen), engraved by Theodor de Bry (1528-1593). Jan Huyghen van Linschoten ...
Date: Frankfurt a.M. 1597 - 1599
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(12 Month's of the year)
Complete set of the 12 month's after Joan Anthony de Pauli (Giovanni Antonio de Paoli, c. 1589-1630) and etched by Antonio Tempesta, also called il Tempestino, (1555 – ...
Date: Rome, 1599
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Novissima Urbis Romae Descriptio.
First state. A rare bird's-eye-view of Rome from the Lafreri-School. Numbered key below the view with 86 references. It is inspired by the plan created by Ambrogio Brambi...
Date: Sienne, 1600
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Asia.
A lovely miniature version of the Ortelius map of Asia, complete with a strap-work title and a stippled sea. Map extent is from East Africa to Japan (no Korea), and down ...
Date: Antwerp, ca 1600
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[Lot of 3 portraits, with a portrait of Abraham Ortelius and portraits of William Camden and Robert Dudley]
A striking portrait of Abraham Ortelius, This portrait of Abraham Ortelius appeared in the editions of his ‘Theatrum’ published after his death in 1598. Abraham Ortel...
Date: Antwerp, ca 1600
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Geometrica.
Geometrica, engraving by Joan Sadeler (1550-1600), after Maerten de Vos (1532-1603). One fo the seven liberal arts.
Date: Antwerp, 1570-1600
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Rhetorica.
Rhetorica, engraving by Joan Sadeler (1550-1600),after Maerten de Vos (1532-1603). One of the seven liberal arts.
Date: Antwerp, 1570-1600
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Aquitania australis regnu Arelatense cum confinijs
Early map of southern France, extending until Monaco, parts of Spain and Switzerland. Published in Mercators famous Atlas Sive Cosmographia. Latin text on verso.
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1600
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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...
Date: Cologne, 1600
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ANVERS
Uncommon copper engraved plan of Antwerp, with the harbor, the fortifications, and the surrounding area. Latin text on verso. Shows the streets and city walls, plus fiel...
Date: Amsterdam, 1600
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Der Candinal vor Hulst Komt An...
A very fine copper engraving of the attack of Hulst, showing the military strengths of opposing forces. Attack by Archduke Albert Von Austria, governor of the Netherlands...
Date: Cologne, ca. 1600
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Presbiteri Iohannis, sive, Abissinorum Imperii descriptio.
Famous "Prester John" map of most parts of the African continent, and the Arabian peninsula. With a dedication to King David, and the coat of arms of Preste...
Date: Antwerp, c1600
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Novi Orbis Pars America. . .
Published in Cologne in 1600 this map is from 'Geographisch Handtbuch' with German text on the verso.Quad's map of North America is derived from De Jode and is a beautifu...
Date: Cologne, 1600
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Galliae tabule geographicae. Per Gerardum Mercatorem...
Attractive titlepage of the France volume from Mercator's Atlas Sive Cosmographia. According to Shirley the "early sectional parts of his "Atlas" each had ...
Date: Amsterdam, c1600
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Londen oder Lunden (Londinum Feracis: Ang. Met.).
Superb bird's-eye view of London based on the Braun & Hogenberg view. Shows the area between Clerkenwell, Wapping, Southwark and Westminster Abbey. Elizabethan costum...
Date: Basle, c1600
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Majorcae et Minorcae descrip.
Superb miniature map of the Balearics. Including a sailing ship, sea monsters, and the title cartouche. With French text on verso.Published in his "Caert-Thresoor&qu...
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1600
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Moscoviae Imperium.
Early map of Imperial Russia and Ukraine by Mathias Quad, published by Johann Bussemacher and Wilhelm Lützenkirchen. It shows the Russian Empire in Europe from the Mare...
Date: Cologne, 1600
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SUMATRA INSULA.
Superb miniature map of Sumatra and southern Malaysia (including Singapore). One of the earliest obtainable maps of the Strait of Malacca naming Singapore. With French te...
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1600
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Tabula Geographica Provinciarum Brabantiae, Geldriae, Comitatus sutphaniae, Trajectini, Transilvaniae, Drentiae, Twentiae, Hollandiae et Frisiae.
One of the rarest maps covering a large part of the Netherlands, engraved by Benjamin Wright and published by Cornelis Claesz. Schilder mentions only one other know copy ...
Date: Amsterdam, c.1600
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Vera Designatio Urbis in Littavia Grodnae.
Shows a view of the city of Hrodna (Grodno. Different groups of people are crossing the wooden bridge and entering the city.After an engraving by Matthias Zündt, dated 1...
Date: Cologne, c. 1600
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America Sive India Nova.
The famous Michael Mercator hemispherical Americas map of 1595, based on his grandfather Rumold Mercator's world map. One of the most important and beautifully engraved e...
Date: Amsterdam, c.1600
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