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Insularum Moluccarum Nova descriptio.
Exquisite map of the famous Spice Islands based on the islands described by Jan Huyghen van Linschoten. This map was the first large scale map of the region and depicts t...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Pecheli sive Peking imperii sinarum provincia prima.
The map of the province of Peking from Joan Blaeu's Novus Atlas Sinensis , the first atlas of china with maps by the hand of the Italian Jesuit Martino Martini. A beautif...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Rhenus Fluviorum Europae..
Shows the course of the River Rhine, showing parts of Switzerland, Austria, The Netherlands and part of Germany.The finest Dutch map publishers were the Blaeu family, and...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Title page from "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum sive Atlas Novus".
Attractive title page of Blaeu's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. The title is printed on a paste-on slip.Decorative and finely engraved architectural façade with figures. Some ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Cyprus Insula.
Blaeu's beautiful map of Cyprus embellished with a very decorative title cartouche, a scale cartouche, two coats of arms, two wind roses and three sailing ships.With &quo...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Byzantium nunc Constantinopolis.
One of the finest and most sought-after views of Istanbul. Viewed from the village of Scutari, the City is shown with all its fortifications, the original Genouse distric...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Legionis regnum..
Decorative map of the Spanish Province Asturias, Castile and Léon, including the towns of Oviedo, Leó,n, Santander, Valladolid, etc. With two fine title cartou...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Regiones Sub Polo Arctico.
One of the many cases of duplication by the firms of Blaeu and Hondius/Jansson. In this case, Blaeu has copied Jansson's map of 1637. It depicts rhumb lines radiating fro...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Accuratissima Brasiliae Tabula.
Early map of Brazil showing settlements, coastal features, and the hereditary captaincies of the 17th century. The named cities include Sao Sebastian (Rio de Janeiro), Sa...
Date: Amsterdam, c.1640
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Tavrica Chersonesva Mostra aetate Prezecopsca et Gazara dicitur
Nice map of the Ukraine with in the north Moscow. On verso Latin text ?Tavrica Chersonesus? F2 Urbes. Very slight discoloring on fold.
Date: c. 1640
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Ducatus Silesiae Glogani Vera Delineatione
Beautiful full old colored example of Blaeu's map of Glogau in Lower Silesia Province in Poland. From a Spanish edition of "Atlas Maior".
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Terra Firma et Novum Regnum Granatense et Popayan
The northwest corner of South America including present day Panama and Columbia. Shows Panama City, Cartagena and Cali. Graphically depicts the rugged terrain of the uppe...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Tabula Russiae
Tabula Russiae... dicta Moscovia. An attractive map of the region including all of Scandinavia through to the Black and Caspian Seas. The map is based on Hessel Gerritsz\...
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1640
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Carte de l' Asie. . . Didiée a Maitre Pierre Petit. . .
Rare map of Asia, with the address of Michel van Lochom, dated 1640.The map is of interest for the dual-naming of the sea between Korea and Japan, here called "MER D...
Date: Paris, c. 1640
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Carte de L'Amerique Corrigee et augmentee dessus toutes les autres . . .
Very rare map of the Americas engraved by Michel van Lochom. A second state who clearly shows signs of reworking and Burden believes that it is the same as that of 1624 l...
Date: Paris, 1640
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Carte de l' Afrique. . .
Very rare map of Africa.Prepared by P.Bertius and published by Michel van Lochem (1601-47). He was engraver and royal printer, active at "Rue St.Jacques à la Rose B...
Date: Paris, 1640
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Africae nova descriptio.
Fine "carte à figures"- map of the continent of Africa. Much of the geographical information is still based on the Ptolemaic maps, with the Nile shown with its...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Fionia vulgo Funen
Beautiful old colored map of Funen in Denmark from J. Blaeu. Showing Funen, Als and Langeland. With one colored cartouche and scale.
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Amsterdam.
Bird's eye view of the busy harbour of Amsterdam with the city shown in plan. Individual buildings can be seen with gardens behind them. Clearly shows the canal system, c...
Date: Frankfurt, 1640
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Provincia. La Provence.
Detailed map of the Province including the towns of Marseille, Avignon, Nice, Aix-en-Provence, Sisteron, Cannes, St. Tropez, Toulon, etc. Three decorative cartouches, coa...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Normandia Ducatus.
Very detailed map of Normandy centered on Caen and Rouen. Also showing Cherbourg, Avranches, Bayeux, Cabourg, Honfleur, Le Havre, Etretat, Fecamp. St Malo and Mont Saint ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Aethiopia Superior vel Interior vulgo Abissinorum.
An attractive map of the Eastern African and the fictitious kingdom of Prester John. The map shows a major section of central and eastern Africa including Mozambique nort...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Nova Helvetiae Tabula
Beautiful colored mid 17th century copper engraved map of Switzerland by J. Janssonius. With two cartouche and a mileage scale. Covering complete Switzerland with the Lak...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Historischer Chronicken Continuation, oder, Warhafftre Beschreibung . . .
Beautiful German baroque allegorical title page from and Merian's Historischer Chronicken Continuation, oder Warhafftre Beschreibung. Frankreich.
Date: Frankfurt, ca. 1640
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Insularum Moluccarum Nova descriptio.
The small spice islands off the west coast of the island of Halmahera in the eastern part of the archipelago. With an imposing title cartouche, together with finely drawn...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Silesiae Ducatus . . .
Centered on Breslau. Including the towns of Dresden, Cracow, Prague, Olmitz, etc.Decorative map prepared by Jonas Scultetus, a Silesian cartographer (1603-1664).French te...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Pomeraniae ducatus Tabula.
Finely engraved map of Pomerania, geographical region today divided between northern Poland and Germany on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea. With decorative title carto...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Paraguayo Prov. De Rio De La Plata cum regionibus..
This is an early map showing this northern Patagonia territory. Also showing Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo, Santa Cruz of Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Buenos Ayres, Chili and ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Venezuela, cum parte Australi novae Andalusiae.
A finely engraved, decorative map. The islands Trinidad, Margarita, Aruba and Curaçao are shown as well. With decorative title cartouche.
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Novissima Arragoniae ?
Shows cities of Saragossa and Pamplona. Dedication to a list of worthies, deputies of the king in Aragon by Henricus Hondius.
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Abissinorum sive Pretiosi Ioannis Imperiu
Hand colored map of Central Africa by G. Mercator. With two beautiful colored cartouche and one inset map of the Congo. Showing the Kingdom of Prester John in central Afr...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Fezzae et Marocchi regna Africae celeberrima
Old colored map of Morocco by W. Blaeu. With the Strait of Gibraltar, several sailing ships and a large figural cartouche. The map is based on Ortelius map of 1570. From ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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A Newe mape of Poland Done into English by I.Speede.
A wonderful map of Poland. Incorporated into Speed's 'Prospect Of The Most Famous Parts Of The World.' Includes birds-eye views of Cracow, Dantzick, Posna, Crossen, Sando...
Date: London, 1640
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Taurica Chersonesus, Nostra aetate Przecopsca et Gazara dicitur.
Old colored engraved map of the Ukraine with the Crimea peninsula by W. Blaeu. With two colored cartouches and three sailing ships. From "Atlas Major" around 16...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Anglia Regnum.
A striking map of Great Britain with two finely-engraved coats of arms (Great Britain and Ireland).
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1640
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Historischer Chronicken Continuation, oder, Warhafftre Beschreibung . . .
Beautiful German baroque allegorical title page from Merian's Historischer Chronicken Continuation, oder Warhaffte Beschreibung. . . ..
Date: Frankfurt, ca. 1640
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Valentia regnum Contestani, Ptol. Edentani, Plin.
Fine map of the Spanish province of Valencia, with large title cartouche and Dutch vessels offshore.
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Natolia, quae olim Asia minor. [shows Cyprus]
A finely designed map from the great Blaeu family of Amsterdam. Decorative map of Asia Minor, showing Cyprus and the Islands in the Aegean. Embellished with a banner cart...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Nova famigerabilis insulae ac ducatus Rugiae descriptio.
Both side borders are filled with coat of arms of the island's leading families. Including two compass roses, sailing ships, sea monsters and a large coat of arms in the ...
Date: Amsterdam, c.1640
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De Custen van Engeland en Schotlandt tusschen Tinbij en de Eijlanden van Orcanesse.
Very rare of the coasts of Scotland, with Aberdeen, from The New Fierie Sea-Colomne, published in 1640 by Jacob Aertz. Colom. .
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Europa recens descripta a Guilielmo Blaeuw.
Blaeu’s striking map of Europe, framed on both sides by five costumed figures. Left border: Angli, Galli, Belgi, Castiliani, Venetiani. Right border: Germani, Hungari, ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Les environs de L'Estang de Longpendv, Comprenant une grande partie du Comte de Charolois.
Beautiful map showing the lands of the Duke of Charolais in the region of France west of Chalon-sur-Saône, between Dijon and Lyon in France, published by the Blaeu firm....
Date: Amsterdam, c.1640
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Ducatus Silesiae Glogani Vera Delineatio . . .
Decorative regional map of Silesia, centered on Breslau. Extends from Cracow to Glogau and Gorlitz. Two cartouches, each with a large coat of arms. French text on verso.
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Circumferentia terrae continet miliaria germanica 5400, italica vero 21600.
Text page from "Introduction" of a Blaeu Atlas, Chapter VII. "De la division du Globe en 360 parties: du circuit de la terre, de sa longeur & largeur.T...
Date: Amsterdam, c.1640
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Paderbornensis Episscopatus Descriptio Nova.
Detailed map centered on Paderborn. Prepared by Joannes Michael Gigas (1580-1650+), a doctor, mathematician, and geographer who also made maps of Osnabrug, Westphalia, M...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Moscva.
Superb bird's-eye plan of Moscow from Merians "Neuwe Archontologia cosmica". The very detailed map shows many buildings, streets, bridges, and more. With the ...
Date: Frankfurt, c1640
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Descriptio fluminum Rheni, Vahalis et Mosae. . .
A fine map of central Netherlands where three great rivers flow to within but a few kilometres of each below Wesel. (The Rhine, the Waal and the Meuse Rivers). The scale ...
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1640
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Holsatia.
From the English edition of the miniature Mercator/Hondius atlas, published in Amsterdam in the first half of the seventeenth century. It shows the region of Holstein, si...
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1640
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Nova Alemanniae sive Sueviae Superioris Tabula.
A German regional map with west orientated at the top of the map, showing the area between Lech & Danube, with Lake Constance (Boden See) and the Allgau. A detailed m...
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1640
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Wirtenberg Ducatus.
A regional German map of Baden-Wurttemberg, engraved by Mercator and Hondius for the Janssonius atlas of 1638. Covers Offenburg, Sigmarigen, Ulm, Heidelberg, and is cente...
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1640
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N°4. Horologium Horizontale ubi axis mundanus supra horizontem extollitur grandus XLVIIII. Scrupula XXIIII.
This beautiful engraving is a horological diagram with at bottom a 32-point wind rose and signed underneath "Franciscus Ritter N fac:".Remarkable for the elabor...
Date: Nuremberg 1640
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Lotharingia Ducatus vulgo Lorraine.
A very detailed map for his time centered on Nancy, Bayon and Metz, and including the river valleys of the Sar and Moselle. In the lower right-hand corner of the map is a...
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1640
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Holsatia.
From the English edition of the miniature Mercator/Hondius atlas, published in Amsterdam in the first half of the seventeenth century. It shows the region of Holstein, si...
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1640
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Moluccae Insulae Celeberrimae.
This plate was originally engraved in the 1620, and published as a loose-sheet by Jodocus Hondius II. At his death in August 1629 this map was, among 39 other copper plat...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Carte de L'Afrique Corrigee, et augmentee dessus toutes les aultres cy devant faictes par P. Bertius 1640.[Tavernier]
Scarce separately published map of Africa, first published by Melchior Tavernier in Paris in 1627.Bertius's map of Africa is one of the earliest maps of Africa engraved i...
Date: Paris, 1640
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TABULA MAGELLANICA qua Tierra del Fuego, cum. . .
Blaeu’s influential Map of Tierra del Fuego showing the Important Strait of Le Maire. A fine example of Willem Janszoon Blaeu's map of the Straits of Magellan and Tierr...
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1640
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A colored man on horseback.
Stefano Della Bella (1610-1664) originated from Florence and was later active as a graphic artist in Paris. He produced a wide variety of prints, with all kinds of subjec...
Date: Paris, ca. 1640
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Valentia Regnum; Contestani, Ptol. Edentani, Plin.
A large, very decorative map of Valencia depicting the area from the Cenia River to St. Gines and inland to Murcia and Teruel. The map has many place names with pictorial...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Aethiopia Superior vel Interior vulgo Abissinorum.
An attractive map of the Eastern African and the fictitious kingdom of Prester John. The map shows a major section of central and eastern Africa including Mozambique nort...
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1640
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China Veteribus Sinarum Regio nunc Incolis Tame dicta
Willem and Johan Blaeu's map of China, with Japan and Korea. With the Great Wall forming the northern boundary of China and the fictitious lake Chiamay.Title in a cartouc...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1640
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Nova Virginiae Tabula.
Blaeu's beautiful map of Virginia, Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay region on North America's eastern seaboard. It shows the discoveries in the area as detailed by John Sm...
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1640
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Antiquorum Galliae Episcopatuum...
Rare map of ancient France, including Switzerland and the Low Countries. With a large decorative title cartouche. Includes a large inset map of the British Isles.
Date: Paris, 1640
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Territorio Perugino
Map of the Perugino region of Umbria, Italy; in the canter its capital Perugia with Lake Trasimeno. Nice cartouche at bottom right with a papal coat-of-arms, a tiara and ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Nova Belgica Et Anglia Nova
An important and early colonial era map of the Dutch and English colonies of northeast America by the renowned 17th century map maker, Willem Janszoon Blaeu. The map is d...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Tabulae Italiae, Corsicae, Sardiniae, et adjacentium..
A decorative map by this famous Dutch mapmaker. The border contains views of the main cities, largely inspired by the Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Braun & Hogenberg: R...
Date: Amsterdam, 1628,1640
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Legionis Regnum et Asturiarum Principatus.
Blaeu's highly decorative map of the Spanish northwestern Provinces of Asturias, Castile and Léon, including the towns of Oviedo, Braganza in Portugal, Laredo, Burgos, ...
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1640
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Aethiopia Superior vel Interior vulgo Abissinorum...
Offered is a large, decorative, attractive map of Eastern African and the fictitious kingdom of Prester John. The map shows a major section of central and eastern Africa,...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae Tabula.
First issued in 1630 with vignette borders depicting costumes and towns; however, that state only appeared that year after which the borders were cropped from the plate, ...
Date: Amsterdam, [1631] - 1640
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Asia Nova Descriptio.
A very fine and decorative example of early seventeenth century map engraving as practiced in The Netherlands. Several sources appear to have been used in the compilation...
Date: Amsterdam, 1606 -1640
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Asia noviter delineata.
Superb engraved map of Asia with Latin text on verso. This magnificent “cornerstone” map is a fine example of the famous “carte-a-figures” maps created by the Bla...
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1640
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Tabula Germaniae emendata recens. . .
Uncommon map published by Claes Jansz. Visscher covering the Low Countries, Germany, Poland, Switzerland and Austria. Engraved by A. van den Broeck with his signature low...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Marchionatus sacri Romani imperii.
Decorative town-plan of Antwerp. The east is at the top: at upper right two farmers carrying the heraldic shield of Antwerp. Plan and surroundings of Antwerp and at botto...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Le Pais de Caux.
Detailed map of Normandy. Map centered on Rouen, and shows Honfleur, Le Havre, St Vallery, Dieppe. . .Embellished with a beautiful cartouche, and a sailing ship.No text o...
Date: Amsterdam/ Paris, 1640
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Sueciae, Norvegiae et Daniae Nova Tabula.
Signed lower right. A decorative map of the whole of Scandinavia with a large title cartouche and a decorative scale cartouche, and many ships in the seas and little figu...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Carte de l'Estat du Pape et du Duché de toscane.
Early imprint of this fine map of Tuscany and the Papal States, marking Rome, Pisa, Bologna, Ravenna, Perugia, including the island of Elbe. With decorative cartouches fo...
Date: Paris, 1640
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.Serenissimae Reipublicae Genuensis Ducatus et Dominii. . .
Includes the coast of the Riviera from Nice to La Spezia. A most decorative map with impressive cartouche and extensive shipping. Engraved by D.Gryp.No text on verso. Fro...
Date: Paris / Amsterdam, ca.1640
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Pecheli sive Peking imperii sinarum provincia prima.
The map of the province of Peking from Joan Blaeu's Novus Atlas Sinensis , the first atlas of china with maps by the hand of the Italian Jesuit Martino Martini. A beautif...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Episcop Ultraiectinus, Auct. Balthazaro Florentio a Berkenrode.
Highly detailed copper engraved map featuring the area around the city of Utrecht. This map gives several details concerning rivers, canals, cities and villages. This map...
Date: Amsterdam, 1628 /1640
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Europa nova delineatio.
Based on Blaeu's Europa recens descripta, this map extends to Iceland, the mythical Frisland, and the coast of Greenland. A decorative cartouche, sailing ships and a sea ...
Date: Frankfurt, 1640
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Hungaria Regnum.
Nice map of the region of Hungary by the Blaeu family. Budapest is in the center of this map. It covers most of present day Hungary, but also includes part of Austria. Ni...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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