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Prudentia.
Fine copper engraving by Marco Sadeler entitiled "Prudentia". From a painting by Jacopo Zucchi. The Sadeler family were the largest, and probably the most succ...
Date: Venice, c1640
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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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[Title page] Le Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas. . .
Architectural frontage with the title and imprint printed on paste-on slips.With manuscript ex libris "Caminade".
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Namurcum comitatus.
Very rare map of the province Namen by Cornelis Danckerts. Depicting the region around the city of Namen/Namur based on the once-secret map of Jacques Surhon (ca. 1555). ...
Date: Amsterdam / Paris, 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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La maravigliosa piazza di S. Marco.
Very rare view of Piazza San Marco from Stefano Scolari, circa 1640. Together with the second view offered also here appears rarely on the international market.
Date: Venice, circa 1640
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La piazza di San Marco.
Very rare view of Piazza San Marco from Stefano Scolari, circa 1640. Together with the second view offered also here appears rarely on the international market.
Date: Venice, circa 1640
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Comitatus Hollandiae novissima description Designatore Balthazaro Florentio a Berckenrode Anno Domini 1629.
Highly detailed regional map of Holland, showing the area around Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rotterdam, with an inset upper right corner of the Dutch Islands of Texel, Vlielandt....
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Westphalia Ducatus.
A fine and detailed engraved map of Westphalia, produced by the famous Dutch Blaeu Family. The mountainous topography is graphically depicted, and several small coats of ...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1640
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Episcopatus Hildesiensis Descriptio Novissima..
This is Jansson's attractive map centered on the city of Hildesheim. The map was prepared by Joannes Michael Gigas (1580-1650+), a doctor, mathematician and geographer. T...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1640
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Osnabrugensis episcopatus
A beautiful map of Münster centered on the city of Osnabruck. Prepared by Joannes Michael Gigas (1580-1650+), a doctor, mathematician and geographer. Showing an inset wi...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Tabula Russiae.
An early, very attractive map of the region. It includes Scandinavia, as well as the Black and Caspian Seas. Based on Hessel Gerritsz' rare and significant map of Russia,...
Date: Frankfurt, 1640
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Hollandia.
The Allardt edition of Blaeu's map of Holland, first published in 1604, being the oldest Dutch map to include town views as decorative borders. The top and bottom borders...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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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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Nova illustri simi ducatus Pomeraniae..
Very beautiful and detailed map of northern Poland. The map is surmounted by an enormous coat of arms surrounded by two figures. In the left upper part, a circular cartou...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Secunda Pars Brabantiae cuiuc urbs primaria Bruxellae.
A clean example of Blaeu's map of the region of Brabant with Bruxelles, Mechelen and Louven. The map has a decorative cartouche, four coats of arms, compass rose and a mi...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Andaluzia continens Sevillam . . .
ENGLISH TEXT EDITION Showing Gibraltar and the province of Andalusia and the city of Seville. Depicted also are the Straights of Gibraltar, know in classical times as the...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Mons.
One of the finest and most sought-after view of Mons. The format emphasizes the layout of the city with buildings, churches, gardens, streets, walls, bridges and fortific...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Alsatia Landgraviatus, cum Suntgoia et Brisgoia,. .
A large, detailed, and handsome map of Alsace, a famous wine region of France, based on the work of Gerard Mercator. It covers the region including the Rhine from Granvil...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Diocese de Rheims, et le pais de Rethel...
Attractive map of the department in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France. Centred on Reims city. Many towns, forests, and waterways are identified. Decorated with the b...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1640
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Veue et Perspective du Parterre du Palais d'Orleans.
Delecate copper engraving of the grounds around Orleans Palace. It demonstrates the symmetry of the gardens.Gabriel Perelle (1604 - 1677)was a French draftsman and printm...
Date: Paris , 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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Circumferentia terrae continet miliaria germanica 5400, italica vero 21600.
The map of the Western hemisphere has a banner text "Circumferentia terrae continet miliaria germanica 5400, italica vero 21600". On verso a globe with climates...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1640
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Venezuela cum parte Australi Novae Andalusiae.
Latin text on verso. A finely engraved, decorative map of Venezuela. The islands of Trinidad and Tobago, Margarita, Aruba and Curaçao are shown. Local animals are depict...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 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, Chilli and...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1640
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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 th...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Fionia vulgo Funen.
A very decorative, large map of Funen in Denmark from J. Blaeu. Depicted are Funen, Als and Langeland. With one decorative cartouche and scale.
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Flandria et Zeelandia Comitatus.
A decorative, large map including Flanders and Zeeland. The map, originally engraved in 1641 for Sanderus 'Flandria Illustrata', was used at different times in Blaeu's va...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Terra Firma et Novum Regnum Granatense et Popayan.
A very decorative, large, early map of modern-day Panama and Colombia. With Latin text on verso.
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Carte Generale des Royaume d'Angleterre Ecosse et Irlande...
A striking first edition copperplate map of the British Isles by Sanson, on his own slightly eccentric projection. Engraved by Melchior Tavernier in Paris in 1640. Featur...
Date: Paris, 1640
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Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia cum Dalmatiae parte.
An attractive map of the recently troubled Balkan countries of Bosnia, Croatia & Slovenia, by Blaeu after Gerard Mercator. It was quite unusual for Blaeu to credit Me...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova.
Orientated with north to the right. This is one of the earliest maps to concentrate solely on this area of the colonies, excluding Virginia and the extreme north east coa...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Persia sive Sophorum Regnum.
Merian's decorative and detailed map of Persia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the Arab States, the Strait of Hormuz, the Caspian Sea, and extending until the Indus River.
Date: Frankfurt, ca. 1640
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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 th...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Gothia.
An attractive map of southern part of Sweden including Stockholm, Uppsala, Gothenburg, Malmö. But also Copenhagen and Oslo. A decorative title cartouche and a number of ...
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1640
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Aethopia Inferior vel Exterior.
A very attractive map of southern Africa depicting the area just prior to the settlement of the Cape Province by the Dutch. The area shown is from the Congo River basin a...
Date: Amstrdam, ca 1640
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Territorium Metense.
A decorative example of Blaeu's map of the the Metz Region, centered on the city of Metz and the Moselle River. It is a lovely map focusing on the wine region in the Mose...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Europa Nova Delineatio.
This lovely map is based on one of the most famous 17th Century maps of the continent of Europe - Blaeu's Europa recens descripta. The map extends to include Iceland and ...
Date: Frankfurt, 1640
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Brandeburgum Marchionatus cum Ducatibus Pomeraniæ et Mekelenburgi.
A highly decorative map of parts of Pomerania, Mecklenburg, Rugia and parts of present day Poland - all with excellent detail of forests, rivers, cities, towns (highlight...
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1640
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Insula Zeilan olim Taprobana nunc incolis tenarisim.
Janssonius' map of Sri Lanka. Including many VOC settlements and forts, several major town marked with a crown. Very decorative item with two large title and scale cartou...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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Fezzae et Marocchi Regna Africae Celeberrima, describebat Arab. Ortelius.
A detailed map of Morocco, oriented with north on the right. Showss Morocco, the Kingdom of Fez, the Atlas Mountains, and the coast of Spain. The Strait of Gibraltar is a...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 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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Antverpia
Two joined sheets. Rare bird's eye town-plan of Antwerp.From "Pompa introitus Ferdinandi Austriaci Hispaniarum infantis". The work celebrates the entry of Cardi...
Date: Antwerp, Johannes Meursius, 1641
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Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula.
This is Jansson's later edition of Hondius' 1630 superb baroque-style world map. The two hemispheres are boarded with symbols of the four elements, a celestial orb, vario...
Date: Amsterdam, 1641
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l'isle de France, Parisiensis Agri de Script.
An attractive map that depicts the region surrounding Paris. There are strap-work title and scale cartouches and a beautiful interlocking border. The high detail depicts ...
Date: Antwerp, 1641
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Antiquorum Italiae & Illyrici occidentalis episcopatum geographica descriptio . . .
Scarce map of Ancient Italy and the Adriatic with inset maps of Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily. Engraved by Abraham de la Plaetsen. Included in "Geographia sacra, siue...
Date: Paris, ca. 1641
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Graeciae Antiquae tabulam hanc geographicam offert, dedicat, consecrat Nic Sanson Abbavillaeus CID DCI XXXVI.
Scarce map of Ancient Greece. Prepared by Nicolas Sanson. In lower right corner "A Paris chez Melchior Tauernier, Graveur et Imprimeur du Roy pour les Cartes Geograp...
Date: Paris, ca. 1641
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Germania Antiqua.
A fine map of ancient Germany, Poland and the Netherlands.This edition carries the date 1641.The map was prepared by Melchior Tavernier and later published Pierre Mariett...
Date: Paris, 1641
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Barbaria./ Egypt/ Tunesia.
Three maps on one sheet. Upper part, it shows the coast of Barbaria from Morocco to Egypt: the map on the left corner of Tunis includes a plan of Goletiae, and the right ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1641
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Tabula Navigatoria maris Orientalis...
Rare sea chart of the coasts of Scandinaviachart includes a large coat of arms and two compass roses.
Date: Frankfurt, 1641
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Graeciae Antiquae tabulam hanc geographicam offert, dedicat, consecrat Nic Sanson Abbavillaeus CID DCI XXXVI.
Scarce map of Ancient Greece. Prepared by Nicolas Sanson. In lower right corner "A Paris chez Melchior Tauernier, Graveur et Imprimeur du Roy pour les Cartes Geograp...
Date: Paris, ca. 1641
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Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica.
One of the most beautiful world maps ever engraved and one of the most influential in promulgating the California as an island hypothesis and one of the earliest maps to ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1641
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Tabula Islandiae.
A fine map of Iceland. Very attractive title cartouche in the lower left corner: around the island, a ship and two sea monsters are depicted.In spite of it's restorations...
Date: Amsterdam 1641
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Gallia Antiqua.
A fine map of ancient France.This edition carries the date 1641.Nicolas Sanson was to bring about the rise of French cartography, although the fierce competition of the D...
Date: Paris 1641
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Evrope Francoise Ov Description Generalle Des Empires..
Unrecorded early Canadiana. Rare map of Europe with an inset of Canada or Nouvelle France. The inset has been missed in the bibliographies of North America (not cited in ...
Date: Paris, 1641
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Title page from \"Novus Atlas, Das ist Weltbeschreibung..\".
Attractive title page of Blaeu\'s New Atlas. Highly decorative, and finely engraved architectural façade with figures. Some elements highlighted with gold.The title is p...
Date: Amsterdam, 1641
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Title page from "Novus Atlas, Das ist Weltbeschreibung..".
Attractive title page of Blaeu's New Atlas. Highly decorative, and finely engraved architectural façade with figures.The title is printed on a paste-on slip and surmount...
Date: Amsterdam, 1641
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Tabula Portuum Occidentalium Norwegiae et Spizbergi.
Copper engraving sea chart, printed from 2 plates, by M. Merian from J. A. Ã Werdenhagen, "De rebus publicis Hanseaticis tractatus". Very decorative cartouche.
Date: Frankfurt, 1641
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Irlandiae Mari Portus.
Sea chart of Ireland, from Werdenhagen J., De Rebus Publicis Hanseaticis Tractatus.
Date: Frankfurt, 1641
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Tabula Portuum Lappiae et Russiae, usq Novam Zembalam.
Scarce sea chart of the Lapland, Russia, Nova Zemlaya and the contiguous arctic seas, from Werdenhagen's De Rebus Publicis Hanseaticis Tractatus.
Date: Frankfurt, 1641
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Gallia Antiquae Descriptio, Geographica. . .
An attractive map of ancient Gaul (present day France and Belgium) by the French cartographer Nicolas Sanson, and published by Pierre Mariette. A decorative title cartouc...
Date: Paris, 1641
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Nova Virginia Tabula.
Early map of Virginia. Being Henricus Hondius' derivative of John Smith's highly important map of Virginia, 1612. Orientation west to top.Title in an Antwerp style cartou...
Date: 1641
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Hassiae Descriptio / Holsatiae Descriptio.
The rare Spanish text edition of 1641 of this important map showing the province of Holstein. Very nice cartouche on the lower left corner with the name of the cartograph...
Date: Antwerp, 1641
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Serenissimae Reipublicae Genuensis Ducatus et Dominii.
Includes the coast of the Riviera from Nice to La Spezia. A most decorative and rare map because it was only included in the Vrients' editions of the Ortelius Theatrum . ...
Date: Antwerp, 1609-1641
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ROMA.
Large and detailed birds eye view of Rome and the Vatican by Matthaus Merian using the late XVI century eastward oriented model which shows the city right after the cityâ...
Date: Frankfurt, ca. 1642
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[Title page] Novi Atlantis . . .
A superb and highly decorative title Page from an Atlas issued by Jan Jansson (1588-1664) in 1642, from a German edition of his 'Atlas Novus'.This magnificent page boasts...
Date: Amsterdam 1642
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Der Keysersche Schans Aende Tebawer Brug.
A detailed bird’s-eye view of the confluence of the Mulde and Elbe Rivers on the bank of the Elbe. The city of Dessau, Germany is pictured, by Danckerts in 1642.Corneli...
Date: Amsterdam, 1642
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ROMA
A large and detailed birds eye view of Rome and the Vatican by Matthaus Merian using the late XVI century eastward oriented model which shows the city right after the cit...
Date: Frankfurt, ca.1642
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Eboracum, Lincolnia, Derbia, Staffordia, Notinghamia...
An elegant map of northeast England by Henricus Hondius, published out of Amsterdam during the golden age of Dutch map making in 1642. The map presents the English count...
Date: Amsterdam, 1642
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Païs armorique, ou Description de la haute et basse Bretagne, 1642.
Beautiful and rare map of Bretagne published by Boisseau, this edition is without text on the back. Boisseau used the copperplate by Bouguereau. The plate was included in...
Date: Paris, after 1642
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Carte des environs de la Ferre.
Detailed map of the north of France, of the region of Picardie. Prepared by Claude de Chastillon (1559-1616) and published by Jean Boisseau. Map shows Folembrai, La ferre...
Date: Paris, 1642
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The Right Honourable Robert Earle of Warwick Baron of Leeze etc Lord High Admiral of England One of his Majesties most honourable private Councell & his Majesties Lieutenant of Norfolk & Essex etc
The inscription: 'The Right Honourable Robert Earle of Warwick Baron of Leeze etc Lord High Admiral of England One of his Majesties most honourable private Councell &...
Date: London, 1642
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Toonneel des Aerdrycx oft Nievwe Atlas (Title Page)
Fine title page from the Spanish section of the 1642 Blaeu Atlas. A wonderful Title Page from the greatest ever map publishers, "Mapmakers Supreme".The contents...
Date: Amsterdam, 1642
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Britannia Ducatus. Duche de Bretaigne.
Early map of Bretagne. Highly detailed, filled with place names. Includes Mont-Saint-Michel, Ile Ouessant, Belle-Ile, and Noirmoutier. Richly decorated with a title carto...
Date: Amsterdam, 1642
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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, 1642
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Carte Generale des Royaume d'Angleterre Escosse et Irlande Avecq les Isles circonvoisines Conues toutes soubs le nom de Britanniques / Nouvellement dressee et tiree de Cambdene Spede & autres Par N. Sanson geogr.e Ord.re du Roy.
Fine example of Nicolas Sanson's first map of the British Isles, engraved by Melchior Tavernier. A small inset map shows the Shetland Isles. The distortion of Ireland and...
Date: Paris, 1642
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Sardinia Insula.
A small map of the Italian island of Sardinia, printed on a sheet of Dutch text and published in Blaeu's "Theatrum" in 1642. Attractive initial letter 'H' begin...
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1642
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Tabula Magellanica. 

A fine example of W. Blaeu's influential sea chart of Tierra de Fuego with the Strait of Magellan and Le Maire Strait. In original color. Richly arrayed with rhumb lines,...
Date: Amsterdam, 1642
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CONSTANTINOPOLI.
A beautiful hand-colored copperplate birds-eye view/map showing Istanbul/Constantinople, with a chart with numbered places-names. Showing multiple ships and buildings. An...
Date: Venice, 1642
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Regni Bohemiae nova descriptio.
Rare map engraved by Petrus Kaerius and published by Evert Cloppenburg.
Date: Amsterdam 1642
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