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Gerard Mercator.
Rare portrait of Gerard Mercator by Nicolas III de Larmessin (1684–1755). Published in the first volume of Joannis Francisci Foppens' Bibliotheca Belgica in 1739.For ne...
Date: Brussels, 1739
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Sr. Francis Drake. Receiving ye Homage & Regalia of ye King of New Albion.
A fine rare copperplate print featuring a portrait of Sir Francis Drake with a telescope in one hand and his other hand on a globe. Below the portrait is an engraving vig...
Date: London, ca. 1740
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Samuel Pufendorf.
A portrait of Samuel Baron of Pufendorf, author of Suecia Regis.
Date: Amsterdam, 1740
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Sold in 2009
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[Portrait] Johannes Baptista Homann . . .
Stunning full portrait of the Imperial Geographer of the Holy Roman Empire, Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) who was born in the Bavarian town of Kammlach. Educated at a...
Date: Nuremberg, c.1740
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Half length portrait of Abbé Prévost.
Very fine half length portrait of Abbé Prévost, author of Histoire Généale des Voyages. Engraved by G.F.Schmidt in Berlin. In the background a globe and several book ...
Date: Paris, 1745
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NICOLAS DE FER GEOGRAPHE DE SA MAJETE CATHOLIQUE ET DE MONSEIGNEUR LE DAUPHIN. Mort en 1720. ago de 74 ans.
A finely engraved portrait of Nicolas De Fer, Geographer to the King, and one of the most important map makers of the early 18th Century. The portrait was engraved posthu...
Date: Paris, 1746
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Nicolas De Fer Geographe de Sa Majesté Catholique et de Monseigneur Le Dauphin. Mort en 17120, agé de 74 ans.
An oval portrait of Nicolas De Fer, engraved by Pierre Dupin d'après Hyacinthe Rigaud. Dated 1746. Presented at the waist, the bust turned three-quarters towards the rig...
Date: Paris, 1746
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[Portrait of Petrus Bertius.]
Portrait of Petrus Bertius (1565-1629). After a painting of R.Buys. Theologian, historian, geographer and cartographer. Bertius published much in mathematics, and histori...
Date: Amsterdam, 1750
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Captain James Cook.
Copper engraved portrait of James Cook (1728-1779), published in "A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world" published in London by A...
Date: London, Alexander Hogg, 1781
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Frontispiece to Anderson's Large Folio Edition of the Whole of Captn Cook's Voyages &c. Complete.
Excellent copper engraved portrait of Captain James Cook set within a decorative frame. With the dates of his three voyages below and with the text line: He was Born at ...
Date: London, 1781
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Sold in 2016