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America
Beautiful old hand colored engraved map of America. Based on Giovanni d'Anian's Map of America from 1582. Compared to the Western Hemisphere map from Ortelius, Magini inc...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1604
Selling price: $900
Sold in 2008
La terra de Hochelaganella Nova Francia.
The first printed plan of Montreal, from Delle navigationi et viaggi. and prepared Jacques Cartier, the great French explorer. visited the village of Hochelaga on the isl...
Place & Date: Venice 1556-1606
Selling price: $600
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La terra de Hochelaganella Nova Francia.
The first printed plan of Montreal, from Delle navigationi et viaggi. and prepared Jacques Cartier, the great French explorer. visited the village of Hochelaga on the isl...
Place & Date: Venice, 1556-1606
Selling price: $650
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Universale Della Nuovamente. Parte Del Mondo Ritrovata.
Ramusio's map of the Western Hemisphere is the earliest obtainable map to accurately depict the Americas. Printed from block 2. The map is attributed to Giacomo Gastaldi....
Place & Date: Venice, 1565-1606
Selling price: $2570
Sold in 2009
(MONTREAL). La Terra de Hochelaga nella Nova Francia.
The first printed plan of Montreal, from Delle navigationi et viaggi, and prepared Jacques Cartier, the great French explorer. visited the village of Hochelaga on the isl...
Place & Date: Venice, 1556-1606
Selling price: $1500
Sold in 2012
Descriptio Freti Magellanici / Fretum Magellanicum.
A rare miniature map of the Straits of Magellan. Title cartouche on the lower right corner.First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were executed by the ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornelis Claes, 1606
Selling price: $230
Sold in 2016
Descriptio Regni Chili / Chili et Patago num regio.
A rare miniature map of Southern part of South America, including Chili,, Brasil, Argentina. Title cartouche on the lower right corner.First published in 1598 in his Caer...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornelis Claes, 1606
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2016
Descriptio Brasiliae / Brasilia.
A rare miniature map of Brazil. Title cartouche on the lower right corner.First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were executed by the most famous engra...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornelis Claes, 1606
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2016
Descriptio Novae Hispaniae / Mexicana.
A rare miniature map of Mexico, including Florida. Title cartouche on the lower left corner.First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were executed by the...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornelis Claes, 1606
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2016
(MONTREAL). La Terra de Hochelaga nella Nova Francia.
The first printed plan of Montreal, and of any American town from Delle navigationi et viaggi, and prepared Jacques Cartier, the great French explorer. visited the villag...
Place & Date: Venice, 1556-1606
Selling price: $2500
Sold in 2018
Cerro de Potosi.
This lovely miniature bird's-eye view shows the famous mountain of silver, mined extensively by the Spanish in the 17th century. The view shows miners climbing the mounta...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2019
Cuba Insula.
This lovely miniature map shows the Caribbean Islands of Cuba and Jamaica. Published by Petrus Bertius, in Amsterdam at the beginning of the seventeenth century, this map...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $170
Sold in 2020
Descriptio Americae.
An attractive miniature map of the continent of the Americas, published by Petrus Bertius, in Amsterdam at the beginning of the seventeenth century.The classic map depict...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2019
Terra Nova.
This is a fine miniature map by Petrus Bertius of Newfoundland, with the coasts of Quebec, and an unrecognisable Nova Scotia. Sable Island and the Grand Banks are marked,...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $200
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Descriptio Iucatana.
An attractive miniature map of Mexico, Florida, the very north of South America and the Caribbean, published by Petrus Bertius, in Amsterdam at the beginning of the seven...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $95
Sold in 2019
Mexicana.
A miniature map of Mexico, showing the very southern tip of Baia California, the Gulf Coast states, and including the FL 'Panhandle'. Published by Petrus Bertius, in Amst...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2023
Descriptio Americae Australis.
An attractive miniature map of South America, published by Petrus Bertius, in Amsterdam at the turn of the seventeenth century. Brazil is still seen as a little misshapen...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2021
Peru.
An attractive miniature map of Peru, with north orientated to the right, published by Petrus Bertius in Amsterdam at the turn of the seventeenth century. Some interior i...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2023
Chili et Patagonum regio.
A rare miniature map of southern part of South America, including Chili, parts of Brazil, and Argentina. Title cartouche on the lower right corner. First published in 159...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2019
Descriptio Freti Magellanici.
A rare miniature map of the Straits of Magellan. Title cartouche on the lower right corner. Vignette of two local inhabitants. With good map detail. First published in 15...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2019
Descriptio Americae.
An miniature map of America continents by Cornelis Claesz – Barent Langenes, with cartography based on that of Ortelius, engraved by Jodocus Hondius, and published by P...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2020
(MONTREAL). La Terra de Hochelaga nella Nova Francia.
The first printed plan of Montreal, from Delle navigationi et viaggi, and prepared Jacques Cartier, the great French explorer. visited the village of Hochelaga on the isl...
Place & Date: Venice, 1556-1606
Selling price: $2200
Sold in 2020
![[Title page] Das sechste Theil der nieuwen Welt oder Der Historien Hieron. Benzo von Meylandt. . .](/uploads/cache/36981-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Das sechste Theil der nieuwen Welt oder Der Historien Hieron. Benzo von Meylandt. . .
Title page from a German text edition "Das sechste Theil der nieuwen Welt oder Der Historien Hieron. Benzo von Meylandt. . ." being part VI of the Grand Voyages...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2016
![Cusco urbs nobilissima & opule[n]tissima Peruani regni in occide[n]tali parte. . .](/uploads/cache/37010-250x250.jpg)
Cusco urbs nobilissima & opule[n]tissima Peruani regni in occide[n]tali parte. . .
Famous town plan of Cuzco, from the first German edition of part VI of de Bry's " Grands Voyages". In this work the conquest of Peu by Pizarro was discribed. Th...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Selling price: $1200
Sold in 2024
Franciscus Pizarrus, Didocus Almagrus, und ein Priester Ferdinandus Luques machen eine Verbündnuss zusammen.
Francisco Pizarro, Diego de Almagro, and the priest, Hernando de Luque, negotiate a contract while men load cargo onto boats and ships. Includes dwellings, casks, swords,...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2023
Ein behertzter Schiffknecht dess Pizarri auss Creta bürtig drengt mitten durch die Meng de. . .
In 1528 Pizarro set out on a voyage of true exploration in search of the civilization and riches of Peru, about which he had heard so much from the Indians of Panama. Whe...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2023
Pizzarus wird widerumb mit dem Almagro versönet sie beyde schweren zusammen dass sie trewlich bey einander stehn und halten wöllen biss in den Todt.
Francisco Pizarro and Pedro de Almagro swear an oath on the Host held by the priest, Hernando de Luque. The men stand in front of fortifications while ships are loaded by...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2016
Atabaliba König in Peru wirdt von dem Francisco Pizarro gefangen.
The Inca king, Atahualpa or Atabaliba, holding a scepter in the shape of the sun, is carried on a litter into a scene of warfare. A priest or monk with a crucifix approac...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Selling price: $40
Sold in 2023
Der Königliche Statthalter Blascus Nunnez Vella wird in ein Gefängnuss gelegt.
This stabbing caused so much resentment among the people of Lima that the new governor, Blanco Núñez Vela, eventually decided he would be safer to transfer his offices ...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2023
Das sechste Theil der nieuwen Welt oder Der Historien Hieron. Benzo von Meylandt. . .
Conflict between Gonzalo Pizarro and the latest officially appointed governor of Peru, Pedro de la Gasca, reached a climax in 1548 when Gasca’s forces crossed the Apuri...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2023
Wie herrlich die Fürsten und Fürstliche Diener in den Occidentalischen Indien zur Erden bestattet werden.
Native Americans bury a chief or king with food, golden vessels, and jewelry. Includes feathered garments and fortifications. The funeral of an Inca king was a ceremony o...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2023
In Peru findet man gar kunstreiche Goldtarbeiter.
Native American method of working gold and silver. Men blow through reeds over a hearth, furnace, or foundry. Other men pound metal with hammers. Other men work the metal...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2023
In der Insel Ferri genandt so eine auss den Canarien ist findet man kein ander süss wasser als nur so auss einem eintzigen Baum daselbst täglich herunder trieffet.
Natives of the Canary islands collect water falling from the leaves of a tree. Includes dwellings, vessels, and clouds over the tree. Text page with copper engraving page...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2020
![[The battle between rival indians near Bertioga].](/uploads/cache/39414-250x250.jpg)
[The battle between rival indians near Bertioga].
An epic struggle between theTupinambá tribe and their enemy - the Tupiniki tribe.The battle lasted about two hours, during which time both sides howled at each other lik...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2018
![[A Portuguese ship comes to look for Staden].](/uploads/cache/39416-250x250.jpg)
[A Portuguese ship comes to look for Staden].
Hans Staden was a German soldier and explorer, who travelled to South America during the mid 16th century. Whilst there he was captured by native Indians in Brazil. He su...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2018
![[Native Virginian women sitting around a fire].](/uploads/cache/39419-250x250.jpg)
[Native Virginian women sitting around a fire].
A print of (mostly) native Virginian women sitting around a large campfire, one with plenty of flame and smoke.Theodore De Bry (1528-1598), was born in Liege in modern da...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2018
![[The town of Pomeiock].](/uploads/cache/39420-250x250.jpg)
[The town of Pomeiock].
Pomeiock was a village with a strong palisade all round, and a very narrow entrance, which was typical of that region.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2017
Cuba.
An attractive copper engraved map of Cuba & the Caribbean islands from Mercator's "Atlas Minor", with larger images of Cuba and Hispaniola, and four smaller...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1607
Selling price: $85
Sold in 2017
![[The town of Pomeiock].](/uploads/cache/42276-250x250.jpg)
[The town of Pomeiock].
Pomeiock was a village with a strong palisade all round, and a very narrow entrance, which was typical of that region. Inside were a few houses in which only the chief an...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2018
Norumbega et Virginia.
An important map that shows the east coast of North America from the Outer Banks of present day Carolina and on up to Canada. Chesapeake Bay is called "Chesipooc Sin...
Place & Date: Douai, 1607
Selling price: $2050
Sold in 2020