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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
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
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
![[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
Fretum Magella:ni.
Early map of Strait Magellan. Depicts the extremity of South America, with Patagonia, the Straight of Magellan, Terra del Fuego and the discoveries made by LeMaire and Sc...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2008
America Meridi:onalis.
Attractive map of South America, embellished with a strapwork title-cartouche, from the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the public...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2009
Fretum Magellani.
Early map of Strait Magellan. Depicts the extremity of South America, with Patagonia, the Straight of Magellan, Terra del Fuego and the discoveries made by LeMaire and Sc...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2011
Fretum Magellani.
An early map of Strait Magellan. Depicts the extremity of South America, with Patagonia, the Straight of Magellan, Terra del Fuego and the discoveries made by LeMaire and...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1609
Selling price: $180
Sold in 2020
America Meridionalis.
Superb folio map of the continent that was added by Jodocus Hondius for publication in his continuation of the Mercator Atlas. The map is beautifully engraved with a wave...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1609/1616
Selling price: $900
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Tierra del Fuogo / Porto Desire (Carte vande nieuwe Passagie bezuijden de Strate Magellan)
Early map of the region depicting the tip of South America with Tierra del Fuogo, which is unexplored on the west. Depicts the tract of Guillaume Schouten and Jacob Le Ma...
Place & Date: Cologne, c. 1616
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2011
Pars Undecima Orientalis I. Quid Americo Vesputio, ejusque comitibus, in India . . .
Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) or one of his crew members capturing by female cannibals at arrival in South America. Note the violin which is oddly included among the strew...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1619
Selling price: $35
Sold in 2023
Exquisita & magno aliquot.. Freti Magellanici. . .
A map of the extremities of South America. North at 180 degrees. Borders graduated for latitude. Single compass rose with radiates. Scale in German miles. Soundings and s...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1619
Selling price: $1050
Sold in 2020
America Meridionalis
A stunning map of South America with Latin text on the verso. The Strait of Magellan is shown but Tierra Del Fuego is part of the large southern continent. Eastern Braz...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c 1620
Selling price: $1200
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America Meridionalis.
A very decorative map which includes several animated vignettes of ships, sea monsters and indigenous people. The inset is a view of Cuzco in Peru, the Inca capital. The ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1620
Selling price: $1000
Sold in 2009
America Meridionalis.
Gerard Mercator's stunning map of South America.The Strait of Magellan is shown, but Tierra Del Fuego is part of the large southern continent. Eastern Brazil is depicted ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1620
Selling price: $1200
Sold in 2016
Descripcion del audiencia del nuevo Reino 9
Rare map of Venezuela from Novus Orbis, sive Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis. This collection of voyages is often referred to as an edition of Herrera, which is not strict...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1622
Selling price: $200
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Descripcion De la Provincia de Chile. 13
Rare early map of the province of Chile, locating rivers and settlements, the earliest map to include information from the previously secret manuscript maps of the Spanis...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Michel Colin, 1622
Selling price: $375
Sold in 2017
Descripcion Del Audiencia Del Quito. (Colombia & Ecuador)
Rare early map of now Ecuador and Quito. From Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas Description des Indes Occidentales Qu'on appelle aujourdhuy Le Nouveau Monde. .. This map i...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Michel Colin, 1622
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2017
Descripcion Del Audiencia De los Charcas (Chile, Bolivia, Peru)
The earliest map to include information from the previously secret manuscript maps of the Spanish cosmographer, Juan López de Velasco, showing the Audiencia of the New K...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Michel Colin, 1622
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2017
Hoornse Eijlandt Isle de Hoorn.
Scarce print on French text sheet showing the bay and coast of the South Seas island of Futuna (Hoorn). The bay shown was named after the ship Eendrachts (Unity Bay). Wil...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1622
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2018
Untitled map of Port Desire (today's Puerto Deseado, Argentina)
Scarce untitled map of Port Desire (today’s Puerto Deseado, Argentina).From a description of the voyage of Le Maire and Schouten included in first French text edition o...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1622
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2018
Descripcion de las Yndias de Mediodia. 7.
The earliest map to include information from the previously secret manuscript maps of the Spanish cosmographer, Juan López de Velasco, showing South America with the pap...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Michel Colin, 1622
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2017
Exquilita.. Freti Magellanici Facies.
A highly decorative and sought after copperplate engraving of the Straights of Magellan from the Mercator-Hondius atlas. This example depicts creatures believed to inhabi...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1623
Selling price: $750
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Aenwysinge van de Stadt Salvador, ende de Baya de Todos Los Santtos.
Extremely rare map of Salvador and Baia de Todos os Santos (Bay of Saints) published by the The Hague publisher Henricus Hondius (not to confuse with the Amsterdam H.Hond...
Place & Date: The Hague, 1624
Selling price: $2100
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Americae Pars Magis Cognita.
A beautiful map focusing on the Spanish possessions in the Americas, this map covers what is the present-day southern United States through South America. It was publishe...
Place & Date: Low Countries, 1624
Selling price: $3800
Sold in 2019