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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...
Place & Date: Brussels, 1739
Selling price: $260
Sold in 2017
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...
Place & Date: London, ca. 1740
Selling price: $75
Sold in 2018
Samuel Pufendorf.
A portrait of Samuel Baron of Pufendorf, author of Suecia Regis.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Selling price: $30
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...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, c.1740
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2020
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 ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1745
Selling price: $80
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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...
Place & Date: Paris, 1746
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2020
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...
Place & Date: Paris, 1746
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2022
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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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1750
Selling price: $40
Sold in 2022
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...
Place & Date: London, Alexander Hogg, 1781
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2021
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 ...
Place & Date: London, 1781
Selling price: $75
Sold in 2016
Casparus Barleus
Attractive portrait of the author of 'Rerum in Brasilia Gestarum Historia, 1647', with large scale map. Oversaw the maps in Herrera's Historia General, 1622.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1786
Selling price: $70
Sold in 2008
Petrus Plancius.
A portrait of the famous Dutch cartographer.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1791
Selling price: $90
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Captain James Cook.
Fine steel engraved portrait of Captain Cook one of the most famous explorers and cartographers. It is from the original picture by Dance in the Gallery of Greenwich Hosp...
Place & Date: London, 1840
Selling price: $26
Sold in 2017
(Alexander von Humboldt in his study)
This rare and charming lithography of Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) in his study was made after a water color of his close friend E. Hildebrandt. Printed facsimile c...
Place & Date: Berlin, A. Duncker, 1845
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2015
Sir Francis Drake O.B. 1596
A fine steel engraving by Freeman from an original painting. It was published by Fullerton & Co. in Glasgow around 1850.Sir Francis Drake, circa 1540-1596, was an Eng...
Place & Date: Glasgow, ca. 1850
Selling price: $10
Sold in 2017
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[ Christophe Colomb ]
Uncommon wood block print showing Columbus and his egg.
Place & Date: France c. 1860
Selling price: $40
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Captain James Cook portrait with facsimile signature
'CAPTAIN JAMES COOK' with a facsimile signature. Exceptional engraved portrait of a fine naval man.Original steel engraving by Henry Bryan Hall, and his three sons; Henry...
Place & Date: New York, ca. 1886
Selling price: $95
Sold in 2016