Browse Listings in Polar maps
Polus Antarcticus.
Circular map with decorative illustrations in the four corners of the South Pole. From the German text edition of his Atlas of 1650.Third state with important changes: Th...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1650
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2013
Insula Quae a Ioanne Mayen Nomen Sortita Est.
This remarkable map by Johannes Blaeu depicts the island of Jan Mayen, upon which is located the northernmost volcano on planet Earth, Beerenberg. It is a small island in...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1659
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2023
Terres Arctiques.. Septemtrional et Boreales.
Uncommon miniature map of the North Pole, including Iceland, the coast of Russia, Greenland, etc, from Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his...
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
Selling price: $300
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Poli Arctici, et circumiacentium terrarum descriptio novissima. . .
A re-issue of the Hondius' plate, but without the signature. A particularly decorative map of the North Pole. Several Dutch names in Labrador. The toponymy in Canada refl...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca.1676
Selling price: $2025
Sold in 2016
POLI ANTARCTICI Cum Terris Circumjacentibus Descriptio.
An extremely rare map of the Antarctic region, including most of (then known) Australia and New Zealand, from the last, enlarged, edition of the Mercator / Cloppenburgh A...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1676
Selling price: $1200
Sold in 2021
l'Hemisphere Septentrionale pour voir plus distinctement Les Terres Arctiques. . .
This is a stunning and terrific map of the Northern Hemisphere that was originally drawn by Guillaume de L'Isle in 1714 and updated by Coven's and Mortier in 1741. It co...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1740
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2023
A NEW and Accurate Map of the North Pole, with all the Countries hitherto Discovered. . .
A spectacular Arctic and sub-Arctic map, showing excellent detail around Hudson Bay area, Greenland, Spitzbergen & the Northeast Coast of Europe & Asia. It depict...
Place & Date: London, 1748
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2021
A Physical Planisphere wherein are represented all the known Lands and Seas with the Great Chain of Mountains. . . and Seas in the Great Chains of Mountains. . .
This is an elegant 1757 map of the world represented on an unusual polar projection rendered from the North Pole. The map covers from the North Pole Arctic region south b...
Place & Date: London, 1757
Selling price: $180
Sold in 2023
Emisfero terrestre Meridionale Tagliato Su l'Equatore & Emisfero terrestre Settentrionale Tagliato su l'equatore.
Pair of Polar Projections of the Northern & Southern Hemisphere. From: Antonio Zatta, 'Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni, e scoperte fat...
Place & Date: Venice, 1779
Selling price: $190
Sold in 2022
Regioni Polari Paragonate. . .
An unusual item, an Italian map of the poles. Information is confined to mountains, rivers, tracks, and some major cities. Unsurprisingly, there is more information about...
Place & Date: Milano, ca 1810
Selling price: $75
Sold in 2021
Northern Hemisphere.
A nice map of the northern hemisphere by American cartographer and map publisher, David Burr. The map is centered on the North Pole, and includes all of North America, Eu...
Place & Date: New York, ca 1835
Selling price: $35
Sold in 2023
Antarctica. No. 2562. Compiled from all available sources to 1943, including the results of all American exploration from The United States Exploring Expedition, 1839-1840, to The United States Antarctic Service, 1940-1941.
FIRST EDITION. Overall dimensions 85 x 128cm. Original colour printed map of Antarctica, backed onto linen, with the South Pole at the centre, encompassing New Zealand an...
Place & Date: Washington D.C.: Hydrographic Office, under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy. 1943
Selling price: $410
Sold in 2023
The Times Map Of The Trans-Antarctic Expedition Antarctica South Pole Vivian Fuchs Edmund Hillary.
Original vintage advertising poster - The Times Map of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1957-1958 Feature articles by Dr Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary on the Trans-An...
Place & Date: England, 1960
Selling price: $1800
Sold in 2023