Asian Continent

Sebastian Münster: Die Länder Asie nach ihrer gelegenheit bisz in Indiam werden in dieser Tafeln verzeichnet
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 [1578]
The earliest printed map of the Asian Continent. Asia is shown from the Caspian Sea to the Pacific Ocean. In Southeast Asia the islands Java Major and Minor are named, also Borneo and the Moluccas...
Die Länder Asie nach ihrer gelegenheit bisz in Indiam werden in dieser...
1540 - Sebastian Münster
12841
Coloured woodcut map of the Asian continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1578.

1 800,00 €
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Abraham Ortelius: Typus Orbis Terrarum, Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio, Africae Tabula Nova, Asiae Nova...
Gielis Coppens van Diest, Christoffel Plantin, Antwerp, 1573-1584
Ortelius' World and Continents from the First Modern Atlas.A fine set consisting of a world map and four of the continents from the first modern atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham...
Typus Orbis Terrarum, Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio, Africae...
1573 - Abraham Ortelius
12683
Old coloured world map and continent maps by Abraham Ortelius. Published in 1573-84 in Antwerp.

18 000,00 €
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Gerard Mercator: Asia ex Magna Orbis Terre Descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris Desumpta, Studio et Industria G.M....
Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1628
A very fine example of Mercator's map of Asia. It is based on the famous 1569 world map by Mercator, was engraved by his grandson and first published in 1595.The map depicts the coasts of...
Asia ex Magna Orbis Terre Descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris Desumpta,...
1628 - Gerard Mercator
12780
Coloured map of the Asian continent. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1628.

3 000,00 €
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Asia noviter delineata
Amsterdam, 1641-42
One of the most beautiful maps of Asia of the 17th century.Willem Blaeu's map of Asia is one of the most beautiful maps of the continent published during the 17th century. It features ten...
Asia noviter delineata
1641 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
12856
Antique map of Asien with borders by Willem J. Blaeu. Published 1641 in Amsterdam.

3 400,00 €
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Theodorus Danckerts: Exactissima Asiae Delineatio...
T. Danckerts, Amsterdam, circa 1685
Beautiful antique map of the Asian continent and East Indies by Theodor Danckerts. It is a close copy of de Wit's map of Asia, with the notable differences. The map vividly captures the extent of...
Exactissima Asiae Delineatio...
1685 - Theodorus Danckerts
12862
Old coloured map of the Asian continent. Printed in Amsterdam by T. Danckerts circa 1685.

1 100,00 €
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Christoph Weigel: Nova Asiae tabula majori in minorem hanc formani reducta a Joh. Bapt. Homann
Johann Ernst Adelbulner, Nuremberg, 1718
Scarce map of Asia by Christoph Weigel after J. B. Homann. Still without Kamchatka, but with the big island of Terra Yedso above Japan. Compagnie Land to the upper right could be an early...
Nova Asiae tabula majori in minorem hanc formani reducta a Joh. Bapt....
1718 - Christoph Weigel
11955
Old coloured map of the Asian continent. Printed in Nuremberg by Johann Ernst Adelbulner in 1718.

390,00 €
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Gilles Robert de Vaugondy: Nouvelle représentation Des Côtes Nord et Est de l'Asie : pour servir d'éclaircissement aux...
Paris, 1772
Engraved map with three opposing theories on the Northeast Passage in the Northeast of Asia and the American Northwest. Shows an unusual representation of the Kamchatka Peninsula, with Japan,...
Nouvelle représentation Des Côtes Nord et Est de l'Asie : pour servir...
1772 - Gilles Robert de Vaugondy
11886
Antique map of Russia. Printed in Paris in the year 1772.

190,00 €
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Laurent Fries: Tabu. moder. Indiae
M. & G. Trechsel, Lyon, 1535
Early and important woodcut map of Asia by Laurent Fries after Martin Waldseemüller. This woodcut map comes from the 1535 Lyon edition of Ptolemy's Geographia . One of the earliest representations...
Tabu. moder. Indiae
1535 - Laurent Fries
11895
Antique woodcut map of the Asian continent. Printed in Lyon by M. & G. Trechsel in 1535.
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Sebastian Münster: Die Länder Asie nach ihrer gelegenheit bisz in India, werden in diser Tafel verzeichnet
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)
The earliest printed map of the Asian Continent. Asia is shown from the Caspian Sea to the Pacific Ocean. In South East Asia the islands Java Major and Minor are named, also Borneo and the Moluccas...
Die Länder Asie nach ihrer gelegenheit bisz in India, werden in diser...
1540 - Sebastian Münster
11323
Coloured woodcut map of the Asian continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Die Länger Asie nach irer gelegenheit bisz in Indiam werden in disser tafel verzeichnet
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1550)
The earliest printed map of the Asian Continent. Asia is shown from the Caspian Sea to the Pacific Ocean. In Southeast Asia the islands Java Major and Minor are named, also Borneo and the Moluccas...
Die Länger Asie nach irer gelegenheit bisz in Indiam werden in disser...
1540 - Sebastian Münster
12469
Coloured woodcut map of the Asian continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1550.
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Abraham Ortelius: Asiae nova descriptio
Anthonis Coppens van Diest, Antwerp, 1579
Antique map of the Asian continent by Abraham Ortelius. Shows Asia from the Mediterranean to the Pacific. With the Arabian Peninsula, India, Thailand, China, Japan, Korea, Java, Borneo, Moluccas...
Asiae nova descriptio
1579 - Abraham Ortelius
12563
Coloured map of the Asian continent. Printed in Antwerp by Anthonis Coppens van Diest in 1579.
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Abraham Ortelius: Asiae nova descriptio
Antwerp, 1580
Beautiful original coloured map of Asia. From the 1580 German edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius. The cartographical source of this map comes from Ortelius own 1567 wall map of...
Asiae nova descriptio
1580 - Abraham Ortelius
10077
Coloured map of the Asian continent. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1580.
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Sebastian Münster: Asia wie es jetziger zeit nach den fürnemesten Herrschafften abgetheilet und beschriben ist.
Sebastian Petri, Basle, 1588
First edition of the second map of Asia by Sebastian Münster. Shows Asia as a continent from Turkey to Southeast Asia and Japan. With a sea monster and a title cartouche. On verso the title with...
Asia wie es jetziger zeit nach den fürnemesten Herrschafften abgetheilet...
1588 - Sebastian Münster
12428
Original antique map of Asia. Printed in Basle by Sebastian Petri in 1588.
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Giovanni Antonio Magini: India Orientalis
Venice, circa 1596
Antique map of Southeast Asia by G.A. Magini. Showing southeast Asia with India, China, Japan, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia. To the northeast, the...
India Orientalis
1596 - Giovanni Antonio Magini
12550
Antique map of Southeast Asia. Printed in Venice circa 1596.
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Giovanni Antonio Magini: Asia
Matthias Quad, Cologne, 1597 (1604)
Beautiful original old hand coloured copper engraved map of Asia. With an unusual shape of Japan and a small part of the American continent east of Japan. From the 1604 Cologne edition of...
Asia
1597 - Giovanni Antonio Magini
10581
Old coloured map of the Asian continent. Printed in Cologne by Matthias Quad in 1604.
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Gerard Mercator: Asia ex Magna Orbis Terre Descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris Desumpta, Studio et Industria G.M....
H. Hondius, Amsterdam, circa 1613
Beautiful original old coloured Mercator map of Asia. This map first appeared in the famous Mercator "Atlas Sive Cosmographicae" of 1595, later published until 1633 in Mercator Hondius Atlases....
Asia ex Magna Orbis Terre Descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris Desumpta,...
1613 - Gerard Mercator
10322
Old coloured map of the Asian continent. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius circa 1613.
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Jodocus Hondius: Asiae Nova Descriptio Auctore Jodoco Hondio
H. Hondius, Amsterdam, 1613-19
Beautiful antique map of the Asian continent by Jodocus Hondius. Shows Asia from the Mediterranean to the Pacific. With the Arabian Peninsula, India, Thailand, China, Japan, Korea as an island,...
Asiae Nova Descriptio Auctore Jodoco Hondio
1613 - Jodocus Hondius
12560
Coloured map of the Asian continent. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius in 1613.
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Gerard Mercator: Asia ex Magna Orbis Terre Descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris Desumpta, Studio et Industria G.M....
1630
This map first appeared in the famous Mercator "Atlas Sive Cosmographicae" of 1595, later puplished until 1633 in Mercator Hondius Atlases.
Asia ex Magna Orbis Terre Descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris Desumpta,...
1630 - Gerard Mercator
10041
Old coloured map of the Asian continent. Printed in the year 1630.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula auct: Guiljelmo Blaeuw [and]...
Amsterdam, circa 1640
A matching set of the World and the Continents by Willem J. Blaeu These five maps represent the apogee of seventeenth century Dutch cartography. With their decorative panels of costumed figures,...
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula auct:...
1640 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
11061
Old coloured world map and continent maps with borders by Willem J. Blaeu. Published around 1640 in Amsterdam.
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Frederick de Wit: Magnae Tartariae, Magni Mogolis Imperii, Iaponiae et Chinae, Nova Descriptio
Amsterdam, circa 1670
Original hand coloured engraved map of Siberia / Tartaria with China, Japan and the peninsulas of Korea by Frederick de Wit. One beautiful coloured cartouche.
Magnae Tartariae, Magni Mogolis Imperii, Iaponiae et Chinae, Nova...
1670 - Frederick de Wit
10101
Coloured map of Russia, Korea, Japan. Printed in Amsterdam circa 1670.
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Nicolas Visscher: Asiae Nova Delineatio Auctore N. Visscher.
Amsterdam, circa 1680
Attractive map of Asia by Nicolas Visscher. Showing several animal in Africa and sailing ships. On top left the Royal Coat of Arms of Holland.
Asiae Nova Delineatio Auctore N. Visscher.
1680 - Nicolas Visscher
10010
Old coloured map of the Asian continent. Printed in Amsterdam circa 1680.
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Alexis Hubert Jaillot: L' Asie divisee en ses Principales Regions, et ou se peut- voir l' estendue. Des Empires,...
1696
Attractive large map of Asia, by Jaillot and Sanson. Forth state dated 1696.
L' Asie divisee en ses Principales Regions, et ou se peut- voir l'...
1696 - Alexis Hubert Jaillot
10053
Coloured map of the Asian continent. Printed in the year 1696.
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Johann Baptist Homann: Asiae Recentissima Delineatio, qua Status et Imperia Totius Orientis Unacum Orientalibus Indiis...
J.B. Homann, Nuremberg, 1712
First edition of J.B. Homann's map of Asia. Still without Kamchatka, but with the big island of Terra Yedso above Japan. Compagnie Land to the upper right could be an early representation of...
Asiae Recentissima Delineatio, qua Status et Imperia Totius Orientis...
1712 - Johann Baptist Homann
11494
Old coloured map of the Asian continent. Printed in Nuremberg by J.B. Homann in 1712.
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Johann Baptist Homann: Planiglobii Terrestris cum utroq Hemisphaerio Caelesti [and] Totius Africae [and] Totius Americae...
J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1720
A matching set of the World and the Continents by J. B. HomannWorld Planiglobii Terrestris cum utroq Hemisphaerio Caelesti : Old coloured antique world map by J. B. Homann. With southern...
Planiglobii Terrestris cum utroq Hemisphaerio Caelesti [and] Totius...
1720 - Johann Baptist Homann
11811
Old coloured world map and continent maps by Johann Baptist Homann. Published around 1720 in Nuremberg.
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