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Jodocus Hondius: Gerardus Mercator natus Rupelmundae ... Iudocus Hondius natus in pago Flandriae
Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1628
This double portrait depicts two renowned sixteenth-century cartographers, Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius. Created shortly after Hondius' death in 1612, the engraving was made by his widow...
Copper engraving of a portrait. Mercator Hondius Double Portrait. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1628.
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...
Antique map of Asien with borders by Willem J. Blaeu. Published 1641 in Amsterdam.
Gerard Mercator: Europa, ad magnae Europae Gerardi Mercatoris
Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1628
This map of Europe is from Mercator's Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura, first published in 1595.The geography depicted on the map corresponds to...
Coloured map of the European continent. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1628.
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Europa Recens Descripta
Amsterdam, 1641-42
One of the most beautiful maps of Europe of the 17th century.A striking and highly decorative map of Europe by Willem J. Blaeu, produced at the height of the Golden Age of Dutch mapmaking....
Antique map of Europe with borders by Willem J. Blaeu. Published 1641 in Amsterdam.
Jodocus Hondius: Iaponia
Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1628
A beautiful example of Hondius' map of Japan and Korea from the early 17th century. It shows one of the greatest cartographic myth with Korea depicted as an island. But Hondius expressing his...
Coloured map of Japan - Korea. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1628.
Martin Waldseemüller: Tabula neoterica Crete sive Candie insule
Johannes Schott, Strasbourg, 1513 or 1520
The prototype map of the modern Crete from M. Waldseemuller of 1513/1520.One of the rare modern maps of the most famouse Ptolemy edition. This representation of Crete served as a...
Antique woodcut map of Kriti, Crete. Printed in Strasbourg by Johannes Schott in 1513 or 1520.
Jodocus Hondius: America noviter delineata
Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1631
A beautiful and detailed map of North and South America by H. Hondius and J. Janssonius. The map America noviter delineata was first issued in 1618 by Jodocus Hondius Jr. and is considered a...
Old coloured map of the American continent. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1631.
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Regiones Sub Polo Arctico
Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1662
Old coloured sea chart of the North Pole by Willem Blaeu. With Greenland and Canada, Iceland, Spitsbergen, Norway and the north coast of Russia. The map shows, the famous Northwest Passage , a...
Old coloured sea chart of the North Pole. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1662.
George Matthäus Seutter: La Plus Grande Partie de la Manche, qui Contient les Cotes d'Angleterre et celles de France les...
T. C. Lotter, Augsburg, circa 1760
Old colored map of the English Channel by Georg Matthäus Seutter, published by Tobias Lotter in Augsburg. Shows the south coast of England, the Isle of Wight, and the north coast of Normandy....
Old coloured map of the English Channel. Printed in Augsburg by T. C. Lotter circa 1760.
George Matthäus Seutter: Imperii Magni Mogolis sive Indici Padschach ...
G. M. Seutter, Augsburg, circa 1730
This striking map by Matthäus Seutter presents the Mughal Empire at the height of its territorial extent, offering a comprehensive European perspective on South and Central Asia in the 18th...
Old coloured map of India. Printed in Augsburg by G. M. Seutter circa 1730.
Tobias Conrad Lotter: Zeelandiae Comitatus novissima et accuratissima delineatione mappa Geographica repraesentatus
T. C. Lotter, Augsburg, circa 1760
This finely hand-colored copper engraving was published around 1760 by Tobias Conrad Lotter, one of the foremost Augsburg map publishers of the 18th century. It depicts the County of Zeeland with...
Old coloured map of Zeeland. Printed in Augsburg by T. C. Lotter circa 1760.
Johannes Janssonius: Nova Anglia Novum Belgium et Virginia
J. Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1636
Influential map of the East Coast of North America, from Virginia to Nova Scotia. Naming Manhattan and New Amsterdam. With beautiful old colors.This early and influential map by Johannes...
Old coloured map of New York, Virginia, Carolina. Printed in Amsterdam by J. Janssonius in 1636.