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Gerard Mercator: Africa Ex Magna orbis terra descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta. Studio & industria G.M....
Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1628
A very fine example of Mercator's map of Africa. It is based on the famous 1569 world map by Mercator, was engraved by his grandson and first published in 1595.The map has a high degree of...
Coloured map of the African continent. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1628.
Johannes Janssonius: Insularum Indiae Orientalis Nova Descriptio.
G. Valk and P. Schenk, Amsterdam, 1630 (1690)
Janssonius' map of Southeast Asia coloured by a contemporary hand. Re-issued by G. Valk and P. Schenk with modified title and signature. Decorated with three cartouches, two compass roses, ships...
Old coloured map of Southeast Asia. Printed in Amsterdam by G. Valk and P. Schenk in 1690.
Pieter van den Keere: Nova Hispaniae Descriptio
Johannes Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1616 [1640]
Scarce Kerius-Janssonius map of Spain with side panels.Very decorative and rare 'carte-à-figures' map of the Iberian Peninsula by Johannes Janssonius. The beautiful map of Spain and Portugal...
Antique map of Spain - Portugal. Printed in Amsterdam by Johannes Janssonius in 1640.
Gerard de Jode: Natoliam Moderni / Turcia Turci Cive Imperii
G. de Jode, Antwerp, 1578
From The Rare First Atlas Edition. Rare first edition of the antique map of the Ottoman Empire by Gerard de Jode. Shows the eastern Mediterranean, the southeast of Europe, Asia Minor with...
Antique map of the Ottoman Empire, Turkish Empire. Printed in Antwerp by G. de Jode in 1578.
Theodor de Bry: Americae Pars, Nunc Virginia Dicta, Primum ab Anglis Inventa Sumtibus Dn. Walteri Raleigh...
Theodor de Bry, Frankfurt, 1590
One of the Most Significant Cartographical Milestones on Colonial North American History.A very fine dark impression of the first printed map of Virginia and the Carolinas. From the first...
Coloured map of Virginia. Printed in Frankfurt by Theodor de Bry in 1590.
Johannes Janssonius: Indiae Orientalis Nova Descriptio
Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1633
One of the Earliest Editions of Janssonius' Important Map of Southeast Asia.Johannes Janssonius' 1630 map is a significant early depiction of Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Australia....
Coloured map of Southeast Asia. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1633.
Natal Bonifacio: Palermo citta principalissima della Sicilia...
Giovanni Orlandi, Rome, 1580 [1602]
Important and First Large Printed Map of the City of Palermo by Natale Bonifacio.A very fine and rare map of Palermo by Natale Bonifacio. The detailed plan of Palermo and its surrounding...
Antique town view of Palermo, Sicily, Sicilia. Printed in Rome by Giovanni Orlandi in 1602.
Gerard Mercator: Scotia Regnum
H. Hondius, Amsterdam, 1633
First state of Gerard Mercator's map of Scotland. It holds the distinction of being the second printed map exclusively dedicated to Scotland in an atlas, with the first being Abraham Ortelius'...
Coloured map of the British Isles. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius in 1633.
Gerard Mercator: Frisia occidentalis
H. Hondius, Amsterdam, 1633
Early map of West Frisia and Groningen by G. Mercator. The map extends from the islands of Schellinck to Borkum in the north, the province of Groningen in the east, the IJsselmeer and part of North...
Coloured map of Frisia, West-Friesland, Groningen. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius in 1633.
Gerard Mercator: Berghe Ducatus Marck comitatus et Coloniensis Dioecesis
Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1633
Beautifully colored map of the triangle of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate by G. Mercator. Shows the Duchy of Berg, the County of Mark and the Archbishopric of Cologne,...
Coloured map of Westerwald, Cologne, Mark, Berg. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1633.
Gerard Mercator: Westfalia cum Dioecesi Bremensi [2 Karten]
Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1633
Large, two-part map of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia by G. Mercator on two sheets. The northern map shows East Frisia, Oldenburg and Bremen with the North Sea coast between Emden and the...
Coloured map of Germany. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1633.
Jodocus Hondius: Coloniensis Archiepiscopatus
H. Hondius, Amsterdam, 1633
Beautifully coloured map of the area around Cologne by H. Hondius. Showing the Rhine between Koblenz and Wesel, with Cologne in the centre. Decorated with a title cartouche and a mileage scale....
Coloured map of Cologne. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius in 1633.