Antique Maps and Atlases

Welcome to Götzfried Antique Maps. We offer antique maps by the most famous cartographers, sea charts from the Age of Discovery and atlases printed almost 500 years ago.

Only authentic antique maps dating from the 15th to the 18th centuries. - Guaranteed.

Highlights

1571 - Giovanni Francesco Camocio
Giovanni Francesco Camocio: Candia vel Creta insula posta nel mare Mediterraneo...
G. F. Camocio, Venice, 1571
A very rare, early map of Crete from Camocio's Isole Famose . Showing the island surrounded by Venetian galleys with a nice renaissance cartouche and a compass rose. This copy is printed from the...
Candia vel Creta insula posta nel mare Mediterraneo...
11179
Antique map of Crete. Printed in Venice by G. F. Camocio in 1571.
1 400,00 €
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1587 - Abraham Ortelius
Abraham Ortelius: Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, nova descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio.
A. Ortelius, Antwerp, circa 1587
Ortelius' Stunning Map of China with Old Colour.Old coloured map of China by Abraham Ortelius. The map is oriented to the west, north is on the right side. This is the first map of China ever...
Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, nova descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio.
11521
Old coloured map of China. Printed in Antwerp by A. Ortelius circa 1587.
3 400,00 €
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1662 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Praefecturae de Paraiba, et Rio Grande
Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1662
Impressive and coveted map of the coastline in the north-east of Brazil. The map was published for the first time by J. Blaeu in Rerum per octennium in Brasilia by Caspar Barlaeus in 1647 and...
Praefecturae de Paraiba, et Rio Grande
11769
Old coloured map of Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Brazil. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1662.
1 680,00 €
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1690 - Johannes Janssonius
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...
Insularum Indiae Orientalis Nova Descriptio.
11276
Old coloured map of Southeast Asia. Printed in Amsterdam by G. Valk and P. Schenk in 1690.
1 600,00 €
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1729 - Alexis Hubert Jaillot
Alexis Hubert Jaillot: Amerique Septentrionale Divisee en Ses Principales Parties [and] L'Amerique Meridionale Divisee...
R. & J. Ottens, Amsterdam, 1694 (1729)
A matching set of two old colored maps of North and South America by Alexis Hubert Jaillot. California is still shown as an island and the Great Lakes are shown with open ends in the West. Separate...
Amerique Septentrionale Divisee en Ses Principales Parties [and]...
11770
Old coloured map of the American continent. Printed in Amsterdam by R. & J. Ottens in 1729.
2 900,00 €
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1720 - Johann Baptist Homann
Johann Baptist Homann: Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciae Ludovicianae a R.P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc...
J.B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1720
The famous Buffalo Map of the Southeast by J.B. Homann. Showing the most part of today United States from the Great Lakes to Florida, the Mississippi River Valley with Louisiana and Texas, as...
Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciae Ludovicianae a R.P....
11485
The Buffalo Map of the Mississippi River Valley.
2 500,00 €
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1650 - Johannes Janssonius
Johannes Janssonius: Pascaart, Waer in men claarlyck zien can, alle havens rivieren droogten, gelegen tusschen C.S....
Johannis Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1650
Rare and very decorative sea chart of the Atlantic coast of North Africa. Shows the coastline from southern Portugal to Gibraltar and North Africa from Morocco to Gambia. With the Canary Islands...
Pascaart, Waer in men claarlyck zien can, alle havens rivieren droogten,...
11864
Coloured sea chart of the Atlantic Ocean. Printed in Amsterdam by Johannis Janssonius in 1650.
750,00 €
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1663 - Nicolas Sanson
Nicolas Sanson: Partie septentrionale des Estats de Savoye... duches de Genevois
Pierre Mariette, Paris, 1663
Outline coloured engraving map of Lake Geneva with Savoy by Nicolas Sanson. Shows the area between Jura and Valais. With Geneva, Annecy, Bonneville and Cluses, in the east to St. Moritz. Bottom...
Partie septentrionale des Estats de Savoye... duches de Genevois
11865
Old coloured map of the Lake Geneve, Haute-Savoie. Printed in Paris by Pierre Mariette in 1663.
360,00 €
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1740 - George Matthäus Seutter
George Matthäus Seutter: Lacus Bodamicus vel Acronius cum regionibus circumjacentibus recens delineatus a Matthaeo...
M. Seutter, Augsburg, circa 1740
Old coloured antique map of the Lake Constance by Matthäus Seutter. Probably the most detailed map of the Lake Constance region of the 18th century. The map shows the administrative districts...
Lacus Bodamicus vel Acronius cum regionibus circumjacentibus recens...
11866
Old coloured map of the Bodensee, Lake of Constance, Baden-Württemberg. Printed in Augsburg by M. Seutter circa 1740.
1 200,00 €
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1606 - Abraham Ortelius
Abraham Ortelius: Mansfeldiae Comitatus Descriptio Auctore, Tilemanno Stella Sig.
A. Ortelius, Antwerp, 1606
Old colored antique map of Saxony-Anhalt by A. Ortelius. Shows the area between Halle a. d. Saale, Aschersleben, Walkenried and Heldrungen with Mansfeld in the centre. Top right a title cartouche....
Mansfeldiae Comitatus Descriptio Auctore, Tilemanno Stella Sig.
11867
Old coloured map of Mansfeld, Saxony-Anhalt. Printed in Antwerp by A. Ortelius in 1606.
290,00 €
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1592 - Abraham Ortelius
Abraham Ortelius: Turingia Noviss. Descript. per Iohannem Mellinger Halens / Misniae et Lusatiae Tabula Descripta a...
A. Ortelius, Antwerp, 1592
Old coloured antique map of Saxony and Thuringia by A. Ortelius. Two maps on one sheet. The right map shows Saxony between Erfurt and Prague. With Dresden, Leipzig, Wittenberg, Görlitz, Weimar and...
Turingia Noviss. Descript. per Iohannem Mellinger Halens / Misniae et...
11868
Old coloured map of Saxony, Thuringia. Printed in Antwerp by A. Ortelius in 1592.
390,00 €
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1603 - Abraham Ortelius
Abraham Ortelius: Germaniae Veteris, Typus.
A. Ortelius, Antwerp, 1603
Old coloured, antique map of Germany and the central part of Europe during the classical antiquity by Abraham Ortelius. With Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and parts of Switzerland, Poland and...
Germaniae Veteris, Typus.
11859
Old coloured map of Germany. Printed in Antwerp by A. Ortelius in 1603.
420,00 €
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