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.

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Highlights

1520 - Martin Waldseemüller
Martin Waldseemüller: Secunda Asiae tabula
Johannes Schott, Strasbourg, 1513 or 1520
Rare woodcut map of Central Russia from M. Waldseemuller of 1513/1520. With the Crimea peninsula.Shows the area between the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea with the Crimea peninsula and Caspian...
Secunda Asiae tabula
11470
Antique woodcut map of the Caucasus, Caspian Sea, Crimea. Printed in Strasbourg by Johannes Schott in 1513 or 1520.
2 900,00 €
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1575 - Francois de Belleforest
Francois de Belleforest: Des Isles de Bretagne, la gran' Albion, qui est Angletetre, Hirlande, de leurs citez en general.
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A rare and early woodcut map of the British Isles. Ruled in brown ink.This woodcut was published in La Cosmographie Universelle de tout le monde , printed 1575 in two volumes in Paris by...
Des Isles de Bretagne, la gran' Albion, qui est Angletetre, Hirlande, de...
11624
Antique woodcut map of the British Islands. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
1 600,00 €
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1675 - Anonymous
Anonymous: Erschrecklicher und Erbärmlicher Schaw Platz Verüblter Frantzösischer Schandt Brandt und...
circa 1675
Extremely rare, large engraved pamphlet on 4 sheets joined. Shows dramatic scenes during the French-Dutch War (1672-1679). The unusual dramatic scenes of violence for this time of printmaking are...
Erschrecklicher und Erbärmlicher Schaw Platz Verüblter Frantzösischer...
11205
Extremely rare, large pamphlet of the French-Dutch War. Printed on 4 sheets in the year 1675.
2 800,00 €
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1650 - Johannes Janssonius
Johannes Janssonius: Pascaart vande Noort-Zee. Tabula Hydrographica Oceani Borealis.
Johannes Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1650
Rare and very decorative, old coloured sea chart of the North Sea by J. Janssonius. Shows the North Sea coast with the Shetland and Orkney Islands, the Scottish and English east coast, Calais and...
Pascaart vande Noort-Zee. Tabula Hydrographica Oceani Borealis.
11914
Old coloured sea chart of the North Sea. Printed in Amsterdam by Johannes Janssonius in 1650.
1 250,00 €
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1643 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Tabula Magellanica, qua Tierrae del fuego cum celeberrimis fretis a F. Magellano et I. Le Maire...
Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1643-50
Blaeu's splendid map of Tierra de Fuego with the Strait of Magellan.Old coloured sea chart of Tierra de Fuego with the Strait of Magellan and Le Maire Strait by Willem Blaeu. From the French...
Tabula Magellanica, qua Tierrae del fuego cum celeberrimis fretis a F....
11765
Old coloured sea chart of the Strait of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1643.
1 250,00 €
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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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1745 - Reiner Ottens
Reiner Ottens: Novae Hispaniae, Chili, Peruviae, et Guatimalae Littorae
Reiner & Joshua Ottens, Amsterdam, 1745
Large sea chart of Central and South America by Reiner & Joshua Ottens. Shows the eastern part of the Pacific with the northwest coast of South America to Valparaiso and South Mexico from Cap...
Novae Hispaniae, Chili, Peruviae, et Guatimalae Littorae
12044
Coloured sea chart of the Pacific Ocean. Printed in Amsterdam by Reiner & Joshua Ottens in 1745.
1 100,00 €
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1513 - Martin Waldseemüller
Martin Waldseemüller: Quarta Asiae Tabula
Johannes Schott, Strasbourg, 1513
Waldseemüller's scarce woodcut map of the Holy Land and the Middle East with Cyprus.Rare and early woodcut map of the the Holy Land and the Middle East by Martin Waldseemüller. Shows the...
Quarta Asiae Tabula
12052
Antique woodcut map of the Holy Land with Cyprus. Printed in Strasbourg by Johannes Schott in 1513.
5 800,00 €
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1741 - Homann Erben
Homann Erben: Regionis quae est circa Londinum ... / Ausfuhrliche Geographische Vorstellung der Gegend um...
Homann Heires, Nuremberg, 1741
Old coloured map of London by Homann Heires. Showing the area around London with the counties Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, Surrey and Middlesex. Below a large panoramic view of London and...
Regionis quae est circa Londinum ... / Ausfuhrliche Geographische...
12053
Old coloured map of London, England. Printed in Nuremberg by Homann Heires in 1741.
690,00 €
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1801 - Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders: Kaart van Basses Straat, tusschen Nieuw Zuid Wales en Van Diemens-Land ... Heer Flinders ......
J. and A. Honkoop, Amsterdam, 1801
Very large and rare sea chart of Tasmania and the southern part of Australia with the Bass Strait. One of the first maps showing the discoveries of George Bass and Matthew Flinders in October 1798...
Kaart van Basses Straat, tusschen Nieuw Zuid Wales en Van Diemens-Land...
12058
Coloured sea chart of Australia. Printed in Amsterdam by J. and A. Honkoop in 1801.
1 500,00 €
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1777 - Anonymous
Anonymous: Plan Van Een Halve 6 Hoek na de Constructie Van de marchal de Vauban met een Wilkeurige Situatie...
1777
Carefully executed cartographic study, based on the methods of the French military corps Ingénieurs-Géographes , established by Vauban in 1696. With a charming title cartouche Plan Van Een Halve...
Plan Van Een Halve 6 Hoek na de Constructie Van de marchal de Vauban met...
12076
Manuscript plan of a study on military cartography. Drawn in 1777.
490,00 €
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1780 - Anonymous
Anonymous: [Aa-Berlicum-Erp]
circa 1780
Charming and very detailed manuscript map of the river Aa from the late 18th century.Very detailed and elegantly executed manuscript map of the river Aa in Noord-Brabant between Berlicum and...
[Aa-Berlicum-Erp]
12060
Manuscript map of the river Aa in Noord-Brabant between Berlicum and Erp. Created around 1780.
950,00 €
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