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

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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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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1482 - Lienhart Holle
Lienhart Holle: [Sexta Asie Tabula, Arabia Felix]
Lienhart Holle, Ulm, July 1482
One of the earliest obtainable and most desirable printed maps of Arabia. From the first Ulm edition of 1482.Probably the most beautiful map of the Arabian peninsula and the most...
[Sexta Asie Tabula, Arabia Felix]
11477
First Edition of an important 15th Century Map of Arabia. Printed in July 1482 in Ulm by Lienhard Holle. After the Manuscript of Donnus Nicolaus Germanus.
Price on request
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1482 - Lienhart Holle
Lienhart Holle: [Secunda Affrice tabula continet Affricam & insulae que circa ipsam sunt Parallel]
Lienhart Holle, Ulm, July 1482
One of the earliest obtainable printed maps of North Africa. From the first Ulm edition of 1482.Untitled woodcut map, showing present-day Libya, Tunisia, Sardinia and Sicily based upon...
[Secunda Affrice tabula continet Affricam & insulae que circa ipsam sunt...
11524
First Edition of an Important 15th Century Map of North Africa with Sardinia and Sicily. Printed in July 1482 in Ulm by Lienhard Holle.
4 500,00 €
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1718 - B. Schotanus van Sterringa
Bernhard Schotanus van Sterringa: Uitbeelding der heerlijkheit Friesland, zoo in 't algemeen, als in haare... door Dr. Bern....
Francois Halma, Leeuwarden, 1718
Second and enlarged edition of the first atlas of the Dutch province of Friesland, including 30 detail maps of the entire provinces of Friesland, an overview map of Friesland and 8 historical maps...
Uitbeelding der heerlijkheit Friesland, zoo in 't algemeen, als in...
11466
A splendid copy of the famous Friesland Atlas. All maps and views finely coloured by a contemporary hand.
11 500,00 €
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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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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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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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1595 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Fionia
G. Mercator, Duisburg, 1595-1602
Old coloured antique map of the eastern part of South Denmark by Gerard Mercator. With Funen (Fyn) and the offshore islands Langeland and Ærø. Below a title cartouche. From the early Latin edition...
Fionia
11860
Old coloured map of Fyn. Printed in Duisburg by G. Mercator in 1595.
260,00 €
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