Antique Maps and Atlases

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1820 - Anonymous
Anonymous: Ch'onha Chido [Atlas of all under Heaven]
circa 1820
A Scarce Korean Manuscript Atlas.Album with 11 manuscript maps from a traditional Korean manuscript atlas, drawn in the early 19th century. With a China-centered world map (Chonha-Do), a map...
Ch'onha Chido [Atlas of all under Heaven]
12082
Korean Manuscript Atlas, Ch'onha-Chido, early 19th Century
12 000,00 €
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1588 - Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer
Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer: De Custen van Een Deel van Denmarken en Swederijk, Beginnede va Vuijtste tot Calmer toe. Orae...
Cornelis Claesz, Amsterdam, 1588
Rare sea chart of the coasts of Sweden by Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer. Shows the coastline between Simrishamn and Kalmar with Åhus and the islands Oland, Hanö and Bornholm. With two decorative...
De Custen van Een Deel van Denmarken en Swederijk, Beginnede va Vuijtste...
11767
Coloured sea chart of Sweden. Printed in Amsterdam by Cornelis Claesz in 1588.
1 350,00 €
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1493 - Hartmann Schedel
Hartmann Schedel: Venecie
Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493
Decorative incunable double-leaf in folio showing Venice (Venezia) by Hartmann Schedel. From the Latin edition of the famous Liber chronicarum or Nuremberg Chronicle published in 1493, the year...
Venecie
11221
Coloured woodcut town view of Venezia, Venice. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.
2 300,00 €
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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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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 Isles. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
800,00 €
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1630 - 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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1575 - Abraham Ortelius
Abraham Ortelius: Africae Tabula Nova
Gillis van den Rade, Antwerp, 1575
Antique map of Africa by Abraham Ortelius. From the 1575 Latin edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius. Second state of the plate, still the date 1570 is present in the cartouche...
Africae Tabula Nova
12410
Coloured map of the African continent. Printed in Antwerp by Gillis van den Rade in 1575.
1 400,00 €
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1570 - Abraham Ortelius
Abraham Ortelius: Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae Descriptio. Auctore Antonio Ienkensono Anglo, Edita Londini Anno...
Gielis Coppens van Diest, Antwerp, 1570
From the first edition of the Ortelius Atlas of 1570.The rare first edition of Ortelius' map of Russia. From the 1570 Latin edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum published by Gielis Coppens...
Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae Descriptio. Auctore Antonio Ienkensono...
12411
Coloured map of Russia. Printed in Antwerp by Gielis Coppens van Diest in 1570.
2 200,00 €
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1623 - Jodocus Hondius
Jodocus Hondius: China
Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1623
Impressive antique map of China, Japan and Korea by Jodocus Hondus. First published in the Mercator-Hondius Atlas of 1606.At the beginning of the 17th century, little is known about this...
China
12412
Coloured map of China. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1623.
1 950,00 €
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1740 - George Matthäus Seutter
George Matthäus Seutter: Symbolische Sinnreiche in einer Belagerung... Versuchungen der Liebe... Representation symbolique...
G. M. Seutter, Augsburg, circa 1740
Seutter's famous allegorical map representing the battle of the sexes and of love. In style of a typical 18th century battle plan.Jeffrey N. Peters describes this map in The History of...
Symbolische Sinnreiche in einer Belagerung... Versuchungen der Liebe......
12420
Fantasy map by G. M. Seutter, printed in Ausburg around 1740.
1 200,00 €
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1700 - Pieter Schenk
Pieter Schenk: Accurata Utopiae tabula. Das ist der neu entdeckten Schalck Welt, oder des so offt benanten, und...
P. Schenk, 1700-10
Rare original edition of the famous fantasy map of Utopia.Schlaraffenland means Land of Cockaigne in German and represents a country of idleness and luxury. This is a totally imaginary...
Accurata Utopiae tabula. Das ist der neu entdeckten Schalck Welt, oder...
12421
Old coloured map of Utopia, Land of Cockaigne. Printed by P. Schenk in 1700.
1 200,00 €
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1633 - Jodocus Hondius
Jodocus Hondius: Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas Dictarum ... Accurate Descripta
H. Hondius, Amsterdam, 1633 [1634]
Very decorative old coloured antique nautical chart of the Islands of Bermuda by Hendrick Hondius. Shows the Bermuda Islands with Grand Bermuda, Somerset Island and Saint George's Island. Decorated...
Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas Dictarum ... Accurate Descripta
12424
Old coloured sea chart of Bermuda. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius in 1634.
1 700,00 €
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