Antique Maps and Atlases

Highlights

• 1574 - Sebastian Münster

  Sebastian Münster:  Die Neuwen Inseln / so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient / bey dem Landt Indie ligen

  Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)

  The first map to show the New World as an entity. Earliest appearance of Japan on a map, predating European contact. First appearance of Mare Pacificum on a map.Sebastian Munster's...

  Die Neuwen Inseln / so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient / bey dem Landt...

  11326

  Coloured woodcut map of the American continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  5 900,00 €

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• 1588 - Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer

  Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer:  Beschrijuinge vande wterste omlopende custe van Judtlandt aen weder zijden op de Belt en Noortzee...

  Cornelis Claesz, Amsterdam, 1588

  Rare and very beautiful sea chart of the coasts of Denmark by Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer. Shows the coastline of Jutland with Aalborg, Hals, Saeby, Hirtshals to Skagen and the island of Laesoe...

  Beschrijuinge vande wterste omlopende custe van Judtlandt aen weder...

  11768

  Coloured sea chart of Jutland. Printed in Amsterdam by Cornelis Claesz in 1588.

  1 350,00 €

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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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• 1665 - Jan Dirksz Zoutman

  Jan Dirksz Zoutman:  Afbeelding van de Zyp, Haer waere gelegentheit van Dyckage, Weegen, Watringen en Schey-slooten,...

  Amsterdam, 1665

  Magnificent Wall Map of the Zijpe- en Hazepolder in Noord-Holland.Beautiful coloured wall map of Zijpe in the Dutch province of Noord-Holland by Jan Dirksz Zoutman. Consists of a total of 6...

  Afbeelding van de Zyp, Haer waere gelegentheit van Dyckage, Weegen,...

  11714

  Rare and very decorative wall map of Zijpe in Noord-Holland by J. C. Zoutman. Printed in 1665 in Amsterdam.

  1 950,00 €

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• 1584 - Abraham Ortelius

  Abraham Ortelius:  Prussiae Regionis Sarmatiae Europeae Nobiliss. Vera et Nova Descriptio...

  Antwerp, 1584

  Nice original old coloured map of Prussia by Abraham Ortelius. Showing the Baltic Sea coastline from Danzig (Gdansk) to Konigsberg (Kaliningrad) to Memel (Klaipeda). Decorated with two galleon, a...

  Prussiae Regionis Sarmatiae Europeae Nobiliss. Vera et Nova Descriptio...

  11356

  Old coloured map of Gdansk, Kaliningrad, Konigsberg, Prussia. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1584.

  1 100,00 €

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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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• 1739 - Homann Erben

  Homann Erben:  Carte Topographique des Environs & du Plan de Paris ... Karte von der Gegend und Gundris der...

  Homann Erben, Nuremberg, 1739

  Very detailed and scarce plan of Paris with surroundings by Homann's Heirs. Based on the map of Delagrive from the year 1738. Above the title in French and German, as well as a key listing 63...

  Carte Topographique des Environs & du Plan de Paris ... Karte von der...

  11766

  Old coloured map of Paris, Ile-de-France. Printed in Nuremberg by Homann Erben in 1739.

  800,00 €

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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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• 1588 - Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer

  Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer:  Beschrijuinge vande wterste omlopende custe van Judtlandt aen weder zijden op de Belt en Noortzee...

  Cornelis Claesz, Amsterdam, 1588

  Rare and very beautiful sea chart of the coasts of Denmark by Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer. Shows the coastline of Jutland with Aalborg, Hals, Saeby, Hirtshals to Skagen and the island of Laesoe...

  Beschrijuinge vande wterste omlopende custe van Judtlandt aen weder...

  11768

  Coloured sea chart of Jutland. Printed in Amsterdam by Cornelis Claesz in 1588.

  1 350,00 €

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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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• 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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• 1690 - Justus Danckerts

  Justus Danckerts:  Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non Pennsylvaniae et Partis Virginiae Tabula ...

  Justus Danckerts, Amsterdam, circa 1690

  Danckerts' famous map of New England, Virginia, and Pennsylvania with an early view of New York City in stunning old color.This scarce map by Justus Danckerts is of such importance because...

  Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non Pennsylvaniae et Partis Virginiae...

  11771

  Important map of the Northeast with a view of New York. Printed in Amsterdam c. 1690 by Justus Danckerts.

  7 000,00 €

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