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

1590 - Theodor de Bry
Theodor de Bry: Americae Pars, Nunc Virginia Dicta, Primum ab Anglis Inventa Sumtibus Dn. Walteri Raleigh...
Theodor de Bry, Frankfurt, 1590
One of the most significant cartographical milestones on colonial North American history.'Theodor de Bry's map of Virginia, after John White, is one of the most significant cartographical...
Americae Pars, Nunc Virginia Dicta, Primum ab Anglis Inventa Sumtibus...
11188
Antique map of Virginia. Printed in Frankfurt by Theodor de Bry in 1590.
14 800,00 €
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1720 - Johann Baptist Homann
Johann Baptist Homann: Regnorum Siciliae et Sardiniae nec non Melitae seu Maltae Insula cum Adjectis Italiae et Africae...
J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1720
Old coloured antique map of Sicily, Sardinia and Malta located in the Mediterranean Sea. To the lower left a map of Catania with Etna in the background. To the right a small map of Valletta, Malta....
Regnorum Siciliae et Sardiniae nec non Melitae seu Maltae Insula cum...
11804
Old coloured map of Malta, Sardinia, Sicily. Printed in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann circa 1720.
920,00 €
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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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1493 - Hartmann Schedel
Hartmann Schedel: Imago Mortis
Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493
The famouse Dance of Death or Danse Macabre is one of the most sought after leaves of the Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel. This woodcut is attribute occasionally to Albrecht...
Imago Mortis
11518
Dance of the Death (Danse Macabre) by Wilhelm Pleydenwurff from Schedel's world chronicle, printed in Nuremberg in 1493.
1 900,00 €
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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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1724 - Felipe Vidal y Pinilla
Felipe Vidal y Pinilla: Obispado de Cartaxena Reino de Murcia ...
Madrid, 1724
A very rare engraved map of the Murcia region in southeastern Spain. Shows the diocese of Cartagena with the Mediterranean coast from Vera, Aguilas via Cartagena, Los Alcázares up to Valencia. In...
Obispado de Cartaxena Reino de Murcia ...
11820
Old coloured map of Cartagena, Murcia. Printed in Madrid in the year 1724.
2 900,00 €
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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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