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Benedetto Bordone: [West Indies, Jamaica, Hispaniola and South America]
Venice, 1528-1565
Rare map of the Caribbean with parts of South America by Benedetto Bordone. With Jamaica, Hispaniola and the northern part of South America.From Libro di Benedetto Bordone... de tutte...
Antique woodcut map of Hispaniola, Jamaica. Printed in Venice between 1528 and 1565.
Francois de Belleforest: Il Cuscho Citta Principale della Provincia del Peru
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A scarce and early woodcut view of Cusco (Cuzco) in Peru. Ruled in brown ink. As a woodcut view, it is extremely fine cut and represents one of the earliest views of a city in the New World. The...
Antique woodcut map of Cuzco, Cusco, Peru. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Cornelius Wytfliet: Residuum Continentis Cum Adiacentibus Insulis.
Louvain, circa 1597
Early and important antique map of Venezuela and the eastern part of the Caribbean by Cornelis van Wytfliet. First published in 1597 in Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum . Showing the north...
Antique map of Venezuela and the Caribbean. Printed in Louvain circa 1597.
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Terra Firma et Novum Regnum Granatense et Popayan
Willem and Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1635
Decorative, old coloured copper engraved map of Colombia by W. Blaeu. Shows parts of Ecuador with Esmeraldas in the south-west, up to Venezuela in the East. In the northwest with Panama and Costa...
Old coloured map of Colombia, Panama. Printed in Amsterdam by Willem and Joan Blaeu in 1635.
Jodocus Hondius: Accuratissima Brasiliae Tabula. Amstelodami Henricus Hondius excudit.
Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1636
Antique map of Brazil by Henricus Hondius. Shows a very detailed and accurate coastline while the interior is still speculative. With two inset maps of Baya de Todos os Sanctos (Bay of All...
Coloured map of Brazil. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1636.
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Novus Brasiliae Typus
W. J. Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1640-43
Antique map of Brazil by Willem J. Blaeu. Shows a very detailed and accurate coastline while the interior is still speculative. With an inset maps of Baya de Todos os Sanctos (Bay of All Saints)....
Coloured map of Brazil. Printed in Amsterdam by W. J. Blaeu in 1640.
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...
Old coloured sea chart of the Strait of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1643.
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...
Old coloured map of Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Brazil. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1662.
Giovanni Giacomo Rossi: L'America Meridionale Nuovamente Coretta...
G. G. de Rossi, Rome, 1677
First state of the rare map of South America by G. G. de Rossi after G. Sanson. Based on the map of Sanson from 1669. This is the first state of the map, dated 1677 in the cartouche. From de...
Old coloured map of South America. Printed in Rome by G. G. de Rossi in 1677.
Christoph Weigel: Facies Poli Antarctici ex recentissimis itinerariis descripta a. Christophoro Weigelio
Johann Ernst Adelbulner, Nuremberg, 1718
Old coloured map of the South Pole by Christoph Weigel. Shows the southern polar region with the tip of South America ( Tierra Del Fuego, Cape Horn), the Strait of Magellan and the Le Maire Strait....
Old coloured map of the South Pole. Printed in Nuremberg by Johann Ernst Adelbulner in 1718.
Christoph Weigel: Novi Orbis sive Totius Americae cum Adiacentibus Insulis Nova exhibitio
Johann Ernst Adelbulner, Nuremberg, 1718
Scarce and interesting map of America by Christoph Weigel. California is still represented as a big island. The Mississippi river flows into the Gulf of Mexico. In the northern Pacific a legend...
Old coloured map of the American continent. Printed in Nuremberg by Johann Ernst Adelbulner in 1718.
Guillaume de l'Isle: L'Amerique Meridionale Dressee sur les Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences......
Covens & Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1730
Old coloured map of South America after Guillaume de l'Isle. This is the Covens & Mortier version of the G. de l'Isle map of south America. With the legendary lake Lake Parime or Lake Parima,...
Old coloured map of South America. Printed in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier circa 1730.
Homann Erben: Neu und Verbesserter Plan der St. u. Hafens Havana auf der Ins. Cuba / Neu und Verbesserter Plan...
Homann Erben, Nuremberg, 1739
A striking example of the two habor plans of Havana, Cuba and Cartagena, Colombia. Printed around 1740 by Homann Erben in Nuremberg. The plan of Havana with a legend to 11 places, a bird's eye view...
Old coloured map of Havana, Cartagena. Printed in Nuremberg by Homann Erben in 1739.
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...
Coloured sea chart of the Pacific Ocean. Printed in Amsterdam by Reiner & Joshua Ottens in 1745.
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...
Coloured woodcut map of the American continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
Sebastian Münster: Die neuwen Inseln, so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem Land India ligen
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1550)
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.Early state of...
Coloured woodcut map of the American continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1550.
Sebastian Münster: Tabula Novarum Insularum, quas Diversis Respectibus Occidentales & Indianas Vocant
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1554)
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.Early state of...
Coloured woodcut map of the American continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1554.
Pedro de Medina: Nuevo Mundo
Francisco Frenandez de Cordova, Valladolid, 1545
Real First Edition of Medina's Very Rare Map of America and the Atlantic.Very rare and important first edition of the map of America and the Atlantic from Pedro de Medina's Arte de Navegar...
Woodcut sea chart of the Atlantic Ocean. Printed in Valladolid by Francisco Frenandez de Cordova in 1545.
Sebastian Münster: Der Statt Themistitan in den Neuwen Inseln gelegen / Die Statt Cusco so die fuernembste im Land...
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early woodcut view of Cusco (Cuzco) in Peru by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. One of the earliest views of a city in the New World. Verso an early woodcut plan of Mexico City, showing...
Antique woodcut town view of Cusco, Peru, Mexico City. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
Sebastian Münster: Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio / Die newen Inseln, so hinder Hispania gegen Orient,...
Sebastian Petri, Basle, 1588 (1598)
Beautiful original antique map of America by Sebastian Münster. The west coast of North America features Vázquez de Coronado's Quivira , one of the mythical Seven Cities of Gold , as well as the...
Woodcut map of the American continent. Printed in Basle by Sebastian Petri in 1598.
Theodor de Bry: America sive Novus Orbis Respectu Europaeorum Inferior Globi Terrestris Pars 1596
Theodor de Bry, Frankfurt, 1596
De Bry's Beautifully Engraved Map of the New World.A very fine full color example of De Bry's scarce map of North and South America. With full-length portraits of the important explorers...
Coloured map of the American continent. Printed in Frankfurt by Theodor de Bry in 1596.
Girolamo Ruscelli: America
G. Rosaccio, Venice, 1598
Coloured copper engraved America Map of G. Ruscelli. This example has a thin unexplained engraved line around the continent. From Ruscelli's Ptolemy Geographica "Le Relationi Universali" published...
Coloured map of the American continent. Printed in Venice by G. Rosaccio in 1598.
Giovanni Antonio Magini: America
Matthias Quad, Cologne, 1604
Beautiful original old hand coloured copper engraved map of America. Based on Giovanni d'Anian's Map of America from 1582. Compared to the Western Hemisphere map from Ortelius, Magini includes...
Old coloured map of the American continent. Printed in Cologne by Matthias Quad in 1604.
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Paraguay, o Prov. de Rio de la Plata cum regionibus adiacentibus Tucuman et S.ta Cruz de la Sierra
1630
Attractive map of Paraguay. Wtih 2 cartouche and a seamonster.
Antique map of Paraguay. Printed in the year 1630.