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  • Cary, British Isles, England, Leicestershire, 1805: A Map of Leicestershire from the best Authorities

    John Cary:  A Map of Leicestershire from the best Authorities

    John Stockdale, London, 1805

    Antique map of Leicestershire by John Cary from John Stockdale's New British Atlas of 1805. The map was first published by Richard Gough in the 1789 edition of Camden's Britannia . Shows the...

    A Map of Leicestershire from the best Authorities
    1805 - John Cary
    11912

    Coloured map of Leicestershire, England. Printed in London by John Stockdale in 1805.

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  • Cary, British Isles, England, Leicestershire, 1805: A Map of Leicestershire from the best Authorities

    John Cary:  A Map of Leicestershire from the best Authorities

    John Stockdale, London, 1805

    Antique map of Leicestershire by John Cary from John Stockdale's New British Atlas of 1805. The map was first published by Richard Gough in the 1789 edition of Camden's Britannia . Shows the...

    A Map of Leicestershire from the best Authorities
    1805 - John Cary
    11913

    Old coloured map of Leicestershire, England. Printed in London by John Stockdale in 1805.

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  • Smith, British Isles, England, Rutland, 1808: A New Map of the County of Rutland divided into Hundreds

    Charles Smith:  A New Map of the County of Rutland divided into Hundreds

    London, 1808

    Antique map of Rutland by Charles Smith from 1808. First published in 1804. Showing the county with important streets and cities. With a compass rose.

    A New Map of the County of Rutland divided into Hundreds
    1808 - Charles Smith
    12046

    Old coloured map of Rutland, England. Printed in London in the year 1808.

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  • Greenwood, British Isles, England, Leicestershire, 1834: Map of the County of Leicester from an Actual Survey made in the Year of 1825 by C & I. Greenwood.

    Christopher Greenwood:  Map of the County of Leicester from an Actual Survey made in the Year of 1825 by C & I. Greenwood.

    London, 1834

    Very large elegant map of Leicestershire by C. Greenwood from Atlas of the Counties of England from 1834. Showing the county with important streets and cities. In the centre Leicester, below...

    Map of the County of Leicester from an Actual Survey made in the Year of...
    1834 - Christopher Greenwood
    12059

    Old coloured map of Leicestershire, England. Printed in London in the year 1834.

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  • Schedel, British Isles, England, Spain, 1493: Anglia / Hispania

    Hartmann Schedel:  Anglia / Hispania

    Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493

    Decorative coloured incunable leaf in folio with imaginary views of an English and Spanish landscape by Hartmann Schedel. From the famous Liber chronicarum or Nuremberg Chronicle in Latin...

    Anglia / Hispania
    1493 - Hartmann Schedel
    11218

    Coloured woodcut town view of Spain, England. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.

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  • Schedel, British Isles, England, 1493: Anglie Provincia

    Hartmann Schedel:  Anglie Provincia

    Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493

    A very early woodcut view of an English fortified city by Hartmann Schedel. Some have suggested it could represent London. From the famous Liber Chronicarum also known as the Nuremberg Chronicle...

    Anglie Provincia
    1493 - Hartmann Schedel
    12105

    Coloured woodcut town view of England. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.

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  • Bordone, Iceland, Iceland and Ireland, 1528-1565: Islanda - Irlanda [Iceland and Ireland]

    Benedetto Bordone:  Islanda - Irlanda [Iceland and Ireland]

    Venice, 1528-1565

    Early woodcut map of Iceland by Benedetto Bordone. On verso the map of Ireland.From Libro di Benedetto Bordone... de tutte l'isole del mondo... , more commonly known as Isolario of...

    Islanda - Irlanda [Iceland and Ireland]
    1528 - Benedetto Bordone
    12201

    Antique woodcut map of Iceland and Ireland. Printed in Venice between 1528 and 1565.

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  • Münster, British Isles, England, 1540 (1574): Das Kunigreich Engelland, mit dem anstossenden Reich Schottland, so vor zeiten Albion und Britannia, haben geheissen

    Sebastian Münster:  Das Kunigreich Engelland, mit dem anstossenden Reich Schottland, so vor zeiten Albion und...

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)

    Early, unusual woodcut map of England, oriented to the East. Sebastian Munster's map was the first separately printed map of England and a landmark in the history of British maps. The map...

    Das Kunigreich Engelland, mit dem anstossenden Reich Schottland, so vor...
    1540 - Sebastian Münster
    11330

    Antique woodcut map of England. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

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  • Münster, British Isles, Scotland, Edinburgh, 1550: Beschreibung der küniglichen Statt Edinburg durch Alexandrum Alesium, doctorem der heiligen geschrifft

    Sebastian Münster:  Beschreibung der küniglichen Statt Edinburg durch Alexandrum Alesium, doctorem der heiligen...

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1550

    Early antique city view of Edinburgh in Scotland. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, published in 1550 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.

    Beschreibung der küniglichen Statt Edinburg durch Alexandrum Alesium,...
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    12585

    Antique woodcut town view of Edinburgh, Scotland. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1550.

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  • Porcacchi, British Isles, Scotland, 1572: Scotia - Descrittione dell'Isola di Scotia.

    Tomaso Porcacchi:  Scotia - Descrittione dell'Isola di Scotia.

    Simon Galignani, Girolamo Porro, Venice, 1572

    First edition of Porcacchi's very attractive and early map of Scotland. This finely-executed map shows Scotland with the Orkney Islands, Shetlands and the Hebrides. With two sailing ships, compass...

    Scotia - Descrittione dell'Isola di Scotia.
    1572 - Tomaso Porcacchi
    12362

    Antique map of Scotland. Printed in Venice by Simon Galignani, Girolamo Porro in 1572.

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  • Porcacchi, British Isles, Ireland, 1572: Irlanda - Descrittione dell'Isola d'Irlanda.

    Tomaso Porcacchi:  Irlanda - Descrittione dell'Isola d'Irlanda.

    Simon Galignani, Girolamo Porro, Venice, 1572

    First edition of Porcacchi's very attractive and early map of Ireland. This finely-executed map shows Ireland with north to the right. With a compass rose, title cartouche and several sea monsters....

    Irlanda - Descrittione dell'Isola d'Irlanda.
    1572 - Tomaso Porcacchi
    12364

    Antique map of Ireland. Printed in Venice by Simon Galignani, Girolamo Porro in 1572.

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  • Münster, British Isles, England, Scotland, 1574: Beschreibung Engellands und Schottlandts.

    Sebastian Münster:  Beschreibung Engellands und Schottlandts.

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Early woodcut map of England and Scotland by Sebastian Munster. From the German edition of Sebastian Munster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Lander , published 1574 by...

    Beschreibung Engellands und Schottlandts.
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11384

    Antique woodcut map of Scotland, England. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

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  • Münster, British Isles, Scotland, Edinburgh, 1574: Beschreibung der königlichen Statt Edinburg durch Alexandrum von Ales / Doctorem der Heyligen Geschrifft

    Sebastian Münster:  Beschreibung der königlichen Statt Edinburg durch Alexandrum von Ales / Doctorem der Heyligen...

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Early woodcut view of Edinburgh in Scotland. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder , on the full page. The sheet was published...

    Beschreibung der königlichen Statt Edinburg durch Alexandrum von Ales /...
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11529

    Antique woodcut town view of Edinburgh, Scotland. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

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  • Ortelius, Ireland, 1580 or 1589: Eryn. Hiberniae, Britannicae Insulae, Nova Descriptio. Irlandt

    Abraham Ortelius:  Eryn. Hiberniae, Britannicae Insulae, Nova Descriptio. Irlandt

    Christoffel Plantin, Antwerp, 1580 or 1589

    Old coloured antique map of Ireland by Abraham Ortelius. The west-oriented map is based on the large wall map of Great Britain by Mercator from 1564 and comes from a German Ortelius atlas of 1580...

    Eryn. Hiberniae, Britannicae Insulae, Nova Descriptio. Irlandt
    1580 - Abraham Ortelius
    11897

    Old coloured map of Ireland. Printed in Antwerp by Christoffel Plantin in 1580 or 1589.

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  • Mercator, Ireland, British Islands, 1595 (1628): Irlandiae Regnum

    Gerard Mercator:  Irlandiae Regnum

    Amsterdam, 1595 (1628)

    Hand coloured map of Ireland by G. Mercator. Oriented to the West. Decorative title cartouche. French text on verso.

    Irlandiae Regnum
    1595 - Gerard Mercator
    11446

    Original antique map of Irland. Printed in Amsterdam in 1628.

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  • Ortelius, British Isles, United Kingdom, 1601: Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar: Insularum Descriptio.

    Abraham Ortelius:  Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar: Insularum Descriptio.

    Antwerp, 1601

    Beautiful original old coloured copper engraved map of the British Isles by A. Ortelius. Decorated with five sailing ships, two cartouches, a mileage scale and coat of arms. From the 1601 Latin...

    Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar: Insularum Descriptio.
    1601 - Abraham Ortelius
    11335

    Old coloured map of the United Kingdom. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1601.

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  • Ortelius, British Isles, Scotland, 1602: Scotiae Tabula

    Abraham Ortelius:  Scotiae Tabula

    Antwerp, 1602

    Original old coloured map of Scotland by A. Ortelius. With one large cartouche, one sailing ship and a sea monster. From the 1602 German edition of "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum". Based on Mercator's...

    Scotiae Tabula
    1602 - Abraham Ortelius
    10879

    Old coloured map of Scotland. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1602.

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  • Ortelius, British Isles, Wales, England, 1603: Anglia regnum si quod aliud in toto Oceano ditissimum et florentissimum

    Abraham Ortelius:  Anglia regnum si quod aliud in toto Oceano ditissimum et florentissimum

    J. B. Vrients, Antwerp, 1603

    Rare and very decorative map of England and Wales after the map of England by Christopher Saxton from 1579. Commissioned by Jacob Vrients and engraved by Pieter van den Keere, probably the finest...

    Anglia regnum si quod aliud in toto Oceano ditissimum et florentissimum
    1603 - Abraham Ortelius
    12136

    Coloured map of England, Wales. Printed in Antwerp by J. B. Vrients in 1603.

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  • Kip, British Isles, England, Yorkshire, 1607 (1637): Eboracensis Comitatus pars Occidentalis vulgo West Riding

    William Kip:  Eboracensis Comitatus pars Occidentalis vulgo West Riding

    George Bishop, London, 1607 (1637)

    Engraved map of Yorkshire by William Kip from William Camden's Britannia; Sive Florentissimorum Regnorum, Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, Et Insularum . The map is based on the surveys of Christopher...

    Eboracensis Comitatus pars Occidentalis vulgo West Riding
    1607 - William Kip
    11879

    Coloured map of Yorkshire, England. Printed in London by George Bishop in 1637.

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  • Kip, British Isles, England, Yorkshire, 1607 (1610): Eboracensis Comitatus pars Orientalis, vulgo East Riding

    William Kip:  Eboracensis Comitatus pars Orientalis, vulgo East Riding

    George Bishop, London, 1607 (1610)

    Early antique map of Yorkshire by William Kip from William Camden's Britannia; Sive Florentissimorum Regnorum, Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, Et Insularum . The map is based on the surveys of...

    Eboracensis Comitatus pars Orientalis, vulgo East Riding
    1607 - William Kip
    11880

    Coloured map of Yorkshire, England. Printed in London by George Bishop in 1610.

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  • Saur, British Isles, London, 1608: [Londinum/Londres]

    Abraham Saur:  [Londinum/Londres]

    W. Richter, Frankfurt, 1608

    Nice rare woodcut view of London on a full text sheet. From "Parvum Theatrum Urbium sive Urbium Praecipuarum totius orbis Brevis & Methodica Descriptio" by Adrianus Romanus printed 1608 in...

    [Londinum/Londres]
    1608 - Abraham Saur
    10611

    Antique woodcut town view of London. Printed in Frankfurt by W. Richter in 1608.

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  • Ortelius, Ireland, Ireland Island, 1608 or 1612: Irlandiae Accurata Descriptio, Auctore Baptista Boazio

    Abraham Ortelius:  Irlandiae Accurata Descriptio, Auctore Baptista Boazio

    J. B. Vrients, Antwerp, 1608 or 1612

    Rare and incredible decorative map of Ireland with beautiful old colour. This west-oriented map rarely appears on the market, since it was bound in only a few copies of the Ortelius Atlas, while...

    Irlandiae Accurata Descriptio, Auctore Baptista Boazio
    1608 - Abraham Ortelius
    11476

    One of the most desirable map of Ireland for collectors. Based on the map of Boazio, published by J. B. Vrients in Antwerp between 1608 and 1612.

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  • Ortelius, British Isles, Scotland, 1609: Scotiae Tabula

    Abraham Ortelius:  Scotiae Tabula

    Antwerp, 1609

    Beautiful original coloured map of Scotland. From the 1609 Latin edition of "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" by Abraham Ortelius. Second state of the copperplate. The cartographical source of this map...

    Scotiae Tabula
    1609 - Abraham Ortelius
    10143

    Old coloured map of Scotland. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1609.

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  • Mercator, British Isles, South West England, South Wales: Cornubia, Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria Monumetha, Glamorgan, Caermarden, Penbrok, Cardigan, Radnor,...

    Gerard Mercator:  Cornubia, Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria Monumetha, Glamorgan, Caermarden,...

    Amsterdam, 1619

    Original coloured map of south west England and south Wales of Gerard Mercator. From a latin edition of the Mercator Hondius Atlases.

    Cornubia, Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria...
    1619 - Gerard Mercator
    10160

    Old coloured map of South Wales, South West England. Printed in Amsterdam in the year 1619.

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