Anonymous: Aequator sive linea Aequinoctialis
circa 1770
A very rare double hemisphere world map in unusual polar equidistant projection.Based on the coastline of Australia and New Zealand, one would expect a period of origin in the late 17th...
Old coloured map of the world. Printed circa 1770.
Vincenzo Maria Coronelli: Terre Artiche.
Venice, 1691
A beautiful and rare map showing the Arctic circle, the northern parts of America, Europe, Russia and Siberia. Only northern half of Iceland is shown. A central circular panel of text is surrounded...
Antique map of the North Pole. Printed in Venice in the year 1691.
Johann Baptist Homann: Geographische Universal-Zeig und Schlag-Uhr
J.B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1720
Curious Depiction of California as an Island.Illustration of a geographical clock by Zacharias Landteck, who manufactured it in the early 1700's in Nuremberg. The engraving was created by J....
Old coloured map of California as an Island. Printed in Nuremberg by J.B. Homann circa 1720.
Jodocus Hondius: Poli Arctici et Circumiacentium Terrarum descriptio novissima
Amsterdam, 1638
Very attractive Polar map by Henricus Hondius. It was publish first 1636 for the English edition of the Mercator Hondius Atlas after the Mercator map of the North Pole from 1595 became obsolete....
Old coloured map of the North - South Pole. Printed in Amsterdam in the year 1638.
Abraham Ortelius: Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip.
Antwerp, 1584
Fascinating and important map of the North Atlantic by A. Ortelius in stunning original colours.Showing Scandinavia, Siberia and the Arctic regions in the East, the British Isles with the...
Old coloured map of the North Pole, North Atlantic. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1584.
Guillaume de l'Isle: Hemisphere Meridional pour voir plus distinctement les Terres Australes
Paris, 1714
First edition of the important map of the southern hemisphere by de l'Isle in early strong colours, first published in 1714. This early map of the South Polar regions became the standard map for...
Old coloured map of Australia, South Polar Region. Printed in Paris in the year 1714.
Emanuel Bowen: A New & Accurate Map of the North Pole, with All the Countries Hitherto Discovered Situated Near...
E. Bowen, London, 1747
Attractive Arctic and sub-Arctic map of Emanuel Bowen from 'A Complete System of Geography'. Excellent detailed around Hudson Bay, Greenland, Spitzbergen, north-east coast of Europe & Asia and the...
Antique map of the North Pole. Printed in London by E. Bowen in 1747.