North - South Pole

  • Konrad Celtis:  Barbara Codonea - Germaniae Latus Septentrionale

    Sodalitas Celtica, Nuremberg, 1502

    One of the Earliest Depictions of the Arctic Ocean. Printed in 1502.Very rare first edition of the woodcut map of Central and Northern Europe with the early depiction of the Arctic Ocean by...

    Barbara Codonea - Germaniae Latus Septentrionale
    1502 - Konrad Celtis
    12465

    Early woodcut map of Northern and Central Europe. Printed in Nuremberg by Sodalitas Celtica in 1502.

    7 800,00 €
  • Gerard Mercator:  Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio

    Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1628

    The First Separate Printed Map of the North Pole and the Arctic Regions.The first printed map devoted exclusively to the Arctic. First published after Gerard Mercator's death (1594) by his...

    Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio
    1628 - Gerard Mercator
    12782

    Antique map of the North Pole and the Arctic. Printed in Amsterdam by Jodocus Hondius in 1628.

    4 600,00 €
  • 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...

    Terre Artiche.
    1691 - Vincenzo Maria Coronelli
    11471

    Antique map of the North Pole. Printed in Venice in the year 1691.

    980,00 €
  • 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....

    Geographische Universal-Zeig und Schlag-Uhr
    1720 - Johann Baptist Homann
    11496

    Old coloured map of California as an Island. Printed in Nuremberg by J.B. Homann circa 1720.

    980,00 €
  • Guillaume de l'Isle:  Hemisphere Meridional pour voir plus distinctement Les Terres Australes...

    Covens & Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1730

    Fine old coloured map of the Southern Hemisphere. First published by Guillaume de L'Isle in 1714, this is the edition by Covens and Mortier printed in Amsterdam around 1730. It shows the complete...

    Hemisphere Meridional pour voir plus distinctement Les Terres Australes...
    1730 - Guillaume de l'Isle
    12444

    Old coloured map of the Southern Hemisphere, Australia. Printed in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier circa 1730.

    900,00 €
  • 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...

    Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip.
    1584 - Abraham Ortelius
    11436

    Old coloured map of the North Pole, North Atlantic. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1584.

  • Abraham Ortelius:  Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip.

    Christoffel Plantin, Antwerp, 1587

    Ortelius' famous and important map of the North Atlantic. With stunning old colours.The famous and probably the most beautiful map of the North. Shows the North Atlantic with Scandinavia and...

    Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip.
    1587 - Abraham Ortelius
    12682

    Old coloured map of the North Pole, North Atlantic. Printed in Antwerp by Christoffel Plantin in 1587.

  • Gerard Mercator:  Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio

    Jodocus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1613

    The First Separate Printed Map of the North Pole and the Arctic Regions.The first printed map devoted exclusively to the Arctic. First published after Gerard Mercator's death (1594) by his...

    Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio
    1613 - Gerard Mercator
    12431

    Antique map of the North Pole and the Arctic. Printed in Amsterdam by Jodocus Hondius in 1613.

  • 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....

    Poli Arctici et Circumiacentium Terrarum descriptio novissima
    1638 - Jodocus Hondius
    10145

    Old coloured map of the North Pole. Printed in Amsterdam in the year 1638.

  • Willem Janszoon Blaeu:  Regiones Sub Polo Arctico

    Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1643-50

    Old coloured sea chart of the North Pole by Willem Blaeu. With Greenland and Canada, Iceland, Spitsbergen, Norway and the north coast of Russia. The map shows, the famous Northwest Passage , a...

    Regiones Sub Polo Arctico
    1643 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
    12043

    Old coloured sea chart of the North Pole. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1643.

  • Johannes Janssonius:  Nova et Accurata Poli Arctici et Terrarum Circum Iacentium Descriptio

    Johannes Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1650

    Old colored sea chart of the North Pole by J. Janssonius. With Greenland and Canada, Iceland, Spitsbergen, Norway and the north coast of Russia. The map shows, the famous Northwest Passage , a...

    Nova et Accurata Poli Arctici et Terrarum Circum Iacentium Descriptio
    1650 - Johannes Janssonius
    11920

    Old coloured sea chart of the North Pole. Printed in Amsterdam by Johannes Janssonius in 1650.

  • Johannes Janssonius:  Nova et Accurata Poli Arctici et terrarum Circum Iacentium Descriptio

    Janssonius Heirs, Amsterdam, 1666

    Old colored sea chart of the North Pole by J. Janssonius. With Greenland and Canada, Iceland, Spitsbergen, Norway and the north coast of Russia. The map shows, the famous Northwest Passage , a...

    Nova et Accurata Poli Arctici et terrarum Circum Iacentium Descriptio
    1666 - Johannes Janssonius
    12042

    Old coloured sea chart of the North Pole. Printed in Amsterdam by Janssonius Heirs in 1666.

  • 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...

    Hemisphere Meridional pour voir plus distinctement les Terres Australes
    1714 - Guillaume de l'Isle
    11296

    Old coloured map of Australia, South Polar Region. Printed in Paris in the year 1714.

  • Christoph Weigel:  Facies Poli Arctici adiacentiumque ei regionum ex recentissimis itinerariis delineata cur...

    Johann Ernst Adelbulner, Nuremberg, 1718

    Old coloured map of the North Pole by Christoph Weigel. Shows the northern polar area with Greenland and Canada, Iceland, Spitsbergen, Norway and the north coast of Russia. From Bequemer Schul-...

    Facies Poli Arctici adiacentiumque ei regionum ex recentissimis...
    1718 - Christoph Weigel
    11953

    Old coloured map of the North Pole. Printed in Nuremberg by Johann Ernst Adelbulner in 1718.

  • 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....

    Facies Poli Antarctici ex recentissimis itinerariis descripta a....
    1718 - Christoph Weigel
    11954

    Old coloured map of the South Pole. Printed in Nuremberg by Johann Ernst Adelbulner in 1718.

  • Guillaume de l'Isle:  Hemisphere Septentrional pour voir plus distinctement Les Terres Arctiques...

    Covens & Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1730

    Fine old coloured map of the Northern Hemisphere. First published by Guillaume de L'Isle in 1714, this is the first edition by Covens and Mortier printed in Amsterdam around 1730, still without the...

    Hemisphere Septentrional pour voir plus distinctement Les Terres...
    1730 - Guillaume de l'Isle
    12443

    Old coloured map of the Northern Hemisphere, Polar Region. Printed in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier circa 1730.

  • 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...

    A New & Accurate Map of the North Pole, with All the Countries Hitherto...
    1747 - Emanuel Bowen
    11036

    Antique map of the North Pole. Printed in London by E. Bowen in 1747.

  • 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...

    Aequator sive linea Aequinoctialis
    1770 - Anonymous
    11742

    Old coloured map of the world. Printed circa 1770.

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