Mediterranean

1482 - Lienhart Holle
Lienhart Holle: [Secunda Affrice tabula continet Affricam & insulae que circa ipsam sunt Parallel]
Lienhart Holle, Ulm, July 1482
One of the earliest obtainable printed maps of North Africa. From the first Ulm edition of 1482.Untitled woodcut map, showing present-day Libya, Tunisia, Sardinia and Sicily based upon...
[Secunda Affrice tabula continet Affricam & insulae que circa ipsam sunt...
11524
First Edition of an Important 15th Century Map of North Africa with Sardinia and Sicily. Printed in July 1482 in Ulm by Lienhard Holle.
4 500,00 €
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1571 - Giovanni Francesco Camocio
Giovanni Francesco Camocio: Famagosta
G. F. Camocio, Venice, 1571
A very rare, early view of Famagusta in Cyprus from Camocio's Isole Famose . Showing the siege of Famagusta by the Turks in 1571. This copy is printed from the first state of the plate, without...
Famagosta
11175
Antique map of Famagusta. Printed in Venice by G. F. Camocio in 1571.
2 950,00 €
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1718 - Christoph Weigel
Christoph Weigel: Insulae Maltae nova et accurata Tabula
Johann Ernst Adelbulner, Nuremberg, 1718
Rare antique map of Malta with Gozo by Christoph Weigel. With a small map of the harbour and the fortification of La Valetta. Decorated with a beautiful title cartouche and a very elaborate...
Insulae Maltae nova et accurata Tabula
12014
Old coloured map of Malta, Gozo, Valetta. Printed in Nuremberg by Johann Ernst Adelbulner in 1718.
1 700,00 €
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1571 - Giovanni Francesco Camocio
Giovanni Francesco Camocio: Candia vel Creta insula posta nel mare Mediterraneo...
G. F. Camocio, Venice, 1571
A very rare, early map of Crete from Camocio's Isole Famose . Showing the island surrounded by Venetian galleys with a nice renaissance cartouche and a compass rose. This copy is printed from the...
Candia vel Creta insula posta nel mare Mediterraneo...
11179
Antique map of Crete. Printed in Venice by G. F. Camocio in 1571.
1 400,00 €
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1571 - Giovanni Francesco Camocio
Giovanni Francesco Camocio: Corfu insula antiquamente detta Malena...
G. F. Camocio, Venice, 1571
A very rare, early map of Corfu from Camocio's Isole Famose . Showing the island surrounded by Venetian galleys with a nice renaissance cartouche and a compass rose. This copy is printed from the...
Corfu insula antiquamente detta Malena...
11183
Antique map of Corfu. Printed in Venice by G. F. Camocio in 1571.
1 400,00 €
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1603 - Abraham Ortelius
Abraham Ortelius: Cypri Insulae Nova Descript. 1573
Jan Baptist Vrients, Antwerp, 1603
Early and important map of Cyprus by Abraham Ortelius. The geographical details are based on the map of Cyprus by Giacomo Franco from 1570. Below right a inset map of Lemnos, based on notes by...
Cypri Insulae Nova Descript. 1573
11921
Coloured map of Cyprus. Printed in Antwerp by Jan Baptist Vrients in 1603.
1 350,00 €
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1575 - Francois de Belleforest
Francois de Belleforest: Candia, olim Creta
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A scarce and early woodcut map of Crete. Ruled in brown ink. As a woodcut view, it is extremely fine cut. The view comes from the French edition of the Cosmographia Universalis by Sebastian...
Candia, olim Creta
11366
Antique woodcut map of Crete. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
1 300,00 €
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1635 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Turcicum Imperium
J. Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1635
Beautiful old coloured map of the Turkish Empire by Willem Blaeu. Very decorative map of the Ottoman Empire issued during the first half of the 17th Century. The beautiful title cartouche shows...
Turcicum Imperium
11509
Old coloured map of the Ottoman Empire. Printed in Amsterdam by J. Blaeu in 1635.
1 200,00 €
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1587 - Abraham Ortelius
Abraham Ortelius: Insularum Aliquot Maris Mediterranei Descriptio.
Antwerp, 1587
Beautiful original old coloured copper engraved map of six Mediterranean Island by A. Ortelius. Showing Malta, Sardinia, Sicily, Corfu, Elba and Djerba. From the 1587 French edition of Theatrum...
Insularum Aliquot Maris Mediterranei Descriptio.
11312
Old coloured map of Djerba, Elba, Corfu, Sicily, Sardinia, Malta. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1587.
1 100,00 €
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1584 - Abraham Ortelius
Abraham Ortelius: Insularum Aliquot Maris Mediterranei Descriptio.
Antwerp, 1584
Beautiful original old coloured copper engraved map of six Mediterranean Island by A. Ortelius. Showing Malta, Sardinia, Sicily, Corfu, Elba and Djerba. From the 1584 Latin edition of Theatrum...
Insularum Aliquot Maris Mediterranei Descriptio.
11338
Old coloured map of Djerba, Elba, Corfu, Sicily, Sardinia, Malta. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1584.
950,00 €
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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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1575 - Francois de Belleforest
Francois de Belleforest: Malta olim Melita Insula.
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A scarce and early woodcut map of Malta. As a woodcut map, it is extremely fine cut. On the full text sheet. Based on the engraved Malta map of Ortelius. The map comes from the French edition of...
Malta olim Melita Insula.
11419
Antique woodcut map of Malta. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
800,00 €
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1571 - Giovanni Francesco Camocio
Giovanni Francesco Camocio: Tine insula, e citte antiqua posta nella Arcipelago...
G. F. Camocio, Venice, 1571
A very rare, early view of Tinos, an island of the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea from Camocio's Isole Famose . Showing the island sieged by battle ships. This copy is printed from the first state of...
Tine insula, e citte antiqua posta nella Arcipelago...
11178
Antique map of Tinos. Printed in Venice by G. F. Camocio in 1571.
750,00 €
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1584 - Abraham Ortelius
Abraham Ortelius: Candia Insula / Archipelagi Insularum Aliquot Descrip.
Antwerp, 1584
Beautiful original old coloured copper engraved map of Crete with 10 additional islands by A. Ortelius. Showing Crete and the islands Lesbos (Metellino), Kithira (Cerigo), Karpathos (Scarpanto),...
Candia Insula / Archipelagi Insularum Aliquot Descrip.
11339
Old coloured map of the Aegean Sea, Cyclades, Crete. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1584.
750,00 €
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1575 - Francois de Belleforest
Francois de Belleforest: Morea Penisola
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A scarce and early woodcut map of the Peloponnese. As a woodcut map, it is extremely fine cut. On the full text sheet. The map comes from the French edition of the Cosmographia Universalis by...
Morea Penisola
11426
Antique woodcut map of the Peloponnese. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
550,00 €
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1584 - Abraham Ortelius
Abraham Ortelius: Senensis Ditionis Accurata Descriptio / Corsica / Marcha Anconae, olim Picenum 1572
Antwerp, 1584
Nice original old coloured map of Corsica, part of Tuscany around Siena and the Ancona region by Abraham Ortelius. From the 1584 Latin edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum , Latin text on verso.
Senensis Ditionis Accurata Descriptio / Corsica / Marcha Anconae, olim...
11340
Old coloured map of Ancona, Tuscany, Sienna, Corsica. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1584.
520,00 €
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1571 - Giovanni Francesco Camocio
Giovanni Francesco Camocio: Durazzo antiquamente detta epidamna citta nella provincia di Albania ... MDLXXI
G. F. Camocio, Venice, 1571
A very rare, early view of the second largest city of Albania Durres from Camocio's Isole Famose . Showing the fortress with the half-moon flag and Venetian galleys in front. With a nice...
Durazzo antiquamente detta epidamna citta nella provincia di Albania ......
11180
Antique map of Durres, Albania. Printed in Venice by G. F. Camocio in 1571.
450,00 €
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1575 - Francois de Belleforest
Francois de Belleforest: Negroponte
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A very scarce early woodcut map of Euboea (Negroponte). Below and verso description of Euboea. Ruled in brown ink.The map was published in the French edition of the Cosmographia Universalis...
Negroponte
11315
Antique woodcut map of Negroponte, Euboea. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
450,00 €
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1634 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Corsica
W. J. Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1634
First state of Blaeu's map of Corsica, published 1634 in the German edition of Atlas Novus . State in which map itself has no separate title, only letterpress title above. Later editions have...
Corsica
11438
Coloured map of Corse, Corsica. Printed in Amsterdam by W. J. Blaeu in 1634.
400,00 €
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1747 - Emanuel Bowen
Emanuel Bowen: Particular Draughts of Some of the Chief African Islands in the Mediterranean, as also in the...
E. Bowen, London, 1747
An unusual copper engraving by E. Bowen from 'A Complete System of Geography'. Featuring 7 small maps of islands of the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic and South Africa including "An Accurate Map of...
Particular Draughts of Some of the Chief African Islands in the...
11189
Antique map of St Helena, Tenerife, Cape Verde, Malta, Mediterranean. Printed in London by E. Bowen in 1747.
390,00 €
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1718 - Christoph Weigel
Christoph Weigel: Insulae sive Regni Siciliae ante omnes Mediterranei maris Insulas...
Johann Ernst Adelbulner, Nuremberg, 1718
Antique map of Sicily and Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea by Christoph Weigel. With Malta and Gozo at the lower margin. Decorated with a beautiful title cartouche. From Bequemer Schul- und...
Insulae sive Regni Siciliae ante omnes Mediterranei maris Insulas...
12013
Old coloured map of Sicily, Sardinia. Printed in Nuremberg by Johann Ernst Adelbulner in 1718.
390,00 €
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1571 - Giovanni Francesco Camocio
Giovanni Francesco Camocio: Valona
G. F. Camocio, Venice, 1571
A very rare, early view of Vlora at the Adriatic coast from Camocio's Isole Famose . Showing the city with several Venetian galleys, an empty cartouche and a compass rose. This copy is printed...
Valona
11184
Antique map of Vlora, Albania. Printed in Venice by G. F. Camocio in 1571.
350,00 €
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1718 - Christoph Weigel
Christoph Weigel: Portae Ottomanicae regna & aditiones per Europam, Asiam & Africam
Johann Ernst Adelbulner, Nuremberg, 1718
Antique map of the Ottoman Empire by Christoph Weigel. Shows the eastern Mediterranean with Greece and Turkey, the Arabian Peninsula, the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Decorated with a beautiful...
Portae Ottomanicae regna & aditiones per Europam, Asiam & Africam
12031
Old coloured map of the Ottoman Empire. Printed in Nuremberg by Johann Ernst Adelbulner in 1718.
250,00 €
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1574 - Sebastian Münster
Sebastian Münster: Candia seu Creta Insula
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early small woodcut map of Crete. Verso the Cretan Labyrinth. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder , published 1574 by...
Candia seu Creta Insula
11317
Antique woodcut map of Crete. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
190,00 €
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