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Sebastian Münster: Affricae tabula nova / Africa, Lybia, Morenlandt, mit allen Königreichen so jetziger Zeit darumb
Sebastian Petri, Basle, 1588 (1598)
Beautiful original antique map of Africa by Sebastian Münster. Based on the Ortelius map of 1570, the coast of Brazil was added. With two sailing ships and a sea monster. On verso the title with a...
Original antique map of Africa. Printed in Basle by Sebastian Petri in 1598.
Gerard Mercator: Italia
Gerard Mercator, Duisburg, 1589
True first edition of Mercator's map of Italy with beautiful old colour.Early and important engraved map of Italy with Sardinia and Corsica. This is the real first edition, published in 1589...
Old coloured map of Italy. Printed in Duisburg by Gerard Mercator in 1589.
Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer: Beschrijuinghe van de Zee Custen va Vlanderen en Picardien ...
Cornelis Claesz, Amsterdam, circa 1590
Rare sea chart of the coast of northern France and Flanders from the Zeespieghel by Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer. Shows the coastline between Nieuwpoort and Dieppe, the English Channel and the south...
Sea chart of the English Channel. Printed in Amsterdam by Cornelis Claesz circa 1590.
Theodor de Bry: Floridae Americae Provinciae Recens & exactissima descriptio Auctore Iacobo le Moyne...
Theodor de Bry, Frankfurt, 1591
One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of Florida and the Southeastern United States.A very fine example of De Bry's cornerstone map of Florida. Based on the map Jacques le Moyne prepared...
Jacques le Moyne's map of Florida. Printed in Frankfurt by Theodor de Bry in 1591.
Abraham Ortelius: Peregrinationis divi Pauli typus corographicus.
Antwerp, 1592
Hand coloured engraved map of the Eastern Mediterranean by Abraham Ortelius. Covering the Mediterranean Sea between Israel and Sicily with Cyprus, Italy, Greece and Turkey. With two biblical scenes...
Coloured map of Israel, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Sicily. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1592.
Abraham Ortelius: Ducatus Mediolanensis, Finitimarumq Regionu Descriptio Auctore Iooanne Georgio Septala Mediolanense
Antwerp, 1592
Beautiful coloured map of northern Italy by A. Ortelius. Showing the area around Milan with Lago di Como, Genoa, Parma, Cremona and Bergamo. With a nice Renaissance cartouche, a sailing ship , a...
Coloured map of Milan, Milano. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1592.
Theodor de Bry: Occidentalis Americae Partis, vel, Earum Regionum quas Christophorus Columbus Primu Detexit...
Theodor de Bry, Frankfurt, 1594
Spectacular 16th Century Map of the West Indies and Florida.Theodore de Bry's fascinating map of the West Indies is based on the Milanese sailor Girolamo Benzoni, who travelled between 1541...
Coloured map of Florida, West Indies. Printed in Frankfurt by Theodor de Bry in 1594.
Abraham Ortelius: Germania.
Plantin, Antwerp, 1595
Beautiful hand colour copper engraved map of Germany by A. Ortelius. From the 1595 Latin edition of "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum".
Coloured map of Germany. Printed in Antwerp by Plantin in 1595.
Abraham Ortelius: Parergon, sive Veteris Geographiae aliquot Tabulae. [Bound with:] Nomenclator Ptolemaicus.
Plantin, Antwerp, 1595
The Parergon maps began appearing as supplements within the Theatrum in 1579 with 3 maps. During the following years, more map were completed and the Parergon became an atlas in its own right. The...
A splendid copy of Ortelius' Atlas of Ancient Geography. All maps and views finely coloured by a contemporary hand.
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.
Abraham Ortelius: Africae tabula nova
Antwerp, 1598
Beautiful original coloured map of the African continent. From the 1598 French edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius. Fifth state of the copperplate, still the date 1570 is present...
Old coloured map of the African continent. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1598.
Girolamo Ruscelli: Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino Tradotta di Greco nell'Idioma Volgare Italiano da...
M. Sessa Erben, Venice, 1598-99
Sixth edition of Ruscelli's translation of Ptolemy's Geografia edited and extended by Giuseppe Rosaccio published by the Hires of M. Sessa in 1598 and 1599. Illustrated with 69 double page...
A 16th century Ptolemy Atlas, published by the Hires of Sessa in Venice during the years 1598-99.
Abraham Ortelius: Regni Hispaniae Post Omnium Editiones Locuplettissima Descriptio
Plantin Press, Antwerp, 1598
Antique map of Spain and Portugal by A. Ortelius. Showing the Iberian Peninsula with Balearic Islands and parts of northern Africa. With one large cartouche, a mileage scale, sailing ships and sea...
Coloured map of Spain - Portugal. Printed in Antwerp by Plantin Press in 1598.
Matthias Quad: Thietmarsiae Holsaticae regionis partis typus Auctore Petro Boeckel
J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600
Antique map of Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein by Matthias Quad. Shows Dithmarschen between the North Sea, Eider and Elbe. From Brunsbüttel to St. Annen, with Heide and Hemmingstedt in the centre....
Old coloured map of Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.
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...
Old coloured map of Scotland. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1602.
Abraham Ortelius: Africae Tabula Nova
Antwerp, 1603
Beautiful hand coloured map of the African continent. From the 1603 Latin edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius. Fifth state of the copperplate, still the date 1570 is present in...
Coloured map of the African continent. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1603.
Abraham Ortelius: Presbiteri Iohannis, sive, Abissinorum Imperii Descriptio
Jan Baptist Vrients, Antwerp, 1603
Hand coloured antique map of Africa by Abraham Ortelius. Shows the Kingdom of the mystical Prester John in central Africa. Decorated with two cartouches, four elephants, sea monsters and a sailing...
Coloured map of Priest Joan, Ethiopia, Central Africa. Printed in Antwerp by Jan Baptist Vrients in 1603.
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...
Coloured map of Cyprus. Printed in Antwerp by Jan Baptist Vrients in 1603.
Abraham Ortelius: Ausszug auss des Abrahami Ortelij Theatro Orbis teutsch beschriben durch Levinum Hulsium,...
Levinus Hulsius, Jan van Keerbergen, Frankfurt, 1604
Very Rare and Only German Edition of the Pocket Atlas by Ortelius. With 128 Maps.Complete and well preserved example of the rare German edition of Ortelius's Epitome. Edited by Levinus...
Pocket atlas by Ortelius with 128 copper engraved maps, publihed by L. Hulsius and J. van Keerbergen 1604 in Frankfurt.
Gerard Mercator: India Orientalis
H. Hondius, Amsterdam, circa 1606
Beautiful coloured map of India, the Malay Peninsula, China and the Philippines, Thailand and Cambodia and parts of Sumatra with Borneo from a French edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas. With two...
Coloured map of the Philippines, Thailand, China, India. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius circa 1606.
Jodocus Hondius: Nova Africae Tabula Auctore Jodoco Hondio
Amsterdam, 1606
Old coloured map of Africa by Jodocus Hondus. The second map of Africa by Hondius, first published in the Mercator-Hondius Atlas of 1606. The geographical information is based on the Mercator map...
Old coloured map of the African continent. Printed in Amsterdam in the year 1606.
Gerard Mercator: Atlas minor à I.Hondio plurimis aeneis tabulis auctus atque illustratus.
J. Hondius, C. Claesz, J. Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1607
Rare First Edition of the Atlas Minor by Mercator. With 153 Maps.A complete and well preserved example of the rare first edition of Mercator's Atlas Minor .In 1607, Jodocus Hondius...
Atlas Minor by G. Mercator with 153 copper engraved maps, publihed by J. Hondius and J. Janssonius 1607 in Amsterdam.
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...
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.
Abraham Ortelius: Cataloniae principatus novissima et accurata descriptio
J. B. Vrients, Antwerp, 1608 or 1612
Rare and very decorative map of Catalonia (Catalunya) by J. B. Vrients. Commissioned by Jacob Baptiste Vrients and engraved by Pieter van den Keere, probably the finest engraver of his time....
Old coloured map of Catalonia, Cataluna, Catalunya. Printed in Antwerp by J. B. Vrients in 1608 or 1612.