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• 1722 - Covens and Mortier

  Covens and Mortier:  Carte Du Mexique et de la Floride des Terres Angloises et des Isles Antilles du Cours et des...

  Covens & Mortier, Amsterdam, 1722

  Beautiful old coloured antique map of the southeastern part of the United States with Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Covens & Mortier's edition of De l'Isle's important map with an accurately depict...

  Carte Du Mexique et de la Floride des Terres Angloises et des Isles...

  12432

  Old coloured map of Florida, Mexico, Caribbean. Printed in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier in 1722.

  1 200,00 €

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• 1588 - Sebastian Münster

  Sebastian Münster:  Die Siebenbürg, so man sunst auch Transsylvaniam nennt

  Sebastian Petri, Basle, 1588

  Original antique map of Transylvania, Romania by Sebastian Münster. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder , published 1588...

  Die Siebenbürg, so man sunst auch Transsylvaniam nennt

  12427

  Woodcut map of Transylvania. Printed in Basle by Sebastian Petri in 1588.

  340,00 €

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• 1588 - Sebastian Münster

  Sebastian Münster:  Asia wie es jetziger zeit nach den fürnemesten Herrschafften abgetheilet und beschriben ist.

  Sebastian Petri, Basle, 1588

  First edition of the second map of Asia by Sebastian Münster. Shows Asia as a continent from Turkey to Southeast Asia and Japan. With a sea monster and a title cartouche. On verso the title with...

  Asia wie es jetziger zeit nach den fürnemesten Herrschafften abgetheilet...

  12428

  Original antique map of Asia. Printed in Basle by Sebastian Petri in 1588.

  690,00 €

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• 1588 - Sebastian Münster

  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...

  Affricae tabula nova / Africa, Lybia, Morenlandt, mit allen Königreichen...

  12429

  Original antique map of Africa. Printed in Basle by Sebastian Petri in 1598.

  570,00 €

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• 1588 - Sebastian Münster

  Sebastian Münster:  Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio / Die newen Inseln, so hinder Hispania gegen Orient,...

  Sebastian Petri, Basle, 1588 (1598)

  Beautiful original antique map of America by Sebastian Münster. The west coast of North America features Vázquez de Coronado's Quivira , one of the mythical Seven Cities of Gold , as well as the...

  Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio / Die newen Inseln, so hinder...

  12430

  Woodcut map of the American continent. Printed in Basle by Sebastian Petri in 1598.

  1 580,00 €

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• 1613 - Gerard Mercator

  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

  12431

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

  2 900,00 €

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• 1593 - Gerard de Jode

  Gerard de Jode:  Galliae amplissimi regni tabula

  G. de Jode, Antwerp, 1593

  Rare antique map of France by Gerard de Jode. The map appeared only in the second edition of G. de Jodes Atlas Speculum orbis terrae in 1593. To the top right a decorative title cartouche, in the...

  Galliae amplissimi regni tabula

  12407

  Antique map of France. Printed in Antwerp by G. de Jode in 1593.

  950,00 €

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• 1583 - Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer

  Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer:  Zee Custe van Sweeden otrent de Westerwijck en tgatt vann Stockholm... Kalmar... en Rookoe

  Cornelis Claesz, Amsterdam, 1583

  Rare sea chart of the east coast of Sweden from the Zeespieghel by Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer. Shows the coastline between Kalmar, Kalmarsund, the northern part of Öland up to Stockholm. Splendidly...

  Zee Custe van Sweeden otrent de Westerwijck en tgatt vann Stockholm......

  12409

  Coloured sea chart of Sweden. Printed in Amsterdam by Cornelis Claesz in 1583.

  1 900,00 €

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• 1677 - Giovanni Giacomo Rossi

  Giovanni Giacomo Rossi:  L'America Settentrionale. Nuovamente Corretta et Accresciuta Secondo le Relationi Piu Moderne da...

  G. G. de Rossi, Rome, 1677

  First state of the rare map of North America by G. G. de Rossi after G. Sanson. California is shown as an island. Based on the map of Sanson from 1669. It includes a few additions to Sanson's map...

  L'America Settentrionale. Nuovamente Corretta et Accresciuta Secondo le...

  12415

  Old coloured map of North America. Printed in Rome by G. G. de Rossi in 1677.

  1 900,00 €

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• 1740 - George Matthäus Seutter

  George Matthäus Seutter:  Symbolische Sinnreiche in einer Belagerung... Versuchungen der Liebe... Representation symbolique...

  G. M. Seutter, Augsburg, circa 1740

  Seutter's famous allegorical map representing the battle of the sexes and of love. In style of a typical 18th century battle plan.Jeffrey N. Peters describes this map in The History of...

  Symbolische Sinnreiche in einer Belagerung... Versuchungen der Liebe......

  12420

  Fantasy map by G. M. Seutter, printed in Ausburg around 1740.

  1 200,00 €

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• 1700 - Pieter Schenk

  Pieter Schenk:  Accurata Utopiae tabula. Das ist der neu entdeckten Schalck Welt, oder des so offt benanten, und...

  P. Schenk, 1700-10

  Rare original edition of the famous fantasy map of Utopia.Schlaraffenland means Land of Cockaigne in German and represents a country of idleness and luxury. This is a totally imaginary...

  Accurata Utopiae tabula. Das ist der neu entdeckten Schalck Welt, oder...

  12421

  Old coloured map of Utopia, Land of Cockaigne. Printed by P. Schenk in 1700.

  1 200,00 €

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• 1633 - Jodocus Hondius

  Jodocus Hondius:  Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas Dictarum ... Accurate Descripta

  H. Hondius, Amsterdam, 1633 [1634]

  Very decorative old coloured antique nautical chart of the Islands of Bermuda by Hendrick Hondius. Shows the Bermuda Islands with Grand Bermuda, Somerset Island and Saint George's Island. Decorated...

  Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas Dictarum ... Accurate Descripta

  12424

  Old coloured sea chart of Bermuda. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius in 1634.

  1 700,00 €

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• 1640 - Johannes Janssonius

  Johannes Janssonius:  Valentia Regnum

  Amsterdam, circa 1640

  Antique map of Valencia by Janssonius. Shows the Spanish Mediterranean coast from Torrevieja to Tarragona. With Alicante, Xàbia, Dénia, Gandia, Castellón de la Plana and L'Ampolla. In the centre...

  Valentia Regnum

  12414

  Coloured map of Valencia. Printed in Amsterdam circa 1640.

  360,00 €

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• 1677 - Giovanni Giacomo Rossi

  Giovanni Giacomo Rossi:  L'America Meridionale Nuovamente Coretta...

  G. G. de Rossi, Rome, 1677

  First state of the rare map of South America by G. G. de Rossi after G. Sanson. Based on the map of Sanson from 1669. This is the first state of the map, dated 1677 in the cartouche. From de...

  L'America Meridionale Nuovamente Coretta...

  12416

  Old coloured map of South America. Printed in Rome by G. G. de Rossi in 1677.

  650,00 €

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• 1680 - Frederick de Wit

  Frederick de Wit:  Totius Africae Accuratissima Tabula Authore Frederico de Wit

  Amsterdam, circa 1680

  Beautiful antique map of Africa by Frederick de Wit. This map became extremely popular for more than 30 years and was reissued with minor changes by Danckerts, Visscher and others. With a very...

  Totius Africae Accuratissima Tabula Authore Frederico de Wit

  12417

  Coloured map of the African continent. Printed in Amsterdam circa 1680.

  980,00 €

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• 1685 - Justus Danckerts

  Justus Danckerts:  Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Amstelodami per I. Danckerts cum Privil.

  J. Danckerts, Amsterdam, circa 1685

  Very decorative double-hemisphere world map by Justus Danckerts. Based on Frederick De Wit's maritime world map of 1668. With two hemispheres and two small inset polar maps. Decorated with large...

  Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Amstelodami per I. Danckerts cum Privil.

  12418

  Antique world map by Justus Danckerts. Published around 1685 in Amsterdam.

  5 800,00 €

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• 1705 - Maria Sibylla Merian

  Maria Sibylla Merian:  Ananas [Pineapple with Cockroaches - Ananas mit Schaben]

  1705-71

  The first and one of the most beautiful engravings of Maria Sibylla Merian's Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium . Merian combines the most enchanting and the most repulsive on one sheet. She...

  Ananas [Pineapple with Cockroaches - Ananas mit Schaben]

  12404

  Engraving of a pineapple plant with cockroaches. Printed between 1705-71.

  3 400,00 €

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• 1541 - Laurent Fries

  Laurent Fries:  Tabula nova Hispaniae [Tabula noua Hispaniae]

  Gaspar Trechsel, Lyon, 1541

  Early antique woodcut map of Spain and Portugal by Laurent Fries after Martin Waldseemüller. The map shows the Iberian Peninsula and comes from the Lyon edition of Ptolemy's Geographia from 1541....

  Tabula nova Hispaniae [Tabula noua Hispaniae]

  12405

  Antique woodcut map of Spain - Portugal. Printed in Lyon by Gaspar Trechsel in 1541.

  950,00 €

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• 1606 - Jodocus Hondius

  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...

  Nova Africae Tabula Auctore Jodoco Hondio

  12406

  Old coloured map of the African continent. Printed in Amsterdam in the year 1606.

  950,00 €

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• 1623 - Jodocus Hondius

  Jodocus Hondius:  Regni Valentiae typus

  Amsterdam, 1623 or 1630

  Antique map of Valencia by Jodocus Hondus. Shows the Spanish Mediterranean coast from Torrevieja to Tarragona. With Alicante, Xàbia, Dénia, Gandia, Castellón de la Plana and L'Ampolla. In the...

  Regni Valentiae typus

  12408

  Coloured map of Valencia. Printed in Amsterdam in 1623 or 1630.

  420,00 €

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• 1575 - Abraham Ortelius

  Abraham Ortelius:  Africae Tabula Nova

  Gillis van den Rade, Antwerp, 1575

  Antique map of Africa by Abraham Ortelius. From the 1575 Latin edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius. Second state of the plate, still the date 1570 is present in the cartouche...

  Africae Tabula Nova

  12410

  Coloured map of the African continent. Printed in Antwerp by Gillis van den Rade in 1575.

  1 400,00 €

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• 1623 - Jodocus Hondius

  Jodocus Hondius:  China

  Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1623

  Impressive antique map of China, Japan and Korea by Jodocus Hondius. First published in the Mercator-Hondius Atlas of 1606.At the beginning of the 17th century, little is known about this...

  China

  12412

  Coloured map of China. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1623.

  1 950,00 €

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• 1879 - British Admiralty

  British Admiralty:  The Suez Canal

  United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO), London, 1879 [1911]

  Large and very detailed nautical chart of the Suez Canal of the British Admiralty. Shows the Suez Canal from Port Said to Port Taufiq near Suez. First published in 1879 based on French surveys in...

  The Suez Canal

  12422

  Old coloured sea chart of the Suez Canal, Egypt. Printed in London by United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) in 1911.

  120,00 €

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• 1700 - Valk & Schenk

  Valk & Schenk:  Lacus Lemanni Locorumque Circumiacentium Accuratissima Descriptio. Auctore Iacobo Goulartio...

  P. Valk & G. Schenk, Amsterdam, circa 1700

  Old coloured antique map of Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) after J. Goulart. With Geneva (Genève), Lausanne and Montreux, oriented to the North. This is the edition published by Valk and Schenk, who...

  Lacus Lemanni Locorumque Circumiacentium Accuratissima Descriptio....

  12423

  Old coloured map of the Lake Geneva. Printed in Amsterdam by P. Valk & G. Schenk circa 1700.

  320,00 €

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