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Detailed map of Cuba and Jamaica by Raynal and Bonne. Hand colored engraved antique map from the "Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, Dresse Pour l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Etablissemens et du Commerce des Europeens dans les deux Indes." Excellent condition.

Superb example of Richard Blome's scarce map, the earliest folio sized map of the region to be engraved in England. While Speed's atlas was published prior to Blome, the plates were engraved and printed in Amsterdam. The map demonstrates the naïve engraving style characteristic of 17th Century English engravers, and features an elaborate heraldic cartouche and a dedication to Robert Viner offLondon, Alderman Knight & Baronet. Several sailing ships and sea monsters. Blome's maps, because of their rarity and importance in the history of English Cartography, are essential items for regional collectors. Blome first began engraving maps for his Geographical Description Of The Four Parts Of The World in 1667. The completed volume was in small folio, and contained 24 maps (plus one duplicated), engraved by Francis Lamb, Thomas Burnford and Wenceslas Hollar. Blome's principal handicap in the production of the atlas was the lack of a domestic mapmaking environment comparable with that in Europe. Also, to finance his work, he undertook subscribers, in exchange for a promise to add their coat of arms to certain maps. Uncoloured as issued.Very good condition.

Superb example of Richard Blome's scarce map, the earliest folio sized map of the region to be engraved in England. While Speed's atlas was published prior to Blome, the plates were engraved and printed in Amsterdam. The map demonstrates the naïve engraving style characteristic of 17th Century English engravers, and features an elaborate heraldic cartouche and a dedication to Robert Viner offLondon, Alderman Knight & Baronet. Several sailing ships and sea monsters. Blome's maps, because of their rarity and importance in the history of English Cartography, are essential items for regional collectors. Blome first began engraving maps for his Geographical Description Of The Four Parts Of The World in 1667. The completed volume was in small folio, and contained 24 maps (plus one duplicated), engraved by Francis Lamb, Thomas Burnford and Wenceslas Hollar. Blome's principal handicap in the production of the atlas was the lack of a domestic mapmaking environment comparable with that in Europe. Also, to finance his work, he undertook subscribers, in exchange for a promise to add their coat of arms to certain maps. Uncoloured as issued.Very good condition.

Superb map from Geographiae universae tum veteris, tum novae absolutissimum opus... Auctore eodem Io. Anto. Magino Patavino..., 1597, A detailed map of Grecce and Albania and the numerous islands of the Aegean Sea. Text on verso. Excellent hand colour.Very good condition.

RARE and interesting phamphlet.This is the Turkish Empire section of Munster's Cosmographia.It comorises of 23 leaves or 45 pages of woodblock prints and text.There are 4 maps,the double page Constaninople (probably the best condition example I have come accross) and maps of Thrace and Bulgaria,Greece and crete.There are about 45 more woodblock prints of Sultans,buildings,battles,ceremonies etc.This was taken from The Cosmographia some time between 1860 and 1959.It has been bound so that the maps are untouched.Exceptionally good condition.A very rare item. Please email for all the pictures. SOLD

Detailed map of a portion of the Savoy region, with Lake Geneva in the North and Grenoble in the southeast.Cartouche.Finely engraved Very good condition.

Full Title:De Moluccos, of speceri-dragende eilanden tussen Gilolo en Celebes gelegen. Original copper-engraving, uncoloured as published. The famous Dutch publisher and mapmaker Pieter Van der Aa (1659 Leiden - 1733 Leiden) published 'during the period 1882-1733, an enormous quantity of printed matter' (Koeman). This map was actually published in the first edition of his travelbooks 'Naauwkeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en landreysen na Oost en West-Indien', in Leiden 1707. Very good condition

Very attractive double hemisphere map with the peninsular form for California and a huge Terra Australis Incognita. The corners are decorated with the female representations of the four continents. Tucked between the cusp at bottom is the figure of Atlas holding the world on his shoulders. Very good impression with excellent hand colour finished in egg white.Excellent condition with good margins. From Introductio in Universam Geographicam… References: Shirley #586.

Title:De Persiaanze Zee met de Eylanden Baharem, Queixome en Ormus, tussen Arabie en Persie. Very attractive and quite scarce early 18th century engraved map.Three figures stand behind the title box which sits atop a distance scale. A small compass rose above the figures, enhances the visual appeal of the map.Mecca is at bottom left, mountain ranges, rivers and islands all seen with an attempt at accuracy. SOLD Tibbetts, Arabia in Early Maps, 194.

RARE. Original copper-engraving, uncoloured as published. A fine and decorative map of the Maldives, many islands of the atolls of the Maldives are named. The map encludes as well the neighbouring southern tip of India with Sri Lanka and the Indian Ocean towards Sumatra and the Street of Malacca. Ornated in the lower right corner with an allegoric title cartouche and a scale of mileage. The famous Dutch publisher and mapmaker Pieter Van der Aa (1659 Leiden - 1733 Leiden) published 'during the period 1882-1733, an enormous quantity of printed matter' (Koeman). This map was actually published in the first edition of his travelbooks 'Naauwkeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en landreysen na Oost en West-Indien', in Leiden 1706-08. Very good condition.

Uncommon beautifully engraved map of Sumatra.Pieter van der Aa was a prolific publisher. He published this map in ' Naauwkeurge versameling der gedenkwaardigste zee- en land-reysen', a series of accounts of voyages (1706-08).Very good condition.

Uncommon map, which was used to illustrate the travels of Diego Lopez De Sequeira of Portugal, to illustrate the Portugese travels in the region in search of Prester John between 1519 and 1520. In the early 18th Century, Vander Aa reproduced a number of rare manuscript and printed accounts of 16th Century Travel to America and included marvelous decorative maps, which were typically based upon contemporary cartographic information. Many of the earliest voyages of exploration which are impossibly rare to find in the original editions can be found in Vander Aa's works, which are now becoming increasing rare. Uncoloured as issued.Very good condition.

RARE. Full Title Scheeps-Togt door Ferdinand Magellaan van Kastilien gedaan na R. de la Plata en van daar door zijn ontdekte Straat tot aan de Moluccos. Rare map from 'Naaukeurige versameling der gedenkwaardigste zee- en land-reysen', a series of accounts of voyages' Map illustrated the voyage of Magellan from Spain, through the Straits of Magellan and on to Southeast Asia, where he was killed, prior to the completion of the circumnavigation by his second in command. The map was used to illustrate the Dutch translations of the travel account of Diego Lopez de Sequeira. Magellan was among the crew of the Portuguese squadron of five ships under Sequeira which sailed into Melaka on September 1, 1509, and became the first Europeans to have contact with the Malay Peninsula. Very good condition.

I. Indiae Occidentalis partem mediam circum Isthmum Panamensem..Attractive map of West Indies with Five maps and a plan one sheet. The large central map of the West Indies and Central America is titled "Carte des Isles de lAmerique et Deplusieurs Pays de Terre Ferme" and acknowledges D'Anville as the source. The coloured key indicates European possessions. Other maps show the Isthmus of Panama, a plan of St. Augustine in Florida, the lower part has plans of Vera Cruz and San Domingo and a large panorama of Mexico in the centre.Printed on heavy paper.Excellent full hand colour..Very good condition.

Rare Langenes map from Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum Libri.Map also titled Descriptio Aethiopiae Inferioris Latin text,1600:Pg 557; Nn 4 (ref. Stewart).Sea Monster.Very detailed.Excellent hand colour..V.good condition

Attractive map of South East Africa.Covers area from Cape of Good Hope to the Comoros Islands.Cartouche.Very good hand colour.Very good condition.

Attractive map of the west Coast of India and the Maldives.Cartouche.Compass rose.Early edition of this map.Very good hand colour.Very good condition.

Uncommon edition of this accurate map showing the east coast of India, the Maldives Islands and the eastern tip of Arabia. In lower left corner a lettered key. From Atlas Portatif pour servir a l'intelligence de l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des etablissements et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. After Jacques Nicolaas Bellin (1703-1772) who was one of the most important and proficient French cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century. He was appointed the first Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine, and also Official Hydrographer to the French King. With French text in title cartouche and an additional title in Dutch underneath the map.Good hand colour.Mint condition RARE.

Very decorative map of Turkey.Cartouche with men on horseback etc.Very good hand colour.Very good condition.

Attractive rare small map the Magellan Straits & Cape Horn.Good hand colour.Ship and spouting sea animal.V.good condition.