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Very attractive 18th century map of Africa.Cartouches.Compass rose.Interesting geography of interior.Hand colour.Repaired tear on left of map.Otherwise good.

Decorative classic map of The West Indies by Bellin.18th century engraved map of the West Indies, Central America, and Florida. Cartouche.Hand colour.Very good condition.

Decorative classic map of The West Indies by Bellin.18th century engraved map of the West Indies, Central America, and Florida. Cartouche.Hand colour.Very good condition.

Full Title:Carte de la Coste d'Arabie Mer Rouge et Golfe de Perse. Tiree dee la Carte de lOcean Oriental Publiee en 1740 par Ordre de Mer le Comte de Maurepas. Augmentee sur des Remarques Particulieres et dressee sur des Observations Astronomiques. Rare 1773 edition. Cartouche,Compass rose etc.Very good hand colour.Very good condition. Tibbetts, Arabia in Early Maps, 267.

From CLOPPENBURG(Johannes) larger version of Mercator's Atlas Minor.Covers the premier wine growing area of Medoc,Paulliac,St Emillion etc.Stunning map with cartouche,sea monster and Galleon in a stippled sea.Compass rose.Hand colour.Mint condition.

"One of the many cases of duplication by the firms of Blaeu and Hondius of each other's work. Janssonius' plate is so good that it is virtually indistinguishable from Blaeu's. Cartographically this map forms a marked improvement on the Jodocus Hondius map of 1606, from which this was largely derived. It also amply illustrates the direction that engraving styles had moved, being more open and florid. The map depicts two nations' interests, both marked by their own coat of arms. The French claim, being largely present day Georgia, rests on the abortive colonial attempts of the 1560s. Blaeu makes no advance here in geography, following Hondius to the letter. The greatest improvement occurs in the northern half of the map north of Porto Royal. Whereas on the Hondius the coastline towards C. de Ste. Romano (present day Cape Fear) veered directly east, Blaeu more correctly takes it north-east, placing the cape closer to its true position of 34°. This span of coastline is approximately that of present day South Carolina's. This now present to us a more accurately proportioned Outer Banks Region, radically reduced in size but still slightly too far north. For these improvements Blaeu drew upon the extremeley rare DE EYLANDEN ..., by Hessel Gerritsz, c. 1631. The Outer Banks combine the placenames of Gerritsz and Hondius, often using two different ones for the same area such as C. de Trafalgar and C. ost Feare. This latter name was often applied to present day Cape Lookout before it was used for its present site to the south-west. Chesapeake Bay was depicted as just a small bay on Hondius' map of 1606 as John Smith was yet to explore these waters. The Gerritsz terminated at this point, and only two placenames appeared. Blaeu draws largely on the Smith map for much of the nomenclature but introduces some English ones from an unknown source. The most important is Newport nesa, Newport News, founded in 1621 and apparently shown here for the first time on a printed map. Also new are Bermouth, Stortingen and Arglas. The two Indian figures from Hondius' map form part of the cartouche on Blaeu's." (Burden) Hand colour.Full margins.Very good/mint condition

Decorative map of the Near East,Turkey,Armenia,Syria etc.Vignettes.Original outline colour.Very good condition.

Showing parts of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan & Turkestan, markin Bukhara, Samarkand and Tashkent, with engraved vignette scenes of Tartar nomadic life. The 'Great Game' was the name for the Anglo-Russian rivalry in Central Asia, with Russia pushing south to threaten British India through Afghanistan. At the time this map was published the Crimean War and the India Mutiny had made the Game more intense. Less than a decade later Independent Tartary had gone: Tashkent was annexed by Russia in 1865, and Samarkand & Bukhara came under Russian control in 1868.Good condition.

RARE! Sea chart around Capetown.Dutch.Shows anchorages.Compass rose and rhum lines.Full hand colour.Repaired worm holes otherwise very good condition for this interesting map. REF only reference is Stanford University Library It sdays map printed London!!

Full Title: A New Map of Europe according to the Present General Divisions and Names…Capital Cities, Chief Rivers, Mountains &c...Dedcicated to His Highness William Duke of Glocester. Decorative map of Europe at the beginning of the 18th Century. This map was part of an atlas dedicated to the Duke of Glocester, who was then attending school in Oxford. The maps were highly regarded at the time for there accuracy.The English coat of arms highlighted.Full hand colour.Very good condition.

Attractive small map by Magini based on Mercator.Beautifully engraved,stipple sea.Hand colour.Mint condition.

Decorative map of the Lake Ontario,Lake Champlain to Quebec area.Lots of place names.Cartouche.Hand colour.Very good condition.

A decorative map of the Turkish Empire with Arabia prominent. Detail extends from Italy and the Mediterranean eastards to include northern Africa, the Caspian and beyond. A decorated title cartouche at lower left features Arabic figures. This state of the map has the engraver, Lhuilier's, signature and lacks that of De Wit, which appeared on later issues. Attractive original colour. Some outline colour faded.Very good condition.

Attractive good sized map of the whole of North America.Eurpean colonies marked on east Coast and the Spanish in South West,and the rest of the map is devoted to physical features and North American Tribes.Misplaced Rockies,Speculative Alaska.An interesting map with good hand colour.Printed on heavy paper.Very good condition.

Vaugondy’s L’AmeriqueSeptent... was one of the important maps produced just prior to the French and Indian War.The large inset map of the Great Lakes provides one of the best delineations of the region at the time and is one of the earliest to use the present names of all five lakes.Good hand colour.colour.Some small professsional repairs otherwise good condition. . ref: McCorkle,New England in Early Printed Maps, #755.36; Kershaw, Early Printed Maps of Canada,#354, plate 235.

Superb folio map of Provence.Based like all the early maps of Provence on the the 1580's Bommpario map.Cartouches,Compass rose Galleon etc make this a classic decorative printed map.Full hand colour.Very good condition.

This scarce, little map is roughly based on the Ortelius/Galle map of 1593.From: Historiae Universalis Auctorium Ulm, 1658.Ships,Strong impression.Small repair in top margin just encroaching into map professionally repaired so invisible.Otherwise very good condition.

Attractive copper engraved map of the whole of the West Indies and the Florida Keys.Cartouche.Very good condition.

Ireland tipped on its side.Original wash colour on map.Printed on heavy paper.Mint condition.

Very decorative map of Asia by De Fer.Cartouches.Fanciful coastline north of Japan.Very stromg impression.Small tear into left margin,invisible.Otherwise very good condition.