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Beautiful hand coloured engraved map of America. Based on Giovanni d'Anian's Map of America from 1582. Compared to the Western Hemisphere map from Ortelius, Magini includes mountains in the large Southern continent but the bulge West coast of South America is the same.Set in a page of Italian text.A very nice in very good condition.

This Americas was emulated by numerous cartographers and went through numerous editions. Originally issued by Jodocus Hondius in 1618 with carte-a-figures borders, it was derived from two earlier maps by Blaeu. The North Pole depicts Frobisher's theory of the Northwest Passage and the South Pole shows the long-held notion of the mythical southern continent. North America retains the peninsular California and the East Coast is beginning to take shape, although it still lacks detail in the mid-Atlantic region. In the Southwest the famous seven cities of Cibola appear on the banks of a large lake. In South America, there is a large inland sea and two engraved scenes, one of which details a cannibalistic feast. Two stylized insets of the two polar regions are enclosed in strapwork cartouches. The map is richly ornamented with a strapwork title cartouche, fleets of ships and sea monsters. Shortly after Jodocus Hondius' death in 1629 the plated passed into the hands of his brother, Henricus. The borders were removed to facilitate the smaller format of the Atlas Novus that was published in partnership with his brother-in-law, Jan Jansson. This is state 5 with Jansson's imprint below the cartouche. French text on verso THIS IS AN UNCOLOURED VERSION AS ISSUED AND RARE IN THAT MODERN COLOUR HAS NOT BEEN APPLIED.Very good condition.

RARE. A strong impression of one of the later states of a scarce and attractive map by Pierre Du Val. Although several states are recorded, all are uncommon, and feature typical mid-seventeenth century details with California as an island, and a relatively early delineation of the Great Lakes, with five shown of which two are open-ended.Above California is the Destroit d' Anien and the large Terre de Iesso, or land of Jesso, that resulted from confusing reports by De Vries on his expedition in the waters north of Japan. A notation concerning a possible Northwest Passage fills the blank region above Anien. Several colonial settlements appear on the eastern seaboard including Iamestoun, Christina, London al: Boston, N. Amsterdam al: Manhate. In South America, the mythical Parime Lake is located in Guiana with its legendary Manoa-el dorado (City of Gold), and there is good detail of the Jesuit missions. The map includes the western coasts of Europe and Africa and the Prime Meridian goes through the Isle de Fer. This issue of the plate is identified by the engraved date and added decoration to the title.Original colour. Mint Condition. Ref: Burden, The Mapping Of North America, 311, state 7.

Antique map of the Americas with California as an Island from Description De L'Univers.Marked'Californie Isle'.Hand colour.Mint.

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.

Attractive small map of the Americas.Hand colour.V.good condition.

A rare map of the Americas, with bold topographical details and many place names and Indian tribal designations. In North America, an oversize Louisiana dominates the continent, minimizing the English possessions. The northwestern part of the continent, north of California, is unknown and blank. In South America, the River Paraguay rivals the Amazon in size and importance. On either side of the map are text descriptions of the various provinces and territories of the Americas. An inset at the bottom of the map lists the possessions of the main European colonial powers and the religions practiced in the New World (including Sun worship and Devil worship!). A crested title cartouche surrounded by tropical fauna and flora enhances the map's great appeal.Folds,age toning,small repair..Orig outline colour.

Decorative map of the Americas with cartouche and 15 galleons (Extremely high on the galleon quota)Fictitious north west.Good condition.

Interesting projection of the Americas.One of the first maps of the Americas after French Revolution and it is dated An VI.All west of Mississippi is Nouvelle Mexique.Original outline colour.V.good condition.

Good little decorative map of the Americas. Original outline colour.Good condition.

First state of Janvier's map of America. Shows a marvelous oversized mythical Bay of the West, unusual Alaskan Archipelago (again completely conjecture and myth), inaccurate course of the Mississippi River, and a marvelous primitive look at the two Americas, slightly before the Revolutionary War in the US. No sign of Hawaii. New Zealand is shown, although only partially known.Later outline hand colour.V.good conditionSOLD

Post california as an island and with "cum priligeo"(1715)and before 1724.This edition shows California as a peninsula and a vast north west left unexplored. A large, richly engraved and uncoloured title cartouche(as issued)at lower left of map. In the blank area of the northwest terra incognita is a smaller, also uncoloured cartouche surrounding latin text.A couple of minor spots.Map has original colour.A good example.SOLD