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Didacus Almagrus wird von dem Ferdinando Pizarro in gefängnuss geworffen darinnen strangul. . .
Almagro returned to Cuzco, disillusioned and embittered from his long and fruitless journey south into Chile, where he had been searching for further wealth. This led to ...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Margraff Pizarrus wird von Didoco Almagro dem jüngern mit hülff seiner Bundgenossen in . . .
Almagro’s son planned to take revenge on Pizarro for his father’s death. In 1541, with the help of Juan de Herrada and other Almagro supporters, they besieged Pizzaro...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Die Schlacht zwischen Vaca de Castro, und Almagro dem jüngern.
Even before Pizarro’s death, a new royal governor, Vaca de Castro, was on his way to settle the turmoil in Peru. He refused to accept Almagro the younger, when he heard...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Blascus Nunnez Vela Königlicher Statthalter ersticht den Guillanum Xuarez Königlichen Proc. . .
Life under the new governor, Vaca de Castro, was no more stable than before and the king of Spain was eventually forced to send out yet another governor to replace him. H...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Der meinste theil in Peru ubten nur ihren mutwillen under dem schein als ob sie Kay. May. gehorsam leisten.
A Spanish gentleman is stabbed in bed by a soldier. In the background other men are killed or murdered. Includes swords, spears, canopy, and knife. The self-appointed gov...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Die Spanier gehen gantz Tyraiñsch mit den Indianern umb welche nicht fort kommen mochten . . .
As Pedro de la Gasca advanced from the north with about 1,500 soldiers, the journey from Trujillo to Ayacucho up the Eastern Cordillera was a terrible experience for the ...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Dess Ferdinandi und Petri de Contreras, gefangene Kriegssknecht werden zu Ranama [sic] durch den Statt Schultheissen mit einem Dolchen durchstochen.
Men are stabbed inside prisons while chests are loaded onto a boat. Includes men hanging from a tree seen through a barred window, chains, shackles, pillory, and knife. T...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Die Spanier streiten mit den Indianern welche ihre Wohnung auff den Bäumen haben.
Native Americans in trees drop stones, shoot with arrows, and pour water on Spanish soldiers who attack from the ground. One man chops at a tree trunk while two others ho...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Die Spanier hawen die Bäume darauff die Indianer ihre wohnung haben mit Axten umb und stürtzen sie herunder.
Native Americans in trees drop stones on Spanish soldiers who attack from the ground. One man chops at a tree trunk while two others hold boards over his head to protect ...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Wie der Indianer Brucken seyen von Seilen zusammen geflochten und vom Farth Guaynacapae.
Native Americans cross a net bridge over a river while one group cuts the end of it causing men to fall into the river and drown. Includes war clubs, spears, bows and arr...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Die Spanier treiben allerhand Unzucht mit den Indianischen Weibern die sie in dem läger unnd Wasserbädern ergriffen nach dem Atabaliba gefangen worden.
Spanish soldiers march past a pool where native American women are bathing. Some of the soldiers drag some of the women away. After the defeat of the Inca king, some of t...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
Germania.
Second state of this rare "carte à figures"- map of Germany, The Netherlands, Poland and central Europe. Bordered on three sides with portraits and views. In t...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1607
Designatio Orbis Christiani
Planispherical world map broadly based on Ortelius and similar to Hondius's Atlas Minor map of the same title. It shows most of the world, excluding the west coast of Nor...
- $450 / ≈ €421
Place & Date: France, ca 1607
I. Delineatio convivii a Ternatensium rege Generali Neccio exhibiti.
This famous and desirable scene from Roelof Roelofsz's narrative of a voyage by J.C. van Neck to Ternate.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compi...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, Wolfgangi Richteri, 1607
Indiae Orientalis.
This map covers an area including India, part of Malaysia, Borneo and China.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the publicati...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Africae Descriptio.
Map of Africa from the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the publication of the big folio-atlases the need was apparently felt for a...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Asia.
Map of Asia with an oversized Korea and a curious shape for Japan, from the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the publication of the...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Polus Arcticus cum vicinis regionibus.
Map of the North Pole regions from the 1608 second edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.A reduction of the 1606 Mercator-Hondius folio map (which is a later state of t...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2012
Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis. . .
The first printed map of China. It is signed by Ludovico Georgio, whose real name was Luis Jorge de Barbuda. He was a Portuguese Jesuit cartographer and besides that a sp...
- $6000 / ≈ €5614
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1608
[Title page for] Atlas Minor de Guerard Mercator. . .
Title page from a 1608 French edition of the Atlas Minor (351:11). The title page is similar to that in the Latin edition of 1607, but a slip of paper with the engraved t...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Livonia.
Scarce miniature map of Lithuania, from the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor. Engraved by Pieter Van Den Keere.Shortly after the publication of t...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburgh, 1608
Pascaarte van een deel der Oost Zee, tusschen Bornholm ende der Memel, vertonende de ware gelegentheijt der Zeecusten van Pruijssen. . .
This very rare chart of the Northern Coast of Poland with Gdansk, appeared in the rare English edition of Willem Blaeu's 'Het Licht der Zeevaert', an atlas of sea charts ...
- $4000 / ≈ €3743
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Fessae Regnum.
Charming small map of the northwestern tip of Africa with Fez showing as the principal city. Decorative title cartouche.From a Latin-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atla...
- $120 / ≈ €112
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Hassia Landgraviatus.
Detailed map showing the region around Kassel. With major cities of the area named.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the pu...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Persicum Regnum.
Early map of Persia, from the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the publication of the big folio-atlases the need was apparently fel...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Brabantia.
Decorative regional map of northern Belgium and the Dutch province Brabant, extending north to Breda and south to Namur, with Antwerp and Brussels near the center.Oriente...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Saxoniae Superioris Lusatiae..
Detailed map of Saxony. With Prague at the bottom. From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the publication of the big folio-atlas...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Saxonia Inferior et Mekleburg.
Detailed map showing part of northern Germany. With major cities of the area named.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the pu...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
La Germanie.
Small map of Germany, including Austria and part of Poland. Strap work title cartouche in the lower left.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Mino...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Northumbr. Cumberladia Dunelm. Episcop.
A map of the most northern part of England, from the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the publication of the big folio-atlases the ...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Ultonia Oriental.
Map depicting part of Ulster, with the south-western tip of Scotland in the upper right. From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after ...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Udrone.
Map depicting present-day County Carlow in Leinster Province & Catherlaugh which is now Carlow. From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Sho...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Waldek Comit.
Early map of the region surrounding Waldeck, northern Hessen. From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the publication of the big ...
- $45 / ≈ €42
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Wirtenberg.
Detailed map centered on Baden-Württemberg. With major cities of the area named.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor. Shortly after the p...
- $40 / ≈ €37
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Brauswik et Meydburg com confinijs.
Detailed map showing the region around Brunswick and Magdeburg. With major cities of the area named.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Sho...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Bavaria.
Detailed map showing part of Bavaria. It covers the area between Ingolstadt and Salzburg.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after ...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Palatinat. Bavariae.
Detailed map showing part of Bavaria. It covers the area between Ingolstadt, Nuremberg and Regensburg.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.S...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Cuba Insula. Hispaniola.
Decorative engraved map of Cuba above Hispaniola with smaller insets of Havana, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Margarita.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius''...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Anglia.
Map of England, from the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius'' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the publication of the big folio-atlases the need was apparently felt fo...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Anglesey Ins. / Wight.. / Ins. Garnesey. / Ins. Iarsey.
A reduced version of Mercator's folio map with four maps on one sheet depicting the English islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Wright and Alderney.Each map is embellished with ...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Das Wiflispurgergou.
Reduced version of Mercator''s map of the southwestern part of Switzerland. Shows Geneva, Lake Geneva, Lake Neuchatel, Lake Biel, Bern, Freiburg, Lake Thuner, etc.From th...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
1) Natoliae,.. 2) Aegypti recentior.. 3) Carthaginis..
To the left a map of Turkey. Oriented with west at bottom. Right side of sheet contains a map of northern Egypt showing the Nile River delta, and a map the vicinity of Tu...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570-1609
[Java].
Wood block engraved coastal profiles set in text from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux adv...
- $20 / ≈ €19
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Javanese gamelan orchestra]
Two text engravings from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Sunda].
Text engraving and coastal profiles in wood block from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux ad...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
VII. Quorundam ob Delicta sua misere mutilatorum effigies.
This shows Sebald van de Weert, the Dutch sailor who emerged from the Magellan Straits in 1600 and spotted the rocky islands off the coast of South America. For most of t...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Tartaria.
A miniature map showing China, Korea and Russia. Title cartouche on the upper left corner.First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were executed by the m...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1609
[Bantam].
Text engravings from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the cla...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Chinese Merchants and temple].
Two text engravings of Chinese merchants on Java and a Chines temple from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et ...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Native Flora of Java].
Text engraving of native flora of Java from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . ...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Bantam].
Text engraving showing some merchants of Bantam, from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux adv...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Madagascar].
Two text engravings from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the...
- $125 / ≈ €117
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Sumatra]
Text engraving from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the clas...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Ternate].
Text engraving showing a bay on the Island of Ternate, an island in the Maluku Islands (Moluccas) of eastern Indonesia. Above the map a lettered key (A-E). Text engraving...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Ambon].
Text engraving showing a bay on the Island of Ambon, an island in the Maluku Islands (Moluccas) of eastern Indonesia. Above the map a lettered key (A-D). Text engraving f...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Plants and fruits of the East Indies].
Two text engravings from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Celebrating the arrival of the Dutch in Turban].
Text engravings of a tournament in Turban. On 23rd January 1599, the Dutch landed at Turban (on the north coast of Java) with several small boats. Great crowds of people ...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Dutch ship Amsterdam].
Text engraving of the Dutch vessel Amsterdam offshore the island of Java near Surabaya from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par l...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Javanese Vessels]
Two text engravings from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Foreign Merchants at Bantam].
Two text engravings from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Bantam].
Text engraving showing the arrival of the Dutch fleet at Bantam from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des c...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Bantam]
Two text engravings from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[View of the arrival of Cornelis de Houtman's fleet at Bantam, Java.].
Engraved map of Bantam on Java with a lettered key (A-N) showing the arrival of Cornelis de Houtman’s fleet at Bantam, Java in 1596. Houtman’s four vessels, the Amste...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[How the genteel folk of Bali are transported]
Text engraving with explanation how the royalty and high-ranking citizens of Bali are transported about on light decorative chairs, with a shelter above to protect them f...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Tropical fruits of Java].
Two text engravings of fruits on Java from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . ....
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Java Fruits].
Text engraving of fruits on Java from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . &qu...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
Delineatio Duorum Oppidorum, Ortat.
Early map of the Banda Islands.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at the time of...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Delineatio Civitatis et Castelli Amboinae.
Early view of Ambon, with 6 Dutch vessels offshore.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six ...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
[Titlepage] Nomenclator Ptolemaicus..
Title page from a Ortelius Atlas part called: Nomenclator , containing a register of place names in antiquity. Letterpress with copper engraved print (60x60mm) of the eas...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1609
Insula D.Helenae sacra coeli Clementia . . .
A fine perspective view of the Island of St.Helena in the South Atlantic. The location of the Island directly on the navigation route from Europe to the Cape of Good Hope...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Vera effigies et delineatio Infulce Ascenstio. . . (St. Helena)
Striking view of the Island of Ascuncion (St. Helena).Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published s...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Delineatio Piscationum Ternatensis.
Fishing scene on Ternate island, Maluku, Indonesia.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six ...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Repraesentatio Aedificiorum in Benyn, et Quid Praeterea notatu dignum ibi occurrat. [Execution of criminals in Benin.]
Execution of criminals in Benin. According to the text: The town of Benin is quite large and comprises homes with no windows, only open roofs. The more distinguished hous...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Delineatio Tragoediae Illius, Qua Viceadmiralis Sebaldus de Weert.
Event during Jan Harmensz Bree's account of the voyage to the East Indies in 1602-1604, under the command of Admirals Sebald De Weert and Pietersz to Ceylon, where de Wee...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XXVII. Triremes seu Galiottae et Fustae Iavenenfium. 21. ( A typical Javanese man-of-war ship)
A typical Javanese man-of-war ship. The Javanese call their man-of-war ships, Cathurs. The slaves are all seated below deck and do the rowing with oars, while the warrior...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
V. Inusitata Terrae Concussio, in Insula S. Michael Facta.
Showing the Vila Franca earthquake on 26 July 1591Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six p...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
VIII. Repraesentatio Commerciorum et Negotiationum, Quas Nigritae cum Batauis exercent.
Locals from Gold Coast trying to sell items to the crew of a Dutch vessel. Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 159...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XXVI. Repraesentatio Capitum Praecipuarum Aliquot Personarum in Benyn.
Different types from Benin, in West Africa.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XXI. Repraesentatio Bellorum, Quae Aethiopes Invicem . . .
A fight between Ethiopian warriors.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at the tim...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XVI. Delineatio Solennitatis, qua Nobiles Creari Solent.
Fine print of a Ceremony of electing or appointing a Nobleman in Guinea. Text below the engraving with an explanation in Latin : "During this ceremony there is a gre...
- $90 / ≈ €84
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609