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Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas.
This magnificent map is based on the famous survey by John Norwood of the Bermuda Company in 1618. The map shows the division into the original Tribes and shows the vario...
- $2000 / ≈ €1871
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Navarra Regnum.
Decorative map of the region which includes the city of Pamplona at the centre of the map, Bayonne and San Sebastian. Highly decorative figured cartouche bottom left. Fou...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Biscaia et Guipuscoa Cantabriae veteris Pars.
Shows cities of Bilbao and Laredo, and includes a charming vignette of a putti with surveying equipment, being observed by a kitten. With Dutch text on verso.More about m...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Utriusque Castillae nova descriptio.
Blaeu's map of León-Castilla, showing Zaragoza, Valencia, Alicante, Cartagena, Madrid, Cordoba, Seville, Salamanca, Palencia, Segovia, Toledo, Cuenca, Granada, etc. Incl...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Andalusia continens Sevillam et Cordubam.
Features the province of Andalusia and the city of Seville, but also depicts the Straights of Gibraltar, know in classical times as the Pillars of Hercules. The title car...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Arragonia Regnum.
A beautiful, highly decorative map of Aragon, centered on Saragossa and extending to Balbasdtor, Huesca, Calataiud, Tortosa, Tervel, Albarrazin and Cuenca. Towns, rivers,...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Legionis Regnum et Asturiarum Principatus.
A very decorative map by Willem Blaeu of the Spanish Province Asturias, Castile and Léon, including the towns of Oviedo, Leon, Santander, Valladolid, etc. With two fine ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Theodorus Galle, Calcographus Anterpiæ.
Portrait of Theodorus Galle engraved by Lucas Vorsterman. Lucas Vorsterman was a Baroque engraver. He worked with the artists Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, as w...
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca. 1645
Tartariae sive Magni Chami Imperium.
Fine map of Tartary, including northern part of China, and tip of Korea.
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Congi regnu.
Samuel Purchas' edition of the Mercator/Hondius Atlas Minor . Early map of Congo published in his famous collection of voyages His Pilgrimes . With descriptive text in En...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: London, 1645
Quarta pars Brabantiae cujus caput Sylvaducis.
A good and dark impression in strong original colors.The third state. The coat of arms of Brabant and 's-Hertogenbosch appears on the map. The municipal arms in the colum...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Moluccae Insulae Celeberrimae.
Showing the geographical features of the islands and decorated with ships, sea monsters and a handsome cartouche. With an inset of Bachian island. From early on Willem J...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca.1645
Nouvelle et exacte description du globe terrestre reveue corrigée et augmente´e suivant les derniéres relations des Anglais et Hollandois. Par Guillaume Blaeu 1645.
Extremely rare and decorative "carte a figures" world map published by Anthoine de Fer. The double hemisphere world map is surrounded by constellations of the A...
Place & Date: Paris, 1645
![[Map of the coast of Crete to the east of Chania showing the landing of the Turks and the Venetian defence in June 1645].](/uploads/cache/49076-250x250.jpg)
[Map of the coast of Crete to the east of Chania showing the landing of the Turks and the Venetian defence in June 1645].
Map engraved by Marco Boschini (1613-1678). With a lettered key for the Turkish army « A-L » and a numbered key for the city of Chania and its army « 1-20 ».Fifth ...
- $6000 / ≈ €5614
Place & Date: Venice, c. 1645
Americae Nova Tabula.
The delineation of the coast and the nomenclature on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts are basically Spanish in origin and follow the maps of Ortelius and Wytfliet. To...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Guinea.
Samuel Purchas' edition of the Mercator/Hondius Atlas Minor . Map of Guinea published in his famous collection of voyages His Pilgrimes . With descriptive text in English...
Place & Date: London, 1645
Aethiopia inferior, vel exterior.
The standard map of South Africa throughout the 17th century. The lake out of which the 'Zambere' -the Zambesi- flows is probably based on reports of Lake Ngami, undiscov...
- $575 / ≈ €538
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Zuydhollandia stricte sumta.
The count ship of Holland was subdivided into a number of bailiwicks. The most southerly bailiwick, bordering on Brabant was named Zuid-Holland. Many floods changed the a...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Carta particolare che comincia con il c.apo Aldea è Finisce con il capo Degortam. . .
Dudley’s magnificent chart shows the south west coast of Africa. A first edition without the privilege..Engraved by Lucini.Sir Robert Dudley's Dell'Arcano del Mare is t...
Place & Date: Florence, 1645
Novissima Russiae Tabula.
Detailed map of Russia including Scandinavia. Bottom left title cartouche and dedication. Prepared by Isaac Masso. Latin text on the verso.
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Taurica Chersonesus, Nostra aetate Przecopsca, et Gazara dicitur.
Detailed map of the Ukraine, Russia with in the north Smolensk and Moscow and in the south the Black Sea. Shows ports, fortified cities and the mouths of the Danube. Mino...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Quarta pars Brabantiae cujus caput Sylvaducis.
A good and dark impression in strong original colors.The third state. The coat of arms of Brabant and 's-Hertogenbosch appears on the map. The municipal arms in the colum...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Archiepiscopatus Maghdeburgensis et Anhaltinus Ducatus.
A very nice, decorative copper engraved map of Lower-Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt by Blaeu. With one figural cartouche. Bounded on the west by the River Wesel between Nienbur...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Monasteriensis Episcopatus.
A very detailed map of Germany centered on Linge. Showing Wessel to the top of the map, and Oldenburg to the right. North is oriented to the right. The map is further ado...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1645
Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas. . .
It shows the island divided into tribes and lots, and below the map itself appear the coats of arms of Bermuda and England and the names of the first proprietors and the ...
- $2000 / ≈ €1871
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Brabantia Ducatus.
A very decorative map by Willem Blaeu with west is at the top. On the lower left a magnificent cartouche with a sitting female figure carrying a globe and compasses and t...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Zuydhollandia stricte sumta.
The count ship of Holland was subdivided into a number of bailiwicks. The most southerly bailiwick, bordering on Brabant was named Zuid-Holland. Many floods changed the a...
- $350 / ≈ €328
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas..
Based closely on Blaeu's map of 1630 but with a simpler centered title piece. The map includes the arms of Bermuda and England, and lists proprietors of the various tribe...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Quarta pars Brabantiae cujus caput Sylvaducis.
The coat of arms of Brabant and 's-Hertogenbosch do appear on the map. But the municipal arms in the columns on right and left-hand side have not yet been filled in. The ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Quarta pars Brabantiae cujus caput Sylvaducis.
The coat of arms of Brabant and 's-Hertogenbosch do appear on the map. But the municipal arms in the columns on right and left-hand side have not yet been filled in. The...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Taurica Chersonesus, Nostra aetate Prezecopsca, et Gazara dicitur.
Part of Russia with in the north Smolensk and including Moscow and in the south the Black Sea.More about Willem Blaeu. [+]Taurica, Tauric Chersonese, and Taurida were nam...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Afbeeldinge vande vermaerde seehaven .. Duynkerken..
Blaeu's map of the coast of the French coast from Duinkerk till Waldamme. In an inset, lower right the continuation till Calais. Many ships offshore Duinkerk, with soundi...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Westphalia Ducatus.
Originally engraved for Jodocus Hondius II, at his death in August 1629 this map was, among 39 other copper plates, purchased by Willem Blaeu who deleted Hondius' name an...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Title page from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum sive Atlas Novus Partis Prime Pars Altera.
Attractive title page of Blaeu's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. The title is printed on a paste-on slip.Decorative and finely engraved architectural façade with figures. Some ...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Fossa Sanctae Mariae.
Detailed map of part of the country between rivers Rhine and Meuse showing a canal to be dug between 1626 and 1628 between Rheinberg in Germany and Venlo. A deficiency of...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Waldeck Comitatus.
Blaeu's attractive map of the region of Waldeck. Forests, hills and rivers all feature, along with towns villages and cities. Decorative title cartouche surmounted by coa...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Marocchi Regnum.
From the Mercator/Hondius Atlas Minor. Early map of Morocco.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Tartaria sive Magni Chami Imperium.
Detailed and decorative map of Tartary and Northern part of China. Northern tip of Korea included. The Chinese Great Wall is depicted, with Central Asia, extending from M...
- $550 / ≈ €515
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Flandria et Zeelandia Comitatus.
Includes Flanders and Zeeland. The map originally engraved in 1641 for Sanderus 'Flandria Illustrata', was used several times in Blaeu's atlases.More about maps by Willem...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Wirtenberg Ducatus.
Map depicting the area south of Heidelberg, including Stuttgart, Ulm, etc.. and river Danube.A beautiful coat of arms and a splendid title cartouche decorated by three ch...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Tabula Islandiae..
This handsome map of Iceland was based on information from a Dutch navigator named Joris Carolus in about 1620. The map shows the influence of both versions of bishop Gud...
- $1100 / ≈ €1029
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Guiana sive Amazonum Regio.
Copper engraving, hand colored in outline when published. A highly decorative map showing Guiana extending westwards to Trinidad and Margarita Island, dominated by a huge...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Typus Galliae Veteris, Ex conatib' Geograph. Abrah.Ortelii.
A very decorative map with countries of ancient France prepared by Abraham Ortelius and published by one of the most famous map publishers, Willem Blaeu.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Juliacensis et Montensis Ducatus / De Hertoghdomen Gulick en Berghe.
Detailed map centered on Cologne. Embellished with scale cartouche with cherubs, a cartouche with a putti inside holding two coats of arms. Lower left corner, the title c...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Aethiopia inferior, vel exterior.
The standard map of South Africa throughout the 17th century. The lake out of which the 'Zambere' -the Zambesi- flows is probably based on reports of Lake Ngami, undiscov...
- $575 / ≈ €538
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
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Ins. de Cerno a. Nostatibus Mauritius Nominata [on sheet with] Gunnanappi Labetacq [and] Civitas Gammelamme [and] Rex Tubatus.
Three views and one map on one page: Shows natives on Mauritius fishing and building a boat, with a dodo and two turtles at right; The Banda islands; A procession for th...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1646
Carta prima Generale dell' Asia.
FIRST STATE of Robert Dudley's general chart of the Persian Gulf, going east through India to the southeastern coast of China showing Macau and the area of present-day Ho...
Place & Date: Florence, 1646
Asia.
This lovely rare miniature map of the continent of Asia is a single page with text on verso taken from John Speed's folio atlas, and is signed with Van den Keere's Latini...
- $275 / ≈ €257
Place & Date: London, 1646
Carta terza Generale del' Asia.
Rare first state of this important chart showing part of the north coast of New Guinea and islands of the Pacific Ocean. To the north of Japan the landmass of Isola di Ie...
Place & Date: Florence, 1646
Insula Sacra; vulgo Holy Iland; et Farne
Farne and Holy Islands off the coast of Northumberland. The Abbey, the Old Fort and the town are clearly marked. - German text edition.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1646
Aliae Formae Citrati Limonis Alios Includentis.
Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646
Eadem Aurantia Dimidiata.
Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646
Desciption de lopulente et manifique ville de Venise.
Extremely rare panoramic view of Venice and neighboring islands (Murano, Burano, Torcello and Mazorbo), clearly depicting the city's architectural landmark. The surroundi...
Place & Date: Paris, 1646
Franconiae nova descriptio.
Second state of this early map of Franken, including Regensburg, Heidelberg, Marburg and Hof. In lower part decorative cartouches and upper right a dedication to Franz vo...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, after 1646
Tetus - Samara - Soratof - Zariza - Tzornogar - Kusmamedianski.
Panoramic views of Tetus, Samara, Soratof, Zariza, Tzornogar and Kusmamedianski on one sheet. From the rare first edition "Offt begehrte Beschreibung der newen orien...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Schleßwig, Zur Glocken, 1647
Kom - Kaschan.
An early of Kom and Kaschan on one sheet. From the rare first edition "Offt begehrte Beschreibung der newen orientalischen Rejse, so durch Gelegenheit einer Holstei...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Schleßwig, Zur Glocken, 1647
Die stadt Narva . . .
Two panoramic views of the city of Narva, on one sheet. Narva is the third largest city in Estonia. It is located at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, at the Russian...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Schleßwig, Zur Glocken, 1647
Colomna - Cassimogorod - Moruma.
Three panoramic views of Colomna - Cassimogorod - Moruma on one sheet. From the rare first edition "Offt begehrte Beschreibung der newen orientalischen Rejse, so dur...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Schleßwig, Zur Glocken, 1647
Prussiae nova tabula.
Rare map of Prussia with nowadays Poland. The map features a bold title cartouche, a ship, compass rose, and a sea monster in the Baltic Sea. The map was prepared by the ...
- $550 / ≈ €515
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647
Brasilia.
Fine copy of this map by Krystof Arciszewski, a Polish general who worked for the Dutch West Indian Company. The map perpetuates various myths including the Parime Lago ,...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647
![[Two vomlumes, with two Leo maps] De Bello Belgico, Decas Prima / Decas Secunda.](/uploads/cache/48779-250x250.jpg)
[Two vomlumes, with two Leo maps] De Bello Belgico, Decas Prima / Decas Secunda.
With 2 engraved titles of the 'Leo Belgicus', with one paw resting on a shield bearing the title, large woodcut printer's device on the colophons, and 30 richly engraved ...
Place & Date: Rome, Franciscus Corbelletus, 1632-1647
Territorium Abbatiae Herefeldensis - 't Stift Hirszfeldt.
Detailed map centered on Hirschfelt. Title cartouche embellished with two cherubs.
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647
Traduzida palabra por palabra de la verdad Hebrayca, por muy excelentes letrados.
Complete title : Traduzida palabra por palabra de la verdad Hebrayca, por muy excelentes letrados. Vista y examinad a per el officio de la Inquisicion. Con Privilegio del...
- $8500 / ≈ €7954
Place & Date: Ampsterdam, Gillis Ioost, 1647
Tarku.
An early of Tarku in the Republic of Dagestan. From the rare first edition "Offt begehrte Beschreibung der newen orientalischen Rejse, so durch Gelegenheit einer Ho...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Schleßwig, Zur Glocken, 1647
Quartum Praelium Coniovian inter et Fluvium Rio Grande XVII Ian
Decorative engraving of the fourth sea battle with the Portuguese fleet offshore at the Rio Grande, in1640. Engraved by J. van Brosterhuyzen after a design by Frans J. Po...
Place & Date: Joannes Blaeu, Amsterdam 1647
Russiae vulgo Moscovia dictae, Partes Septentrionalis et orientalis.
In the north the Murmansk Sea. Including the western coast of Nova Zembla. Title cartouche and two cartouches, the bottom right one showing two hunters, bears, stags etc....
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647
Insulae Americanae in Oceanus Septentrionali cum Terris..
General map of the West Indies extending from Virginia to the mouth of the Orinoco, and destined to be copied in various shapes by many other publishers. Title cartouche ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647
De Bello Belgico, Decas PrimaDeces II.
Each volume contains an engraved title with a representation of the Netherlands and Belgium in the shape of a lion, with one paw resting on a shield bearing the title, a ...
Place & Date: Rome, Franciscus Corbelletus, 1632-1647
Asia carta di ciasete piu moderna. (Japan)
Rare FIRST STATE of this important map for Korea and Japan map of the Blancus/Moreira type, but adds a huge 'Jesso' filling the top of this old map. The map is of interes...
Place & Date: Florence, 1646-1647
Tabula Bergarum ad Zomam Stenbergae et novorum ibi operum.
The map gives an outline of the Scheldt from Bergen op Zoom to Antwerp, with all the ramparts built between 1622 and 1627.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647
Rerum per octennium in Brasilia Et alibi nuper gestarum, Sub Praefectura Illustrissimi Comitis I. Mauritii, Nassoviae, (...) Historia.
First edition. Commissioned by Johan Maurits van Nassau (governor of Brazil between 1636-1644 and founder of "Mauritsstad" (present-day Recife)) and illustrated...
- $27500 / ≈ €25732
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J. Blaeu, 1647
Brasilia.
Striking old color example of Blaeu's second map of Brazil prepared by Krystof Arciszewski, a Polish general who worked for the Dutch West Indian Company. The map perpetu...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647
Hollandia Comitatus.
Orientated west to the top of the sheet, this presents the County of Holland in the classical orientation for seventeenth century maps, with Amsterdam at the center. The ...
- $1000 / ≈ €936
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647
Profil de la renomée ville et port d'Emstredam cappitalle des estats de Hollande.
Extremely rare panoramic town-view of Amsterdam seen from the river IJ.Exceptional bright, sharp example.The print is skillful copy of the print of Matthieu Merian, now w...
Place & Date: Paris, 1647
Isfahan.
An early of Isfahan in central Iran,. From the rare first edition "Offt begehrte Beschreibung der newen orientalischen Rejse, so durch Gelegenheit einer Holsteinisc...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Schleßwig, Zur Glocken, 1647
Comitatus Flandria.
A highly decorative map with in the left and right top corners the pictures of archduke Albert of Austria and Isabella, queen of Spain. In the left and right borders cost...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1648
Geographische Beschryvinge van de wandeling der Apostelen. . .
Finely engraved detailed map covering the whole of the eastern Mediterranean. Showing the travels of the apostles after the death of Christ, with episodes from the life o...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1648
Ducatus Silesiae Glosani.
Charming map of the Silesia from the Mercator Hondius “Atlas Minor” published in Amsterdam in 1648 at Janssonius with German text on verso. Engraved by Petrus Kaerius...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1648
Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae, dat is, Het Reysboeck der heyligher Schrift
This is a scarce 1648 Dutch edition of Büntings "Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae" printed in Leeuwarden. The book includes 6 folding maps and 2 plates. The book ...
- $3000 / ≈ €2807
Place & Date: Leeuwarden, de Vries, Jan Jansz., 1648
Penbrochia Comitatus et Comitatus Caermaridunum.
Attractive map of the country of Pembroke shire in UK by J. Blaeu. From a Dutch edition of "Atlas Maior" in beautiful color. With 13 coats of arms, the feathere...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1648