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Quinta Asie Tabvla.

Woodblock map of Persia from Martin Waldseemüller's 1513 edition of Ptolemy,  a landmark work that contributed to major advances in both Renaissance geography and map p...

$5000 / ≈ â‚¬4679
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C. / WALDSEEMÃœLLER, M.
Place & Date: Strasbourg, J. Schott, 1513

 


.Taprobana Ins. Tabula XII Asiae. [Sri Lanka.]

Ptolemy's mythical island of Taprobana originally became associated with Sri Lanka although it was sometimes confused with Sumatra. Taprobana, as it was called on most ea...

$2200 / ≈ â‚¬2059
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C.
Place & Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1535

 


.Tabula III Asiae. [Caucass and Armenia.]

Ptolemaic map of the region south of the Caucasus Mountains and between the Caspian Sea as far south as the headwaters of the Tigris River in the south and the Black Sea,...

$1800 / ≈ â‚¬1684
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C.
Place & Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1535

 


[Map of Palestine ]

Map of Palestine from "La Mer des Hystoires" published by Dupré, Paris, 1536 "La Mer des Hystoires" is a translation into French of the famous "...

$3000 / ≈ â‚¬2807
Maker / Publisher: MER DES HYSTOIRES
Place & Date: Dupre, Paris, 1536

 


Tabula nova utriusque Indiae.

This is the fourth and last edition of this map based on Waldseemüller's first "modern" map of Asia. It follows that cartography without change but adds an int...

$4000 / ≈ â‚¬3743
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY,C. / FRIES, L.
Place & Date: Vienne, 1541

 


Tabula Superioris Indiae & Tartariae maioris. (Modern Map of China, Japan, etc.)

Important map extending from Tartary in the north, to "Prov. Bocat" (Cambodia) in the south. "Tebet" is shown prominently, as is "Zinpangri"...

$5000 / ≈ â‚¬4679
Maker / Publisher: FRIES, L.
Place & Date: Vienne, 1541

 


Sumatra.

Gastaldi prepared this map and it was the first separate map of any Southeast Asian island based on actual observation. The general contour of Sumatra is remarkably good ...

$1250 / ≈ â‚¬1170
Maker / Publisher: GASTALDI, G./ RAMUSIO, J. B.
Place & Date: Venice, 1556

 


Tafel der Lender darin der Apostel Paulus geprediget hat.

Rare wood block map depicting the Mediterranean, with an over-sized Cyprus from the final Dutch edition of Heinrich Bünting's famous Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae, a boo...

$800 / ≈ â‚¬749
Maker / Publisher: BÃœNTING,H.
Place & Date: Magdeburg, 1581

 


Peregrinatie Jesu Christu Een ordentliche beschrijvinge des Heijligen landts....

Very rare separately map of the Holy Land engraved by Joannes van Doetecum Jr. Oriented to the east. The shoreline runs from "Antaradus" in Syria to "Rhino...

$4000 / ≈ â‚¬3743
Maker / Publisher: VAN DOECTECUM Jr. , J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1595

 


Jerusalem.

Very rare view of Jerusalem published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. Da G...

$400 / ≈ â‚¬374
Maker / Publisher: ROSACCIO, Giuseppe.
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598

 


The Kingdome of China.

A most sought-after map of China. Decorative border vignettes including views of the cities of Quinzay and Macao along the top border with the wheeled wind machines and p...

$7000 / ≈ â‚¬6550
Maker / Publisher: SPEED, J.
Place & Date: London, G. Humble, 1627

 


Constantinopolitanae urbis effigies ad vivum expressa, quam Turcae Stampoldam vocant. A° MDCXXXV.

Large, decorative view of the city of Constantinople, with legend across the bottom. It is beautifully engraved with quaint scenes of everyday life, including hunters wit...

$2200 / ≈ â‚¬2059
Maker / Publisher: MERIAN, M.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1635

 


Asia secunda pars in forma Pegasi.

UNRECORDED PLATE or STATE. Asia depicted as the flying horse Pegasus. Below the depiction 3 lines of engraved Latin text. Double page copper engraved map from Heinrich BÃ...

$5000 / ≈ â‚¬4679
Maker / Publisher: BÃœNTING, H.
Place & Date: Brunswick, ca. 1635

 


Peregrinations divi Pauli Tyrus Corographicus. . .

A beautifully executed and very rare map showing the peregrinations of St. Paul in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Mediterranean is ornated with two ships and two sea mons...

$2750 / ≈ â‚¬2573
Maker / Publisher: HONERVOGT, J.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1640

 


Asiae Minoris nova descriptio. Geographische Beschryvinge aller Landen... ende sendbrieuen der Apostele...

Extremely rare map from a Dutch bible, published by Dancker Danckerts. This map was included in a Dutch bible including several maps signed by C.Danckerts and one dated 1...

$2000 / ≈ â‚¬1871
Maker / Publisher: DANCKERTS, D.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1643

 


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...

$17500 / ≈ â‚¬16375
Maker / Publisher: DUDLEY, R.
Place & Date: Florence, 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...

$3500 / ≈ â‚¬3275
Maker / Publisher: DUDLEY, R.
Place & Date: Florence, 1646

 


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...

$15000 / ≈ â‚¬14036
Maker / Publisher: DUDLEY, R.
Place & Date: Florence, 1646-1647

 


Les Isles Philippines [on sheet with] Islas de los Ladrones ou Isle des Larrons.

Sanson's important mid-seventeenth-century map of the Philippines and tha Ladrones.It was first engraved by J. Somer for the elder Nicolas Sanson with a privilege for twe...

$1200 / ≈ â‚¬1123
Maker / Publisher: SANSON, N.
Place & Date: Amsterdam/Utrecht, 1654

 


Terra Promissions.

A beautifully executed and very rare map of the Promised Land, divided into the 12 Tribes. The shore line runs in north-southwesterly direction from Sidon as far as Pelus...

$4000 / ≈ â‚¬3743
Maker / Publisher: HONERVOGT, J.
Place & Date: Paris, c.1655

 


Xantung, sinarum imperii provincia quatra.

A map of the northern province ‘Xantung’ of China after the Jesuit Martino Martini.Shows the Great Wall and is centered on the Bohai Sea, and the Shandong and Liaonin...

$2000 / ≈ â‚¬1871
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca 1660

 


Paskaerte Zynde t'Oosterdeel Van Oost Indien, met alle de Eylanden daer ontrendt geleegen van C. Comorin tota aen Iapan.

An eye-catching chart of Pieter Goos' sea chart of Australia, Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Korea and India. The chart shows the regions from Cape Comorin (Southern India...

$10000 / ≈ â‚¬9357
Maker / Publisher: GOOS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1669

 


An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China deliver'd by their excellencies, Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at his imperial city of Peking. . .

Very rare first English text edition of this most important and early resource on China and the Chinese. Three parts in one folio by John Macock for the author.Part I: An...

$9000 / ≈ â‚¬8421
Maker / Publisher: NIEUHOF, J.
Place & Date: London : Printed by the Author at his house in White-Friers, 1669

 


Turcicum Imperium.

Detailed map of the Turkish Empire by Holland's leading mapmaker at the end of the seventeenth century. The cartouche shows an Ottoman administrator or possibly the Sulta...

$750 / ≈ â‚¬702
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


Hern Johann Baptisten Taveniers..Vierzig Jaehrige Reize..

This German edition includes Tavernier's map of Japan in a reduced form (210x315mm) and contains legends about the country's nature, e.g., where gold is mined and plottin...

$7500 / ≈ â‚¬7018
Maker / Publisher: TAVERNIER, J.B.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1681

 


Waere affbeeldinge wegens het casteel ende stadt Batavia.

A good impression of this finely engraved and detailed plan of Batavia, present-day Jakarta, the Dutch center of trading activities in the East Indies. Copied after Cleme...

$3250 / ≈ â‚¬3041
Maker / Publisher: LETI, G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1681

 


Il regno della China detto presentente Catay e Magnin. . .

A rare and decorative Italian map of China and Japan, with Japan closely modelled on the indented Cardim outline and Hokkaido, called Yuppi , shown as an Asian peninsula....

$4500 / ≈ â‚¬4211
Maker / Publisher: ROSSI, G.
Place & Date: Rome, 1682

 


Het Beloofde Landt Canaan door wandelt . . .

A beautifully engraved map of the ancient land of Canaan which roughly corresponds to present-day Israel. Cherubs hold up a draped cloth of key symbols, also a scale pane...

$1400 / ≈ â‚¬1310
Maker / Publisher: STOOPENDAAL, B.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1682

 


Jerusalem.

Engraved by Bastiaan Stoopendaal from Juan Bautista Villapando's imaginary town-plan of Jerusalem. This bird's-eye view is surrounded by 12 scenes, views and portraits of...

$600 / ≈ â‚¬561
Maker / Publisher: STOOPENDAAL, B.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1682

 


Paradigma XV Provinciarum et CLV Urbium Capitalium Sinensis Imperij Cum Templis quae Cruce X Signatur Et Domiciliis S.I.

First edition of this rare Jesuit map of China, published by Jean Baptiste Nolin in Paris and based on Philippe Couplet's map of 1686. The map shows China's 15 provinces ...

$2400 / ≈ â‚¬2246
Maker / Publisher: NOLIN, J.-B.
Place & Date: Paris, 1686

 


Het gezandtschap der Neerlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, Den tegenwoordigen Keizer van China. . .

Third edition of this beautifully illustrated work on China. The first edition was published in 1665.Jan Nieuhof was a "Dutch traveler and adventurer" (1618-72)...

$5500 / ≈ â‚¬5146
Maker / Publisher: NIEUHOF, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, W. Waasberge, 1693

 


Parte orientale della China.. / Parte occidentale della China. (2 sheets)

The map depicts the eastern part of China with Korea -correctly- as a peninsula. Formosa is included as well. Japan is partly visible i.e. the area of Yamaguchi, strait K...

$7500 / ≈ â‚¬7018
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1695

 


Acamantis insula hogidi Cipro . . .

Decorative map of Cyprus. The remarkable Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718), was a Franciscan Friar and appointed General of the Order in 1701. He was cosmographer to the Rep...

$2600 / ≈ â‚¬2433
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V.
Place & Date: Venice, 1700

 


Chorographia Terrae Sanctae in Angustiorem. . .

Rare. Large visually rich map decorated with illustrations of the sacred objects and places of Judaism. In the bottom center is a plan of ancient Jerusalem, and the route...

$1200 / ≈ â‚¬1123
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1700

 


Le Royaume de Siam avec Les Royaumes Qui Luy sont Tributaries & c. / La Royaume de Siam avec les royaumes qui luy sont Tributaires, et les Isles de Sumatra, Andemaon, etc. . . [two sheet map]

Influential map of Southeast Asia and the East Indies including modern day Thailand, southern Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra and Java. Ottens inc...

$2200 / ≈ â‚¬2059
Maker / Publisher: OTTENS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1710

 


De Stadt Jerusalem.

Plan of ancient Jerusalem from a Dutch bible after Villalpando. The print is in contemporary colors, which is extremely rare for a plate like this. Lower left the Temple ...

$1500 / ≈ â‚¬1404
Maker / Publisher: LUCHTMANS, S.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1710

 


De golf van Bengalen.

Rare chart of the Indian Ocean, with nice detail on Ceylon (Sri Lanka) with compass roses and a system of rhumb lines, soundings and anchorage's. Many place names. The pl...

$2300 / ≈ â‚¬2152
Maker / Publisher: DONCKER, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, after 1669-1712

 


Waere Affbeeldinge Wegens het Casteel ende Stadt BATAVIA Gelegen opt Groot Eylant Java.

A good impression of this finely engraved and detailed plan of Batavia, present-day Jakarta, the Dutch center of trading activities in the East Indies. Copied after Cleme...

$2500 / ≈ â‚¬2339
Maker / Publisher: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1721

 


Nieuwe Kaart van het Eyland Sumatra..

Fine chart depicting the Island of Sumatra and the southern coasts of Malaysia from Quedo to Johore. North is orientated to the left of the page. Singapore is probably id...

$1750 / ≈ â‚¬1638
Maker / Publisher: VALENTIJN, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1726

 


Die Insel Formosa neu abgemessen auf Befehl Kaysers Kamhi.

One of the earliest obtainable printed map of Taiwan or Formosa Island. It was issued around 1726 to illustrate Joseph Stöcklein's [Stoecklein] compellation of Jesuit mi...

$1200 / ≈ â‚¬1123
Maker / Publisher: STOCKLEIN, J.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1726

 


Histoire Naturelle, Civile, Et Ecclésiastique..'

First French edition, published by P. Gosse, J. Neaulme and B. Lakeman. The basic work on Japan from the second half of the 17th century when it was still forbidden for f...

$7000 / ≈ â‚¬6550
Maker / Publisher: KAEMPFER, E.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1729

 


Insularum Moluccarum Nova description.

Exquisite map of the famous Spice Islands based on the islands described by Jan Huyghen van Linschoten. This map was the first large-scale map of the region and depicts t...

$750 / ≈ â‚¬702
Maker / Publisher: SCHENK, P. / VALK, G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1730

 


Vorstellung der Evangelisch-Ostindischen Kirche Augsburger Protestanten.

It is a very decorative and rare print to commemorate the 200-year Confession of the Augsburg Protestant Confession. Engraved by J. Kleinschmidt after a design of E. Ridi...

$2000 / ≈ â‚¬1871
Maker / Publisher: RIDINGER, J.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1732

 


Description geographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise.

First edition of this cornerstone of any collection of books on China, which is also among the rarest and most desirable of important Americana, included in Rare American...

$30000 / ≈ â‚¬28072
Maker / Publisher: DU HALDE, Jean Baptiste.
Place & Date: Paris, P. G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Province de Fo-Kien. [Includes West Coast of Taiwan]

Important map of Fujian Province, showing the east coast of China and the west coast of Taiwan. It shows that for the Manchu Qing, only the western half of Formosa was co...

$1000 / ≈ â‚¬936
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Place & Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1737

 


Allerneuester geographisch- und topographischer Schau-Platz von Africa und Ost-Indien. . .

An early issue of this important book by Johann Wolfgang Heydt's describing the Dutch factories, settlements and stations at the hands of the Dutch East India Company in ...

$2750 / ≈ â‚¬2573
Maker / Publisher: HEYDT, J. W.
Place & Date: Wilhermsdorf, Tetscher u. Nürnberg, Homanns Erben, 1744

 


Carte de la coste orientale de la Chine depuis Amoy, jusqu'à Chusan avec une partie de l'Isle Formose [with] Plan du port d'Amoy ou Emouy.

Important French chart of the China Sea with the coast of Northern China, including a large depiction of Formosa.Latitude and longitude scales, compass rose and system of...

$4000 / ≈ â‚¬3743
Maker / Publisher: D'APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE.
Place & Date: Paris, Jean-François Robustel, 1745

 


Nouvelle carte des mers comprises entre le détroit de Banca et P°. Timon avec la partie orientale du détroit de Malacca.

Important French chart of the tip of Malaysia with Singapore. Latitude and longitude scales, compass rose and system of rhumb lines, soundings near coast and in bay areas...

$5000 / ≈ â‚¬4679
Maker / Publisher: D'APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE.
Place & Date: Paris, 1745

 


Manuscript map of the Bay of Nagasaki.

An extremely rare manuscript chart in brown ink and wash color on a printed sheet of paper with a system of rhumblines and latitude scales. This chart shows the Bay of Na...

$50000 / ≈ â‚¬46786
Maker / Publisher: VAN KEULEN, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1750

 


Isola Di Ceylan. (Manuscript map of Sri Lanka)

Manuscript map of Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Inland filled with a good number of place names, mountains.

$500 / ≈ â‚¬468
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Italy, ca. 1750

 


[Set of 3 optical prints] Vue du Pallais du l'Empereur de Perse avec la Mosquée, ou Eglise a Ispahan.

An optical print of the court of the Persian Emperor. Engraved by F.X. Habermann (1721-1796). The Academie Imperiale was a well-known publisher of optical prints, establi...

$1000 / ≈ â‚¬936
Maker / Publisher: ACADEMIE IMPERIALE
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1750

 


Kantong [The Dutch Folly Fort off Canton]

Charming 18th water color on paper depicting The Dutch "Folly Fort" off Canton. Probably made by a western artist visiting China.Forts were built in several pla...

$1000 / ≈ â‚¬936
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Canton?, c.1750

 


[ Hong Kong / Canton ] Nieuwe Pas=Caart strekkende van Pta Cataon tot Pta. Lamtoan, langs de kusten van Cochinchina, Tonquin, Quangsi en Quantung [?] van Macao.

A finely engraved and detailed chart of Vietnam reaching to Macao and present-day Hong Kong..Very rare: only included in the 6th volume (so-called secret atlas) of Van Ke...

$12500 / ≈ â‚¬11696
Maker / Publisher: VAN KEULEN, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1753

 


Karte von den Kusten von Arabien . . .

Manuscript map of Arabia. A close copy of Bellin's map of the Arabian Peninsula. In the lower right margin "Tom A, vol V."A title cartouche in the lower left co...

$2500 / ≈ â‚¬2339
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Germany, ca. 1760

 


Terrae Yemen Maxima Pars, seu Imperii Imami, Principatus Kaukeban nec non ditionum Haschid u Bekil, Nehhm, Chaulan, Abu Arisch et Aden Tabula ...

South-west Arabia, with the Saudi Arabian city of Jizan south to Aden. With a fine title, cartouche. Based on a map by Carsten Niebuhr. With the name Sinus Arabicus Mare ...

$700 / ≈ â‚¬655
Maker / Publisher: LOTTER, T. C.
Place & Date: Augsbourg, 1774

 


A chart of the China Sea inscribed to Monsr. D'APRES de MANNEVILLETTE .. To A.Dalrymple.

This most important milestone chart is based upon the surveys made from navigational surveys by Alexander Dalrymple (1737-1808]. He was the first hydrographer of the Brit...

$1250 / ≈ â‚¬1170
Maker / Publisher: D'APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE / DALRYMPLE, A.
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1775

 


[Lot of 4 charts] Plan de la Baie et du Port de Camraigne / Plan de la Baie de Niatrang et du Golfe de Binkang / Plan de la Cote de Cochinchine. . . / Plan des Ports de Xuandai, Vung-Lam. . .

[A set of four French sea charts numbered consecutively]. A set of 4 basic coastal sea charts of parts of southern French Indochina (Vietnam).Chart 295 centers on the reg...

$1500 / ≈ â‚¬1404
Maker / Publisher: DEPOT DE LA MARINE.
Place & Date: Paris ca 1780

 


CH'ONHA CHIDO [Atlas of all under Heaven]

The Ch’onha chido [Atlas of all under Heaven] is a late 18th century copy of the traditional Korean atlas produced in the early Choson dynasty (1392-1910). One of the m...

$30000 / ≈ â‚¬28072
Maker / Publisher: Anonymous
Place & Date: Korea, ca. 1790

 


Mapa De la parte de la Isla Formosa sa perteneciente al Emperadotde la China sacado por Ord. De S.M.

Extremely rare map of the west coast of Taiwan, the Punghu or Pescadore Islands, and the Fokien or Fujian coast of China. Several ancient Taiwanese cities are noted, incl...

$15000 / ≈ â‚¬14036
Maker / Publisher: DE LA CONCEPTION, J.
Place & Date: Manilla, Seminario Conciliar, y Real de San Carlos, 1788-1792

 


[ LANDSKROON ]. Oranda Fune no zu [= Depiction of a Dutch Ship].

A very large and extremely detailed Japanese drawing on rice paper of a Dutch ship at the artificial island Deshima, the VOC's outpost in Nagasaki harbour. In the drawing...

$30000 / ≈ â‚¬28072
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Japan, Kansei 4, 2nd month, 9th day, 30 March? 1792

 


L'Arabia delineata sulle ultime osservazioni.

First edition on laid paper. Cassini’s splendid early map of Arabia.

$2000 / ≈ â‚¬1871
Maker / Publisher: CASSINI, G.M.
Place & Date: Rome, 1797

 


SETTSU MEISHO ZUE. Illustrations of famous places in Settsu.

Settsu Meisho Zue was printed in two series of 8 and 4 volumes. The principal illustrator was Takehara Shunchosai, but many illustrations in the 4 volumes supplement are ...

$3500 / ≈ â‚¬3275
Maker / Publisher: AKIZATO, Rito - TAKEHARA, Shunchosai
Place & Date: Osaka, Yanagiwara Kibei, Kansei 8-10 or 1796-1798

 


Reis-kaart van het Britsche gezantschap van Hang-choe-foe naar Quang-choe-foe of Kanton in China.

Uncommon map of eastern part of China, showing a journey of the English Embassy from Hangzhou (south of Shanghai) to Guangzhou (Canton). The maps is giving a wealth of in...

$600 / ≈ â‚¬561
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Netherlands, c.1800

 


A Map of the Environs of Constantinople Drawn from a great number of accurate astronomical & geographical manuscripts and printed documents, by A. Arrowsmith 1801 and 1804.

Arrowsmith’s large and detailed map of the Ottoman Empire and the Black Sea, with Cyprus, Crete and the Greek Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Albania, Bosnia and Herz...

$4000 / ≈ â‚¬3743
Maker / Publisher: ARROWSMITH,A.
Place & Date: London, No.10 Soho Square, 4th September 1804

 


Morokoshi Meisho Zue [Illustrated Description of Famous Sites of China].

Published in Osaka, Kawachiya Genhichiro, et al. [8 book sellers], slightly later issue but apparently in Edo period, using all the same woodblocks of original first edit...

$6000 / ≈ â‚¬5614
Maker / Publisher: OKADA GYUKUZAN, OKA YUGAKU, OHARA TOYA MINSEI
Place & Date: Osaka, Edo, slightly later than Bunka 3, year of the tiger - 1806

 


The narta, or Sledge for burdens in Kamtschatka.

The narta, or Sledge for burdens in Kamtschatka, taken from "Views in the South Seas" being a very important and early views depicting scenes encountered while ...

$1750 / ≈ â‚¬1638
Maker / Publisher: WEBBER, J.
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808

 


Sincapour.

Early view of Singapore after Paris and engraved in aquatint technique by Sigismond Himely (1801-1872). Published as plate 28 in Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'...

$1500 / ≈ â‚¬1404
Maker / Publisher: HIMELY, S.
Place & Date: Paris, Finot, 1835

 


Straat Sunda en Westkust van Java.

Very large and rare chart depicting Java's western seacoast close to the Sunda Strait.Showing part of Sumatra on top and the West Java tip, today hosting the Ujung Kulon ...

$1500 / ≈ â‚¬1404
Maker / Publisher: HULST VAN KEULEN, Wed.G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam (1841)1846

 


Kaart van de Reede van Batavia met de verschillende vaarwaters naar dezelve trigometrisch opgenomen op last van deb schout bijnacht E.Lucas.

Very large and rare so-called blue-black chart centered on Jakarta's harbor.The chart is prepared by B.G.Escher, I.A.C. Eschauzier, B.H.Staring and E.H.Boom during an exp...

$1800 / ≈ â‚¬1684
Maker / Publisher: HULST VAN KEULEN, Wed. G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam (1841) 1847

 


Plan de Constantinople, non compris ses faubourgs. Grave d'apres les documents du ministere de la Guerre par E. Olivier.

A very rare lithographic town-plan of Istanbul, Scale 98 yards to one inch., printed in Pera, Istanbul by E. Olivier. The ornate design on the top of the title is a tugh...

$8000 / ≈ â‚¬7486
Maker / Publisher: OLIVIER, E.
Place & Date: Péra, Istanbul, 1851

 


Carte d'unne partie de l'Arabie Septentrionale Pour suivre les Voyages de Mr. G.A. Vallin. . .

This is the original hand-drawn map by Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun of "Carte d'unne partie de l'Arabie Septentrionale Pour suivre les Voyages de Mr. G.A. Wallin",...

$3000 / ≈ â‚¬2807
Maker / Publisher: MALTE-BRUN, V.A.
Place & Date: Paris, November 1855

 


(Untitled view from Scutari with a view of Constantinople)

Panoramic view from Scutari with a view of Constantinople in the distance, after a design by Johann Schranz. Published by J. Missiriè.

$1500 / ≈ â‚¬1404
Maker / Publisher: JACOMME et CIE.
Place & Date: Paris, 1860

 


Carte générale de L'Empire Ottoman en Europe et en Asie dressée par Henri Kiepert . . .

Large School wall map of Turkish Empire printed in chromo-lithography. Published by Dieter Reimer and printed by Ferdind Barth in Berlin. This rare map has two insets in ...

$1750 / ≈ â‚¬1638
Maker / Publisher: KIEPERT, H.
Place & Date: Berlin, Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, 1867

 


CARTE de la Côte Occidentale de COREE, Plan Croquis de la Rivière HAN-KANG ou de SEOUL, depuis son Embouchure jusqu'à Séoul, dressée en 1866 ...

Uncommon chart of the Han-Kang River from its mouth to Seoul, prepared in 1866 by order of C.A. ROZE, Commander-in-Chief of the French " la Station des Mers de Chine...

$1750 / ≈ â‚¬1638
Maker / Publisher: DEPOT DES CARTES ET PLANS DE LA MARINE
Place & Date: Paris, 1868

 


Mer de Chine - Detroit De Singapour Partie Comprise Entre Singaour et Le Dett. De Malacca d'apres les travaux du Commr. J.W. Reed de la Marine Royale d'Angleterr, ...

A detailed chart of Singapore Strait, drawn from an English Chart by J.W. Reed, who surveyed Singapore and environs between 1865 and 1869, aboard the H.M.S. Rifleman.The ...

$2500 / ≈ â‚¬2339
Maker / Publisher: DEPOT DE LA MARINE.
Place & Date: Paris, 1873

 


Runde Strasse in Peking.

Finely executed water color made by Henri Dieth of a charming street scene in Peking. The water color is made after Eduard Hildebrandt (1818-1869). Hildebrandt, was born ...

$3500 / ≈ â‚¬3275
Maker / Publisher: DIETH, H.
Place & Date: Germany, 1882

 


Hong Kong. [Queen's Road]

Finely executed watercolor made by Henri Dieth of a charming atmospheric street scene at Queen's Road in Hong Kong. The watercolor is made after Eduard Hildebrandt (1818-...

$2500 / ≈ â‚¬2339
Maker / Publisher: DIETH, H.
Place & Date: Germany, 1882

 


Hongkong Piratenstrasse. [Pirate Street]

Finely executed watercolor made by Henri Dieth of a charming street scene at "Pirate Street" in Hong Kong. The watercolor is made after Eduard Hildebrandt (1818...

$2000 / ≈ â‚¬1871
Maker / Publisher: DIETH, H.
Place & Date: Germany, 1882

 


COLLECTION OF HONG KONG MAPS, BOOKS & FLYERS. Including CHINA - HONGKONG surveyed by Captn. Sir Edward Belcher, in H.M.S. Sulphur 1841. Corrected to 1901.

A collection of 30 maps, prints, and publications relating to Hong Kong. Including : - BELCHER, E. Sir, An updated version of this most important nautical chart of Hong K...

$25000 / ≈ â‚¬23393
Maker / Publisher: BRITISH ADMIRALTY/ AMONG OTHERS
Place & Date: London, 1841 - 1901

 


CANTON Kong-Teheou.

Very detailed (1:1.000.000) map centered on Macao and Victoria Island, showing soundings, English, Australian, Danish telegraph lines reaching Hong Kong and extended to M...

$750 / ≈ â‚¬702
Maker / Publisher: SERVICE GEOGRAPHIQUE DE L\'ARMEE.
Place & Date: Paris, 1898 updated for june 1904