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Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, nova descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio.
The first map of China ever to appear in a Western atlas, west to the top. The second state with "las Philiooinas". When this map appeared, it was by far the mo...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598/1612
Selling price: $3300
Sold in 2014
Indiae Orientalis, Insularumque Adiacientium Typus.
From the 1612 edition of Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", the first modern Atlas. French text on verso.A fine map showing India, China and New Guinea with m...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1612
Selling price: $2400
Sold in 2020
Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, nova descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio.
The first map of China ever to appear in a Western atlas, west to the top. The second state with "las Philiooinas". When this map appeared, it was by far the mo...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598/1612
Selling price: $2700
Sold in 2016
Persici sive Sophorum Regni Typus.
An important map of the Middle East, including Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Caspian Sea, and the Persian Gulf. With old original hand coloring. Decorated with a large...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1612
Selling price: $110
Sold in 2018
China Regio Asie / Von China.
An attractive example of Barent Langenes's map of China and neighbouring countries, which first appeared in the 1598 edition of Langenes's 'Caert-Thresoor'. This example ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1612
Selling price: $175
Sold in 2020
Asiae Nova Descriptio..
Several sources appear to have been used in the compilation of this map, including the Portuguese Jesuits Luis Teixeira (1595) for Japan, and Luis Jorgede Barbuda (1584) ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Selling price: $1900
Sold in 2016
Asiae Nova Descriptio Auctore Jodoco Hondio.
It is a very fine and decorative example of early seventeenth century map engraving as practised in The Netherlands.Several sources appear to have been used in the compil...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1613
Selling price: $800
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Asiae Nova Descriptio Auctore Jodoco Hondio.
It is a very fine and decorative example of early seventeenth century map engraving as practiced in The Netherlands.Several sources appear to have been used in the compil...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1613
Selling price: $900
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Asia ex Magna Orbis Terre Descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris Desumpta, Studio et Industria G.M. Iunioris
Beautiful original old colored Mercator map of Asia. This map first appeared in the famous Mercator "Atlas Sive Cosmographicae" of 1595, later published until 1...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Selling price: $900
Sold in 2009
Insulae Indiae Orientalis praecipuae, in quibus Moluccae celeberrimae sunt.
Beautiful Southeast Asia map by Mercator-Hondius, in bright original colors. Two beautiful new maps of Southeast Asia were created by the Dutch mapmaker Jodocus Hondius f...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Selling price: $2300
Sold in 2010
TERRA SANCTA quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis ol. PALESTINA.
A fine map showing the area of present day Israel and Palestine. Numerous placenames are depicted on the map. East is at the top of the map. A sailing ship and a large...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, (1606) 1613
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2011
Japonia
One of the earliest views of Japan and Korea. This is a very attractive, boldly engraved map.The map is based on Abraham Ortelius' map which in turn was based on the ma...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, (1606) 1613
Selling price: $1150
Sold in 2011
India Orientalis
This is an early views of India, China, and Southeast Asia at the beginning of Dutch expansion into the area. This is a very attractive, boldly engraved map in the fine...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, (1606) 1613
Selling price: $1850
Sold in 2012
Persici Vel Sophorum Regni Typus.
The focus of this map is the old Kingdom of Persia though the map clearly shows present-day Iraq, Iran, & Afghanistan. Of note are the cities: Bagadet (Baghdad), Ch...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, (1606) 1613
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2011
Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, nova descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio.
The first map of China ever to appear in a Western atlas, west to the top. When this map appeared, it was by far the most accurate one of China.Japan is shown on a curiou...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598/1613
Selling price: $3500
Sold in 2011
Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, nova descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio.
The first map of China ever to appear in a Western atlas, west to the top. When this map appeared, it was by far the most accurate one of China.Japan is shown on a curiou...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598/1613
Selling price: $3100
Sold in 2012
India Orientalis.
Published in Hondius' editions of the Mercator Atlas from 1606 onwards, showing the Indian subcontinent, the Malay peninsula, Siam and Cambodia, China and the Philippines...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Selling price: $5000
Sold in 2016
Theatrum Terrae Sanctae.
Very important description of the Holy Land, including important maps. Christianus Crucius Adrichomius worked thirty years long on his most important work. It is in three...
Place & Date: Delft, 1613
Selling price: $1950
Sold in 2019
Japoniae Nova Descriptio.
Very decorative map of Japan based on the Ortelius/Teixeira model with Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku depicted with approximately the correct proportions. Korea is shown as ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Selling price: $650
Sold in 2018
A Ilha e Cidade de Goa Metropolitana da India E Partes Orientais que esta en 15 Graos da Banda da Norte. . .
One of the earliest printed detailed plans of a European trading post in the Indies, this finely engraved and designed bird's-eye plan was published in Jan Huijgen van Li...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Selling price: $4200
Sold in 2016
Asiae Nova Descriptio Auctore Jodoco Hondio.
A very fine and decorative example, in original old colors, of early seventeenth century engraved map as practiced in The Netherlands. Several sources have been used in t...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Selling price: $390
Sold in 2020
(Map of East Asia, centered on India).
Early map of the Indian Ocean region, from the Eastern Mediterranean (Alexandria) to Malaysia and Sumatra. Shows The passage of Nimrod and The passage of Ophir en Hauilah...
Place & Date: London, 1614
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2012
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[Untitled Map of Asia]
Early and very interesting map of a large part of Asia, extending from Egypt and Turkey to Sumatra, including Arabia, India, parts of Russia, etc. With ancient places an...
Place & Date: London, c. 1614
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2015
Baly and Java.
A map of Bali in present-day Indonesia. It includes insets of the temple and temple grounds. Decorative and with a compass rose. Even though this map is much smaller than...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1614
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2021
Banda isles - Banda, Poelepetacke and Groene Ape.
Two early and highly attractive miniature maps on one sheet. Amboina and the Banda Isles: Banda, Pulau Run and Gunung Api on the verso of the sheet. From the description ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1614
Selling price: $119
Sold in 2022
Java, Borneo, and Southern Sumatra.
An early, scarce, and beautiful map of Java and the southern part of Sumatra and Borneo. It includes Bali and Cambava (present-day Mataram?). Also includes shoals, and fi...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1614
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2020
Moluccae insulae.
The Indonesian islands of Celebes, Banda, Gilolo, etc., lying between Borneo and New Guinea. Although Gilolo is shown in its approximately correct shape, Celebes is unrec...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1616
Selling price: $130
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Cambaia
Attractive map of northern India with Gujarat and the Indus river, bordering Pakistan. Indicates major towns represented by symbols, major rivers and mountains. Decorativ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1616
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2008
Malacca.
A miniature map of the area which is now the modern countries of Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. West is at the top. Title cartouche on the upper right corner.First pub...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J.Hondius, 1616
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2014
Descriptio Zeilan, Maldivarum Inss.
FIRST IMPRINT FROM THE NEWLY ENGRAVED PLATES IN 1616. - A rare miniature map of Ceylon/ Sri Lanka and Maladies. First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J. Hondius, 1616
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2020
Ecce tibi ramum nigra quem nox suavibus ornat. . .
Interesting print of an agricultural compound with trees, cows and the preparation of Betel nut (Arecca) in the foreground. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Engr...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1617
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2015
Cypri Insula.
An attractive copper engraved map of Cyprus by Magini (1555-1617) from Geographiae, tum veteris, tum novae, volumina duo., published by Johannes Jansson. Overall size: 17...
Place & Date: Arnhem, 1617
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2018
Tabula Asiae XII (Sri Lanka or Sumatra).
A fine Ptolemaic map of the Island of "Taprobana". Some sources say although this map is titled Taprobana (Sri Lanka or Ceylon), it is actually the island of Su...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1617
Selling price: $70
Sold in 2018
Tabula Asiae VII.
Fine Ptolemaic map most probably from the Jansson/Magini atlas of 1617. It shows the Persian Gulf, the Caspian Sea, with today's Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afg...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1617
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2018
Tabula Asiae VIII.
Fine Ptolemaic map most probably from the Jansson/Magini atlas of 1617. Shows the ancient areas of Scythia Intra Imaum, Serica, Scythia Extra Imaum, India Intra Gangem, I...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1617
Selling price: $17
Sold in 2018
Tabula Asiae IX.
A fine Ptolemaic map, probably from the Jansson/Magini atlas of 1617. It shows the areas of today's Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan. It notes the Indus river and several ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1617
Selling price: $22
Sold in 2018
CAMBAIA
Very decorative little map of northern India with Gujarat and the Indus river, bordering Pakistan. Naming major towns represented by symbols, major rivers, mountains, and...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1618
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2008
BENGALA
Very decorative little map of the Bay of Bengal, showing parts of India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar (Burma). Presenting major towns with small symbols, also showing major ri...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1618
Selling price: $90
Sold in 2008
Damascus – Urbs Nobilissima ad Libanum Montem, Totius Syriae Metropolis.
Striking town plan of Damascus shows the fortified walls of the City and various buildings, public squares and other places of interest, with costumed locals and camels i...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2023
Varia antiquitates in itinere Bethleëmitico confpecta. . .
Text page with copper engraved illustration of region north of Jerusalem taken from Itinerarium Hierosolymitanum et Syriacum, in quo variarum Gentium Mores et Institua in...
Place & Date: Antwerp, Verdussen, 1619
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2009
Hiervsalem.
Text page with copper engraved illustration of Jerusalem, with in background Mount Olive, taken from Itinerarium Hierosolymitanum et Syriacum, in quo variarum Gentium Mor...
Place & Date: Antwerp, Verdussen, 1619
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2009
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Hiervsalem. [Jerusalem]
Text page with copper engraved illustration of Jerusalem, taken from Itinerarium Hierosolymitanum et Syriacum, in quo variarum Gentium Mores et Institua insularum, region...
Place & Date: Antwerp, Verdussen, 1619
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2008
Hiervsalem.
Text page with copper engraved plan of Jerusalem, taken from Itinerarium Hierosolymitanum et Syriacum, in quo variarum Gentium Mores et Institua insularum, regionum, vrbi...
Place & Date: Antwerp, Verdussen, 1619
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2008
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Ramma. [Ramla] / Domus Boni Latronis [Latrum]
Text page with copper engraved view of Ramla, taken from Itinerarium Hierosolymitanum et Syriacum, in quo variarum Gentium Mores et Institua insularum, regionum, vrbium s...
Place & Date: Antwerp, Verdussen, 1619
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2009
India Orientalis
Beautiful colored map of India, the Malay Peninsula, China and the Philippines, Thailand and Cambodia and parts of Sumatra with Borneo from a French edition of the Mercat...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1619
Selling price: $2000
Sold in 2008
TERRA SANCTA quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis ol: PALESTINA.
Beautiful map of the Holy Land by Hondius.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1619
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2014
China.
Important map of China. Besides China, the map depicts Korea as an elongated island and Japan from the Teixeira model of 1595
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1619
Selling price: $2400
Sold in 2017
Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis ol: Palestina.
An early, large, very decorative east oriented map of Palestine depicting both sides of the river Jordan, with the shore line running from Berithus (Beirut) to Gaza. It i...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1619
Selling price: $375
Sold in 2021
Iaponia.
Beautiful map of Japan as perceived by Europeans at the beginning of the 17th century, first issued in the 1606 Mercator-Hondius atlas, and in subsequent editions over th...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1619
Selling price: $1000
Sold in 2020
Turcici Imperii descriptio.
Finely and early map of the Turkish Empire giving good detail in the Arabian Peninsula. From Isolario, engraved by Girolamo Porro.Read more about Mapping of Arabia and o...
Place & Date: Padua, 1620
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2008
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Cipro [ Cyprus ]
One of the earliest separate maps of Cyprus. Includes decorative cartouche, sea monsters. Nice wide margin example, with Italian text. A decorative compass rose lies in l...
Place & Date: Padova, (1572-) 1620
Selling price: $850
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Natolia.
Jodocus Hondius published the first edition of the pocket atlas ' Atlas Minor' in 1607, it was followed by many editions in Dutch, Latin, German and French till 1651.An a...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1620
Selling price: $115
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Japonia.
Jodocus Hondius' fine map early 17th century map of the islands of Japan, first issued as one of the new maps in the expended Mercator Hondius Atlas of 1606.The map is cl...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1606-1620
Selling price: $1600
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INDIA ORIENTALIS
Attractive map of South East Asia, extending from India with the Maldives, Sri Lanka, to China, the Philippines, and Indonesia with parts of Sumatra and Borneo islands. V...
Place & Date: c1620
Selling price: $143
Sold in 2013
Contrafehtung der Statt Famagusta.
Munster's small, but delightful town plan of the Cypriot city of Famagusta, based largely on the view of the city by Braun & Hogenberg of 1572. Published in Munster's...
Place & Date: Basle, ca 1620
Selling price: $91
Sold in 2020
Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis ol. Palestina.
A map of Palestine on both sides of the Jordan, the shore line running from Berithus (Beirut) to Gaza. Orientated towards the east on top. Largely based on Ortelius 1584 ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1620
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2019
Solimannus Turcarum Imperator X. Ex Stirpe Ottomannicae.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of "Solimannus Turcarum Imperator X", signed lower right corner N. de Cleck". Nicolaes de Clerck (de kler...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $20
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Tamerlanes. Magnus. Imperator Tartarorum. 1398. [Tamerlane]
The engraving depicts a Europeanized half length oval portrait of Tamerlane (1336 - 1405) - The Last Great Nomad Power.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engrave...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $35
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Selimus Primus Imperator Turcarum decimus Tertius.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of "Selimus Primus".Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $20
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Amurathes Tertius Imperator Turcarum Decimus Sextus.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of "Amurathes Tertius".Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $20
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Selimus Secundus Imperator Turcarum Decimus Quintus.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of "Selimus Secundus".Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-16...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $18
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Constantinus Magnus Conditor Novae Romae Seu Constantinopolis.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of Constantine I.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.Included in ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $15
Sold in 2010
Cyprus.
Small map of Cyprus, surrounded by text in Dutch. Embellished with a sea monster and 2 vessels.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $550
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Tartaria.
Small map of Tartary, including the Great Wall and part of China. Surrounded by text in Dutch. Showing part of the Great Wall of China in the lower right corner.Nicolaes ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $135
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China.
Small map illustrating China with the Great Wall and Korea as an island, surrounded by text in Dutch.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $350
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Iapan.
Small map of Japan, surrounded by text in Dutch. Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.Included in the rare book : We...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $360
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Narsinga. [India]
Small map illustrating the Indian peninsular. Oriented with East on top, surrounded by text in Dutch.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $180
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Bengala.
Small map centered on the Bay of Bengal, surrounded by text in Dutch. Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.Included ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $150
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Persicum Regnum.
Small map of Persia, surrounded by text in Dutch. Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.Included in the rare book : W...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $90
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Arachan & Pegu.
Small map illustrating part of the Martaban seacoast belonging to today Myanmar. Surrounded by text in Dutch.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $120
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Iapan.
Small map of Japan, surrounded by text in Dutch. Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.Included in the rare book : We...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2017
Persicum Regnum.
Small map of Persia, surrounded by text in Dutch. Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.Included in the rare book : W...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $85
Sold in 2020
Cyprus.
Small map of Cyprus, surrounded by text in Dutch. Embellished with a sea monster and 2 vessels.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $300
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Natolia.
Small map of Turkey, with Cyprus surrounded by text in Dutch. Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.Included in the r...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2018
Arachan & Pegu.
Small map illustrating part of the Martaban seacoast belonging to today Myanmar. Surrounded by text in Dutch.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2019
Amurathes Tertius Imperator Turcarum Decimus Sextus.
The engraving depicts a half-length oval portrait of Murad III (1546 – 1595) was the emperor of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 until his death in 1595.Following the examp...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $8
Sold in 2023
Selimus Secundus Imperator Turcarum Decimus Quintus.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of Selim II (1524 – 1574), also known as "Selim the Sot (Mest)" in west and as "Sari Selim" (Selim...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $8
Sold in 2023
Tamerlanes. Magnus. Imperator Tartarorum. 1398.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of "Tamerlanes. Magnus. Imperator Tartarorum.".Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publis...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $20
Sold in 2016
Tartaria.
Small map of Tartary, including the Great Wall and part of China. Surrounded by text in Dutch. Showing part of the Great Wall of China in the lower right corner.Nicolaes ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $135
Sold in 2016
Descripcion de las indias del Poniente. 14.
Early map of the East Indies from Bengal to the Solomon Islands and north to Japan. Based on the manuscript map of López de Velasco, the earliest map to name all of the ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Michel Colin, 1622
Selling price: $1000
Sold in 2018