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Descriptio Novae Guinea et Inss. Salom.
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Fair Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 1/1/2023 Dealers ID No.: 19153 Description: This map of New Guinea (Nova Guinea) and the Solomon Islands (Insulae Salomonis) first appeared in the Magellanica section of Caert-Thresoor, the compact Dutch atlas published in 1598 under the imprint of Barent Langenes and distributed through…
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Theatrum orbis terrarum
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Fair Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 19/3/2023 Description: Abraham Ortelius, a pioneering mapmaker, published the first comprehensive collection of uniformly sized maps. Titled Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World), this groundbreaking work first released in 1570, established the concept of the modern atlas. Ortelius personally drafted the maps,…
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Le second livre, Iournal ou comptoir, contenant le vray discours et narration historique
Colouring: Uncoloured Description: During the sixteenth century the Portuguese dominated the East Indian spice trade, but when Cornelis de Houtman and his brother Frederick returned to Amsterdam in January 1597 after a successful voyage to the East Indies via the Portuguese route, around the Cape of Good Hope, they proved that the Dutch might safely…
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Atlas ou Représentation du Monde Universel et des parties d’icelui, faicte en tables et descriptions tres amples
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 20/3/2023 Description: Henricus Hondius, the younger son of the renowned engraver and mapmaker Jodocus Hondius I, played a key role in the family mapmaking business, known as "In de Wackere Hondt" ("In the Vigilant Dog") in Amsterdam. Henricus worked closely with his father…
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Asiae nova delineatio
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: 3/10/2024 Date Acquired: 3/5/2021 Dealers ID No.: 18960 Description: Nicolaes Visscher I, the only son of Claes Jansz. Visscher (#10, #11, #12, #292, #293) took over the family business after his fathers death in 1652. Around 16571658 Nicolaes created this map of Asia, which is believed…
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Civitates orbis terrarum
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Fair Confirmed: No Date Acquired: 30/07/2022 Description: The Civitates orbis terrarum (Cities of the World) is a monumental six-volume series of city views and plans, conceived as a cartographic and cultural companion to Abraham Orteliuss Theatrum orbis terrarum (for the 1584 edition View Record (#252)). The project was…
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Atlas historique Tome II
Colouring: Coloured Description: Henri Abraham Châtelain in conjunction with his father Zacharie and brother Zacharie junior produced the Atlas historique under several different Chatelain imprints, depending on the Chatelain family partnerships at the time of publication. nIt was published in seven volumes: Volume 1 in 1705, volumes 2 and 3 (volume 2, second part) in…
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Orbis typus universalis iuxta hydrographorum traditionem exactissime depicta
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: No Date Acquired: 25/07/2022 Description: Martin Waldseemüllers modern world map, Orbis typus universalis iuxta hydrographorum traditionem also known as the Admirals map was first published in 1513 and republished in 1520 by Johann Schott. It was positioned at the beginning of a section of twenty modern…