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This engraved world map was published in Frankfurt
Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: No Description: This engraved world map was published in Frankfurt in 1599 as part of the titlepage for volume eight of Theodor de Brys India Occidentalis series, describing the voyages of Sir Francis Drake, John Hawkins, Thomas Cavendish, and Sir Walter Raleigh.nBetween 1590 and 1634, the de Bry firm…
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Deliniantur in hac Tabula, Orae Maritimae Abexiae, Freti Mecani; al Maris Rubri; Arabiae, Ormi, Persiae, Supra Sindam usq, Fluminis Indi, Cambriae…
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Fair Confirmed: 3/10/2024 Date Acquired: 18/8/2020 Dealers ID No.: 18915 Description: In 1583 Jan Huygen van Linschoten, a Dutch explorer, travelled to Goa, India where he served as secretary to João Vicente da Fonseca, the newly appointed Portuguese Archbishop. At the time, Goa was the capital of the…
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Mar di India
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Fair. Oxidation of green pigment Date Acquired: 6/9/2020 Dealers ID No.: 18916 Description: Johannes Janssonius was born into a family of publishers and booksellers, gaining experience in book printing from a young age. In 1612, he married Elisabeth Hondius, the daughter of the renowned mapmaker Jodocus Hondius I…
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Asiae nova descriptio
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: 3/10/2024 Date Acquired: 17/8/2020 Dealers ID No.: 18914 (5861) Description: In 1584, Jodocus Hondius I fled religious persecution in Ghent (now Belgium) and settled in London. There, he established himself as an engraver, instrument maker, and mapmaker. Three years later, he married Coletta van den Keere,…
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Theatrum orbis terrarum
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: 12/10/2024 Date Acquired: 2/9/2022 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…
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Mappe-Monde pour connoitre les progres & les conquestes les plus Remarquables des Provinces-Unies, Ainsy que celles des Compagnies d’Orient et…
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 18/12/2019 Dealers ID No.: Rudderman # 64708 Description: Henri Abraham Chatelain was a Huguenot pastor of Parisian origin. He lived in several cities throughout his life, including Paris, St. Martins, London (around 1710), The Hague (around 1721), and Amsterdam (around 1728). Between…
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Tasman’s kaart van zijn Australische ontdekkingen 1644: ‘de Bonaparte-kaart
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Condition: Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 11/11/2004 Dealers ID No.: (STK 66.23) Description: F. C. (Frederik Caspar) Weider's 1942 publication, Tasman's Kaart van zijn Australische ontdekkingen 1644: 'de Bonaparte-kaart', offers an in-depth analysis of the so-called Bonaparte Mapa significant cartographic artifact derived from Abel Tasman's 1644 explorations of Australia's northern and…