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Hemisphere meridional pour voir plus distinctement les Terres Australes
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Dealers ID No.: M355 (STK 1265.01) Description: This important map of the southern hemisphere is the first state of Carte des Terres Australes, issued in 1714 by Guillaume Delisle, one of the most influential French cartographers of the early eighteenth century. A landmark in…
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Carte reduite de l’Ocean Oriental ou Mer des Indes
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 18/12/2019 Dealers ID No.: M038 (STK468.01) Description: This maritime chart of the Indian OceanCarte réduite de lOcéan Oriental ou Mer des Indeswas produced under the direction of Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, Chief Cartographer and Hydrographer to the French Navy. First published in 1740 by…
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Pas-caert van ‘t Oostelyckste Deel van Oost Indien: met alle de Eylanden daer onder gelegen, van Cabo Comorin tot aen Japan
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: Yes Dealers ID No.: 18783 Description: This detailed sea chart by Hendrick Doncker depicts the eastern section of the East Indies and surrounding regions, extending from the southern tip of India (Cabo Comorin) to Japan including maritime Southeast Asia and parts of northern Australia (Nova Hollandia).…
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In 1538 Michael Isingrin and Henri Petri published
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: 3/10/2024 Date Acquired: 5/10/2019 Description: In 1538 Michael Isingrin and Henri Petri published in Basel a composite edition of two ancient texts: Polyhistor (Multi-descriptive) by Julius Solinus and De orbis situ (A Description of the World) by Pomponius Mela, both edited and updated by Sebastian Münster.…
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Planetarum effectus et eorum in signis zodiaci
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Good Confirmed: 3/10/2024 Date Acquired: 7/6/2018 Description: Johannes Sadeler I was a draftsman, engraver, and publisher who moved to Antwerp in 1572 and collaborated closely with Marten de Vos over many years. One of their most notable joint works is a famous series that features representations of the…
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Delineatio orarum Manicongi, Angolae, Monomotapae, terrae natalis, Zofalae, Mozambicae, Abyssinorum &t: una cum vadis, et sirtibus adjacentibus….
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 26/6/2019 Dealers ID No.: 19037 Description: This richly decorated map of southeastern Africa and the western Indian Ocean was compiled by Petrus Plancius and engraved by Johannes van Doetecum. Published in Amsterdam around 1592, it formed part of Planciuss early campaign to…
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Americae et proximar[um] regionum orae descriptio
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: 3/10/2024 Date Acquired: 21/4/2019 Description: This map by Giovanni Battista Mazza is one of three significant maps illustrating the connection between the Americas, Asia, and the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean. The other two maps Abraham Ortelius's Maris Pacifici (1589) (View Record (#221)) and…
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Benedetto Bordone, a Paduan-born miniaturist and illustrator active
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 27/3/2019 Description: Benedetto Bordone, a Paduan-born miniaturist and illustrator active in Venice, is best known for his Isolario (Book of Islands), a landmark compendium first published in 1528. Drawing on classical geographies, medieval travel narratives, and early exploration accounts, Bordones Isolario catalogues 111…