Auteur/autrice : imtiazz.bukhari@gmail.com
-
Die eigentliche und warhafftige gestalt der Erden und des Meers. Cosmographia universalis
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 23/12/2000 Dealers ID No.: M75 (STK 937.01) Description: This distinctive woodcut map, titled Die eigentliche und warhafftige gestalt der Erden und des Meers (The True and Faithful Form of the Earth and the Sea), appears in Heinrich Büntings widely read Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae…
-
Mappe monde, contenant les parties connues du globe terrestre : avec approbation et privilège du roy / dressée suivant de nouvelles observations
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Confirmed: No Date Acquired: 27/2/2002 Dealers ID No.: M455 First published: Separate Publication. Paris: 1754 Mapmaker: Janvier, Jean and Longchamps, S.G. Notes: Invoiced, not photographed Price: A30,000 plus gst Primary Category: Not seen Purchase Reference: In folder Cheque on verso Simon's descrip This state: 1754
-
Asiae nova descriptio
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 9/12/2003 Dealers ID No.: M463 (STK 1421.01) Description: Frederik de Wit began his career as an apprentice to Willem Blaeu before establishing his own publishing house in Amsterdam in 1648 under the sign De Drie Crabben (the Three Crabs). In 1655, he…
-
This small, untitled double-hemisphere world map was engraved
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 24/8/2011 Description: This small, untitled double-hemisphere world map was engraved by Hessel Gerritsz for his Beschryvinghe vander Samoyeden Landt in Tatierien, first issued at Amsterdam in 1612. The book reflects the breadth of early seventeenth-century Dutch geographical knowledge, drawing upon Arctic exploration,…
-
Afconterfeytinge van die strate oft engde van Sunda, tusschen Sumatra en Iava in Oost Indien, als oock die baye oft rede voor Bantam die…
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: 1/10/2024 Date Acquired: 26/7/2014 Description: Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer's Spieghel der zeevaert (Mariner's Mirror), published in 1584-85, marked a significant milestone in maritime navigation. This groundbreaking pilot guide, designed specifically for coastal sailing, provided seamen with detailed charts, sailing directions, and practical advice on navigating the…
-
Hessel Gerritsz was one of the most influential
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: No Dealers ID No.: M881 (STK1723.01) Description: Hessel Gerritsz was one of the most influential Dutch mapmakers of the early seventeenth century. He trained in the workshop of Willem Jansz. Blaeu before establishing himself around 1608 as an independent engraver, printer, and mapmaker. His precision…
-
Typus universalis terrae, juxta modernorum distinctionem et extensionem per regna et provincias
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Good Confirmed: 1/10/2024 Date Acquired: 2/2/2015 Description: Gregor Reisch, a German humanist, taught at the University of Freiburg from 1502 until his death in 1525. During his tenure, he tutored notable mapmakers such as Martin Waldseemüller (View Record (#61), View Record (#63)) and Sebastian Münster (View Record (#5),…
-
Nova tabula insularum Iavae, Sumatrae, Borneonis et aliarum Malaccam usque, delineata in insula Iava, ubi ad vivum designantur vada et brevia…
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 2/11/2015 Description: This map, titled in English New Map of the Islands of Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and Others up to Malacca, Drawn in Java, Where Reefs, Shoals, and Intervening Rocks Are Shown from Life, was published by Theodor de Bry in 1599…
-
Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio: ex peritissimorum totius orbis gæographorum operibus desumta
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 10/4/2013 Description: This double-hemisphere map of the world, engraved by Arnold and Hendrik van Langren, was published in Antwerp by Jan Baptista Vrients around 15981602. Though closely based on the world map Petrus Plancius created for Jan Huyghen van Linschotens Itinerario (Amsterdam,…