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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,…
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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…
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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),…
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A draught of the coast of New Holland and parts adjacent
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: 28/09/2024 Date Acquired: 9/10/2002 Dealers ID No.: M468 (STK 1329.01) Description: John Thornton was a prominent English chartmaker and publisher who played a pivotal role in developing navigational guides for English maritime expansion. He began his career in 1656 as an apprentice to John Burston…
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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…
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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…
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Tavola della oriental regione dell’Asia, che comprende l’estremeterre & regni di quella
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: 28/09/2024 Date Acquired: 9/12/2003 Dealers ID No.: M238/4 (STK 1412.01) Description: Sebastian Münster was a German mapmaker, cosmographer and professor of Hebrew at the University of Basel. One of his notable works was a Latin edition of Claudius Ptolemys Geography, first published in Basel in…
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Typus orbis universalis
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: 28/09/2024 Date Acquired: 6/3/2006 Dealers ID No.: M239/1 (STK 1549.01) Description: Sebastian Münster was a German mapmaker, cosmographer and professor of Hebrew at the University of Basel. One of his notable works was a Latin edition of Claudius Ptolemys Geography, first published in Basel in…
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Tabu nova orbis / Differt situs orbis hydrographorum ab eo quem Ptolomeus posuit
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: 27/09/2024 Date Acquired: 26/6/2000 Dealers ID No.: M580/1 (STK 878.01) 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…
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Nova, et integra universi orbis descriptio
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Fair Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 11/2/2004 Dealers ID No.: M777 (STK 1438.01) Description: Oronce Fine, an esteemed French physician, mathematician, and mapmaker, created this woodcut world map using a double cordiform (heart-shaped) polar projection. Dated 1531, it was likely sold as a loose sheet at the time but…