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See also Gowrie Galleries descriptionnThe Dutch expedition led
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: 29/09/2024 Date Acquired: 12/7/2011 Dealers ID No.: M435/1 (STK 1991.01) on verso GER 2551 Description: See also Gowrie Galleries descriptionnThe Dutch expedition led by Willem Cornelis Schouten and Jacob Le Maire from 1615 to 1617 was the sixth recorded circumnavigation of the globe. During their journey,…
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Tertiae partis Asiae quae modernis India orientalis dicitur acurata delineatio
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 19/2/2017 Description: This map of Eastern Asia is from the posthumous 1593 edition of Speculum Orbis Terrae, originally compiled by Gerard de Jode and first published in 1578. A response to Abraham Orteliuss influential Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (see #252 for the 1584 edition),…
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Orbis terrarum typus de integro in plurimis emendatus, auctus, et incunculis illustratus
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 11/11/2010 Dealers ID No.: M325 (STK 1802.01) on verso BHZ6556 Description: his double-hemisphere world map was first published c.1650 in Amsterdam by Paulus Aertsz van Ravesteyn for inclusion in editions of the Dutch Statenbijbel. It is regarded by Simon Dewez as a…
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General Charte von Australien: Nach den neuesten Entdeckungs-Reisen und astronomischen Bestimungen neu entworfen und gezeichnet von I.C.M….
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Good Confirmed: No Dealers ID No.: M420/1 (STK 1839.01) Description: Johann Matthias Reinecke was a German polymath and scientist renowned for his contributions to cartography and paleontology. A man of diverse talents, he spoke eight languages and also wrote poems and songs. Among his cartographic achievements is a…
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General charte von Australien nach dem Entwurfe des H. Joseph Marx Freiherrn v. Liechtenstern
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Good Confirmed: No Dealers ID No.: M937 (STK 1846.01) Description: In 1805, when this map Generalcharte von Australien nach dem Entwurfe des H. Joseph Marx Freiherrn v. Liechtenstern (General Map of Australia Based on the Design by H. Joseph Marx Freiherr von Liechtenstern) was published, it was still…
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A Chart of New South Wales, or the East Coast of New Holland. Discovered and explored by Lieutenant J. Cook, Commander of His Majesty’s Bark…
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good. Fold lines Confirmed: No Dealers ID No.: M288 (STK 1852.01) Description: This map, A Chart of New South Wales, or the East Coast of New Holland, presents the first printed depiction of Australias east coast based on Captain James Cooks original manuscript surveys. Engraved for John…
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Carte réduite de la mer des Indes et de la partie occidentale du Grand Océan
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Good Confirmed: No Dealers ID No.: M929 (STK 1853.01) Description: This map, which covers the east coast of Africa, Indian Ocean and Australia, was published in Paris in 1803 by Jean-Baptiste Poirson, a renowned French globemaker, engraver, and cartographer active in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.…
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New Guinea, New Britain and New Holland
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: 28/09/2024 Date Acquired: 9/10/2002 Dealers ID No.: M391 (STK 1283.01) Description: Herman Moll was one of the most important London mapmakers in the first half of the eighteenth century. His early career began as an engraver for Moses Pitt on the production of the English…
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Mar di India
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Good Confirmed: No Dealers ID No.: M176 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 ( #80, #212, #253, #272)…
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Laurie and Whittle’s new chart of the Indian and Pacific Oceans between the Cape of Good Hope, New Holland and Japan, Comprehending New Zealand,…
Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured tracks Condition: Very Good Confirmed: 29/09/2024 Date Acquired: 10/2/2013 Dealers ID No.: M992/4 (STK 2035.01) Description: Robert Laurie and James Whittle, prominent British mapmakers and publishers, were highly regarded for their detailed and practical maritime charts. Their New Chart of the Indian and Pacific Oceans covers the region from…