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This set of six engraved globe gores was
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 2/12/2016 Description: This set of six engraved globe gores was produced by Vincenzo Coronelli in Venice in 1690 for a terrestrial globe measuring 110 cm (42 inches) in diameter. The gores form part of the Libro dei Globi ("Book of Globes") and depict…
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Asiae nova descriptio
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: 2/10/2024 Date Acquired: 8/3/2017 Description: Around 1584, Pieter van den Keere fled religious persecution in Ghent (now Belgium) and settled in London. His sister, Colette van den Keere ( #113), who also relocated to London, married Jodocus Hondius ( #18, #80, #82, #114, #123, #126, #253…
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Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 7/9/2016 Description: Published in Amsterdam in 1606, this richly illustrated map is one of the earliest printed world maps by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, a leading figure in Dutch cartography. It is based on a large twenty-sheet Mercator-projection world map issued by Blaeu in…
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T’Landt van de Eendracht
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Date Acquired: 26/5/2016 Description: Claes Jansz. Visscher was a leading Amsterdam map publisher whose output played a central role in shaping Dutch cartography in the first half of the seventeenth century. He established his publishing house in 1611 on the Kalverstraat, close to leading contemporaries such as…
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Anthoni van Diemens Landt aldaereerst beseylt ofte ontdeckt by de Schepen Heemskerck ende Zeehaen den 24 November 1642
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: No Date Acquired: 26/5/2016 Description: Claes Jansz. Visscher was a leading Amsterdam map publisher whose output played a central role in shaping Dutch cartography in the first half of the seventeenth century. He established his publishing house in 1611 on the Kalverstraat, close to leading contemporaries…
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Asiae nova descriptio
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 26/5/2016 Description: Claes Jansz. Visscher was a leading Amsterdam map publisher whose output played a central role in shaping Dutch cartography in the first half of the seventeenth century. He established his publishing house in 1611 on the Kalverstraat, close to leading contemporaries…
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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: 19/2/2017 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…