Catégorie : Asia

Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: No Dealers ID No.: 50749 Description: This regional chart is the third and final of Robert Dudleys general charts of Asia, featured in his important maritime atlas DellArcano del Mare (Secrets of the Sea), first published in Florence between 1646 and 1647, and reissued in an updated two-volume edition…

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.…

Mapmaker: not sure (check Leen) Primary Category: Asia

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: 28/09/2024 Date Acquired: 9/12/2003 Dealers ID No.: M443 (STK 1423.01) Description: John Speed, a leading English cartographer during the reign of the Stuart monarchs (1603-1714), began his mapmaking journey later in life, producing his first maps in the 1590s and dedicating himself fully to the…

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…

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…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: No Date Acquired: 28/8/2017 Description: Giacomo Gastaldi was the leading Italian cartographer of the 16th century. In 1548 he created maps for Pietro Andrea Mattioli's Italian translation of Claudius Ptolemys Geographia. This atlas contained sixty double-page maps, including twenty-six ancient or Ptolemaic maps, such as…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: 2/10/2024 Date Acquired: 25/10/2017 Dealers ID No.: 18665 Description: Martin Waldseemüllers edition of Claudius Ptolemys Geography was first published in 1513 by Johann Schott in Strasbourg. Waldseemüller, a German mapmaker and scholar, began his academic journey in 1490 at the University of Freiburg, where he studied…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Date Acquired: 25/10/2017 Description: Martin Waldseemüllers edition of Claudius Ptolemys Geography was first published in 1513 by Johann Schott in Strasbourg. Waldseemüller, a German mapmaker and scholar, began his academic journey in 1490 at the University of Freiburg, where he studied under Gregor Reisch (View Record…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: 2/10/2024 Date Acquired: 10/11/2016 Description: Gerard Mercator Jr.s map of Asia draws heavily from his grandfathers renowned 1569 world map. It highlights the Asian continent with a particular focus on the Spice Islands, especially the Moluccas.nThe map extends westward to include a portion of North…