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432 Pascaerte vande Vlaemsche, Soute, en Caribesche Eylanden, als mede Terra Nova' Atlantic Ocean Pieter Goos 1666 B+   $900.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.3 x 17.5 inches) This is the first edition of this scarce sea chart. It covers the central Atlantic and extends to include the Maritime Provinces, Antilles and the northwest coast of South America, east to the Azores, Cape Verde, Madeira and the Canary Islands. A pair of compass roses orient the map with north to the left, and rhumb lines cross the map. While covering the same area as Theunis Jacobsz' chart of ...

433 Carte Reduite de l'Ocean Occidentale Comprenant' Atlantic Ocean Depot de la Marine 1742 B   $850.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 31 x 21 inches) Large attractive sea chart of the Atlantic Ocean extends from Newfoundland and Ireland south to Africa and the northern tip of South America with good detail of the coasts and the Caribbean Islands. The map is crossed with rhumb lines and oriented with a simple compass point at center. This chart was engraved by Dheulland and produced for Le Comte de Maurepas, the Ministre de la Marine.

434 A New and Accurate Chart of the vast Atlantic or Western Ocean, Including the Sea Coast of Europe and Africa on the East, and the Opposite Coast of the Continent of America & the West India Islands on the West' Atlantic Ocean Emanuel Bowen 1774 B   $400.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 31.3 x 23.5 inches) A rarely-seen sea chart on two joined sheets detailing the coastal areas from Labrador down to the top of South America, and across the ocean to Ireland and south to the northwest coast of Africa -- with notes on the islands and hazards in between them all. According to the legend at the top left, Bowen referred to the map of the Atlantic made by Maurepas in 1738 and D'Anville's 1751 map of North...

435 Atlantic Islands Atlantic Ocean, Cape Verde Islands, Canary Islands, Azores John Thomson 1829 B+   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23.5 x 19.5 inches) This large chart contains four maps arrayed around a central scene of "The Peak of Teneriffe." The maps include the Cape Verde Islands, the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira. There are detailed insets of part of Fayal and Lancarota.

436 La Jamaique aux Anglois dans le Golfe du Mexique / La Bermude aux Anglois Bermuda, Jamaica Le Rouge 1746 B+   $130.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.5 x 8 inches) These two maps on one sheet show the British Possessions in the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean, Jamaica above Bermuda. Jamaica is engraved to show the plantations, denoting those growing sugar, cotton, cacao, and indigo. The map of Bermuda includes an interesting cartographic error which resulted from copying John Speed's map of 1627. In that map, Bermuda was superimposed over a map of the c...

437 De Canarische Eilanden Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands Nicolas Sanson 1705 A+   $160.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.5 x 7.3 inches) This beautiful small map depicts the Canary Islands off the coast of Cape Bojador in West Africa. The island of Madeira is included in a small inset map at the top. The map is graced with an elaborate, fruit-laden cartouche.

438 [Lot of 3 - Tenerife] Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands [blank] 1752 A   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) A nice lot of maps and views of Tenerife 1) View of the Pike of Teneriffe, 34 Leagues Distant to the North West. / View of the Pike over the West Side of Gomera, at 15 Leagues Distance. Two views on one sheet, engraved by G. Child, circa 1750 (8.8 x 5.8").br> 2) Island of Teneriffe. / View of the Town & Road of Santa Cruz on one sheet, engraved by G. Child, circa 1750 (...

439 Neue Charte der Canarien Inseln nach der Zeichnung von Bory de St. Vincent Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands Anonymous 1811 A   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17.8 x 7.2 inches) This lovely map of the Canary Islands names Tenerife, Grand Canaria, Palmas, Gomera, Hierro, Lanzarote, and Fuerteventura. The islands are simply engraved with coastal detail and hachure indicating topography.

440 Island of Madera / The Dragon Tree Atlantic Ocean, Madeira G. Child 1752 A   $60.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 5.8 x 8.7 inches) A charming chart of the island of Madeira with soundings noted in fathoms, as well as indications of anchorages and hazards. An illustration of a Dragon tree lies below, showing a pot used to collect the 'dragon's blood', a red resin used as a varnish, incense and medicine.

441 Insulae Promontorii Viridis, Hispanis Issas de Cabo Verde, Belgis de Soute Eylanden Atlantic - Cape Verde Islands John Ogilby 1670 B+   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.5 x 10 inches) A beautiful small sea chart of the important Cape Verde Islands based on Blaeu's map of the same title. Beautifully embellished with rhumb lines and a compass rose, it features two cartouches with cavorting cherubs and mermaids.

442 D'Eilanden van Capo Verde, de Kust en 't Landt der Negeren Atlantic - Cape Verde Islands Nicolas Sanson 1705 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.2 x 7.6 inches) This lovely map of the Cape Verde Islands includes the Senegalese coast and inland as far as Tombotu (Timbuktu) with nice detail of the river systems and topography. The Sargasso Sea is noted at the top of the map. The map is adorned with a decorative cartouche.

443 Scandia, sive Regiones Septentrionales North Atlantic Ocean Giovanni Antonio Magini 1621 A   $450.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6.8 x 5.3 inches) Uncommon, small map based on Ortelius' Septentrionalum of 1570, which in turn was based on the mapping of Nicholas Zeno in 1558. The map shows two Greenlands, one just above the other, as well as the imaginary islands of Frisland and St. Brendain, along with many other small, phantom islands in the North Sea. The North Pole carries a note of Pigmei hic habitant, indic...

444 'T Noorder Gedeelte van Virginie, door Bartholomeus Gosnol en Martin Pringe uyt Engeland bevaaren North Atlantic Ocean Pieter Van der Aa 1714 A   $425.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8.7 x 6 inches) This interesting map of the North Atlantic shows parts of the European, African and American continents with Iceland and Greenland at top. From the report of Martin Pring's journey from England to New England in 1603, the sea routes of Captain Pring from the British Isles through the Azores to Plymouth are depicted. Virginia extends into what is present-day Massachusetts as well as the Chesapea...

445 Tabula Nautica, qua repraesentatur orae maritimae meatus, ac freta, noviter a H Hudsono Anglo ad Caurum supra Novam Franciam indagata Anno 1612 North Atlantic - Arctic Canada, Greenland and Iceland Theodore de Bry 1613 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.1 x 5.8 inches) This scarce sea chart of the North Atlantic was created by De Bry after Hessel Gerritz' extremely rare map of 1612. This map depicts the fourth and final voyage of Henry Hudson in his hunt for a Northwest Passage, during which he was set adrift after his crew mutinied following a brutal winter and thus was never seen again. There were only eight people from the crew who made it back to En...

446 Partie de la Carte du Capitaine Cluny Auteur d'un ouvrage Anglois Intitule American Traveller Arctic, Alaska Didier Robert de Vaugondy 1769 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19 x 11.5 inches) While this fascinating map covers the Arctic from Asia through Europe, the focus of the map is the Arctic region of North America. The most important feature of the map is the early depiction of what is present-day Alaska, patterned after Muller's epic map of 1750 that was the first to show the Russian discoveries, also noted here. A very interesting Northwest Passage is shown from Repuls...

447 Islandia Iceland Mercator/Jansson 1631 A   $325.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.8 x 5.3 inches) Handsome reduced version of Mercator's folio, based on the cartography of Bishop Gudbrandur Thorláksson. The island is depicted with its vast mountains, glaciers and fiords and includes several settlements, many places of interest and the dramatic eruption of Hekla. A small coastline of the mythical island of Frisland is shown at lower left. German text on the verso.

448 Pascaart van Europa, Als Mede een Gedeelt vande Cust van Africa. Europe and Atlantic Anthonie Jacobsz 1644 A   $15,500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.5 x 17 inches) This extremely rare and handsome sea chart of Europe and the eastern Atlantic extends to include the Africa coast to Cape Verde and nearly all of Greenland. The unusual orientation has north to the right of the chart. It is richly embellished with rhumb lines, compass roses, coats of arms, sailing ships, distance scale, and a fine title cartouche. Theunis or Anthonie Jacobsz, was the founder o...

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