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323		[Hispaniola]		Hispaniola Bordone		1528 A+		$400.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 5.7 x 3.4 inches) A lovely and simple woodcut map of Hispaniola, here named as Spagnola with general topography and towns noted. Isabella, which was founded by Columbus on his second voyage to the New World, is prominently depicted. Bordone's Isolario was one of the earliest and most important works of its time. It is remarkable for being the first atlas covering the entire world not based on class...

324		Ville de S. Domingue dans l'Isle de Ce Nom		Hispaniola Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1764 A		$120.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 6.4 x 8.5 inches) This is a very nice street plan of Santo Domingo, the present capital of the Dominican Republic. A legend indicates the location of 22 significant features on the map. Santo Domingo is the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in the Americas, and was at the time of this map's publication a Spanish colonial possession. The chart is embellished with rococo-style cartouche, rhumb line...

325		Porto Rico		Puerto Rico Carel Allard		1700 A		$350.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 10.8 x 8.5 inches) This fine engraving is from Allard's rare book of city illustrations that was designed for the armchair traveler. The book's foreword noted that since everyone is not able to learn about the world firsthand, the plates provide an "artful, accurate, and faithful" view of the world's cities, and with these images, anyone can "walk, ride, and sail through them, even while sitting in the solit...

326		Isles d'Amerique dites Caribes et Antilles et de Barlovento		Lesser Antilles Pierre DuVal		1677 A+		$400.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 10.2 x 13.3 inches) Fine French chart covering the Antilles from the Virgin Islands to Tobago. A key and the coloring show the islands as the European possessions of England, France, Spain and Holland. The map is embellished with a fine title cartouche topped with the royal crest of France.

327		Carte des Antilles Francoises et des Isles Voisines Dressee sur des Memoires Manuscrits		Lesser Antilles Henry Abraham Chatelain		1720 A		$130.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 12.8 x 18.7 inches) This is Chatelain's version of Delisle's map of the Antilles that includes the interesting cartographic error of an upside-down Grenada. It extends from Guadeloupe to Grenade and includes Barbados. Numerous place names are shown, as are the locations of forts, churches, rivers, towns and villages. French text describes the European discovery and history of the islands.

328		[Lot of 3] Carte de l'Isle de Sainte Lucie [and] Carte de l'Isle St. Christophe [and] Carte de l'Isle de la Barbade		Lesser Antilles Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1758 A		$150.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 11.8 x 7.8 inches) These small maps of islands in the Lesser Antilles are finely engraved to show the mountains, forests, rivers, roads, towns and particularly the minute coastal detail for which Bellin is renowned. Each is nicely decorated with a rococo-style cartouche. 1) Carte de l'Isle de Sainte Lucie The island of St. Lucia is divided into the region controlled by the native Caribs and the ...

329		A New Mapp of the Island of St. Christophers being an Actuall Survey taken by Mr. Andrew Norwood		Lesser Antilles - St. Kitts, Guadalupe, Martinique John Thornton		1698 B+		$1,000.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 20.7 x 17 inches) This is an excellent map of St. Christophers, now known as St. Kitts, showing the parishes, forts, settlements, and churches. The map is beautifully composed with two other maps on the same sheet. They are inset into the main map with a vine border and each has its own cartouche and compass rose; A New Mapp of the Island of Guadalupa, and A New Mapp of the Island of Martineca. Joh...

330		A New and Accurate Map of the Island of Antigua or Antego ' Containing all the Towns, Parish Churches, Forts, Castles, Windmills, Roads &c.		Antigua Emanuel Bowen		1747 A		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 9 x 12.5 inches) This attractive small map of Antigua provides a considerable amount of interior detail including the locations of towns, churches, forts, windmills, sugar works, cattle mills and individual plantations. The coastal soundings and hazards are meticulously identified, with excellent notes of submerged rocks and other hidden dangers.

331		Carte de l'Isle de la Martinique		Martinique Homann Heirs		1762 A		$240.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 21.5 x 18.3 inches) Very handsome, German edition of Bellin's large-scale chart of the island. Its meticulous topographical and nautical detail shows roads, topography, soundings, villages, windmills, and plantations. Rhumb lines, a compass rose and two delicate cartouches complete the composition.

332		La Martinique par les Ingenieurs Anglais lorsqu'ils en etoient possesseurs par Jeffreys 1775		Martinique Le Rouge		1779 A		$400.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 23.4 x 17.8 inches) This French version of the 1775 Jeffreys map is skillfully executed especially with respect to the rugged topography that is shown by the use of hachures. The chart includes a large inset map of the Fort-Royal Bay. The map was drawn from surveys conducted by the British in 1762-63 when England briefly controlled the island. It provides an excellent view of the topography, rivers, sugar cane pla...

333		L'Isle de la Dominique		Dominica Jean Lattre		1779 B+		$900.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 18.6 x 23.6 inches) This rare and very interesting map of Dominica is based on observations made by Davis Ross of the H.M.S. Montagu, 1760-61. It presents a different outline for the island than other large-scale maps of the period with Cape Capucin forming a distinctive point. The map includes a large inset of Prince Ruperts Bay, and is beautifully engraved to show the mountainous topography of the island. ...

334		Charte von den Inseln Trinidad, Tabago und Margaretha, dem Busen von Paria, und einem Theile von Cumana		Trinidad & Tobago Weimar Geographisches Institut		1814 B+		$220.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 16 x 8.8 inches) This interesting chart covers from the Margarita Island off the coast of Venezuela to Tobago. It includes part of the of the Venezuelan coastline and provides a surprising amount of detailed information. The map is colored to shown the colonial possessions; Trinidad is British, Tobago is French, with the balance being Spanish.

335		St. Christophers to Britain		St Kitts George Philip		1853 A+		$130.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 23.8 x 20 inches) This large, detailed map shows St. Kitts along with two other British possessions in the Antilles in large insets - Nevis and St. Lucia. The maps provide good detail of the parishes, topography, rivers, lakes, ponds, towns, churches, forts and plantations.

336		Americae Meridionales Periplus		South America Claude Bartholemy Morisot		1643 B+		$150.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 6.6 x 5.2 inches) This rare map of South America appeared in the first comprehensive book on naval and maritime history. The map is printed on a sheet (8.3" x 14") with Latin text on the upper half and a full page text on the verso. The simple map shows only the major topographical features with a few place names. It depicts the large mythical lake (here named Guiana) straddling the equator. It is embellished wi...

337		Amerique Meridionale		South America N. Sanson/Mariette		1650 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 21.2 x 15.5 inches) This attractive map presents the continent with Sanson's characteristic attention to detail. The relatively unknown Amazon region is left with little speculation. The mythical Lac de Parime still appears with the legendary Manoa del Dora (city of gold) on its western shore; although the lake is diminished in size from earlier depictions. There is considerable detail of towns and c...

338		Zuyd America - l'Amerique Meridionale		South America Daniel de la Feuille		1701 A		$230.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 7.5 x 5.5 inches) This map shows South America with two large, spurious lakes. The track of Jacques Le Maire is shown in the Pacific. In the cartouche, natives offer gifts to a European while a rather alarming serpent looks on.

339		[Lot of 4] Isthmus of Panama [and] British Guyana (2) [and] Falkland Islands and Patagonia		Panama and Northern South America John Tallis		1850-57		$140.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1. Isthmus of Panama, (13 x 10"). Lovely map of the region from Nicaragua through Panama. There are three proposed canals and roads shown; two in Panama, and another in Nicaragua, but none follow the canal eventually built. The map is ornamented with two steel-engraved vignettes: The Fort at Chagres and Gold Seekers on their way over the Cordilleras, both designed and engra...

340		Terre Ferme, Nouveau Royme de Grenade, &c.		Panama and Northern South America Nicolas Sanson		1683 A		$100.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 11.4 x 7.4 inches) Very attractive small map of the northern part of South America, including most of modern Panama. Regional boundaries are shown along with missions, towns, major rivers and mountains. The map is adorned with a nice title cartouche. Engraved by Antoine d'Winter for a Dutch edition of Sanson's pocket atlas.

341		Carte de la Terre Ferme, du Perou, du Bresil, et du Pays des Amazones		Northern South America Henry Abraham Chatelain		1720 A+		$300.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 20.4 x 16 inches) Handsome map of the northern part of South America based on the cartography of Guillaume Delisle. It is filled with place names and notations speculating about the Indian tribes and the tributaries of the Amazon. The Capitaineries are named in Brazil and the Inca Way (Grand chemin des Ingas) is shown from Chuquisaca in Peru to Pasto in Colombia.

342		Carte du Cours du Maragnon ou de la Grande Riviere des Amazones'		Northern South America - Amazon River Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1773 A		$110.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 14.7 x 6.8 inches) This interesting map is usually referred to as "the first scientific map of the Amazon." It shows the expedition in 1743-44 of Charles-Marie La Condamine, a French scientist and explorer. He provided the first scientific account of the Amazon, including notes on how the natives used curare for poison, and introduced rubber trees to Europe.

343		Carte du Perou et Bresil sep. de Tierra-Firme, de Guayana, et de le Riviere des Amazones'		Northern South America D'Anville/Santini		1779 A		$150.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 26 x 18 inches) This handsome map of the northern section of South America is based on D'Anville's important 3-sheet map of the continent. It covers the continent north of the equator and provides a particularly detailed view of the rivers. Large regions are completely blank with notations regarding the various Indian tribes. This edition was issued by Remondini.

344		A Map of the Caracas		Northern South America Mathew Carey		1814 A		$120.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 20.7 x 12.5 inches) This precisely engraved map covers the region east of Lake Maracaibo and north of the equator. The map was issued during the tumultuous Venezuelan War of Independence and civil war which engulfed the region. The rebel provinces of Venezuela and Varinas are shown along with the provinces (colored in pink) that remained loyal to Spain. The map extends through Guiana, which is divided into ...

345		Ville de Cartagene dans l'Amerique Meridionale		Colombia Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1764 A+		$150.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 6.8 x 8.5 inches) This is a very uncommon small plan of Cartagena, the important hub of the Spanish empire in South America. The plan includes a key that identifies the important public buildings, churches and fortifications. The map is oriented with north in the bottom left corner.

346		Venezuela, cum parte Australi Novae Andalusiae		Venezuela Hondius/Schenk & Valck		1710 A+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19 x 14.5 inches) This beautifully engraved map is based on the cartography of Hessel Gerritsz. It covers the northern coast of South America, Venezuela, east to the mouth of the Orinoco, and includes the offshore islands from Aruba through Dominica and Tobago. The fine engraving illustrates the mountains, forests, rivers and missions in the interior, but shows place names primarily along the coastlines owing to ...

347		Guiana sive Amazonum Regio		Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana Arnoldus Montanus		1671 A		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 14 x 11.2 inches) This decorative map covers the region from the Isla Margarita in the northwest to the coast of northern Brazil near Sao Luis east of the Amazon delta. The map is based on the work of Hessel Gerritsz who traveled in the region in 1628. The map locates at its center a large mythical inland sea, Parime Lacus, on whose northwestern shore lies the fabled city Manoa, o el Dorado, ...

348		Guajana, ou le Pays des Amazones, dans la partie Meridionale de l'Amerique'		Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana Pieter van der Aa		1712 A		$450.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 14 x 11 inches) This rare, decorative map of the Guyanas provides an updated view of Hessel Gerritsz' map of the region. The large Parime Lacus still sits astride the equator with Manoa o el Dorado (the golden city) on its western shore. But the rivers of the interior are more developed and there are considerably more place and Indian tribe names. The pictorial title cartouche features a farming ...

349		A Draught of the Coast of Guiana, from the River Oronoque, to the River Amazones		Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana Mount & Page		1760 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 22.5 x 17.5 inches) A sea chart describing the coastal area of present-day Guyana, Suriname, and Cayenne with small portions of Venezuela and Brazil between the Orinoco and Amazon Rivers. Inset into the map are two charts of The River Oronoque from the Entrance thereof to St. Thomas's and The River of Surinam and Places Adjacent. Both inset maps have soundings, hazards and anchorages. The title is ...

350		Brasilia		Brazil Cornelis Wytfliet		1605 A		$600.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 11.3 x 8.8 inches) This early map, portraying the coastal areas of Brazil, is from the first printed atlas relating exclusively to America. There are place names around the coast, while the interior remains unexplored. The strapwork cartouche rests on the Tropic of Capricorn.

351		Brasilia		Brazil Montanus/Ogilby		1671 B+		$300.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 13.8 x 11.3 inches) Excellent map of the eastern part of Brazil based on the cartography of Hessel Gerritsz and an earlier map by Blaeu. Extensive detail in coastal regions with the interior left largely blank except for some conjectural river systems. The Linea Aequinoctialis is prominently shown dividing the Spanish and Portuguese colonial claims. Richly embellished with rhumb lines, compass roses and sai...

352		Provincia di Paraiba		Brazil Andreas Antonius Horatius		1698 B+		$1,200.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 20 x 14.5 inches) This striking map covers the province of Paraiba and illustrates its important rivers and prosperous sugar plantations. It was one of 23 maps from this rare account of the Dutch-Portuguese colonial war. Written by Joao José de Santa Teresa, and known among bibliophiles as the Santa Teresa, it is considered one of the most sumptuous 17th century works on Brazil, in part due to the incredib...

353		[Lot of 3] Carte du Bresil Prem. Partie Depuis la Riviere des Amazones jus qua la Bay de Tous les Saints [and] Suite du Bresil Depuis la Baye de Tous les Saints jusqu'a St. Paul [and] Suite du Bresil		Brazil Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1760 A		$110.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) These three matched maps cover the entire Brazilian coastline and show the capitaincies or hereditary harbor offices. The first map covers from the mouth of the Amazon to Baía de Todos os Santos. Only coastal detail is shown with the interior region noted as being unknown and the domain of the Tapuyas Indian nation. The other two maps continue down the coast and provide more infor...

354		Carte qui Represente la Partie Meridionale du Bresil et du Perou, le Chili Septentrional, et le Paraguay, ce qui Fait la Partie de Milieu de l'Amerique Meridionale, par le Sr. d'Anville a Venise par P. Santini 1779		Central South America D'Anville/Santini		1779 A		$160.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 26.4 x 18.6 inches) This handsome map of the central section of South America is based on D'Anville's important 3-sheet map of the continent. It covers southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and parts of Peru and Chili. It provides a particularly detailed view of the rivers. This edition was issued by Remondini.

355		Peru		Peru Montanus/Ogilby		1671 B+		$160.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 13.8 x 11.3 inches) This attractive map covers Peru with parts of Ecuador and northern Chile. Dense with place names and topographical detail, it provides a marvelous view of the region. The map is oriented with north to the left although the compass rose incorrectly depicts north at top. The decorative title cartouche features natives and exotic fauna (llama, armadillo, snake and a strange lizard) and the distanc...

356		Freti Magellanici et Freti Marii Delineatio		Strait of Magellan Claude Bartholemy Morisot		1643 B+		$325.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 6.5 x 5.2 inches) This rare map of the Strait of Magellan appeared in the first comprehensive book on naval and maritime history. The map is printed on a sheet (8.3" x 14") with Latin text on the lower half and a full page text on the verso. This map shows a large island of Tierra del Fuego to the south of the strait and an un-named land to the north, both covered with mountains. There is a decorative title cartou...

357		Tabula Magellanica, qua Tierrae del Fuego, cum Celeberrimis Fretis a F. Magellano et I. Le Maire'		Strait of Magellan Montanus/Ogilby		1671 A+		$700.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 14 x 11.5 inches) This is one of the most elaborately decorated maps focusing on the tip of South America with the Strait of Magellan and Le Maire Strait. Several strange creatures are shown in the interior, including rheas that are being stalked by hunters, penguins, a giant anteater and many minutely engraved natives. Numerous ships are engaged in combat in the waters off the west coast. The map is further ado...

358		[Strait of Magellan]		Strait of Magellan John Narbrough		1711 B		$1,400.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 20.4 x 16.3 inches) In 1670, John Narbrough was the first Englishman to sail through the Strait of Magellan in both directions; thus demonstrating the falsity of the accepted wisdom that the wind and currents would prevent any eastward passage of the strait. He had been commissioned by James, Duke of York (later James II), to sail to South America to investigate potential trade possibilities. Narbrough's expedition...

359		[Lot of 2] Carte Reduite du Detroit de Magellan Dressee sur les Journaux des Navigateurs [and] Carte du Detroit de le Maire Dressee sur les Journaux des Navigateurs		Strait of Magellan Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1753 A		$180.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) These two maps detail two important shipping passages between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The first shows the Strait of Magellan immediately south of mainland South America and north of Tierra del Fuego. During the early years of the Age of Discovery this waterway was controlled by the Spanish, which led to numerous searches for an alternate route to the riches of the Indies. Jacob Le Maire...

360		Situs Insulae Atlantidis'		Atlantic Ocean - Atlantis A. Kircher		1678 A		$350.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 6.3 x 4 inches) This mythical map of Atlantis is printed with north at the bottom, leaving the coast of America to the right, and Africa and Spain on the left. The Island of Atlantis (Insula Atlantis) is a huge land mass which occupies a majority of the Atlantic Ocean. Two mountains and six rivers are depicted within the island, otherwise the interior is blank. The map is embellished with a fully ruled ...

361		A New Map or Chart of the Western or Atlantic Ocean, with part of Europe Africa & America: shewing the Course of the Galleons, Flota & c. to and from the West Indies		Atlantic Ocean Emanuel Bowen		1740 C+		$140.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 11.7 x 13.8 inches) This handsome map of the Atlantic illustrates the commercial rivalry between Britain and Spain with the major shipping routes traced. It includes small parts of South America, the Caribee Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador, western Africa and Europe. The chart is covered with interesting notations concerning the history of the region, territorial claims, and the tracks of the Spanish trea...

362		Nouvelle Carte de l'Ocean Atlantique et Theatre de la Guerre Tant en Europe qu'en Amerique		Atlantic Ocean Louis Denis		1782 B+		$1,100.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 28.7 x 21 inches) This handsome chart of the North Atlantic was drawn to illustrate the important trade routes between Europe and North America and the West Indies. It also shows the theater of the America Revolutionary War in which France and Spain joined the Americas against Britain, in part to secure stronger positions in transatlantic trade. The chart is centered on a large compass rose and extends to...

363		A New General Chart of the Atlantic or Western Ocean with Adjacent Seas Including the Coasts of Europe and Africa from 60 Degrees North Latitude to the Equator and Also the Opposite Coast of North America'		Atlantic Ocean Laurie & Whittle		1794 B		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 54.7 x 38.6 inches) This huge large-scale map of the North Atlantic includes superb detail of the coastlines of the Americas, Europe and northern Africa. The chart is centered on a 32-point compass rose from which rhumb lines are arrays across the chart. There is a large inset of Hudson Bay. The ornamental cartouche is decorated with trees, shells and banners & topped with clouds & wind heads. In the late 18th & ...

364		Chart of North Atlantic Ocean with Tracks of the Shipping to West Indies, North America &c.		Atlantic Ocean John Thomson		1815 B		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 25 x 20.8 inches) This large chart focuses on the important shipping lanes to North America and the West Indies. Of particular note are the shipping tracks of Nelson to the West Indies in pursuit of the French in 1805, the track from England to Newfoundland, and the tracks of the U.S.S. Insurgent. There are numerous notations regarding navigational hazards and sightings and the coastlines are well charted....

365		Die Capitein Franciscus Drake die Statt Insel S. Jacob'		Cape Verde Islands Theodore de Bry		1599 A		$75.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 8.4 x 6 inches) This prospect view illustrates Francis Drake's attack on Santiago (S. Jacob), the Portuguese slave trading port in the Cape Verde Islands. During Drake's circumnavigation in 1585, his fleet anchored off Ribeira Grande (now Cidade Velha). An army of 1,000 men, under the command of Lt. General Carleill, landed up the coast and attacked the city from the rear, while Drake bombarded the garrison fro...

366		Tabula Islandiae Auctore Georgio Carolo Flandro		Iceland Hondius/Blaeu		1644 B+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19.6 x 15 inches) This handsome copper engraved map of Iceland was based on information from a Dutch navigator named Joris Carolus in about 1620. The map shows the influence of both versions of Bishop Gudbrandur's previous maps, a coastline resembling the Ortelius version, and Mercator's selection and spelling of many place names. The island's topography is dominated by huge mountains and volcanoes and its shorel...

367		Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip.		Arctic and Scandinavia Abraham Ortelius		1579 A		$2,200.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19 x 14 inches) Ortelius based this influential map on the work of earlier authorities including Mercator, Zeno and Magnus. Of particular interest are the mythical islands of Brasil, Frisland, Drogeo, Icaria, and St. Brendan. Part of Mercator's imaginary polar continent is depicted with a note that it is inhabited by pigmies. Iceland (Islant, Thule) is basically unchanged from Mercator´s ...

368		Scandia, sive Regiones Septentrionales		Arctic and Scandinavia Magini and Porro		1713 A		$210.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 6.7 x 4.8 inches) This small map is 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, indicat...

369		Planisphere du Monde / France		Eastern Hemisphere Allain Mallet		1719 A+		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 3.9 x 5.5 inches) This interesting little sheet actually contains two maps engraved to appear as maps rolled out onto a table for viewing. The upper map shows only the Eastern Hemisphere of a double hemisphere world map. The lower map is of France with a fancy cartouche featuring a crown and flags.

370		Carte du premier periode du Monde depuis Adam Iusqu'a Moise'		Eastern Hemisphere Henry Abraham Chatelain		1720 A+		$350.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 18.7 x 14.7 inches) This is a fascinating chart of the Old World surrounded and keyed to a Biblical genealogical family tree linking Adam and Moses. Panels of French text at sides provide an historical timeline for the history of the world before the birth of Christ.

371		Von dem Europa		Europe Sebastian Munster		1578 A+		$190.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 5.3 x 3.2 inches) Simple woodblock map of Europe naming a few countries and showing the Alps mountain range and a very large Black Sea. Printed on a full sheet (8 x 13") with German text below and on verso.

372		Europae		Europe Abraham Ortelius		1579 B+		$850.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 18 x 13.3 inches) This handsome map was based on Gerard Mercator's 1554 map of Europe and incorporates Magnus' information on Scandinavia and Jenkinson's map for Russia. The map extends to include Iceland and part of Greenland, and there is a tiny bit of Labrador intruding into the map at upper left. It also extends into western Asia and Northern Africa based on Gastaldi's cartography. Finely engraved with a sti...

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