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Map of Sumatra, with Singapore
Carte de l'Isle de Sumatra Dréssée sur les Journaux des Navigateurs.
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Paris, 1752. Sumatra and the Straits of Malacca and the 'Detroit de Sincapour'.
BELL0101
£195.00

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Decorative map of Japan
Iaponiæ Nova Descriptio.
Henricus Hondius.

Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641. French text edition. Japan, with Korea shown as an island. This is the second state of the plate, introduced 1636; the title and cartouche have been altered, and a galleon has replaced the original junk in the sea under the island, although the Latin description underneath still refers to the Japanese craft.
HOND0039
£1500.00

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Map of Japan
Les Isles du Japon.
Nicolas Sanson.

Paris, c.1692. Japan, engraved by A. de Winter for the quarto edition of Sanson's atlas. Korea is shown as an island.
SANS0037
£325.00

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Japan & Korea
Japan & Korea.
John Tallis.

London, John Tallis & Co, c.1851. Map of Japan & Korea with a vignette of Tokyo (Yedo).
TALL0018
£200.00

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Miniature map of Jesso
Terre de Jesso.
Alain Manesson Mallet.

Paris, 1683. The semi-mythical island of Jesso (or Eso) to the north of Japan, now mapped properly as Hokkaido. Variants of the myth include one where Jesso filled the North Pacific.
MALL0108
£140.00

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Map of Meaco, Japan
Plan de la Ville de Meaco.
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Paris, 1755. Townplan engraved by Dheulland.
BELL0047
£150.00

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Plan of Nagasaki
Plan de la Port et de la Ville de Nangasaki. Grond Tékening van de Stad en de Haven van Nangasaki.
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Amsterdam, c. 1765. A Dutch edition of Bellin's townplan of Nagasaki, engraved by Schley . Of interest is 'Desima', the Dutch Porcelain factory in the centre of the harbour.
BELL0100
£195.00

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Early map of Tokyo
Plan de Jedo.
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Amsterdam, c.1760. Early townplan, marking the layout of the streets, but only naming the Emperor's palace, a bridge and a suburb.
BELL0166
£195.00

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Moluccas and the Spice Islands
Insularum Moluccarum Nova descriptio.
Johannes Jansson.

Amsterdam, 1641. The Moluccas, marking the forts built by the Dutch to protect their traders.
JANS0033
£275.00

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Map of Mongolia
Carte de la Tartaries Occidentale...
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Amsterdam, c.1749. Mongolia, marking Peking and the southern tip of Lake Baykal.
BELL0093
£125.00

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New Guinea
Kaart van de Papoasche Eilanden.
Isaak Tirion.

Amsterdam, c.1753. The western end of New Guinea map, with the islands of the Ceram Sea, including Misool & Boo.
TIRI0009
£225.00

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Map of New Guinea, with Cook & Dampier's voyages
Carte des Découvertes du Cap.ne Carteret dans la N.le Bretagne avec une partie du passage du Cap.ne Cook à travers les Dètroits Endeavour et de la Route et des Découvertes du Cap.ne Dampierre dans
Benard.

Paris, c.1775. The routes of British explorers around New Guinea, 1699-1770, published in a French account of Cook's Voyages.
BENA0006
£160.00

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Map of Tartary
Scythia et Tartaria Asiatica.
Philip Cluver,

c.1711. Siberia and Tartary, with a title cartouche featuring a lion.
CLUV0002
£125.00

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Russia with a separately-printed frame border.
La Grande Tartaries Suivant les Nouvelles Observations...
Pieter van der Aa.

Leiden, c.1710. Northern Asia from Moscow to Korea. Novaya Zembla is a peninsula, but attached to the mainland further east than usual. The decorative border has been printed from a separate plate for a special edition of the atlas.
AAAA0013
£150.00

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Map of Tartary
Great or Asiatick Tartary, Agreable to Modern History.
Herman Moll.

London, 1727. Map of Tartary to Peking. The eastern coastline of Asia is almost flat, with no attempt to mark Kamchatka.
MOLL0015
£140.00

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Map of Eastern Tartary
Carte de la Tartaries Orientale...
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Amsterdam, c.1749. Eastern Tartary, showing the course of the River Amur and Sakhalin Island.
BELL0149
£125.00

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Comparisons of the cartography of Kamchatka
Nouvelle Represéntation des Côtes Nord et Est de L'Asie...
Diderot.

Paris, 1772. An illustration from Diderot's Encyclopedia, showing various cartographers' depictions of the Kamchatka Peninsula and the North Pacific.
DIDE0004
£150.00

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Tartary
Independent and Chinese Tartary, Hindostan, China &c.
George Philip

Liverpool, 1856. Large and detailed map in fine colour, showing from the Caspian Sea and Afghanistan to Japan, marking Hong Kong. This was published at a time of western expansion: the 'Great Game' was being played in central Asia; Hong Kong island is marked; and the India Mutiny against British Rule erupted the next year.
PHIL0009
£85.00

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Thai costume
Habits of the Siamese.
Anonymous.

London, c.1760.
ANON0020
£79.00

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Townplan of Lopburi.
Plan de la Ville de Louvo Demeure ordinaire des Rois de Siam.
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Paris, c.1755. Townplan of Lopburi in Thailand.
BELL0040
£150.00

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