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Fine map of West Indian Islands
Jodocus Hondius.

Amsterdam, 1623, Latin text edition. Five maps on one sheet: larger maps of Cuba and Hispaniola and smaller of Jamaica, Puerto Rico & Margarita. The map of Cuba has an inset of Havana's harbour.
HOND0092
£1250.00

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Woodcut map of Franconia
Sebastian Munster

Basle, Henry Petri,1628, German text edition. A map of Franconia, one of the five stem duchies of medieval Germany. Orientated with north at the bottom, the map follows the Main River and marks the cities of Nurnburg, Bamberg, Coburg and Wurzburg.
MUNS0038
£150.00

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Woodcut map of Swabia
Sebastian Munster

Basle, Henry Petri,1628, German text edition. A map of Swabia, one of the ten Imperial Circles of the Holy Roman Empire. Orientated with north at the bottom, it marks Strassburg, Bamberg and Lake Constance.
MUNS0039
£150.00

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Woodcut map of the Rhinelands
Sebastian Munster

Basle, Henry Petri,1628, German text edition. A map of the Rhine from Bonn and Cologne to the Sea, orientated with North to t he right.
MUNS0041
£150.00

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Map of the Americas
Johannes de Laet.

Leiden, 1633. An important map of the Americas, published in the atlas of the Americas by de Laet, a director of the Dutch West India Company. As such, de Laet had access to the latest geographic data: he resisted the concept of California as an island, giving what Burden calls 'the best west coast delineation to date'. Burden also comments on the 'more open style of engraving' that influenced both Blaeu and Jansson.
LAET0001
£1400.00

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Elbe & Hamburg region map
Willem Blaeu.

Amsterdam, 1635. Map of the Elbe River, orientated with north to the bottom, marking Hamburg.
BLAE0025
£275.00

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The First Issue of Jansson's Map of Scotland
Johannes Jansson.

Amsterdam, 1636, German text edition Decorative map of Scotland with two large cartouches and an inset of the Orkneys. The first issue of this map: the English edition of the same year used the old Mercator map.
JANS0046
£980.00

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The Turkish Empire, with Arabia
Matthaus Merian.

Frankfurt, c1638. The Eastern Mediterranean and Near East, with a decorative title cartouche.
MERI0011
£475.00

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Northern Greece, Athens and Corfu, Albania map
Willem Blaeu.

Amsterdam, c.1640. Dutch text. Northern Greece, with Athens, Thebes and Corfu, as well as modern Albania and Macedonia.
BLAE0050
£250.00

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Map of Scandinavia
Matthaus Merian.

Frankfurt, 1646. Decorative map of Scandinavia, with a large title cartouche.
MERI0012
£425.00

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Hungary, Croatia and Bosnia
Nicolas Sanson.

Paris, Pierre Mariette, c.1654. Map of southern Hungary, centred on the Danube. Also shown are Croatia and Bosnia.
SANS0013
£250.00

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Two-sheet hemisphere world map
Alain Manesson Mallet.

Paris, 1683. A pair of hemispheres, the west with California as an island and the unnamed partial outline of New Zealand, the east with the parts of Australia. Published in Mallet's 'Description de l'Univers'.
MALL0097
£300.00

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Print of a sea monster.
Alain Manesson Mallet.

Paris, 1683. A small print of a twin-spouted whale, with a whaling fleet behind.
MALL0111
£125.00

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Large and decorative map of the British Isles.
Frederick de Wit.

Amsterdam, c.1690. A large and decorative map of the British Isles
DEWI0005
£650.00

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Map of Spain & Portugal
Nicolas Sanson.

Paris, c.1692. Spain and Portugal, engraved by A. de Winter for the quarto edition of Sanson's atlas.
SANS0047
£95.00

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Map of London
Henri Chatelain.

Amsterdam, c.1700. Map of London, another of England marking the Cathedral cities, with two allegorical scenes with explanations. With extensive engraved French text.
CHAT0001
£225.00

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De Fer London
Nicolas De Fer.

Paris, 1705. London, with a 113-point key, engraved by Inseln.
DEFE0016
£380.00

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Double-hemisphere World map
Nicolas De Fer

Paris, 1705. Double-hemisphere world map with California as an island, decorated with roundel portraits of nine explorers, including Columbus, Vespucci, Magellan, Marco Polo & Drake. Early mapping of North America with the Great Lakes in outline.
DEFE0005
£650.00

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Map of the East Indies
Nicolas De Fer

Paris, 1705. Map of India and Indochina.
DEFE0025
£390.00

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Early map of northern Scotland.
Tomaso Porcacchi.

Padua, Lasor à Varea, 1713. Northern Scotland, engraved by Girolamo Porro for Porcacchi's 'Isole del Mondo', 1572. The islands are shown far larger than they should be and tightly packed.
PORC0009
£225.00

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