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Prospect of the European settlement at Canton
Vuë de Quang-Cheu-Fu ou Canton.
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Paris, 1748. An early view of Canton (Guangzhou) from the sea. with the harbour full of European ships.
BELL0197
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View of the Porcelain Tower, Nanjing
A Prospect of the Porcelane Tower at Nan King in China.
Millar.

London, c.1785. The famous Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, built from porcelain bricks during the Ming dynasty in the 15th century. Destroyed in 1856, during the Taiping Rebellion, there are currently plans to rebuild it. Engraved by Sparrow for 'Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography'.
MILL0006
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View of Nanking with a Pagoda
Vüe de Nanking tirée de Nieuhof.
Johan Nieuhof.

Paris, 1748. Johan Nieuhoff (1618-72) was a Dutch traveler who made a trip of 2,400 km from Canton to Peking in 1655-1657. His account, published 1665, was the most authoritative description of China. This example was published for Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages'.
NIEU0001
£95.00

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View of Peking
Pekin in China.
Smith.

London: Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1810. A view of Beijing at the beginning of the 19th century.
SMIT1001
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Early illustrations of coffee
Arbre du Caffé, Dessiné en Arabie...
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Amsterdam, 1756. An illustration of a coffee bush, 'drawn in Arabia', with diagrams of a berry and bean. Engraved by Schley for a Dutch edition of Prevost.
BELL0178
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17th century map of Columbia
Terra Firma et Novum Regnum Granatense et Popayan.
Johannes Jansson.

Amsterdam, c.1647. The north west part of South America, showing Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuala as far east as Curaçao.
JANS0014
£350.00

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Map of Colombia and Venezuela
Terre Ferme, Nouveau Roy.me de Grenade, &c.
Nicolas Sanson.

Paris, c.1692. North-west South America, engraved by A. de Winter for the quarto edition of Sanson's atlas.
SANS0074
£175.00

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Colombia, with Panama
Map of the Countries on the South Sea.
Thomas Kitchin.

London: Strahan & Cadell, 1795. From the Rev. Dr. Robertson's History of America.
KITC0013
£125.00

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View of Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford, Connecticut.
John Tallis.

London: J.F. Tallis, c.1851. Hartford, Connecticut. The decorative borders have two historical scenes: Captain Wadsworth hiding the Constitution charter in the fanous oak in 1687; and Governor Fletcher's authority resisted by the Militia, 1683.
TALL0062
£39.00

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An early 18th century distance table of Cornwall's towns
Cornwall.
Thomas Cox.

London: Elizabeth Butt et al, 1720. A triangular distance table of Cornwall, with 21 sets of arms of the county and towns including Truro, St Ives & Fowey, with some statistics about the county.
COXA0007
£80.00

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Map of Cornwall.
Cornwall Divided into its Hundreds, Containing all the Buroughs & Market Towns with the Roads & Distances &c.
Emanuel Bowen.

London, 1759-63. Map of Cornwall from 'The Natural History of England', published in two volumes 1759-63, as part of the 'General Magazine of Arts and Sciences'.
BOWE0022
£150.00

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Miniature scene of refining indigo
Indigotoire.
Alain Manesson Mallet.

Paris, 1683. An indigo refinery in the Caribbean, worked by slaves, published in Mallet's 'Description de l'Univers'.
MALL0093
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Miniature scene of sugar refining
Sucerie.
Alain Manesson Mallet.

Paris, 1683. A sugar refinery in the Americas, worked by slaves. On a mound is grinding mill driven by donkeys in an open-sided building, with a pipe feeding the cane juice downhill to an evaporating shed where it is reduced over fires. In the background workers cut the sugar canes in fields. Published in Mallet's 'Description de l'Univers'.
MALL0092
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Miniature scene of Tobacco cultivation
Tabacs.
Alain Manesson Mallet.

Paris, 1683. A tobacco plantation in the Caribbean, worked by slaves, published in Mallet's 'Description de l'Univers'.
MALL0094
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Miniature map of Cuba
Cuba Insula.
Petrus Bertius.

Amsterdam, c.1602, Latin text edition. Cuba and Jamaica, engraved by Pieter van den Keere. This is the earliest of two plates used to illustrated the Bertius atlas, without longitude and latitude scales. It was replaced by a new plate by Jodocus Hondius in 1616.
BERT0010
£350.00

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Miniature map of Cumberland
A Map of Cumberland.
Thomas Kitchin or Thomas Jeffreys

London, 1749+. A miniature map of Cumberland, engraved by either Thomas Kitchin or Thomas Jeffreys for the 'Small English Atlas', with three columns of engraved text detailing the major towns.
KITC1019
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Cumberland with view of Bassenwhwaite
Langley's new Map of Cumberland.
Langley.

London: Langley & Belch, 1817. Map of Cumberland with a vignette view of Bassenwhwaite.
LANG1004
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Miniature county map of Cumberland
Cumberland.
William Lewis.

London: P. Martin, 1819. From 'Lewis's New Traveller's Guide', marking cities, market towns, seats, mail coach roads & turnpikes.
LEWI1042
£30.00

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Cumberland with Carlisle Cathedral
Cumberland.
James Pigot.

London, James Pigot & Co, c.1827 Detailed map of Cumberland with a vignette view of Carlisle Cathedral.
PIGO0006
£78.00

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Plan of the Siege of Prague in 1742 with a portrait of Maria Theresa
A Plan of the City of Prague, with the French and Austrian Camps.
Gentleman's Magazine.

London, 1742. A plan of the Austrian siege of the French troops holding Prague, which they had taken in 1741. The French managed to slip away.
GENT0004
£150.00

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