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Miniature map of Upper Saxony
Alain Manesson Mallet.

Paris, 1683. Map of Upper Saxony in Germany, marking Berlin, Brunswick & Meissen, published in Mallet's 'Description de l'Univers'.
MALL0124
£75.00

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Stormarn, southern Holstein, centred on Hamburg.
Johannes Jansson.

London: Moses Pitt, c.1680. Stormarn, southern Holstein, centred on Hamburg.
JANS0048
£240.00

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Miniature map of Swabia
Alain Manesson Mallet.

Paris, 1683. Map of Swabia in Germany, marking Stuttgart, Baden-Baden, Ulm, Augsburg & Fugger, published in Mallet's 'Description de l'Univers'.
MALL0123
£68.00

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Map of Wurttemberg
Johann Baptist Homann.

Nuremberg, c.1718. South west Germany, marking Freiburg, Koblenz and Basel.
HOMA0034
£160.00

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The Straits of Gibraltar
Georg Matthaus Seutter.

Augsburg, c.1730. A superbly decorative map of Straits of Gibraltar, outlining the defences of the British fortress. Under the map are prospects of the fortress, Cadiz and Malaga, and insets plans of Minorca (also held by the British) and the Spanish fortress of Ceuta (the other 'Pillar of Hercules'). The map also has a splendid martial-themed title cartouche.
SEUT0020
£680.00

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Chart of the Strait of Gibraltar in 1756
Homann Heirs.

Nuremberg, 1756. Chart of the Strait of Gibraltar, orientated with north to the bottom of the map, with tables to help mariners cope with the strong tidal forces. Published during the Seven Years' War, the British garrison at Gibraltar is not the focal point of the chart, but the Strait as a route to Minorca. The island's harbour, Mahon, which was a vital shelter for the British Navy, and in the year of publication of this chart the French laid seige to and took the island. An inset shows the routes of the English and French navies to the Balearics.
HOMA1034
£450.00

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Miniature county map of Gloucestershire
William Lewis.

London: P. Martin, 1819. From 'Lewis's New Traveller's Guide', marking cities, market towns, seats, mail coach roads & turnpikes.
LEWI1014
£35.00

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Gould's Mountain Trogon in Original Colour
John Gould.

London, 1875. The Mountain Trogon, a native of Java, drawn by John Gould and H.C. Richter and published in Gould's 'A Monograph of the Trogonidae or Family of Trogons'.
GOUL0001
£495.00

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Gould's Mexican Trogon in Original Colour
John Gould.

London, 1875. The Mexican Trogon, drawn by John Gould and H.C. Richter and published in Gould's 'A Monograph of the Trogonidae or Family of Trogons'.
GOUL0003
£495.00

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Greenland and Iceland map
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Paris, c.1770. Greenland, with Iceland and, as late as 1770, a partial outline of the coast of 'Frisland'. Inland on Greenland 'Frobisher's Strait' is said to be covered in ice.
BELL0024
£150.00

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View of Greenwich Hospital
William Maitland.

London, 1756. A view of the Royal Hospital, now the Royal Naval College, from the Thames, looking between Wren's two buildings to the Queen's House and Flamsteed's Royal Observatory on the top of the hill. Engraved by Benjamin Cole for Maitland's 'History Of London'.
MAIT0001
£350.00

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De Bry Raleigh
Theodore De Bry.

Frankfurt: Theodore de Bry, c.1596. A brightly-dressed Raleigh directing Spanish prisoners to a longboat, their town burning behind.
DEBR0005
£300.00

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Map of Cayenne
Alain Manesson Mallet.

Paris, 1683. After their first two attempts were defeated by attacks, the French finally established a permanent colony at Cayenne in 1664, less than twenty years before this map was printed. However in its first decade Cayenne was captured by both the Dutch and English, commemorated here by the vignette sea-battles under the title.
MALL0077
£48.00

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Map of Guiana
Nicolas Sanson.

Paris, c.1692. Guyana, Surinam and French Guyiana, with the mythical Lac Parime and El Dorado. Engraved by A. de Winter for the quarto edition of Sanson's atlas.
SANS0075
£150.00

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Early view of Cayenne
Churchill.

London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1746 View of the town of Cayenne (in present-day French Guiana) showing the fort, here named Fort Saint Lewis. A key names the Governor's House and the King's Warehouse, etc. Also shown are several native American boats or pirogues. Engraved by John Kip for Churchill's 'A collection of voyages and travels'.
CHUR0008
£95.00

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Map of the colony of Cayenne in French Guiana
Thomas Jefferys.

London, 1760. Published during the Seven Years' War (1756-63), Cayenne was a potential target for British forces intent on driving the French from America.
JEFF0004
£250.00

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Chart of the Coasts of Guiana
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Paris, 1757. The Guyanas.
BELL0025
£49.00

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Guyana
John Tallis.

London & New York, John Tallis & Co., c.1855. Guyana map with engraved vignette scenes, including a prospect of Georgetown.
TALL0042
£75.00

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

London: Elizabeth Butt et al, 1720. A triangular distance table of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, with eleven arms of towns, including Petersfield, Southampton and Newport, with some statistics about the county.
COXA0005
£70.00

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Map of Hampshire
Emanuel Bowen.

London, 1759-63. Map of Hampshire and the Isles of Wight from 'The Natural History of England', published in two volumes 1759-63, as part of the 'General Magazine of Arts and Sciences'.
BOWE0024
£150.00

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