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Moluccas and the Spice Islands
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
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

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

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Sri Lankan monkeys
Middleton.

London, c.1780. Bizarre-looking monkeys, supposedly inhabitants of Sri Lanka. Published in 'Middleton's Complete System of Geography', with a decorative border.
MIDD0004
£49.00

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Miniature map of Monmouthshire
Thomas Kitchin or Thomas Jeffreys

London, 1749+. A miniature map of Monmouthshire, engraved by either Thomas Kitchin or Thomas Jeffreys for the 'Small English Atlas', with three columns of engraved text detailing the major towns.
KITC1009
£58.00

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Miniature county map of Monmouthshire
William Lewis.

London: P. Martin, 1819. From 'Lewis's New Traveller's Guide', marking cities, market towns, seats, mail coach roads & turnpikes.
LEWI1029
£30.00

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Slovak Republic
Gerard Mercator

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616. Decorative map of Moravia, now part of the Slovak Republic.
MERC0031
£225.00

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Townplan of Naples
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1835. Detailed plan, with two prospects under the map.
SDUK0044
£125.00

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Caricature of Napoleon as First Consul.
James Gillray.

London, H.G.Bohn, 1851. Having made himself First Consul of France Napoleon's imperial pretentions are being mocked. The apples are the monarchies of Europe, and he regards himslef as an apples, despite being swept from a French dungheap, with 'First Horse Turd' on his hat. First published 1800.
GILL0010
£240.00

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Satire on the Napoleonic War
James Gillray.

London, H.G.Bohn, 1851. Military posturing: Henry Addington and a diminutive Napoleon facing each other defiantly across a narrow channel. First published 1803.
GILL0015
£195.00

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Satire on the Meeting of Napoleon & Charles James Fox
James Gillray.

London, H.G.Bohn, 1851. Having supported the French Revolution, the English politician Charles James Fox withdrew from Parliament when France declared war on England in 1797. After the Peace of Amiens in 1802 he went to Paris to research a history of the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688 and was invited to a levee at the Tuileries by Napoleon, a meeting satirised here. Unusually Napoleon is treated kindly: it is Fox, his wife and entourage who are being ridiculed. First published 1802.
GILL0016
£180.00

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The first appearence of the 'Little Boney' image.
James Gillray.

London, H.G.Bohn, 1851. Gillray's first cartoon to depict Bonaparte as 'Little Boney', first published 1803. Napoleon is beside himself as the Austrian ambassador passes through Paris without bothering to present himself to court, only a few months before Napoleon made himself emperor. In reality Napoleon ordered the Count, who was en route to London, to leave Paris at short notice.
GILL0017
£160.00

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Satire on the Napoleon's Coup against the Directory
James Gillray.

London, H.G.Bohn, 1851. Napoleon dissolves the Directory by force, an event known as the 'Revolution of the 18th Brumaire'. He became First Consul a month later. First published 1799.
GILL0020
£195.00

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Satire on the Recommencement of War in 1803
James Gillray.

London, H.G.Bohn, 1851. George III holds Napoleon by the neck before throwing him to the hounds, named after his generals and admirals including Nelson and Cornwallis. Prime Minister William Pitt approaches on horseback. Gillray is a little premature: Napoleon wasn't removed from the world's stage until Waterloo, twelve years later. First published 1803.
GILL0032
£180.00

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Satire on Republicanism
James Gillray.

London, H.G.Bohn, 1851. Napoleon, having pruned the monarchies of Europe, helps reformers attack the British Royal Oak. On top of the new tree is Lord Moira, who claimed to be descended from the Irish royal race of Ballynahinch. First published 1807.
GILL0036
£225.00

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Caricature of Emma Hamilton
James Gillray.

London, H.G.Bohn, 1851. After the Battle of the Nile, Nelson recuperated at the home of Sir William Hamiton, a noted antiquary, and Emma, Lady Hamilton, at Naples. Nelson and Emma started a notorious affair, and by the time the three returned to England in November 1800, Emma was seven months pregnant with Nelson?s child. Nelson, promoted to vice-admiral, resumed duty as second-in-command of the Channel Fleet on 17 January 1801. Here Emma watches from the marital bed as Nelson sails off to take his post, leaving her wilth 'the old Antique', her husband in bed behind her. First published 1801.
GILL0011
£250.00

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Attractive map of New England
Johann Baptist Homann.

Nuremberg, c.1715. New England in bright original colour. The title cartouche depicts a European trading with the natives.
HOMA0023
£1400.00

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New Guinea
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
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 New Hampshire & Vermont.
Samuel Augustus Mitchell.

Philadelphia, c.1873.
MITC0004
£75.00

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Charts of the approaches to New York City
G.M. Terretti.

Livorno, 1763. Chart of the approaches to New York City, marking Sandy Hook, Newark & Manhattan. From the 'Gazzetiere Americano', published thirteen years before the Declaration of Independence.
GAZZ0002
£450.00

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