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Map of Peru and Bolivia
Peru & Bolivia.
John Tallis.

London: London Printing and Publishing Company, c.1855. Decorative map of Peru and Bolivia, still showing the Bolivian corridor to the sea, lost during the War of the Pacific (1879-83). The decorative vignettes include views of Lima and Potosi, Bolivia's mountain of silver.
TALL0065
£89.00

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Satire on the 'Voluntary Contribution'
Begging No Robbery; i.e. Voluntary Contribution; - or - John Bull, escaping a Forced Loan. - A hint from Gil Blas.
James Gillray.

London, H.G.Bohn, 1851. Pitt forcing John Bull to hand over a voluntary loan by threatening worse methods. First published 1807.
GILL0037
£195.00

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Poland map
Prussia.
John Cary.

London, 1814. A colourful map of Eastern Poland with parts of Lithuania.
CARY0024
£49.00

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Homann Gdansk
Prospect, Grundris und Gegend der Polnischen vesten Reichs und Handels-Stadt Dantzig und ihren Werder.
Johann Baptist Homann.

Nuremberg, c.1720. A map of the environs of Gdansk, with a prospect underneath, flanked with figures representing the culture and wealth of the city.
HOMA0039
£980.00

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Double-hemisphere World map on a Polar Projection
Histoire de la Découverte Des Mondes Nouveau et Inconnu.
Louis Charles Desnos.

Paris, c.1770. Double-hemisphere world map, but centred on the Poles. On the map is the 'Mer de l'Ouest', the mythical inland sea in North America. The eastern coastline of Australia is unbroken from New Guinea to Tasmania, via New Caledonia.
DESN0001
£160.00

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Double-hemisphere World Map on a Polar Projection
Tableau des Régions Circumpolaires ou Carte Sphéroïdale des Deux Pôles...
F.A. Garnier.

Paris: Renouard, 1862. A large double-hemisphere map showing the world from the poles to the equator, with insets showing Magnetic Dip. Published in the 'Atlas Spheroidal & Universel de Géographie'.
GARN0002
£150.00

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Miniature Map of the Southern Hemisphere.
Southern Hemisphere.
William Faden.

London: Faden, 1798. Still showing Tasmania as part of mainland Australia.
FADE0001
£98.00

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Early Exploration of the American Arctic
the Map of Groenland.
Churchill.

London, 1704. Published by Churchill to illustrate the voyage of the Dane Jens Munk, who led a Danish expedition in search of the Northwest Passage in 1619-20, during which he was the first to completely map Hudson Bay. Here the Bay has two names, 'King Christians Sea' and 'The New Sea'; on the west shore is marked 'Monks Winter harbour'. Greenland is shown as a large landmass stretching from America almost to Spitzbergen. The mythical Frobisher's Passage through Greenland and island of Friesland are marked.
CHUR0003
£175.00

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Arctic
A Map of the North Pole with all the Territories that lye near it...
Herman Moll.

London, Thomas Bowles & John Bowles, 1745. Interesting North Pole map.
MOLL0002
£425.00

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Portrait of a chief architect of the Glorious Revolution and the Act of Union
John Lord Somers.
Sir Godfrey Kneller.

London: J. & P. Knapton, 1747. Portrait of John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, (1651-1716), engraved by Jacob Houbraken after Kneller, published in George Vertue's 'eads of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain'.
KNEL0001
£95.00

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Houbraken George Byng
George Byng Lord Torrington.
Jacobus Houbraken.

London, J. P. Knapton, 1747. Half-length portrait of George Byng (1663-1733), Admiral of the Fleet, within an oval with a vignette of a sea battle beneath. It was engraved by Houbraken after the portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller.
HOUB0001
£60.00

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Houbraken Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope.
Jacobus Houbraken.

London, J. P. Knapton, 1747. Half-length portrait of Alexander Pope (1688-1744), poet and translator of classics, within an oval decorated with symbols of the Arts and a classical scene.
HOUB0002
£90.00

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Portrait of the Astronomer
The Astronomer. From the Picture in the Vernon Gallery.
H. Wyatt.

London, G.Virtue, c.1870. An astronomer holding a pair of compasses.
WYAT0001
£39.00

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Early map of Transylvania
Transylvania.
Gerard Mercator

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1613, Latin text edition. Mercator's own map of Transylvania.
MERC0030
£195.00

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Satire on Prince William Henry
Wouski.
James Gillray.

London, H.G.Bohn, 1851. Prince William Henry, younger brother of George III, spent some time in Jamaica. First published 1788.
GILL0023
£195.00

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Satire on the Marriage of the Duke of York
The Introduction.
James Gillray.

London, H.G.Bohn, 1851. George III's eyes light up at the sight of his Prussian daughter-in-law's dowery. First published 1791.
GILL0028
£150.00

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Satire on the Prince of Wales's Infidelities
The Jersey smuggler detected; - or - good cause for (seperation) Discontent.
James Gillray.

London, H.G.Bohn, 1851. The Prince of Wales in bed with Lady Jersey, discovered by his wife. First published 1796.
GILL0029
£150.00

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Detailed chart of the Kuriles
Partie de la Russie D'Asie; Iles Kuriles [Sheets 36 & 50]
Philippe Vandermaelen.

Brussels, 1827. The Kuriles, stretching from Kamchatka to Japan. Formerly Japanese islands, they are now held by Russia. The maps were published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail.
VAND0021
£140.00

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Plan of the Kremlin
Chasteau de Cremenela.
Alain Manesson Mallet.

Paris, 1683. Map of the Kremlin, the fortress of Moscow.
MALL0031
£125.00

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Miniature map of Novaya Zemlya
Nouvelle Zemble.
Alain Manesson Mallet.

Paris, 1683. Miniature map of Novaya Zemlya, with most of the east coast still uncharted. It illustrates the voyages of Dutch explorer Willem Barents in search of the North East Passage, visiting Novaya Zemlya in 1594, and again in 1596, when he rounded the northern point and wintered on the north-east coast, dying there.
MALL0113
£140.00

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