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Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio.
This is the second copperplate of Ortelius'.
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- Maker :
- ORTELIUS, A.
- Place :
- Antwerp
- Date :
- 1579
- Color :
- Colored
- Height mm.:
- 355
- Width mm.:
- 495
- Condition :
- Excellent condition. Latin text on verso. According to Van den Broecke published in 1579.
- Bibliography :
- Burden, America 39.
- Seller's ref. :
- 35810
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This is the second copperplate of Ortelius' map showing the western hemisphere, showing the prominent bulge in the South American coastline. An important map because of its influence on the European perceptions of America. When the map was first published by Abraham Ortelius at Antwerp in 1570, it was the best map of the Americas available.
It was in fact the first of its kind to achieve-wide circulation through an atlas. Lower California is correctly shown as a peninsula and America is separated from Asia in the north west. In this state the name of the Azores corrected to Las Açores .
Nocturnal in boxwood and brass.
Nocturlabe in boxwood and brass, the wheels maintained by a central nut presenting an annual calendar divided into months and days, an hour disc and a mobile alidade, the back engraved with a compass rose.The grip is openwork with a heart inscribed "Both Bears" for the Big and Little Dipper.England, circa 1700.Height without the alidade : 21,5 cm - Height in total : 26 cmNocturnal (sometimes called a ""horologium nocturnum" - time instrument for the night) in boxwood and brass, the wheels held ...
$15.000
Maker : COOPER, Th.
Place : England, Thomas Cooper
Date : dated 1701
A new mape of Ye XVII Provinces of Low Germanie.
Showing all 17 Provinces of the Netherlands before the split between Spain and the Protestant Provinces under the House of Orange.The map was first published. At the same time, the war of independence was still being fought against Philip II. With columns of figures on either side and surmounted by eight city prospects. A famous and most decorative item.A fourth state published by Thomas Basset and Richard Chiswell. The date has been removed and Speed's name has been added to the title cartouche...
$2.300
Maker : SPEED, J.
Place : London, 1676
Date : 1626
A general chart of the South Atlantic Ocean Drawn by J.W.Norie hydrographer. Revised & Corrected 1854.
A 2-sheet chart of the South Atlantic Ocean, showing the coast of South America from the mouth of the Amazon to Quito in Peru. The right hand part showing Africa's coast at Angola. Scale: circa 1:8,000,000. Chart of the South Atlantic, in two sheets. Two insets, Port of Ascension and Anchorage off N.W. side of St. Helena.The chart is published for the first time in 1833, according to a date lower part map. This is A Revised & corrected edition by J.W. Norie in 1854
$600
Maker : NORIE, J.W.
Place : London
Date : 1854
Brasilia.
Very fine decorative map od Brazil with west to the top. From the book "A Collection of Voyages and Travels" by Churchill and the map came from the part containing a description Nieuhoff's travels in Brazil.
$550
Maker : CHURCHIL, J.
Place : London, Printed for A. and J. Churchill
Date : 1703
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