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Currus Veliferi Illmi. Pr. Mauritii Nassouvii. (Prince Maurits' sailing-carriage, designed by Simon Stevin. )
Prince Maurits' sailing carriages had been designed by Simon Stevin. The Prince, always accessible to new inventions of his old instructor, could not please the foreign ambassadors more than by inviting them for a ride in his carriage. The big sailing-carriage could seat 28 persons and could reach a speed of seven miles per hour. Land sailing : The Chinese had "wind-driven carriages" since the 6th century AD, during the Liang Dynasty, and eventually mounted masts and sails on large wheelbarrows....
$1.800

Maker : BLAEU, J.
Place : Amsterdam
Date : 1649
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
Les Provinces des Pais Bas Autrichiens contenants en XXIV Feuilles les comtées d'Artois, de Flandres, de Hainaut, de Namur et des Duchées de Luxembourg…
Rare wall map of the Catholic of Austrian Low Countries, roughly the southern part of present-day The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Map has some large cartouches, ships in the North Sea.
$1.500

Maker : SEUTTER, M.
Place : Augsburg, 1725
Date : 1725
A ship's hour glass.
Maritime hourglass with blown glass bulbs, orange sand, junction ring covered with cord, the circular ebony frame with six turned baluster columns.The invention of the hourglass is attributed to an 8th-century monk in Chartres, France, with the marine sandglass appearing as early as the 14th century. In earlier examples, the bulbs were connected with a material such as putty or hardened wax, bound in leather, linen or string. From about 1720, the two bulbs were welded together over a brass bead ...
$1.750

Maker : ANONYMOUS
Place : The Netherlands or Germany
Date : ca. 1750
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Maker : DUDLEY, R.
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