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Nader prolongatie van het Octroy voor de Westindische Compagnie voor den tyd van nog dertig jaaren. . .
A proclamation by the Dutch States General, dated 1761, extending the charter of the Dutch West India Company for another thirty years. Like the 1730 proclamation, it has detailed information about the import of slaves from West Africa to Surinam, Essequibo and Berbice, where the WIC was granted a monopoly in the slave trade, while others could import slaves to Curaçao and other parts of America, as the proclamation notes.
$1.500

Maker : SCHELTUS, I.
Place : Amsterdam
Date : 1761
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
Straat Riouw onder opzicht van de commissie tot verbetering der Indische Zeekaarten..
Very large and rare so-called Blue Back chart centered on the strait passing between the Riau Islands. It contains an inset map with enlarged details of Riouw Harbor on Bintang Island.Coastal profiles are shown in the lower-left corner of the chart.The chart is prepared by W.H.Dittlof Tjassens, P.A.J.Bloijs van Treslong Prins and J.van Gogh during an expedition in 1840 by the ship Nehalennia under the command of Captain F.G.van der Plaat. The chart is engraved by D.Veelwaard Jr. And published in...
$1.250

Maker : HULST VAN KEULEN, Wed.G.
Place : Amsterdam
Date : 1843
[Printed on silk] Nieuw Wassende Graaden Paskaart Vertoonende alle de bekende Zeekusten en Landen op den geheelen Aard Boodem of Werelt door Gerard van Keulen. . .
A very scarce and beautiful chart on Mercator's projection printed on silk. The map is printed on silk. With the name of Gerard van Keulen and the privilege. The map shows great interior detail, including a well-formed depiction of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River. Fort de Creveceur is shown near the Illinois River. The east coast of Siberia has been drawn after Nicolas Witsen's 1687 map of Tartary. A Great Companies Land has been added off the northwest coast of America. California is an i...
$20.000

Maker : VAN KEULEN, G.
Place : Amsterdam
Date : 1728
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Maker : JANSSONIUS, J. / HONDIUS, H.
Place : Amsterdam
Date : 1640