ID: 67
Open
Listing ID: #67 has been added to your wishlist.
.jpg)
Currus Veliferi Illmi. Pr. Mauritii Nassouvii. (Prince Maurits' sailing-carriage, designed by Simon Stevin. )
BuyNow for $1.800
- Maker :
- BLAEU, J.
- Place :
- Amsterdam
- Date :
- 1649
- Color :
- Colored
- Height mm.:
- 431
- Width mm.:
- 565
- Condition :
- With Latin text on verso. In very fine condition.
- Bibliography :
- -
- Seller's ref. :
- 00921-(1)
This item is offered by Paulus_Swaen_Old_Maps
See other Items from this seller- Postage
-
Standard Shipping
$0 to Netherlands
- Select Country
- Zip/Post Code
- Quantity
$1.800
Description
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.The earliest text describing the Chinese use of mounting masts and sails on large vehicles is the Book of the Golden Hall Master written by the Daoist scholar and crown prince Xiao Yi, who later became Emperor Yuan of Liang (r. 552–554 AD).He wrote that Gaocang Wushu invented a "wind-driven carriage" which was able to carry thirty people at once.
There was another built in about 610 for the Emperor Yang of Sui (r. 604–617), as described in the Continuation of the New Discourses on the Talk of the Times.
The precursor to the modern land yacht was invented in the autumn of the year 1600 by the Flemish scientist Simon Stevin in Flanders as a commission for Prince Maurice of Orange. It was used by Prince Maurice for entertaining his guests. In 1898, the Dumont brothers of De Panne, Belgium, developed a land yacht whose sails were based on contemporary Egyptian sailboats used on the Nile River.
The first races were held on the beaches of Belgium and France in 1909. Land yachts were also used in the late 19th century and early 20th century to transport goods on dry lakes in the United States.
Inferior Germania.
Very rare map of the Benelux, centered on the Netherlands. According to van der Heijden only known in 6 examples. Two compass-roses with rumb lines but without the names of the wind directions. Very decorative title cartouche with legend, and underneath a large escutcheon with the coats-of-arms of all the XVII Provinces.The maps shows a striking resemblance, also in details, the one by Jodocus Hondius of 1593 and to the map in four sheets of 1602. For the greater part the text in the title carto...
$4.500
Maker : ANONYMOUS / HONDIUS, J. ?
Place : Amsterdam
Date : ca. 1600
Very rare share in the Ostend Company. (4527)
Upper left hand corner share number 4527 in manuscript. In top emblem of the Ostend Company in copper engraving. Text: De Directeurs van de generale Keijserlijche- Indische compagnie, ordoneren aen hunnen cassier 'joan Baptist Cogels junior, te ontvangen van D'Heer Ferdinand Anthoin Baron de Veecquemans, Antwerp. de somme van tweehondert en vijftigh guldens wisselgeldt, voor het eerste payement sijnder actie van een duijsent guldens in het Capitael van de Selve compagnie, op de conditien in het ...
$2.000
Maker : OSTEND COMPANY
Place : Antwerp / Ostend
Date : 1723
L'Amerique septentrionale, Dressée sur les memoires les plus recens. . .
A very detailed map extending from Hudsons Bay to Panama, and including the West Indies. The map is a later copy of Guillaume de L'Isle's foundation map of North America, originally prepared in 1700.The de L'Isle was one of the earliest maps to restore the peninsula form for California, and has a much improved outline for the Great Lakes and Mississippi valley.The map shows select towns and cities, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory and relief.
$900
Maker : COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Place : Amsterdam
Date : 1739
Carte de l'Ile de Java. . .
An inset plan of Batavia and clearly indicated rice fields, mountains, forests, towns in profile, and even elephants, suggesting the wealth of detail found on this map. Modeled on Hadrien Reland's important Dutch map of a few years earlier, the superb topographical detail is complemented by drapery style cartouche and side panels which provide a full French text description of the island, its topography, history, flora, fauna and inhabitants. Above the map are two drapery style title banners wri...
$1.750
Maker : CHATELAIN, H.
Place : Amsterdam
Date : 1720
Postage & Shipping
-
Item Location
Terms and conditions - Item Location
- Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Ships To
- United States, United Kingdom, Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey
- Pick-ups
- No pick-ups
This item is owned and offered by the seller Paulus_Swaen_Old_Maps - All items are available for immediate sale, offered subject to prior sale.
Invoices are created by the seller by using our shopping cart or be prepared by the seller the day following the order and are emailed to you.
Items offeres by different sellers are invoiced separately.
Shipping fees are extra. The buyer is responsible for all applicable taxes, including any VAT, customs clearance, import duties, or equivalent costs arriving at the customer's home border. Payment is due on receipt of the invoice. The item(s) are shipped as soon as possible after receipt of your payment.
Before buying please read the complete Terms Conditions of Sale.
- Payment Methods
- Visa, Mastercard, Bank Transfer, iDEAL, PayPal, Google Pay
- Returns Accepted
- No
Post Message
Feel free to ask the seller a question. Please note that the seller could be located in an area with a different time zone. Our seller will do their best to respond within 24 hours.Post your message below.
Sign in to ask the seller a question.
-500x500.jpg)