Detailed chart of Guiana in South America. Two scales are given in both maps: Dutch, French and English nautical miles.The inset chart provide detailed view of the Camopi and Maroni or Marowijne Rivers that forms the border between French Guiana and Suriname. The charts are prepared by Johannes Loots and H.Mooy.

Highly decorative large sea chart of Corsica, Sardinia and Elba, including multiple sailing ships, compass roses, cartouche, coat of arms, rhumb lines, topographical details, soundings, etc.Inset map of "Eyland Zlba of Ilva int Groot". Includes rhumb lines, topographical details, soundings, and a host of other details.

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...

A large sea chart of the mouth and course of the Gironde river as far inland as Bordeaux. Decorated with three cartouches.Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1702-720) was the most important French hydrographer of the 18th century.  Sea-atlas 'Hydrographique Français' , 1756-65, atlas to accompany Prévost d' Exile's ' Histoire. des Voyages', 1738-75. A lot of 5 maps  of the mouth of the Gironde river.- Carte des Entrees et Cours de la Gironde ((96x65 cm)- Carte du Gouvernent de Guyenne et Gascogne- Gou...

Rare two-sheet sea chart of the coasts of Brazil, West Africa and South Africa, published by Johannes Van Keulen (the younger), circa 1720.The chart shows the western coast of Africa but the information provided in the map for Inland territories is wide. The South American coast of Brazil, the latter with a large, decorative, dedication cartouche inland, and Guyana. In the left-hand part a large dedicational cartouche to Abraham Anias, with the signature of Johannes van Keulen.Abraham Anias (169...

Rare two-sheet blue-back sea chart of the Atlantic and Eastern part of North America., published by Gerard Van Keulen. The map extends from the latitude of Newfoundland and the English Channel in the north to the Equator in the south.In North America, most of the Great Lakes are shown and a large lake (Apalache Lac) in South Carolina. Florida is presented in a triangular shape.Florida is shown in a triangular model, with large islands forming the tip and numerous soundings along the coast. The ...

[Lot of 6 items]. (3 Maps +3 gravure )- Carte de la Baye d'Hocsieu et des Entrees de la Riviere de Chang Situees dans la Province de Fokyen. J.N.Berlin 1748- Carte de l’Isle de Cheu Chan ou Isle de Chusan de la Province de Che-Kiang Avec les Costes et Isles voisines- Carte de la Baye d'Hocsieu et des Entrées de la Riviere de Chang. Situées, Dans la Province de Fokyen- Tempel van Quang-Que-Myau- Temple Chinois- De Seije-Reedery, uit de HaldeA detailed small chart of the estuary of the Chiang...

Nieuwe Paskaart van het Westerlykste Gedeelte van HET KANAAL strekkende aan de ENGELSCHE KUST van Poortland tot de Sorlinges en aan de Fransche kust van het Eylandt Guernsey tot Heysandt. Ioannes van Keulen  A RARE and decorative chart of the Channel between England and France. Decorated with a fine title cartouche: Nieuwe Paskaart van het Westerlykste Gedeelte van HET KANAAL strekkende aan de ENGELSCHE KUST van Poortland tot de Sorlinges en aan de Fransche Kust van het Eylandt Guernsey tot He...

A well engraved and highly detailed chart of French Guiana and the island of Cayenne. Made in 1763 by Jacques Bellin (1703-72), a prolific cartographer assigned the Ministry of the French Navy. It shows soundings, anchorage's, channels, shoals, navigational sightings. Engraved by Croisey, engraver for the Depot Générale de la marine is noted as such on the map.

Rare separately issued map, unfortunately only the upper part of the map. It is a variant of this important colonial map. The upper sheet showing the upper course of the St. Lawrence River. With 3 large insets: 1) A Chart of the Mouth of Hudson's River from Sandy Hook to New York. This is in effect a chart of New York Harbor, with depth soundings, shoals, and other marine information laid down. 2) A Plan of Amboy. The city of Perth Amboy, the old capital of New Jersey, and the most important por...

A map of Dusky Bay, visited by James Cook in 1773. From a Dutch edition of ‘Cook's voyages'. Schets van de Donkere Baai in Nieuw Zeeland 1773. Nicolas Bellin's map of the Marianas islands with an inset map of Guam. A view of Easter Island, of men of Hapahee in a fighting contest  and a plan of a Tahitian war proha.  Together 6 maps / views of the Pacific Ocean.Captain James Cook (1728-79), explorer, circumnavigator and hydrographer. Three voyages, 1768-71, 1772-75 and 1776-79. From 1778 on p...

Chart of the entrance of "Bassin de L'Quest", La Perouse. 1709 / With antique print of Alaska] Pirogue du port des Francais. / Pirogue, trouvee au port des Francais. 5958 / [Antique map of Alaska] Plan der Haven van Namganoodha in het eiland van Oonolaska. 2665 / Antique detail chart of the Nootka Channel] Schets van het Kanaal van Nootka. 3860. Plus 6 prints of natives of Alaska and their utensils. A plan of Port Bucarelli, Jean François Galoup, Comte de la Pérouse (1741-88), outstanding Fren...

Chart of the entrance of Bassin de L'Quest , visited on July 2nd 1786 by La Perouse. On many 18th century maps we find a depiction of Mer de L'Quest or Sea of the West a great sea, easily the size of the Mediterranean, to flow from the then-known Strait of Juan de Fuca and an opening to the ocean from this great sea at roughly in North California or Oregon and Quivira somewhere in Idaho.Engraved by Bouclet.

A small sea chart showing Little Egg Harbour east of Tucker's Island. This map was published in the “American Coast Pilot”, a detailed guide to harbors, capes and headlands on the east coasts of North and South America. It includes information on winds, currents, tides as well as latitudes and longitudes. The American Coast Pilot was published between 1796 and 1861, until it was replaced by the US Coast Survey.Edmund March Blunt (1770–1862) was an American navigator, author, and publisher ...

James Horsburgh early chart of the coasts of Java, Bali, Lombok, with part of Sulawesi, and Borneo. Insets of "Sketch of Bally Strait", Sketch of Lombock Strait", Plan of Allas Strait", "Sketch of Sappy Strait".The chart shows depth soundings & both topographical and hydrographical details and proposed sailing directions in the Sunda Straits. Filled with several coastal profiles, which were of great help for the sailor.In top Horsburgh thanks for the aid he has gotten for preparing this chart : ...

Large nautical chart illustrating the estuary formed by the combination of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River. It forms part of the border between Argentina and Uruguay, with the major ports and capital cities of Buenos Aires in the southwest and Montevideo in the northeast.

Very large and rare chart centered on the strait between Bangka's southeastern seacoast and Belitung's western shores.Short front views of the coastal relief are shown in the lower-left corner of the map.The chart is prepared by H.L.Osthoff in 1840 and published in 1844 by Jacob Swart. When Gerard Hulst van Keulen died in 1801, his widow ran the firm until her death in 1810, at which time Johannes Hulst van Keulen became the last van Keulen to run the firm.In 1823, Jacob Swart entered the servic...

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...

Very large and rare so-called blue-black chart centered on Jakarta's harbor.The chart is prepared by B.G.Escher, I.A.C. Eschauzier, B.H.Staring and E.H.Boom during an expedition in 1841 by the ships Krokodil and Hekla. The chart is engraved by J.C.Zurcher and updated for and published in 1847 by Jacob Swart. When Gerard Hulst van Keulen died in 1801, his widow ran the firm until her death in 1810, at which time Johannes Hulst van Keulen became the last van Keulen to run the firm.In 1823, Jacob S...

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