A finely engraved plan of the harbor, fort and village of Acapulco drawn from a hilltop vantage point looking out to sea. Several galleons are pictured approaching or anchored in the harbor. After Johannes Vingboons.François Valentijn (1666-1727), a missionary, worked at Amboina from 1684 to 1694 and 1705 to 1713 and traveled extensively in the VOC's lands. He is best known for his monumental history and description, "Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën" which remains one of the most important primary so...

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...

¤ Engraved by I.van Anse. A very representative example of a Dutch chart of the Atlantic, showing the north-east coast of America, the coasts of Africa and Europe and South America, including Florida and the West Indies. Gerard issued ca. 40 charts of this exceptionally large format. Collections of these large-size charts were issued in the shining sea-torch and as separate atlases.Title in Dutch, French and English. North America from Labrador to West Florida, including New Foundland, the Gulf...

With decorative title cartouche upper left corner.This example is unusual in having the additional separately engraved decorative framework border around the map, the resultant visual effect being particularly striking. The frame border was prepared with a blank center so that the map could be over-printed on that area.These separately engraved border frames appear much more uncommon than the standard edition without border frames. From Le Nouveau Theatre du Monde, ou la Geographie Royale.

Eight maps on one sheet. From Chatelain's Atlas Historique et Méthodique . Including maps of Bermuda, Jamaica, New England with Long Island, Carolina, Chesapeake and Delaware Bay, Nova Scotia and a map of the Caribbean.

Unusual double hemisphere map with California as an Island. Dutch text describes the expeditions and colonial possessions of the Dutch East India Company. The map originated in about 1670. Chatelain acquired the plate; he added decorative elements, including sailing ships, the Dutch crest, and a figure representing Europa seated inside a native fort.Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) was the father of Henri Abraham (1684-1743) and Zacharie Junior (1690-1754).They worked as a partnership publishing the ...

Antique map of Asian Russia] Carte Nouvelle de la Grande Tartarie ou de l'Empire du Grand Cham. With 10 maps / views of Asian Russia- Carte Nouvelle de la Grande Tartarie ou de L’empire du Grand Cham (1719)- Baie de castries settee sur la cote orientale de tartarie (1797)- Carte du Kamtchatka Dressee et Gravée par Laurent (1757)- 2x Gezichten der kust van Asiën.- Gezichten der kust van Kamtchatka.- Carte de la Tartarie Occidentale, Pour servir à l'Histoire Générale (1749)- IImperium Rus...

Fine map prepared by G.d'Isle depicting North and south America, the west coast taken north to Cap Mendocin and Cap Blanc with a note Entrée decouverte par Martin d'Aguilar .The re-engraved Amsterdam edition, with the lettering within the title cartouche copied from the issue of the first edition with the florid lettering for d'Amerique. Dated 1739.

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.

Four maps on one sheet (New Found land/ New England/ Virginia and Carolina/Florida) based on J.B.Homann's map, showing British possessions in North America. The upper left shows territory in Newfoundland and around the Bay of St. Lawrence, with portions of the ‘lost’ colony of New Scotland. The Grand Banks are prominently noted as well. The map immediately to the right shows claims in New York and New England, with large areas in Pennsylvania noted as belonging to the Iroquois. The lower lef...

Four maps of the islands of West Indies (St. Christoph "Delineatio Insulae St, Christophori alias I. Kitts", Antigua "Insula Antegoa", Barbados "Insula Barbadoes" and Iamaica "Insula Iamaica") and a map of Bermudas ("Insulae Bermudes") showing British possessions in the Caribbean. At the upper right of the sheet text in German relating to the areas depicted.A second edition with Bermudes. The first edition uses the name Bermudos.

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...

Fine map of the Asian continent published in Amsterdam by R. and J. Ottens, after H. Jaillot.Together with a map by Claude Buy de Mornas (d. 1783), géographe du Roi (1764). He published Atlas Méthodique et Elémentaire de Géographie et d' Histoire, 1761, Atlas Historique et Géographique, in 1762. All within an elaborate and very decorative border. A very fine item.[Lot of 2 maps]  of the Asian continent.-Asie-Asia Divisa in Imperia, Regna & Status in que distribuitur, ad usum serenissimi Bu...

Decorative portrait of Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff, who was Governor for the V.O.C. (Dutch East Indian Company) in Indonesia.

Map of the lake of Neuchatel by  Covens & Mortier. After the death of the widow of Pieter Mortier in 1719, the firm continued till 1778 as Covens & Mortier. They published numerous atlases and pocket atlases, using maps after de l' Isle and Map of the lake of Neuchatel.Plus Mercator's and Blaeu's maps of the Wiflispurgergou.   [Lot of 3 maps]- Carte de la Souveraineté de NEUCHATEL et VALLANGIN- das WIFLISPUR-Gergow-  Das WIFLISPUR-Gergow Blaeu 1610

Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved second map of America has a large decorative cartouche. Detailed map of the western hemisphere.The interior of North America has new details supplied by the Jesuits, especially along the Mississippi River and English and Dutch information along the coast.The Great Lakes after D'Anville. The NW Coast of America and NW Passage are still unknown. Quivira -the legendary land of gold and silver- is shown considerably east of its normal location. Johann Baptist Ho...

Attractive small map encompassing part of the Nord, between Douai and Valenciennes.From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.Unrecorded state with erased date. Page 14c outside border top right. Mary Sponberg Pedley does not mention a state without date.

Full title and impressum in an extensive cartouche bottom left: 'Americae Mappa generalis Secundum legimitas projectionis Stereiographiae regulas (..) Homannianis Heredibus MDCCXXXXVI.' This copy was published after Johann Baptiste's death in 1748. A detailed map of the western hemisphere. Large parts of Western North America were left blank as not having been mapped. From Homann's 'Grosseer Atlas'.