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...

Formerly the V.O.C. warehouse and arsenal for the Admiralty of Amsterdam, now-a-days the Scheepvaartmuseum (Maritime Museum). Taken from the "Atlas of Amsterdam".

Decorative engraving giving good detail of the intense activity in the Amsterdam dockyards.Engraved for BANKES's New System of Geography

A sloop compass in the original wooden box with lit. The compass with floating rose (Cardan system). Slung in gimbals, the east point is decorated and graduated in half points and decorated N & E points.The cardan suspension system, also called a gimbal, is a pivotal support that allows the rotation of an object about a single axis. If simultaneously assembled three rings, one on another by orthogonal rotation axes, an object placed inside the third ring always remains horizontal, regardless of...

A finely engraved and detailed chart of the most eastern tip of Africa, including Somalia, Djibouti, Yemen, Mauritius, and many other islands in the Indian Ocean.Very rare: only included in 6th volume (so-called secret atlas) of Van Keulen's. Latitude scale, compass rose and system of rhumb lines, soundings, anchorage's, etc. Many Dutch names and a wealth of cities and information appear in the chart. The trading posts of the different nations are marked with flags. Number 47. in lower left corn...

A very nicely crafted sloop compass in original box. The compass is gimbaled and is executed in beautiful red copper. Made and signed by F.J. Kloos & Son of Rotterdam in the 1850-1875 period. The compass works fine. Height of the box: 13.5 cm (5.5 inches)

Decorative view of the East Indian Arsenal, now-a-says the Maritime Museum.

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 ...

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...

Italian version of Prince Maurits' sailing carriage designed by Simon Stevin. The big sailing-carriage could seat 28 persons and could reach a speed of seven miles per hour. The Prince often took his guests on a ride on the beaches of Scheveningen.

This map shows Holland in great detail, including small towns, walled cities, rivers and lakes (many of which were reclaimed in the 17th century, and no longer exist). A coat of arms is in the upper left corner of the map image. In the ocean, there are many sailing ships and smaller fishing boats. An intricate compass rose is in the upper middle area. A very decorative map of the Dutch provinces of Friesland, Groningen and Drente and of the German Province of Friesland.

This large engraving (560x920mm.) comes from a are series of 25 beautiful large views of Amsterdam and gives a colorful picture of the life and business of the city at the beginning of the 18th century. The print gives a view of the cityscape and architecture of that time. It also shows daily manners and customs and all kinds of scenes take place; There is a fight to the left of the bridge in the foreground (now Prins Hendrik Kade), while in front of the Scheierstoren quiet citizens read the not...

A decorative print of the 'T Landts Magazyn , or 'Scheepvaart Museum' (Naval Museum).

A bird's-eye view of the town. With extensive shipping in the foreground. From "Topographia Germaniae Inferioris". Matthäus Merian, the leading German illustrator of the 17th century, was born in Basel in 1593. He learned the art of copperplate engraving in Zurich and subsequently worked and studied in Strasbourg, Nancy, Paris, and the Low Countries. In 1618 he went to Frankfurt, wherein 1618 he marries the eldest daughter of J.T. de Bry, publisher and engraver. After de Bry died in 1623, he ...

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....

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...

Decorative print of the "D'Admiralyteits Huys", Het Prinsenhof, of the Dutch East India Company VOC. Located at the Oudezijds Voorburgwal 195-199, Amsterdam.

An eye-catching chart of northern Europe with a coastline from northern Russia to the Dutch English Channel in the south. Good detail on Iceland. North to the top.In the upper left corner an inset map of Spitzbergen. Illuminated manuscripts had often been produced in pen and wash with a very limited color range, and many artists such as Jean Pucelle and Matthew Paris specialized in such work, which had been especially common in England since Anglo-Saxon times.Renaissance artists such as Mantegna...

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 : ...