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This very rare chart is important as the first printed sea chart of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, Gibraltar, also depicting the northern coast of Marocco.Willem Barentsz (1560-1597) was a famous pilot, discoverer and cartographer. Author of 'Nieuwe Beschrhryvinghe ende caertboeck van de Midlantsche Zee', the first printed pilot-guide of the Mediterranean. It is considered the supplement of Waghenaer's 'Spieghel der Zeevaerdt' for the Mediterranean waters.
€4.000

Maker : BARENDTSZ, W.
Place : Amsterdam, W. Blaeu
Date : 1612
[Lot of 6 Maps of Germany] PALATINATUS BAVARIAE.
[Lot of 6 Maps of Germany]- La Basse Partie Du Cercle Du Haut Rhein divisé en tous ses Estats et Souverainetés. 1696 -  (875x580 mm)- Wirtenberg Ducatus (Hondius) 1638 - (494x415 mm)- Partie Orientale Du Palatinat et Eslectorat Du Rhein. Les Eveschés De Spire, De Wormes et Le Comté de Linange. 1692 - (565x430 mm)An attractive map of Bayern, embellished with a fine strapwork title-cartouche and a cartouche with scales.From the Latin, 1613 edition.Gerard Mercator (1512-94). His ' Atlas sive...
€700

Maker : MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J.
Place : Amsterdam
Date : 1619
[Lot of 8 maps and prints] Norvegiae Maritimae ab Elf-burgo ad Dronten / Pascaert van Noorwegen streckende van Elf-burg tot Dronten.
Norvegiae Maritimae ab Elf-burgo ad Dronten / Pascaert van Noorwegen streckende van Elf-burg tot Dronten.Frederick de Wit's fine sea chart of southern Norway. An attractive sea chart of southern Norway and Sweden, richly embellished with a stunning large decorative title cartouche, showing the drying of cod. A lot of 8 maps including:-Carte du Detroit de Waeigats ou de Nassau 1758 -Partie de la Mer Glaciale 1758 -RVGIA VSEDO MIAE ET IVLINAE -Carte du Spits-Berg 1758 -Carte Des Pais Habites parÂ...
€900

Maker : DE WIT, Frederick.
Place : Amsterdam
Date : 1675
Paskaerte van het inkoomen van de MAES, Tot aen 't Eylandt Roosenburgh als mede 't Inkoomen van 't Goereesche Gat.. / Pascaert van 't Eylandt Roosenburg door de Oude en Nieuwe Maes....
A very attractive sea chart on two sheets of the mouth of the river Maas. The left sheet shows Dordrecht, Rotterdam and the fortress at Willemstad. Rghthand sheet depicts "Hook of Holland" showing Goeree and Brielle. Elaborate sea-themed cartouches and Poseidon vignette on the western sheet. Both scale cartouches decorated with cornucopia. Each include rhumb lines and a compass rose. Nicely detailed depths and banks. Set of 2 charts when joined  110 x 49  cm.- Paskaerte van het Inkoomen van de...
€1.500

Maker : KEULEN, J. van.
Place : Amsterdam
Date : 1680
Nieuwe Paskaert van de Kust van HOLLANDT - Tussen Texel en de Maes.
Nieuwe Paskaert van de Kust van Hollandt Tussen Texel en de Maes. A very attractive sea chart off the coast of Holland by Johannes van Keulen with a pair of decorative cartouches, ships sailing off the coast, rhumb lines, compass rose etc. Van Keulen was the founder of the successful van Keulen firm that published charts, pilot guides and sea-atlases for over 2 centuries. In 1680, he published his immensely popular 'Zee Atlas ofte Water Werelt'.
€500

Maker : van Keulen, J.
Place : Amsterdam
Date : ca 1685
[Lot of 5 maps of the mouth of the Gironde river] Carte des Entrees et Cours de la Gironde
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...
€350

Maker : BELLIN, J. N.
Place : Paris
Date : c. 1740
[Lot of 3 maps] Carte de la Souveraineté de NEUCHATEL et VALLANGIN. Plus Mercator's and Blaeu's maps of the Wiflispurgergou]
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
€350

Maker : COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Place : Amsterdam
Date : c. 1745