This beautiful map has a typical Coronelli foliated cartouche at top left, with a secondary cartouche at lower right with five scales. The map is in three parts, two if which are depicted as being on a draped cloth, whose fringed edge runs diagonally from corner to corner between the cartouches: ...

Dimensions (W x H): 60 x 44 / 23½ x 17½

Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 44 / 21 x 17½

An interesting geo-hydrographic map of the Atlantic Ocean and it’s islands. It is divided into two with one side showing the Atlantic Ocean and the coasts of Africa and Brazil and the other side a detailed examination of the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha. A note top left explains the purpose ...

Dimensions (W x H): 65 x 49.5 / 25½ x 19½

A beautiful map of the islands with galleons in the sea. The decorative cartouche depicts a man and naked woman holding fish and numerous putti pouring water

Dimensions (W x H): 33.3 x 25.3 / 13 x 10

Four maps on one sheet of the Atlantic Islands - Cape Verde Islands, Canary Islands, Azores and Madeira. At the center of the sheet, there is an attractive view of ‘The Peak of Tenerife’, and there are two larger scale insets in the lower corners of parts of the Azores and Lanzarote. Title at top ...

Dimensions (W x H): 59 x 49 / 23 x 19½

A Beautiful view of the town of Angra on Tercera in the Azores.

Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 20.5 / 13 x 8

Beautiful little map of the Canary Islands, with an inset at top left of Madeira. Large decorated cartouche at upper centre. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from ...

Dimensions (W x H): 26.5 x 19 / 10½ x 7½

An unusual map made of seven inset maps of Malta, Cape Verde Islands Bay of Agoa, Island of Tenerife, Dutch Fort of Cape of Good Hope, Madeira and St Helena. Each map has a paragraph about it, eg for Madeira: “ The soil of this island is very fertile producing plenty of excellent Fruits and their ...

Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 34 / 16½ x 13½

This beautiful plate contains two maps - the upper map the islands of the Azores, the lower map shows Madeira. Both maps are surrounded by vignettes and views of the Azores and Madeira. Fullarton’s Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography was the last highly decorative atlas published in ...

Dimensions (W x H): 31 x 46 / 12 x 18

Three maps on one sheet, two of Madeira, and the third is Gorée Island, near Dakar, Senegal. The island is now a memorial to the African diaspora - 20 million slaves passed through Goree on their way to America.

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 25 / 14½ x 10

This beautiful plate contains two maps - the upper map shows the islands of the Azores, the lower map Madeira. Both maps are surrounded by vignettes and views of the Azores and Madeira. Fullarton’s Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography was the last highly decorative atlas published in ...

Dimensions (W x H): 31 x 46 / 12 x 18

An interesting map of the Falkland Islands with very scant detail. The outline of West Falkland is incomplete, and that of East Falkland fairly inaccurate. In January 1690, English sailor John Strong, captain of the Welfare, was heading for Puerto Deseado in Argentina, when he was driven off ...

Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 23 / 14 x 9

Map of the islands with delicate cartouche

Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 20.3 / 11 x 8

A naive map of the island of St Helena in the Atlantic. Title in banner with ribbons.

Dimensions (W x H): 10 x 14 / 4 x 5½