Antique Maps: Oceans and Islands, Arctic

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Carte Reduite des Mers du Nord

£750

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BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas

A large and handsome map of the northern oceans, with Iceland, Britain and Scandinavia in detail (erupting volcanoes in Iceland), but wildly inaccurate in terms of Greenland and the American coast. Magnificent cartouche with Coat of Arms at upper right

Dimensions (W x H): 88 x 55 / 34½ x 21½

A Map of Old Greenland / A Map of the Islands of Ferro or Farro / a Draught of the Whirlpool on the South East of Sumbo Rocks / An Improved Map of Iceland.

£220

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BOWEN, Emmanuel.

Four maps on one page. The Greenland map at top has texts warning that it is ‘dangerous of access because of floating and fixed mountains of ice’. There are soundings on the map of the Monk’s Rock whirlpool in the Faroes. Emmanuel Bowen was one of the leading English mapmakers of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22.5 x 32 / 9 x 12½