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BLAEU, Joan
An attractive map of Kent by the famous Dutch cartographer Blaeu. This English county map is highly decorative with figurative cartouches and heraldic family coats of arms as well as ships on the sea. The map is very detailed and gives many placenames, smaller villages or settlements. Rivers, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 38 / 21 x 15
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BLAEU, Willem
A highly decorative map of Guinea, showing the coast of Africa between Sierra Leone and Gabon, including the Ivory, Gold & Slave Coasts in great detail, including the European outposts. Even though West Africa was a heavily populated area, there are few notations about African towns and political ...
Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 38.5 / 21 x 15
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BLAEU, Johannes
An extremely handsome map of Oxfordshire by the famous Dutch cartographer Blaeu. Dutch text to verso. This English county map is highly decorative with figurative title cartouche of two scholars. Royal arms and nineteen other coats of arms of the colleges down the two sides of the map. The map is ...
Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 38 / 19½ x 15
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HONDIUS, Jodocus edition of MERCATOR
Gerard Mercator (1512-1594) ranks as one of the greatest cartographers in history, not only for the extremely fine maps he produced, but also for the innovations which he introduced into cartographic science. Through his constant accumulation of new geographic and cosmological data, Mercator was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 35 / 19 x 14
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BLAEU, Joan and Cornelius
From the Atlas of Joan and Cornelius Blaeu. Fine map based on the travel notes by Isaac Massa (1586-1643), a Dutch merchant who repeatedly travelled to Russia. The data collected by Massa was widely used by many Dutch printers and cartographers of that period. It covers the southern part of the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 39 / 21 x 15½
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BLAEU, Johannes
Decorative map of the northern portion of Russia, between Lake Ladoga and the Ural mountain range, with Nova Zemlya still incomplete. The scale cartouche depicts hunters and their prey, including a bear, deer and arctic fox. Joan (John) Bleau (1596-1673) was a son of a famous Dutch cartographer, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 54 x 42 / 21½ x 16½
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BLAEU, Johannes
An attractive map of the Savoie region in the Alps. Savoie is bounded by Geneva, Grenoble, the Piemont and southern Switzerland, including Mont Blanc, St. Anton, Val D'Isre and a number of other famous ski resorts near the French, Swiss and Italian borders. Notes cities, towns, mountains, valleys, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 38 / 19½ x 15
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BLAEU, Willem
An attractive map of a part of Balkans with the political divisions of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia and Dalmatia. Decorated with four coats of arms, and two cartouches. Later edition of the Bleau’s 1644 map. Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) was a prolific Dutch cartographer, atlas maker and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 44 / 21 x 17½
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BLAEU, Joan
A fine and attractive map of Somersetshire by the famous Dutch cartographer Blaeu. This English county map is highly decorative with figurative cartouches and heraldic family coats of arms as well as ships on the sea. The map is very detailed and gives many placenames, smaller villages or ...
Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 38 / 19½ x 15
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HONDIUS, Jodocus edition of MERCATOR
An attractive example of Hondius' map of Tartary, China, Korea and adjacent regions. The map shows the Great Wall of China, Korea as an island, a very early example of the the Northwest Coast of America, naming Cape de Fortuna and the Straits of Anian between Asia and North America, an incomplete ...
Dimensions (W x H): 49.5 x 34 / 19½ x 13½
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BLAEU, Willem / MERCATOR, Gerard.
Very attractive map of what is now Bulgaria, includes parts of Romania, Serbia, Kosovo Macedonia and Turkey. Decorated title cartouche at top left, two scales at lower right. Ornate calligraphy on Black Sea.
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 38.5 / 20 x 15
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JANSSON, Jan
Beautiful map of east Africa from Jansson’s edition of Mercator’s Atlas Minor. Petrus Kaerius, Abraham Goos and others, engraved additional maps showing new discoveries.
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 14 / 7½ x 5½
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 20 x 14.5 / 8 x 5½
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GOOS, Abraham.
Beautiful map of Africa from Jansson’s edition of Mercator’s Atlas Minor. Petrus Kaerius, Abraham Goos and others, engraved additional maps showing new discoveries.
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 14 / 7½ x 5½
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KAERIUS, Petrus
Beautiful map of South America from Jansson’s edition of Mercator’s Atlas Minor. Petrus Kaerius, Abraham Goos and others engraved additional maps showing new discoveries.
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 14 / 7½ x 5½
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MERCATOR, Michael
This is the only known map to have been engraved by Gerard Mercator’s grandson, Michael Mercator. “It is a hemispherical map contained within an attractive floral design, and surrounded by four roundels, one of which contains the title. The other three contain maps of the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 46.5 x 37 / 18½ x 14½
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MERCATOR, Gerard
Four maps in one of these British islands. Two of the maps have Hondius style shot silk effect sea, and the other two have Ortelius style stippling. The plate was originally published in Mercator’s atlas and subsequently in the Mercator-Hondius atlas, the Mercator-Hondius-Janssonius atlas and the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 43 x 31.5 / 17 x 12½
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19.5 x 14 / 7½ x 5½
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JANSSON, Jan
A very pretty, detailed map of England and Wales, showing counties and rivers, with hills, forests and towns shown pictorially. With elegant sailing ships at sea. Royal coat of arms at top right, Irish and Scots arms on map. Decorative title cartouche on right side crowned with a coat of arms with ...
Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 38.5 / 19½ x 15
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ORTELIUS Abraham
A beautiful Ortelius map of England and Wales, based on earlier maps by Humphrey Lluyd and Mercator, with ornate strapwork title cartouche, flanked by two figures. Secondary cartouche with scales at top right. Stippled sea with ships and fishes. This is state two with corrected scale. Ref:Van den ...
Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 37.5 / 18½ x 15
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LABANNA, Joanne Baptista
Striking map of Aragon, Spain, from the Dutch Edition of Blaeu's 'Atlas Novus.' The map centres on Zaragoza and extends to Balbasdtor, Huesca, Calataiud, Tortosa, Tervel, Albarrazin, and Cuenca. The natural landscape of rivers, mountains, and valleys are shown pictorially in relief. Two handsome ...
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 40.5 / 20 x 16
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 17.5 x 12 / 7 x 4½
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 18 x 12 / 7 x 4½
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan.
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 12 / 7½ x 4½
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MERIAN, Matthew
A very decorative map of Holland and Belgium, with ornamented title cartouche at upper right, and a row of eighteen provincial coats of arms along top edge. Compass rose at sea, north to the right of map. This map, like many by the famed Swiss engraver Matthaus Merian, is very similar to Blaeu’s ...
Dimensions (W x H): 36.5 x 30 / 14½ x 12
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan.
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 12 / 7½ x 4½
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan.
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 12 / 7½ x 4½
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JANSSON, Jan
Spectacular map showing the Saxon Kingdoms of Britain. The map is based upon Blaeu's map of 1645, but can be readily distinguished from Blaeu's map by the addition of 3 compass roses, rhumb lines and sailing ships. The two sets of vignettes on either side of the map were first incorporated by Speed ...
Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 42 / 21 x 16½
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
Inset maps of Corfu, Sanorimi, Zante, Milo, Nicsia and Scarpanto. In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as ...
Dimensions (W x H): 20 x 14.5 / 8 x 5½
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DUDLEY, Robert
A beautiful sea chart of part of the Indian Ocean, north west coast of Madagascar, and islands to the east including Maurtitius. Robert Dudley’s principal work was the Dell Arcano del Mare which was first published in Florence in 1646, the second edition was in 1661. It was the first sea atlas ...
Dimensions (W x H): 39 x 48 / 15½ x 19
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PHILIPPE DE PRETOT,
Attractive world map in Mercator’s Projection, with climatic tables at sides. Ornamental cartouche at lower left
Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 29.5 / 16½ x 11½
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MERCATOR, Gerard/HONDIUS, Jodocus
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 18.5 / 10 x 7½
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BLAEU, Joan (1596-1673)
Exceptional example of this decorative map of Cheshire from the distinguished Blaeu publishing house. Large margins. Dutch text on verso. Ornate title cartouche mounted on a plinth supporting four noblemen and a selection of fruit, bottom right. Decorative scale cartouche adorned with peasants and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 38 / 19½ x 15
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan.
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 12 / 7½ x 4½
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 18 x 12 / 7 x 4½
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 18 x 12 / 7 x 4½
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KAERIUS, Petrus
Beautiful map of part of Italy from Jansson’s edition of Mercator’s Atlas Minor.
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 14 / 7½ x 5½
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KAERIUS, Petrus
Beautiful map of Devon from Jansson’s edition of Mercator’s Atlas Minor. Petrus Kaerius, Abraham Goos and others engraved additional maps.
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 14 / 7½ x 5½
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan.
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 12 / 7½ x 4½
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MERCATOR, Gerard
Mercator’s map of Great Britain, based on Ptolemy’s Geographia. This map, with its unaltered strapwork cartouche, is from an earlier edition of the atlas. The Ptolemaic maps were based in the work of Claude Ptolemy (AD 87 - 150) a Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer, living in ...
Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 34 / 16 x 13½
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HONDIUS, Jodocus edition of MERCATOR
Important early map of the Straits of Magellan, predating the discovery of the Straits of Le Maire. A classic early Mercator map, featuring 3 large strapwork cartouches, one of which includes a profile view of the entrance to the Strait. The ornate compass rose point downward, indicating North at ...
Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 35 / 18 x 14
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SCHENK, Pieter & VALK, Gerard.
A beautiful Blaeu style map with galleons in the sea. Title-piece and scale are decorated with cherubs.
Dimensions (W x H): 52 x 43 / 20½ x 17
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan.
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 12 / 7½ x 4½
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Hondius, Jodocus edition of Mercator
A beautiful map of the northern Adriatic from the popular Hondius edition of Mercator, with an ornamental strapwork cartouche, and stippled sea. The map shows Venice, Trieste and the northern Dalmatian Islands
Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 34.5 / 18½ x 13½
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan.
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 12 / 7½ x 4½
£110
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 13.5 / 7½ x 5½
£120
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KAERIUS, Petrus
Beautiful map of Tierra del Fuego and the Magellan Straits from Jansson’s edition of Mercator’s Atlas Minor. Petrus Kaerius, Abraham Goos and others, engraved additional maps showing new discoveries.
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 14 / 7½ x 5½
£120
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 17.5 x 12 / 7 x 4½
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MERIAN, Matthew
Attractive map of France, title cartouche at lower right, two royal shields above further shields in the upper corners.compass point at sea. This map, like many by the famed Swiss engraver, Matthaus Merian, is based on Blaeu’s map of the same title but a little smaller and, some of the titles ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35.5 x 27 / 14 x 10½
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 18 x 12 / 7 x 4½
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan.
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 12 / 7½ x 4½
£195
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 18 x 12 / 7 x 4½
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KAERIUS, Petrus
Beautiful map of Mexico from Jansson’s edition of Mercator’s Atlas Minor. Petrus Kaerius, Abraham Goos and others provided additional maps showing new discoveries.
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 14 / 5½ x 5½
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan.
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 12 / 7½ x 4½
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 20 x 14.5 / 8 x 5½
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 13.5 / 7½ x 5½
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ZATTA, Antonio
An attractive Mappa Monde in Mercator’s Projection. Ornamental cartouche at lower left. Routes of major explorers are shown, 16 point compass. The projection exaggerates the lack of knowledge about the Northern coast of America. Antonio Zatta was one of the leading cartographers and publishers of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 33 / 16½ x 13
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JANSSON, Jan
A decorative map of China embellished with sailing ships and junks, a title cartouche flanked by Chinese and Jesuit men and a scale of miles surrounded by putti. The Great Wall is shown and Korea has a more or less correct peninsular shape, and there are many cities noted throughout. Johannes ...
Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 47 / 21 x 18½
£220
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19.5 x 14 / 7½ x 5½
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
This map is a reduced version of Blaeu’s 1635 map of the same title, with some noteable differences. Merian has place his cartouche at lower left allowing more detail on the Chinese mainland and there are no rhumb lines for example, but the area covered and the level of detail is the same Matthew ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35.5 x 27 / 14 x 10½
£245
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KAERIUS, Petrus
Beautiful map of South East Asia from Jansson’s edition of Mercator’s Atlas Minor. Petrus Kaerius, Abraham Goos and others, engraved additional maps showing new discoveries.
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 14 / 7½ x 5½
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 18 x 14.5 / 7 x 5½
£850
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BLAEU, Joan
Blaeu’s fine map of Lake Geneva. Compass rose and ships on the lake. Decorated title cartouche at lower right, 3 scales in secondary cartouche at lower centre
Dimensions (W x H): 52 x 41 / 20½ x 16
£120
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 20 x 13.5 / 8 x 5½
£650
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BLAEU, Joan
A fine and highly decorative map of Lancastershire by the famous Dutch cartographer Blaeu. This English county map with figurative title cartouche is ornated with heraldic family coats of arms and a cherub. The map is very detailed and gives many placenames, smaller villages or settlements. Rivers, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 40 / 20 x 15½
£345
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MEJER, JOHANNES
Map of the Elbe estuary and the area north of Hamburg. Inset map of the fortified town of Krempe at top right. Decorated title cartouche at upper right, dedicatory cartouche at lower left surrounded by four figures and goats in front of trees. The map was first published in Danckwerth’s atlas, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 54 x 42 / 21½ x 16½
£95
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan.
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 12 / 7½ x 4½
£520
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SCHENK, Pieter & VALK, Gerard
A beautiful Blaeu style map with galleons in the sea.
Dimensions (W x H): 52 x 43 / 20½ x 17
£145
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 14 / 7½ x 5½
£110
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 20 x 14.5 / 8 x 5½
£1500
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MERIAN, Matthew
Attractive map of the British Isles by the famed Swiss engraver Merian. Like many of Merian’s maps, it was based on a Blaeu map.It is about two thirds of the size of the Bleau, has the inset of the Orkneys at top right, but Merian has added his own attractive title cartouche, the royal coat of arms ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35.5 x 27 / 14 x 10½
£345
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£75
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MERCATOR/JANSSON
A delightful map of Holland. From Jansson’s edition of Mercator’s Atlas Minor.
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 15 / 7½ x 6
£95
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan.
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 12 / 7½ x 4½
£175
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 20 x 14.5 / 8 x 5½
£75
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£195
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 13.5 / 7½ x 5½
£400
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MEJER, JOHANNES
Beautiful map of Holstein in Northern Germany. Title cartouche at top centre, dedicatory cartouche, to Frederick III and IV, decorated, flanked with two figures and a dog, scales at lower right. The map was first published in Danckwerth’s atlas, and later by Blaeu in his 1662 edition of the Atlas ...
Dimensions (W x H): 61.5 x 41.5 / 24 x 16½
£165
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KAERIUS, Petrus
Beautiful map of Norfolk from Jansson’s edition of Mercator’s Atlas Minor. Petrus Kaerius, Abraham Goos and others engraved additional maps.
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 14 / 7½ x 5½
£195
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 20 x 14 / 8 x 5½
£75
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£300
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MERIAN, Matthew
A very decorative map of Germany, title cartouche at lower right, a row of eight provincial coats of arms along top edge. Compass rose at sea. This map, like many by the famed Swiss engraver Matthaus Merian, is based on Blaeu’s map of the same title, but slightly smaller and with the added ...
Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 31 / 14½ x 12
£1500
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MERIAN, Matthew
Very attractive world map. Text in German in ornamented gothic and latin. Two polar hemispheres in corners. The acclaimed Swiss engraver Matthew Merian prepared this world map from Blaeu’s world map, but is about two thirds of the size. Originally published in 1638, this copy, without Merian’s ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 26 / 14 x 10
£75
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£275
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ARROWSMITH, John.
Fine map of the Pacific Ocean on Mercator’s Projection. John Arrowsmith constantly revised and improved his popular London Atlas and it ran to many editions.
Dimensions (W x H): 59 x 47.5 / 23 x 18½
£250
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HALL, Sydney
This fine, late copper engraving shows the whole of the Pacific Ocean on Mercator’s Projection. Many of the islands have the date of their discovery beside them.
Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 43 / 21 x 17
£120
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan.
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 12 / 7½ x 4½
£95
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£85
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan.
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 12 / 7½ x 4½
£145
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MERCATOR/JANSSON
Beautiful map of part of South America around Paraguay from Jansson’s edition of Mercator’s Atlas Minor. Title cartouche at top right.
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 14 / 7½ x 5½
£120
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JANSSON, Jan
Johannes Janssonius (1588 - 1664), more familiarly known as Jan Jansson, was a Dutch cartographer who produced his first maps of France and Italy in 1616 and continued from then onwards publishing a large number of maps which were almost comparable to Blaeu in quality. During the 1630s he went into ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19.5 x 14.5 / 7½ x 5½
£120
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Interesting map of North America, Greenland and Western Europe in Mercator’s Projection, before the North West Coast and Alaska were explored, with fanciful coastlines and sketched North West Passage,
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 29.5 / 19½ x 11½
£130
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 14 / 7½ x 5½
£150
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MERCATOR, Gerard/HONDIUS, Jodocus
Handsome map of Portugal with north to the left, ship at sea. In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. ...
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 18.5 / 10 x 7½
£245
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QUAD, Matthias
Attractive map of Portugal, with north to the right of the map. This map is based on the earlier map by Alvaro Secco, also used by Blaeu and Ortelius. Matthaus Quad was a German cartographer based in Cologne which, at the time was the centre for German cartography. This map is from his Fascilus ...
Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 18 / 10 x 7
£130
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KAERIUS, Petrus
Beautiful map of Connaught on the west coast of Ireland from Jansson’s edition of Mercator’s Atlas Minor. Petrus Kaerius, Abraham Goos and others engraved additional maps.
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 14 / 7½ x 5½
£165
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan.
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 12 / 7½ x 4½
£375
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£300
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Hondius, Jodocus edition of Mercator
A beautiful map of southern Italy from the popular Hondius edition of Mercator, with an ornamental strapwork cartouche, and typical Hondius-style sea. The map shows Apulia, Calabria, Barri, and the tip of Sicily
Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 34 / 18 x 13½
£130
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MERCATOR/JANSSON
Beautiful map of part of Myanmar from Jansson’s edition of Mercator’s Atlas Minor. North to the right of map.
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 14 / 7½ x 5½
£165
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 20 x 14 / 8 x 5½
£95
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan.
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 12 / 7½ x 4½
£95
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan.
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 12 / 7½ x 4½
£95
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan.
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 12 / 7½ x 4½
£100
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 20 x 14.5 / 8 x 5½
£175
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£85
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BLAEU, Joan (1596-1673)
Exceptional example of this decorative map of Sussex. Large margins. Dutch text on verso. Has the coat of arms of King Charles I on the left and the old Plantagenet coat of arms on the right (first used by Richard the Lionheart), as well as 4 coats of arms of local noblemen in between. The map ...
Dimensions (W x H): 52.5 x 38 / 20½ x 15
£395
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£120
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 20 x 14.5 / 8 x 5½
£145
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 14 / 7½ x 5½
£130
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£620
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JANSSON, Jan
Johannes Janssonius (1588 - 1664), more familiarly known as Jan Jansson, was a Dutch cartographer who produced his first maps of France and Italy in 1616 and continued from then onwards publishing a large number of maps which were almost comparable to Blaeu in quality. During the 1630s he went into ...
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 38 / 19½ x 15
£120
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£195
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A detailed map of Australia with two insets entitled “The World on Mercator’s Projection with Distances from Australian Ports.” and “ Tasmania or Van Diemen Land.”
Dimensions (W x H): 68 x 40 / 27 x 15½
£95
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/ MOLL, Herman.
Fine and very scarce map of the Isle of Iura. Moll’s maps of Scotland were the first Scottish county maps to be published since Willem Blaeu’s volume in 1617.
Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 19.5 / 10 x 7½
£95
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/ MOLL, Herman.
Very scarce and in fine condition. Moll’s maps of Scotland were the first Scottish county maps to be published since Willem Blaeu’s volume in 1617.
Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 19.5 / 10 x 7½
£75
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£75
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£195
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 13 / 7½ x 5
£180
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan
In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...
Dimensions (W x H): 18 x 12 / 7 x 4½