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The Beginning of the Myth -- The Second Map To Show the Island of California Beautiful engraved title page for the 1623 German-language edition of Herrera, published as the twelfth part of Theodore de Bry's Grand Voyages. This title page follows the...
Nice example of the second edition of Herrera's map of Florida and the Caribbean, which first appeared in Herrera's Descripcion de las Indias Ocidentales, first published in Madrid in 1601. In describing the map, Burden notes: Of interest to us on...
Fine example of the 1726 edition of Herrera's map of Mexico and the Yucatan, which first appeared in Herrera's Descripcion de las Indias Ocidentales, first published in Madrid in 1601. Herrera's 1601 map of Mexico is one of the earliest obtainable...
Fine engraved map from Herrera's Descripcion de las Indias Ocidentales, showing part of Central America, including present-day Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. The present example is from the second Spanish edition, published in...
A nice example of the first Dutch edition of Herrera's map of part of Mexico. First issued in 1602, Herrera's work is one of the most influential works on the New World to be published in the 17th Century. This example of the map was re-engraved in...
Fine example of Herrera's map of Mexico and the Yucatan, which first appeared in Herrera's Descripcion de las Indias Ocidentales, first published in Madrid in 1601. The present example of the map is from the 1622 edition, published in Amsterdam, the...
Rare early map of the Audiencia of Panama, locating rivers and settlements. The earliest map to include information from the previously secret manuscript maps of the Spanish cosmographer, Juan López de Velasco.
Amsterdam edition of Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas' map of the Audiencia of Quito, from his Descripcion de las Indias Occidentalis, first published as part of his Historia General, in Madrid in 1601. This map is the earliest printed Spanish map to...
Rare early map of the Audiencia of Lima, locating rivers and settlements, the earliest map to include information from the previously secret manuscript maps of the Spanish cosmographer Juan López de Velasco. The map appeared in Herrera's Descripcion...
Fine example of Herrera's map of Colombia, first published in Madrid in 1601. The map shows numerous settlements on the interior, as well as Cartagena and St. Martha.
Fine example of Herrera's map of Colombia, which first appeared in Herrera's Descripcion de las Indias Ocidentales, first published in Madrid in 1601. The map shows numerous settlements on the interior, as well as Cartagena and St. Martha. The...
Rare early map of the province of Chile, locating rivers and settlements, the earliest map to include information from the previously secret manuscript maps of the Spanish cosmographer, Juan López de Velasco. The map first appeared in Herrera's...
Rare early map of the Audiencia of the New Kingdom of Charcas, parts of modern-day Peru, Bolivia and Chile. The map locates rivers and settlements. The earliest map to include information from the previously secret manuscript maps of the Spanish...
The First Spanish Map of Southeast Asia and The Philippines Fine example of this rare map of China, Southeast Asia, the Philippines, etc., which first appeared in Herrera's Descripcion de las Indias Ocidentales, first published in Madrid in 1601. The...
Nice example of the map illustrating the route of Wilhelm Schouten and Jacob Le Maire through the Straits of Le Maire and across the Pacific to the area northeast of Australia. Willem Cornelisz Schouten (1567-1625) was a navigator for the Dutch East...
Scarce map of the bay and coast of the South Seas island of Futuna (Hoorn), from the voyage of Le Maire and Schouten. The bay shown was named after the ship Eendrachts (Unity Bay). Willem Cornelisz Schouten (1567-1625) was a navigator for the Dutch...
