Rare Dutch Sea Chart of the Pacific Fine old color example of Pieter Goos' sea chart of the Pacific Ocean, extending from Australia, New Zealand and Japan to California. Oriented with west at the top, Goos's chart is among the earliest regional maps...
First Edition of Strahlenberg's Seminal Work on Russia, bound with an English Edition of the Map Nice example of the London edition of Strahlenberg's map of Russia, one of the most important maps of Russia published in the 18th century, bound with the...
Detailed Russian-language map of the Sea of Japan, Korea, Japan, and Vladivostok, issued during the Russo-Japanese War. The map was compiled and published by the Russian Corps of Topographers, with clearance through the censors in Kiev. The map shows...
First State of the Most Influential Map of Eastern Asia Published in the Sixteenth Century Rare and highly influential map of India, China, and Southeast Asia by Giacomo Gastaldi, one of the most celebrated Italian cartographers of the sixteenth...
Fine example of the Homann Heir map of Korea, Japan, Manchuria and easternmost Russia, published in Nuremberg. The map is the eastern sheet of a pair of maps published by the Homann Heirs showing China, Korea, Tartaria, Japan, etc. The Kingdom of...
Rare D'Anville Map of Northwest Pacific Showing the Discoveries of the First Kamchatka Expedition Fine example of this important early map of Kamchatka and Japan, showing the sea route of the First Kamchatka Expedition. It also details the fanciful...
A scarce and interesting regional map of Chinese Tartary, extending from the Gobi Desert in the West to Mongolia in the East. Includes extensive notes and explanations in Latin. Based upon D'Anville's seminal work in 1732 map. The map Includes far...
A striking map of Northern Japan and the contiguous islands and coastline. Very detailed and interesting.
Detailed maps of Macao, Awatska Island and part of Japan (Nihon), which appeared in the French edition of the Official Account of Cook's Voyages. Includes soundings and other details of each of the Bays.
Rare Spanish Sea Chart of the Northeast Coast of Asia, published by the Spanish Hydrographical Department. The chart extends from Korea and the Yellow River to Kamtchatka.
Detailed map of the Theater of War during the Russo-Japanese War. The map was created to illustrate the progress of the Russo-Japanese War (1904 - 1905). The Russians and Japanese were struggling for control of Port Arthur, which would be surrendered...
Detailed pictorial map of the Pic, published in Paris. The map is surrounded by vast amounts of pictorial and textual information, including: The time difference between Port Arthur and Paris (about 8 hours) Portraits of Russian leaders across the...
Scarce broadside map of the Theater of War in China and Korea, issued as a "Prime Gratuite" by the Petit Parisien. The map is centered on Korea and identifies by Color the regions owned by the different stakeholders in the War: Russia-Green...
Finely colored example of Lorenz Fries map of China, Japan and adjoining regions, the first printed map to focus on China. Fries map of eastern Asia is the first European map to focus on the region of Japan and China alone . This map derives from...
First State of Ortelius' Map of China Old color example of the scarce first state of Ortelius' map of China, the first western map of China. Ortelius' map of China is taken directly from reports of the Portuguese mapmaker Luis Jorge de Barbuda...
Fine example of the second state of Ortelius' map of China, the first western map of China. Ortelius' map of China is taken directly from reports of the Portuguese mapmaker Luis Jorge de Barbuda (Ludovicus Georgius), who made a manuscript map of China...