Anti-Neutrality / Arms Embargo Spanish Civil War Broadside Rare large political broadside, almost certainly printed in connection with the so-called National Conference to Lift the Embargo Against the Spanish Republic in late January 1939. The...
Rare sea chart of the Canary Islands, from Blaeu's Sea Atlas. Blaeu' Zeespiegel was one of the most important Rutters or Sea-Atlases of its time. Willem Janszoon Blaeu published two great pilot guides: the first ( Het Licht der Zee-vaert) was...
Rare chart of the Bay and Harbor at Gibraltar, based upon a contemporary survey by Captain Hendrik Lynslager, who held the title of Vice-Admiral van Holland en Vest-Friesland. The chart provides a detailed profile of Gibraltar and the surrounding...
Striking 2 sheet chart of the English Channel, Bay of Biscaya, etc. The chart includes a number of coastal details, soundings, rhumb lines, etc. In addition, the routes of several historically important voyages are shown.
Original Early-18th Century Manuscript Map of Gibraltar. Pen, ink, and wash hand-drawn map of Gibraltar, probably done by a French or Spanish mapmaker around the time of the 1727 Spanish siege. The map is unusual in its configuration and does not...
Rare scientific sea chart, oriented with south at the top, showing the entrance to the Mediterranean through the Straits of Gibraltar. The chart illustrates in great detail the fortifications on both the Iberian and African coastlines, as well as the...
A rare view by Sébastien Pontault de Beaulieu, depicting the action around the fortress of Salses-le-Château in Roussillon during the Franco-Spanish War. Salses-le-Château (called Salces in both Spanish and Catalan) was, until the mid-17th Century,...
Fascinating map illustrating a voyage from Dieppe to Marseille, via the Straits of Gibralter. Decorative cartouche.
Rare 2 sheet chart of the Mediterranean, published by Francois Olivier in Toulon in 1746. One of the most advanced sea charts of the period, which was produced as a working chart and for which there are very few surviving examples. To the upper right...
Rare Official Spanish Blue Backed Sea Chart of the Bay of Biscay (Biscaya) First edition of this fine sea chart, created by Juan Ferrer and engraved by Fernando Selma for the Spanish Hydrographical Department in 1803. The chart extends from the...
Detailed plan of Valetta, with a map of the Balearic Islands and a map of Sardinia and Corsica.
The Most Lavishly Illustrated Map of the Mediterranean of the 17th Century Covens & Mortier edition of Romeyn De Hooghe map of the Mediterranean, embellished with 38 inset maps and views of the major ports and harbors of the Mediterranean. Fine...
Antique engraved map of the military expedition of Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, published in Paris circa 1660 by Pierre Du Val. The map covers all of the western Mediterranean, with the most detail in Italy and Spain and a few locations in...
Map illustrating a battle between the Tuscan Navy and the Barbary pirates. The Tuscans, aboard the S.A.R. Austria, were led by Captain Giovanni (John) Acton. The key at the right provides details of the battle. Sir John Francis Edward Acton VI,...
Nice example of Martin Waldseemuller's map of the Iberian Peninsula from the 1513 edition of Waldseemuller's Geographia.
Nice example of Fries map of the Iberian Peninsula. First published in Strasbourg by Johannes Gruninger in 1522, Fries map is based upon Waldseemuller's map of 1513.