Colored example of De Jode's map of Scandinavia, the Baltic and Gulf of Finland, extending from Iceland and the Coast of Scotland to Novograd, St. Petersburg and the Norwegian Sea. The map is richly engraved by Joannes and Lucas van Deutecum's,...
The First Appearance of Formosa Island on a Printed Map. Finely colored example of Gerard De Jode's map of Asia, published in his Speculum Orbis Terrae, in 1593. The map has a fascinating depiction of the Philippine Islands. Singapore is "Sincapura"....
The Benevento Copy. The Earliest Printed Map of the Northwest Coast of North America Fine old color example of this rare, important map depicting the west coast of North America, derived from Plancius's world map of 1592. De Jode's map is one of the...
Striking full color example of Gerard De Jode's rare map of Europe, which was issued only in the second edition of the Speculum Orbis Terarrum in 1593. The map includes a massive Terra Nova Zembla, several Northeast Passages and a number of the great...
Rare early map of Zeeland, published by De Jode and engraved by Jan Van Doetecum. One of the earliest separate maps of Zeeland published in the Low Countries.
Nice example of this scarce map of the Province of Brabant, oriented with west at the top, published in Cologne. The present map was produced by two of the primary Cologne School mapmakers, Johann Bussemacher and Matthias Quad. The Cologne School of...
Rare separately issued example of De Jode's map of Palatinus Rheni (no text on the verso, which more commonly appeared in De Jode's Speculum Orbis Terrarum, which along with Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum are the earliest modern atlases of the...
Rare pair of maps showing Norway and Denmark in one sheet and Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein in the second, from the second edition of De Jode's rare Speculum Orbis Terrae. While at first glance, the map appears somewhat similar to Ortelius's map of...
Nice example of this scarce map of part of the Holstein region in Northern Germany, published in Cologne. The present map was produced by one of the primary Cologne School mapmakers, Johann Bussemacher. The Cologne School of cartography, was perhaps...
Nice example of this scarce map of the Holy Roman Empire, published in Cologne. The present map was produced by two of the primary Cologne School mapmakers, Johann Bussemacher and Matthias Quad. The Cologne School of cartography, was perhaps the only...
Nice example of this scarce map of the Palatinate of Bavaria, with vignette portrait of "Wilhemus D.G.", published in Cologne. Cities shown include Regensburg, Nuremberg, Ingolstadt, etc. The present map was produced by two of the primary Cologne...
Fine old color example of Gerard de Jode's map of Northern Germany and Western Poland. The North Sea is adorned by a fish and the Baltic Sea by a sailing ship, and the borders of Schleswig-Posen-Dresden-Groningen are featured. The map is based on...
De Jode's edition of Wolfgang Lazius' map of Austria. Fine 16th Century map of Austria, extending from Lintz in the west to Gratz and Volkmarkt in the south, Bratislava and the Neusiedler See in the east. The map is drawn from Wolfgang Lazius' Typi...
Old color example of De Jode's rare map of the northern Balkans region, including Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Istria, and part of Hungary. The map is based upon an earlier map by Augustino Hirsvogelio. De Jode's Speculum Orbis Terrarum was...
One of the earliest separately published maps of Croatia. Rare early map of Croatia, published in 1593, published to commemorate a critical turning point in the Croation Wars with the Ottoman Turks. Published to commemorate the battle successes of...
Nice example of this scarce map of Bulgaria and Western Turkey, published in Cologne. The map extends north to the Danube and east to Istanbul, centered on Philipolis (Plovdiv). Sophia is named, but is a small town. Adrianapolis (Edirne) is another...
