Striking map of the German Empire, including the Low Countries, Switzerland, Austria, and part of the Balkans prepared by Johan Baptiste Vrients for the very late editions of Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world. The...
![[Angra - Madera - Porto Santo - Sao Miguel] Pascaarte vande Eijlanden van Madera en Port Sancto, vertoonende degelegentheijt vande Reede aldaer en hoese van malcanderen zijn gheleghen . . .](/map/small/62128.jpg)
Early Sailing Chart of the Madeira, Angra and Sao Miguel. Rare sea chart showing the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo, with smaller maps showing Angra and a portion of Sao Miguel. The chart appeared in J Blaeu's Het Licht der Zee-vaert , first...
Fine Ortelius Map of the Indian Ocean Linking Mythical, Ancient, and Contemporary Exploration Striking historical map of the Indian Ocean and contiguous regions of the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia, published by Ortelius in his Parergon. This...
Attractive full-color example of Ortelius' first map of the British Isles, from Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world. The map is based on Mercator's 1564 map of the British Isles. West is at the top. Includes a number...
![[East Coast of England - Great Yarmouth to Newcastle] Eijgentlijck ontwerp vande Noortcuste van Engelandt, tuschen Iarmunen en het Coggen eijlandt...](/map/small/62061.jpg)
Early Sailing Chart of the East Coast of England. Rare sea chart of the east coast of England, with Great Yarmouth at the far left (i.e., south) of the chart, stretching through The Wash, and mouth of the Humber, to Newcastle. The chart appeared in J...
![[Wales] Cambriae Typus Auctore Humfredo Lhuydo . . .](/map/small/45077.jpg)
Ortelius' map is the first printed map of Wales. The map appeared in Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world. Ornate cartouche and many sailing ships and sea monster. The map is based upon Mercator's 1564 wall map of the...
Fine example of Jan Baptiste Vrients map of the Low Countries and environs, which first appeared in the 1608 edition of Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world. The map is based upon a wall map of Philip Galle,...
![[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rugen, Bornholm, Lubeck, Sonnderborg,Svendborg, Zealand] Beschrijvinghe vant zuijder deel vande Belt, en hoemen de Custen van Mekeleborch Pomeren, met de Lande daer tegen over tusschen emeren en Bornholm geleghe besijlen en all](/map/small/61988.jpg)
Fehmarn Belt -- An Early Sailing Chart Rare sea chart of the Fehmarn Belt, a strait connecting the north coast of Germany and the island of Lolland off south coast of Denmark, oriented with south at the top, which appeared in Blaeu's Het Licht der...
One of the Earliest Detailed Sea Charts of the Baltic Coastline Finely engraved sea chart Gulf of Finland, extending from St. Petersburg in the east to Estonia and the entire coast of Southern Finland. The chart appeared in Blaeu's Her Licht der...
![[Algarve to Marbella] Afbeeldinghe der Zeecusten, tusschen de C. de S. Vincente en de Strate van Gibraltar: als een deel van Algarve, de groote Condaet, en de custen van Andalusien, vertoonende de rechte gelegentheijt aller Rivieren, Havenen, en Reeden](/map/small/62096.jpg)
Early Sailing Chart of The Southern Spanish Coastline -- Algarve to Cadiz and Marbella Rare sea chart showing the southern Spanish Coastline. The chart appeared in J Blaeu's Het Licht der Zee-vaert , first published in 1608. The charts for this...
![[Moroccan Coast -- Agadir, Essaouira, Safi] Afbeeldinge nae't leven der Zeecusten van Barbarien, van de C. Cantin zuijdwaert tot verbij de C. de Geer, mitsgaders de gelegentheijt van't eijlant Mogodor, alles op zijne rechte Streckinge en hoochte gestelt](/map/small/62163.jpg)
Early Dutch Sailing Chart of the Central Coast of Morocco -- Agadir, Essaouira, Safi Rare sea chart of the central coast of Morocco, centered on Essaouria. The chart is oriented with southeast toward the top and extends from C. de Cantin (El...
![[Morocco Coast -- Tangiers to El Beddouza] Eijgentlijke vertooninge der westcuste van Barbarien, tusschen de Strate van Gibraltar ende de C: de Cantin, zampt aller Reeden Havenen ende Rivieren aldaer gelegen, en hoemen die bequamelijck sal besijlen](/map/small/62218.jpg)
Early Dutch Sailing Chart of the Northern Coast of Morocco -- El Jadida, Casablanca, Rabat, Kenitra, Larache, Cap Spartel Rare sea chart of the north coast of Morocco, centered on Rabat and Casablanca. The chart is oriented with southeast toward the...
The First Modern Atlas of the World [39] preliminary text leaves (including engraved title), 166 hand-colored double-page engraved maps (lacking 10 preliminary sheets of text (A6, B1-6, D3-5), 3 maps and 2 plates (Piedmont, Parma and Plaisance,...
