First State of Nicolas Sanson's First Map of the World First state of Sanson's first map of the World, published by the single most important French mapmaker of the 17th Century, whose modernistic approach to cartography would redefine commercial...
John Speed’s Acclaimed World Map Excellent example of Speed’s celebrated double hemisphere world map, highly sought after for its rarity, extraordinary early geographic detail, and striking illustrative ornamentation. It is one of the earliest...
A Foundational Map of the Northeastern United States Nice old color example of one of the fundamental prototype maps of America. Jansson's map is the prototype for the famed Jansson-Visscher series and the model for the mapping of the northeast...
Nicolas Sanson's circa 1651 double-page engraved map of Europe, a super example of the 17th century French School of mapmaking. The aesthetics of the map are characteristic of Sanson; it utilizes attractive typography and a well-engraved cartouche, in...
First Edition of Speed's Map of the Roman Empire Striking example of Speed's map of the Roman Empire. The map focuses on the Mediterranean and the regions dominated by Rome at the height of its empire. Includes views of Rome, Venice, Genua,...
Detailed town plan of Ribe (Ripen) in Denmark, by Johannes Mejer, published in Husum. Ribe is Denmark's oldest city. Established in the early 8th Century AD, the earliest surviving documents naming the city date to 854. When Ansgar the Archbishop of...
First edition of Phillipe de la Rue's scarce map of the Holy Land and contiguous regions. The map depicts the Holy Land as it appeared during the time of the Old Testament, based upon the books of Genesis, Exodus. Levitcus, Numbers and Deuteronomy....
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Unrecorded Southern Hemisphere Celestial Chart in Mirror Image -- Including Astrological Models and a Horoscope Model Fine, unrecorded map of the constellations of the Southern Hemisphere, published in Paris by Antoine De Fer. The map includes...
