| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 6616 |  | Details | British Admiralty Hydrographical Office | |
| Original Admiralty harbor chart for Port Barcelona |
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British Admiralty Hydrographical Office |
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| LOC:57 |
| $900.00 | British-Admiralty-Hydrographical-Office | Original-Admiralty-harbor-chart-for-Port-Barcelona | Scarce original 1873 British Admiralty nautical harbour chart for the Port of Barcelona, Spain based on an earlier Spanish Survey. Chart number 1195.
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Includes numerous soundings and shows a wide, long section at the west of the harbor "being reclaimed" as well as other construction then underway. Key features on the nautical chart include:
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<li>Barcelonnette, </li>
<li>Montjuich, </li>
<li>the Arsenal, </li>
<li>Punta de la Paz, </li>
<li>Vista Alegro, </li>
<li>Huertas de S. Beltran (orchards or vegetable gardens), </li>
<li>and the Old Mole light which was planned to be demolished.
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Published at the Admiralty, London on November 12, 1873 under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral G.H. Richards, Hydrographer from a Spanish chart of 1871.
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Sold by J.D. Potter, agent for the sale of Admiralty charts, Tower Hill. Engraved by Edward Weller. Drawn by H. Stafford of the British Admiralty Hydrographical Office |
| 1017 |  | Details | Anonymous | |
| Anonymous French chart of the east Mediterranean sea Sheet III |
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Anonymous |
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| LOC:58 |
| $800.00 | Anonymous | Anonymous-French-chart-of-the-east-Mediterranean-sea-Sheet-III | Interesting possibly unrecorded chart of the eastern Mediterranean Sea labeled "Feuille III" (Sheet 3.) Labels the key regions "Romanie, Caramanie, Natolie, Syrie". The regional naming and the area covered are generally consistent with those on the third (eastern) sheet of Bellin's "Carte de la Mer Mediterranee en Trois Feuilles" published in 1745 (based on Grognard's survey). This chart is nicely engraved and is printed on heavy wove paper, all signs of a quality in a published chart of that era.
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However, although this chart bears the designation "Feuille III" and uses the French language, it is different in many ways. This chart is untitled, uses portrait format rather than landscape format, and displays very different geography- omits many key geographic features and places other features in different locations (e.g.. Isle Provencale near Alexandrette). Also significant is the absence of a distance scale and in the location where the title block is typically found, a list of eight islands with the comment that the list is of islands between the meridian of Cape St. Ange and Alexandrette (Iskenderun, Turkey). |
| 6350 |  | Details | Fitz Roy, Robert | |
| Admiralty chart from 2nd Beagle Voyage along coastal Peru. |
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Fitz Roy, Robert |
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| LOC:67 |
| $365.00 | Fitz-Roy--Robert | Admiralty-chart-from-2nd-Beagle-Voyage-along-coastal-Peru- | Scarce original antique nautical chart of a portion of the coast of Peru between the Chicama River and Port Payta (Paita). A copper-plate engraving of a sea chart made under the auspices of Captain Robert Fitz Roy, R.N. (1805-1865) and the Officers of HMS Beagle.
<b>An important artifact from the hydrographic survey of the west coast of Peru made aboard the HMS Beagle on its second voyage, accompanied by Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882) as Naturalist. </b>
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Traces of use at sea include manuscript track and bearing lines in pencil below Sechura Bay from the island of Lobos de Tierra to the island of Lobos de Afuera. Five finely engraved attractive inset elevation coastal views as seen from offshore.
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Inset map of Point Eten based on an 1870 survey by a group including the H.M.S. Cameleon. A small warning that Eten Point is laid down on the map six miles east of its actual position.
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Survey was conducted in 1836. First published by the British Admiralty on January 26, 1841 Last correction in December 1870. Engraved by J&C Walker. Sold by Potter. Chart # 1335. |
| 5163 |  | Details | Mentelle and Chanlaire | |
| Carte de la Caroline Meridionale et Septentrionale et de la Virginie |
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Mentelle and Chanlaire |
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| LOC:10 |
| $400.00 | Mentelle-and-Chanlaire | Carte-de-la-Caroline-Meridionale-et-Septentrionale-et-de-la-Virginie | Antique engraved map of the Southeast U.S.A. from Mentelle & Chanlaire's "Atlas Universel". Identifies some of the early roads in the Carolinas and Virginia, early western trade routes and settlements. Covers from the Delaware Bay to the Savannah River and inland as far as modern-day Iowa.
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This finely engraved original map was published from Paris, France in 1795, shortly after the end of the Revolutionary war. Engraved by Tardieu |
| 6848 |  | Details | Utah Railway Chief Engineer | |
| Manuscript engineer's trace |
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Utah Railway Chief Engineer |
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| LOC:68 |
| $675.00 | Utah-Railway-Chief-Engineer | Manuscript-engineer-s-trace | Singular engineer's presentation trace for the Utah Railway. With this engineer's inked trace map the engineer's office could create numerous blueprint copies for distribution. Produced for the Utah Railway Chief Engineer's office and drawn by Elwood B. Stockman in Feb. 1927. Updated on June 1, 1934. Crisp artwork and lettering. Colors bright.
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Shows Salt Lake City with the Salt Lake Base Line at upper left and extends well past Huntington, Utah at bottom right. Shows Park City.
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The Utah Railway Company, originally named the Utah Coal Railway, was incorporated on January 24, 1912, and later shortened its name to Utah Railway in May of the same year. The company was founded to transport coal from its mines to Provo, Utah, due to an opening in the competitive landscape caused by dissatisfaction with the existing Denver and Rio Grande Railroad's service and route in the area.
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During the 1930s, the Utah Railway faced challenges brought on by the Great Depression, which lowered demand for coal and, consequently, the railroad's business. However, the company managed to maintain its operations and even make some improvements during this difficult period. |
| 922 |  | Details | Bordone, Benedetto | 1534 |
| Very early chart of Lesbos or Lesvos, Greece |
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Bordone, Benedetto |
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| 1534 |
| LOC:2 |
| $375.00 | Bordone--Benedetto | Very-early-chart-of-Lesbos-or-Lesvos--Greece | One of the earliest printed maps of <b>Lesbos / Lesvos</b>, a Greek island in the northeastern Aegean Sea on a full page of text. Oriented with the east at the top, coverage includes Lesbos, and across the Edremit Gulf ("Colpho Adramatino"), the Ayvacik district of the Çanakkale Province of Turkey.
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Perhaps the most interesting feature is that Bordone's map may be the earliest printed map to locate and name the Homeric <b>Bronze-age city of Troy</b>, although Bordone places Troy a bit farther south than its true location. On the mainland, in Turkey, near "Capo S. Maria" or present-day Babakale, the map shows a site "troia" with broken columns indicating ruins. Sonetti published an earlier map of Lesbos which inspired Bordone's map but there is no indication of ruins in that location, nor are there place names.
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Shows the capital of <b>Mitilini / Mytilene ("Metelini")</b> somewhat misplaced to the northeast of the island. A bit to the west (on Bordonne's map) of Mitilini "la tore in mare" denotes a lighthouse in the sea. Nearby Mitilini, Bordone locates a hilltop church "Saint Theodoro". Saint Theodore is the patron saint of Mytilini.
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Published from Venice in 1534 in the second edition of Benedetto di Bordone's 'Isolario', or "Island Book". The various editions of the Isolario were published using the same wood-block plates and each edition is differentiated from the other by the location of the page breaks within the text. The Isolario provided nautical-chart inspired maps of islands alongside information for travellers on their culture, myths, climate, and history.
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Bordone (1460-1531) was a Paduan cartographer, and an illustrator of manuscripts, best known for his 'Isolario' or book of islands. Bordone's work was only the second isolario ever printed, the first being that of Bartolommeo Dalli Sonneti published in 1485. Text in Italian. |
| 978 |  | Details | Bordone, Benedetto | 1534 |
| 16th century wood-cut map of Crimea and the Sea of Azov |
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Bordone, Benedetto |
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| 1534 |
| LOC:7 |
| $750.00 | Bordone--Benedetto | 16th-century-wood-cut-map-of-Crimea-and-the-Sea-of-Azov | Very scarce antique map of the <b>Crimean Peninsula</b> by Paduan cartographer Benedetto Bordone in 1534. Includes southern Ukraine labeled "parte di sarmatia di europa". With the Sea of Azov as "palude meotide" (<b>the Maeotis Swamp</b>) or "bicis palude". These names were applied in antiquity dating to Greek and Roman times.
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The Strait of Kerch is labeled "bosphoro crinerico" and on the west side of Crimea "golfo di nigropila" is applied to Karkinitski or Karkinitsky Bay. An unnamed city is shown in the location held today by <b>Yalta</b>. The body of water we today call the Black Sea is labeled "mar maggiore" by Bordone.
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This scarce antique map was published from Venice in 1534, just 42 years after Christopher Columbus first landed in the New World. From the second edition of Benedetto di Bordone's "Isolario" which provided nautical-chart inspired maps of islands alongside information for travellers on their culture, myths, climate, and history.
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Bordone (1460-1531) was an illustrator of manuscripts, best known for his 'Isolario' or book of islands. Bordone's work was only the second isolario ever printed, the first being that of Bartolommeo Dalli Sonneti published in 1485. Text on verso in Italian. |
| 906 |  | Details | Bordone, Benedetto | 1534 |
| Very early Balearic Island charts with Ibiza and Majorca |
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Bordone, Benedetto |
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| 1534 |
| LOC:4 |
| $1,250.00 | Bordone--Benedetto | Very-early-Balearic-Island-charts-with-Ibiza-and-Majorca | Two of the earliest obtainable maps of Spain's Balearic Islands: Majorca / Mallorca, Minorca / Menorca, Ibiza / Eivissa, and Formentera. A single sheet containing two antique woodcut maps (one map on each side). Published from Venice in 1534 in the second edition of Benedetto di Bordone's 'Isolario', or "Island Book". The Isolario provided nautical-chart inspired maps of islands alongside information for travellers on their culture, myths, climate, and history.
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Recto contains a map with a portion of the eastern coast of Spain, at that time part of the "Regno de Catelogna", with five un-named settlements near "C. Martino" (today a diving spot kown as Cabo de San Martin) that may include Gandia, Javea / Xàbia, or Alicante. Offshore of the coast are the Balearic islands of Ibiza ("Ieuiza") and Formentera ("Formentazia") with the smaller surrounding islets of Tagomago, "Famolaria" (Santa Eulalia ?), and "Dragoneza" in the vicinity of Illa Sa Conillera. The last may be a error on the part of Bordone as there is an island "Illa Sa Dragonera" but it is located off the coast of Mallorca in roughly the same relative location to the west of the island.
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Verso contains a map with Majorca ("Maiorica") with "Porto Colobo" or the Bay of Palma, and Minorca ("Minorica") with " Porto Mao" or Port Mahon. Two islets shown are Illa de l'Aire ("Cabrera") and "Dragonera".
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Bordone's directional symbols correspond to many of the Italian names for the principal Mediterranean winds including, [G]reco; a cross denoting East ; [S]irocco; [O]stro or South; [P]onente or West; and [M]aestro.
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Bordone (1460-1531) was a Paduan cartographer, and an illustrator of manuscripts, best known for his 'Isolario' or book of islands. Bordone's work was only the second isolario ever printed, the first being that of Bartolommeo Dalli Sonneti published in 1485. Text in Italian. |
| 977 |  | Details | Bordone, Benedetto | 1534 |
| Very old wood-cut map of the island of Santorini, Greece |
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Bordone, Benedetto |
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| 1534 |
| LOC:2 |
| $600.00 | Bordone--Benedetto | Very-old-wood-cut-map-of-the-island-of-Santorini--Greece | An early map of the Greek Aegean Island of Santorini ("S. Erini") in the Cycladic Island group. Opposite the caldera from Thira is the smaller island of Thirasia ("Tiresia"). Shows four villages: Oia ("San Salvadore"), Pyrgos ("Scaro"), Akrotiri ("Acortiri") and "Apanomerca".
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Shows a jagged set of lines on the west coast of the island similar to the letter "M" set on its side. From the location it almost certainly represents the switchback road leading down the cliff face to the beach and ferry station; a feature most tourists to the island who arrive by boat will well remember.
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Map is inset onto a full page of Italian text. Verso contains another similar-sized map of the Cycladic island of "Namphio" (present-day Anafi) which lies just a few miles to the east of Santorini.
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This scarce antique map was published from Venice in 1534, just 42 years after Christopher Columbus first landed in the New World. From the second edition of Benedetto di Bordone's "Isolario" which provided nautical-chart inspired maps of islands alongside information for travellers on their culture, myths, climate, and history.
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Bordone (1460-1531) was a Paduan cartographer, and an illustrator of manuscripts, best known for his 'Isolario' or book of islands. Bordone's work was only the second isolario ever printed, the first being that of Bartolommeo Dalli Sonneti published in 1485. Text on verso in Italian. |
| 1037 |  | Details | Bordone, Benedetto | 1534 |
| Early maps of the Greek Cycladic islands of Tinos and Andros |
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Bordone, Benedetto |
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| 1534 |
| LOC:2 |
| $325.00 | Bordone--Benedetto | Early-maps-of-the-Greek-Cycladic-islands-of-Tinos-and-Andros | One of the earliest printed maps of the Greek islands of Tinos and Andros, both located in the northern Cyclades archipelago. Two maps on a single page. The map of Andros shows a fortified Andros town perched on a peninsula at the western side of the island.
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Published from Venice in 1534 in the second edition of Benedetto di Bordone's 'Isolario', or "Island Book". The various editions of the Isolario were published using the same wood-block plates and each edition is differentiated from the other by the location of the page breaks within the text. The Isolario provided nautical-chart inspired maps of islands alongside information for travelers on their culture, myths, climate, and history.
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Bordone (1460-1531) was a Paduan cartographer, and an illustrator of manuscripts, best known for his 'Isolario' or book of islands. Bordone's work was only the second isolario ever printed, the first being that of Bartolommeo Dalli Sonneti published in 1485. Text in Italian. |
| 923 |  | Details | Bordone, Benedetto | 1534 |
| Very early map of Cadiz, Spain and the Azores, Portugal |
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Bordone, Benedetto |
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| 1534 |
| LOC:4 |
| $575.00 | Bordone--Benedetto | Very-early-map-of-Cadiz--Spain-and-the-Azores--Portugal | One of the earliest printed Azore Island maps (and another map of Cadiz, Spain) on a single sheet. Published from Venice in 1534 in the second edition of <b>Benedetto di Bordone's</b> nautical "Isolario", or Island Book.
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The Isolario provided nautical-chart inspired maps of islands alongside information for travellers on their culture, myths, climate, and history.
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A fine and original early nautical map of the <b>Azores islands</b>, in the Atlantic Ocean about 850 miles west of Portugal. Three islands on Bordonne's Azores map can be traced to their present-day equivalents: "S. Maria" (Santa Maria), "S. Georgio" (Sao Jorge), and "Samguimi" (Sao Miguel). Also shows the <b>mythical islands</b> of "Asmaida" and "Brasil" or Hy-Brazil as is is called in modern cartographic literature. Brasil island was long imagined to be located somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean to the west of Ireland. Brasil appears on several manuscript Portolani from the 14th and 15th century by Angelino Dulcert (1325), Andrea Bianco (1436) and others. Over almost 200 years several expeditions to find the Brasil were conducted by John Cabot, John Jay and others but as it was only an imaginary island the explorations failed.
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Bordone's map of <b>Cadiz, Spain</b> (verso) is very interesting for its early place in the evolution of the cartography of that region. This map is almost cartoon-like in its simplicity. With the "Stretto de Gibilterra" defining the right limit of the map, and the "Regno de Castiglia" above, Cadiz is shown as a simple crescent shape slightly separated from the mainland. Towns that Bordone noted include "Gades" (Cadiz) , Turs, Tola, and S. Maria.
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Bordone (1460-1531) was a Paduan cartographer, and an illustrator of manuscripts, best known for his 'Isolario' or book of islands. Bordone's work was only the second isolario ever printed, the first being that of Bartolommeo Dalli Sonneti published in 1485. Text in Italian. |
| 924 |  | Details | Bordone, Benedetto | 1534 |
| Very early map of the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles |
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Bordone, Benedetto |
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| 1534 |
| LOC:5 |
| $940.00 | Bordone--Benedetto | Very-early-map-of-the-Leeward-Islands-of-the-Lesser-Antilles | The first printed maps of the Caribbean islands of St. Martin and Guadeloupe, published just 42 years after Christopher Columbus first landed in the New World. An attractive group of three antique maps inset on a single sheet with Italian text on verso and recto.
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The recto includes a small-scale chart of the Leeward Islands. Here the geographical relationship of the islands bears little resemblance to present-day maps. Bordonne names the islands: "S. Maria Rotonda"; "Moserato" or Montserrat; "Buchima" or "Barbuda"; "Dominica"; S. Maria Antica" or Antigua; "Santa" or "Saint Kitts?; and "C. Martino" or St. Martin.
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Two additional maps on the verso show the islands of "Guadalupe" Guadeloupe and "Matinina" or St. Martin. Each island is decorated with features that Bordonne addresses in the text. Guadeloupe is shown covered with a low leafy vegetation. St. Martin sports numerous caves set into small hills.
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Published from Venice in 1534 in the second edition of Benedetto di Bordone's "Isolario", or Island Book. The Isolario provided nautical-chart inspired maps of islands alongside information for travellers on their culture, myths, climate, and history.
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Bordone (1460-1531) was a Paduan cartographer, and an illustrator of manuscripts, best known for his 'Isolario' or book of islands. Bordone's work was only the second isolario ever printed, the first being that of Bartolommeo Dalli Sonneti published in 1485. Text in Italian. |
| 925 |  | Details | Bordone, Benedetto | 1534 |
| First printed map of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola |
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Bordone, Benedetto |
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| 1534 |
| LOC:5 |
| $900.00 | Bordone--Benedetto | First-printed-map-of-the-Caribbean-island-of-Hispaniola | The first printed large-scale map of the Caribbean island of <b>Hispaniola</b> which is shared by two nations: the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Also the first printed map to show the earliest settlement in the New World (other than a Viking settlement)- <b>La Isabela</b> ("Isabella"). During his second voyage in 1493 Christopher Columbus founded La Isabela on the central north coast of Hispaniola, in what is today the Dominican Republic. Map is inset onto a full page of Italian text.
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This scarce antique map was published from Venice in 1534, just 42 years after Christopher Columbus first landed in the New World. From the second edition of Benedetto di Bordone's "Isolario di Benedetto Bordone Nel qual si ragiona di tutte l'Isole del mondo, con li lor nomi antichi & moderni, historie, favole, & modi del loro vivere, & in qual parte del mare stanno, & in qual parallelo & clima giaciono. Con la gionta del Monte del Oro novamente ritrovato". The Isolario provided nautical-chart inspired maps of islands alongside information for travellers on their culture, myths, climate, and history. Bordonne depicts the interior of the island as mountainous with numerous rivers flowing to the sea.
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Bordone (1460-1531) was a Paduan cartographer, and an illustrator of manuscripts, best known for his 'Isolario' or book of islands. Bordone's work was only the second isolario ever printed, the first being that of Bartolommeo Dalli Sonneti published in 1485. Text on verso in Italian. |
| 926 |  | Details | Bordone, Benedetto | 1534 |
| Early printed map of South America with Hispaniola and Jamaica |
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Bordone, Benedetto |
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| 1534 |
| LOC:5 |
| $800.00 | Bordone--Benedetto | Early-printed-map-of-South-America-with-Hispaniola-and-Jamaica | One of the earliest printed maps and the first obtainable map of the <b>South American continent</b>. South America is not recognizable as such but it closely compares to Rosselli's world map of 1508 from which Bordonne derived the shape.
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Includes the Caribbean islands of <b>Jamaica</b> ("Iamaiqua") and <b>Hispaniola</b> ("Spagnola"). Within the truncated area of South America, Bordonne names four major regions which he discussed in the text: "Chanchite", (in the vicinity of present-day Colombia), "Cuztana", "Maziatombal" (associated with the Amazon River), and "Paria" (which may be related to the eastern portion of Venezuela).
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This scarce antique map was published from Venice in 1534, just 42 years after Christopher Columbus first landed in the New World. From the second edition of Benedetto di Bordone's "Isolario di Benedetto Bordone Nel qual si ragiona di tutte l'Isole del mondo, con li lor nomi antichi & moderni, historie, favole, & modi del loro vivere, & in qual parte del mare stanno, & in qual parallelo & clima giaciono. Con la gionta del Monte del Oro novamente ritrovato". The Isolario provided nautical-chart inspired maps of islands alongside information for travellers on their culture, myths, climate, and history. Bordonne depicts the interior of the island as mountainous with numerous rivers flowing to the sea.
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Bordone (1460-1531) was a Paduan cartographer, and an illustrator of manuscripts, best known for his 'Isolario' or book of islands. Bordone's work was only the second isolario ever printed, the first being that of Bartolommeo Dalli Sonneti published in 1485. Text on verso in Italian. |
| 927 |  | Details | Bordone, Benedetto | 1534 |
| Early map of the Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands |
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Bordone, Benedetto |
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| 1534 |
| LOC:7 |
| $950.00 | Bordone--Benedetto | Early-map-of-the-Canary-Islands-and-Cape-Verde-Islands | The first small-scale printed map to name the individual <b>Canary Islands</b> now part of Spain, and the Portugese <b>Cape Verde Islands</b>. Both groups of islands are shown in the Atlantic Ocean on a single map with part of Africa.
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At right Bordonne shows the coast of Africa and names the on-shore regions "Getulia", "Argin" (Arguin ?), and "Libya di Sotto". Bordonne's names for the main Canary Islands and their modern equivalents are: "Palma" (La Palma), "Agore" (La Gomera), "Tinerif" (Tenerife), "Canaria" (Gran Canaria), "Forte Ventura" (Fuerteventura), and "Lazazoto" (Lazarote).
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At bottom left are the most northern of the Cape Verde Islands, or the Ilhas de Barlavento:
"S. Antonio" ( Santo Antão),"S. Vincenzio" (São Vicente), "S. Jacopo" ("Santa Luzia"), "S. Nicolo" (São Nicolau). Some islands shown close to the coast are more difficult to account for: "I. Bianca" (Sal ?), "I. delle Gaze" (Boa Vista ?) and "Cuori".
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From the second Zoppino edition of Benedetto di Bordone's "<b>Isolario di Benedetto Bordone</b> Nel qual si ragiona di tutte l'Isole del mondo, con li lor nomi antichi & moderni, historie, favole, & modi del loro vivere, & in qual parte del mare stanno, & in qual parallelo & clima giaciono. Con la gionta del Monte del Oro novamente ritrovato". This scarce antique map was published from Venice in 1534, just 42 years after Christopher Columbus first landed in the New World. The Isolario provided nautical-chart inspired maps of islands alongside information for travellers on their culture, myths, climate, and history.
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Bordone (1460-1531) was a Paduan cartographer, and an illustrator of manuscripts, best known for his 'Isolario' or book of islands. Bordone's work was only the second isolario ever printed, the first being that of Bartolommeo Dalli Sonneti published in 1485. Text on verso in Italian. |
| 928 |  | Details | Bordone, Benedetto | 1534 |
| Early maps of Madeira and Ptolemaic Canary Islands |
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Bordone, Benedetto |
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| 1534 |
| LOC:7 |
| $950.00 | Bordone--Benedetto | Early-maps-of-Madeira-and-Ptolemaic-Canary-Islands | Two antique maps, one of Madeira, an island of Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean, and a curious map of the Atlantic islands on Africa's west coast based on the names and locations used by the Greeks and Romans. On the recto is the first printed map of the Portugese island of Madeira, by Benedetto Bordonne. Bordonne depicts the island as mountainous with numerous trees, and names four villages: "Camera de Lioni" (Câmara de Lobos); Fonzal" (Funchal); "Santa" (Sao Vincente); "Monerico" (Machico).
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In his "Geography", Claudius Ptolemy, the Greco-Egyptian geographer lists a number of islands and their geographic coordinates. The verso contains one of the first printed maps showing the location of the Atlantic islands with Ptolemy's place names or that of the of the Roman geographer Pliny including: "Autolala" (Madeira), "Ninguaria" (Tenerife), "Canaria" (Gran Canaria), "Iunone" (Lanzarote or Fuerteventura), "Ombrio" (Ferro), and "Cisperia" (La Gomera). (Smith, William. <B>Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography</b>. London. 1869. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xgtAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA906&lpg=PA906&dq=roman+names+for+canary+islands&source=bl&ots=2tZo3281lY&sig=rABlSnYBibeSpYSIR0SmvJp67Ms&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEMQ6AEwCDgKahUKEwjR28e1zerIAhXBJCYKHQ7VClc#v=onepage&q=906&f=false" target="_blank">Internet.)</a>
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From the second Zoppino edition of Benedetto di Bordone's "<b>Isolario di Benedetto Bordone</b>" . This scarce antique map was published from Venice in 1534, just 42 years after Christopher Columbus first landed in the New World. The Isolario provided maps of islands alongside information for travellers on their culture, myths, climate, and history.
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Bordone (1460-1531) was a Paduan cartographer, and an illustrator of manuscripts, best known for his 'Isolario' or book of islands. Bordone's work was only the second isolario ever printed, the first being that of Bartolommeo Dalli Sonneti published in 1485. |
| 929 |  | Details | Bordone, Benedetto | 1534 |
| Early map of Porto Santo Island in the Madeira archipelago |
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Bordone, Benedetto |
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| 1534 |
| LOC:7 |
| $350.00 | Bordone--Benedetto | Early-map-of-Porto-Santo-Island-in-the-Madeira-archipelago | Antique woodcut printed map of Porto Santo off the west coast of Africa in the Atlantic ocean. One of the earliest printed maps solely devoted to Porto Santo island, in the Portugese Madeira island group. By Benedetto Bordonne, who shows Porto Santo, Portugal in its geographical context with Madeira to the south and the west coast of Africa or "Getulia" to the east. Show several villages scattered around the island.
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On a full sheet of Italian text. From the second Zoppino edition of Benedetto di Bordone's "<b>Isolario di Benedetto Bordone</b>" . This scarce antique map was published from Venice in 1534, just 42 years after Christopher Columbus first landed in the New World. The Isolario provided maps of islands alongside information for travellers on their culture, myths, climate, and history.
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Bordone (1460-1531) was a Paduan cartographer, and an illustrator of manuscripts, best known for his 'Isolario' or book of islands. Bordone's work was only the second isolario ever printed, the first being that of Bartolommeo Dalli Sonneti published in 1485. |
| 1062 |  | Details | Fries, Laurent | 1541 |
| Tabula Nova Asiae Minoris |
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| 1541 |
| LOC:9 |
| $900.00 | Fries--Laurent | Tabula-Nova-Asiae-Minoris | Attractive, scarce, very-early woodcut map of Asia Minor (Turkey, Syria, Iraq) by Laurent Fries. With the islands of Cyprus, Tenedos, Mitilini, Chios, and Rhodes clearly identified. Also easily identified by name are the location of Constantinople, Ephesus, Aleppo, and Damascus.
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Published in 1541 in the second edition of Michael Servetus' "Ptolemy 's Geographia", published from Vienna by Gaspar Treschel. This guide to geography, written in the 2nd century A.D. by Claudius Ptolemy, a Greco-Egyptian writer became the standard work until the 16th century, and remained influential in the 18th century, in spite of its inaccuracies. In this edition Servetus makes use of the same maps produced by Laurentius Fries for his 1522 edition of Ptolemy.
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Latin text on verso titled: "De Mahometo et Turcarum Origine & Moribus." |
| 2507 |  | Details | Ortelius, Abraham | 1570 |
| Scarce map of the Arctic and Scandinavia |
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Ortelius, Abraham |
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| 1570 |
| LOC:10 |
| $2,200.00 | Ortelius--Abraham | Scarce-map-of-the-Arctic-and-Scandinavia | Ortelius' map of the Arctic, including Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland and part of the North American continent, includes the legendary islands of Drogeo, Frisland and Icaria. This fine map, with original color, is adorned with a variety of very inventive creatures including a half-man, half-sea creature with bird feet playing a lute. Second state with a triangular dot added at the end of the title. |
| 851 |  | Details | Munster, Sebastien | 1571 |
| Antique wood cut of the island of Lesbos, Greece |
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Munster, Sebastien |
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| 1571 |
| LOC:2 |
| $150.00 | Munster--Sebastien | Antique-wood-cut-of-the-island-of-Lesbos--Greece | Antique wood block printed map of the island of Lesbos ( Lesvos ), Greece in the northeastern Aegean Sea.
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From "Strabonis rerum geographicarum libri septemdecim" authored by Sebastien Munster and published by Heinrich Petri. Map is inset in a 8"x11" full page of text, both in Greek and Latin. Text on verso. |
| 832 |  | Details | Munster, Sebastien | 1571 |
| Antique wood cut of the island of Crete, Greece |
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Munster, Sebastien |
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| 1571 |
| LOC:2 |
| $150.00 | Munster--Sebastien | Antique-wood-cut-of-the-island-of-Crete--Greece | Antique map of Crete ( "Creta" ), Greece in the southern Aegean Sea. In this decorative map from 1571 numerous towns are identified including Heraklion ( "Heraclea" ) , Chania ( "Candia" ), Rethymno ( "Rhithymna" ), and "Minoa". Crete was home to the Bronze age Minoan civilization. Today remains of the Minoan civilization are found across the island, particulary at the archaeological sites of Knossos, Phaistos, Malia, and Kato Zakros.
Several mountain chains and rivers are shown on this rare wood cut map of Crete. In the bottom right corner Munster has placed a large oared galley, with the Lion of St. Marks painted on its lateen sail, signifying Venice's rule over the island for more than four centuries.
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From "Strabonis rerum geographicarum libri septemdecim" authored by Sebastien Munster and published by Heinrich Petri. Map is inset in a 8"x11"full page of text, both in Greek and Latin. Text on verso. |
| 728 |  | Details | Braun and Hogenberg | 1571 |
| Plan of Enkhuizen, Netherlands |
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Braun and Hogenberg |
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| 1571 |
| LOC:89 |
| $440.00 | Braun-and-Hogenberg | Plan-of-Enkhuizen--Netherlands | Very special and much underappreciated plan of Enkhuizen, Netherlands published by Braun and Hogenberg but probably drawn by famous cartographer Lucas Janszoon Wagenhaer, pre-dating his famous atlas the "Spiegel der Zeevaerdt". This is to our knowledge the first readily available work by Waghenaer who was born and raised in Enkhuizen, Netherlands |
| 4727 |  | Details | Porcacchi, Tomasso | 1572 |
| Very old antique map of Rhodes, Greece |
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Porcacchi, Tomasso |
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| 1572 |
| LOC:2 |
| $275.00 | Porcacchi--Tomasso | Very-old-antique-map-of-Rhodes--Greece | Authentic copperplate-engraved antique map (1572) of the Greek Dodecanese island of Rhodes (Rhodi) engraved by Girolamo Porro and drawn by Tomasso Porcacchi. Numerous fantastical sea serpents and monstrous fishes fill empty areas in the finely stippled seas. A few of the key features include smaller islands of Carchi, Limona, San Nicolo, and Tranquilla. Detail in the interior of Rhodes includes towns or villages of Villanova, Camira, Aganca, Zalfo, Sorini, Fiando, Rufarcangeli Farado, and more. The port of Rhodes or Rhodos is shown surrounded by fortified walls with several guard towers.
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Printed in Tomasso Porcacchi's "Isolario" or island book "L'Isol Piu Famose Del Mondo". That work contains a number of finely engraved maps of islands and the continents at a reduced scale. Porcacchi (1530-1585) was born in Tuscany to a poor family and first settled in Florence. He wrote about history, geography, and archaeology and later published the Isolario from Venice, Italy in three editions beginning in 1572. |
| 916 |  | Details | Porcacchi, Tomasso | 1572 |
| Greek Island of Zakynthos or Zante in the Ionian Sea |
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Porcacchi, Tomasso |
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| 1572 |
| LOC:2 |
| $175.00 | Porcacchi--Tomasso | Greek-Island-of-Zakynthos-or-Zante-in-the-Ionian-Sea | Copperplate-engraved antique map (1576), engraved by Girolamo Porro and drawn by Tomasso Porcacchi, of the Greek Ionian island of Zante or Zakynthos, the third largest of the Ionian Islands. A few of the key features Porcacchi notes on this old map of Zakynthos are: Plomati, Ambello, Zero Castelli, la Madonna, Santa Maria de Piscopo, and a large saline or salt marsh in a large bay to the north. Fantastical sea serpents fill empty areas in the finely stippled seas.
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On a full page with text on recto and verso. Woodcut capital letter "I" at the beginning of the textual desription of Zante, in Italian, just below the map. Woodcut headpiece and a scrollwork title cartouche with simply "Zante".
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Printed in Tomasso Porcacchi's "Isolario" or island book "L'Isol Piu Famose Del Mondo". That work contains a number of finely engraved maps of islands and the continents at a reduced scale. Porcacchi (1530-1585) was born in Tuscany to a poor family and first settled in Florence. He wrote about history, geography, and archaeology and later published the Isolario from Venice, Italy in three editions beginning in 1572. Page 98. |
| 5170 |  | Details | Porcacchi, Tomasso | 1572 |
| Antique map of Cyprus Cipro by Porcacchi |
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Porcacchi, Tomasso |
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| 1572 |
| LOC:2 |
| $375.00 | Porcacchi--Tomasso | Antique-map-of-Cyprus-Cipro-by-Porcacchi | Authentic copperplate-engraved antique map of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus (Cipro) by Tomasso Porcacchi.
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Printed in Tomasso Porcacchi's "Isolario" or island book "L'Isol Piu Famose Del Mondo". That work contains a number of finely engraved maps of islands and the continents at a reduced scale. Porcacchi (1530-1585) was born in Tuscany to a poor family and first settled in Florence. He wrote about history, geography, and archaeology and later published the Isolario from Venice, Italy in three editions beginning in 1572. |
| 5197 |  | Details | Porcacchi, Tomasso | 1572 |
| Isole Hebride et Orcade Scotland |
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Porcacchi, Tomasso |
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| 1572 |
| LOC:7 |
| $375.00 | Porcacchi--Tomasso | Isole-Hebride-et-Orcade-Scotland | Authentic copperplate-engraved antique map (1572) of the Hebrides and Orcades Islands off the mainland of Scotland. This map of the Orcades and Hebrides was drawn by Tomasso Porcacchi and was engraved by Girolamo Porro.
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Printed in Tomasso Porcacchi's "Isolario" or island book "L'Isol Piu Famose Del Mondo". That work contains a number of finely engraved maps of islands and the continents at a reduced scale. Porcacchi (1530-1585) was born in Tuscany to a poor family and first settled in Florence. He wrote about history, geography, and archaeology and later published the Isolario from Venice, Italy in three editions beginning in 1572. |
| 115 |  | Details | Thevet, Andre | 1575 |
| Palimbotre |
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Thevet, Andre |
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| 1575 |
| LOC:6 |
| $150.00 | Thevet--Andre | Palimbotre | Attractive antique woodblock engraving by Andre Thevet of a perhaps mythical island 'Palimbotre' that he places south of the Ganges River in the Bay of Bengal. About Palimbotre Thevet writes " in this island most of the inhabitants idolize and respect their idols which are made of decorous ebony, where their neighbors of the continent fashion them from marble, stone, sandalwood and other materials" (Conley, Tom. P. 195).<BR> </BR>
Thevet, born around 1516, became a Franciscan friar and wrote extensively about his travels in both the old world and new, widely embellishing the stories and images with myth and fiction. |
| 915 |  | Details | Porcacchi, Tomasso | 1576 |
| Greek Island of Karpathos or Scarpanto in the Aegean |
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Porcacchi, Tomasso |
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| 1576 |
| LOC:2 |
| $250.00 | Porcacchi--Tomasso | Greek-Island-of-Karpathos-or-Scarpanto-in-the-Aegean | Interesting antique map from 1576, by Tomasso Porcacchi, of the Greek Aegean island of Scarpanto or Kárpathos, about 30 miles southwest of Rhodes. Karpathos is part of the Dodecanese island group. A few of the key features Porcacchi notes on this old map are: Porto Grato, Porto Tristano, Capo Bonadrea, Castro Calamo, and Fianti. The walled village of Scarpanto is depicted on the East end of the island with three mountains directly to the west: M. St. Elya, M. Ores, and M. Anchinara.
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On a full page with text. Wood-cut capital letter "P" at the beginning of the textual desription of Candia, in Italian, just below the map.
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Printed in Tomasso Porcacchi's "Isolario" or island book "L'Isol Piu Famose Del Mondo". That work contains a number of finely engraved maps of islands and the continents at a reduced scale. Porcacchi (1530-1585) was born in Tuscany to a poor family and first settled in Florence. He wrote about history, geography, and archaeology and later published the Isolario from Venice, Italy in three editions beginning in 1572. Page 113. |
| 1222 |  | Details | Porcacchi, Tomasso | 1576 |
| Scarce map of Puerto Rico, San Giovanni or Borichen |
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Porcacchi, Tomasso |
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| 1576 |
| LOC:5 |
| $350.00 | Porcacchi--Tomasso | Scarce-map-of-Puerto-Rico--San-Giovanni-or-Borichen | Fine sixteenth-century map of the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico, or Borichen as it was known by the indigenous Taino Indians. One of the earliest available maps specifically of Puerto Rico. San Juan is noted as S. Giovanni.
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Contains the eastern coast of Cuba and a scattering of islands ( Le Vergini ) representing the British Virgin Islands. At bottom left is seen S. Croce (St. Croix). A large island off the southeast coast of Puerto Rico, "El Bacan" is probably the nearby island of Vieques. Numerous sea serpents swim in the offshore waters.
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Printed in Tomasso Porcacchi's "Isolario" or island book "L'Isol Piu Famose Del Mondo". That work contains a number of finely engraved maps of islands and the continents at a reduced scale. Porcacchi (1530-1585) was born in Tuscany to a poor family and first settled in Florence. He wrote about history, geography, and archaeology and later published the Isolario from Venice, Italy in three editions beginning in 1572. Italian text on verso. |
| 913 |  | Details | Porcacchi, Tomasso | 1576 |
| Island of Candia (Crete) in Greece |
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Porcacchi, Tomasso |
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| 1576 |
| LOC:2 |
| $275.00 | Porcacchi--Tomasso | Island-of-Candia-(Crete)-in-Greece | Very interesting early antique map of the Greek Mediterranean island of Candia (Crete or Kriti), the largest island in Greece. This late 16th century map, by Tomasso Porcacchi, shows some of the largest towns on the island at that time: Cania (Chania), Retimo (Rethimno), and Candia (Iraklio). Numeous small islands and islets are named offshore including Morena, Farioni, Paxmando, and Standia. In the stippled sea, empty space is filled with fanciful sea creatures, huge sea snails, crabs, and a three-masted galleon.
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At the center of the map is a cicular design of a maze south of the town of Candia (Iraklio or Heraklion). That maze is a reference to the labyrinth of King Minos of Crete that was believed to be located at the palace at Knossos. Since classical times that site was believed to be the location where Daedalus built the labyrinth for King Minos to hold the mythical Minotaur.
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The entrance to three caves is depicted near the southwest coast in the general vicinity of the well-known Samaria Gorge. At that spot Porcacchi has noted: "Habitation d' homini e bestiami nelle chuerne" or the dwelling of men and cattle in ?chuerne.
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Printed in Tomasso Porcacchi's "Isolario" or island book "L'Isol Piu Famose Del Mondo". That work contains a number of finely engraved maps of islands and the continents at a reduced scale. Porcacchi (1530-1585) was born in Tuscany to a poor family and first settled in Florence. He wrote about history, geography, and archaeology and later published the Isolario from Venice, Italy in three editions beginning in 1572. Page 108. |
| 2506 |  | Details | Waghenaer, Lucas Jansz | 1584 |
| Rare Dutch Sea chart of Belgium, Picardie, and France |
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Waghenaer, Lucas Jansz |
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| 1584 |
| LOC:9 |
| $1,800.00 | Waghenaer---Lucas-Jansz | Rare-Dutch-Sea-chart-of-Belgium--Picardie--and-France | A treasure! Chart of the English Channel printed in 1584, four years before the "Invincible Armada" of Spain was defeated in their attempt to conquer England. Extends from Nieuwpoort to Dieppe. With two coastal profiles. French text edition. Published in Leiden by Plantin. |
| 2572 |  | Details | Waghenaer, Lucas Jansz | 1586 |
| Rare Dutch Sea Chart of The East Coast of England; Newcastle |
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Waghenaer, Lucas Jansz |
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| 1586 |
| LOC:9 |
| $2,400.00 | Waghenaer---Lucas-Jansz | Rare-Dutch-Sea-Chart-of-The-East-Coast-of-England;-Newcastle | Rare. Beautiful antique chart of the English North East Coast with the Tyne and Tees Rivers. This fine orginal Dutch chart was printed in 1586, two years before the "Invincible Armada" of Spain was defeated in Spain's attempt to conquer England. The chart is profusely decorated with sailing ships and sea monsters and beautifully engraved by Deutecum.
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Includes the Tyne River with Tynemouth and Newcastle; the Tees River with Stockton; Hartlepool, and Sunderland.
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With two coastal profiles. From the 1586 Latin edition of Wagenhaers Sphieghel der Zeevaerdt: "Speculum Nauticum". |
| 123 |  | Details | Braun and Hogenberg | 1598 |
| Caletum |
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Braun and Hogenberg |
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| 1598 |
| LOC:89 |
| $850.00 | Braun-and-Hogenberg | Caletum | A decorative antique view / plan of Callais, France by Braun and Hogenberg. The engraving records a brief moment in history 1596 - 1598 during which Callais was taken from the French and occupied by Spain. This was a tumultuous time, less than a decade after the failed "invincible armada" in which Spain attempted to invade and occupy England. Shown in the foreground near the landward drawbridge are two Spanish soldiers- a pike man and an arquebusier. The depiction of Dover, England at the far top of the engraving is a reminder of Callais' strategic position on the English Channel. |
| 688 |  | Details | Magini, Giovanni Antonio | 1598 |
| Asia and U.S. West Coast- Tartariae Imperium |
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Magini, Giovanni Antonio |
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| 1598 |
| LOC:6 |
| $450.00 | Magini--Giovanni-Antonio | Asia-and-U-S--West-Coast--Tartariae-Imperium | Very old antique map of China, Japan, Russia, and the West Coast of the United States : "Americae vel Novi Orbis Pars" by G.A. Magini ca. 1598. California is identified by name and is shown attached to the continent. Alaska and Canada are truncated with the coast of North America shown trending to the North rather than to the West. Above North America the Scythian Ocean "Oceanus Scythicus" extends to the Arctic Circle. There is a hint of the Mississippi River drainage but it is greatly misplaced to the West and empties into the "Mar Vermeio" or Vermillion Sea. Also mis-identified is the "Stretto di Anian", part of the much sought after but elusive Northwest Passage. North of Japan, in the vicinity of the Bering Sea, not discovered at that time, the author identifies "Mare Cin".
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This old map of Asia is characterized by careful, neat engraving and lettering with the continents set apart from the sea by a finely stippled background.
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Coverage includes Cazones, Y. de Cedri (Cedros Island) off the coast of Baja California, "Y delle Perle" or Pearl Islands off the coast of Panama. Cartouches contain Latin inscriptions while the surrounding text is in Italian. After an earlier map by Abraham Ortelius ca. 1570. Page 167. Plate XXVIII (28). |
| 284 |  | Details | Magini, Giovanni Antonio | 1598 |
| Descrittione di Tutto'l Mondo, Secondo la prattica de' Marinari |
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Magini, Giovanni Antonio |
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| 1598 |
| LOC:6 |
| $850.00 | Magini--Giovanni-Antonio | Descrittione-di-Tutto-l-Mondo--Secondo-la-prattica-de--Marinari | Exquisitely-engraved small antique chart of the entire world by Tolomeo Magini executed in the style one would find in larger sea charts of the late 16th century, with rhumb lines. At the time the copperplate engraving was made the outlines of the continents were becoming more accurate. This chart reflects those cartographic achievements with the glaring exception of a large southern landmass "Terra Australis Nondum Cognita", which stretches from West to East at the chart bottom. Much finely engraved detail and calligraphy by Porro with stippling throughout all the world's oceans and seas.<BR> </BR>
5" x 7" engraving set in a larger sheet of Italian text measuring 8" x 12". <BR> </BR>
Verso contains text descriptions of Caribbean islands with large woodcut capitals. These descriptions include the islands of Jamaica (L' Isola Iamaica, o di S. Iacomo), Cuba (L' Isole Cuba, o Fernandina) and Canibalori (L'Isole de Canibalori, o de Caribi). Overall a very interesting piece. Chapter 35. |
| 4741 |  | Details | Langenes, Barent | 1598 |
| Rare antique map of Mozambique Island, Mozambique |
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Langenes, Barent |
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| 1598 |
| LOC:77 |
| $150.00 | Langenes--Barent | Rare-antique-map-of-Mozambique-Island--Mozambique | Very fine early miniature map of <b>Mozambique Island</b>, nearby the coast of Mozambique between the Mozambique Channel and Mossuril Bay. Prior to 1898, Mozambique Island was the capital of colonial Portuguese East Africa. There the Portuguese established a port in 1507 and built the Chapel of Nossa Senhora de Baluarte in 1522, now considered the oldest European building in the Southern Hemisphere. North is oriented to the right.
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Title cartouche on the upper right side. Two anchored ships and three men fishing with a seine on a small boat are depicted. Latin text on verso. Page 498. |
| 1294 |  | Details | Bertelli, Pietro | 1599 |
| Early antique birds-eye plan of Valetta, Malta |
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Bertelli, Pietro |
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| 1599 |
| LOC:4 |
| $575.00 | Bertelli--Pietro | Early-antique-birds-eye-plan-of-Valetta--Malta | A charmingly detailed birds-eye plan of the area around <b>Valletta, Malta</b> which appeared in the scarce first edition of Pietro Bertelli's "Theatrum Urbium Italicarum", Venice, 1599. Features that Bertelli noted by name on the copper-engraved plan include Malta Citta, Castel di S. Angelo, Castel S. Elmo, Borgo S. Angelo, and Borgo S. Michel. Some experts consider this to be "one the earliest obtainable plans of Malta". With a Maltese-cross cartouche and numerous galleys shown in the harbor.
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Produced less than forty years after the Siege of Malta in May 1565, when the Ottoman Empire invaded Malta, then held by the Knights Hospitaller (also known as the Knights of Malta or Knights of Rhodes).
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The years leading up to the Siege in 1565 saw the Islands under constant threat from the Ottoman Turks. In 1551, the Ottomans carried out an audacious raid, which saw most of Gozo's population taken into slavery. In 1559, the Knights responded, but with a disastrous attack on Djerba, the Ottoman stronghold on the Tunisian coast.
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The Knights knew they were vulnerable in Malta despite the harbours and their two forts, St. Angelo, in what is now Vittoriosa, and newly-built St. Elmo, on the open peninsula of Mount Sciberras overlooking the harbours (later known as Grand Harbour and Marsamxett Harbour). The heroic Knights and Maltese citizens stuggled for many weeks and at the beginning of September, the Ottomans were concerned about having to remain in Malta during the winter, with a long supply-line, and their morale began to fade. Long-awaited relief forces appeared at Mellieħa Bay and the Ottoman troops retreated, but not before losing thousands more men. Today Malta's capital Valetta is named after the Knight's Grand Master Jean de la Valette. (<a href="http://www.visitmalta.com/en/great-siege-1565" target="_blank">Internet</a>) |
| 4750 |  | Details | Bertius, Petrus | 1603 |
| 16th century map of Malta |
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Bertius, Petrus |
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| 1603 |
| LOC:77 |
| $380.00 | Bertius--Petrus | 16th-century-map-of-Malta | Attractive antique copper engraved map of the island of Malta (Melita), by Petrus Bertius. Contains a small vignette of St. Paul's shipwreck on the north of the island.
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From "Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum Libri Quinque", the finest and most important edition of the "Caert Thresoor", the famous miniature atlas of Barent Langenes, 1598.
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The map is engraved by Petrus Koerius , or Pieter Van Den Keere (1571-1646). Amsterdam: Cornelium Nicolai; Latin edition of 1603. |
| 4816 |  | Details | Mercator-Hondius | 1608 |
| Miniature version of Mercator's Iceland |
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Mercator-Hondius |
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| 1608 |
| LOC:77 |
| $350.00 | Mercator-Hondius | Miniature-version-of-Mercator-s-Iceland | Original antique map of Iceland from the French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor, published from Amsterdam.
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Decorative title cartouche with title "Island" and a different title "Islandia" above. Page 27. French text on verso.
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A fine smaller version of Mercator's earlier and larger map of Iceland based on the cartography of the Bishop of Hólar, Gudbrandur Thorláksson. Thorlaksson (1541-1627) is credited with producing the first somewhat accurate map of Iceland, published in 1590 by Abraham Ortelius in his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.
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A spouting sea creature is shown in the sea at upper right, while ashore Mount Hekla "Hekla Mons" is shown erupting with massive flames and boulders. Partly legible notation at Mount Hekla appears to read "perpetus" suggests the volcano erupted constantly at the time. |
| 5237 |  | Details | Bertius, Petrus | 1609 |
| Antique map of the East Indies or Moluccas |
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Bertius, Petrus |
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| 1609 |
| LOC:6 |
| $190.00 | Bertius--Petrus | Antique-map-of-the-East-Indies-or-Moluccas | Interesting original miniature antique map of the Maluku Archipelago or Moluccas near the Banda Sea ca. 1609 by Petrus Bertius. Includes Sulawesi, Timor, Seram and numerous other islands in the Malaku province of Indonesia. |
| 6515 |  | Details | Bertius, Petrus | 1616 |
| Fine 1616 map of Mexico, Yucatan, Nicaragua and offshore islands |
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Bertius, Petrus |
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| 1616 |
| LOC:78 |
| $275.00 | Bertius--Petrus | Fine-1616-map-of-Mexico--Yucatan--Nicaragua-and-offshore-islands | Attractive original engraved map of the Yucatan Peninsula (Iucatana), Southern Mexico and Nicaragua by Petrus Bertius.
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Petrus Bertius' 1616 map of the Yucatan Peninsula (Iucatana) and a portion of Central America is hand colored with attractive hachuring in the oceans that provides an interesting dimensionality to this scarce artifact.
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Very scarce original reduced-size version created by Bertius in 1616 to meet the demands of a growing and cost conscious market. This very fine map covers a wide area that includes the western portion of Cuba, northern Nicaragua, Honduras, the Yucatan Peninsula and southern Mexico (Nova Hispanie Pars). |
| 1074 |  | Details | Bertius, Petrus | 1616 |
| Antique map of the island of Ischia in the Bay of Naples |
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Bertius, Petrus |
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| 1616 |
| LOC:4 |
| $150.00 | Bertius--Petrus | Antique-map-of-the-island-of-Ischia-in-the-Bay-of-Naples | Small detailed, 400 year-old map of the volcanic island of Ischia which lies off the coast of Naples, Italy. Ischia is the largest of three islands that lie in or near the Gulf of Naples: Ischia, Capri, and Procida. At the east end of the island is shown the Aragonese Castle built in the year 474.
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From the Latin edition of Bertius' 'Tabularum geographicarum contractarum..' |
| 4700 |  | Details | Bertius, Petrus | 1616 |
| Malabar |
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Bertius, Petrus |
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| 1616 |
| LOC:13 |
| $225.00 | Bertius--Petrus | Malabar | Very beautiful early antique miniature map of southern India and a part of Sri Lanka (Ceilon or Ceylon) by Bertius. Numerous towns and villages in India are identified. Important locations within India that are noted by Bertius include: Coromandel, Bisnagor, Goa, Negapatam, Cananor, Calicut (Kozhikode), and Mangalor (Mangaluru),
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This lovely copper-plate engraved map is from a Latin edition of Petrus Bertius' <b>Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum</b>. The basis of the "Tabularum" was the atlas Caert Thresoor by Barent Langenes, first published in 1598.
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Latin text on verso. Plate 586. |
| 5196 |  | Details | Bertius, Petrus | 1616 |
| Majorcae Et Minorcae Descrip |
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Bertius, Petrus |
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| 1616 |
| LOC:77 |
| $325.00 | Bertius--Petrus | Majorcae-Et-Minorcae-Descrip | Uncolored miniature antique map of the <b>Balearic Islands</b> (Baleares) of Majorca and Minorca, Spain in the Mediterranean Sea. Key named features include Porto Pin, Calafigur, Calalonga, Menacor, Cabo Formentelli, Porto Fornelle, and San Catharina. Sea monsters and a lateen-rigged sailing ship beautifully decorate the map while filling empty areas in the sea. In the crow's nest high above the deck a sailor is depicted throwing objects overboard, a detail perhaps related to a ritual of good fortune.
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This fine copper-plate engraved map of Mallorca from a <b>French edition</b> of Petrus Bertius' <b>Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum</b>. The basis of the "Tabularum" was the atlas Caert Thresoor by Barent Langenes, first published in 1598.
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French text on verso.
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[ Mallorca, Majorca, Majorcae, Minorca, Menorca, Minorcae ] |
| 4696 |  | Details | Bertius, Petrus | 1616 |
| Descriptio Maioricae et Minoricae |
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Bertius, Petrus |
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| 1616 |
| LOC:13 |
| $350.00 | Bertius--Petrus | Descriptio-Maioricae-et-Minoricae | Colorful miniature antique map of the <b>Balearic Islands</b> (Baleares) of Majorca and Minorca, Spain in the Mediterranean Sea. This lovely copper-plate engraved map is from a Latin edition of Petrus Bertius' <b>Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum</b>. The basis of the "Tabularum" was the atlas Caert Thresoor by Barent Langenes, first published in 1598. Key named features include Porto Pin, Calafigur, Calalonga, Menacor, Cabo Formentelli, Porto Fornelle, and San Catharina.
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Sea monsters and a lateen-rigged sailing ship beautifully decorate the map while filling empty areas in the sea. In the crow's nest high above the deck a sailor is depicted throwing objects overboard, a detail perhaps related to a ritual of good fortune.
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Latin text on verso. |
| 1079 |  | Details | Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de | 1622 |
| Scarce 1622 map of Central America including Costa Rica |
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Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de |
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| 1622 |
| LOC:10 |
| $600.00 | Herrera-y-Tordesillas--Antonio-de | Scarce-1622-map-of-Central-America-including-Costa-Rica | Scarce map of the "Audiencia" or province of "Guatimala", then comprised of southern Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Belize. From "Descripción de la Audiencia de Guatemala, compuesta por el Licenciado Don Antonio de Remesal, del Consejo de Su Majestad, su Oidor y Relator, año de 1618" by Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas. In the "Descripción de la Audiencia de Guatemala," Herrera y Tordesillas covers a wide range of topics, including the geography and climate of the region, the indigenous peoples who lived there, and the Spanish efforts to establish colonial rule. He also provides detailed accounts of the major cities and towns, as well as the various institutions that made up the colonial administration.
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Some of the locations noted on the map include: the Gulf of Fonseca, San Miguel, San Salvador, Santiago de Guatemala, Chiapa de Corzo, Soconusco, the Gulf of Honduras, Puerto Cortes (Puerto de Caballos); Trujillo; and the islands of Coiba and Cébaco, Panama. In Costa Rica, Herrera y Tordesillas identifies among other features: Nicoya, Isla de Chira, Cartago (16 mi. east of San Jose), and El Castillo (near the Arenal volcano). |
| 891 |  | Details | Jansson, Jan | 1630 |
| Antique map of Crete, Corfu, Zante, Milo, Naxos, Scarpanto |
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Jansson, Jan |
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| 1630 |
| LOC:2 |
| $315.00 | Jansson--Jan | Antique-map-of-Crete--Corfu--Zante--Milo--Naxos--Scarpanto | Antique map of several of the <b>Cycladic Greek islands</b> plus Corfu. A reduced-size copperplate engraving of Mercator's map of Crete ( "Candia" ) with inset maps above for the Greek isles of Corfu, Zante, Milos, Naxos ( "Nicsia" ), and Scarpanto.
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Published 1630 by Jan Jansson from Amsterdam for Gerard Mercator's "Atlas Minor". Latin text on verso. |
| 1205 |  | Details | Tassin, Christophe Nicholas | 1634 |
| Antique coastal map of the Captainerie de Agde and Coast of Languedoc |
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Tassin, Christophe Nicholas |
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| 1634 |
| LOC:7 |
| $480.00 | Tassin--Christophe-Nicholas | Antique-coastal-map-of-the-Captainerie-de-Agde-and-Coast-of-Languedoc | Scarce antique engraved, 380 year-old map of the <b>Languedoc</b> region (coastal areas of France including the Camargue with villages of Montpellier, Aigues-Mortes, and La Motte) by French cartographer Christophe Nicholas Tassin. Contains a beautifully designed and intricately engraved compass rose with 32 points. Decorated with small sailing vessels (including a galley) and a <b>fantastical sea monster</b>. Scrollwork distance scale in French lieue.
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This rare antique map is not from the common series of town views in pocket atlas format published by Tassin but from the earliest atlas of charts specifically of coastal areas published by Tassin in France ca. 1634: "Cartes Generale et Particulieres de toutes le costes de France Tant de la Mer Oceane que Mediterranee"...
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See
<a href="http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b77100033. " target="_blank">this page</a> at the Bibliotheque national de France for all the maps in Tassin's scare coastal atlas.
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Attribution at bottom reads: "Par Sieur Tassin Geographe ordinaire de ca Majeste. Par Privilege du Roy." Tassin's background was as a military engineer and his works often show militarily important sites, either sketched on site, composed from firsthand drawings by military engineers, or sometimes borrowed from other mapmakers. Additionally, Christophe Tassin also published several small sized atlases with profiles of French towns and maps of the provinces.
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Published in Paris by Chez Melchior Tavernier, en lisle du Palais, vis à vis la quay de la Megisserie. |
| 656 |  | Details | Tassin, Christophe Nicholas | 1634 |
| Carte de l'Isle de Oleron |
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Tassin, Christophe Nicholas |
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| 1634 |
| LOC:4 |
| $160.00 | Tassin--Christophe-Nicholas | Carte-de-l-Isle-de-Oleron | Small, attractive map of the island of Oleron in the Bay of Biscay in Western France, just off the coast in the Atlantic Ocean. Oleron is France's second largest island, after Corsica.
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Shows a great deal of interior detail as small as individual buildings, churches, windmills, and gardens. This map is a variant similar to but substantially different from the version published by Tassin in "Les Plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France" . This more scarce version contains a compass rose, the cartouche appears at bottom right, and the ships and interior island details are different.
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Published by Tavernier in one of the many small-sized atlases created by Christophe Nicholas Tassin (d. 1660) . Tassin's background was as a military engineer, and he is best known for his nautical atlas of 30 sheets, dedicated to Richelieu, documenting France's coastline. Tassin's works contain topographic maps, often of militarily important sites, either sketched on site, composed from firsthand drawings by military engineers, or sometimes borrowed from other mapmakers. Plate 30. |
| 141 |  | Details | Tassin, Christophe Nicholas | 1636 |
| Fort de Brigancon |
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Tassin, Christophe Nicholas |
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| 1636 |
| LOC:4 |
| $195.00 | Tassin--Christophe-Nicholas | Fort-de-Brigancon | Scarce antique island map by Christophe N. Tassin from 1636. Depicts the Fort of Bregancon near Toulon which is the official retreat for the President of France. The island today looks very much the same as this copperplate engraved view created more than 360 years ago .
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Published in the small-sized atlas "Les Plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France" by Christophe Nicholas Tassin (d. 1660) . Tassin's background was as a military engineer, and he is best known for his nautical atlas of 30 sheets, dedicated to Richelieu, documenting France's coastline. Tassin's work contains topographic maps, often of militarily important sites, either sketched on site, composed from firsthand drawings by military engineers, or sometimes borrowed from other mapmakers. |
| 1359 |  | Details | Tassin, Christophe Nicholas | 1636 |
| Antique map of the Isle de Bouin, France |
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Tassin, Christophe Nicholas |
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| 1636 |
| LOC:0 |
| $80.00 | Tassin--Christophe-Nicholas | Antique-map-of-the-Isle-de-Bouin--France | Decorative antique island map of Bouin, France- an island, located in the Breton marshes that exists no more. Created by Nicolas Tassin in 1636, this neat small map shows what was the <b>Isle of Bouin</b> , a commune in the western Pays de la Loire region of France. At the time of our map Tassin shows almost every square foot covered with houses, roads, or ponds.
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Archivally matted. With mat measures 12" W x 10" H.
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The isle of Bouin no longer exists as such because over time the narrow channel separating the island from the mainland silted up, and the island became part of the mainland. The town of Bouin still exists.
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Published in the small-sized atlas "Les Plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France" by Christophe Nicholas Tassin (d. 1660) . Tassin's background was as a military engineer, and he is best known for his nautical atlas of 30 sheets, dedicated to Richelieu, documenting France's coastline. Tassin's work contains topographic maps, often of militarily important sites, either sketched on site, composed from firsthand drawings by military engineers, or sometimes borrowed from other mapmakers. |
| 983 |  | Details | Tassin, Christophe Nicholas | 1636 |
| Antique map of the Calais, France environs by Tassin |
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Tassin, Christophe Nicholas |
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| 1636 |
| LOC:7 |
| $110.00 | Tassin--Christophe-Nicholas | Antique-map-of-the-Calais--France-environs-by-Tassin | Antique map by Nicolas Tassin of the vicinity around Calais, France on the English Channel. Key features include the towns of Calais and Ardres and the Riviere de Graveline. The map is dotted with numerous smaller villages. Sailing ships cruise offshore, a typical decorative feature of Tassin's maps.
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Published in the small-sized atlas "Les Plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France" by Christophe Nicholas Tassin (d. 1660) . Tassin's background was as a military engineer, and he is best known for his nautical atlas of 30 sheets, dedicated to Richelieu, documenting France's coastline. Tassin's work contains topographic maps, often of militarily important sites, either sketched on site, composed from firsthand drawings by military engineers, or sometimes borrowed from other mapmakers. |
| 152 |  | Details | Tassin, Christophe Nicholas | 1636 |
| Calais |
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Tassin, Christophe Nicholas |
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| 1636 |
| LOC:7 |
| $110.00 | Tassin--Christophe-Nicholas | Calais | Antique engraved view of the town and harbor of Calais, France by the author of an atlas on French towns and villages- Christophe Nicolas Tassin. This small copperplate engraving focuses on the nearby area surrounding the town of Calais, its fortifications, and hydraulic plan. With a decorative title cartouche of two sea serpents.
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Published in the small-sized atlas "Les Plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France" by Christophe Nicholas Tassin (d. 1660) . Tassin's background was as a military engineer, and he is best known for his nautical atlas of 30 sheets, dedicated to Richelieu, documenting France's coastline. Tassin's work contains topographic maps, often of militarily important sites, either sketched on site, composed from firsthand drawings by military engineers, or sometimes borrowed from other mapmakers. |
| 1481 |  | Details | Blaeu, Johannes | 1645 |
| North Polar Region or Regiones Sub Polo Arctico |
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Blaeu, Johannes |
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| 1645 |
| LOC:52 |
| $1,900.00 | Blaeu--Johannes | North-Polar-Region-or-Regiones-Sub-Polo-Arctico | Beautiful engraved map of the North Polar region with fine color. With rhumb lines radiating from the North Pole, a large title cartouche, two figures and numerous wind heads, compass roses, ships and an additional vignette of explorers. Arctic animals shown include a polar bear and foxes. With Backer's coat-of-arms in "Nova Britannia." French text on verso regarding the "Pole Arctique".
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Blaeu's map of the North Pole region is a close copy of Jansson's Nova et Accurata Poli Artici based on the arctic map of Barentsz, Baffin, and others. This is state two of the map with Willem Backer's coat-of-arms. |
| 905 |  | Details | Dudley, Robert | 1646 |
| Fine Antique Nautical Chart of Scotland with Edinburgh |
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Dudley, Robert |
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| 1646 |
| LOC:89 |
| $2,400.00 | Dudley--Robert | Fine-Antique-Nautical-Chart-of-Scotland-with-Edinburgh | Rare and extremely desirable first edition nautical chart of the east coast of Scotland including coastline for all or part of the following Scottish council areas : the Lothians, Fife, Angus, Aberdeenshire, Moray ("Costa di Muray"), and Highland.
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This antique sea chart is from the <b>Dell' Arcano del Mare</b> published from Florence in 1646 by Sir Robert Dudley, the illegitimate son of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester and a close friend of Elizabeth I. Dudley was an adventurer, explorer, naval advisor to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and publisher. The charts have a unique sparse Baroque style that is complemented by very high quality calligraphy and engraving (by Lucini). In addition to the quality of execution, charts from the Arcano del Mare are highly sought after for their singularity- as the <b>first maritime atlas to cover the entire globe</b>, the first world atlas published by an Englishman, and the first maritime atlas to use the Mercator projection.
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There are many named settlements in Scotland on this old chart including: Dunbar, Edinburgh ("Edenburgh"), Dundee ("Donde"), <b>St. Andrews or "S. Andrea" (of golfing legend)</b> , Aberdeen ("Alberden"), Peterhead ("Peter Polle"), Spey Bay ("Spyn"), Rosemarkie ("Rosemark") . Kinloss ("Killos"). At the far north the chart ends at Cromarty ("C. di Comar").
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In much the same way as Wagenhaer exaggerated certain features on his charts, so too the mouths of firths, bays, and rivers are not to scale. By depicting them at a larger scale, Dudley is able to obtain some of the benefits of a large-scale chart in what is otherwise a small-scale chart of the area. |
| 654 |  | Details | Jansson, Jan | 1648 |
| Elbe River with Hamburg Germany |
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Jansson, Jan |
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| 1648 |
| LOC:89 |
| $600.00 | Jansson--Jan | Elbe-River-with-Hamburg-Germany | Beautiful, hand-colored map of the Elbe ( Albis ) River by Jan Jansson (Johanne Jansonnious) from 1648. Attractive inset profile of Hamburg, Germany "Emporium Hamburgum" with 17 referenced buildings tied to explantory notes. Traces the course of the Elbe River from "De Noordt Zee" past Brokdorf, Gluckstadt, Stade, Buxtehude, past Hamburg, and ends at Geesthact. Numerous towns, chuches, windmills and other structure are noted by name. Latin text. Published from Amsterdam. |
| 755 |  | Details | Blaeu, William Janszoon | 1650 |
| Venezuela cum parte Australi Novae Andalusiae |
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Blaeu, William Janszoon |
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| 1650 |
| LOC:200 |
| $695.00 | Blaeu--William-Janszoon | Venezuela-cum-parte-Australi-Novae-Andalusiae | Antique map of Venezuela with the Leeward Antilles and the Windward Islands from the Latin edition of William Blaeu's "Le theatre du monde, ou Nouvel atlas" published in Amsterdam ca. 1650. Islands (not engraved to scale, apparently) include from west to east: Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, los Rocques, las Aves, la Orchilla, Tortuga, la Blanquilla, Margarita, Grenada, Trinidad, Tobago, , St. Vincent , St. Lucia, Martinique, and Dominica.
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Geographic coverage includes the Gulf of Paria, Nuestra Senora de los Remedios, Provincia de los Caracas, Nueva Valencia, Portilla de Carara, Maracapana, Nuestra Senora de Carvalleda, St. Iago de Leon, Nueva Segovia, and the settlement of St. Thomas along the lower Orinoco River.
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Cartographic elements include mountains, forests, locations of settlements, bays, and rivers, degrees of latitude and longitude, two compass roses oriented with North at top of plate, and numerous topographical details. Decorative elements include birds, ship, sheep, angels, and monkeys. With two decorative scrollwork cartouches.
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This map is one of five maps of South America in Blaeu's atlas which are taken from other Dutch sources. The plates for this map were orignally made by the younger Jodocus Hondius sometime before his death in 1629. Hondius' plates were bought by Willem Janszoon Blaeu who replaced Hondius' name with his own. Single vertical fold, as issued. |
| 823 |  | Details | Boschini, Marco | 1651 |
| Spinalonga Peninsula and Elounda in Crete, Greece |
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Boschini, Marco |
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| 1651 |
| LOC:2 |
| $450.00 | Boschini--Marco | Spinalonga-Peninsula-and-Elounda-in-Crete--Greece | Very scarce and attractive copper-plate engraved view of the entire Spinalonga Peninsula and surrounding area on the island of Crete, Greece. Includes the island of Kalydon (shown with a fortress dominating the bay); the island of "Colochita" ( Kolokythas ); and structures in the vicinity of today's villages of Elounda and Plaka. The southern-most of these structures at the bottom of the Bay of Elounda are referred to as "Culata". The view shows a signal fire burning at the headland of Cape Agios Ioannis, overlooking the entire Mirambellos Gulf. Numerous galleys are shown at sea headed to shore, and interestingly none of the galleys are under sail.
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By Marco Boschini (1613-1678) from Venice in 1651. Published in Boschini's atlas of 59 engraved views and city plans and 2 maps of Crete at a time when the island of Crete, then a Venetian territory, was under siege from Ottoman forces.
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Boschini derived his engravings from the manuscript works of others including Angelo degli Oddi, Francesco Basilicata, and especially Georgio Corner. Although he never visited Crete, Marco Boschini's unique contribution is that his atlas was the first published atlas to focus solely on Crete and it provided information about that embattled island to a thirsty public. (Porfyriou, Heleni. The Cartography of Crete in the First Half of the 17th Century: a Collective Work of a Generation of Engineers, Web: http://ine-notebooks.org/index.php/te/article/viewFile/109/165) |
| 4825 |  | Details | Picart, Jean | 1657 |
| Scarce original engraving of the North Polar Region |
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Picart, Jean |
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| 1657 |
| LOC:13 |
| $480.00 | Picart--Jean | Scarce-original-engraving-of-the-North-Polar-Region | Picart's map of the North Pole (second state) based on Jansson's Septentrionalium Terrarum Descript from the Atlas Minor. An early map of the Arctic region seldom found in this fine condition. |
| 357 |  | Details | Blaeu, Johannes | 1663 |
| Milazzo ou Melazzo ville en Sicile |
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Blaeu, Johannes |
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| 1663 |
| LOC:8 |
| $350.00 | Blaeu--Johannes | Milazzo-ou-Melazzo-ville-en-Sicile | Sizable map of the fortress at Milazzo, Italy published by Blaeu in 1663. Source was “Theatrum Civitatum et admirandorum Italiae” published from Amsterdam. This scarce antique map depicts the fortress walls in great detail but with no interior detail. The single decorative element is the depiction of a galley in the left bottom corner from which a sailor can be seen fishing. Plate 33. |
| 2486 |  | Details | Doncker, Hendrick | 1664 |
| Rare Dutch chart of lower South America and the Strait of Magellan |
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Doncker, Hendrick |
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| 1664 |
| LOC:10 |
| $1,850.00 | Doncker--Hendrick | Rare-Dutch-chart-of-lower-South-America-and-the-Strait-of-Magellan | Nice! Very scarce old Dutch nautical chart of Patagonia, the southern portion of the South American continent by Doncker. Includes Patagonia, the Strait of Magellan and Tierra del Fuego. With Spanish place names in portolano style. Includes The Plate River with "Buenos Ayr" or Buenos Aires. Fine, striking graphics.
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Hendrick Doncker (1626-1699) was an Amsterdam printer, bookseller, and cartographer residing in the Nieuwebrugsteeg. Johannes Loots, an important contemporary Dutch cartographer, was an apprentice to Doncker. In 1693, upon completion of his apprenticeship to Doncker, Loots was accepted into the Guild of Booksellers and bought a home near Doncker in Nieuwebrugsteeg. |
| 358 |  | Details | Levanto, Francesco M. | 1664 |
| Carta Maritima del Golfo di Smirne |
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Levanto, Francesco M. |
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| 1664 |
| LOC:8 |
| $1,225.00 | Levanto--Francesco-M- | Carta-Maritima-del-Golfo-di-Smirne | Rare, original antique portolan-style sea chart of east coast of Chios, Greece and the coast of Turkey around Izmir by Genoan cartographer Francesco Maria Levanto. Charming oblique profile depictions of Smirne (Izmir) and Soi (Chios, Greece). Charts of Turkey from the mid 17th century are quite scarce.<BR> </BR>
From Levanto's "La Prima Parte dello Specchio del Mare" (Sea Mirror). Probably based on earlier Dutch charts, possibly influenced by Jacobsz. Place names and notes in Dutch and Italian. With an inset coastal profile and an elaborate decorative cartouche.<BR> </BR>
This chart was reissued about 40 year later by Coronelli. Charts from the Specchio del Mare are quite scarce. |
| 1292 |  | Details | Doncker, Hendrick | 1664 |
| Antique nautical chart of Norway, Spitsbergen, Greenland, and Russia |
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Doncker, Hendrick |
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| 1664 |
| LOC:200 |
| $1,500.00 | Doncker--Hendrick | Antique-nautical-chart-of-Norway--Spitsbergen--Greenland--and-Russia | Scarce copper-engraved sea chart of Spitsbergen, Norway and to the west, the largely unknown shores of Greenland. by cartographer Hedrick Doncker, Amsterdam. Coverage on this very attractive antique sea chart includes "Finnmarken" (Norway), "Lapland", "Nieu Groenlandt", Jan Mayen Island, Svalbard ("Spitsbergen"), "Nova Zemla", and Russia with Arkhangelsk ("Archangel"). Shows a longer coastline for Greenland than later editions of the same map by Doncker. Dated within to 1664.
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Hendrick Doncker (1626-1699) was an Amsterdam printer, bookseller, and cartographer residing in the Nieuwe Bruchsteegh in Stuurmans Gereetschap. |
| 368 |  | Details | Goos, Pieter | 1664 |
| Cuft van Hispagnien vande Rivier Sivilien |
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Goos, Pieter |
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| 1664 |
| LOC:8 |
| $1,450.00 | Goos--Pieter | Cuft-van-Hispagnien-vande-Rivier-Sivilien | Attractive and desirable small-scale antique nautical chart covers the Atlantic approaches to the Strait of Gibraltar with Cadiz, Spain, Algeciras ("Out Gibralter"), Sanlucar de Barrameda , Xeres, Rota, Cape Trafalgar, and the Guadalquivir River to just past the small stream of Brazo de la Torre. Inside the strait and in the Mediterranean are Tangier, Ceuta, Tetuan, and Penon de Velez on the north coast of Africa. On the south coast of Spain Gibraltar, Algeciras, Tarifa, Marbella, and Malaga are featured. <BR> </BR>
A fine antique chart of the historically important area surrounding the Strait of Gibraltar and Cadiz, Spain. With an elaborate strapwork cartouche, two compass roses, and depictions of a galley and a square-rigged sailing vessel, the two predominant sea-going vessels of that era. Produced by Dutch cartographer Pieter Goos in Amsterdam in 1664. North oriented to the right. Plate number 3. <BR> </BR> |
| 21 |  | Details | Levanto, Francesco M. | 1664 |
| La Costa di SPAGNA |
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Levanto, Francesco M. |
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| 1664 |
| LOC:8 |
| $900.00 | Levanto--Francesco-M- | La-Costa-di-SPAGNA | Rare nautical chart of the Mediterranean coast of southern Spain including Alicante and Cartagena Spain and of the North African coastline including Oran and Cape Ferrat. Portolan-style central compass rose surrounded by a concentric grouping of rhumb lines. <BR> </BR>
Produced by the Genoan cartographer Francesco Maria Levanto in 1664 in "La Prima Parte dello Specchio del Mare…" (Sea Mirror) probably from earlier Dutch charts, possibly by Jacobsz. This antique sea chart was reissued later by Coronelli in 1697. Charts from Levanto's Specchio del Mare are quite scarce. Plate 5. Chain laid paper. |
| 18 |  | Details | Levanto, Francesco M. | 1664 |
| Carta Maritima della Meridionale Costa di MOREA |
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Levanto, Francesco M. |
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| 1664 |
| LOC:8 |
| $900.00 | Levanto--Francesco-M- | Carta-Maritima-della-Meridionale-Costa--di-MOREA | Rare Genoan antique nautical chart of the Greek coast including the named islands of Sapienza, Schiza, I. Cervij ( Elafonisos ), Serigo (Kythera), and Serigotto (Antikythera), Greece. Antikythera is best known for being near the site at which the so-called <b>Antikythera mechanism</b> was recovered by sponge divers in 1900. That mechanism is an early clockwork device with meshed bronze gears that allowed the user to calculate the position of astronomical objects, eclipses, and lunar phase by rotating a hand crank. The significance of the device is that it is believed to date from antiquity- 67 BC and is by far the oldest analog computer ever discovered.
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Coverage includes a long stretch of the southern coast of the <b>Peloponnese peninsula</b>, known in earlier times as the Morea. Primary geographic features include Cape Matapan and Cape Maleo ( Cap San Angelo) with the following settlements identified by name: Modon ( Methoni ), Coron ( Koroni ), Vitulo ( Porto Vitilo ). Porto Rapini is a bit more difficult to identify but based on 19th century works only present-day Marathias fits the location. Almost 2 centuries after this chart was published, Norie described Porto Rapina: <div class="indenttextblock"> "you will see a long even point of land and behind it two round hills" . . . "there are two small islands before the northern entrance to the port" and noted that the Island of Cervi was "7 miles southward". </div> That description fits only Marathias. (Norie, John William. New Mediterranean Pilot. 1817, p 140.)
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This old sea chart was produced by Genoan cartographer <b>Francesco Maria Levanto</b> in 1664. Levanto's "La Prima Parte dello Specchio del Mare" (Sea Mirror) was probably based on earlier Dutch charts, possibly by Jacobsz.
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This chart was reissued about 40 year later by Coronelli. Charts from the Specchio del Mare are quite scarce. Plate 17. Oriented North at top. Chain laid paper. |
| 556 |  | Details | Goos, Pieter | 1667 |
| Pascaarte van Engelant |
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Goos, Pieter |
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| 1667 |
| LOC:57 |
| $1,300.00 | Goos--Pieter | Pascaarte-van-Engelant | Lovely copperplate engraved sea chart of the East Coast of England with the Thames estuary by Dutch cartographer Pieter Goos. Inset of the Thames River including London. The date of publication was just one year after the great fire that destroyed London in 1666. Place names and feature desriptions are in Dutch.<br><br/>
From Pieter Goos' De Zee-Atlas, Ofte Water-Weereld, Waer in vertoont werden alle de Zee-Kusten Van het bekende des Aerd-Bodems. 1667. |
| 2577 |  | Details | Goos, Pieter | 1669 |
| 17th century woodblock chart of Marseilles, France |
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Goos, Pieter |
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| 1669 |
| LOC:77 |
| $185.00 | Goos--Pieter | 17th-century-woodblock-chart-of-Marseilles--France | Two woodblock charts (verso and recto) of the Bay of Marseille, France and of the coast and islands of the Bay of Hyeres: Porquerolles, Port Cros, Ile du Levant. Scarce.
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Produced by Dutch cartographer Pieter Goos from Amsterdam in 1669. |
| 526 |  | Details | Ogilby, John | 1671 |
| Tabula Magellanica |
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Ogilby, John |
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| 1671 |
| LOC:50 |
| $800.00 | Ogilby--John | Tabula-Magellanica | Very decorative, finely engraved antique map of Cape Horn ( Hoorn ), the southern-most point in South America and the Strait of Magellan, published ca. 1671, about 150 years after Magellan's discovery of the passage.
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This original copper-plate engraved map is enlivened by two compass roses, four cartouches and numerous fanciful vignettes including mermaids, ostriches, penguins, and the scene of a sea battle.
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This map was published in "America: Being an Accurate Description of the New World…" by John Ogilby, a Scottish cartographer, who was appointed "His Majesty's Cosmographer and Geographic Printer" in 1675. |
| 881 |  | Details | Dapper, Olfert (Olivier) | 1672 |
| Antique engraved chart or map of the Caspian Sea |
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Dapper, Olfert (Olivier) |
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| 1672 |
| LOC:8 |
| $250.00 | Dapper--Olfert-(Olivier) | Antique-engraved-chart-or-map-of-the-Caspian-Sea | Interesting antique chart of the <b>Caspian Sea</b>, considered by many to be the world's largest lake, located between Europe and Asia. This 340 year old copper-plate engraving by Olivier Dapper (d. 1690) is presented in the <b>style of a nautical chart </b>with numerous rhumb lines and a central compass rose at center. No soundings, aids-to-navigation or danger areas are identified, which is consistent with the intended use of the work to inform the general reader, and definitely not intended for navigation of the Caspian Sea.
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This old map is filled with images of sailing ships and shows limited detail of the interior areas of the countries along the Caspian coast: Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Azerbaijan. Text is in both Cyrillic and Dutch. |
| 872 |  | Details | de Wit, Frederick | 1675 |
| Magnum Mare del Zur cum Insula California |
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de Wit, Frederick |
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| 1675 |
| LOC:0 |
| $3,100.00 | de-Wit--Frederick | Magnum-Mare-del-Zur-cum-Insula-California | This beautiful antique sea chart of the Pacific Ocean from 1675 is one of the earliest obtainable nautical charts of Oceana. The chart extends eastward from Japan, Korea and New Guinea to the newly explored west coast of North America with California shown as an island. The incomplete outline of landforms in Australasia reflect the limited exploration of that area.
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This chart is the first and most desirable state, engraved by Frederick de Wit, with the imprint: "Gedruckt't Amsterdam by Frederick de Wit inde Calverstraet. " Published in de <b>Wit's Orbis Maritimus ofte Zee Atlas</b>, comprised of twenty-seven nautical charts of the world's oceans.
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The concept that <b>Baja California was an island</b> rather than a peninsula dates back to the early 1500's. In 1701 Jesuit priest and cartographer Eusebio Francisco Kino published a map based on his explorations of the area showing Baja California to be a peninsula, but despite that work the question was not finally accepted by all cartographers until the mid-eighteenth century.
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<b>Hollandia Nova</b>, or New Holland was the name given to the vast continent of Australia. On this early chart only the north coast of Australia and the Gulf of Carpentaria are depicted, with an incomplete outline of western New Guinea drawn above. Below, the outline of the southern half of Tasmania ( " Anthoni van Diemens Landt" ) and a portion of the east coast of New Zealand with the Cook Strait shown as a bay.
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A very attractive decorative cartouche at bottom right features a portrait of Ferdinand Magellan gazing over a tableau of Poseidon and his consort Amphitrite riding a chariot through the sea while putti drape garland over the scene. Empty areas in the chart are filled with depictions of square-rigged warships under sail and firing cannon. Title is in Latin and Dutch. |
| 381 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1675 |
| Plan de la Ville de Rode |
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Anonymous |
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| 1675 |
| LOC:2 |
| $950.00 | Anonymous | Plan-de-la-Ville-de-Rode | Scarce engraving of the port of Rode (Rhodes), Greece decorated with a bat-form title cartouche, a square-rigged warship, and three galleys. References on the plan to the 'Grand Master' and 'Sultan Suleiman' suggest that the map was intended to illustrate the Siege of Rhodes in 1522 when the Knights of Rhodes were defeated and driven out by the Ottomans. That order later became known as the 'Knights of Malta' after they established residence on the island of Malta in 1530.
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We cannot locate an identical copy of this anonymous work anywhere on-line but the topographic details are nearly identical to those in a map by Dapper from 1687. This example probably dates from a period between 1650 - 1675 because this map contains more explanatory detail (in French) than Dapper's map and the strapwork cartouche points to an earlier style.<BR> </BR>
Numerous geographic descriptions include: the palace of the Grand Master; port des galeres; Tour de St. Jean; port des vaisseaux; the old walled village of Rhodes, and two long breakwaters, each protected by a tower at the end. Strapwork mileage scale. |
| 404 |  | Details | Roggeveen, Arent | 1675 |
| Paskaert vande Cust van Westindien |
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Roggeveen, Arent |
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| 1675 |
| LOC:51 |
| $4,500.00 | Roggeveen--Arent | Paskaert-vande-Cust-van-Westindien | This rare antique chart is the earliest available detailed sea-chart of this portion of the Guyana coastline. On this fine Dutch foundational sea chart from ca. 1675 coverage stretches from Rio Soronama (Suriname River) and Paramaribo, Suriname in the east to the west past Rio Demerary (Demerara River) and Georgetown, Guyana. Fort Paramaribo is the sole noted habitation, reflecting both the early date of the chart and the fort's importance for trading. The course of the Demerara River is shown with soundings to past St. Iohannes Island (St. John's Island), about 15 miles from the river's mouth.<br></BR>
This old nautical chart appears in the First Part of the Burning Fen or "Het Brandende Veen" created by Arent Roggeveen and published by <a rel="nofollow" href="/creator/Goos--Pieter/" >Pieter Goos</a> . Dr. C. Koeman described the significance of this work as of the same order as Waghenaer's Der Spieghel der Zeevaerdt: <br>
<dir class="indenttextblock">"The First Part of the Burning Fen rates as one of the most important printed Pilot Books. The First Part of the Burning Fen, published by Pieter Goos in 1675, is the first pilot book containing charts of the Central American coasts and islands that ever appeared in print."</dir> </BR>
Unlike Waghenaer, Arent Roggeveen was not a sea captain but rather a trained land-surveyor who taught navigation in the town of Middelburg to pilots of the Dutch West India Company which was headquartered there. Roggeveen likely had access to manuscript charts from Guyana and possibly to early Spanish portolan charts through his connections with the West India Company.<BR> </BR> |
| 4698 |  | Details | Pontault, Sébastien Beaulieu de | 1678 |
| Antique view of Montjuïc at Barcelona, Spain |
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Pontault, Sébastien Beaulieu de |
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| 1678 |
| LOC:13 |
| $225.00 | Pontault--Sébastien-Beaulieu-de | Antique-view-of-Montjuïc-at-Barcelona--Spain | Antique view of Montjuïc, a broad, low hill in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain to the west of the old quarter. The top of Montjuïc (Castell de Montjuic) at about 550' is the site of several fortifications dating from the 17th century. These served as a prison, often holding political prisoners, until the time of General Franco.
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Here, cannon are shown firing from the Castell while a marine semaphore atop a tall tower relays signals to nearby vessels. Montjuïc became a key element in the defence of Barcelona. By controlling the mountain and its communication with the rest of the city, the defenders of Barcelona could keep attacking troops further from the eastern perimeter of the city walls and the coastline.
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This antique copper engraving is from <b>Pontault de Beaulieu's</b> "Plans et profils des villes des Pays-Bas, Lorraine, Alsace, Catalogne et Franche-Comté".
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According to the Atlas de Barcelona
<div class="indenttextblock"> Beaulieu drew the part of the small fort built during the Reapers’ War – which he might have known – and hints at the citadel which should surround it, in what could be considered to be a “future project”. French interest in the strategic Catalonian capital meant that even Beaulieu drew what could be the defenses of Barcelona. The French National Library keeps an ink drawing that Beaulieu himself drew of the layout of Montjuïc castle with the same framing as the engraving. (http://www.atlesdebarcelona.cat/gravats/comments/38-beaulieu-sebastien-de-pontault-de/). </div> |
| 4699 |  | Details | Pontault, Sébastien Beaulieu de | 1678 |
| Antique view of the citadel on Montjuïc at Barcelona, Spain |
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Pontault, Sébastien Beaulieu de |
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| 1678 |
| LOC:13 |
| $185.00 | Pontault--Sébastien-Beaulieu-de | Antique-view-of-the-citadel-on-Montjuïc-at-Barcelona--Spain | Antique view of the fort or citadel at Montjuïc, a broad, low hill in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain to the west of the old quarter. The top of Montjuïc (Castell de Montjuic) at about 550' is the site of several fortifications dating from the 17th century. The steep and rocky sides of Montjuic are apparent where the land meets the Mediterranean Sea.
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In a key to the upper right, five important entrances and fortifications at the citadel are identified.
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According to the Atlas de Barcelona
<div class="indenttextblock"> Beaulieu drew the part of the small fort built during the Reapers’ War – which he might have known – and hints at the citadel which should surround it, in what could be considered to be a “future project”. French interest in the strategic Catalonian capital meant that even Beaulieu drew what could be the defenses of Barcelona. The French National Library keeps an ink drawing that Beaulieu himself drew of the layout of Montjuïc castle with the same framing as the engraving. (http://www.atlesdebarcelona.cat/gravats/comments/38-beaulieu-sebastien-de-pontault-de/). </div> |
| 558 |  | Details | de Wit, Frederick | 1680 |
| Tractus Littorales Guineae |
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de Wit, Frederick |
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| 1680 |
| LOC:54 |
| $1,100.00 | de-Wit--Frederick | Tractus-Littorales-Guineae | Beautiful antique sea chart of north-west Africa. 1680. This chart was created by Frederick de Wit (1630-1706) a Dutch cartographer residing at the time in Amsterdam. A large cartouche at the top shows what is apparently a slave market with captive Africans bound kneeling as strange lizards roam the foreground.
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The chart is decorated with images of sailing vesels and with numerous rhumb lines. Coverage extends from Cabo Blanco past cape Verde to the Congo River and beyond. |
| 1356 |  | Details | Sanson, Nicolas | 1680 |
| Fine antique map of the Canary Islands and Madeira ca. 1680 |
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Sanson, Nicolas |
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| 1680 |
| LOC:7 |
| $325.00 | Sanson--Nicolas | Fine-antique-map-of-the-Canary-Islands-and-Madeira-ca--1680 | Very attractive early map of the <b>Canary Islands by Nicolas Sanson</b>. Inset map of Madeira ("Isle Madere"). This fine copper-plate engraved map is dominated by a large scroll-work title cartouche, which is decorated with an elaborate garland of fruit. Nice details of towns and geography for each island.
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Nicolas Sanson (1600 – 1667) was a French cartographer, termed by some as the "father of French cartography". Nicholas Sanson was born in the town of Abbeville in Picardy. He became become Royal Geographer to Louis XIII in 1630 and maintained the position upon the ascension of the "Sun King" Louis XIV in 1643. Sanson later served as tutor to the ambitious young monarch. From 1648 Nicolas Sanson produced a series of four quarto atlases on the continents. That atlas of Africa was first published in 1656 and included this map.
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The Canary Islands are a Spanish archipelago that lies off the coast of northwestern Africa. Sanson's names for the main Canary Islands and their modern equivalents are: "Isle de Palme" (La Palma), "Isle de Gomer" (La Gomera), "Isle Teneriffe" (Tenerife), "Isle Canarie" or "Grande Canarie" (Gran Canaria), "Isle de Forte" (Fuerteventura), and "Isle de Lancelotte" (Lazarote). |
| 984 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1680 |
| Old map of Ostend, Belgium. |
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Anonymous |
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| 1680 |
| LOC:7 |
| $60.00 | Anonymous | Old-map-of-Ostend--Belgium- | Small anonymous antique map of Ostend / Ostende / Oostende, Belgium (ca. 1680) which today is located in the province of West-Flanders. The old map shows numerous water features, redoubts, and defensive walls with bastions surrounding the city.
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A legend at top left is keyed alphabetically to several major features including: the Kerck (Church), Kyasenest, Strand, Nieuwe Haven, and city gates (Poorte). This map bears a strong resemblance to a map of Ostende published by Blaeu in 1647. |
| 4777 |  | Details | Baur, Johann Wilhelm and Küsell, Melchior | 1680 |
| Extremely fine antique engraving of the Grand Canal at Venice, Italy |
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Baur, Johann Wilhelm and Küsell, Melchior |
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| 1680 |
| LOC:88 |
| $450.00 | Baur--Johann-Wilhelm-and-Küsell--Melchior | Extremely-fine-antique-engraving-of-the-Grand-Canal-at-Venice--Italy | The Grand Canal at Venice, Italy. A finely-engraved and very decorative antique view of Venice's Grand Canal. Against a dramatic, cloudy sky numerous gondolas and, far in the background, lateen-rigged vessels. From the late 17th century.
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With a very fine manuscript calligraphic title : "Canal Grando zu Venedig allivo die Gondoli Al Fresco fahren"
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Drawn by J. Baur and engraved by Melchior Kussell. Plate 132. With privilege.
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Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607-1640) was a German painter, engraver, and etcher. |
| 935 |  | Details | Peeters, Jan | 1680 |
| Decorative antique map of Crete, Greece |
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Peeters, Jan |
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| 1680 |
| LOC:2 |
| $190.00 | Peeters--Jan | Decorative-antique-map-of-Crete--Greece | Antique frontispiece with the island of Crete, Greece (Candia) published from Antwerp by Peeters in a volume with several prints of views of key cities on Crete. Map of the key Greek island of Crete with the labyrinth ("laberinta") of King Minos identified in the middle of the island. Names several important cities including "Canea" (Chania), "Candia" (Iraklio), "Fenice", "Penico" and "Matoli".
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Set among a scene depicting the aftermath of a battle with two figures holding a sheet with the coat of arms of Pope Innocent XI ("Innocentius XI Pontifex Maximus"). One of the figures appears to be a representation of a Turk with a scimitar standing on the holy Christian cross, representing the conflict between the Ottoman Empire and Venice for control of Crete in the 17th century.
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Attribution reads: "I. Peeters excudit- Antverpi." Conrad Lauwers sculp. |
| 1392 |  | Details | Mallet, Allain Manesson | 1683 |
| Antique map of the ancient Gaul |
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Mallet, Allain Manesson |
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| 1683 |
| LOC:7 |
| $120.00 | Mallet--Allain-Manesson | Antique-map-of-the-ancient-Gaul | Original antique engraved map of the ancient area controlled by the Gauls ca 1st century BC with territory identified for the Gallic tribes including Belgica, Aquitania, and Celtica. French text on verso.
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From Mallet's "Description de l'Univers, contenant les differents systemes du Monde, les Cartes generales & particulieres de la Geographie Ancienne & Moderne . . . " By Allain Manesson Mallet. Paris, Chez Denys Thierry, Rue S. Jacques. Figure 55. Page 135. |
| 5235 |  | Details | Mallet, Allain Manesson | 1683 |
| Antique Map of the Lesser Antilles or Isles Caribes |
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Mallet, Allain Manesson |
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| 1683 |
| LOC:5 |
| $250.00 | Mallet--Allain-Manesson | Antique-Map-of-the-Lesser-Antilles-or-Isles-Caribes | Small, fine antique map of the Lesser Antilles. Very decorative map of the islands of the Lesser Antilles from Puerto Rico all the way to the coast of Venezuela. Includes St. Martin, St. Barths, St. Kitts, Guadalupe, Trinidad, Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire and more. Depicts square-rigged sailing vessels battling at sea.
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By A.M. Mallet in "Description de l' Univers", first published in Paris in 1683. Allain Mallet (1630-1706) was a French engineer, soldier, and cartographer. He served in the court of King Louis XIV as a teacher of mathematics. French text on the verso. |
| 5278 |  | Details | Mallet, Allain Manesson | 1683 |
| Decorative antique map of the Florida Territory |
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Mallet, Allain Manesson |
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| 1683 |
| LOC:11 |
| $250.00 | Mallet--Allain-Manesson | Decorative-antique-map-of-the-Florida-Territory | Unusual and somewhat primitive antique engraved map "Floride" of the eastern Gulf Coast including Florida ca. 1683. From Mallet's "Description de L'Univers". Printed from a copper-plate engraving onto chain-laid paper. Figure 18.
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Mallet uses the names of native American Indians as place names. Florida is shown labeled as <b>Tegesta</b>. The Tegesta or Tequesta was a Native American tribe located mainly in southeastern Florida. Explorer, cartographer, and seafarer Bernard Romans used that label on his map of Florida as late as 1794.
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Also shown is the area of the SW Florida coast inhabited by the Cossa or Calussa Indians and the area of the Apalachee Indians shown much too far to the north. |
| 988 |  | Details | Mallet, Allain Manesson | 1684 |
| Plan of Dunkirk, France by Mallet |
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Mallet, Allain Manesson |
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| 1684 |
| LOC:7 |
| $60.00 | Mallet--Allain-Manesson | Plan-of-Dunkirk--France-by-Mallet | Small antique hand-colored plan of Dunkirk / Dunkerque, France. The plan shows the town with moats and surrounded by at least three walls. At the port Mallet shows several ships entering from offshore.
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From "Les Travaux de Mars ou l'Art de la Guerre " in 3 volumes. Paris, 1684. Figure LXVII . French text on verso. Page 213. |
| 1424 |  | Details | Mallet, Allain Manesson | 1685 |
| Antique Northern Hemisphere Polar Map |
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Mallet, Allain Manesson |
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| 1685 |
| LOC:0 |
| $90.00 | Mallet--Allain-Manesson | Antique-Northern-Hemisphere-Polar-Map | Small, hand-colored antique view of the northern hemisphere from a north polar perspective. Shows the so-called "Arctic Lands" with Greenland connected to northern Canada. Shows Iceland, Spitsbergen, and the "Terre de Iesso" or the Japanese island of Hokkaido . Fig 16.
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By Allain Mallet, Paris, 1683 in a German edition of "Description de l'Univers" . Allain Mallet (1630-1706) was a French engineer, soldier, and cartographer. He served in the court of King Louis XIV as a techer of mathematics. In addition to "Description de l'Univers" Mallet also published "Les Travaux de Mars ou l'Art de la Guerre". |
| 1416 |  | Details | Coronelli, Vincenzo | 1686 |
| 17th century map of the Bohali fortress at Zakynthos, Greece |
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Coronelli, Vincenzo |
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| 1686 |
| LOC:2 |
| $160.00 | Coronelli--Vincenzo | 17th-century-map-of-the-Bohali-fortress-at-Zakynthos--Greece | Attractive 17th-century plan of the Venetian castle fortress on the island of Zakynthos or "Zante", Greece. Set atop a hill in the Bohali region of Zakynthos, the Bohali Castle is estimated to have been built in 1480 on the site of the ancient Acropolis. During the period of Venetian rule, the Castle was the capital of Zakynthos island, destroyed and repaired several times. In 1646 the walls were completed with help from the Venetians and their presence is apparent on the main outer gate where the wall bears the emblem of the famous Venetian 'Lion of St.Mark'.
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Recent archaeological excavations at the Bohali Castle have found monuments from the Byzantine period, including a church dated to the 12th century.
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This scarce wood-cut map was published by father Vincenzo Coronelli from Venice, Italy ca 1686 in "Memorie istoriografiche delli regni della Morea e Negroponte…".
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Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718) was an Italian Franciscan friar, cartographer, cosmographer and encyclopedist. Coronelli, a trained wood engraver, studied astronomy, Euclidean geometry and ancient philosophy and was named cosmographer for the Republic of Venice. He became most famous for his very large globes built in Paris from 1681-1683 at the order of King Louis XIV. His terrestrial and celestial globes measured 3.9 meters in diameter and were not equaled for more than 200 years. |
| 1255 |  | Details | Coronelli, Vincenzo | 1686 |
| 17th century map of the Island of Corfu, Greece |
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Coronelli, Vincenzo |
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| 1686 |
| LOC:2 |
| $210.00 | Coronelli--Vincenzo | 17th-century-map-of-the-Island-of-Corfu--Greece | Fine antique map of the Greek island of Corfu which lies in the Ionian sea off Greece's northwest coast.
Key features on this attactive map of Corfu include the Canale di Corfu, the Fortezza (Fortress) di Corfu, and the villages of Agios Stefanos (s. Stefano), Scarpero (Skripero), Cauadales, Corissia (Lake Korission), and Neocon (Neochori).
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This scarce wood-cut map was published by father Vincenzo Coronelli from Venice, Italy ca 1686 in "Memorie istoriografiche delli regni della Morea e Negroponte…".
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Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718) was an Italian Franciscan friar, cartographer, cosmographer and encyclopedist. Coronelli, a trained wood engraver, studied astronomy, Euclidean geometry and ancient philosophy and was named cosmographer for the Republic of Venice. He became most famous for his very large globes built in Paris from 1681-1683 at the order of King Louis XIV. His terrestrial and celestial globes measured 3.9 meters in diameter and were not equaled for more than 200 years. |
| 1256 |  | Details | Coronelli, Vincenzo | 1686 |
| 17th century map of Saronic Islands and Athens, Greece |
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Coronelli, Vincenzo |
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| 1686 |
| LOC:2 |
| $230.00 | Coronelli--Vincenzo | 17th-century-map-of-Saronic-Islands-and-Athens--Greece | Attractive map from 1686 of the Attic region and islands of the Saronic Gulf in the neighborhood of Athens, Greece. Major islands shown include Kea, Salamina, Egina, Makronisos, and Patroklos (Patrocleia). Other features Coronelli deemed important were Porto Rafti and the Temple of Minerva. Athens is shown as "Atene" just to the north of a very shrunken Athenian Peninsula. In the vicinity of today's port of Pireas, Greece only a single tower "torre" is shown along with a depiction of dots and crosses in the water signifying rocks or other low-lying navigational hazard.
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This scarce wood-cut map was published by father Vincenzo Coronelli from Venice, Italy ca 1686 in "Memorie istoriografiche delli regni della Morea e Negroponte…".
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Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718) was an Italian Franciscan friar, cartographer, cosmographer and encyclopedist. Coronelli, a trained wood engraver, studied astronomy, Euclidean geometry and ancient philosophy and was named cosmographer for the Republic of Venice. He became most famous for his very large globes built in Paris from 1681-1683 at the order of King Louis XIV. His terrestrial and celestial globes measured 3.9 meters in diameter and were not equaled for more than 200 years. |
| 687 |  | Details | Porcacchi, Tomasso | 1686 |
| Antique map of Santorini, Greece |
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Porcacchi, Tomasso |
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| 1686 |
| LOC:2 |
| $300.00 | Porcacchi--Tomasso | Antique-map-of-Santorini--Greece | Old antique copperplate-engraved map of the Greek island of Santorini, Greece in the Aegean Sea. Noted points of interest include the islands of Apronisi and Therasia, nearby Santorini, along with the Santorinan habitations of S. Salvador, Akrotiri ("Acortiri") , Scaro, and Nebrio. The colorful map was printed in 1686 in one of the last editions of Tomasso Porcacchi's "Isolario" or island book " L'Isol Piu Famose Del Mondo" which was first published in Venice ca. 1572. This 1686 edition is differentiated from earlier versions of Porcacchi's atlas in that 1) it is the only edition where the maps are not set within printed text, and 2) the chart was re-engraved for this edition and the compass rose is less elaborate.
<br></br>On the compass rose Porcacchi identifies eight points that correspond to the classical eight-point naming convention for Mediterranean winds that dates back at least 2000 years. The octagonal "Tower of the Winds" of the Roman Agora in Athens, Greece contains friezes on each wall depicting the principal wind deities and was once capped with a weathervane. Porcacchi's compass rose symbols "T", "G", "+" , "S", "O", "L", "P", "M", correspond to the Italian names for the principal Mediterranean winds: Tramontana ( North ), Greco, Levante ( with a cross denoting East ), Sirocco, Ostro ( South ), Libeccio. Ponente ( West ), and Maestro. ( Taylor, E.G.R., "The Haven Finding Art: A History of Navigation from Odysseus to Captain Cook". New York. 1957 (pp. 6-8)
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Simple design as is common in the Isolario maps with depictions of two mythical sea monsters and a scrollwork title cartouche labeled simply: "Santorini". Seas are stippled
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Ample margins and hand-coloring make this antique map of Santorini a fine candidate for framing. |
| 695 |  | Details | Porcacchi, Tomasso | 1686 |
| Antique map of Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain |
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Porcacchi, Tomasso |
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| 1686 |
| LOC:4 |
| $325.00 | Porcacchi--Tomasso | Antique-map-of-Majorca--Balearic-Islands--Spain | Numerous fantastical sea monsters fill the empty spaces on this antique copperplate-engraved map of Majorca ( Mallorca ) , Spain the largest of the Balearic Islands. Majorca is nearly five times the size of its sister island Menorca. Majorca's history is closely tied to seafaring- the first people to colonize the island are believed to be Phonecian traders who arrived around the 8th century B.C.
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This decorative old map was printed in 1686 in one of the last editions of Tomasso Porcacchi's "Isolario" or island book "L'Isol Piu Famose Del Mondo". This 1686 edition is differentiated from earlier versions in that: 1) it is the only edition where the maps are not set within printed text, and 2) the chart was re-engraved for this edition and the compass rose is less elaborate.
<br></br>On the compass rose Porcacchi identifies eight points that correspond to the classical eight-point naming convention for Mediterranean winds that dates back at least 2000 years. The octagonal "Tower of the Winds" of the Roman Agora in Athens, Greece contains friezes on each wall depicting the principal wind deities and was once capped with a weathervane. Porcacchi's compass rose symbols: "T", "G", "+" , "S", "O", "L", "P", "M", correspond to the Italian names for the principal Mediterranean winds: Tramontana ( North ), Greco, Levante ( with a cross denoting East ), Sirocco, Ostro ( South ), Libeccio. Ponente ( West ), and Maestro. ( Taylor, E.G.R., "The Haven Finding Art: A History of Navigation from Odysseus to Captain Cook". New York. 1957 (pp. 6-8)
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Scrollwork title cartouche labeled simply: "Maiorica". Noted points of interest include islands of Cabrera and Dragonara, along with the Majorcan headlands of Capo Salime, P. Colombo, Monacur, Capo della Prea, Capo Formentar, Capo Baiol. Noted habitations include Maiorica ( Palma ), Cala Figera, Aliendia, Soller, Palomera, and Prementor.
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Ample margins. Later attractive hand-coloring. |
| 904 |  | Details | Dapper, Olfert (Olivier) | 1688 |
| The Gulf of Izmir, Turkey on the Aegean Sea |
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Dapper, Olfert (Olivier) |
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| 1688 |
| LOC:2 |
| $170.00 | Dapper--Olfert-(Olivier) | The-Gulf-of-Izmir--Turkey-on-the-Aegean-Sea | Antique copper-plate engraved chart of the Gulf of Izmir (Smyrna or Smyrne) in Turkey from 1688. Coverage includes the Karaburun peninsula ("Calaberno") with windmills depicted at the tip of the peninsula near "C. Calaberno". Moving westward the author depicts and names several settlements including: "Clazomene", "Laberno", "Chipa", and very close to a point of land "Vlakke Punt" lies "Sevafato". The city of Izmir, Turkey is depicted with a small fortress near the coast and a larger fortress in the nearby hill, at present Kadifekale, noted as "Castro Vechio oft Oude Cafteel". Near the present neighborhood of Laka, Dapper identifies a small settlement he calls "Lauro".
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The chart is decorated with a square-rigged sailing ship and galleys; in the title cartouche a gentleman in Turkish period attire is shaded by a parasol carried by a servant.
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From Olfert Dapper's 1688 edition of his Descripion of the Mediterranean Islands or "Naukeurige beschryving der Eilanden, in de Archipel der Middelantsche Zee, en omtrent dezelve, gelegen: waer onder de voornaemste Cyprus, Rhodus, Kandien, Samos, Scio, Negroponte ...". Dapper was a Dutch writer and self-described physician best known for his books on Africa, China, Persia and Arabia.
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Dutch text on verso . Page 91. |
| 903 |  | Details | Dapper, Olfert (Olivier) | 1688 |
| Cycladic Greek Island of Kea |
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| 1688 |
| LOC:2 |
| $130.00 | Dapper--Olfert-(Olivier) | Cycladic-Greek-Island-of-Kea | Antique copper-plate engraved chart / plan of Kea ("Zea") or Tzia , an island in the Cyclades Archipelago of Greece, less than 40 miles from Athens. The attractive old map greatly overstates the size of the main port Korissia or "Porto per Grande Armata" relative to the rest of the island and understates the remaining area on the island to the west of the main settlement of Zea near the capital of Ioulis. Other areas noted by Dapper are the tiny island of "Scoglieto" and the "Fonte della Pazzia".
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From Olfert Dapper's 1688 edition of his Descripion of the Mediterranean Islands or "Naukeurige beschryving der Eilanden, in de Archipel der Middelantsche Zee, en omtrent dezelve, gelegen: waer onder de voornaemste Cyprus, Rhodus, Kandien, Samos, Scio, Negroponte ...". Dapper was a Dutch writer and self-described physician best known for his books on Africa, China, Persia and Arabia.
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Verso is blank. |
| 1434 |  | Details | de Fer, Nicolas | 1690 |
| Scarce French chart of Medoc Bordeaux wine region |
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de Fer, Nicolas |
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| 1690 |
| LOC:7 |
| $450.00 | de-Fer--Nicolas | Scarce-French-chart-of-Medoc-Bordeaux-wine-region | For the lover of <b>Bordeaux wines</b>, this fine antique French map encompasses the Bordeaux wine region along France's Gironde, Garonne and Dordogne Rivers. Our 17th-century coastal map is Nicolas de Fer's re-issue of N. Tassin's original engraved map / chart (ca. 1640) of the area. Landmarks of the Bordeaux region noted on the map include le Pays de Medoc, Partie de Xaintonge, Margos (Margaux), Macan, Saint-Julien, Petit Bordeaux, S. Estienne (Saint-Estephe ?), Bourg de Blaye, Pauilliac, Listra (Listrac-Medoc ?). Number 23.
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Originally published circa 1640 by N. Tassin whose engravings are of special interest as the first French atlas to focus solely on France's coastal margins. Tassin has a distinctive style characterized by his use of images of numerous sailing vessels, and his large, elaborate compass roses.
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This map was produced with royal privilege by the well known French geographer and cartographer, Nicolas de Fer (1646 - 1720). De Fer was a prolific producer of maps and prints who among other honors, was appointed as official geographer to the Spanish King in 1702.
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de Fer bought rights to Tassin's atlas- "Cartes Generale et Particulieres de toutes le costes de France" added his imprint and title page, and re-issued the work. Published in de Fer's atlas: "Les Costes de France sur l'Océan et la Mer Mediterranee..." with 32 engraved charts. That work was a re-issue of Christophe Tassin's 1634 work "Cartes Generale et Particulieres de toutes le costes de France tant de la mer Oceane que Mediterranee". |
| 1425 |  | Details | de Fer, Nicolas | 1690 |
| Scarce French chart of Bordeaux region with Pauilliac Grand-Cru |
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de Fer, Nicolas |
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| 1690 |
| LOC:7 |
| $500.00 | de-Fer--Nicolas | Scarce-French-chart-of-Bordeaux-region-with-Pauilliac-Grand-Cru | For the lover of Bordeaux wines, this fine antique French map encompasses the northwestern Bordeaux region of France including the area now occupied with the village of Pauilliac and three of the Grand-Crus vineyards of Bordeaux: Lafite-Rothschild, Mouton-Rothschild, and Latour. Our 17th-century coastal map is Nicolas de Fer's re-issue of N. Tassin's original engraved map / chart (ca. 1640) of the Gironde River mouth. Other landmarks of the Bordeaux region (not drawn anywhere close to scale) include Coste de Medoc (appellee Coste Sauvage) , I. Cordouan, Royan, Soulac-sur-Mer, Carcans, and Lacanau. Number 22.
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Checking Google Maps along the estuary of the Gironde River we find an area of the left bank with several river outlets opposite large islands. The major town is not Tassin's or de Fer's "Palus" but Pauilliac.
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Originally published circa 1640 by N. Tassin whose engravings are of special interest as the first French atlas to focus solely on France's coastal margins. Tassin has a special style characterized by his use of images of numerous sailing vessels, and his large, elaborate compass roses.
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This map was produced with royal privilege by the well known French geographer and cartographer, Nicolas de Fer (1646 - 1720). De Fer was a prolific producer of maps and prints who among other honors, was appointed as official geographer to the Spanish King in 1702.
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de Fer bought rights to Tassin's atlas- "Cartes Generale et Particulieres de toutes le costes de France" added his imprint and title page, and re-issued the work. Published in de Fer's atlas: "Les Costes de France sur l'Océan et la Mer Mediterranee..." with 32 engraved charts. That work was a re-issue of Christophe Tassin's 1634 work "Cartes Generale et Particulieres de toutes le costes de France tant de la mer Oceane que Mediterranee". |
| 96 |  | Details | Coronelli, Vincenzo | 1691 |
| Isola e Castello di Gerbi |
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Coronelli, Vincenzo |
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| 1691 |
| LOC:8 |
| $325.00 | Coronelli--Vincenzo | Isola-e-Castello-di-Gerbi | A large antique sheet (13.5x19.5) from Coronelli's well known Isolario or Island Book with a map the island of Djerba off the north coast of Africa. With an inset of the Djerba Castle in upper right. <BR> </BR>
An interesting combination of styles, typefaces , and the broadsheet format makes this page by the famous Venetian cartographer a valuable addition to any collection at little cost. Copperplate engraving with Italian letterpress text below and on verso. Ornate capital letter "C". Page 301. |
| 97 |  | Details | Coronelli, Vincenzo | 1691 |
| Penon di Velez Isola della Goleta |
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Coronelli, Vincenzo |
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| 1691 |
| LOC:8 |
| $250.00 | Coronelli--Vincenzo | Penon-di-Velez-Isola-della-Goleta | A large antique sheet (13.5x19.5) from Coronelli's well known 'Isolario' or Island Book . Contains two engravings on opposing pages not backing on to the other. The engravings are nautical maps of two stronghold islands off the Moroccan and Tunisian coasts: Penon di Velez and Isola della Goleta. Italian letterpress text. |
| 820 |  | Details | Coronelli, Vincenzo | 1692 |
| Antique map of Cape Verde Islands and West Africa |
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Coronelli, Vincenzo |
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| 1692 |
| LOC:54 |
| $650.00 | Coronelli--Vincenzo | Antique-map-of-Cape-Verde-Islands-and-West-Africa | Beautiful antique map of the Cape Verde Islands and West coast of Africa by cartographer and Franciscan monk Vicenzo Coronelli (1650 - 1718). The map was published from Venice in 1692 in Coronelli's atlas, the Atlante Veneto. Highly decorative title cartouche at bottom left with angels holding a large tapestry in front of a decorative garland. Inset of the African island of Goree at upper right corner. Goree was a trading post with some association to the Atlantic slave trade.
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The Cape Verde islands were a stopping and revictualing location for numerous early explorers since their discovery by the Portugese around 1456. In 1522 the famished crew of Ferdinand Magellan's ship Victoria, numebering about two dozen, stopped at the island of Santiago on their return from their record-setting circumnavigation of the earth. A bit more that 60 years later in 1585, Sir Francis Drake attacked and burned the town of Cidade Velha on the island of Santiago.
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Seller's attribution at bottom left reads "Si vende presso Domenico Padoani sul ponte di Rialto all'Insegna della Geografia." Contains some soundings and marked anchorages but the intended use of the map was not for navigation but for general information and decoration. |
| 792 |  | Details | de Fer, Nicolas | 1692 |
| Isle of Wight, Solent, and South England |
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de Fer, Nicolas |
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| 1692 |
| LOC:89 |
| $400.00 | de-Fer--Nicolas | Isle-of-Wight--Solent--and-South-England | Antique nautical chart of the Isle of Wight, the Solent, and part of the south coast of Great Britain by French cartographer Nicolas de Fer. Published in 1692. Noted features of this attractive, colorful sea-chart include: Parkhurst Forest ("Wachinu Park"), the Golfe de Southampton, Pointe de Rames-head, Harve de Hamble, Harve de Rey, Presqu' Isle de Freshwater, Presque Isle de Binbridge, Banc de Mackett, and Spithead. Habitations shown include: Tirchfeild, Newchurch, Portsmouth, Gosport, Worth, Yarmouth, Newport, Helene, Nordwood, Yaverland, and St. Laurens Park. Two insets at bottom depict Tor Baye, and the Scilly Islands ("Isles Solrlingues").
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The title cartouche carries the attribution: " A Paris Chez N. de Fer dans l'ile du Palais sur le Quaye de 'lOrloge a la Sphere Royale, aver Priv du Roy, 1692". Published from Paris, France by French geographer and cartographer, Nicolas de Fer (1646 - 1720). De Fer was a prolific producer of maps and prints who among other honors, was appointed as official geographer to the Spanish King in 1702. |
| 998 |  | Details | de Fer, Nicolas | 1693 |
| Old plan of Barcelona, Spain |
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de Fer, Nicolas |
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| 1693 |
| LOC:4 |
| $495.00 | de-Fer--Nicolas | Old-plan-of-Barcelona--Spain | Attractive, detailed antique birds-eye view or plan of Barcelona, Spain on the Mediterranean Sea, from 1693. Will frame and display nicely.
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This antique copperplate-engraved map was produced toward the end of the 17th century by the well known French geographer and cartographer, Nicolas de Fer (1646 - 1720). De Fer was a prolific producer of maps and prints who among other honors, was appointed as official geographer to the Spansh King in 1702. From de Fer's "Forces de l'Europe ou Introduction a la Fortification". |
| 4728 |  | Details | Adair, John | 1693 |
| Very Rare Antique Chart of Montrose, Angus, Scotland |
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Adair, John |
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| 1693 |
| LOC:88 |
| $1,950.00 | Adair--John | Very-Rare-Antique-Chart-of-Montrose--Angus--Scotland | Original antique navigation chart of Montrose (Montross), Scotland by civilian marine surveyor and cartographer John Adair (1655 - 1722). Maps by Adair seldom are found for sale.
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Adair was the foremost surveyor of Scotland in the late 1600s, and was appointed to conduct a hydrographical survey of the Scottish coast by a special act of Scottish Parliament to be funded by a tax on vessels entering Scottish ports. The tax proved unpopular and Adair's survey was underfunded and slow in progress. Thus, this chart, engraved in 1693, was not printed until 10 years later in 1703.
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Montrose lies along the eastern coast of Scotland about 50 miles north of Dundee. The chart includes small images of local fishing vessels.
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This rare chart of the Scottish coast, although compiled and engraved in 1693, was published in 1703 along with 5 other charts in Adair's rare sea atlas "The Description of the Sea- Coast and Islands of Scotland With Large and Exact Maps, for the Use of Seamen" [1]. These other charts in Adair's atlas are titled as below:
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1) General chart of Scotland made on a voyage by James the Fifth.</BR>
2) St. Abb's Head to Sunderland Point.</BR>
3) Firth of Forth.</BR>
4) Frith and River Tay.</BR>
5) Red Head to Aberdeen including Montrose.</BR>
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The AMPR shows no record of this chart sold individually and records only one copy of Adair's atlas sold (2010).
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[1] Robinson, A.H.W. 'Marine Cartography in Britain'. Leicester University Press. 1962. pp. 162; . |
| 790 |  | Details | Jaillot, Alexis-Hubert | 1693 |
| Antique chart of English Coast with Poole, Isle of Wight, Christchurch, Portsmouth |
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Jaillot, Alexis-Hubert |
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| 1693 |
| LOC:0 |
| $1,450.00 | Jaillot--Alexis-Hubert | Antique-chart-of-English-Coast-with-Poole--Isle-of-Wight--Christchurch--Portsmouth | Large, bold, antique nautical chart of the south coast of England including portions of the counties of Dorset ( Dorchester ), Hampshire ( Southampton ), and Sussex. Dark, graphically pleasing impression with numerous rhumb lines and three extremely decorative compass roses. Coverage includes Wareham, Brownsea Island, Poole Harbor, Swanage Bay ( Baye de Sandwich ) , Christchurch, Nash, Milford, Lymington, Southampton River, Portsea Island and Portsmouth, Hayling Island, and Thorney Island, and the Harbor of Chichester.
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From the NEPTUNE FRANÇOIS, entitled: "Le Neptune François ou Atlas des Cartes Marines Levées et Gravées par Ordre Exprés du Roy. Pour L'usage de Ses Armées de Mer, dans Lequel on Voit la Description Exacte ee Toutes les Côtes de la Mer Oceane, & de la Mer Baltique, Depuis la Norwege Jusques au Detroit de Gibraltar." Published by French royal geographer Alexis-Hubert Jaillot from Paris in 1693. Published with the royal privilege granted by King Louis XIV. Drawn by C. Berey. |
| 1375 |  | Details | Moll, Herman | 1695 |
| Antique map of Belle Isle, Brest, in Brittany France |
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Moll, Herman |
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| 1695 |
| LOC:7 |
| $200.00 | Moll--Herman | Antique-map-of-Belle-Isle--Brest--in-Brittany-France |
Attractive antique copper-engraved map by Moll of the lower tip of Brittany (Bretagne), France from roughly the Pointe de Corsen, past Pointe de Kermorvan, le Conquet, Brest, and Crozon. This scarce map is titled "The Marquisate and Government of Bell-Isle Divided into its Four Parishes of the Palace, Bangor, Lomaria, and Sauzon."
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One unusual feature of this map is the large number of mills the cartographer identifies, perhaps because their high elevation, like that of church steeples, would have provided coastal mariners with navigational reference points ashore. Together Moll's emphasis on features of great height and the rhumb lines with compass rose, suggest the original inspiration for this map is derived from a nautical chart. Verso with map of Belle Isle, France in the Sea of Bretagne. |
| 5241 |  | Details | Lea, Phillip | 1695 |
| One sheet from The Travelers Guide after Saxtons map of England and Wales |
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Lea, Phillip |
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| 1695 |
| LOC:0 |
| $350.00 | Lea--Phillip | One-sheet-from-The-Travelers-Guide-after-Saxtons-map-of-England-and-Wales | Two sheets from Phillip Lea's revised version of Christopher Saxton's large scale map of England and Wales first published in 1583. Shows a portion of Scotland at left; Northumberland (Northumbria), Cumbria (Cumberlandia) and Durham (Dunelmensis). Fifth state published by Philip Lea, Globemaker at ye Atlas and Hercules in Cheapside nere the corner of Fryday Street in London, [1687 - 1700].
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Philip Lea re-published Saxton's the map on a smaller scale designed to be used as a travelling map. He reduced the map to ten full sheets and four half sheets. This artifact consists of Lea's top two sheets laid side by side on vellum.
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Verso shows English MS text legal document with a date of 1732 visible. Philip Lea re-engraved the plates at least five times during his period of ownership. |
| 894 |  | Details | Coronelli, Vincenzo | 1696 |
| Coronelli's globe gore of the Arabian Sea, India and Maldive Islands |
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Coronelli, Vincenzo |
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| 1696 |
| LOC:9 |
| $480.00 | Coronelli--Vincenzo | Coronelli-s-globe-gore-of-the-Arabian-Sea--India-and-Maldive-Islands | Unusual antique hand-colored <b>globe gore</b> by cartographer and Franciscan monk Vincenzo Coronelli (1650 - 1718). Originally produced for <b>Coronelli's 1688 terrestrial globe</b>. This fine engraved gore was included inset with text in his famous island book or "Isolario" published from Venice in 1696 - 1697.
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Ranging from Oman, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi, past the Strait of Hormuz and then trending southeast across Iran, Pakistan and the west coast of India this scarce cartographic curiosity includes the Maldive Islands ("Isole Maldive" ) and west coast of Sri Lanka. Among the many noted towns and villages in India are Mumbai ("Bombaim"), <b>Hyderabad ("Golconda")</b> , and Madurai ("Madura").
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A globe gore is a 2 dimensional representation on flat paper of a curved segment of the earth's surface. The gores are characterized by their curved top, bottom, and sides. Each gore would have been carefully cut to size and then pasted on a blank globe to produce a finished globe which would have been colored. Typically 12 gores were required to complete the 360 degree circumference of the earth at the latitudes covered by the gore.
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We estimate a globe created with this gore would have had a circumference of about 11 feet. (The gore covers roughtly 30 degrees of longitude or 1/12 of the earths circumference. At the equator, this gore is 11" wide giving us 11" x 12 = 132" circumference or 11 feet.)
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Text on both the recto and verso is Italian. Page 113. |
| 752 |  | Details | Coronelli, Vincenzo | 1697 |
| Antique chart of Cartagena Spain in Murcia by Coronelli |
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Coronelli, Vincenzo |
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| 1697 |
| LOC:8 |
| $325.00 | Coronelli--Vincenzo | Antique-chart-of-Cartagena-Spain-in-Murcia-by-Coronelli | Rare antique nautical chart of the harbor and anchorages near Cartagena, Spain in the region of Murcia. Simple, antique wood-cut print with profile view of the village of Cartagena, a compass rose, and soundings set in a much larger page of Italian text . Italian text also on verso largely consists of sailing directions ( distances and courses to steer between ports ).
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Probably a copy by Coronelli derived from an atlas / pilot guide originally produced by the Genoan cartographer Francesco Maria Levanto in 1664 in "La Prima Parte dello Specchio del Mare…" . The Specchio del Mare was reissued later by Coronelli in 1697 and bears a strong similarity in paper, format, and typography to Coronelli's Isolario or Island Book. Charts from the Specchio del Mare are quite scarce and a small port plan such as this in text , even more scarce. Page 15. Chain laid paper. |
| 618 |  | Details | Coronelli, Vincenzo | 1697 |
| Chart of the Coast of Languedoc and Provence |
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Coronelli, Vincenzo |
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| 1697 |
| LOC:58 |
| $950.00 | Coronelli--Vincenzo | Chart-of-the-Coast-of-Languedoc-and-Provence | Antique nautical chart with original hand color covering the southern Mediterranean coast of France including the provinces of Languedoc and Provence. Coverage of this original antique chart includes numerous towns along southern France's Mediterranean coast, including the Cote d'Azure, Monaco, and the western coast of Corsica. Towns noted include Palamos, Roses, Agde, Marseilles, Toulon, Antibe, Freuil, and many more. From the scarce Isolario ( island book ) of Vincenzo Coronelli ca. 1697. <br></br>
Verso with Italian text on two pages and includes two inset views- the first of the town of Avignon, France along the Rhone river, titled "Avignone Già Seggio de Sommi Pontefici". The second inset view, titled "Isole di Ionquieres e Torre di Buc Nel Canale di Martegues" shows the area near the Canal de Martigues in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, nicknamed "The Venice of Provence" because of its canals and maritime features. |
| 315 |  | Details | van Keulen, Gerard | 1698 |
| Nouvelle carte marine croissante en degres d'une partie des cotes maritime de Bretagne |
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van Keulen, Gerard |
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| 1698 |
| LOC:0 |
| $375.00 | van-Keulen--Gerard | Nouvelle-carte-marine-croissante-en-degres-d-une-partie-des-cotes-maritime-de-Bretagne | Antique nautical chart of Brittany (Bretagne) from 1698 by Gerard van Keulen, well known Dutch chart maker. Coverage is centered on the coastline, estuary and rivers near Morlaix, France. Goulven, St. Paul de Leon, and Lanion are among the largest towns depicted. Chart contains picturesque details that would have been useful to coastal navigators including villages, churches, windmills, offshore rocks and islands (Les Seit Isles; roche blanche) and navigational aids. Chart is set on a series of rhumb lines with two decorative compass roses. |
| 300 |  | Details | de Fer, Nicolas | 1700 |
| Anvers |
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de Fer, Nicolas |
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| 1700 |
| LOC:7 |
| $350.00 | de-Fer--Nicolas | Anvers | Small antique map /plan of the historic town of Antwerp (Anvers), Belgium ca. 1700. Shows the walled and moated city of Antwerp along the Scheldt (Escaut) river with an additional fortress ( Citadelle ) attached on the upstream end of the city. A general street plan is supported by a 20+ item legend identifying key points in the city and surrounding area.<BR> </BR>
This antique copperplate-engraved map was produced toward the end of the 17th century by the well known French geographer and cartographer, Nicolas de Fer (1646 - 1720). De Fer was a prolific producer of maps and prints who among other honors, was appointed as official geographer to the Spansh King in 1702. |
| 297 |  | Details | de Fer, Nicolas | 1700 |
| Isle Ville et Port de Cadis |
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de Fer, Nicolas |
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| 1700 |
| LOC:4 |
| $225.00 | de-Fer--Nicolas | Isle-Ville-et-Port-de-Cadis | Scarce antique map of the bay and island of Cadiz, Spain from ca. 1696 - 1708. This neat copperplate engraving is oriented to the north and shows some details of the city and port of Cadis including Pont. St Sebastien, Pte. Caterine, and Caleta. A single bridge is shown at the north end of the island : Pont de Suaco. Other habitations noted are Rota, (Rotta) Port Saint Marie, Port Real, Chiclana, Puntal, and Isle St. Pierre. Most of the island is shown covered by agricultural fields, apparently vineyards, labeled with rare praise (for a Frenchman) "ou croit le meilleur vin d'Espagne" translated very roughly as- 'thought to be the best Spanish wine'.<BR> </BR>
This antique map was produced toward the end of the 17th century by the well known French geographer and cartographer, Nicolas de Fer (1646 - 1720). De Fer was a prolific producer of maps and prints who among other honors, was appointed as official geographer to the Spanish King in 1702. |
| 1102 |  | Details | Loots, Johannes | 1700 |
| Pascaerte vande Vlaemsche Eylanden |
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Loots, Johannes |
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| 1700 |
| LOC:9 |
| $2,500.00 | Loots--Johannes | Pascaerte-vande-Vlaemsche-Eylanden | Singular rare nautical chart of the Azores Islands (Vlaemsche = Flemish) by Dutch cartographer Johannes Loots, ca 1700. Pascaerte vande Vlaemsche Eylanden is not recorded in Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici. <B>No record of another copy of this chart is found online or in cartograhic reference sources.</b> Charts by Johannes Loots are very scarce; only eight charts by Loots are recorded in the Antique Map Price Record covering 210,000 map and chart sales in the last 35 years.
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Scrollwork title cartouche with putto and horses led by robed young men and topped with an armillary sphere on a pedestal.
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The topography of the Azores islands closely resembles that on an an earlier chart with the same title produced by Arnold Colom but differences in the rhumb lines, cartouches, lattitude marks, compass roses and decorations strongly suggest that this chart was printed from a new plate engraved for Loots.
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From Koeman's biography of Johanne's Loots (1665[6] - 1726) we know Loots was born in Amsterdam and is not as is sometimes believed one of the two sons of Anthonie (Theunisz) Jacobsz who named themselves Lootsman to confuse cartographic researchers in future centuries. Loots served an apprenticeship under Hendrick Doncker as a maker of mathematical and nautical instruments including cross-staffs. Loots was accepted into the Guild of Booksellers in 1693 and settled into a shop in the Nieuebrugsteeg 'In de Jong Lootsman'. Two well-known competing catographers lived on the same street- Johannes van Keulen and Hendrick Doncker. |
| 1376 |  | Details | Wells, Edward | 1700 |
| Interesting antique map of Spain or Celtiberia |
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Wells, Edward |
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| 1700 |
| LOC:0 |
| $350.00 | Wells--Edward | Interesting-antique-map-of-Spain-or-Celtiberia | Highly interesting framed intaglio engraved map of Spain ca. 1700 with names of the provinces of that era. Old color and the engraver's use of bold strokes with large and decorative typefaces makes this antique map a joy to study. The Celtiberians were a group of Celts in the central-eastern Iberian Peninsula ca. 200 BC.
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By Edward Wells (1667 - 1727) and dedicated to William, Duke of Glouchester, upon his death from encephalitis at age 11. Bears the Duke's coat-of-arms above the scrollwork title. Engraved by R. Spofforth.
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With frame the engraving measures 22.5" x 17.5". Packaging and ground shipping within USA: $45. |
| 879 |  | Details | de Fer, Nicolas | 1701 |
| Antique Map of the Mediterranean island of Sicily, Italy |
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de Fer, Nicolas |
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| 1701 |
| LOC:4 |
| $240.00 | de-Fer--Nicolas | Antique-Map-of-the-Mediterranean-island-of-Sicily--Italy | Attractive antique map of the island of <b>Sicily</b> in Italy published from Paris in 1701 . Adjoining the mainland at the "toe" of the Italian peninsula, and separated by the Strait of Messina, the southermost tip of Calabria is shown with the key city of Reggio.
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Much detail in the interior of this original old map includes mountains, rivers, major roads, and villages. Key cities in Sicily include Palermo, Messina, Noto, Mazara, and Siracusa. A few miles northwest of the coastal city of Catania, <b>Mount Etna</b> ( Aetna ) is shown erupting violently.
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At the time this map was published Sicily, the largest of all Mediterranean islands, was ruled by Philip IV , King of Spain.
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This antique map was produced by the well known French geographer and cartographer, Nicolas de Fer (1646 - 1720) and was published in de Fer's atlas: "L'atlas curieux, ou Le monde réprésenté dans des cartes générales et particulières du ciel et de la terre… et orné par des plans et descriptions des villes capitales et principales ..."
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Publication details are found In the lower left corner : <div class="indenttextblock">" A Paris. Chez l'Autheur dans l'Isle du Palais a la Sphere Royale. Avec Privilege du Roy. 1701. " </div> |
| 3643 |  | Details | Coronelli, Vincenzo | 1702 |
| Coronelli's rare chart of England from Portland to the Lizard |
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Coronelli, Vincenzo |
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| 1702 |
| LOC:77 |
| $500.00 | Coronelli--Vincenzo | Coronelli-s-rare-chart-of-England-from-Portland-to-the-Lizard | Rare engraved chart from Coronelli's "Teatro della Guerra" shows the east coast of England (Provincia di West) from Portland Bill in Dorset to the Lizard in Cornwall. Features shown include Torbay, Dartmouth, the Isle of Wight and much more. A fine addition to any collection of coastal charts of England.
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This small well-engraved antique chart is from the <b>Isole Britanniche</b> volume of the Teatro della Guerra. |
| 1278 |  | Details | Dapper, Olfert (Olivier) | 1703 |
| De l'Ile de Scyros (Skyros) |
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| 1703 |
| LOC:0 |
| $115.00 | Dapper--Olfert-(Olivier) | De-l-Ile-de-Scyros-(Skyros) | Antique copper-plate engraved map of the <b>Greek Island of Skryos</b> (also Skiros or Scyros) by Olfert Dapper. Skyros is the southernmost island in the <b>Sporades Archipelago</b>. Dapper notes by name two smaller nearby islands, Schirodola (Skiropoula), and Skantzoura (Scanda) and off the east coast Dapper identifies 4 anchorages maked with "A" and notes: "Tutti Buoni Porti".
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Decoratively presented with a ribbon title block and depictions of a square-rigged man-of-war and two galleys with lateen sails. North is oriented at the top left corner.
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From "Description exacte des isles de l'archipel, et de quelques autres adjacentes…" by Olfert Dapper. This leaf with French text from 1703 was originally published in Dutch in 1688. |
| 6640 |  | Details | Gemelli Carreri, Giovanni Francesco | 1704 |
| Early map of Mexico City with Lakes and Causeways by Gemelli |
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Gemelli Carreri, Giovanni Francesco |
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| 1704 |
| LOC:3 |
| $525.00 | Gemelli-Carreri--Giovanni-Francesco | Early-map-of-Mexico-City-with-Lakes-and-Causeways-by-Gemelli | Original, copper-plate engraved and hand-colored map of the Valley of Mexico by Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Carreri (Gemelli) after Enrico Martinez and Adrian Boot (1). Scarce. North is oriented to the left.
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Shows lakes, rivers, streams, and mountains in the Valley of Mexico along with numerous villages and towns. Nascent Mexico City or Tenochtitlán, is shown to lie in lower Lake Texcoco connected to the mainland by seven causeways. From an English-language publication of A Voyage Around the World (1699), probably A. and J. Churchill, 1704.
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(1) Connolly, Patricia and Roberto Mayer. Vingboons, Trasmonte and Boot: European Cartography of Mexican Cities in Early Seventeenth Century. Imago Mundi. January, 2009. |
| 5264 |  | Details | Bodenher, Gabriel | 1704 |
| Antique bird's-eye view of Cote d'Azur Provence Nice Monaco |
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Bodenher, Gabriel |
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| 1704 |
| LOC:77 |
| $350.00 | Bodenher--Gabriel | Antique-bird-s-eye-view-of-Cote-d-Azur-Provence-Nice-Monaco | Fine antique engraved bird's-eye coastal view of a small portion of the Cote d'Azur in Provence, France from Nice to Monaco. Decorated beautifully with drawings of galleys and several square-rigged sailing vessels. During this time period up to forty French galleys, stationed in Marseilles, France, provided protection and projected France's power in the region.
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Fine detail and careful engraving make this a very beautiful record of the Cote d'Azur from almost 320 years ago. Legend below in German keyed to 25 important locations including Nice (Niza), Villefranche-sur-Mer, Cap Ferrat, and Monaco.
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Taken from G. Bodenher's "Europeans Macht und Pracht", a series of engravings depicting city views, plans, fortresses and castles in Europe. Gabriel Bodenher was a publisher of maps and prints in Augsburg, Germany. |
| 2575 |  | Details | Coronelli, Vincenzo | 1706 |
| Scarce antique map and plan of Marseilles, France |
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Coronelli, Vincenzo |
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| 1706 |
| LOC:77 |
| $275.00 | Coronelli--Vincenzo | Scarce-antique-map-and-plan-of-Marseilles--France | Very scarce map of the Bay of Marseille and surrounding area with a birds-eye view of the city of Marseille, France (Marseglia). Marseilles was the home of France's 'Corps de Galleres' or rowing galleys with lateen-rigged sails. The main fleet of French Navy sailing vessels was headquarted in Toulon, France. The two services were combined in 1744.
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Shows a very early view of Marseilles predating the construction and fortification of the town's southern side. In 1660, Louis XIV ensured Marseilles would become the premier commercial port of France in the Mediterranean. Louis commissioned significant new fortifications, and was reported to have said “We noticed that the inhabitants of Marseilles were extremely fond of nice fortresses. We wanted to have our own at the entrance to this great port.”
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From "La Francia Divisa in XII Prefetture" , a section of Coronelli's multi-volume "Teatro delle citta e porti principali dell'Europa…" Plate 3 with previous plate number 212. Verso blank |
| 5210 |  | Details | Coronelli, Vincenzo | 1706 |
| Coronelli's Forte di Brigancon ed Isole de yeres (Bregancon, Hyeres) |
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Coronelli, Vincenzo |
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| 1706 |
| LOC:77 |
| $245.00 | Coronelli--Vincenzo | Coronelli-s-Forte-di-Brigancon-ed-Isole-de-yeres-(Bregancon--Hyeres) | Rare birdseye view of the island of Bregancon, France and the Isles de Hyeres by Coronelli. Today the island of Bregancon, near the French Riviera, is attached to the mainland by a short causeway. Includes the offshore islands of Tilan, Port Cros, Porquerolles and the village of San Margarita. Decorated with drawings of galleys under sail and oars.
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This small well-engraved antique chart is from Coronelli's Teatro della Guerra. TEATRO DELLA GUERRA, DIVISO IN XXXXVIII. PARTI, IN CUI SONO ESATTAMENTE DELINEATI, E COMPENDIOSAMENTE DESCRITTI SIN L'ANNO M.DCC. NAPLES, 1706. (See also our smaller-scale chart of the entire Toulon harbor by Coronelli). Page 8.
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Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718), is considered as one of Italy's most famous and greatest cartographers and cosmographers to the Republic of Venice. |
| 5216 |  | Details | Coronelli, Vincenzo | 1706 |
| Fine elevation view of the town of Orleans, France. |
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Coronelli, Vincenzo |
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| 1706 |
| LOC:77 |
| $265.00 | Coronelli--Vincenzo | Fine-elevation-view-of-the-town-of-Orleans--France- | Antique elevation view of the town of Orleans, France along the Loire River. With a fine decorative cartouche dedicating the engraving to Carlo Bernardi.
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This small well-engraved antique chart is from Coronelli's Teatro della Guerra. TEATRO DELLA GUERRA, DIVISO IN XXXXVIII. PARTI, IN CUI SONO ESATTAMENTE DELINEATI, E COMPENDIOSAMENTE DESCRITTI SIN L'ANNO M.DCC. NAPLES, 1706.
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Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718), is considered as one of Italy's most famous and greatest cartographers and cosmographers to the Republic of Venice. |
| 4744 |  | Details | Coronelli, Vincenzo | 1706 |
| Coronelli's port plan of Toulon, France |
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Coronelli, Vincenzo |
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| 1706 |
| LOC:77 |
| $225.00 | Coronelli--Vincenzo | Coronelli-s-port-plan-of-Toulon--France | A fine and rare engraved chart from Coronelli's "Teatro della Guerra" with a plan of Toulon, France along the northern Mediteranean coast. This nice antique engraved chart shows two distinct anchorages for ships: "Porto per i Vascelli de Re" for the King's vessels and "Porto per i Vascelli di Mercanzia" for merchant vessels. The small town of Tolon (Toulon) is shown heavily fortified with then-modern Vauban style walls.
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This small well-engraved antique chart is from Coronelli's Teatro della Guerra. TEATRO DELLA GUERRA, DIVISO IN XXXXVIII. PARTI, IN CUI SONO ESATTAMENTE DELINEATI, E COMPENDIOSAMENTE DESCRITTI SIN L'ANNO M.DCC. NAPLES, 1706. (See also our smaller-scale chart of the entire Toulon harbor by Coronelli). Page 8.
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Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718), is considered as one of Italy's most famous and greatest cartographers and cosmographers to the Republic of Venice. |
| 4745 |  | Details | Coronelli, Vincenzo | 1706 |
| Coronelli's plan of the bay and harbor at Toulon, France |
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Coronelli, Vincenzo |
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| 1706 |
| LOC:77 |
| $270.00 | Coronelli--Vincenzo | Coronelli-s-plan-of-the-bay-and-harbor-at-Toulon--France | Attractive antique engraved chart from Coronelli's "Teatro della Guerra" with a harbor chart of Tolon (Toulon), France along the northern Mediteranean coast. Numerous depth soundings criss-cross the bay, reflecting several surveys. Little named detail.
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This small well-engraved antique chart is from the "Teatro della Guerra." TEATRO DELLA GUERRA, DIVISO IN XXXXVIII. PARTI, IN CUI SONO ESATTAMENTE DELINEATI, E COMPENDIOSAMENTE DESCRITTI SIN L'ANNO M.DCC. NAPLES, 1706. (See also our larger-scale port plan of the town of Toulon by Coronelli). Page 7.
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Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718), is considered as one of Italy's most famous and greatest cartographers and cosmographers to the Republic of Venice. |
| 5211 |  | Details | Coronelli, Vincenzo | 1706 |
| Rare antique chart of French islands of Sainte-Marguerite and Saint-Honorat |
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Coronelli, Vincenzo |
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| 1706 |
| LOC:77 |
| $265.00 | Coronelli--Vincenzo | Rare-antique-chart-of-French-islands-of--Sainte-Marguerite-and-Saint-Honorat | Rare chart of the a portion of the Cote d'Azur and islands of Sainte-Marguerite and Saint-Honorat off the coast of Cannes, (Canet) France near the Cap de Antibes.
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This small well-engraved antique chart is from Coronelli's Teatro della Guerra. TEATRO DELLA GUERRA, DIVISO IN XXXXVIII. PARTI, IN CUI SONO ESATTAMENTE DELINEATI, E COMPENDIOSAMENTE DESCRITTI SIN L'ANNO M.DCC. NAPLES, 1706. Page 25.
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Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718), is considered as one of Italy's most famous and greatest cartographers and cosmographers to the Republic of Venice. |
| 5214 |  | Details | Coronelli, Vincenzo | 1706 |
| Scarce Italian Map of the French Riviera Cote d'Azur |
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Coronelli, Vincenzo |
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| 1706 |
| LOC:77 |
| $265.00 | Coronelli--Vincenzo | Scarce-Italian-Map-of-the-French-Riviera-Cote-d-Azur | Original early eighteenth-century engraved map of the coast of Provence, France at the Cote d'Azur, or French Riviera. Includes the villages of Antibes and Cannes. North is oriented to the upper left.
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This small well-engraved antique chart is from Coronelli's Teatro della Guerra. TEATRO DELLA GUERRA, DIVISO IN XXXXVIII. PARTI, IN CUI SONO ESATTAMENTE DELINEATI, E COMPENDIOSAMENTE DESCRITTI SIN L'ANNO M.DCC. NAPLES, 1706. Page 13.
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Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718), is considered as one of Italy's most famous and greatest cartographers and cosmographers to the Republic of Venice. |
| 5215 |  | Details | Coronelli, Vincenzo | 1706 |
| Plan of fortifications at Antibes, France |
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Coronelli, Vincenzo |
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| 1706 |
| LOC:77 |
| $265.00 | Coronelli--Vincenzo | Plan-of-fortifications-at-Antibes--France | V. Coronelli's rare antique engraved plan of the port and the Vauban-style fortifications surrounding the city of Antibes, France. Antibes is a town on the French Riviera: the Cote d'Azur. North oriented to the right.
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This small well-engraved antique chart is from Coronelli's Teatro della Guerra. TEATRO DELLA GUERRA, DIVISO IN XXXXVIII. PARTI, IN CUI SONO ESATTAMENTE DELINEATI, E COMPENDIOSAMENTE DESCRITTI SIN L'ANNO M.DCC. NAPLES, 1706. Page 25.
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Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718), is considered as one of Italy's most famous and greatest cartographers and cosmographers to the Republic of Venice. |
| 5217 |  | Details | Coronelli, Vincenzo | 1706 |
| Antique birds-eye view of Antibes, France |
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Coronelli, Vincenzo |
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| 1706 |
| LOC:77 |
| $265.00 | Coronelli--Vincenzo | Antique-birds-eye-view-of-Antibes--France | Antique bird's-eye view of Antibes, France. In this scarce early eighteenth-century engraving an angel flies above a fortified port city with a banner that reads: "Antibes Avanti l' ultime Fortificazioni'. That banner flies for Antibes, a village' on the French Riviera or Cote d'Azur, shown with its fortress and harbor.
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This small well-engraved antique chart is from Coronelli's Teatro della Guerra. TEATRO DELLA GUERRA, DIVISO IN XXXXVIII. PARTI, IN CUI SONO ESATTAMENTE DELINEATI, E COMPENDIOSAMENTE DESCRITTI SIN L'ANNO M.DCC. NAPLES, 1706.
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Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718), is considered as one of Italy's most famous and greatest cartographers and cosmographers to the Republic of Venice. |
| 6337 |  | Details | Aa, Pieter van der | 1707 |
| Nieuw Engeland in Twee Scheeptogten door Kapitein Johan Smith inde iaren 1614 en 1615 Bestevend |
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Aa, Pieter van der |
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| 1707 |
| LOC:78 |
| $1,000.00 | Aa--Pieter-van-der | Nieuw-Engeland-in-Twee-Scheeptogten-door-Kapitein-Johan-Smith-inde-iaren-1614-en-1615-Bestevend | Scarce map of New England, Cape Cod, Nantucket and more after John Smith. "Nieuw Engeland in Twee Scheeptogen door Kapitein Johan Smith inde iaren 1614 en 1615 bestevend". (New England as Described by Captain John Smith in two voyages in 1614 and 1615. By Pieter van der Aa, a Dutch mapmaker and publisher.
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| 1060 |  | Details | Loots, Johannes | 1708 |
| Unrecorded Late Golden Age Dutch Sea Chart of the World |
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Loots, Johannes |
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| 1708 |
| LOC:0 |
| $95,000.00 | Loots--Johannes | Unrecorded-Late-Golden-Age-Dutch-Sea-Chart-of-the-World | Previously unrecorded nautical chart of the entire world by Dutch cartographer Johannes Loots. Not recorded in Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici. Not found online. Not in AMPR.
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Likely the only Dutch late Golden-Age unrecorded world nautical chart to surface in the 21st century. Differs from other sea charts of the period in that Loots places van Diemen's Land much farther east (13 degrees) than the others (Robijn, Roggeveen, Goos, Morden, Keulen, Wit, Doncker, Moxon, Halley) all of whom tend to place van Diemen's Land at the longitude of the west coast of the Cape York Peninsula (de Fer an exception). One possible explanation for the mis-alignment is that Hendrik Doncker never included van Diemen's Land on his charts, and as Doncker's apprentice, Loots was never required to deal with that area.
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Covers the entire world. Loot's newly-discovered chart with title cartouche in four languages (1) Is the only known example of any world chart by Loots. (2) Is of a unique design found in no other world chart. (3) Includes tracks of explorers in the southern passage up to 1708, include le Maire, Schouten, Halley and "Vaisseau St. Louis, 1708" the last, just one year after Loots disolved a partnership with Antoni de Winter and Claas de Vries. (4) Is on Mercator's projection. (5) Shows the “Terre Austral du St. Espirit”.
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From Koeman's biography of Johanne's Loots (1665[6]-1726) we know Loots was born in Amsterdam and is not as is sometimes believed one of the two sons of Anthonie (Theunisz) Jacobsz who named themselves Lootsman to confuse cartographic researchers in future centuries. Loots served an apprenticeship under Hendrick Doncker .
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Contact for price. |
| 2482 |  | Details | Moll, Herman | 1709 |
| Mexico, or New Spain With Guadalajara, Guatemala, and Florida |
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Moll, Herman |
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| 1709 |
| LOC:3 |
| $500.00 | Moll--Herman | Mexico--or-New-Spain-With-Guadalajara--Guatemala--and-Florida | A map dealer's map!! I love it!
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Hermans Moll's classic map of the United States, Caribbean, and Central America. Moll has divided the area into the four provinces of Mexico, Guadalajara Guatemala, and Florida. Pacific Ocean is labeled "The Great South Seas"; the Gulf of Mexico is sub-titled "the Bay of Mexico". Beginning of Chapter VII. Page 214. English text on verso. |
| 1116 |  | Details | Aa, Pieter van der | 1713 |
| Antique map of North India or The Empire of the Grand Mogol |
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Aa, Pieter van der |
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| 1713 |
| LOC:6 |
| $250.00 | Aa--Pieter-van-der | Antique-map-of-North-India-or-The-Empire-of-the-Grand-Mogol | Attractive antique map by Peter van der Aa of India, the Empire of the Grand Mogol, with the frontiers of Persia and Tartary after the memoires of Nuno de Cunha . Nunho de Cunha, the son of famed Portugese explorer Tristão da Cunha, was the ninth governor of Portuguese possessions in India from 1528 to 1538.
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Extends across northern India with parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Includes the Indian states of Gujarat ("Guzaratte"), Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Haryana as well as numerous tributaries to the Ganges and Indus rivers. Key cites noted on the map include Dehli ("Deli"), Ahmedabad ("Hamedebat"), Kabul ("Cabul"), Lahore, Attock, Parvan, Campion, Pitan and numerous others. The map is printed into a finely-engraved decorative frame and will make a handsome presentation when framed.
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Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733) was a Dutch publisher working in Leiden during the early eighteenth century. He is best known for publishing maps and atlases, though he also printed pirated editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated volumes. Van de AA's use of stock mock-frame borders is a characteristic for which he is well known. This map shows evidence of two plate marks, one for the mock-frame and the second interior platemark for the smaller map which was printed inside the mock-frame. From "Le nouveau theatre du monde. ou La geographie royale, composée de nouvelles cartes tres-exactes", published from Leiden in 1713. |
| 1381 |  | Details | Aa, Pieter van der | 1713 |
| Fine antique framed map of Tartary or north central Asia |
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Aa, Pieter van der |
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| 1713 |
| LOC:0 |
| $240.00 | Aa--Pieter-van-der | Fine-antique-framed-map-of-Tartary-or-north-central-Asia | Matted and framed…
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Attractive, framed copper-engraved antique map of Tartary by Pieter van der Aa. The name "Tartary" was used until the twentieth century to designate the great tract of northern and central Asia stretching from the Caspian Sea and the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Tartary consisted of the high plateau of central Asia and its north-western slopes, which formed part of the Tartar empire in the Middle Ages.
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Includes the Black Sea ("Pontus Euxinus"), Caspian Sea ("Mare Caspium") and western Mediterranean Sea ("Mare Mediterraneum"). Covers parts or all of modern-day Turkey, Iran, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Syria, Iraq, China, Nepal, and Afghanistan.
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Matted and framed measures 17" x 13". Map itself, ca. 1713 within an elaborate and decorative printed border.
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Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733) was a Dutch publisher working in Leiden during the early eighteenth century. He is best known for publishing maps and atlases, though he also printed pirated editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated volumes. Van de AA's use of stock mock-frame borders is a characteristic for which he is well known. The map shows evidence of two plate marks, one for the mock-frame and the second interior platemark for the smaller map which was printed inside the mock-frame. From "Le nouveau theatre du monde. ou La geographie royale, composée de nouvelles cartes tres-exactes", published from Leiden in 1713. |
| 996 |  | Details | Renard, Louis | 1715 |
| Renard's decorative sea chart of the English Channel from 1715. |
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Renard, Louis |
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| 1715 |
| LOC:50 |
| $1,400.00 | Renard--Louis | Renard-s-decorative-sea-chart-of-the-English-Channel-from-1715- | Fine and scarce copper-engraved sea chart of the <strong>English Channel</strong> from the end of the Dutch Golden Age- a time when Dutch influence, military power, and commerce was at its peak. This very decorative chart "Canalis Angliae et Galliae Littora" was published by Dutch engraver and entrepreneur <strong>Louis Renard</strong>. Two beautiful cartouches, the upper with mythological figures and the lower representing scenes from the world of shipping and commerce with a very affluent, fashionably dressed overseer looking on as plainly-dressed workers go about their tasks.
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Louis Renard (1678-1746) was from a Huguenot family. He moved from France to the Netherlands and became a book dealer and publisher in Amsterdam in 1703. This chart is based on an earlier work of Frederick de Wit, from whom Renard purchased the plates. Issued with corrections based on van Keulen, and published in Renard's "Atlas de la Navigation et du Commerce" in 1715. |
| 1012 |  | Details | Mount and Page | 1715 |
| Antique chart of Africa from Agadir, Morocco to Nouadhibou, Mauritania |
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Mount and Page |
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| 1715 |
| LOC:0 |
| $285.00 | Mount-and-Page | Antique-chart-of-Africa-from-Agadir--Morocco-to-Nouadhibou--Mauritania | Two old charts on one sheet: West African coastline of Morocco, Western Sahara, and Mauritania from "Cape Geer" (north of Agadir near Tamri) south to "Cape Bajadore" (near Boujdour) and then south to the "Gulf of St. Ann" (Ras Nouadhibou). Nouadhibou has the unfortunate distiction of being the location of the world's largest ship graveyards, with over 300 rusting hulks abandoned by their owners .
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Attribution on this old nautical chart has been partially erased but the lower cartouche one can see the faint remainder of the engraved names of John Seller and Charles Price. This edition of the antique chart is attributed to Mount and Page of London, 1715. |
| 6773 |  | Details | Moll, Herman | 1715 |
| Moll's world map of with monsoons and trade winds |
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Moll, Herman |
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| 1715 |
| LOC:89 |
| $400.00 | Moll--Herman | Moll-s-world-map-of-with-monsoons-and-trade-winds | Increasingly scarce map of the world by Herman Moll ca. 1715 covering a large area from 50 degrees north to 50 degrees south of the Equator. The map, on Mercator's projection is centered on "the Great South Sea", or Pacific Ocean, and Moll's incomplete outlines for New Zealand, Australia, and Tasmania reflect the uncertain state of geographical knowledge in the early eighteenth century.
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Moll's maps touching on compass variation and wind patterns, especially the trade winds, stand out as significant contributions to cartography and navigation. Moll tried to visualize the concept of global atmospheric circulation, making use of the contemporary understanding of trade winds and monsoons. Monsoon winds are seasonal wind patterns that occur over various regions, most notably in South and Southeast Asia, where they cause the well-known monsoon rains. As Moll explains in his note at upper left:
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"Note that the Arrows among the Lines shew the Course of these General & Coasting Winds, and the Arrows in the void Spaces shew the Course of the Shifting TRADE-WINDS, and the abbreviations Sept. &c. Shew the Times of the Year when such Winds blow".
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On this map, Moll represented the trade winds – the predictable east-west wind patterns in the tropical latitudes – using arrows. Knowing the direction of the trade winds at specific times of the year, was crucial to understanding how to plan routes for ships involved in trade and exploration. This information was invaluable to the burgeoning Atlantic economies, particularly in the context of the Atlantic triangular trade. |
| 992 |  | Details | de Fer, Nicolas | 1715 |
| Old plan of Palma, Majorca or Mallorca, Spain |
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de Fer, Nicolas |
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| 1715 |
| LOC:4 |
| $495.00 | de-Fer--Nicolas | Old-plan-of-Palma--Majorca-or-Mallorca--Spain | Attractive, detailed antique birds-eye view or plan of Palma the capital of Mallorca / Majorca, now part of Spain. Features the walls, gates, roads, and numerous Vauban-style defenses that surrounded Palma / Palme in the early 18th century. Majorca is the largest of Spain's Balearic Islands, located south of Barcelona in the Mediterranean Sea. Will frame and display nicely.
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Numerous defensive bastions are numbered and the key roads leading into the city are named including:
Chemin de Plumayor, Chemin de Manacor, Chemin d'Inca, Chemin Banola, and Chemin de Soller. City gates are also named including: Puerta de Jesus, Puerta Santa Catarina, Puerta de Campo, Puerta St. Antoine, Puerta Pintada, and Porte au Mole, leading to a jetty in the harbor. Additional defensive works under construction are shown with dotted lines. At the northeast, a single stream leading into the city walls is shown connected to a short aqueduct.
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This antique copperplate-engraved map was produced toward the end of the 17th century by the well known French geographer and cartographer, Nicolas de Fer (1646 - 1720). De Fer was a prolific producer of maps and prints who among other honors, was appointed as official geographer to the Spansh King in 1702.Dated within at 1715. From de Fer's "Forces de l'Europe ou Introduction a la Fortification".
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Plate No. 69. |
| 52 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1716 |
| Plan des environs de Dunkerque et Mardick |
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Anonymous |
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| 1716 |
| LOC:9 |
| $175.00 | Anonymous | Plan-des-environs-de-Dunkerque-et-Mardick | This antique French map on watermarked, chain-laid paper depicts the environs of Mardick and Dunkirk within 3 years after the demolition of the Dunkirk harbor in 1714. <BR> </BR>
At the end of the War of Spanish Succession England agreed to turn over Dunkirk, which it captured in 1708, to the French. In order to prevent the port's usage as a base for privateers and sea raiders the English demolished the harbor and city walls. This map depicts the French's quick response to the demolition- a new canal near Mardick that re-connected Dunkirk's harbor to the sea. |
| 1297 |  | Details | de Fer, Nicolas | 1717 |
| Scarce antique map of Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean |
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de Fer, Nicolas |
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| 1717 |
| LOC:51 |
| $1,950.00 | de-Fer--Nicolas | Scarce-antique-map-of-Gulf-of-Mexico-and-Caribbean | Very interesting and scarce Nicolas de Fer map (1717) of the Gulf Coast of the United States, the Caribbean, Central America, and northern South America. Pleasing appearance with original outline handcoloring. This 300 year-old copper-plate engraved map is full of local place names, historical notes and observations about native American tribes. For example:
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<li>Near the Mississippi River mouth- "Embouchure du Mississippi decouverte in 1685 par M. de la Salle" and a location "Pointe de Mardi Gras".</li>
<li>About the fishing skills of American indians near the Georgia Sea Islands: "Isles de Mosquites Peuples plus adroit por peche de tout l' Amerique".</li>
<li>De Fer locates several native American tribes including "les Natchez", "Village de Apalaches" and "Village de la Mobile". </li>
<li>Locates La Salle's fort ('Fort de Francois') on Matagorda Bay, Texas ('Baye de St. Louis et de St. Bernard').</li>
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De Fer's seminal map of the Caribbean "Le Golfe de Mexique..." is a fine adaptation of Guillaume Delisle's 1701 "Carte des environs du Missisipi". The map shows a well-formed Mississippi Delta and Gulf Coast and locates La Salle's fort ('Fort de Francois') on Matagorda Bay, Texas ('Baye de St. Louis et de St. Bernard').
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De Fer's "Le Golfe de Mexique" displays Florida correctly as a peninsula rather than as an archipelago, as first depicted by Thomas Nairne in 1711. The 300 year old map is based upon information obtained from the War of Spanish Succession and other contemporary sources. The map is considerably rarer than De L'Isle's contemporary map and more focused on the Caribbean and Gulf Coast regions. |
| 3672 |  | Details | Frezier, Amedee | 1717 |
| Plan of the anchorage at Ilo, Peru |
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Frezier, Amedee |
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| 1717 |
| LOC:77 |
| $325.00 | Frezier--Amedee | Plan-of-the-anchorage-at-Ilo--Peru | Frezier's plan of the Peruvian port city of Ilo (Ylo), the capital of Ylo province. Frezier made a reconnaissance mission to the coast of South America from 1712-1714. Posing as a trader or merchant captain, Frezier sketched harbor defenses and gathered information on the military preparedness of each port visited.
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Includes a coastal elevation view and several drawings of a mill probably for sugar cane. Key at top right relates to locations identified on the plan. North is oriented to the left.
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Amédée Frézier (1682 – 1773) was an French explorer, military engineer, mathematician, and spy. This plan of Ylo, Peru is from Frezier's 1717 account of his travels published in French in 1717: "Relation du voyage de la mer du Sud, aux côtes du Chili, du Pérou et de Brésil, fait pendant les années 1712, 1713, et 1714". |
| 347 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1718 |
| Baye de Cadiz et Detroit de Gibraltar |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1718 |
| LOC:57 |
| $900.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Baye-de-Cadiz-et-Detroit-de-Gibraltar | From the perspective of this writer this antique nautical chart of Cadiz and the Strait of Gibraltar is the most important chart of the 16 large Mediterranean sea charts by <a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henry Michelot and Laurens Bremond</a> . The chart bears the earliest date of any of the 16 that were published - 1718. Also, the large decorative title cartouche at the upper left is reflective of Michelot's rank and symbols of high status. Michelot describes himself as “Hydrographe et Pilote Real des Galères du Roy” (hydrographer and pilot of the royal galley for the kings galley corps).
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The vessel depicted in the cartouche is clearly the "Reale" or Royal Galley (galère, Fr.) with three large stern lanterns. These distinctive lights served at night as a reference point for the fleet to follow. Above the galley, at the center top of the cartouche are the coat of arms of the French King surrounded on both sides by numerous banners and weapons including cannon and pikes. Perhaps the most unusual and significant decorative element is the two captive Muslim prisoners. Along with the opulent galley and other power icons the image of these near naked, chained ‘infidel’ captives would have been intended to demonstrate the map maker’s high status and authority to the map’s audience and as Petto points out, to reflect glory onto the map-makers patron to whom the charts were dedicated.<BR> </BR>
With an inset legend and a single large very decorative central compass rose and rhumb lines. Includes San Lucar de Barameda, Rota, Cape Trafalgar, Ceuta, Tangiers, Tarife (Tarifa) Gibraltar, Puerto Santa Maria and the hills of Medina Sidonia. Perhaps more than any other chart from the pair of Marseilles-based cartographers the numerous guard towers, soundings, and marked anchorages would have been important to the intended constituency for this chart- galley pilots and other coastal navigators of that period. |
| 334 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1718 |
| Nouvelle Carte De Cotes De Catalogne, Roussillon, Languedoc, Provence |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1718 |
| LOC:58 |
| $1,500.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Nouvelle-Carte-De-Cotes-De-Catalogne--Roussillon--Languedoc--Provence | Original antique engraved nautical chart from 1718. Left half of a double-width chart of the Northwestern Mediterranean sea titled: <br> <i>"Nouvelle Carte De Cotes De Catalogne, Roussillon, Languedoc, Provence, D'Italie et Partie De L'Isle De Corce dediee a Monseigneur le Chevalier d'Orleans General de Galeres de France par ses tres Humbles Serviteurs Michelot Hydrographe et Pilot de Galeres du Roy et Bremond Hydrographe du Roy et de la Ville" </i> Dated within an elaborate title cartouche at 1718.
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"Plan du Port de Cette en Languedoc" <br>
"Plan du Port de Cadeques en Catalogne"
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This antique nautical chart was produced ca. 1727 by French hydrographer and pilot of the French royal galley "La Reale" <a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henry Michelot</a>. <BR> </BR>
Possibly a later impression as the chart has a small line near bottom left that appears to be the result of a cracked engraving plate. Published by Laurens Bremond from Marseilles, France. |
| 1177 |  | Details | Aa, Pieter van der | 1719 |
| Antique map of the Banda Islands, Indonesia |
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Aa, Pieter van der |
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| 1719 |
| LOC:9 |
| $880.00 | Aa--Pieter-van-der | Antique-map-of-the-Banda-Islands--Indonesia | Rare Dutch map / chart of the Banda Islands, part of the Indonesian province of Maluku, comprising the important Spice Islands. The Banda Islands are part of the Moluccas archipelago to the west of New Guinea. Until the mid-19th century the Banda Islands were the world's only source of the spices nutmeg and mace, produced from the nutmeg tree.
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Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733) was a Dutch publisher working in Leiden during the early eighteenth century. He is best known for publishing maps and atlases, though he also printed pirated editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated volumes. From "Nouvel atlas...contenant les principales cartes géographiques dressées suivant les nouvelles observations de Mr. de l'Académie royale des sciences" published in 1714 from Leiden by Van der Aa. Plate number 27 (in manuscript).
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Printed on a large sheet measuring 19" W x 15" H. |
| 1288 |  | Details | Chiquet, Jacques | 1719 |
| Old antique map of The Greek Archipelago |
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Chiquet, Jacques |
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| 1719 |
| LOC:2 |
| $210.00 | Chiquet--Jacques | Old-antique-map-of-The-Greek-Archipelago | Decorative map of Greece and Turkey displaying the wide extent of the Aegean Archipelago. Fine engraving and a title cartouche flanked by two winged female figures, topped by a fan shaped shell. Dated within at 1719. This attractive antique map, now nearly 300 years old, is characterized by its strong impression, evident platemark, and restrained hand coloring.
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Named features include: Negroponte, Athens, the Peloponnese, Zante, Corfu, Macedonia, Constantinople,
Naxos, Santorini, Crete, and Rhodes.
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From "Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique et Historique..." by Jacques Chiquet. |
| 1186 |  | Details | Aa, Pieter van der | 1719 |
| Scarce Antique Map of Hokkaido, Japan |
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Aa, Pieter van der |
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| 1719 |
| LOC:9 |
| $600.00 | Aa--Pieter-van-der | Scarce-Antique-Map-of-Hokkaido--Japan | Antique Dutch map of the island of Eso, today called Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's main islands. Printed on a large sheet measuring 19" W x 15" H.
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Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733) was a Dutch publisher working in Leiden during the early eighteenth century. He is best known for publishing maps and atlases, though he also printed pirated editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated volumes. From "Nouvel atlas...contenant les principales cartes géographiques dressées suivant les nouvelles observations de Mr. de l'Académie royale des sciences" published in 1714 from Leiden by Van der Aa. Plate number 27 (in manuscript). |
| 1187 |  | Details | Aa, Pieter van der | 1719 |
| Scarce Antique Map of Banten in Java Indonesia |
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Aa, Pieter van der |
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| 1719 |
| LOC:9 |
| $300.00 | Aa--Pieter-van-der | Scarce-Antique-Map-of-Banten-in-Java-Indonesia | Antique Dutch map of the bay and village of "Bantam" or Banten, Java. Includes a plan of Bantam, and the smaller islands of Pulau Panjang, Groot P. Moby, Poele Don, Cleyn P. Moby, and Hollands kerk-hof. On a much larger sheet of watermarked (with fleur-de-lis), chain laid paper measuring 19" W x 15" H.
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Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733) was a Dutch publisher working in Leiden during the early eighteenth century. He is best known for publishing maps and atlases, though he also printed pirated editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated volumes. From "Nouvel atlas...contenant les principales cartes géographiques dressées suivant les nouvelles observations de Mr. de l'Académie royale des sciences" published in 1714 from Leiden by Van der Aa. Plate number 19 (in manuscript). |
| 1191 |  | Details | Aa, Pieter van der | 1719 |
| Antique City Plan of Batavia or Jakarta, Indonesia |
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Aa, Pieter van der |
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| 1719 |
| LOC:9 |
| $365.00 | Aa--Pieter-van-der | Antique-City-Plan-of-Batavia-or-Jakarta--Indonesia | Antique Dutch map of the village of "Batavia" or Jakarta, Indonesia. Jakarta was the de facto capital of the Dutch East Indies, formed from the nationalized colonies of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), which came under the administration of the Dutch government in 1800.
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Forty-one notable locations are identified numerically on this fine copper-plate engraved plan and are explained in a large table at bottom right. These important locations include defensive positions, churches, and maritime related sites such as:
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<li>le Fort</li>
<li>Redoute d' Amsterdam</li>
<li>Bastion le Saphir</li>
<li>Reduit de Nassau</li>
<li>le Werf Place aux Ancres</li>
<li>Grande Riviere</li>
<li>le Canal</li>
<li>l'Eglise des Portugais</li>
<li>Marche au poissons</li>
<li>le Hospital</li>
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On a much larger sheet of antique chain-laid paper measuring 19" W x 15" H.
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Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733) was a Dutch publisher working in Leiden during the early eighteenth century. He is best known for publishing maps and atlases, though he also printed pirated editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated volumes. From "Nouvel atlas...contenant les principales cartes géographiques dressées suivant les nouvelles observations de Mr. de l'Académie royale des sciences" published in 1714 from Leiden by Van der Aa. Plate number or notation in manuscript at bottom left. |
| 4854 |  | Details | Valentijn, Francois | 1720 |
| Surat, India |
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Valentijn, Francois |
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| 1720 |
| LOC:9 |
| $900.00 | Valentijn--Francois | Surat--India | Scare Dutch chart of the Tapti River and Surat, India. This fine antique chart shows Surat then partially surrounded by a wall and the Casteel Suratta or Surat Castle (built 1546). The author provides numerous depth soundings and great detail on sandbanks in the Tapti River. Such rich detail suggests the source of information on the chart had a significant amount of experience in the area.
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From contemporaneous accounts we know that Suratte was a key trading center.
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"At one end of the City of Suratte upon the very banks of the river called Tapty you see a very fair castle with four large towers of free-stone with a broad ditch always full of water…there are here three great factories, to wit: of the French, English and Dutch East India Companies, each of which are distinguished by their banners of their respective nations which are to be seen on the tops of their houses."
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"But when any European ships arrive at this port, the Persians, Indians, Armenians, and Turks, plant their tents or booths in such numbers, as to give it the resemblance of a very handsome fair." (Rennefort, Crull, Dellon. A Voyage to the East Indies… 1698. Google Books. Online)
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From François Valentyn's Oud en Nieuw Oost Indien (Old and New East India), part V : Beschryving van Coromandel, Pegu, Arrakan, Bengale, Mocha, Persien, Malakka, Sumatra, Ceylon. François Valentijn (1666-1727) was a missionary who worked at Amboina from during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. With numerous rhumb lines and two compass roses topped with fleur-de-lis. Plate 9. |
| 3673 |  | Details | Moll, Herman | 1720 |
| Antique Chart of the west coat of Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru |
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Moll, Herman |
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| 1720 |
| LOC:77 |
| $250.00 | Moll--Herman | Antique-Chart-of-the-west-coat-of-Panama--Colombia--Ecuador--and-Peru | Compact antique chart of the west coast of Panama, Colombia, Equator, and Peru by Herman Moll |
| 4755 |  | Details | Jansson, Jan | 1720 |
| Fine pair (2) of antique maps of North Wales and South Wales. |
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Jansson, Jan |
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| 1720 |
| LOC:64 |
| $1,100.00 | Jansson--Jan | Fine-pair-(2)-of-antique-maps-of-North-Wales-and-South-Wales- | Pair of beautiful antique maps of North and South Wales in the United Kingdom ca. 1720. Fine condition. Both maps are filled with charming pictorial topography describing forests, cities, and mountains. Published in Amsterdam by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk after Joannes Janssonius (Jan Jansson).
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Locations within Wales include Glamorgan, Carmarthen, Pembroke, Brecon, Cardingan, Radnor in South Wales and Snowdown Hill (Snowdon) in North Wales, the highest mountain in the country. Both maps are adorned with superb engraved aquatic cartouches adorned with putti, coats of arms and sailing ships. Blank verso. Attribution at bottom to Shenk and Valk, Amsterdam, publishers. |
| 648 |  | Details | Valentijn, Francois | 1720 |
| Amboina, Seram, and Malaku Islands |
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Valentijn, Francois |
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| 1720 |
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| $880.00 | Valentijn--Francois | Amboina--Seram--and-Malaku-Islands | Scarce antique Dutch chart of part of the Maluku (Molucca) island chain in Indonesia (the Spice Islands). Includes Buru Island ( Boero ), Amboin, Seram (Ceram) , Banda, and many other smaller islands. The chart is comprised of two conjoined sheets making up the seldom available 29" wide chart of the region. On watermarked chain-laid paper.
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From François Valentyn's Oud en Nieuw Oost Indien (Old and New East India), part V : Beschryving van Coromandel, Pegu, Arrakan, Bengale, Mocha, Persien, Malakka, Sumatra, Ceylon. François Valentijn (1666-1727) was a missionary who worked at Amboina from during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. With numerous rhumb lines and two compass roses topped with fleur-de-lis. Plate 1. |
| 51 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1720 |
| Plan de la Baye et Rades de Marseille (small scale) |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1720 |
| LOC:58 |
| $1,875.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Plan-de-la-Baye-et-Rades-de-Marseille-(small-scale) | Antique nautical chart of the Bay of Marseilles, France. Drawn by <a rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henri Michelot</a>, pilot of the royal galley for Louis XIV and XV. This large antique sea chart of the Bay of Marseilles would have been useful to coastal navigators such as those with the French Corps de Galeres. Extending from Cap Couronne past Cap Croisete to Morgiou the chart notes local water sources (galleys could only carry enough water for about two weeks), anchorages, and denotes a near-shore passage for the galleys near Cap Croisete: "Passage ordinaire des Galeres". The city of Marseille is shown surrounded by protective walls on three sides. <BR> </BR>
The authors' intimate knowledge of the area is confirmed by their location of several "madragues" around the bay (large anchored fish ponds or seines) that would have posed a threat to any fleet of coastal vessels operating in the area. <BR> </BR>
This chart is of special interest as Marseille the home bases for the galleys ( galère / galères ) of Louis XIV and XV as well as the home port for Michelot and Bremond. In the year this chart was published, 1720, the city of Marseille experienced an outbreak of "la peste", bubonic plague, that killed an estimated 40% of its population. The plague, spread from an arriving merchant ship, was one of the last great outbreaks in Western Europe. Perhaps it is coincidence but the location of both the Infirmerie Vieux and the Infirmerie Vielle in Marseille are indicated.<BR> </BR>
With a large beautifully engraved title cartouche by Starckman featuring Neptune with two overflowing horns-of-plenty. |
| 574 |  | Details | Homann, Johann | 1720 |
| Regni Norvegiae Accurata Tabula |
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Homann, Johann |
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| 1720 |
| LOC:57 |
| $500.00 | Homann--Johann | Regni-Norvegiae-Accurata-Tabula | Decorative copper-plate engraved antique map of Norway by Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) . Homann was a profilic German cartographer and publisher who was appointed cartographer to the Holy Roman Empire from 1715.
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After Homann's death his maps were re-published by his heirs. Homann Heirs (also "Homannianis Heredibus" or "Homann Erben" or "Heritiers de Homann") was a company established after the death of Homann to carry on the publishing business of the firm he started in the early 1700's. The designation "Homann Heirs" appears on maps published by that successor firm from about 1730 to 1848. This antique map does not carry that designation but probably dates to to ca. 1742 - 1748.
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At bottom left of the map is a highly decorative title cartouche containing the Norwegian state coat of arms, a lion bearing an axe. Beneath that emblem are depicted numerous nymphs cavorting in the sea. |
| 7908 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1723 |
| Antique French nautical chart of the western Mediterranean |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1723 |
| LOC: |
| $2,850.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Antique-French-nautical-chart-of-the-western-Mediterranean | This authentic, antique, early 18th-century <strong>portolan-style nautical chart</strong> showcases the western Mediterranean Sea, featuring the southern coasts of France and Spain. The rare nautical chart was created by <strong>Henri Michelot and Laurent Bremond</strong>, and covers the Mediterranean coastlines of Europe and Africa (Barbarie) from the Strait of Gibraltar and Ceuta in the west to Cap Palle in the east, passing through Marbella, Malaga, Almeria, and Cartagena. Numerous guard towers are marked along the shorelines, which would have been vital during that period of extensive raiding from the Barbary coast. It also includes two large insets: one of Gibraltar and the other of the Bay of Tangier (Tanger).
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Some distinctive elements not found in other <a rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Michelot and Bremond</a> antique nautical charts are a portrayal of a navigator (possibly Michelot?) seated on bales of goods adorned with the initials and symbols associated with the authors and engraver, surrounded by maritime items and navigational instruments such as chart, compass, and cross-staff. Additionally, an unexplained distance scale is included inside the neat line near the bottom left. This scale is typically only found on small-scale charts and was likely intended for navigators to place divider points without damaging the main distance scale through constant pricking.
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| 2511 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1723 |
| Carte Particuliere des cotes D'Espagne et de Barbarie |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1723 |
| LOC:0 |
| $1,850.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Carte-Particuliere-des-cotes-D-Espagne-et-de-Barbarie | Antique, attractive early 18th-century working portolan-style nautical chart of the western Mediterranean Sea with the southern coasts of France and Spain. This original rare nautical chart was produced by Henri Michelot and Laurent Bremond, who had close, first-hand experience with many of the areas they charted.
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Chart coverage includes the Mediterranean coasts of Europe and Africa (Barbarie) from the Strait of Gibraltar and Ceuta in the west through Marbella, Malaga, Almeria and Cartagena to Cap Palle in the east. Dozens of guard towers are noted along the coast; they would have been crucial during that era of intense raiding from the Barbary coast. Includes two large insets, one of Gibraltar and the other of the Bay of Tangier (Tanger). <BR> </BR> Some unique features not found in other <a rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Michelot and Bremond</a> antique nautical charts include a depiction of a navigator (Michelot?) sitting atop bales of merchandise embellished with initials and symbols related to the authors and engraver, and surrounded by maritime objects and navigational instruments including chart, compass and cross-staff. A separate and unexplained distance scale is included inside the neatline near bottom left. As these additional scales are found only on small-scale charts, their probable intended usage is for navigators' placement of divider points so as not to damage the master distance scale by repeated pricking. |
| 13 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1723 |
| Antique French nautical chart of the western Mediterranean |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1723 |
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| $2,850.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Antique-French-nautical-chart-of-the-western-Mediterranean | This authentic, antique, early 18th-century <strong>portolan-style nautical chart</strong> showcases the western Mediterranean Sea, featuring the southern coasts of France and Spain. The rare nautical chart was created by <strong>Henri Michelot and Laurent Bremond</strong>, and covers the Mediterranean coastlines of Europe and Africa (Barbarie) from the Strait of Gibraltar and Ceuta in the west to Cap Palle in the east, passing through Marbella, Malaga, Almeria, and Cartagena. Numerous guard towers are marked along the shorelines, which would have been vital during that period of extensive raiding from the Barbary coast. It also includes two large insets: one of Gibraltar and the other of the Bay of Tangier (Tanger).
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Some distinctive elements not found in other <a rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Michelot and Bremond</a> antique nautical charts are a portrayal of a navigator (possibly Michelot?) seated on bales of goods adorned with the initials and symbols associated with the authors and engraver, surrounded by maritime items and navigational instruments such as chart, compass, and cross-staff. Additionally, an unexplained distance scale is included inside the neat line near the bottom left. This scale is typically only found on small-scale charts and was likely intended for navigators to place divider points without damaging the main distance scale through constant pricking.
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| 572 |  | Details | van Keulen, Gerard | 1724 |
| Sicilia |
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van Keulen, Gerard |
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| 1724 |
| LOC:0 |
| $4,000.00 | van-Keulen--Gerard | Sicilia | Extra-large, rare, original antique nautical chart of the island of Sicily, Italy. <strong>Two views of an erupting Mount Aetna ( Etna ) in Catania.</strong> Includes nine smaller harbor charts on the same sheet: Palermo, Trapani, Messina, Milazzo, Augusta, Catania, Agrigento and Siracusa. Unusually colorful and attractive specimen. Unusual to find this combination of large-scale and small-scale charts on a single page.
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Inset at right in the sea shows two scenes related to the Battle of Cape Passaro, between Spanish and British naval forces on August 11, 1718 off the coast of Sicily. During the Battle of Cape Passaro, off the southeast coast of Sicily, forces led by British Admiral Sir George Byng aboard the flagship 'Barfleur' defeated Spanish naval forces led by Rear-Admiral Don Fernando Chacon.
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By Gerard van Keulen, with the royal privilege, possibly from the third part of 'De Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-Fakkel' published 1724. Near van Keulen's name is found the Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Sicily with two facing eagles flanking the red stripes of the arms of the House of Aragon. |
| 5162 |  | Details | Frezier, Amedee | 1725 |
| Isle de S. Domingue |
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Frezier, Amedee |
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| 1725 |
| LOC:51 |
| $300.00 | Frezier--Amedee | Isle-de-S--Domingue | Map of the island of Hispaniola by Amedee Francois Frezier (1682-1773). Includes portions of the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. Decorative dedicatory cartouche.
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Includes an inset plan "Plan de la Ville Espagnole de S. Domingue". Condition issues at right margin but should mat and frame nicely. |
| 4730 |  | Details | Renneville, René Augustin Constantin de | 1725 |
| Cote Meridionale de la Terre del Fuego |
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Renneville, René Augustin Constantin de |
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| 1725 |
| LOC:77 |
| $165.00 | Renneville--René-Augustin-Constantin-de | Cote-Meridionale-de-la-Terre-del-Fuego | Small antique chart of the southern Argentine portion of Tierra de Fuego, <b>Le Maire Strait</b> (about 18 miles in width), and Staten Island (Spanish: Isla de los Estados ). Key features include Mauritius Landt, Valentyns Bay, Isle de Diego Ramirez, Barneveldo Eylanden, and Withonds Bay. Tierra de Fuego is separated from the Argentine mainland by the Strait of Magellan.
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From the French reissue of the account of early Dutch voyages first published in 1608 by Commelin: "Recueil des Voiages qui ont servi à l'établissement et aux progès de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales.
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The French translation was by René Augustin Constantin de Renneville a 17th-century French author known for his works on the Inquisition, French Revolution, geography and religion. Recueil des Voyages was a multi-volume work about world voyages featuring full-page and folding engravings of landmarks, people, cultures as well as views and maps.
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Amsterdam. Tome 9. Page 40. Dutch placenames and a French title.
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In Richard Henry Dana Jr.'s book "Two Years Before the Mast" Staten Island is the first land seen from the ship after leaving San Diego. Dana describes the land as
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A breeding colony of the Magellanic penguin is found in the Le Maire Strait on Isla de los Estados. |
| 4843 |  | Details | Valentijn, Francois | 1726 |
| Antique Dutch Chart of the Environs of Cape Town South Africa |
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Valentijn, Francois |
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| 1726 |
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| $825.00 | Valentijn--Francois | Antique-Dutch-Chart-of-the-Environs-of-Cape-Town-South-Africa | For collectors. Very old, scarce chart of the South African west coast from the Bay of Saldanha including Table Bay (Taefel Bay), False Bay, and Sout Bay all surrounding the Cabo de Boa Esperanca or Cape of Good Hope now the location of Cape Town, South Africa. By Dutch minister Francois Valentijn (Valentyn).
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Only two sales recorded in the AMPR, none in the last 15 years. #43.
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From Francois Valentijn's labor of seven years, the <b>Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indië</b>, considered the best source for reference material related to Asia for a period of almost two hundred years. |
| 250 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1727 |
| Plan de la Baye de Gibraltar |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1727 |
| LOC:4 |
| $300.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Plan-de-la-Baye-de-Gibraltar | An attractive and scarce antique copperplate large scale chart of the bay and peninsula of Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory. Contains detail on the fortifications and numerous guard towers in the area. Numerous soundings, anchorages, and navigation hazards are noted. Hand colored compass rose. Algeciras is labeled "Vieux Gibraltar". Other noted locations include the old and new quay (mole), Cap Carnero, Plaine de St. Roch and the Ville et Mt. Gibraltar (Rock of Gibraltar).
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This plan was produced in 1727 by French hydrographers and galley pilot <a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henry Michelot</a> and Laurens Bremond . This old chart of Gibraltar is one of a handful of Michelot and Bremond charts that were copied by Thomas Kitchin and others for more than 30 years and it should be a part of any serious collection of maps from that region.
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Engraved by one of the finest engravers of the time, Peter Starckman. Carries the sellers information: " Ce Vend chez Laurens Bremond sur le Port a Marseilles a coin de Reboul." Published with the royal privilege. |
| 4708 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1727 |
| Plan de la Ville et Port d'Antibe (Antibes) |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1727 |
| LOC:13 |
| $350.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Plan-de-la-Ville-et-Port-d-Antibe-(Antibes) | Highly detailed, engraved port plan of Antibes, France on the French Riviera or Cote d'Azur, based on information that was current as of 1720. Highlighted by a colored compass rose oriented with north to bottom right, this old antique chart / plan shows Antibes surrounded by Vauban-style defensive walls. Key noted features include "le Chateau", land and sea entrances (ports), le mole or jetty, the Fort d'Antibes and a beach leading to Nice - "Plage qui conduit a Nice."
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Numerous soundings, underwater hazards, and anchorages are noted in and near Antibes harbor. This nautical chart was produced in 1727 by French hydrographers and galley (galère, Fr.) pilot Henry Michelot and Laurens Bremond.
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The distance scale is in toises which was about 1.95 meters before 1812. |
| 254 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1727 |
| Plan de la Ville et Port d'Antibe (Antibes) |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1727 |
| LOC:4 |
| $300.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Plan-de-la-Ville-et-Port-d-Antibe-(Antibes) | Highly detailed, engraved port plan of Antibes, France on the French Riviera or Cote d'Azur. Highlighted by a colored compass rose, this old antique chart / plan shows the city and fort of Antibes both surrounded by defensive walls. Numerous soundings, underwater hazards, and anchorages are noted in and near Antibes harbor. This nautical chart was produced in 1727 by French hydrographers and galley (galère, Fr.) pilot <a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henry Michelot</a> and Laurens Bremond.
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A note in the title cartouche states that the chart is based on information that was current as of 1720. The distance scale is in toises which was about 1.95 meters before 1812. |
| 331 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1727 |
| Plan de la Rade du Gourjan et des Isles Ste. Marguerite |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1727 |
| LOC:4 |
| $425.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Plan-de-la-Rade-du-Gourjan-et-des-Isles-Ste--Marguerite | Antique copperplate-engraved nautical chart / plan of the islands, bay, and beaches between Cane (Cannes) and Antibe, France in the Cote d'Azur region of the French Riviera. Islands noted offshore by Michelot include Isle St. Honora (Saint-Honorat ) and Île Sainte-Marguerite which is one of the locations where the "man in the Iron Mask" is known to have been jailed. Other features are Pointe de la Foucade (Fourcade) Cap de la Garoupe, tours de la Croisette on (Cap de la Croisette) and two beaches: plage du pilon, and plage qui conduit a Nice.<BR> </BR>
This antique chart / plan was produced ca. 1730 by French hydrographer and pilot of the French royal galley "La Reale" <a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henry Michelot</a>. The port plan was one of 37 original plans published in Marseilles by Michelot and Laurens Bremond in a volume titled "Recueil de Plusieurs Plans de Ports et Rades de la Mer Mediterranée." Later in the 18th century the plans were copied and reprinted by Roux, Allezard, Kitchin and others. |
| 100 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1727 |
| Plan du Port du Portvendre en Roussillon |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1727 |
| LOC:4 |
| $300.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Plan-du-Port-du-Portvendre-en-Roussillon | Interesting large-scale, black and white copperplate antique nautical chart / plan of Portvendre (Port-Vendres), France with a carefully colored compass rose. This antique chart is one of 37 port plans published by <a rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henry Michelot and Laurens Bremond</a> ca. 1730 in their atlas of small scale Mediterranean ports: "Recueil de Plusieurs Plans de Ports et Rades de la Mer Mediterranée" .
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Notations are made on both sides of the bay warning that the surrounding land is high. It must have been a welcome sight when a navigator finally spied the beach near the harbor where a galley (galère) could land. Along with two forts, the few noted points of interest include a water source, a chapel, and a few stores. |
| 2498 |  | Details | Olearius, Adam | 1727 |
| Map and elevation view of Arkhangelsk, Russia |
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Olearius, Adam |
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| 1727 |
| LOC:7 |
| $120.00 | Olearius--Adam | Map-and-elevation-view-of-Arkhangelsk--Russia | Antique map and view of Arkhangelsk, Russia (Archangel; Archangelsk), the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, in the north of European Russia. Arkhangelsk is today situated on both banks of the northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea.
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From "Voyages très-curieux & très renommez faits en Moscovie, Tartarie, et Perse...." by Adam Olearius (1603-1671). |
| 270 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1727 |
| Plan du Port de Cadequie en Catalogne |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1727 |
| LOC:4 |
| $365.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Plan-du-Port-de-Cadequie-en-Catalogne | Old, rare antique nautical chart of Cadaqués, on the Costa Brava ("rough coast") of the Mediterranean Sea in Catalunya Spain. This antique 18th century antique sea chart covers the Bay of Cadeques and this northern Spanish port along with a few of the nearby mountains in the vicinity of Cape Creus. The chart shows but does not name Cadeques' only inhabited island: Isla S'Arenella.
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This among several large-scale charts of Spanish ports in Michelot's and Bremond's important 37-plate atlas of 1730: <a id="A3" href="http://www.rarecharts.com/ShowDetail/Creator/Michelot-and-Bremond/Title/Recueil-de-plusieurs-plans-des-ports-et-rades-de-la-mer-mediterranee---(Atlas-of-37-plates)/230" onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Michelot and Bremond, 'View All', 'MichelotBremondBackground']);">
“Recueil de Plusiers Plans des Ports et Rades de la Mer Mediterranee". </a>
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Single colored compass rose with rhumb lines. Numerous soundings.
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<p><a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/Creator/Michelot-and-Bremond">[All Items by Henry Michelot and Laurens Bremond]</a> </p> |
| 271 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1727 |
| Plan de la Baye et Rades du Sofa |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1727 |
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| $350.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Plan-de-la-Baye-et-Rades-du-Sofa | Scarce large-scale antique copperplate Mediterranean / Balearic sea chart of the coast surrounding the Bay of Sofa from galley pilot Henri Michelot and Laurens Bremond. Coverage of the coast of Catalunya Spain from Les Cases de Alcanar to past the Tortosa (Tortose) river to approximately Riumar. Chart details include Serra del Montsià, Amposta (Emposta), Sant Carles de la Rapita, and the salinas.
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A monastery and numerous guard towers are identified as is a "source d'eau", of great importance to those traveling aboard the galleys which held only enough water for two weeks at best.
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Single colored compass rose with rhumb lines. Numerous soundings.
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<p><a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/Creator/Michelot-and-Bremond">[All Items by Henry Michelot and Laurens Bremond]</a> </p> |
| 333 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1727 |
| Plan de la Baye et Citadelle de Rose et de Tourrille |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1727 |
| LOC:4 |
| $375.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Plan-de-la-Baye-et-Citadelle-de-Rose-et-de-Tourrille | Interesting original antique nautical chart / plan of the vicinity of Roses, Spain from Cap de Begu (Cabo Begur) past the Riviere du Ter (el Ter river), Roses to Calla Figuire where it is noted that water could be obtained. Other features that Michelot and Bremond captured include l'Estardiez (L'Estarit), Tour de Mongon, Emporia, St Pierre le Pescador, Lescalle (L'Escala), Castillon, and the tiny Illes des Medes.
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This antique chart was produced ca. 1727 by French hydrographer and pilot of the French royal galley "La Reale" <a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henry Michelot</a>. The port plan was one of 37 original plans published in Marseilles by Michelot and Laurens Bremond in a volume titled "Recueil de Plusieurs Plans de Ports et Rades de la Mer Mediterranée." Later in the 18th century the plans were copied and reprinted by Roux, Allezard, Kitchin and others. |
| 332 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1727 |
| Plan de la Ville et du Mole d'Agde in Languedoc |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1727 |
| LOC:4 |
| $375.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Plan-de-la-Ville-et-du-Mole-d-Agde-in-Languedoc | Small antique nautical chart / plan depicts the small walled village of Agde, France along the lower portion of the Riviere de l'Eraux (Hérault River) with two bridges. At top left is the junction of that river with the Canal Royal (Canal du Midi) and l'Ecluse (locks), well known because of their unusual round shape. Other feature include Mont d'Adge, Fort de Brescon offshore of "le Mole" (a breakwater or jetty), la Conque, and Plage de Tau (Thau).<BR> </BR>
This antique nautical chart was produced ca. 1730 by French hydrographer and pilot of the French royal galley "La Reale" <a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henry Michelot</a>. The port plan was one of 37 original plans published in Marseilles by Michelot and Laurens Bremond in a volume titled "Recueil de Plusieurs Plans de Ports et Rades de la Mer Mediterranée." Later in the 18th century the plans were copied and reprinted by Roux, Allezard, Kitchin and others. |
| 817 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1727 |
| Barcelona, Spain port and fortification plan |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1727 |
| LOC:4 |
| $200.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Barcelona--Spain-port-and-fortification-plan | One of the first port plans of Barcelona, Spain (from 1727) created for navigational purposes in an atlas for the Mediterranean Sea: “Recueil de Plusiers Plans des Ports et Rades de la Mer Mediterranee". This chart was published by the team of Henri Michelot and Laurens Bremond, both associated with the French Royal Galley Corps. In their business relationship it appears that Bremond provided the retail space in the port of Marseille, France where this chart, as well as other atlases and nautical prints were sold. Michelot, the chief pilot or"Pilote Hauturière" for the galley service provided the name recognition and authority needed for the charts to sell widely.
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The chart covers from Mont-Jouy ( Montjuïc ) in the West to the far Eastern walls at Barcelona's edge. The chart shows Barcelona's fortifcations with numerous bastions; redoubts, gun batteries, windmills, the arsenal, and 5 entrances into the city: the Porte de Mont-Jout; Porte St. Antoine; Porte de l'Ange; Porte Neuve; and Porte de la Marine, near the harbor. Depth soundings extend only in the interrior harbor, and are intersperced with anchor symbols reflecting locations where sea-going vessels could find shelter. In the title cartouche the authors note that the plan is based on the state they observed in 1697, likely during Michelot's service for the Louis XIV's Corps des Galeres. |
| 49 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1727 |
| Plan du Port de Cartagena |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1727 |
| LOC:4 |
| $300.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Plan-du-Port-de-Cartagena | Large-scale original, antique chart / plan from galley pilot Henri Michelot and Laurens Bremond of the Mediterranean harbor and town of Cartagena, Spain. Very attractive pictorial profile view of Cartagena as it looked at that time surrounded by city walls at the beach and by hills to the east. The "Petit Fort" is shown guarding the entrance to the harbor. Other features that Michelot references by name include: "le Chateau", the "Masse de Moulin", a "Grotte ou Caverne", the "Grand Valong" and "l'Ermitage" to the east of Cartagena.
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Single compass rose with rhumb lines. Numerous soundings include several warnings about a dangerous area. See also the offered large-scale antique chart of the anchorage of Escombreras ("Rade d'Ascombrera") which provides detail of the environs along roughly a seven-mile stretch of coastline directly south of Cartagena. |
| 1325 |  | Details | Cutler and Halley | 1728 |
| Scarce Antique Chart with West Coasts of Europe and Africa |
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Cutler and Halley |
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| 1728 |
| LOC:57 |
| $550.00 | Cutler-and-Halley | Scarce-Antique-Chart-with-West-Coasts-of-Europe-and-Africa | Scarce antique chart by Nathaniel Cutler and Edmund Halley, the discoverer of Halley's comet. From "Atlas Maritimus & Commercialis, or a General View of the World, so Far as Relates to Trade and Navigation …". Shows the western coastline of Europe with a broad expanse of the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Includes the "Western Islands" or Azores, Britain, and the western coast of Ireland, Holland, Flanders, Normandy, Brittany, Portugal, Spain, the Strait of Gibraltar, and Morocco.
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The sea atlas "Atlas Maritimus" was a collaborative effort of a number of the leading cartographic and scientific names of the era, including English astronomer Sir Edmund Halley, John Senex, Nathaniel Cutler, and Daniel Defoe. The atlas was developed by Senex and Harris to compete with Mount & Page’s English Pilot. Published from London: James and John Knapton et al. |
| 5460 |  | Details | Cutler and Halley | 1728 |
| A Chart of the East Indian Ocean from Cape Guardefoy to Cochin or the Coast of Malabar |
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Cutler and Halley |
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| 1728 |
| LOC:64 |
| $1,650.00 | Cutler-and-Halley | A-Chart-of-the-East-Indian-Ocean-from-Cape-Guardefoy-to-Cochin-or-the-Coast-of-Malabar | Rare antique chart from 1728 of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman on a <b>globular projection</b> by scientists <b>Nathaniel Cutler and Edmund Halley</b> (the latter was the discoverer of Halley's comet). Shows Saudi Arabia, Yemen, West India, Iran, the Indian Ocean, and much more with detailed notations of habitations along the coast.
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From "Atlas Maritimus & Commercialis, or a General View of the World, so Far as Relates to Trade and Navigation …". The sea atlas "Atlas Maritimus" was a collaborative effort of a number of the leading cartographic and scientific names of the era, including English astronomer Sir Edmund Halley, John Senex, Nathaniel Cutler, and Daniel Defoe. The atlas was developed by publishers Senex and Harris to compete with Mount & Page’s English Pilot. Published from London: James and John Knapton et al. |
| 4952 |  | Details | Cutler and Halley | 1728 |
| Halleys chart Atlantick Ocean on a Globular Projection |
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Cutler and Halley |
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| 1728 |
| LOC:65 |
| $1,350.00 | Cutler-and-Halley | Halleys-chart-Atlantick-Ocean-on-a-Globular-Projection | Rare antique chart on a <b>globular projection</b> by scientists <b>Nathaniel Cutler and Edmund Halley</b> (the latter the discoverer of Halley's comet). Shows the western coastline of Europe with a broad expanse of the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Includes North America, East Mexico, the Caribbean Islands (Cuba, Hispaniola, Martinique, Antigua and more), and the East Coast of Europe and of Africa. Greatly exaggerates the length of the Saint John's River in Florida.
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From "Atlas Maritimus & Commercialis, or a General View of the World, so Far as Relates to Trade and Navigation …". The sea atlas "Atlas Maritimus" was a collaborative effort of a number of the leading cartographic and scientific names of the era, including English astronomer Sir Edmund Halley, John Senex, Nathaniel Cutler, and Daniel Defoe. The atlas was developed by publishers Senex and Harris to compete with Mount & Page’s English Pilot. Published from London: James and John Knapton et al. |
| 4848 |  | Details | Laval, Antoine | 1728 |
| Scarce antique chart of Bahia Honda, Cuba |
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Laval, Antoine |
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| 1728 |
| LOC:13 |
| $250.00 | Laval--Antoine | Scarce-antique-chart-of-Bahia-Honda--Cuba | Antique copperplate engraved harbor chart shows Bahia Honda, Cuba as it existed in 1720. Bahia Honda, is located about 50 miles west of Havana in Artemisa province on the north-western coast of Cuba. Laval's chart predates Thomas Jeffery's "Plan of Bahia Honda" by more than 35 years and is the earliest known detailed harbor chart of Bahia Honda. It does not appear, however that Laval's map is based on any observations made by him as the ship he was on seems to have bypassed the Bay entirely on its way to Havana.
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From the report of French astronomer and Jesuit Priest, Antoine Laval (1664-1728): "Voyage de la Louisiane", an account of the 1720 expedition to the Florida and Louisiana coasts led by French officer Valette de Laudun. Laval is recorded as mathematician or astronomer on that voyage. Laval was a professor of hydrography and mathematics based in the city of Toulon, France. Page 137.
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Vallette de Laudun led the French expedition to Dauphin Island in the Gulf of Mexico between March and November, 1720. The 262-member crew embarked from Toulon, France, on the ship Toulouse , encountering Madeira, Martinique, Saint-Domingue, and Cuba before entering the Gulf of Mexico. Following a month at Dauphin Island, the expedition returned to France. |
| 328 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1728 |
| Plan de la Ville et Port de Colioure |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1728 |
| LOC:4 |
| $300.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Plan-de-la-Ville-et-Port-de-Colioure | Fine antique print with a depiction and plan of the harbor and village of Colioure (Collioure), in Southern France near the border of Spain. Features include Fort Saint-Elme, Convent de Jacobins, the Chateau Royal and l'Ermitage. Thick Vauban-designed defensive walls are shown surrounding the Chateau and village.<BR> </BR>
This nautical chart / plan was produced ca. 1730 by French hydrographer and pilot of the French royal galley "La Reale" <a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henry Michelot</a>. The port plan was one of 37 original plans published in Marseilles by Michelot and Laurens Bremond in a volume titled "Recueil de Plusieurs Plans de Ports et Rades de la Mer Mediterranée." Later in the 18th century the plans were copied and reprinted by Roux, Allezard, Kitchin and others. |
| 4829 |  | Details | Laval, Antoine | 1728 |
| Rare early map of Fort Royal Bay, Martinique |
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Laval, Antoine |
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| 1728 |
| LOC:13 |
| $500.00 | Laval--Antoine | Rare-early-map-of-Fort-Royal-Bay--Martinique | Rare, earliest (1728) chart of the entirety of Fort de France Bay. By Father Antoine Laval. Laval's antique chart of Fort Royal, based on surveys of 1720, should be considered a foundational artifact for collectors of Caribbean Island cartography as it is the first detailed printed chart to cover the entire Baie de Fort de France on the island of Martinique. It was almost 35 years later when the next accurate harbors plans of the "Cul de Sac Royal" were printed by Bellin (1764) and by Caylus (1760).
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This map was included in the report of French astronomer Father Antoine Laval: "Voyage de la Louisiane", an account of the 1720 expedition to the Florida and Louisiana coasts led by French officer Valette de Laudun. Laval is recorded as mathematician or astronomer on that voyage. Laval was a professor of hydrography and mathematics based in the city of Toulon, France. Page 48.
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Vallette de Laudun led the French expedition to Dauphin Island in the Gulf of Mexico between March and November, 1720. The 262-member crew embarked from Toulon, France, on the ship Toulouse , encountering Madeira, Martinique, Saint-Domingue, and Cuba before entering the Gulf of Mexico. Following a month at Dauphin Island, the expedition returned to France. |
| 1357 |  | Details | Duchesne, J.B.P. | 1729 |
| Fine antique hand colored map of Asia |
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Duchesne, J.B.P. |
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| 1729 |
| LOC:0 |
| $99.00 | Duchesne--J-B-P- | Fine-antique-hand-colored-map-of-Asia | Interesting small antique map of Asia by the Jesuit J.B.P. Duchesne published in "La Science de La Jeune Noblesse", a two volume manual written by Duchesne and published in Paris in 1729 with a set of world maps. The maps in that volume were part of a manual intended for young noblemen which also included heraldry and genealogical tables. |
| 4811 |  | Details | Seutter, Albrecht Carl | 1730 |
| Fine antique map of Martinique in the Caribbean Sea |
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Seutter, Albrecht Carl |
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| 1730 |
| LOC:51 |
| $1,050.00 | Seutter--Albrecht-Carl | Fine-antique-map-of-Martinique-in-the-Caribbean-Sea | Beautiful original antique engraved map of the <b>Caribbean island of Martinique</b> ca. 1730. This is a map that has much to offer when viewed up close: wonderful topography with trees, mountains, roads, and rivers. Many important locations and structures are identified directly on the map, for example in the area around Fort de France Bay (Baye et Cul de Sac Royal): l'Hopital le Capucins, Morne Rouge, le Fort Royal St. Louis, le Cul de Sac a Vache, Notre Dame de Grace, and Café des Navires.
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Discovered by Columbus in 1493, he landed there in 1502 and named the island Martinica. Martinique was a French colony from 1635-1946 when it became the French Overseas Department of Martinique.
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Fine decorative cartouche with Mercury, god of Commerce, hovering above and Poseidon below while half-clothed Native Americans are shown trading with Europeans. Title reads: "Representation la plus nouvelle et exacte de l'Ile Martinique, la premiere des Iles del' Amerique Antilles nommees Barlovento, aux depens de Matthieu Seutter , graveur de cartes geograph de S.M.I. a Augsbourg."
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Top of the map with an interesting Avertissement in French and German "Pour rendre cette Carte a l'usage des Navigateurs…des Marques" or an explantion of symbols used on the map that would be useful to navigators including water mills ("moulins a eau"), anchorages for small boats ("mouillage pour les petits batimens"), and sugar mills ("sucrerie"). Some of the more heavily traveled bays show depth soundings and below-water navigational hazards. |
| 230 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1730 |
| Recueil de plusieurs plans des ports et rades de la mer mediterranee. (Atlas of 37 plates) |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1730 |
| LOC:0 |
| $6,500.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Recueil-de-plusieurs-plans-des-ports-et-rades-de-la-mer-mediterranee---(Atlas-of-37-plates) | Scarce and complete atlas of 37 large-scale 10" x 7" antique engraved Mediterranean port and harbor plans by French hydrographers and galley (galère, Fr.) pilot Henry Michelot and Laurens Bremond. </br> </br>
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</br></br> This 12" x 8" atlas, published ca. 1730 was the culmination of Henry Michelot's career; the result of at least 40 years experience as pilot of the Reale, premier vessel in the galley service of Louis XIV and XV. These charts are influenced by and bear similarities to a set of manuscript charts published by Michelot from Marseille around 1689 but are updated to reflect his cumulative experience over the intervening 40 years. With an elaborately engraved title page. Some charts engraved by Peter Starck-man. <BR> </BR>
This 290-year old sea atlas contains port plans from France, Italy, and Spain including Barcelona, Antibe, Mayorca, Bay of Naples, Bay of Gibraltar, and Cadiz. Several of these charts (e.g. Cadiz, Gibraltar) were considered to be the most authoritative works of that era and were copied by others including Thomas Kitchin well into the mid 18th century.<BR> </BR>
For more information on the life and works of Henry Michelot and his business partner Bremond see our <a rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">brief illustrated biography.</a> |
| 592 |  | Details | de Fer, Nicolas | 1730 |
| Le Roussillon |
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de Fer, Nicolas |
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| $1,100.00 | de-Fer--Nicolas | Le-Roussillon | Beautiful, old, antique map of the French historical county of Rousillion and the southern French Mediterranean coastline ca. 1730 . Today the area comprises the French department of Pyrenees-Orientales. With 7 inset plans of towns surrounded by walled Vauban-style fortifications: Perpignan; Ville-Franche; Mont-Louis; Belle-Garde; Collioure; Puicerda; Roses. Coverage includes northern Catalonia (Catalunya ). Interestingly an inset shows the town of Roses, Spain as part of Roussillon.
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A compass rose and numerous galleys and square-rigged ships at battle fill the Mediterranean. Extremely colorful, decorative and interesting.
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This scarce antique map of Roussillon was produced ca. 1727 by Nicholas de Fer, Geographer to Louis XIV. Published from Paris by G. Danet "sur le Pont N. Dame sur la Sphere Royale". Verso blank. |
| 48 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1730 |
| Plan de la Rade d'Ascombrera |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1730 |
| LOC:4 |
| $300.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Plan-de-la-Rade-d-Ascombrera | Large-scale antique copperplate-engraved nautical chart / plan of waters offshore Cartagena, Spain from French galley pilot and hydrographer <a rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henri Michelot.</a> Coverage extends roughly from Cabo Tinoso (Cap-Tignoso) past Cartagena, Spain; Escombrera Island and Bay, and ends in the east near Cabo del Aqua. Single compass rose with rhumb lines radiating in all directions. Highlight detail includes the "Chapelle des Galères" not too far from a beach at the head of Escombrera bay. <BR> </BR>
See also the related large-scale <a rel="nofollow" href= "/ShowDetail/Creator/Michelot-and-Bremond/Title/Plan-du-Port-de-Cartagena/49">antique chart / plan of Cartagena, Spain</a> which provides detail of the city and the harbor directly south of Cartagena. When framed both charts together would make an attractive grouping. |
| 47 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1730 |
| Plan de la Rade d'Alicant |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1730 |
| LOC:4 |
| $300.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Plan-de-la-Rade-d-Alicant | Antique copperplate portulan-style nautical chart / plan of Alicante, Spain and nearby waters.
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This chart is one of 37 port plans published by <a rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henry Michelot and Laurens Bremond</a> ca. 1730 in their atlas of small scale Mediterranean ports: "Recueil de Plusieurs Plans de Ports et Rades de la Mer Mediterranée" . Single compass rose with radiating rhumb lines and fleur de lis indicating north. Charming profile view of Alicante topped by "le Chateau". Chart coverage extends eastward from a guard tower past Cap de la Houerta and ends at the prominent villa "la Ste. Face ou la Veronique".<BR> </BR>
Obligatory '+' symbols for rock at every headland and few soundings suggest that the authors were not as familiar with these waters as with other areas they charted. Three suggested anchorages are designated. These anchorages are arranged as expected by the relative draft of each vessel. The "mouillage de vaisseaux" is farthest from shore, with the "mouillage des barques" and "mouillage des galeres" each in progressively shallower water. |
| 2485 |  | Details | Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' | 1730 |
| Fine antique plan of the Bay of Cartagena, Colombia |
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Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' |
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| 1730 |
| LOC:5 |
| $700.00 | Anville--Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon-d- | Fine-antique-plan-of-the-Bay-of-Cartagena--Colombia | Early and very scarce map of the area surrounding Cartagena, Colombia in northern South America. Hilly or mountainous areas are shown in relief. With depth soundings of the channel from Boca Chica into the inner harbor at Cartagena.
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From Charlevoix's history of the Caribbean.
Noted features on this copper-plate engraved plan of Cartagena include
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<li>La Cienega de Tesca</li>
<li>Mancanillo</li>
<li>La Madre de Popa ou Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria (a hilltop religious complex dating to 1607).</li>
<li>Boca Chica (entrance to Cartagena Bay)</li>
<li>La Isla de Varu</li>
<li>Paso a Caballos</li>
<li>Isla de Brugas</li>
<li>el Fuerte de Santa Cruz</li>
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| 253 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1730 |
| Plan de la Baye et Rades de Cadis et des Environs (Cadiz) |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1730 |
| LOC:4 |
| $300.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Plan-de-la-Baye-et-Rades-de-Cadis-et-des-Environs--(Cadiz) | Highly detailed antique chart of Cadiz, Spain from Rota to Chiclana showing guard towers, water sources, salt pans, and defenses with prominent topographical features drawn pictorially. Among the many noted habitations are: Medina (Medina-Sidonia), Rota (Rotta), St. Maria, Chiclana, and Puerto Real. Other features include Tour (tower) St. Sebastien, Tours d'Hercule, Canal de St. Pierre (with locations where galleons we built and careened), , Tour Vermea, Fort Matagord, Fort St. Laurent, and the Isle de Tour de St. Pierre.
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Of special note is the hilltop village of Medina (Medina-Sidonia) used as a range marker for the main channel into the Bay of Cadiz. That village has a history that dates back to Roman times and was the ancestral home to the Duke of Medina Sidonia who reluctantly led and lost the Spanish "Invincible" Armada on a planned invasion of England in 1588.
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This old chart and port plan of Cadiz is one of a handful of Michelot and Bremond charts that were copied by Thomas Kitchin and others for more than 30 years and it should be a part of any serious collection of maps from that region. The charts were published from Marseilles in Michelot's and Bremond's important 37-plate atlas of 1730: <a id="A3" href="http://www.rarecharts.com/ShowDetail/Creator/Michelot-and-Bremond/Title/Recueil-de-plusieurs-plans-des-ports-et-rades-de-la-mer-mediterranee---(Atlas-of-37-plates)/230" onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Michelot and Bremond, 'View All', 'MichelotBremondBackground']);">
“Recueil de Plusiers Plans des Ports et Rades de la Mer Mediterranee". </a>
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Numerous soundings, underwater hazards, and anchorages are noted. Colored compass rose. |
| 1019 |  | Details | Aa, Pieter van der | 1730 |
| North Africa Barbarie, Biledulgerid and Libye |
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Aa, Pieter van der |
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| 1730 |
| LOC:50 |
| $300.00 | Aa--Pieter-van-der | North-Africa-Barbarie--Biledulgerid-and-Libye | Uncommon, beautifully engraved map of North Africa and the southern Mediterranean Sea by Peter van der Aa. A fine example.
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Attractive cartouche with scene of galleys and wild animals, representative of Africa. Includes the southern Mediterranean Sea with Crete and the southern Aegean Archipelago.
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Published from Leiden ca 1730 by Covens and Mortier. |
| 329 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1730 |
| Plan de la Baye de Villefranche et de Celle de St. Souspir |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1730 |
| LOC:4 |
| $375.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Plan-de-la-Baye-de-Villefranche-et-de-Celle-de-St--Souspir | Interesting antique chart / plan of the bay, harbor and walled city of Villefranche-sur-Mer, France in the Cote d'Azur region of the French Riviera. Numerous soundings and anchorages are noted in the bay which is one of the deepest natural harbors in the Mediterranean. Other depicted features include the Ruines du Chateau de Nice, the old harbor "la Darce", Fort Mont Alban, Tour de Boze, Pointe de Mala Langue (now Cap Ferrat) , Ruines de Fort St. Souspir, and the villages of St. Michel and Heze (Èze). <BR> </BR>
This antique nautical plan was produced ca. 1730 by French hydrographer and pilot of the French royal galley "La Reale" <a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henry Michelot</a>. The port plan was one of 37 original plans published in Marseilles by Michelot and Laurens Bremond in a volume titled "Recueil de Plusieurs Plans de Ports et Rades de la Mer Mediterranée." Later in the 18th century the plans were copied and reprinted by Roux, Allezard, Kitchin and others. |
| 330 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1730 |
| Plan du Port et du Mole de la Ciotat |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1730 |
| LOC:4 |
| $355.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Plan-du-Port-et-du-Mole-de-la-Ciotat | Antique copper-plate engraved nautical chart / plan of the area surrounding la Ciotat, France in the Cote d'Azur region of the French Riviera. Named features noted by Michelot in this antique chart include Cap Canaille, Cap de l'Aigle, the fountaine du prat; port, mole (jetty or breakwater), and fort of la Ciotat; les Capucins, and Pointe des Moulins.<BR> </BR>
This plan was produced ca. 1730 by French hydrographer and pilot of the French royal galley "La Reale" <a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henry Michelot</a>. The port plan was one of 37 original plans published in Marseilles by Michelot and Laurens Bremond in a volume titled "Recueil de Plusieurs Plans de Ports et Rades de la Mer Mediterranée." Later in the 18th century the plans were copied and reprinted by Roux, Allezard, Kitchin and others. |
| 101 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1730 |
| Plan du Port de Bouc |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1730 |
| LOC:4 |
| $300.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Plan-du-Port-de-Bouc | Antique copperplate nautical chart / port plan of the entrance to the harbor at Port-de-Bouc near Martigues, France produced by French hydrographer and galley pilot Henry Michelot and Laurens Bremond in 1730 . Along with many soundings and navigation hazards the features that Michelot deemed important and referenced by name include a "Pigeonnier", the beach "Plage de Fos", a tower "Tour de Bouc", and numerous "Bordigues" or fish weirs.
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Michelot describes Bouc harbor in the English translation of his book of sailing directions published in 1715 - "The Mediterranean Pilot". Michelot's self-confidence in his superior knowledge of the region is unmistakable: <br><div class="indenttextblock">"The mouth is very narrow being only 150 fathoms over; on the starboard point as you go in there is a fortress with a square tower in the middle, of white stone which is seen a great way off; it stands at a low point of an island, which is only separated from the main land by a small rivolet, The Dutch and some authors set down the entrance of this port in their sea-mapps to the eastward of this island where the tower of Bouc is; which shows they have never used this coast, no more than the author of the little Flambeau, printed at Harve de Grace."</div> |
| 1020 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1730 |
| 1730 Plan of Port-de-Bouc, near Martigues, France |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1730 |
| LOC:50 |
| $320.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | 1730-Plan-of-Port-de-Bouc--near-Martigues--France | Antique copperplate nautical port plan of the entrance to the harbor at Port-de-Bouc near Martigues, France produced by French hydrographer and galley pilot Henry Michelot and hydrographer Laurens Bremond in 1730 . Colored compass rose at center with rhumb lines and numerous soundings.
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Along with soundings and navigation hazards the features that Michelot deemed important near Port-de-Bouc and referenced by name include a "Pigeonnier", the beach "Plage de Fos", a tower and fortress "Tour de Bouc", and numerous "Bordigues" or fish weirs. |
| 741 |  | Details | van Keulen, Gerard | 1730 |
| Antique Chart of northeast England near Newcastle and Tyne River |
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van Keulen, Gerard |
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| 1730 |
| LOC:64 |
| $550.00 | van-Keulen--Gerard | Antique-Chart-of-northeast-England-near-Newcastle-and-Tyne-River | Antique Dutch nautical chart depicting the Yorkshire coast of England and Scotland's east coast south of Edinburgh. Contains a detailed inset showing the river Tyne and Newcastle at top left. Coverage of coastal habitations and geographical features includes: Flamborough Head, Filey Bay, Stockton-on-Tees, Newcastle, Hartlepool, Sunderland, the Tyne River, Morpeth, North Berwick, and the entrance to the Firth of Forth ("de Rivier van Edenborg").
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Very decorative title cartouche in Dutch depicts a mermaid and mermen with fishes. The blank area in the North Sea is decorated with a sea serpent, three colorful compass roses, and a square-rigged sailing vessel. North is oriented to the right. Plate 23.
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Gerard van Keulen (1678–1726) was the son of Johannes van Keulen (d. 1715), founder of the Dutch publishing house that produced "the largest and finest marine atlases in Holland". Gerard possessed mathematical, scientific, and engraving skills that enabled him to build the firm started by his father into a substantial and respected business venture. (C. Koeman. "The Sea on Paper: The Story of the Van Keulens and their 'Sea Torch'."Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd. Amsterdam, 1972). |
| 735 |  | Details | van Keulen, Gerard | 1730 |
| De Rivier Tyne Of New Castle |
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van Keulen, Gerard |
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| 1730 |
| LOC:64 |
| $575.00 | van-Keulen--Gerard | De-Rivier-Tyne-Of-New-Castle | Original detailed Dutch sea chart ca. 1730 of the north-east coast of England from Sunderland and the River Wear in the south to the River Blyth ( Blyt Haven ) in the north. Major geographic areas that Keulen identifies in this antique chart include: The Bishoprik of Durham, Nort ( Noord ) Humberland, and Schotland. With three detailed insets: of the Tyne river to Newcastle on Tyne; the mouth of the Tyne River; and the mouth of the Blyth River. Most place names are in Dutch and some also include their English equivalent. Numerous soundings, aids to navigation, rocks, sandbanks and other hazards along with 4 compass roses and numerous rhumb lines attest to the nautical nature of this working nautical chart.
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By Gerard van Keulen (1678–1726), son of Johannes van Keulen (d 1715), founder of the Dutch publishing house that produced "the largest and finest marine atlases in Holland". Gerard possessed mathematical, scientific, and engraving skills that enabled him to build the firm started by his father into a substantial and respected business venture. (C. Koeman. "The Sea on Paper: The Story of the Van Keulens and their 'Sea Torch'."Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd. Amsterdam, 1972). |
| 740 |  | Details | van Keulen, Gerard | 1730 |
| Antique Nautical Chart of South Cornwall Including Plymouth |
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van Keulen, Gerard |
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| 1730 |
| LOC:64 |
| $525.00 | van-Keulen--Gerard | Antique-Nautical-Chart-of-South-Cornwall-Including-Plymouth | Antique Dutch nautical chart of a portion of South Cornwall, England coastline extending from Falmouth in the southwest past Plymouth Sound as far east as Bigbury-on-the Sea. Noted features include Pendennis Castle, St. Mawes Castle, Fay Castle, Palmere, Fovey, Rame Head, Trematon Castle, Eddystone Light, and the Citadel at Plymouth. Published ca. 1730 from Amsterdam by Gerard van Keulen with a title cartouche written in English, and Dutch.
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Gerard van Keulen (1678–1726) was the son of Johannes van Keulen (d. 1715), founder of the Dutch publishing house that produced "the largest and finest marine atlases in Holland". Gerard possessed mathematical, scientific, and engraving skills that enabled him to build the firm started by his father into a substantial and respected business venture. (C. Koeman. "The Sea on Paper: The Story of the Van Keulens and their 'Sea Torch'."Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd. Amsterdam, 1972). |
| 252 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1730 |
| Plan de la Ville et Rade de Melasse (Milazzo, Sicily) |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1730 |
| LOC:4 |
| $300.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Plan-de-la-Ville-et-Rade-de-Melasse-(Milazzo--Sicily) | Antique copperplate chart of Cape Milazzo, Sicily from French galley pilot and hydrographer <a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henri Michelot.</a> This is one of four old charts of Sicilian ports in Michelot's and Bremond's important 37-plate atlas of 1730: <a id="A3" href="http://www.rarecharts.com/ShowDetail/Creator/Michelot-and-Bremond/Title/Recueil-de-plusieurs-plans-des-ports-et-rades-de-la-mer-mediterranee---(Atlas-of-37-plates)/230" onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Michelot and Bremond, 'View All', 'MichelotBremondBackground']);">
“Recueil de Plusiers Plans des Ports et Rades de la Mer Mediterranee". </a>
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The town of Milazzo (Melasse) , Sicily is clearly shown surrounded by Vauban-style defensive walls and the nearby sea area is marked with sparse soundings and a few anchorages. The charts contains a feature that is unusual for these smaller plans-- labeled, keyed references to five locations in Milazzo: Le Chateau; l'Ancienne Ville; La Nouvelle; Chemin Couvert; and St. Francois. These detailed labels suggest a high level of familiarity with the area. |
| 218 |  | Details | Bolland, Richard | 1730 |
| The Straites Mouth of Gibralter |
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Bolland, Richard |
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| 1730 |
| LOC:8 |
| $675.00 | Bolland--Richard | The-Straites-Mouth-of-Gibralter | Antique hydrographic chart of the Strait of Gibraltar including both Spanish and Moroccan coasts created by Captain Richard Bolland to illustrate his systematic hydrographic description of the currents and tidal flows in that area. Bolland's work, "A Draught of the Streights of Gibraltar with Some Observations upon the Currents thereunto Belonging", dated July 24, 1675 was based on Bolland's first-hand observations and measurements while living in Tangiers for nine years. The chart includes substantial tide tables and information on currents in the Strait.<BR> </BR>
This work of Bolland is clearly the source of Mortier's later similar engraving of the Strait published ca. 1705. Mortier pirated this work to publish in Amsterdam along with many other works in an age before international copyright law. <BR> </BR>
Published (and attributed to Bolland) by Awnsham and John Churchill ca. 1704 at the end of Volume 4 of their publication: "A Collection of Voyages and Travels". Page 777. English text. Verso blank. <BR> </BR>
Online copy of Bolland's text provides interesting background for the methodology that Bolland used to develop the chart (http://www.canadiana.org/view/33300/812 ). |
| 4707 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1730 |
| Antique French nautical chart of Ibiza and Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1730 |
| LOC:13 |
| $350.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Antique-French-nautical-chart-of-Ibiza-and-Formentera--Balearic-Islands--Spain | Attractive and authentic antique engraved nautical chart of the <b>Balearic islands of Ibiza and Formentera, Spain.</b> Includes the noted locations of St. Hilaire, Porto Magno, Cap Saline, Isle des Salines, and Isle Tagomago. The authors identify anchorages, navigation hazards, depth soundings, watering locations, and a shallow northern passage between the islands labeled "on peut passer ici par un beau tems." Shows the port and the town of Elvissa labeled "Yvice".
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This small antique chart is one of 37 port plans and harbor charts published by Henry Michelot and Laurens Bremond ca. 1730 in their small-scale atlas of Mediterranean ports: "Recueil de Plusieurs Plans de Ports et Rades de la Mer Mediterranée."
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Contains a carefully colored compass rose with north oriented to the right, |
| 819 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1730 |
| Antique chart of the Balearic Islands of Ibiza and Formentera |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1730 |
| LOC:4 |
| $200.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Antique-chart-of-the-Balearic-Islands-of-Ibiza-and-Formentera | Original engraved antique nautical chart of the Balearic islands of Ibiza and Formentera which now belong to an autonomous unit and province of Spain. The French chart, from 1730, shows the port and the town of Eivissa or Ibiza Town which is is labeled "Yvice". Other noted points of interest include: Cap Saline, Porto Magno or Galache Fraques, Ile de Tagomago, and Ile Espalmador. Numerous soundings , anchorages, and rocks are noted as well as a water source near the village of St. Hilaire.
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This chart is one of 37 port plans published by <a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henry Michelot and Laurens Bremond</a> ca. 1730 in their atlas of small scale Mediterranean ports: "Recueil de Plusieurs Plans de Ports et Rades de la Mer Mediterranée" . Both Michelot and Bremond were associated with the French Royal Galley Corps. In their business relationship it appears that Bremond provided the retail space in the port of Marseille, France where this chart, as well as other atlases and nautical prints were sold. Michelot, the chief pilot or"Pilote Hauturière" for the Corps des Galeres provided the name recognition and authority needed for the charts to sell widely. |
| 818 |  | Details | Michelot and Bremond | 1730 |
| Bay of Palma, on Mallorca, Spain (Balearics) |
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Michelot and Bremond |
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| 1730 |
| LOC:4 |
| $200.00 | Michelot-and-Bremond | Bay-of-Palma--on-Mallorca--Spain-(Balearics) | One of the first port plans of the Bay of Palma, Spain (1730) on the Bealeric Island of Mallorca (Majorca) created for navigational purposes in an atlas for the Mediterranean Sea: “Recueil de Plusiers Plans des Ports et Rades de la Mer Mediterranee". The chart covers from Fort de Porto pin in the West to the far plains east of Palma ( "Palme") . Shows the region around Palama including fortifications, bastions, redoubts, gun batteries, and numerous windmills both to the east and west of the city. The Bay of Palma is referred to as the "Golfe de Mayorque".
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This chart was published by the team of Henri Michelot and Laurens Bremond, both associated with the French Royal Galley Corps. In their business relationship it appears that Bremond provided the retail space in the port of Marseille, France where this chart, as well as other atlases and nautical prints were sold. Michelot, the chief pilot or"Pilote Hauturière" for the galley service provided the name recognition and authority needed for the charts to sell widely. |
| 1050 |  | Details | Real Escuela de Navegacion | 1735 |
| Early Manuscript plan of Cienfuegos Bay (Puerto de Jagua) |
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Real Escuela de Navegacion |
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| 1735 |
| LOC:0 |
| $3,100.00 | Real-Escuela-de-Navegacion | Early-Manuscript-plan-of-Cienfuegos-Bay-(Puerto-de-Jagua) | Pen and ink manuscript port plan of the Bahia de Cienfuegos, Cuba dating to the first half of the 18th century: "Puerto de Jagua". This is the earliest available manuscript plan of that important bay on the south coast of Cuba and is a near perfect copy of a map held in the Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/item/91680835/). The existence of multiple manuscript copies of the same chart is explained by the fact that the chart was produced by the Real Escuela de Navegación in Cadiz, whose role was to ensure the accuracy and consistency of maps produced for naval and commercial shipping and to house the growing record of maps and charts related to Spain's vast empire. Copyists at the school would have reproduced numerous identical copies by hand for distribution to military and commerical maritime users. During this time period few maps of Spain's New World possessions were reproduced by printing press, presumeably in order to limit their distribution. Spain's jealous secrecy over their colonial possessions is well documented.
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The title and key are located within a frame at lower left; the chart shows coastline, coastal features, soundings, navigational hazards, an anchorage, a few buildings, roads, and streams.
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Dating the map depends chiefly on its depiction of the location marked "B"- "lomas estrecho de la entrada" (Translated: Hilly narrow entrance). This site would later become the site of a fort or Castillo (Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Jagua) founded in 1745. On this chart, the fact that no mention is made of any structure suggests the map dates to before 1733 when construction on the fort began. On a later manuscript version for example that spot is defined as "es donde esta el Castillo, que es donde estaba la Bateria de ?[Fagina] (Translated: Where the castle is, which is where the Battery of ?? was.")
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Note: "jagua" may be translated from Spanish as "Fruit of the custard-apple." |
| 892 |  | Details | Moll, Herman | 1736 |
| Antique Chart of Port Royal Harbor, South Carolina |
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Moll, Herman |
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| 1736 |
| LOC:3 |
| $425.00 | Moll--Herman | Antique-Chart-of-Port-Royal-Harbor--South-Carolina | This antique chart of <b>Port Royal Sound</b>, drawn by Herman Moll before 1732, is the earliest obtainable large-scale chart focused on the Port Royal / Beaufort, South Carolina area and one of the earliest to name <b>Hilton Head</b>. With locations identified for two proposed forts guarding the main channel to "Bauford Town" (Beaufort), which was located by Moll on Parris Island ("Port Royal Island"). Other noted features include St. Helena Island, with Phillips Point and St. Michaels Head. Numerous soundings and sandbars are indicated.
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Moll added this description of the area below the title block: <div class="indenttextblock">"Port Royal River lies 20 Leagues from Ashley River SW it has a bold entrance 19 or 20 foot at low-water. The Harbor is large, safe, and commodious and runs into ye best country in Carolina. Here ye air is always cleer and agreeable to Europian constitutions".</div>
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This old map of Port Royal, Hilton Head, and Beaufort S.C. is from the 3rd edition of Moll's "Atlas Minor: or a New and Curious Set of Sixty-two Maps", published for Thomas and John Bowles in 1736. |
| 1353 |  | Details | Moll, Herman | 1736 |
| Original Antique Polar Map of the North Pole |
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Moll, Herman |
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| 1736 |
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| $425.00 | Moll--Herman | Original-Antique-Polar-Map-of-the-North-Pole | Fine original antique 18th-century polar map of the <b>North Pole</b> annotated with observations and facts regarding early exploration of the north polar region. This striking polar projection shows Iceland, Greenland, Spitsbergen, Nova Zembla, portions of North America and Northern Europe. Text blocks at right and left detail the sun's movement at high latitudes and the explorations of the polar region by Frobisher, Davis and others
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Printed for Tho: Bowles next ye Chapter House in St. Pauls Church Yard, & John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, London. |
| 5462 |  | Details | Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' | 1737 |
| Original antique map of southern India and Coromandel Coast after Bouchet |
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Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' |
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| 1737 |
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| $450.00 | Anville--Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon-d- | Original-antique-map-of-southern-India-and-Coromandel-Coast-after-Bouchet | Early antique copper-plate engraved map from 1737 of <strong>southern India</strong> and a bit of Sri Lanka (Ceylan) including the <strong>Coromandel Coast</strong> of southeast India.
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Created by J.B. d'Anville (1697-1782) after Jesuit cartographer Jean-Venant Bouchet who spent 30 years surveying southern India. Includes the Jesuit "logo" at bottom left, an acknowledgement of its Jesuit sources. Anville would have used the symbol to legitimize and to promote the value of this derivative work.
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Engraved by Louis Corne. Apparently scarce. No copy found for sale online nor any sale record in AMPR.
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This is one of the earliest maps to accurately detail the interior of Southern India. Legend at lower left identifies locations described in French as:
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<li>Place considerable</li>
<li>Demeure d'un Nabab ou Gouvereur.</li>
<li>Demure d'un Paleagaren ou petit Prince.</li>
<li>Eglise ou Christienti.</li>
<li>Pagode ou Temple de Gentile.</li>
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| 3633 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1740 |
| Nice French antique map of Saudi Arabia, Red Sea, Persian Gulf |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1740 |
| LOC:6 |
| $320.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Nice-French-antique-map-of-Saudi-Arabia--Red-Sea--Persian-Gulf | Striking and beautifully engraved map of Arabia, the Red Sea, and the Persian Gulf. Decorative compass rose and scroll-work title cartouche. The area shown on this fine original map is currently territory of these states: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman and more.
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Published by Jacques Bellin by order of the Count de Maurepas (Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux 1701-1781) who served as France's Minister of Marine from 1723-1749. By his recommendations to Louis XVI delaying economic and administrative reforms, Maurepas was partially responsible for the governmental crises that led to the French Revolution.
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French hydrographer Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was born in Paris and educated as an engineer. In 1741, Bellin became the first Ingénieur de la Marine of the Depot des cartes et plans de la Marine (the French Hydrographical Office) and was named Official Hydrographer of the French King. Bellin's largest and most comprehensive work is the Petit Atlas Maritime that covered the coasts and important port cities of the known world. |
| 570 |  | Details | Homann Heirs | 1742 |
| Italia |
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Homann Heirs |
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| 1742 |
| LOC:58 |
| $490.00 | Homann-Heirs | Italia | Attractive antique map of Italy divided into provinces with the islands of Corsica ( Corse ), Sardinia ( Sardegna or Sardigna ), Sicily ( Sicilia ), Malta, Gozo, and Lampedusa. This large 18th century, hand-colored engraving was published from Nuremberg, Germany in 1742 (dated at top of map). Decorative title cartouche in Latin at bottom left of the map.
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By the heirs of J. B. Homann. Homann Heirs (also "Homannianis Heredibus" or "Homann Erben" or "Heritiers de Homann") was a company established after the death of the famous German cartographer Johann Baptist Homann to carry on the publishing business of the firm he started in the early 1700's. The designation "Homann Heirs" appears on maps published by that successor firm from about 1730 to 1848. |
| 1439 |  | Details | Popple, Henry | 1742 |
| Antique plan Fort-de-France Bay on Martinique, France Caribbean |
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Popple, Henry |
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| 1742 |
| LOC:0 |
| $85.00 | Popple--Henry | Antique-plan-Fort-de-France-Bay-on-Martinique--France-Caribbean | Antique chart fragment ca. 1742 of Baie de Fort-de-France or Fort-de-France Bay on the west side of the Island of Martinique, an overseas region of France. Includes Fort-de-France (Fort Royal). With soundings and sand banks delineated. Key locations named on the map include Flemish Bay, Grand and Petit Islets, Ramieres or Ramiers Ilet, and Cul de Sac au Hay.
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This antique map was originally published by Covens and Mortier in 1742 in "Les Principales Forteresses Ports etc. de L'Amerique Septentrionale" a sheet containing harbor and island maps and plans of the Americas. This map is a fragment trimmed from the larger sheet.
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That sheet of 18 maps and plans of islands and harbors was published by Covens and Mortier to replace Popple's original large map of 20 sheets with a more manageable six-sheet version. Popple's original map was titled: "A Map of the British Empire in America with the French, Spanish and the Dutch Settlements adjacent thereto". |
| 3692 |  | Details | Homann Heirs | 1743 |
| Scarce antique view of Portobelo, Panama |
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Homann Heirs |
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| 1743 |
| LOC:77 |
| $225.00 | Homann-Heirs | Scarce-antique-view-of-Portobelo--Panama | Very scarce birds-eye view of Portobelo, Panama in Colon Province during its capture and destruction in 1739-1742 during the War of Jenkins' Ear. The map depicts the town of Portobelo, Fort Gloria, and the immediate vicinity, including the harbor and Fort Hierro (iron), constructed across the harbor from Portobelo. Several sailing ships depict a naval battle scene and notes in the title block identify and explain sixteen important locations and actions on the view.
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Portobelo was founded in March 1597 as "San Felipe de Portobelo". A military compound, Portobelo belonged to a Spain's colonial defensive system, including Veracruz (Mexico), Cartagena (Colombia), and Havana (Cuba), to protect the route of commercial trade between the Americas and Spain. Portobelo, where the annual late summer trade fairs were held, was one of the principal Caribbean ports and played a leading role controlling Spain's imperial trade in the Americas.
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Published by the firm Homann Heirs. Homann Heirs (also "Homannianis Heredibus" or "Homann Erben" or "Heritiers de Homann") was a company established after the death of German cartographer J.B. Homann to carry on the map publishing business of the firm he started in the early 1700's. The designation "Homann Heirs" appears on maps published by that successor firm from about 1730 to 1848. |
| 584 |  | Details | Homann Heirs | 1743 |
| Americae Mappa Generalis |
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Homann Heirs |
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| 1743 |
| LOC:52 |
| $500.00 | Homann-Heirs | Americae-Mappa-Generalis | Extremely decorative mid 18th-century antique map of North and South America by Homann.
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Geographic coverage on this fine old relic includes Western Europe, West Africa, and large portions of both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The territory in the U.S. Pacific Northwest was largely unexplored when the map was created and the area is shown as blank. At the time this map was printed knowledge of U.S. west coast geography had improved past the point in time when California was thought to be an island.
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A highly decorative title cartouche at bottom left of this antique map features four native Americans and two erupting volcanos along with a large vessel containing coins.
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Published by the firm Homann Heirs. Homann Heirs (also "Homannianis Heredibus" or "Homann Erben" or "Heritiers de Homann") was a company established after the death of German cartographer J.B. Homann to carry on the publishing business of the firm he started in the early 1700's. The designation "Homann Heirs" appears on maps published by that successor firm from about 1730 to 1848. |
| 582 |  | Details | Homann Heirs | 1743 |
| Guinea propia |
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Homann Heirs |
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| 1743 |
| LOC:54 |
| $350.00 | Homann-Heirs | Guinea-propia | Decorative antique map of the West Coast of Africa from 1743 with several regions denoted by outline/wash coloring: Sahara, Ethiopia, Guinea. Map is marked with names of sub-regions, tribal kingdoms, and numerous notations in Latin. Large decorative cartouche at left of map focuses on the daily life of indigenous tribesmen and elephant tusks.
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Published by the firm Homann Heirs. Homann Heirs (also "Homannianis Heredibus" or "Homann Erben" or "Heritiers de Homann") was a company established after the death of German cartographer J.B. Homann to carry on the publishing business of the firm he started in the early 1700's. The designation "Homann Heirs" appears on maps published by that successor firm from about 1730 to 1848. |
| 1040 |  | Details | Homann Heirs | 1743 |
| Carte d' Artois et des Environs |
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Homann Heirs |
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| 1743 |
| LOC:0 |
| $250.00 | Homann-Heirs | Carte-d--Artois-et-des-Environs | Decorative antique map of France covers the Duchy of Artois from Dunkerque to Abbeville and inland to Lille, Douai and Cambrai. Decorated with a very attractive uncolored title cartouche.
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Published by the firm Homann Heirs. Homann Heirs (also "Homannianis Heredibus" or "Homann Erben" or "Heritiers de Homann") was a company established after the death of German cartographer J.B. Homann to carry on the publishing business of the firm he started in the early 1700's. The designation "Homann Heirs" appears on maps published by that successor firm from about 1730 to 1848. |
| 579 |  | Details | Homann Heirs | 1744 |
| Carte de l'Asie |
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Homann Heirs |
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| 1744 |
| LOC:59 |
| $355.00 | Homann-Heirs | Carte-de-l-Asie | Decorative antique map of Asia dated to 1744. Coverage include Egypt, Saudia Arabia, the Persian Gulf, India, China, Borneo, New Guinea, Siberia, and Japan, and the North Pole. Bottom left of this antique map contains a title cartouche with a large lizard, natives, and subtropical fauna.
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Published by the firm Homann Heirs. Homann Heirs (also "Homannianis Heredibus" or "Homann Erben" or "Heritiers de Homann") was a company established after the death of German cartographer J.B. Homann to carry on the map publishing business of the firm he started in the early 1700's. The designation "Homann Heirs" appears on maps published by that successor firm from about 1730 to 1848.
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| 5209 |  | Details | Moll, Herman | 1744 |
| Map of the North Pole by Herman Moll 1744 |
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Moll, Herman |
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| 1744 |
| LOC:13 |
| $325.00 | Moll--Herman | Map-of-the-North-Pole-by-Herman-Moll-1744 | Fine original antique 18th-century polar map of the North Pole by Herman Moll. This scarce map is annotated with observations and facts regarding early exploration of the north polar region. Perhaps this is an unrecorded fifth state of the map as the "Vol 1. p. 714" found at upper left in the fourth state has been largely effaced and only a faint hint of the graved lines remain visible. The number " 2 " at upper right is clearly visible.
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This striking polar projection shows Iceland, Greenland, Spitsbergen, Nova Zembla, portions of North America and Northern Europe. Text blocks at right and left detail the sun's movement at high latitudes and the explorations of the polar region by Frobisher, Davis and others
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Published in London in "Thomas Salmon's Modern History: or the Present State of All Nations." Printed for Tho: Bowles next the Chapter House in St. Pauls Church Yard, & John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, London. |
| 3593 |  | Details | Ottens, Ranier and Joshua | 1745 |
| Spectacular antique chart of Mexico, Central America and South America |
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Ottens, Ranier and Joshua |
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| 1745 |
| LOC:51 |
| $1,150.00 | Ottens--Ranier-and-Joshua | Spectacular-antique-chart-of-Mexico--Central-America-and-South-America | Copper-engraved sea chart oriented with north to the left, showing the Pacific Ocean from Xalisco, Mexico, to Puerta Bairres in Chile (including Yucatan, Central America, the Western Caribbean and the Galapagos Islands). Columbia is shown in its entirety, along with a small piece of Venezuela. Includes well over 125 place names arranged in Portolan style. Finely engraved title cartouche with conquistadors, slaves, and putti set into an allegorical background.
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Updated and corrected sea chart by Ottens, after Renard and de Wit from "Atlas van Zeevart en Koophandel door de Geheele Wereldt" (Amsterdam, 1745). The name of Louis Renard has been replaced by the names of Reinier and Joshua Ottens. Reinier and Joshua Ottens (1704-1765) were Dutch publishers, cartographers and map engravers. The family business was founded by their father Joachim, but the firm was most productive under the leadership of Reinier and Joshua. |
| 571 |  | Details | Homann Heirs | 1745 |
| Dominia Anglorum in America Septentrionali |
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Homann Heirs |
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| 1745 |
| LOC:53 |
| $495.00 | Homann-Heirs | Dominia-Anglorum-in-America-Septentrionali | Four early maps of the British colonies in North America on one page made 30+ years before the Revolutionary war, ca. 1745. These antique maps are based on the work of Herman Moll, a London-based cartographer and engraver.
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Coverage on this antique copperplate engraving includes Newfoundland and Saint Lawrence Bay in Canada, New York, New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Carolina and Florida Territories, Virginia, and Maryland including Chesapeake Bay.
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The four inset maps are titled as follows:<br>
A. Newfoundland od. Terra Nova S. Laurentii Bay die fisch-bank Acadia… New Schotland.<br>
B. New Engelland, New York, New Jersey, und Pensilvania.<br>
C. Virgina und Maryland<br>
D. Carolina ... Florida
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Text below the maps elaborates on the maps, the Iroquis indians, and provides a brief dictionary of terms translated to German.
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By the heirs of J. B. Homann. Homann Heirs (also "Homannianis Heredibus" or "Homann Erben" or "Heritiers de Homann") was a company established after the death of the famous German cartographer Johann Baptist Homann to carry on the map publishing business of the firm he started in the early 1700's. The designation "Homann Heirs" appears on maps published by that successor firm from about 1730 to 1848. |
| 583 |  | Details | Homann, Johann | 1745 |
| Totius Regni Neapolis |
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Homann, Johann |
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| 1745 |
| LOC:58 |
| $600.00 | Homann--Johann | Totius-Regni-Neapolis | Map of the southern boot of Italy divided into provinces. Coverage of this antique hand-colored map includes islands of both the Tyrhennian Sea and Adriatic Sea including Capri, Procida, Ischia, Naples ( Napoli ), Stromboli, Lipari, Basiluzzo, the Tremiti Islands and the northern tip of Sicily including Milazzo and the Strait of Messina. Two decorative cartouches give life to the map, one includes a sea serpent, flying horses and numerous putti fencing with epee.
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Drawn by famous German cartographer Johann Homann ca. 1720, the map was published later by the firm Homann Heirs. Homann Heirs (also "Homannianis Heredibus" or "Homann Erben" or "Heritiers de Homann") was a company established after the death of Homann to carry on the publishing business of the firm he started in the early 1700's. The designation "Homann Heirs" appears on maps published by that successor firm from about 1730 to 1848. |
| 869 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1745 |
| Antique Chart of the Aegean Sea, Turkey and Greek Archipelago |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1745 |
| LOC:58 |
| $1,400.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Antique-Chart-of-the-Aegean-Sea--Turkey-and-Greek-Archipelago | Scarce antique chart of the Greek Archipelago including parts of mainland Greece and Turkey. This large copperplate-engraved nautical chart of the Aegean Sea is based on surveys by French naval pilot Arnaud Grognard (1681-1751) and published by the Depot de la Marine.
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Dedicated to Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux comte de Maurepas (1701-1781). Interesting signed approval by Jacques Bellin, of the French Depot de la Marine" which translates roughly to: 'I examined the chart of the archipelago presented by Sieur Grognard, a pilote of the department from Toulon, under orders of the Count de Maurepas, and I find it is acceptable for navigation…". Bellin published many charts under his own name and it is unusual to find this type of signed attribution of a chart published by the Depot. |
| 1378 |  | Details | Ayrouard, Jacques | 1746 |
| Scarce antique port plan of Barcelona, Spain |
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Ayrouard, Jacques |
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| 1746 |
| LOC:8 |
| $700.00 | Ayrouard--Jacques | Scarce-antique-port-plan-of-Barcelona--Spain | Scarce antique French port plan / chart for the town of Barcelona, Spain on Spain's Mediterranean coast. This expertly designed and robustly executed antique chart is by Jacques Ayrouard (Marseilles ca. 1732- 1746) from a scarce atlas titled: "Recueil de Plusiers Plans des Ports et Rades et de Quelque Cartes Particulieres de la Mer Mediterranee". In a style that reflects Ayrouard's military and engineering background.
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In the attribution Ayrouard is described as "Pilote Real" or pilot of la Reale, the flagship of the French galley corps with a total complement of about 550 including 360 oarsmen and 100 soldiers. In their <i>Dictionnaire de la Marine</i> from 1702 Covens and Mortier explain: <div class="indenttextblock">"(Réale) is the name of the main galley of an independent kingdom, not of a tributary kingdom annexed to a greater one. The Réale, in France, is reserved for the general of the galleys and flies the royal ensign which distinguishes it from the others. This ensign is square in shape and red in colour, with golden fleurs-de-lys." <a href="http://www.ulmo.net/bateaux/reale/dico02.jpg" target="_blank"> (Internet)</a> </div>
Ayrouard was likely one of the last such pilots as the French Corps des Galeres was disbanded in 1748 and incorporated into the regular French sailing navy. |
| 182 |  | Details | Ayrouard, Jacques | 1746 |
| Plan de la Baye d'Alicant |
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Ayrouard, Jacques |
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| 1746 |
| LOC:8 |
| $375.00 | Ayrouard--Jacques | Plan-de-la-Baye-d-Alicant | This antique, black and white harbor chart /port plan of Alicante Bay, Spain is by Jacques Ayrouard (Marseilles ca. 1732- 1746) from a scarce atlas titled: "Recueil de Plusiers Plans des Ports et Rades et de Quelque Cartes Particulieres de la Mer Méditerranée". Coverage extends eastward from Cap St. Paul to past Cap de la Houerta. Engraved by Louis Corne. Plate 67. <BR> </BR>
Little information exists on Ayrouard's background but like Henry Michelot before him, Ayrouard was a pilot of the French royal galley, the Reale, based in Marseille. However, Ayrouard's port plans are very different from Michelot's earlier works. The much larger size (18"x11") and extensively shaded topography in this plan are distinctive characteristics of Ayrouard's nautical plans. <BR> </BR> |
| 6774 |  | Details | Ayrouard, Jacques | 1746 |
| Plan du Port de Cartagene |
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Ayrouard, Jacques |
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| 1746 |
| LOC:8 |
| $375.00 | Ayrouard--Jacques | Plan-du-Port-de-Cartagene | Fine nautical chart or plan of the town and harbor of Cartagena, Spain by Jacques Ayrouard (Marseilles ca. 1732- 1746). Original copperplate engraving shows the town of Cartagena surrounded by defensive walls, and unusually for 18th century charts/plans shows the adjacent topography in great detail. Noted features include l'Hermitage", "le Chateau", "pointe du fort", and "pointe galere" near a "chapelle".
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<img id="6774" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6774/SC_6774_detail_1.jpg" alt="Plan du Port de Cartagene a nautical port plan for Cartagena, Spain by Jacques Ayrouard 1746." width="340"/> <br><br> <font size="-2">View of Cartagena, Spain by Ayrouard, 1746.</font>
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Sourced from Ayrouard's scarce sea atlas: "Recueil de Plusiers Plans des Ports et Rades et de Quelque Cartes Particulieres de la Mer Méditerranée." Beautifully engraved by Louis Corne.
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Ayrouard was a pilot of the French royal galley, the Reale, based in Marseille, France. The much larger size (18"x11") and extensively shaded topography in this plan are distinctive characteristics of Ayrouard's nautical port plans. Plate 68. <BR> </BR> |
| 183 |  | Details | Ayrouard, Jacques | 1746 |
| Plan de la Port de Cartagene |
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Ayrouard, Jacques |
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| 1746 |
| LOC:8 |
| $450.00 | Ayrouard--Jacques | Plan-de-la-Port-de-Cartagene | This antique nautical chart or plan of the town and harbor of Cartagena, Spain by Jacques Ayrouard (Marseilles ca. 1732- 1746) is sourced from a scarce sea atlas titled: "Recueil de Plusiers Plans des Ports et Rades et de Quelque Cartes Particulieres de la Mer Méditerranée". Beautifully engraved by Louis Corne this copperplate engraving shows the town of Cartagena surrounded by defensive walls, and unusually for 18th century charts/plans shows the adjacent topography in great detail.
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Like <a rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henry Michelot</a> before him, Ayrouard was a pilot of the French royal galley, the Reale, based in Marseille. However, Ayrouard's port plans are very different from Michelot's earlier works. The much larger size (18"x11") and extensively shaded topography in this plan are distinctive characteristics of Ayrouard's nautical plans. Plate 68. <BR> </BR> |
| 3586 |  | Details | Ayrouard, Jacques | 1746 |
| Scarce Port Plan details near the Bay of Naples |
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Ayrouard, Jacques |
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| 1746 |
| LOC:88 |
| $475.00 | Ayrouard--Jacques | Scarce-Port-Plan-details-near-the-Bay-of-Naples | Beautifully colored antique detailed nautical plans of four areas near the Bay of Naples, Italy by Jacques Ayrouard (Marseilles ca. 1746). From Ayrouard's scarce nautical atlas: "Recueil de Plusiers Plans des Ports et Rades et de Quelque Cartes Particulieres de la Mer Mediterranee". Includes the breakwater/wharf in Naples; the port of Pozzuoli; and two views of the "Cote Romaine" or Roman Coast south of Terracina.
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Little information exists on Ayrouard's background but like <a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henry Michelot</a>, Ayrouard was a pilot of the French royal galley, the Reale, based in Marseille. However, Ayrouard's port plans and charts are very different from Michelot's earlier works. The much larger size (17"x11") and the extensively shaded topography are distinctive characteristics of Ayrouard's plans.
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Plate 34. With the royal privilege. |
| 5166 |  | Details | Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' | 1746 |
| Antique French map of North America Amerique Septentrionale |
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Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' |
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| 1746 |
| LOC:53 |
| $460.00 | Anville--Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon-d- | Antique-French-map-of-North-America-Amerique-Septentrionale | Two joined sheets of D'Anville's four-sheet map of North America and the West Indies from 1746 (dated within). Much blank space west of the Mississippi River reflects the scarcity of information about the geography of Tecas (Texas) and most of the west United States save for that of the Spanish territories around New Mexico. D'Anville names and locates many native American tribes including the Chicachas, Canoatinos, the Cherakis, Iroquois, and Chetimachas (around Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana).
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At upper left is an inset of Hudson Bay, Baffin Bay, Labrador, Baffin Bay, and Greenland.
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Designed by Gravelot; engraved by Major. |
| 908 |  | Details | Ayrouard, Jacques | 1746 |
| Antique plan of the port of Civitavecchia, Italy |
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Ayrouard, Jacques |
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| 1746 |
| LOC:8 |
| $525.00 | Ayrouard--Jacques | Antique-plan-of-the-port-of-Civitavecchia--Italy | Plan of Civitavecchia, Italy also referred to as the "port of Rome", as it lies on the Tyrrhenian Sea, about 50 miles south of Rome. The antique chart is by Jacques Ayrouard (Marseilles ca. 1732- 1746) from a scarce atlas titled: "Recueil de Plusiers Plans des Ports et Rades et de Quelque Cartes Particulieres de la Mer Mediterranee". Identifies only a few features by name including "la Darce" or the old port, and significantly "les Chantiers des Galeres" or the boatyard where galleys were constructed and repaired.
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In the attribution Ayrouard is described as "Pilot Real" or pilot of la Reale, the flagship of the French galley corps with a total complement of about 550 including 360 oarsmen and 100 soldiers. In their <i>Dictionnaire de la Marine</i> from 1702 Covens and Mortier explain: <div class="indenttextblock">"(Réale) is the name of the main galley of an independent kingdom, not of a tributary kingdom annexed to a greater one. The Réale, in France, is reserved for the general of the galleys and flies the royal ensign which distinguishes it from the others. This ensign is square in shape and red in colour, with golden fleurs-de-lys." <a href="http://www.ulmo.net/bateaux/reale/dico02.jpg" target="_blank"> (Internet)</a> </div>
Ayrouard was likely one of the last such pilots as the French Corps des Galeres was disbanded in 1748 and incorporated into the regular French sailing navy.
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Little information exists on Ayrouard's background but like Henry Michelot, Ayrouard was a pilot of the French royal galley, the Reale, based in Marseille, France. However, Ayrouard's port plans and rare sea charts are very different from Michelot's earlier works. The much larger size (18"x11") and extensively shaded topography seen in this plan of Antibe are distinctive characteristics of Ayrouard's plans. Engraved by Louis Corne. Published with the royal privilege. |
| 907 |  | Details | Ayrouard, Jacques | 1746 |
| Antique plan of the port of Livorno, Italy |
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Ayrouard, Jacques |
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| 1746 |
| LOC:8 |
| $525.00 | Ayrouard--Jacques | Antique-plan-of-the-port-of-Livorno--Italy | Antique French port plan / chart for the town of Livorno, Italy located on the western coast of the Tuscany region.
The antique chart is by Jacques Ayrouard (Marseilles ca. 1732- 1746) from a scarce atlas titled: "Recueil de Plusiers Plans des Ports et Rades et de Quelque Cartes Particulieres de la Mer Mediterranee".
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Ayrouard identifies a few key landmarks including several offshore: a "fanal" or lighthouse and another the "Tour de la Marsoque". On land only a few landmarks are noted including "Les 4 gigantes" a reference to the Four Moors statue (the engraver includes a tiny icon-like representation of the statue) next to "la darce" or the old port for Livorno; a church- St. Francois; and of course the walled town of Livorno ("Livourne") itself.
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In the attribution Ayrouard is described as "Pilot Real" or pilot of la Reale, the flagship of the French galley corps with a total complement of about 550 including 360 oarsmen and 100 soldiers. In their <i>Dictionnaire de la Marine</i> from 1702 Covens and Mortier explain: <div class="indenttextblock">"(Réale) is the name of the main galley of an independent kingdom, not of a tributary kingdom annexed to a greater one. The Réale, in France, is reserved for the general of the galleys and flies the royal ensign which distinguishes it from the others. This ensign is square in shape and red in colour, with golden fleurs-de-lys." <a href="http://www.ulmo.net/bateaux/reale/dico02.jpg" target="_blank"> (Internet)</a> </div>
Ayrouard was likely one of the last such pilots as the French Corps des Galeres was disbanded in 1748 and incorporated into the regular French sailing navy. |
| 1181 |  | Details | Ayrouard, Jacques | 1746 |
| Antique plan of the Bay of Taranto, Italy |
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Ayrouard, Jacques |
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| $375.00 | Ayrouard--Jacques | Antique-plan-of-the-Bay-of-Taranto--Italy | Distinctive antique engraved French port plan / chart ca. 1746 for the bay and walled village of Taranto, Italy a coastal city in Apulia. Today, Taranto is the capital of the Province of Taranto and is an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base and claims a population of over 200,000 persons.
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The antique chart is by Jacques Ayrouard (Marseilles ca. 1732- 1746) from a scarce atlas titled: "Recueil de Plusiers Plans des Ports et Rades et de Quelque Cartes Particulieres de la Mer Mediterranee". Plate 37.
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Ayrouard identifies a few key landmarks including several offshore: La Pizolle, Isle Pisco, Isle de St. George, and two channels into the bay. On land only a few landmarks are noted including guard towers, the port; the village of Taranto ("Tarante") connected to the mainland by two bridges; and the Pointe de Victo where today is found the area of San Vito.
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In the attribution Ayrouard is described as "Pilot Real" or pilot of la Reale, the flagship of the French galley corps with a total complement of about 550 including 360 oarsmen and 100 soldiers. In their <i>Dictionnaire de la Marine</i> from 1702 Covens and Mortier explain: <div class="indenttextblock">"(Réale) is the name of the main galley of an independent kingdom, not of a tributary kingdom annexed to a greater one. The Réale, in France, is reserved for the general of the galleys and flies the royal ensign which distinguishes it from the others. This ensign is square in shape and red in colour, with golden fleurs-de-lys." <a href="http://www.ulmo.net/bateaux/reale/dico02.jpg" target="_blank"> (Internet)</a> </div>
Ayrouard was likely one of the last galley pilots as the French galley corps was disbanded in 1748 and incorporated into the regular French sailing navy. |
| 1473 |  | Details | Ayrouard, Jacques | 1746 |
| Scarce antique port plan of Port-de-Bouc, France |
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Ayrouard, Jacques |
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| 1746 |
| LOC:8 |
| $300.00 | Ayrouard--Jacques | Scarce-antique-port-plan-of-Port-de-Bouc--France | Scarce antique French port chart for the town of Port-de-Bouc, France made by Jacques Ayrouard, at Marseilles, in 1746. No. 35.
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In the attribution at bottom, Ayrouard is described as "Pilote Real", or pilot of la Reale, the flagship of the French galley corps with a total complement of about 550 including 360 oarsmen and 100 soldiers. In their <i>Dictionnaire de la Marine</i> from 1702 Covens and Mortier explain: <div class="indenttextblock">"(Réale) is the name of the main galley of an independent kingdom, not of a tributary kingdom annexed to a greater one. The Réale, in France, is reserved for the general of the galleys and flies the royal ensign which distinguishes it from the others. This ensign is square in shape and red in colour, with golden fleurs-de-lys." <a href="http://www.ulmo.net/bateaux/reale/dico02.jpg" target="_blank"> (Internet)</a> </div>
Ayrouard was likely one of the last such pilots as the French Corps des Galeres was disbanded in 1748 and incorporated into the regular French sailing navy. |
| 1328 |  | Details | Ayrouard, Jacques | 1746 |
| Antique plan of the port of Cette, France (Sete) |
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Ayrouard, Jacques |
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| 1746 |
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| $600.00 | Ayrouard--Jacques | Antique-plan-of-the-port-of-Cette--France-(Sete) | Antique French Mediterranean port plan or chart for the town of <b>Sète, France</b> (Cette) in the southeast French region of Occitanie. This old port plan by Jacques Ayrouard (Marseilles ca. 1732- 1746) depicts the small port of Sète in 1733, likely on an earlier visit by Ayrouard. Of particular interest is that Sète is and was the Mediterranean terminus for the Canal Royal de Languedoc ( now the <b>Canal du Midi</b> ), opened in 1681. Shows the protective outer môle or jetty with a walkway and an inner jetty of rock. Wharves line docks where offshore sailing vessels would have had their cargos unloaded and trans-shipped through the canal in smaller shallow-draft barges. In the early 18th century French galleys may have traveled through the canal between their base in Marseilles and Bordeaux, St. Malo or Dunkirk. (Source: Chatelain, Henry. "Carte Generalle du Gouvernement Militaire de France")
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The antique chart was published from Marseilles, France in a scarce atlas titled: "Recueil de Plusiers Plans des Ports et Rades et de Quelque Cartes Particulieres de la Mer Mediterranee".
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In the attribution Ayrouard is described as "Pilot Real" or pilot of la Reale, the flagship of the French galley corps with a total complement of about 550 including 360 oarsmen and 100 soldiers. In their <i>Dictionnaire de la Marine</i> from 1702 Covens and Mortier explain: <div class="indenttextblock">"(Réale) is the name of the main galley of an independent kingdom, not of a tributary kingdom annexed to a greater one. The Réale, in France, is reserved for the general of the galleys and flies the royal ensign which distinguishes it from the others. This ensign is square in shape and red in colour, with golden fleurs-de-lys." <a href="http://www.ulmo.net/bateaux/reale/dico02.jpg" target="_blank"> (Internet)</a> </div> |
| 5191 |  | Details | Ayrouard, Jacques | 1746 |
| Plan du Port Hercule Porto Ercole Tuscany |
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Ayrouard, Jacques |
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| $450.00 | Ayrouard--Jacques | Plan-du-Port-Hercule-Porto-Ercole-Tuscany | Original antique nautical chart or plan of the town and harbor of Port Hercule (Porto Ercole), Italy by Jacques Ayrouard (Marseilles ca. 1732- 1746). The plan is from Ayrouard's scarce sea atlas titled: "Recueil de Plusiers Plans des Ports et Rades et de Quelque Cartes Particulieres de la Mer Méditerranée". This engraved plan is of the old port at Porto Ercole which is located on the eastern side of the Monte Argentario promontory in the province of Grosetto, in the Tuscany region.
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Like Henry Michelot, Jacques Ayrouard was a pilot of the French royal galley, the Reale, based in Marseille. However, Ayrouard's port plans are very different from Michelot's earlier works. The much larger size (18"x11") and extensively shaded topography in this plan are distinctive characteristics of Ayrouard's nautical plans. Plate 29. <br> </br> |
| 4973 |  | Details | Ayrouard, Jacques | 1746 |
| Antique plan of Portoferraio Porto Ferraro Italy |
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Ayrouard, Jacques |
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| 1746 |
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| $425.00 | Ayrouard--Jacques | Antique-plan-of-Portoferraio-Porto-Ferraro-Italy | Fine copper-plate engraved 1746 antique port/harbor plan or chart of Porto Ferraro (Portoferraio), Italy by Jacques Ayrouard. Portoferraio is the largest city on the island of Elba, located in the Tyrrhenian Sea about 30 miles east of Corsica.
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In the chart's attribution Ayrouard is described as "Pilot Real" or pilot of la Reale, the flagship of the French galley corps with a total complement of about 550 including 360 oarsmen and 100 soldiers. In their <i>Dictionnaire de la Marine</i> from 1702 Covens and Mortier explain: <div class="indenttextblock">"(Réale) is the name of the main galley of an independent kingdom, not of a tributary kingdom annexed to a greater one. The Réale, in France, is reserved for the general of the galleys and flies the royal ensign which distinguishes it from the others. This ensign is square in shape and red in colour, with golden fleurs-de-lys." <a href="http://www.ulmo.net/bateaux/reale/dico02.jpg" target="_blank"> (Internet)</a> </div>
Ayrouard was likely one of the last such pilots as the French Corps des Galeres was disbanded in 1748 and incorporated into the regular French sailing navy. Engraved by Louis Corne. |
| 543 |  | Details | Ayrouard, Jacques | 1746 |
| Plan de la Baye et Port de Mayorque (Palma Majorca or Mallorca) |
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Ayrouard, Jacques |
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| 1746 |
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| $600.00 | Ayrouard--Jacques | Plan-de-la-Baye-et-Port-de-Mayorque-(Palma-Majorca-or-Mallorca) | Antique original engraved chart of the northwest portion of the island of Mallorca, Spain, the largest of the Balearic islands in the Mediterranean sea. Includes the capital city, Palma surrounded by a wall, and the Bay of Palma. Coverage extends from the "Cote de Solery" and Sa Dragonera (with two watchtowers shown) past the Bay of Palma to "Cap Blanc". A detailed inset includes the area at the harbor in Palma, "la mole", a jetty or breakwater where accoring to Ayrouard there was room to moor 5 galleys stern-first, as is still the custom in the Mediterranean: "en grande point, on peut y placer 5 galeres la poupe au mole en quatres amarres." <br><br/>
This rare chart by Jacques Ayrouard (Marseilles ca. 1730) comes from a scarce nautical atlas: "Recueil de Plusiers Plans des Ports et Rades et de Quelque Cartes Particulieres de la Mer Mediterranee". <br><br/>
Little information exists on Ayrouard's background but like <a style="color:#9BAFCB" rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henry Michelot </a> two decades earlier, Ayrouard was a pilot of the French royal galley, the Reale, based in Marseille. Ayrouard's port plans and charts are very different from Michelot's earlier works; the much larger size (17"x11") and the extensively shaded topography enable the viewer to easily recognize Ayrouard's plans. Large compass rose with fleur-de-lis. Plate 70 but manuscript notation at upper left reads "No. 69". |
| 62 |  | Details | Ayrouard, Jacques | 1746 |
| Plan de La Baye du Gourien et des Isles St. Marguerite |
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Ayrouard, Jacques |
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| 1746 |
| LOC:8 |
| $390.00 | Ayrouard--Jacques | Plan-de-La-Baye-du-Gourien-et-des-Isles-St--Marguerite | Scarce, antique nautical harbor plan / chart of the village of Cane' (Cannes) France on the French Riviera with the offshore Lerins Islands. On the largest of these islands, Ile Sainte-Marguerite, the Man in the Iron Mask was held prisoner during 1687-1698. This antique chart of the area around Cannes is by Jacques Ayrouard (Marseilles ca. 1732- 1746) from a scarce atlas titled: "Recueil de Plusiers Plans des Ports et Rades et de Quelque Cartes Particulieres de la Mer Méditerranée". <BR> </BR>
Interior areas shown with little structural detail, but do contain significant shading and hachuring to convey elevation details. Little information exists on Ayrouard's background but like Henry Michelot before him, Ayrouard was a pilot of the French royal galley, the Reale, based in Marseille. However, Ayrouard's port plans are very different from Michelot's earlier works. The much larger size (18"x11") and extensively shaded topography are distinctive characteristics of Ayrouard's charts. <BR> </BR>
On chain-laid paper. Large compass rose with fleur-de-lis. Plate 13. |
| 6777 |  | Details | Ayrouard, Jacques | 1746 |
| Plan du Portvendre en Rousillon |
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Ayrouard, Jacques |
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| 1746 |
| LOC:8 |
| $375.00 | Ayrouard--Jacques | Plan-du-Portvendre-en-Rousillon | Fine original hydrographic port and harbor chart for Portvendre (Port-Vendres), France by Jacques Ayrouard (Marseilles ca. 1732- 1746). This antique copperplate engraving shows the town of Port-Vendres as it was in 1733 with the adjacent topography in great detail. Noted features include the Devil's Tower- "Tour de Diable", Fort de la Mauresque or "le Fort et le Fanal", "la Redoutte", the "Cote qui va a Cadequie" and "Cote qui va a Colioure., "le bourg", two other towers- "la masane" and "St. Elme", and the "maison du gouvernment". North is oriented to the bottom of the chart.
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Ayrouard makes extensive use of depth soundings and variegated stippling for rough depth contour intervals and has laid down sight bearing lines from the above towers to other fixed objects to help mariners navigate the challenging entrance to Port-Vendres.
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Sourced from Ayrouard's scarce sea atlas: "Recueil de Plusiers Plans des Ports et Rades et de Quelque Cartes Particulieres de la Mer Méditerranée." Beautifully engraved by Louis Corne.
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Ayrouard was a pilot of the French royal galley, the Reale, based in Marseille, France. The much larger size (18"x11") and extensively shaded topography in this plan are distinctive characteristics of Ayrouard's nautical port plans. Plate 68. <BR> </BR> |
| 63 |  | Details | Ayrouard, Jacques | 1746 |
| Plan du Port d'Antibe |
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Ayrouard, Jacques |
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| 1746 |
| LOC:8 |
| $450.00 | Ayrouard--Jacques | Plan-du-Port-d-Antibe | Antique port / harbor plan of the northwest portion of the fortress at Antibe, France and the harbor including Fort Quare opposite to the north. Much detail about the Antibes breakwater and mole. Small inset in upper right containing a profile of the mole and fortifications as seen from the sea. This chart is by Jacques Ayrouard (Marseilles ca. 1732- 1746) from a scarce atlas titled: "Recueil de Plusiers Plans des Ports et Rades et de Quelque Cartes Particulieres de la Mer Méditerranée". <BR> </BR>
Little information exists on Ayrouard's background but like <a rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx">Henry Michelot</a>, Ayrouard was a pilot of the French royal galley, the Reale, based in Marseille, France. However, Ayrouard's port plans and rare sea charts are very different from Michelot's earlier works. The much larger size (18"x11") and extensively shaded topography seen in this plan of Antibe are distinctive characteristics of Ayrouard's plans. Engraved by Louis Corne. Plate 15. <BR> </BR> |
| 3639 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1747 |
| Scarce antique map of the Mississippi River |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1747 |
| LOC:10 |
| $800.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Scarce-antique-map-of-the-Mississippi-River | Bellin's fine map from 1747 focusing on the Red River and the Mississippi River. Full of interesting notes (in French) about the rivers, habitations, and native American tribes. Includes an inset of the area surrounding Fort St. Jean [Baptiste] a military post on the Red River in Natchitoches, Louisiana (founded by French Canadians in 1716). Shows the channel upstream of the fort was partially dammed by a tangle of uprooted trees.
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Coverage extends southward along the Mississippi River almost as far as Baton Rouge.
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French hydrographer Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was born in Paris and educated as an engineer. In 1741, Bellin became the first Ingénieur de la Marine of the Depot des cartes et plans de la Marine (the French Hydrographical Office) and was named Official Hydrographer of the French King. Bellin's largest and most comprehensive work is the Petit Atlas Maritime that covered the coasts and important port cities of the known world. |
| 569 |  | Details | Homann Heirs | 1748 |
| Status Ecclesiastici Toscanae |
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| 1748 |
| LOC:66 |
| $290.00 | Homann-Heirs | Status-Ecclesiastici-Toscanae | Fine, large, hand-colored, copper-plate engraved antique map of Italy centered on Tuscany by the heirs of J. B. Homann. Includes Rome, Citavecchia, Ostia, Elba, Pisa, Ravenna, and the northern tip of Corsica. Leafy cartouche at top right decorated with the arms of Rome and Tuscany.
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The map was published from Nuremberg, Germany in 1748 (dated at top).
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Homann Heirs (also "Homannianis Heredibus" or "Homann Erben" or "Heritiers de Homann") was a company established after the death of the famous German cartographer Johann Baptist Homann to carry on the map publishing business of the firm he started in the early 1700's. The designation "Homann Heirs" appears on maps published by that successor firm from about 1730 to 1848. |
| 1323 |  | Details | Vaugondy, Robert de | 1749 |
| Interesting antique map of Florida and the Carolinas |
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Vaugondy, Robert de |
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| 1749 |
| LOC:11 |
| $280.00 | Vaugondy--Robert-de | Interesting-antique-map-of-Florida-and-the-Carolinas | Attractive and fascinating map of south-eastern United States with "Virginie, Caroline, Louisiane, and Floride". Named features include Pensacola, the Bahama Islands, Cape Canaveral, St. Augustine, Saint Simons Island, Tybee Island, Savannah, Charleston, Cape Fear, and the "Montagnes de Apalaches". Florida is depicted as an archipelago of islands as some sources believed at the time. Published by the family of Robert Vaugondy in 1749.
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This scarce map is an authentic French copper-plate engraving printed ca. 1749 on a larger 11" x 8.5 inch sheet of old chain-laid paper. |
| 842 |  | Details | Collins, Greenvile | 1750 |
| Antique chart of coastal England with Bridlington, Scarborough and Hartlepoole |
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Collins, Greenvile |
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| 1750 |
| LOC:0 |
| $240.00 | Collins--Greenvile | Antique-chart-of-coastal-England-with-Bridlington--Scarborough-and-Hartlepoole | Three antique charts of ports on the Yorkshire and Durham coasts of England, including Bridlington ( Burlington ) , Scarborough and Hartlepoole. Coastal areas around these three English ports on the eastern coast of England were important to mid 18th century navigators. The approach to Bridlington in particular would have been particularly hazardous without an accurate chart because of an offshore sandbar ( "Smithick Sand" ) and the nearby promontory of Flamborough Head. The lighthouse shown at Flamborough Head was constructed in 1669 by Sir John Clayton. The current lighthouse dates to 1806.
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Dedicated to Captain Ralph Sanderson. From one of the many editions of Greenville Collin's 'Great Britain's Coasting Pilot', published from 1693 to 1792. Number 37. |
| 402 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1750 |
| Macao |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1750 |
| LOC:6 |
| $180.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Macao | Early chart of the port of Macao, China by Bellin ca. 1750. |
| 528 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1750 |
| Smyrna |
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| 1750 |
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| $350.00 | Anonymous | Smyrna | Original etched view of Smyrna (Izmir) Turkey dating to about the mid 18th century. Foreground depicts European-style warships at anchor. Background shows several forts and a minaret. |
| 4857 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1750 |
| Antique engraved plan of Goa, India |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1750 |
| LOC:13 |
| $325.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Antique-engraved-plan-of-Goa--India | Fine mid eighteenth-century birds-eye view map (plan) of Goa and the Port of Goa, on the southwest coast of India, under Portuguese rule from 1510 to 1961. If you look carefully on the beach you can see two elephants, apparently used for heavy work at the docks and shipyard. A fine legend at right, in an elaborate title cartouche, names twenty-nine locations on the plan.
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A fine view of Goa as it existed in 1607 by the prolific desk-cartographer J.N. Bellin. The plan is from the 1607 voyage of Admiral Paulus van Caerden, with the Dutch East India Company (VOC). From Prevost's 'Collection of Voyages'.
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North is oriented to the bottom. Tome VIII No IX.
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French hydrographer Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was born in Paris and educated as an engineer. In 1741, Bellin became the first Ingénieur de la Marine of the Depot des cartes et plans de la Marine (the French Hydrographical Office) and was named Official Hydrographer of the French King. Bellin's largest and most comprehensive work is the "Petit Atlas Maritime Recueil De Cartes et Plans Des Quatre Parties Du Monde Petit Atlas Maritime". |
| 4701 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1750 |
| Antique map with Iran, India, and Yemen |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1750 |
| LOC:13 |
| $180.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Antique-map-with-Iran--India--and-Yemen | Attractive and highly decorative antique map of the Malabar coast of India, the Arabian Sea, and the coasts of Yemen, Iran, and Pakistan. Includes a good depiction of the Maldive Islands and the Laccadive Islands. Numerous noted locations include Surat, Bombay (Mumbai), Rajapor, Goa, Kalikoet (Calicut, now Kozhikode), Madura, and Cape Comorin.
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Graphic title cartouche features a seahorse and a merman, with dragonfly-winged heads above. Legend at bottom left contains Dutch translations of many French geographical terms.
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Re-engraved by von Schley after a French map by J.N. Bellin and published in Amsterdam in a Dutch edition of L'Histoire Generale des Voyages. Dutch title at bottom reads "Kaart van de Kusten van Persie, Guzaratte en Malabar…" |
| 3577 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1750 |
| MS 18th century hydrographic map of the Fayoum Region - Egypt - Arsinoe - Lake Moeris |
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Anonymous |
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| 1750 |
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| $17,000.00 | Anonymous | MS-18th-century-hydrographic-map-of-the-Fayoum-Region---Egypt---Arsinoe---Lake-Moeris | Rare detailed, unsigned French manuscript hydrographic map of the Fayoum region of Egypt “the Land of the Lake” with Lake Moeris (Qarun). With an elevation view and floor plan of a building considered to be the "Labyrinthe" mentioned by Herodotus. Ca. 1720 - 1750. Possibly the earliest map to focus on the Fayoum reqion.
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This 18th century MS map locates archaeological sites and features the extensive network of rivers, streams, and canals that emptied into Lake Moeris from the Nile River via the Bahr Yusuf canal. Shows seven smaller canals from the Bahr Yusuf emptying into "Lake Moeris ou de Caron Nomne a presant Lac de la Corne". The hydrography and naming (ex. "Lac de la Corne", "Chateau de Caron") are similar to <a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b531002007/f1.item.zoom" target="_blank">Claude Sicard's map of Egypt</a> copied in MS by Guillaume Delisle in 1726.
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The Fayoum (also Fayum, Faioum) region was once the center of the cult of Sobek, an Egyptian deity associated with the crocodile. Medinet el-Faiyum or Shedet was the ancient regional capital. The town was called "Crocodilopolis" by the Greeks (renamed Arsinoë by the Romans). Camels and crocodile are shown near the southwest shore of the lake with several pyramids, grottos, ruins, and Coptic Christian sites.
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The map wrongly identifies the Ptolomaic temple at Qasr Qaroun as the Labyrinth described by Herodotus.
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French explorers who first visted the Fayoum region include Paul Lucas (1714-17), Jomard (1800), P.D. Martin (1801), and Linant de Bellefonds (1821). By 1800 Edme-Francois Jomard in "Emplacement de l'ancien lac Moaris et du Labyrinthe dans le Fayoum d'après tous les Auteurs" had correctly determined that the site of the Labyrinth lay not at Qasr Qaroun, but rather at a mud-brick temple near Hawara. Our estimated date of this map to the 18th century rests on this timeline and on dates of other maps from the same purchase. |
| 943 |  | Details | Collins, Greenvile | 1750 |
| Antique chart of the coast near Leith, Scotland |
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Collins, Greenvile |
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| 1750 |
| LOC:0 |
| $325.00 | Collins--Greenvile | Antique-chart-of-the-coast-near-Leith--Scotland | Antique chart of the city of <b>Leith, Scotland</b> (North and South Leith) and the surrounding coastline by <b>Greenville Collins</b>. With an attractive inset view "Prospect of Leith from the East" showing Leith Harbour, with square-rigged sailing ships anchored behind the pier. With one of the earliest available street plans of Leith, showing the bridge across the Water of Leith linking the two halves of the city. That bridge, originally built in the late 15th century, was demolished in 1780.
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From one of the many editions of Greenville Collin's 'Great Britain's Coasting Pilot', published from 1693 to 1792. At top left angels hover holding a sheet on which is drawn a elevation view of a castle with three domed towers and three gates, each with a portcullis. Suggested by one writer to be a coat-of-arms, the actual meaning of the image is unkown. |
| 653 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1750 |
| Gulf of Aden and Yemen |
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Anonymous |
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| 1750 |
| LOC:0 |
| $375.00 | Anonymous | Gulf-of-Aden-and-Yemen | Uncommon anonymous mid-18th century British nautical chart labeled "Arabian Gulph". Includes the lower Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Coast of Yemen, and the island of Socotra. Includes parts of the Somalian coast. Copperplate engraved working chart on chain laid paper with no watermark.
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Lack of a title, authors name, or date makes the source of the chart hard to place but the style, English wording, and lack of a longitude scale is consistent with British charts published ca. 1740 - 1770. The missing title information or any form of attribution is in itself unusual, as during the period when this map was produced, publishers were only too happy to "borrow" other's works to be sold under their own name.
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Noted geographical features include Mocha and Aden in Yemen, Zea Hill, Birim Island (I. Babel-Mandel ), The Eight Islands, Cabo St. Anthony, Black Point, The Asses Ear, Doffar, Bird Island, Berbera ( Barbara ), Cape Guardafui ( Guardafoy ) , Somalia and part of the Gulf of Tadjoura and Djibouti. We have been unable to locate another example of this chart.
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| 20 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1750 |
| Carte Generale De La Coste De Guinee |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1750 |
| LOC:0 |
| $395.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Carte-Generale-De-La-Coste-De-Guinee | Large working antique nautical chart of African coast focusing on the Gulf of Guinea and Gulf of Benin. Six profile views of the coast of West Africa, just north of the equator. This chart was intended for service aboard French vessels as noted in the cartouche "Pour servir aux vaisseaux du Roy".<BR> </BR>
Large central cartouche framed by strapwork and floral flourishes. This nautical chart was published less than 40 years after the death of Louis XIV, the "sun king" by the Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine. |
| 1287 |  | Details | Collins, Greenvile | 1750 |
| Antique Chart of the Shetland Islands |
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Collins, Greenvile |
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| 1750 |
| LOC:0 |
| $156.00 | Collins--Greenvile | Antique-Chart-of-the-Shetland-Islands | Antique sea chart of the eastern portion of the <b>Shetland island of the "Mainland"</b>, a part of Scotland. Includes the islands of Bressay (Brassey) and Noss (Nos). Noted are the villages of Lerwick, Heoghan, Laxford and many more.
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Decorative antique eighteenth century copperplate nautical sea chart, printed on thick paper ca. 1750. Attribution for engraving at bottom left to "H. Moll"- Herman Moll.
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From Captain Greenville or Greenvile Collins "Great Britain's Coasting Pilot: being a new and exact survey of the sea-coast of England and Scotland from the river of Thames to the westward and northward ...".
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Greenville Collins was an officer of the Royal Navy and prominent hydrographer who was commissioned by King Charles II in 1676 and appointed by Samuel Pepys to chart the coasts of Great Britain. The resulting atlas - Great Britain's Coasting Pilot - was the first original sea atlas to be produced by an Englishman. |
| 1316 |  | Details | Collins, Greenvile | 1750 |
| Antique Chart of the South Shetland Islands |
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Collins, Greenvile |
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| 1750 |
| LOC:0 |
| $240.00 | Collins--Greenvile | Antique-Chart-of-the-South-Shetland-Islands | Old engraved antique sea chart of the southern portion of the <b>Shetland Islands</b>, a part of Scotland. Includes the islands of Tronzo, Nebra, West Buro, Bressay (Brassey) and Noss (Nos). Inset chart of Catford Roe with soundings and anchorages noted.
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A decorative antique eighteenth century copperplate nautical sea chart, with an authentic sea-worn appearance, printed on thick paper ca. 1750.
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From Captain Greenville or Greenvile Collins "Great Britain's Coasting Pilot: being a new and exact survey of the sea-coast of England and Scotland from the river of Thames to the westward and northward ...".
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Greenville Collins was an officer of the Royal Navy and prominent hydrographer who was commissioned by King Charles II in 1676 and appointed by Samuel Pepys to chart the coasts of Great Britain. The resulting atlas - Great Britain's Coasting Pilot - was the first original sea atlas to be produced by an Englishman. |
| 1354 |  | Details | Collins, Greenvile | 1750 |
| Antique Chart of the Chief Ports of the British Isles |
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Collins, Greenvile |
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| 1750 |
| LOC:64 |
| $180.00 | Collins--Greenvile | Antique-Chart-of-the-Chief-Ports-of-the-British-Isles | Antique nautical chart by Collins of seven key ports and harbors in England. These important English locations were dominated by the <b>Thames River</b> with Greenwich, Deptford, and finally upriver- London. Other insets are included for:
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<ul style="list-style-type: circle;">
<li>Isle of Wight and Portsmouth</li>
<li>Plimouth Sound [Plymouth]</li>
<li>Portland Bill</li>
<li>Road and Harbour of Dartmouth</li>
<li>Falmouth Harbour</li>
</ul>
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An attractive eighteenth-century engraved nautical chart, with an authentic sea-worn appearance, printed ca. 1750.
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From Captain Greenville or Greenvile Collins "Great Britain's Coasting Pilot: being a new and exact survey of the sea-coast of England and Scotland from the river of Thames to the westward and northward ...".
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| 825 |  | Details | Collins, Greenvile | 1750 |
| Antique nautical chart of the Orkney Islands |
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Collins, Greenvile |
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| 1750 |
| LOC:57 |
| $550.00 | Collins--Greenvile | Antique-nautical-chart-of-the-Orkney-Islands | Antique sea chart of the North Sea, the Orkney Islands, Wide Firth, Hoy Sound and Deer Sound. The islands shown on this scarce, old British chart include parts of the Mainland ("Pomona"), Shapinsay, Gairsay, Wyre, Egilsay, and Rousay. With 5 coastal elevation views including: Copinsha to Mulhead; Faire Isle; the Maiden Papps of of Carness; Dunkins Bay Head.
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Title cartouche on this decorative chart of the Orkneys is held up by a pair of fierce sea eagles clutching a rag between their beaks. <div class="indenttextblock">Sea eagles have a long history in Orkney. The Bronze Age burial tomb at Isbister, South Ronaldsay (the ‘Tomb of the Eagles’) famously contains their bones, while a Pictish symbol stone found at the Knowe of Burrian, Harray, features a beautifully carved bird.
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Sea eagles became extinct across the UK in the early 19th century due to combination of widespread habitat loss and human persecution, with the last bird shot in Shetland in 1918. (<b>Sea Eagles Nest in Orkney after 142-year Absence</b>". Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. <a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/placestovisit/orkney/b/orkney-blog/archive/2015/04/16/sea-eagles-nest-in-orkney-after-142-year-absence.aspx">Internet.</a> June 19, 2015)</div>
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Date in the title cartouche was largely erased from the copper engraving plate but remains faintly visible as 1688. This sheet is probably a later edition (estimated 1750), explaining the erasure. From one of the many editions of Greenville Collin's 'Great Britain's Coasting Pilot', published from 1693 to 1792. |
| 116 |  | Details | Collins, Greenvile | 1750 |
| How the Several Lands Show at Sea |
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Collins, Greenvile |
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| 1750 |
| LOC:0 |
| $135.00 | Collins--Greenvile | How-the-Several-Lands-Show-at-Sea | Antique nautical profile views of English coast including Beachy Head, Portland, Isle of Wight, Dartmouth, and Milford. This scarce nautical engraving accompanied other nautical charts from one of the many editions of Great Britain's Coasting Pilot by Greenville Collins. |
| 262 |  | Details | Mackenzie, Murdoch (Senior) | 1750 |
| Survey of the Orkney and Lewis Islands. (Atlas of 8 folio plates) |
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Mackenzie, Murdoch (Senior) |
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| 1750 |
| LOC:0 |
| $5,655.00 | Mackenzie--Murdoch-(Senior) | Survey-of-the-Orkney-and-Lewis-Islands--(Atlas-of-8-folio-plates) | This important, intact, and scarce folio-sized antique atlas of 8 plates is a landmark in cartography by Orkney native Murdoch Mackenzie Senior (1712 - 1797). This antique nautical atlas of the Orkney Islands, published in 1750 is Mackenzie's first published work and is considered to be the most accurate survey in Britain up to the mid 18th century. </br> </br>
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In 1962 A.G.W. Robinson wrote about the unique characteristics of Mackenzie's first charts: "Some of the conventions he adopted, for example showing bottom deposits by a letter under the relevant sounding, are still in use on present day charts."
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Contents include Title Page, Subscriber list, A 14 page History of the Orkneys, 8 charts of the Orkneys, Pomona, and the Lewis.
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Reference: Robinson, A.H.W. 'Marine Cartography in Britain'. Leicester University Press. 1962. pp. 60-70. |
| 3631 |  | Details | Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' | 1751 |
| Mid eighteenth-century French map of the Province of Quito |
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Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' |
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| 1751 |
| LOC:88 |
| $350.00 | Anville--Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon-d- | Mid-eighteenth-century-French-map-of-the-Province-of-Quito | Fine example of the single sheet version of Pedro Vicente Maldonado's map of the Province of Quito, one of the most important regional maps of South America published in the 18th Century. Includes the triangular network of survey lines la Condamine utilized in his survey.
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The map is a reduced version of Maldonado's 4 sheet map published in Paris in 1750. This single sheet version was incorporated in La Condamine's authoritative account of the Spanish-French Geodesic Mission to the area, often referred to as the "la Condamine expedition".
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This map was drawn by Jean-Baptiste Bourguinon d'Anville, one of the most celebrated French cartographers, and engraved by Guillaume Delahaye. This map was commissioned by Mr. de la Condamine to be included in his Journal du voyage fait par ordre du roi à l'équateur, servant d'introduction historique à la 'Mesure des trois premiers degrés du méridien', which was published in Paris by l'Imprimerie Royale in 1751.
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Focused on what is today Ecuador, the map extends from Jaen on the Rio Maranon in what is now northern Peru, all the way northwards to Popayan (Colombia), and runs from the Pacific coast over the Andes to include the upper reaches of the Amazon Basin. Includes important cities such as Quito, Guayaquil, Cuenca, Popayan and Esmereldas. This vast area was one of the most challenging in the world to map, as it included thousands of square miles of coastal plains, volcanic peaks, and swamps. |
| 4694 |  | Details | Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' | 1752 |
| Carte De La Louisiane |
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Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' |
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| 1752 |
| LOC:53 |
| $1,250.00 | Anville--Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon-d- | Carte-De-La-Louisiane | Large, scarce antique map by d'Anville of the lower Mississippi, the Arkansas, the Red, the Osage, and lower Missouri rivers as well as much of the coast bordering on the Gulf of Mexico. States included in this copperplate-engraved French antique map are Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
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Large inset map of the Mississippi River system including the Illinois and Missouri Rivers with several French forts. Identifies locations of numerous native American Indian settlements including the Metchigamias, Caskakias, Osage, Kansez, Tapouchas, Chacchoumas, and Petits Akansas. The town of St. Louis, Missouri, not founded until 1763, is not shown but two references to the Cahokia Indians including an "Ancien Village des Caho." are identified.
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This two-sheet map is sometimes found in separate sheets but here both sheets are joined together resulting in a large 37" wide image.
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Points of interest include New Orleans, Pascagoula, Mobile, and Pensacola Bay (Baye de Ste. Marie de Galbes), and St. Josephs Bay. |
| 1109 |  | Details | Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' | 1752 |
| Partie Superieur de la Louisiane |
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Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' |
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| 1752 |
| LOC:10 |
| $315.00 | Anville--Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon-d- | Partie-Superieur-de-la-Louisiane | The east-most sheet of d'Anville's two-sheet map of the Texas, Louisiana, and Florida Gulf Coast. This sheet would have been joined to the western sheet to provide a complete map- "Carte de la Louisiane".
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Coverage on this sheet extends from the Perdido River past Pensacola, Pensacola Bay ( Baye de St, Marie de Galbes ) Santa Rosa ( Sainte-Rose ) Island, St. Andrew Bay ( Baye de St. Andre ) and terminates just past Cape San Blas ( Cabo Escondido ) at the Appalachicola River. Includes part of the Alabama River ( Rio des Alibamons ) with Fort Toulouse (North of Montgomery, Alabama).
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Large inset map of the Mississippi River system including the Illinois and Missouri Rivers with several french forts. Identifies locations of numerous native American Indian settlements including the Metchigamias, Caskakias, Osage, Kansez, Tapouchas, Chacchoumas, and Petits Akansas. The town of St. Louis, Missouri, not founded until 1763, is not shown but two references to the Cahokia Indians including an "Ancien Village des Caho." are identified. |
| 3634 |  | Details | Buache, Philippe | 1753 |
| Antique maps of the Seine River |
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Buache, Philippe |
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| 1753 |
| LOC:77 |
| $325.00 | Buache--Philippe | Antique-maps-of-the-Seine-River | Two informative mid eighteenth-century maps of the Seine River on one sheet. The smaller-scale main map covers the Seine's course from Paris, past numerous tributaries, past Pistres (modern Pîtres), to Pont de l'Arche. The bridge at Pont de l'Arche was erected in the 9th century by Charles the Bald who believed that a fortified bridge in that location would prevent Viking longships from sailing upriver.
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A larger inset map at larger scale shows the river flowing from Pistres, with a "Palais Royal" to Rouen with greater detail given to the topography and to depictions of the many islands inhabiting the river. Of particular interest is L'île aux Boeufs (then Isle de Oissel).
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Verso is blank. From Memoire de l'Academy Vol 20. Page 109. By Philippe Buache, Member of the Academy of Sciences and "Premier Geographe du Roi".<br> |
| 1086 |  | Details | van Keulen, Johannes | 1753 |
| Scarce Dutch Chart of Tuticorin, India |
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van Keulen, Johannes |
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| 1753 |
| LOC:6 |
| $350.00 | van-Keulen--Johannes | Scarce-Dutch-Chart-of-Tuticorin--India | Scarce Dutch Chart of Tuticorin, India on the Gulf of Mannar, India by Johannes van Keulen from 1753. |
| 1065 |  | Details | van Keulen, Johannes | 1753 |
| Scarce Dutch Chart of Kayalpatnam, India |
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van Keulen, Johannes |
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| 1753 |
| LOC:6 |
| $350.00 | van-Keulen--Johannes | Scarce-Dutch-Chart-of-Kayalpatnam--India | Scarce antique "secret" coastal chart of "Cayl" ( Kayalpatnam ) on the Gulf of Mannar, near the southern end of the Coromandel Coast (Tamil Nadu) that had long been prosperous from maritime trade and pearl fishing. The area was conquered by the Portuguese in 1548, and taken over by the VOC in 1658. Prior to that time Kayal is referred to in Marco Polo's travel diaries dating to 1250 AD. Kayal was an important trading port dating to the 1st century A.D.
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The chart identifies Dutch settlements / churches in the area of <b>Kayalpatnam</b>: Warande Patnam, Ould Cayl, Tolhuys, and Groote Kerk van Pt. Cayl, several topped by the Dutch flag. Insert elevation view facing west of the coast line. The seas feature detailed nautical information, including bathymetric soundings and the locations of sandbars and other navigation hazards.
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From the sixth part of van Keuelen's "<b>de Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-Fakkel</b>" based on secret charts of the <b>Dutch East India Company</b> (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or <b>VOC</b>). Prior to the mid-18th century these charts were only disseminated in manuscript to safeguard what the VOC considerd to be proprietary trade secrets. The Dutch East India Company was the dominant trade force in Asia for nearly 200 years.
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Bears the attribution at bottom: "In't ligt gebragt door Joannes van Keulen". |
| 1085 |  | Details | van Keulen, Johannes | 1753 |
| Scarce Dutch Chart of Phan Rang Bay, Vietnam |
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van Keulen, Johannes |
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| 1753 |
| LOC:6 |
| $350.00 | van-Keulen--Johannes | Scarce-Dutch-Chart-of-Phan-Rang-Bay--Vietnam | Scarce "secret" coastal chart of the Bay of Padaran ( vinh Phan Rang ) on the East Sea, north of Cape Padaran and just south of Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam. Near the center of the chart a river, today's "Song Cai Phan Rang", empties into the bay. Located on the bay today is the city of Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm, also called Panduranga. Oriented with west at the top.
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Keulen provides very little interior detail around this Vietnamese bay other than a few palm trees and some low mountains. The seas feature detailed hydrographic data, including depth soundings and the locations of sandbars and other navigation hazards. Two suggested anchorages are noted for VOC vessels, each for a specific wind direction: "Noorder Mouson" and "Zuyder Mouson".
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From the sixth part of van Keulen's "<b>de Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-Fakkel</b>" based on secret charts of the <b>Dutch East India Company</b> (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or <b>VOC</b>). Prior to the mid-18th century these charts were only disseminated in manuscript to safeguard what the VOC considered to be proprietary trade secrets. The Dutch East India Company was the dominant trade force in Asia for nearly 200 years.
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Bears the attribution at bottom: "By Joannes van Keulen". |
| 1415 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1753 |
| Antique Colonial-era Plan of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1753 |
| LOC:3 |
| $600.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Antique-Colonial-era-Plan-of-the-French-Quarter-in-New-Orleans--Louisiana | Antique French plan of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana ("la Nouvelle Orleans") from the period of French colonization ca. 1753. This antique city plan of New Orleans by Nicolas Bellin was based on a manuscript map created by Pauger approximately 15 years after the city was founded on the east bank of the Mississippi river.
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Bellin's plan shows the city laid out with French Quarter streets most residents would recognize today including Bienville, Bourbon, Chartres, Royale and at the center of the plan- Jackson Square. Note the spelling of the Mississippi River below the town with one "P" as "Fleuve Mississipi".
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On this old uncolored, copper-plate engraved map nineteen key points within the city are keyed to a legend on the map just below the title. These important locations within early New Orleans include:
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<ul style="list-style-type: circle;">
<li>Prisons</li>
<li>Place d'Armes (today's Jackson Square)</li>
<li> l'Eglise Paroissiale (parish church)</li>
<li>Poudriere (powder magazine)</li>
<li>Magasins du Roi (Royal stores)</li>
<li>Nouvelle Maison du Urselines (or new home for the Ursuline nuns, an important force in early New Orleans)</li>
<li>Forges du Roi (the King's forge or metalworking shop)</li>
<li>Moulin a vent et a Cheval (a mill operated by the wind and horse )</li>
</ul>
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The plan is based on a design initially created by military engineers Adrien de Pauger and Le Blond de la Tour in 1722. That plan envisoned a street grid extending six blocks northward from the Mississippi River, a plan that was likely scaled back in 1729 as a result of the Natchez Indian massacre of settlers at Fort Rosalie near Natchez Mississippi. At that point security became paramount, reflected in some of the other features found in Bellin's plan: guardhouses, a powder magazine, and a single bridge controlling access across the moat to the city. Plate number 19. |
| 1193 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1753 |
| Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans (3) |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1753 |
| LOC:3 |
| $700.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Plan-de-la-Nouvelle-Orleans-(3) | Antique French plan of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana ("la Nouvelle Orleans") from the period of French colonization ca. 1753. This antique city plan of New Orleans was based on a manuscript map created approximately 25 years after the city was founded on the east bank of the Mississippi river. This neat hand-colored, copper-plate engraved map shows the city laid out with French Quarter streets most residents would recognize today including Bienville, Bourbon, Chartres, Royale and at the center of the plan- Jackson Square. Note the spelling of Mississippi below the town with one "P" as "Fleuve Mississipi".
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Nineteen key points within the city are keyed to a legend on the map just below the title. These key points within early New Orleans include:
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<ul style="list-style-type: circle;">
<li>Prisons</li>
<li>Place d'Armes (today's Jackson Square)</li>
<li> l'Eglise Paroissiale (parish church)</li>
<li>Poudriere (powder magazine)</li>
<li>Magasins du Roi (Royal stores)</li>
<li>Nouvelle Maison du Urselines (or new home for the Ursuline nuns, an important force in early New Orleans)</li>
<li>Forges du Roi (the King's forge or metalworking shop)</li>
<li>Moulin a vent et a Cheval (a mill operated by the wind and horse )</li>
</ul>
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Interestingly, what appears to be a defensive wall around the city is labeled "fosse' plein d'eau". Fosse' is French for "canal". Therefore, even at this relatively early point in its history New Orleans, Louisiana had a canal originating in the vicinity of today's Canal Street. An opening for a gate labeled "St. Jean" would have allowed access to a road leading to Bayou St. John, then an important route to points East. Plate number 19. |
| 2533 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1753 |
| Antique Map of Sri Lanka |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1753 |
| LOC:6 |
| $350.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Antique-Map-of-Sri-Lanka | A fine antique map Sri Lanka (Ceylon or Ceylan), an island country in South Asia, located to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea. Sri Lanka is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Historically, Sri Lanka's geographic location and deep harbours made it of great strategic importance from the time of the ancient Silk Road through to the modern Maritime Silk Road.
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Published in a French edition of L'Abbe Prevost's "Histoire Générale des Voyages", less than twenty years before Captain Cook's famous voyage. |
| 1295 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1753 |
| Antique South Pacific map with oddly-shaped Australia |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1753 |
| LOC:6 |
| $600.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Antique-South-Pacific-map-with-oddly-shaped-Australia | Fine 18th-century antique French map of the South Pacific showing recent discoveries as of mid century: Australia's posited eastern coastline is virtually featureless, running from New Guinea to Tasmania without a break. Only a small section of the western coast New Zealand is marked, the rest unknown. The Americas are shown from Baja California through Central America and the western coastline of South America including the Straits of Magellan and Cape Horn.
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Published in a French edition of L'Abbe Prevost's "Histoire Générale des Voyages", less than twenty years before Captain Cook's famous voyage. |
| 1173 |  | Details | Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' | 1753 |
| Antique Chart of The Coromandel Coast of India |
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Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' |
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| 1753 |
| LOC:0 |
| $300.00 | Anville--Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon-d- | Antique-Chart-of-The-Coromandel-Coast-of-India | Fine large antique French sea chart of India's Coromandel coast, the southeastern coastal region of the Indian Subcontinent, between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal of the Indian Ocean. |
| 1087 |  | Details | van Keulen, Johannes | 1753 |
| Scarce Dutch Chart of Cosmoledo Atoll, Seychelles |
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van Keulen, Johannes |
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| 1753 |
| LOC:6 |
| $275.00 | van-Keulen--Johannes | Scarce-Dutch-Chart-of--Cosmoledo-Atoll--Seychelles | Rare antique "secret" chart of the raised coral atoll of <b>Cosmoledo</b> of the Aldabra Group, belonging to the Outer Islands of the Seychelles. The name Cosmoledo is said to honor a Portuguese navigator, who was part of Juan de Nova's crew. De Nova was a Galician explorer of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the service of Portugal. He is credited as the discoverer of Ascension and Saint Helena islands.
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The chart is very sparse showing only a thin circle of land ringing the atoll with five palm trees and a related few notes. No soundings .
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From the sixth part of van Keuelen's "<b>de Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-Fakkel</b>" based on secret charts of the <b>Dutch East India Company</b> (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or <b>VOC</b>). Prior to the mid-18th century these charts were only disseminated in manuscript to safeguard what the VOC considered to be its proprietary trade secrets. The Dutch East India Company was the dominant trade force in Asia for nearly 200 years.
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Bears the attribution at bottom: "In't ligt gebragt door Joannes van Keulen". |
| 5135 |  | Details | Prevost, Antoine-Francois | 1753 |
| Histoire générale des voyages tome onzième v 11 |
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Prevost, Antoine-Francois |
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| 1753 |
| LOC:2001 |
| $1,750.00 | Prevost--Antoine-Francois | Histoire-générale-des-voyages-tome-onzième-v-11 | Volume 11 of Prevost's history of voyages to the south sea. Contains accounts of the explorations of Narborough, Wood, Anson, Dampier, Carieri and others. Plates of unusual animals and six plates of botannicals with copper-engraved maps as below. <b>Includes two very desirable, foundational maps of Australia</b> with the continent shown attached to Tasmania:
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<li>"Carte reduite des Terres Australes pour servir …" by Nicolas Bellin. 1753. (11" x 8"). Very good.</li>
<li>"Carte reduite de la Mer du Sud pour servir ..." by Nicolas Bellin. 1753. (14" x 8"). Good. </li>
</ul>
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French text. Volume 11- tome onzième. Second Partie. "Histoire Generale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par Terre, qui ont ete publiees jusqu'a present dans les differentes langues de toutes les nations connue …". Published by Didot from Paris in 1753.
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Contents include but are not limited to these plates:
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<li>Carte reduite de la partie la plus meridionale de l'Amerique No. 1</li>
<li>Carte reduite du Detroit de Magellan No. 2</li>
<li>Carte de l'Isle de Caienne No. 3</li>
<li>La Ville de Cayenne No. 4</li>
<li>Carte du Detroit de le Maire No. 5</li>
<li>Carte particuliere de l'Isle de Juan Fernandez No. 6</li>
<li>Coste du Nord Est de l'Isle de Juan Fernandez No. 7</li>
<li><b>Carte reduite des Terres Australes No. 8</b></li>
<li><b>Carte reduite de la Mer du Sud No. 9</b></li>
<li><b>Representation du cours ordinaires des vents … Mer du Sud</b> No. 10</li>
<li>Vue de la Place de Juan Fernandez No. 13</li>
<li>Batiment leger des Isles de Larrons No. 14</li>
</ul>
</div> |
| 864 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1753 |
| Carte Reduite de l'Ocean Meridional |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1753 |
| LOC:51 |
| $555.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Carte-Reduite-de-l-Ocean-Meridional | Antique French nautical chart of the southern Atlantic Ocean with most of the South American continent and southwest Africa. Features the full extent of the Amazon River, likely based on the exploration by French explorer Charles Marie de La Condamine. Condamine led the first scientific exploration of the Amazon River in 1743, publishing his results with a map of the Amazon in the memoirs of the French Académie des Sciences in 1745. Large decorative title cartouche dedicates the chart to M. Rouille, Minister and Sceretary of State to the French Department de Marine.
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The Falkland Islands, off the east coast of Patagonia, are described as "Isle Nouvelles". In this chart East and West Falkland Islands are conjoined and the far west coastline is not defined. This reflects the fact that the island group was not discovered until 1690 and the town of Port Louis was not settled until Louis de Bougainville established it as the first French settlement on the island in 1764.
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Published by Bellin with the title of "Ingeneur de la Marine" from Paris at "Rue de Doyenne pre la Rue St. Thomas du Louvre". At that time although Bellin had a relationship with the French Depot de la Marine he also published charts privately under his own name. |
| 1396 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1754 |
| Caribbean Antique Map with Hispaniola (Hayti), Porto Rico, Jamaica |
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| 1754 |
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| $285.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Caribbean-Antique-Map-with-Hispaniola-(Hayti)--Porto-Rico--Jamaica | Matted and framed.
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Original mid 18th-century French map of Caribbean islands centered on the island of Hispaniola with Haiti and Santo Domingo by Nicolas Bellin. The island of Hayti ( Haiti ) is shown divided into the five pre-Columbian cacicazgos, or Taino kingdoms. Puerto Rico is named I. Boriquen or S. Jean Baptiste. Nearly all of Jamaica is shown, as well as the eastern half of Cuba, the Turks and Caicos islands, and the Bahamas as far north as Cat Island.
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Size with frame 18" x 15".
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Published in a French edition of L'Abbe Prevost's "Histoire Générale des Voyages". Tome 12, No. 1. |
| 1402 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1754 |
| Antique Pre-Columbian Plan of Mexico City |
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| 1754 |
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| $300.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Antique-Pre-Columbian-Plan-of-Mexico-City | Early French map of the Valley of Mexico and Mexico City. Shows Mexico City or Tenochtitlán, the island capital of the Aztec state, as it was when encountered by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés in 1521. In the copper-plate engraved image Tenochtitlán is located near the southwest end of the "Lac de Mexico" or Lake Texcoco. Tenochtitlán was connected to the Valley of Mexico via several causeways. Includes the larger cities of Pachuca, Tezcuco, Chalco. No mention of Teotihuacan. By French cartographer Nicolas Bellin.
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Framed and matted meaures 12" W x 14" H.
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Tenochtitlan was largely destroyed by Cortés after a siege in 1521, and modern-day Mexico City now lies over much of its remains.
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Published in a French edition of L'Abbe Prevost's "Histoire Générale des Voyages". Tome 12, No. 10. |
| 5213 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1754 |
| Antique plan of Mexico City with Lake Texcoco Cortez Moctezuma |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1754 |
| LOC:77 |
| $250.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Antique-plan-of-Mexico-City-with-Lake-Texcoco-Cortez-Moctezuma | Original engraved French map of the Valley of Mexico and Mexico City as it was when encountered by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés in 1521. Shows Mexico City or Tenochtitlán, the island capital of the Aztec state. In this copper-plate engraved image Tenochtitlán is located near the southwest end of the "Lac de Mexico" or Lake Texcoco. Tenochtitlán was connected to the Valley of Mexico via several causeways. Includes the larger cities of Pachuca, Tezcuco, Chalco. Tenochtitlan was largely destroyed by Cortés after a siege in 1521, and modern-day Mexico City now lies over much of its remains.
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By Jacques Bellin. Published in a French edition of L'Abbe Prevost's "Histoire Générale des Voyages". Tome 2 No. 5. |
| 1401 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1754 |
| Antique plan of Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1754 |
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| $200.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Antique-plan-of-Buenos-Aires--Argentina | Early French map or plan of Buenos Aires, Argentina along the western shore of the estuary of the Plate River (Rio de la Plata) in South America. By important French cartographer Nicolas Bellin. North is oriented to the upper left. Named features on this early colonial-period map include:
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<li>Maison de Ville</li>
<li>Le Fort containing the governor's lodgings, the chapel, and guard's quarters.</li>
<li>Convent de la Merci</li>
<li>l'Hopital</li>
<li>Convent de S. Domingue</li>
<li>Maison des Jesuites</li>
<li>Maison de l'Eveque</li>
<li>Eglise de St. Jean hors de la Ville</li>
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Published in a French edition of L'Abbe Prevost's "Histoire Générale des Voyages". Tome 14, No. 2. |
| 3659 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1754 |
| Antique port plan of Acapulco, Mexico |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1754 |
| LOC:77 |
| $185.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Antique-port-plan-of-Acapulco--Mexico | J.N. Bellin's neat antique plan of the walled fort, port and harbor at Acapulco, Mexico. Includes a French-language key to fourteen principal locations on the plan including Fort San Diego with 100 pieces of cannon, four new bastions lining the bay, and on the south side of the bay- two trees where the Manilla Galleon attaches a cable (rope) for mooring.
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North is oriented to the left. Page 195. |
| 3596 |  | Details | Popple, Henry | 1755 |
| A Map of the British Empire In America |
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| 1755 |
| LOC:53 |
| $4,200.00 | Popple--Henry | A-Map-of-the-British-Empire-In-America | Beautiful, original hand-colored example of the Covens and Mortier (Dutch) edition of Henry Popple's key map of North America. Made under the auspices of Britain's Lords Commisioners of Trade and Plantations.
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The index sheet or key map for Henry Popple's great 20-sheet map, the most important of its time. According to R.V. Tooley "This was the best and most detailed map issued up to this date [1733]." (Tooley, R.V. Maps and Map Makers. p 114.) Published from Amsterdam in 1741 by Covens and Mortier. An important endorsement by Sir Edmund Halley (famous for the eponymous comet) in the bottom right reads in part: <div class="indenttextblock">" I have see the abovementioned map which as far as I am judge seems to have been laid down with great accuracy and to show the position of the different provinces and islands in that part of the globe more truly than any yet extant." </div>
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In upper left and right hand corners of Popples key map are insets of Niagara Falls, Mexico City, Quebec and New York City. At right is a column of 18 plans of ports, harbors and islands including Boston, Cartagena, Charleston, Bermuda, New York, and Annapolis. The map is richly embellished with a title cartouche featuring Native Americans, monkeys, a crocodile and a scene of European traders. Numerous ships and sea battles are shown throughout the oceans that are hachured and arrows depict current directionality. Engraved by Johannes Condet.
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Popple's personal history is poorly known. McCorkle states <div class="indenttextblock">"… he came from a family whose members had served the Board of Trade and Plantations for three generations, a connection that must have been a factor in his undertaking the map, his only known cartographic work. As Popple had no training or experience as a mapmaker he used available manuscript and printed maps as his sources ... ".</div> |
| 1128 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1756 |
| Antique French Sea Chart of the Pacific Ocean with Australia |
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| 1756 |
| LOC:62 |
| $2,200.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Antique-French-Sea-Chart-of-the-Pacific-Ocean-with-Australia | Antique sea chart of the Pacific Ocean with a very decorative rococo cartouche. This old French nautical chart contains incomplete representations of Australia and New Zealand coastal regions, reflecting the lack of knowledge that still existed at that time. 2nd. Ed. By J.N. Bellin. A later edition of this chart includes the Depot de la Marine engraved stamp at bottom left.
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Coverage spans the Pacific from east Asia to the east coast of the United States. The chart will display beautifully when framed. |
| 1073 |  | Details | Homann Heirs | 1756 |
| Plan of the town and port of Mahon on Minorca |
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Homann Heirs |
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| 1756 |
| LOC:58 |
| $1,050.00 | Homann-Heirs | Plan-of-the-town-and-port-of-Mahon-on-Minorca | Spectacular antique engraved port plan of the harbor, town, and defences of Mahon, the capital city of Menorca ( Minorca ) one of the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, belonging to Spain. This attractive chart shows great detail of the interior of the island with delineation of hills, roads, streams and individual fields. Printed on 2 separate sheets each measuring approximately 18" x 18".
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Britain captured and occupied Minorca beginning in 1708 until 1756 (year this chart was published) when France captured the island after the Siege of Fort St. Philip, led by the Duke de Richelieu, of France.
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Two charts on separate sheets, not joined. Insets: Plan of Fort St. Philippe; cross-section of Fort St. Philippe.
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Published in Nuremberg by Homann Heirs (also "Homannianis Heredibus" or "Homann Erben" or "Heritiers de Homann"), a company established after the death of German cartographer J.B. Homann to carry on the map publishing business of the firm he started in the early 1700's. The designation "Homann Heirs" appears on maps published by that successor firm from about 1730 to 1848. |
| 785 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1756 |
| Antique chart of Lisbon and Setubal, Portugal with the Tagus River |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1756 |
| LOC:57 |
| $1,600.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Antique-chart-of-Lisbon-and-Setubal--Portugal-with-the-Tagus-River | Beautiful, antique plan and chart of the Tagus River, Lisbon, Portugal and surrounding area. At the top the entire width of this scarce nautical chart contains a detailed panoramic profile view of Lisbon ( Lisbonne ) westward past Belem as it existed in the mid-eighteenth century with the core city surrounded by walls. Would make a fine gift for anyone with an interest in boating or other maritime activities in the area of Lisbon, Portugal.
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At that time the size of the city was much smaller than today- Belem ( Bourg de Belem ) and the Tower of Belém ( Tour de Belem ) are far outside the city walls. An inset plan below the decorative title cartouche shows detailed information about Lisbon and an explanatory legend. These important feature include : le Chateau; la Palais du Roy; the customs house- la Douane; and a major shipyard - Chantier pour la construction des Vaisseaux. Coverage includes several areas that are popular today with tourists including Sintra ( Cintra ), and Cascais, on the Atlantic coast near Cabo de la Roca.
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Numerous geographical and topographical features including: Setubal, Colares, Fort St. Antoine, Fort de St. Julien, Village de Passe d'Arc', the convent of Notre Dame de Bon Voyages, Sacaven, Port Brandan, Fort de Bougie, Romeira, Cap Spichel, Sezimbre, and Fort St. Philippe.
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With rhumb lines and an attractive compass rose with an adjustment for magnetic variation. As expected on a sea chart there are numerous soundings, anchorages, and hazards including several long reefs off the mouth of the Tagus River. Published by J.N. Bellin for France's Depot de La Marine. |
| 423 |  | Details | Le Rouge, George | 1757 |
| Title Page from Recueil des Cotes Maritimes de France |
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Le Rouge, George |
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| 1757 |
| LOC:0 |
| $150.00 | Le-Rouge--George | Title-Page-from-Recueil-des-Cotes-Maritimes-de-France | Title page from an atlas of the coasts of France, "Recueil des Cotes Maritimes de France", printed in 1757. The copperplate engraving shows a scene of ships navigating near a rocky coast inset into a decorative scroll-work cartouche decorated with implements of war. Dedicated to the Comte de Clermont.<BR> </BR>
<b>George Le Rouge<b> (1712-1790)was a German-born Paris-based engineer and surveyor who had a shop on the Rue des Grands Augustins. Le Rouge's tireless work for the King earned him the title <b>"Geographe du Roi". </b>
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Le Rouge's important works include his edition of the Franklin/ Timothy Folger chart of the Gulf Stream (after Franklin [1]) " and the Pilote américain septentrional (1778) which published Plan de Boston avec les Sondes et les Directions pour la Navigation : traduit de l'Anglais" and "Ocean Atlantique et Mers Adjacentes en quatre feuilles…"
[1] Mount and Page. London. 1768. |
| 81 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1757 |
| Isles Britanniques, Troisieme Feuille |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1757 |
| LOC:0 |
| $500.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Isles-Britanniques--Troisieme-Feuille | Impressive antique copperplate nautical chart of Scotland (Edinburgh), Firth of Forth, Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, Firth of Clyde, the Irish Sea and Northern Ireland (Londonderry) on very thick wove paper. Published by J.N. Bellin of the Depot de la Marine in 1757. The antique chart contains a large, decorative, dated title cartouche in upper right. Single vertical fold as issued. |
| 83 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1757 |
| Isles Britanniques, Second Feuille |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1757 |
| LOC:0 |
| $510.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Isles-Britanniques--Second-Feuille | Impressive, large antique copperplate-engraved nautical chart of Wales (Isle of Anglesey), Northern Britain (Isle of Man, Yarmouth) , Scotland, and Eastern Ireland (Belfast, Dublin) on very thick wove paper. Published by J.N. Bellin of the Depot de la Marine in 1757. Single vertical fold as issued. Heavy impression. (Second sheet also available). |
| 2562 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1758 |
| Antique French map of Spitsbergen, Norway |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1758 |
| LOC:88 |
| $270.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Antique-French-map-of-Spitsbergen--Norway | Fine 18th-century antique French map of Spits-berg (Spitsbergen), in today's Svalbard Islands - in northern Norway; the largest Norwegian island. One of the most northern regions to be discovered by Europeans, the place names seen here reflect the nationalities of those early travellers, English, Dutch, Scandinavian and French. Spitsbergen was first used as a whaling base in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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The first known sighting of Spitsbergen by a European was by Willem Barentsz, who came across it in 1596 while searching for the Northern Sea Route.
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Published in a French edition of L'Abbe Prevost's "Histoire Générale des Voyages", less than twenty years before Captain Cook's famous voyage. Page 192. Book 17. |
| 4875 |  | Details | Eyes, John | 1758 |
| River Calder between Sowerby and Halifax |
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Eyes, John |
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| 1758 |
| LOC:88 |
| $250.00 | Eyes--John | River-Calder-between-Sowerby-and-Halifax | Map of the course of the Calder River between Sowerby Bridge and Halifax Brooks mouth by John Eyes. January, 1758. Includes towns and hamlets of Mermaid and Norland Town.
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Now part of the Calder and Hebble Navigation suitable for vessels up to 14 feet in width.
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John Eyes was a Liverpool surveyor, active 1740-1758, well known for his work surveying the Dee estuary. Eyes' four charts of the Lancashire coast from 1738 are said to be the first charts to show Greenwich as the Prime Meridian. (Skempton, Alec ed. Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers, Vol 1. p.220)
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J. Evans sculpt. Liverpool. |
| 1391 |  | Details | Gentlemans Magazine | 1758 |
| Antique Map of Basque Roads Anchorage near Rochefort, France |
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Gentlemans Magazine |
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| 1758 |
| LOC:7 |
| $125.00 | Gentlemans-Magazine | Antique-Map-of-Basque-Roads-Anchorage-near-Rochefort--France | Neat antique map of Basque Road anchorage related to the failed 1757 British surprise attack of the port of Rochefort, France, along the Charente River. Locations shown include the Isle of Aix, Isle Madame, "Chatalilon" (Chatelaillon) , Fort de la Point, and Fort Lupin.
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With a profile view of Fort Fouras with its 17th century fortifications. Although the French were taken by surprise, a bombardment by the British on Fort Fouras was called off when the water off the Fort was discovered to be too shallow. Inset stern view of a Brtish triple-decked ship-of-the line was included to support the discussion in text about the water depth at Fort Fouras.
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This fine original copper-engraved map was take from Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, Vol 28. |
| 6630 |  | Details | Gentlemans Magazine | 1758 |
| Coast of Britany Between St. Malos and Cancale Bay Where the English Army Landed June 1758 |
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Gentlemans Magazine |
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| 1758 |
| LOC:0 |
| $250.00 | Gentlemans-Magazine | Coast-of-Britany-Between-St--Malos-and-Cancale-Bay-Where-the-English-Army-Landed-June-1758 | Coastal chart of Britany (Brittany) between the ports of St. Malo France and Cancale, centered on St. Malo. The chart was published in Gentlemen's Magazine June, 1758. St. Malo is said to have been the birthplace of Henri Michelot, French Galley Pilot and cartographer.
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Map with north at the right Verso is blank. |
| 165 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1759 |
| Carte de la Coste Occidentale d'Afrique |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1759 |
| LOC:6 |
| $110.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Carte-de-la-Coste-Occidentale-d-Afrique | Small chart of the African coast near the bay of Arguim (Arguin) from the Dutch version of Prevost's widely published history originally engraved by Bellin. This copperplate, engraved by J.V. Schley., shows the African coast with both French and Dutch place names. Highlights the island of Arguim which was the site of an important Portuguese trading post / slave fort from which as many as 1000 slaves may have been sold each year. |
| 1024 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1760 |
| 1760 Nautical Chart of Grenada in the Caribbean Sea |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1760 |
| LOC:68 |
| $975.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | 1760-Nautical-Chart-of-Grenada-in-the-Caribbean-Sea | Large antique French sea chart of the island of Grenada in the Carribbean Sea. Dated within the decorative title cartouche to 1760. Coverage includes several of the smaller islands and islets in the Grenadine's chain: Carriacou, Round Island (Isle Rond), l'Islet de la Tante, Islet de Levera, Islet de Mileu, Islet de Haut. By Jacques Bellin of the French Depot de la Marine.
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This edition of Bellin's chart of Grenada lacks the circular logo of the Depot de la Marine at bottom right, the "No. 82" at top right, and the price. Contains an attractive inset elevation view of the approach to the north end of the island showing le Grison, l'Islet Rond, Islet de la Tante, la Pointe Percee, and Cape David.
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Noted features of this large navigational chart include Cape David, Cape de la Grenade, Poine de la Grande Riviere, Pointe du Fort Jendy, Pointe des Salines, Piton (peak) de Levera, Sauteurs, the Bourg du Grand Marquis, Victoria, Gouyave, and the town of St. George ( Fort Royal ). Soundings and anchorages are shown for the vicinity of St. George's. |
| 672 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1760 |
| Antique French Chart of the Caribbean Island of Grenada |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1760 |
| LOC:51 |
| $675.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Antique-French-Chart-of-the-Caribbean-Island-of-Grenada | Striking, original antique French sea chart of the Island of Grenada in the Carribbean Sea. Possibly the last official French chart of the island as Britain wrested Grenada from France in 1762 during the Seven Years' War. By J.N. Bellin of the French Depot de la Marine.
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Coverage includes several of the smaller islands and islets in the Grenadine's chain: Carriacou, Round Island (Isle Rond), l'Islet de la Tante, Islet de Levera, Islet de Mileu, Islet de Haut. The chart is large and colorful and will display nicely.
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Noted features of this large navigational chart include Cape David, Cape de la Grenade, Poine de la Grande Riviere, Pointe du Fort Jendy, Pointe des Salines, Piton (peak) de Levera, Sauteurs, the Bourg du Grand Marquis, Victoria, Gouyave, and the town of St. George ( Fort Royal ). Soundings and anchorages are shown for the vicinity of St. George's.
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Inset profile view of the approach to the north end of the island showing le Grison, l'Islet Rond, Islet de la Tante, la Pointe Percee, and Cape David. With the circular logo of the French Depot de la Marine. Attributed to Bellin and dated to 1760 in a decorative title cartouche. Price: trente sols. No. 82. |
| 753 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1760 |
| Antique French sea chart of South America south of the Orinoco River |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1760 |
| LOC:67 |
| $475.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Antique-French-sea-chart-of-South-America-south-of-the-Orinoco-River | Original, 254 year-old antique working nautical chart of the east coast of South America including parts of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil. Coverage on this large French sea-chart includes a large area between the Orinoco (Grande Embouchure de l'Orenoque) and Amazon rivers that was once collectively known as "Guyane", a term derived from an indigenous word meaning "land of many waters". Named geographical features include Nouvelle Middelbourg, Fort de Nouvelle Zeeland, Cap de Nassau, Essequibo River, a settlement along the Essequibo labeled simply "le Bourg", Demerary River, Berbiche River, Port Nassau, Corentin River, Suriname River, Paramaribo and Nouvelle Amsterdam, Maurany River, Devils' Islands (Isles au Diable), Oyapoque River, Counany River, Cayenne, St. Paul Mission, Cap d'Orange, and Cap de Nord.
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Numerous depth soundings, anchorages, hazards, and offshore details are noted. Some interior detail including rudimetary roads, missions, and guardposts are shown in French Guiana.
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As denoted on the chart coverage area extends southward from Venezuela (Guyane Espagnole), Guyana and Suriname (Guyane Hollandoise) to French Guiana (Guyane Francoise) and Brazil (Guyane Portugaise). Inset at top right contains a elevation plan of the coast in the vicinity of Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana. Inset at bottom left contains profiles of headlands seen when approaching Cayenne and Cap d'Orange from the sea.
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By Nicolas Bellin in 1760, working for France's Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine. At this later stage of his career Bellin's extensive experience as a cartographer is evidenced by the attribution within the large decorative cartouche: "Par le S, Bellin Ingenieur de la Marine, Censeur Royal de l'Acedemie de Marine, et de la Societe Royal de Londres."
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With the circular anchor logo of the Depot de la Marine. |
| 530 |  | Details | Jefferys, Thomas | 1761 |
| Plan of the Isle of Aix |
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Jefferys, Thomas |
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| 1761 |
| LOC:4 |
| $185.00 | Jefferys--Thomas | Plan-of-the-Isle-of-Aix | Plan of the island of Aix, France, off the mouth of the Charente river on the west coast of France. Depicts the village, vineyards, and fort, gun batteries, and a shipwreck at the northern end of the island. The plan shows the island as it existed after it was captured by the British in 1757 during the Seven Year's War.
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This plate is one of 80 maps included in Jeffery's "A Description of the Maritime Parts of France…" first published in 1761. |
| 4758 |  | Details | Gibson, John | 1761 |
| A Plan of the City of Philadelphia, with the Country Adjacent |
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Gibson, John |
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| 1761 |
| LOC:0 |
| $295.00 | Gibson--John | A-Plan-of-the-City-of-Philadelphia--with-the-Country-Adjacent | Early plan of Philadelphia laid out on a grid between the Delaware River and the Schuylkill River. John Gibson engraved this fine original after Scull & Heap's smaller-scale plan of June, 1752 - "Plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia". Numerous homes are identified by name: Maddox, Plumsted, Pemberton, Rouse, Campbell and more. Shows the locations of two ferry's including Daniel Cooper's Ferry
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A fine gift for anyone with an interest in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania or early colonial history. Volume 5. Page 20.
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Gibson's plan though small, focuses on the city and omits the environs. Gibson has engraved the earliest affordable plan of Philadelphia pre-dating Bellin's work of 1764 by three years. Gibson's engraving clearly predates Faden's later revised edition (1771) of the Scull and Heap plan of Philadelphia. Scull and Heap show the city clearly with the Battery not yet demolished and lacking the numerous additional lots that Faden shows creeping outward near the Delaware River (see red circles).
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| 412 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1761 |
| Carte du Detroit de Gibraltar |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1761 |
| LOC:58 |
| $900.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Carte-du-Detroit-de-Gibraltar | Large, handsome 251 year-old working sea-chart of the Strait of Gibraltar and surrounding areas by J.N. Bellin of the French Depot de la Marine. This stunning chart from 1761 contains a large cartouche at right embellished with pikes, shields, drums, flags, and other implements of war. At left is a detailed inset plan of Gibraltar with a legend keyed to locations on the plan. Table at top contains tidal flow data. North oriented to the left .<BR> </BR>
Coverage in Spain includes Rota, Cadiz (Cadix), Cape Trafalgar, Tariffa, Algeciras, and Gibraltar. Coverage of the coast of Africa ("Barbarie") includes Arzille, Cape Spartel, Cape Malbare, Tangiers, Ceuta, and Tetouan. Numerous soundings, hazards and guard towers are noted. With stamp of Depot de la Marine "R.F." . Price: Trente sols. |
| 2484 |  | Details | Jefferys, Thomas | 1762 |
| Jefferys' scarce plan of the city of Cartagena, Colombia |
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Jefferys, Thomas |
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| 1762 |
| LOC:13 |
| $800.00 | Jefferys--Thomas | Jefferys--scarce-plan-of-the-city-of-Cartagena--Colombia | Scarce large-scale birds-eye plan of the city of Cartagena, Colombia (1762) by engraver Thomas Jefferys. Emphasis on the considerable defences of Cartagena with more than one dozen defensive bastions identified by name. Secondary fortified position is labeled "Xemani or the suburb." Shows Fort Saint Philip- St. Lazaro or Baraxas and the long road to Bosquilla. Plate 5 Page 13.
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After an apprenticeship to Emmanuel Bowen, Thomas Jefferys was one of the more prominent commercial cartographers in London during the middle of the eighteenth century. Although he was responsible for a wide variety of prints and for maps of much of the world, he is particularly remembered for his publication of many maps of North America.
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Upon George III's accession to the throne in 1760, Jefferys became "Geographer to the King", a title signifying the status of a favored tradesman, and a reputable publisher with a sufficiently large collection of maps to fill the King's personal needs. Later, bankruptcy forced Jefferys into a partnership with Robert Sayer, a successful publisher of a diverse range of materials. Sayer provided the capital to reprint many of Jefferys' existing plates and presumably took the larger share of the profits. <a href="http://www.oshermaps.org/special-map-exhibits/percy-map/jefferys-and-north-america" target="_blank">(Online. Osher Map Library.)</a> |
| 575 |  | Details | Homann Heirs | 1762 |
| Antique chart of the Mediterranean featuring Sicily Sardinia Corsica Malta Gozo |
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| $650.00 | Homann-Heirs | Antique-chart-of-the-Mediterranean-featuring-Sicily-Sardinia-Corsica-Malta-Gozo | Decorative antique chart of the southern boot of Italy with the islands of <strong>Corsica</strong> ( Corse ) , <strong>Sardinia</strong> ( Sardegna or Sardegna ), <strong>Sicily</strong> ( Sicilia ), <strong>Malta</strong>, <strong>Gozo</strong> and much more to the Gulf of Tunis and northern coast of Africa (Barbaria). Based on the work of Rizzi Zannoni. Dated in the top title to 1762. A highly decorative title cartouche at bottom left of this antique map contains angels carrying state coats of arms above symbols of war including a warship firing a salvo from its starboard side.
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Published by the firm <strong>Homann Heirs</strong>. Homann Heirs (also "Homannianis Heredibus" or "Homann Erben" or "Heritiers de Homann") was a company established after the death of German cartographer J.B. Homann to carry on the map publishing business of the firm he started in the early 1700's. The designation "Homann Heirs" appears on maps published by that successor firm from about 1730 to 1848. |
| 1385 |  | Details | Jefferys, Thomas | 1762 |
| Antique British Plan of Puerto de Cavanas or Cabañas, Cuba |
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| $325.00 | Jefferys--Thomas | Antique-British-Plan-of-Puerto-de-Cavanas-or-Cabañas--Cuba | Antique hand-colored copperplate engraved harbor chart shows Puerto de Cabañas (Cavanas), Cuba in the Artemisa province on the Northwestern coast of Cuba, about 50 km west of Havana, Cuba. In addition to depth soundings Jefferys identifies only three features in his plan of Cabañas Bay: An "aguada" or watering place, Ysla Larga, and Punta Longa.
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The Bay of Cabañas was used as a haven for pirates to plunder Havana . In June, 1558 governor Diego de Mazariegos received news that pirate galleons had captured two Spanish caravels in a naval battle at the Bay of Cabañas. In 1586 the Spanish adopted measures for their defense against unfriendly nations and pirates. Those defensive measures stationed frigates and lookouts in the port of Cabañas in order to warn the town of Havana of impending attack.
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This scarce nautical chart / plan was published in 1762 by the prolific British engraver and publisher Thomas Jefferys (ca.1710-1771) in "A Description of the Spanish Islands and Settlements on the Coast of the West Indies, compiled from Authentic Memoirs, Revised by Gentlemen who have Resided Many Years in the Spanish Settlements".
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Scale in Miles. Plate 27. Page 90. |
| 5192 |  | Details | de Mornas, Buy | 1762 |
| Empire de Cyrus |
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| $325.00 | de-Mornas--Buy | Empire-de-Cyrus | Fine original antique engraved map of the empire of Cyrus the Great of Persia. "Empire de Cyrus", was taken from the <b>Atlas Historique et Géographique</b> by de Mornas. The map encompasses much of western Asia and the Middle East including Saudi Arabia and Iran. Very decorative border. |
| 5377 |  | Details | London Magazine | 1762 |
| Antique engraved Plan of the Straights of Bahama |
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| $325.00 | London-Magazine | Antique-engraved-Plan-of-the-Straights-of-Bahama | Original antique engraved map of the route taken by the British Fleet during their attack on the city of Havana, Cuba in 1762.
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The map depicts the fleet's passage through the Old Bahamas Channel, a risky route just north of Cuba, through a channel only 10 miles wide at some points. The route taken by the British reduced the amount of warning time afforded to the Spanish Fleet.
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Conducted during the Seven Years' War, the Siege of Havana was a successful British siege against Spanish-ruled Havana that lasted from March to August 1762.
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"A Plan of the Straights of Bahama, through which the Expedition Fleet was Conducted in the Year 1762 against the Havana". Engraved for the London Magazine. Published from London by Baldwin in January 1763. |
| 3650 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1762 |
| Antique French harbor chart of Havana, Cuba |
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| LOC:51 |
| $1,350.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Antique-French-harbor-chart-of-Havana--Cuba | Striking, original harbor chart and plan of the bay, town and forts of Havana, Cuba as they existed before 1762. Bellin identifies forty-five important locations in and around Havana and denotes their location on the plan alphabetically. Created by order of the Duc du Choiseul, French Minister of War.
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With three inset plans "Le Fort du Maure" (Morro Castle, or more correctly- Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro), Fort de la Pointe (Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta), and Le Vieux Chateau (Castillo de la Real Fuerza) with 22 pieces of cannon. In 1762, after the Siege of Havana, the British captured all of Havana including the forts. All were returned to Spain a year later under terms of the Treaty of Paris.
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This fine antique chart is from Nicolas Bellin, 1762, working for France's Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine.
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With the circular anchor logo of the Depot de la Marine. Price when issued dix huit (18) Sols. No. 69. |
| 3655 |  | Details | Jefferys, Thomas | 1762 |
| Antique plan of the Port de Baracoa, Cuba |
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Jefferys, Thomas |
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| $300.00 | Jefferys--Thomas | Antique-plan-of-the-Port-de-Baracoa--Cuba | A scarce antique copperplate-engraved chart of the Bay of Honey (Playa de Miel) and Port of Baracoa on Cuba's eastern tip. Baracoa is the oldest Spanish settlement in Cuba and was its first capital. The plan shows less than one dozen structures whereas in 2004, the municipality of Baracoa had a population of over eighty thousand.
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This scarce English chart was published in 1762 by the prolific British engraver and publisher Thomas Jefferys (ca.1710-1771) in "A Description of the Spanish Islands and Settlements on the Coast of the West Indies, compiled from Authentic Memoirs, Revised by Gentlemen who have Resided Many Years in the Spanish Settlements".
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Scale in sea leagues. At sea, a league is three nautical miles (3.45 miles). Plate 21. Page 84. |
| 263 |  | Details | Jefferys, Thomas | 1762 |
| Plan of la Vera Cruz from Spanish Draughts. |
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| $425.00 | Jefferys--Thomas | Plan-of-la-Vera-Cruz-from-Spanish-Draughts- | Antique copperplate engraved map / port plan of the fortified city of 'la Vera Cruz' and historically significant Fort San Juan de Ulúa in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Published in 1762 by the prolific British engraver and publisher Thomas Jefferys (ca.1710-1771) in "A Description of the Spanish Islands and Settlements on the Coast of the West Indies, compiled from Authentic Memoirs, Revised by Gentlemen who have Resided Many Years in the Spanish Settlements".<br></br>
It was on the island of San Juan de Ulúa that Spanish captain Juan de Grijalva first arrived in 1518, along with conquistador and author Bernal Díaz del Castillo ("The True History of the Conquest of New Spain"). That island was also the scene of a battle in 1569 between the Spanish Navy and a fleet led by John Hawkins that included Francis Drake. The treachery that the English perceived on the part of Spain at that battle helped to fuel antagonism between the two powers for many decades. <br></br>
In Vera Cruz several key points are identified including the powder magazine, a 'magazine of masts for the galleons', and numerous churches, chapels, and sites associated with religious orders of Jesuits, Dominicans, Augustines, and Franciscans.<br></br>
Plate 14. Page 64. Contains an 11 item legend. |
| 670 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1762 |
| Carte de la Baye de Gibraltar |
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| $550.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Carte-de-la-Baye-de-Gibraltar | Large, original, antique French sea chart of the Bay and Rock of Gibraltar from 1762. Noted features include the village and mountain of Gibraltar, Fort St. Philippe, Fort St. Roch, Pointe de Mala, Pointe de Roquadillo, the River Entrance Tower ( Tour d'Entre los Rios ), the Admiral's Tower ( Tour de le Amirante ) , Algeciras, Ance de Getare, and Cape Carnero. With numerous soundings, navigational hazards, and anchorages.
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Decorative title cartouche attributes the chart to: " le S. Bellin Ingenieur de la Marine Ceuseur Royal & a." |
| 685 |  | Details | Janvier, Robert (Jean) | 1762 |
| l'Asie Divisee en Ses Principaux Etats |
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| $350.00 | Janvier--Robert-(Jean) | l-Asie-Divisee-en-Ses-Principaux-Etats | An attractive, hand-colored antique map depicting the Asian continent from the Red Sea in the West to Java and the Moluccas in the South as far East as the Bering Strait. This old map covers Saudi Arabia, India, Iraq, Iran, the Caspian Sea, Black Sea, Japan, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Malaku Islands ( Isles Moluques ), Phillipine Islands, Korea ( Coree ), Japan and Kamchatka. In South East Asia, New Guinea ( Nouvelle Guinee ) is elongated with an indistinct outline of its coasts stretching off the map, hinting at a connection with Australia.
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Janvier further identifies the mythical 'Detroit du Nord ou d'Anian' off the easternmost point of the Asian Continent. Anian is generally considered to be an undiscovered land or strait in the extreme northwestern part of America. The earliest known reference to Anian is in the narratives of Marco Polo, who describes it as 'East of India'. In many early maps Anian appears as an imaginary proto-Bering Strait, the Strait of Anian, separating Asia from America as part of the Northwest Passage, which was hoped would shorten the passage to the riches of the orient. The concept of the Strait of Anian lingered on maps after the Bering Strait was explored by Vitus Bering in 1728, until the northwest coast of North America had been well mapped.
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Title cartouche at right suggests the rich and exotic destinations on the map through a depiction of rugs and other riches along with incense burning in a large censer topped with a crescent signifying Islamic origin.
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Published by Lattre as plate 24 in "Atlas moderne ou collection de cartes sur toutes les parties du globe terrestre ar plusieurs auteurs." Paris, 1762 with Royal Privilege. |
| 3657 |  | Details | Masi, Tommaso Gio. | 1763 |
| Plan of the walled city of Santo Domingo. |
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| $350.00 | Masi--Tommaso-Gio- | Plan-of-the-walled-city-of-Santo-Domingo- | Scarce engraved antique nautical plan (after Thomas Jefferys) of the walled town of Santo Domingo on the island of Hispaniola. With a legend explaining numerous important locations on the plan including Fort San Girolamo, the Cathedral, and the Palace of Christopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo). Includes the bar across the entrance to the Ozama River as well as suggested anchorages within the river. Details on roads surpasses what is typical for nautical plans of this era. Italian text.
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Originally published in the Gazzetiere Americano, from Livorno, Italy. Contains a few depth soundings and notations of the composition of the sea bottom, important to navigators who had to rely heavily on lead-line measurements for safe passage. Engraved by Giuseppe Pazzi and drawn by Viol. Vanni. |
| 5177 |  | Details | Masi, Tommaso Gio. | 1763 |
| Piano del Porto e degli Stabilimenti di Pensacola Uncolored |
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| 1763 |
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| $575.00 | Masi--Tommaso-Gio- | Piano-del-Porto-e-degli-Stabilimenti-di-Pensacola-Uncolored | Beautifully engraved antique plan of Pensacola, Florida and the surrounding bays and sounds created in 1763 when Pensacola was not much more than a tiny village. Coverage includes areas of present day Gulf Islands National Seashore, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach, Navarre, Navarre Beach, Blackwater Bay, Escambia Bay, Santa Rosa Sound and Santa Rosa Island.
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Two old forts are noted, Fort Santa Rosa, a long-destroyed log fort built by the Spanish on the western end of Santa Rosa Island near present day Fort Pickens, and Fort Santa Maria de Galres (Galves/Galve) , near present day Fort Barrancas. Other features noted that reflect Spanish/Italian place names are "Baia di Santa Maria de Galres" - Pensacola Bay; "Golfo dell Ostriche", now Escambia Bay; "Canale di Santa Rosa" or Santa Rosa Sound; "Fiume del Governatore" and "Fiume del Almirante" - the Yellow and Blackwater Rivers. Siguenca Point at the western tip of Santa Rosa Island is named after Dr. Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora, a member of a Spanish reconnaissance expedition in 1693 who was one of the first to map Pensacola Bay.
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Originally published in the Gazzetiere Americano, from Livorno, Italy. Contains many soundings and notations of the composition of the sea bottom, important to navigators who had to rely heavily on lead-line measurements for safe passage. Engraved by Giuseppe Pazzi and drawn by Viol. Vanni. |
| 642 |  | Details | Masi, Tommaso Gio. | 1763 |
| Piano della Citta e Porto di Sant Agostino |
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| 1763 |
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| $625.00 | Masi--Tommaso-Gio- | Piano-della-Citta-e-Porto-di-Sant-Agostino | Handsome, pre-revolutionary war (1763) Italian antique copperplate engraved plan of the old town and port of St. Augustine, Florida. Areas and features named on the plan include the Matanzas River, San Marco River, San Sebastian River, Anastasia Island, Castillo de San Marcos ( oldest fort in the U.S.) , and Fort Picolata, built by the Spaniards to protect a ferry landing.
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Nicely preserved specimen of one of the earliest available plans of Saint Augustine, the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the United States. St. Augustine is depicted with a neatly laid out network of perpendicular streets and surrounded by a high wall with several bastions. On the North and South ends and outside of the walled city are noted "Citta Indiana" or American Indian habitations. Numerous soundings and depictions of sandbanks and other hazards surround the entrance to the port.
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The landing place of General James Oglethorpe is identified at the left end of the coastline (Sbarco del Gen. Oglethorpe). The General landed at that spot with an English force in 1740 during the War of Jenkin's Ear.
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Orignally published in the Gazzetiere Americano, from Livorno, Italy. Engraved by Giusepe Pazzi and drawn by Viol. Vanni. |
| 1081 |  | Details | Coltellini, Marco | 1763 |
| Antique harbor chart and plan of Havana, Cuba |
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| 1763 |
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| $425.00 | Coltellini--Marco | Antique-harbor-chart-and-plan-of-Havana--Cuba | Antique chart from 1763 of the city and harbor of <b>Havana </b> on the island of Cuba. Two legends at far right in Italian are keyed to specific locations on the map including: the market; the Cathedral; churches; the powder magazine; defensive batteries and gun emplacements. Numerous soundings and shallow areas are identifed within the harbor. "Forte Moro" (<b>Morro Castle</b>) is clearly drawn opposite "Puntale" or San Salvador de la Punta Fortress, both guarding the entrance to the harbor.
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Created by Marco Coltellini, drawn by Gieuseppe Pazzi, and published in volume 2 of the 1763 edition of the magazine "Il gazzettiere Americano" |
| 1088 |  | Details | Coltellini, Marco | 1763 |
| Attractive antique map of the Isthmus of Panama |
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Coltellini, Marco |
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| 1763 |
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| $325.00 | Coltellini--Marco | Attractive-antique-map-of-the-Isthmus-of-Panama | Detailed and interesting antique (1763) engraved map of the Isthmus of Panama (Spanish: Istmo de Darien) showing interior detail and the Bay of Panama. Noted feautures include Portobelo ("Porto Bello"), Panama City, and Nuova Edinburg . New Edinburg was the site of the "Darien Scheme", a colony called "Caledonia" supported by the Kingdom of Scotland in the late 1690's. That unsuccessful colony was established by the Scottish Darien Company in an attempt to create a trading point between Europe and the Far East. The attempt was a disaster. When it failed the venture cost Scotland of an estimated quarter of its liquid assets and was an important factor in encouraging the country to the 1707 Act of Union which united the Kingdoms of Scotland and England.
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The Gulf of Darién is the southernmost region of the Caribbean Sea, located north and east of the border between Panama and Colombia. Within the gulf is the Gulf of Urabá, a small lip of sea extending southward, between Caribana Point and Cape Tiburón, Colombia, on the southern shores of which is the port city of Turbo, Colombia.
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Published from Livorno, Italy in 1763 in "Il Gazzettiere americano". |
| 1089 |  | Details | Coltellini, Marco | 1763 |
| Attractive antique plan of Chagres, Panama and Fort San Lorenzo |
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| $325.00 | Coltellini--Marco | Attractive-antique-plan-of-Chagres--Panama-and-Fort-San-Lorenzo | Finely engraved, antique (1763) port plan of Fort San Lorenzo and the town of Chagres, Panama on the north coast of Panama, now abandoned. Features include Chagres village, Castillo San Lorenzo, Forte della Punta, numerous depth soundings and a road labeled "Strado de Vento de Cruzes 56 miglia, e a Panama".
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Spain's early trail to Panama City, the Las Cruces Trail, was reliant on the Chagres River for much of its route. Spain established Chagres at the mouth of the Chagres River, in the 16th century as a port for the purpose of loading its Peruvian plunder for trans-shipment to Nombre de Dios or Portobello where it would be consolidated and shipped onward to Spain. To protect the port, the Spanish established a fort, San Lorenzo, on a cliff overlooking the harbor.
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Published from Livorno, Italy in 1763 in "Il Gazzettiere americano". |
| 4740 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1763 |
| Chart Western Hemisphere Petit Altas Maritime |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1763 |
| LOC:88 |
| $675.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Chart-Western-Hemisphere-Petit-Altas-Maritime | Fine authentic antique chart of the Western Hemisphere by Jacques Nicolas Bellin: "Carte de l'Amerique et des Mers Voisines."
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This scarce (12" x 18") copper-plate engraving is from Bellin's "Le Petit Atlas Maritime." Includes North America, South America, west Europe and Africa. Dated within to 1763. |
| 3640 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1763 |
| Scarce mid eighteenth-century antique map of the Mississippi River passes. |
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| 1763 |
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| $400.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Scarce-mid-eighteenth-century-antique-map-of-the-Mississippi-River-passes- | Very attractive early French maritime map shows the mouth of the "Fleuve St. Louis" or Mississippi River in Louisiana. Noted locations include Passe a la Loutre and Isle de la Fort de Balise.
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From J.N. Bellin's <b>Le Petit Atlas Maritime</b> . With soundings at the key passes into the Gulf of Mexico. Lacks latitude and longitude scales. North is oriented to the top left of map. Tome I, No. 38. |
| 502 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1763 |
| Plan de l'ile de Saint Pierre au Sud De Terre-Neuve |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1763 |
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| $550.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Plan-de-l-ile-de-Saint-Pierre-au-Sud-De-Terre-Neuve | Antique French sea chart of the island of Saint Pierre about 25 miles south of Newfoundland, in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean.. Lying just offshore of Saint Pierre are numerous smaller islands including Le Grand Colombier; Isle aux Chiens, Isle aux Pigeons, and the gruesomely named "Isle Massacre". The small village is referred to as "le Bourg".
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Several features on this chart suggest it was rushed into production. These features include numerous small rectangular areas where the engraving had been smoothed and then re-engraved with place names or descriptors, and at least one area where the chart was smoothed but then left blank. These new additions include "Teste de Galantry"; "Broussailles" ( Fr. Brush wood); and "Bois de Chaufage" (Fr. Heating wood).
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In the year this chart was published, 1763, under the terms of the Treaty of Paris, France ceded all its North American possessions, but Saint-Pierre and Miquelon were returned to France. Saint Pierre and Miquelon is today a self-governing overseas territory of France.
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Large decorative title cartouche at bottom left is adorned with garlands. Rhumb lines extend from a simple compass rose at right. At bottom right the anchor stamp of the Depot de la Marine and a later red hand-stamp of the "Military Depot" containing the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom: a shield and crown flanked by a lion and unicorn. |
| 1055 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1764 |
| Antique French Chart of the Persian Gulf Region |
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| 1764 |
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| $350.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Antique-French-Chart-of-the-Persian-Gulf-Region | Antique French maritime map of the <b>Persian Gulf</b> by the French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703−72). <b>Qatar</b> is shown as Catura. Cities on both the Arabian and Persian sides of the gulf are indicated, and the map shows a river emptying into the gulf at the port of Julfar (present-day Ra's al-Khaymah, United Arab Emirates). Key features include the islands of "Baharem" (Bahrain), "Ormus" (Hormuz), and "Kimishe" (Qeshm); and the city of Banderabashi (Bandar Abbas, Iran),
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From Bellin's "Le Petit Atlas Maritime: Recueil de Cartes et de Plans des Quatre Parties du Monde" (Small maritime atlas: collection of maps and charts of the four parts of the world), in five volumes containing 581 maps in total.
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Plate 8, Tome 3. |
| 2535 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1764 |
| Interesting antique plan of Cartagena Colombia |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1764 |
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| $250.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Interesting-antique-plan-of-Cartagena-Colombia | A very interesting plan of the walled city of Cartagena, Colombia in South America with North oriented to the bottom left. Cartagena was an important hub of the Spanish empire in South America. The plan includes a key at top that identifies the important public buildings, numerous churches, powder magazine, prison and fortifications. Unlike other maps and plans of the period this map provides little detail of the hydrographic nature of the surrounding bay.
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Cartagena, a major port, was founded in 1533, and named after Cartagena, Spain, which in turn was named after Carthage in Tunisia. Settlement in the region around Cartagena Bay by various indigenous peoples dates back to 4000 BC. During the Spanish colonial period Cartagena served a key role in administration and expansion of the Spanish empire.
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From J.N. Bellin's "Le Petit Atlas Maritime: Recueil de Cartes et de Plans des Quatre Parties du Monde" (Small maritime atlas: collection of maps and charts of the four parts of the world), in five volumes containing 581 maps in total. |
| 167 |  | Details | Roux, Joseph | 1764 |
| Rade de Marseille |
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| 1764 |
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| $110.00 | Roux--Joseph | Rade-de-Marseille | Antique chart engraving of the Bay of Marseille from the atlas of Mediterranean ports produced by Joseph Roux.<BR> </BR>
There were at least four small atlases of port and coastal charts that originated from Marseille hydrographers in the 18th century. Beginning in approximately 1727 these atlases included works by cartographers
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx"> Michelot and Bremond</a>,
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/Creator/Ayrouard--Jacques"> Jacques Ayrouard</a>,
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/Creator/Roux--Joseph"> Joseph Roux</a>
, and Jean Allezard. Comparison between Roux's chart of Marseille Bay and that of Michelot and Bremond shows that although Roux's coastal outline is slightly different than Michelot, the hydrographic soundings were lifted directly from Michelot's charts that were produced 40 years earlier. Plate 20. |
| 1305 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1764 |
| South American Continent |
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| 1764 |
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| $215.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | South-American-Continent | Fine copper-plate engraved map of South America ca. 1764. Noted features on this attractive, decorative map include the Amazon River, the Malvinas Islands (Falklands), Buenos Aires, Lake Titicaca, Lima, and the islands of Trinidad and Martinique. "Tierra Firme" is the name the Spanish used to denote their overseas possessions on the north coast of South America including present day Colombia.
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Published by Nicolas Bellin in his "Petit Atlas Maritime." Volume 2, Number 3. With both latitude and longitude markings. |
| 1152 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1764 |
| Plan du Fort et du Village du Bequier |
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| 1764 |
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| $180.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Plan-du-Fort-et-du-Village-du-Bequier | Shows the village and fort at Aboukir ("Bequier"), Egypt north of Alexandria on the North African coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Aboukir Bay was the site where British Admiral Horatio Nelson fought the naval <b>Battle of the Nile</b> on August 1, 1798 also referred to as the "Battle of Aboukir Bay". From Bellin's <b>Le Petit Atlas Maritime</b> . |
| 1153 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1764 |
| Plan des Ports et Ville d'Alexandrie |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1764 |
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| $250.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Plan-des-Ports-et-Ville-d-Alexandrie | This fine maritime chart / plan shows the ancient walled town of <b>Alexandria, Egypt</b> on the North African coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The plan includes both the old port and to the east, the new port.
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Includes a representation of <b>Pompey's Pillar</b>. The "Colonne de Pompee" is a 30-meter tall monolithic Roman triumphal column in Alexandria, Egypt, and the largest of its type constructed outside the imperial capitals of Rome and Constantinople. Numerous soundings, hazards, and anchorages attest to the nautical nature of this plan. From Bellin's <b>Le Petit Atlas Maritime</b> .
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Tome III No. 86. |
| 1154 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1764 |
| Antique chart of the Nile Delta north of Alexandria, Egypt |
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| 1764 |
| LOC:6 |
| $250.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Antique-chart-of-the-Nile-Delta-north-of-Alexandria--Egypt | Fine antique map of the waterways crisscrossing the Nile delta from Suez west past Alexandria, Egypt. Noted features include: "Lac Mareotis" (Lake Mariout or Maryut); the Isthmus of Suez and upper tip of the Gulf of Suez; "Rosette" (Rosetta, the location of the discovery of the archaeologically important rock stele known as the Rosetta Stone.)
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From Bellin's <b>Le Petit Atlas Maritime</b> .Tome III, No. 89. |
| 1158 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1764 |
| Antique engraved chart of the anchorage at Aboukir Bay |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1764 |
| LOC:6 |
| $265.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Antique-engraved-chart-of-the-anchorage-at-Aboukir-Bay | This colorful antique French chart shows the anchorage ("Mouillage des Vaisseaux") and waters near the "Fort du Bequier" and "Isle du Bequier" at Aboukir ("Bequier"), Egypt. Aboukir lies north of Alexandria on the Mediterranean Sea coast of North Africa.
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Aboukir Bay was the site where British Admiral Horatio Nelson fought the naval <b>Battle of the Nile</b> on August 1, 1798 also referred to as the "Battle of Aboukir Bay". Ironically, the French were badly defeated by the British at the battle in part because the British had better information about water depth in the area.
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From Bellin's <b>Le Petit Atlas Maritime</b> .
<br></br>Tome III, No 88. |
| 1358 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1764 |
| Antique mid-eighteenth century chart of the harbor of St. Augustine, Florida |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1764 |
| LOC:11 |
| $475.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Antique-mid-eighteenth-century-chart-of-the-harbor-of-St--Augustine--Florida | Fine small French navigation chart of the port and harbour of St. Augustine, Florida ca. 1764 from Bellin's "Petit Atlas Maritime". Anastasia Island, directly offshore the harbor is titled "Isle de Matance ou St. Anastasie". Shows the entrance to the harbor encircled by shallow sand-banks with a tower ("balise") serving as a navigational aid. Other features noted by Bellin include an "Eglise des Indiens" or church for native americans; the fort- Castillo de San Marcos; a monastery; the "Riviere Diego" now the Tolomato River; and "Riviere St. Sebastien"
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Tome I No 39. |
| 3642 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1764 |
| Neat French antique map of St. Augustine, Florida and harbor. |
|
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
|
| 1764 |
| LOC:87 |
| $400.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Neat-French-antique-map-of-St--Augustine--Florida-and-harbor- | Fine small French navigation chart of the port and harbour of St. Augustine, Florida ca. 1764 from Bellin's "Petit Atlas Maritime". Anastasia Island, directly offshore the harbor is titled "Isle de Matance ou St. Anastasie". Shows the entrance to the harbor encircled by shallow sand-banks with a tower ("balise") serving as a navigational aid. Other features noted by Bellin include an "Eglise des Indiens" or church for native americans; the fort- Castillo de San Marcos; a monastery; the "Riviere Diego" now the Tolomato River; and "Riviere St. Sebastien" .
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From J.N. Bellin's master work <b>Le Petit Atlas Maritime</b> . North is oriented to the top. Uncolored. Tome I, No. 39. |
| 3641 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1764 |
| Fine mid eighteenth-century antique map of the Georgia coast. |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1764 |
| LOC:77 |
| $450.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Fine-mid-eighteenth-century-antique-map-of-the-Georgia-coast- | This early French maritime map shows the coast of Georgia in the United States. Coverage ranges from Saint Helena Island in the north to past St. Augustine in the south and includes the road "chemin" linking the two locations. Our copper-plate engraved map includes Augusta, Savannah, Jekyll Island, Talbot Island, Sapelo and Saint Simon's Island in Georgia; and St. Augustine, Florida. Prominently features those rivers which would have been important travel routes to the interior: St. John's River, Altahama River, Ogeechee River and the Savannah River along with many smaller waterways.
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From J.N. Bellin's <b>Le Petit Atlas Maritime</b> . With latitude and longitude scales and a large decorative compass rose with rhumb lines. North is oriented to the top of map. Tome I, No. 38. |
| 626 |  | Details | Roux, Joseph | 1764 |
| Ibiza and Formentera Spain |
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Roux, Joseph |
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| 1764 |
| LOC:4 |
| $190.00 | Roux--Joseph | Ibiza-and-Formentera-Spain | Antique engraved nautical chart of the harbor and town of Yvice ( Ibiza ) on the island of Ibiza, Spain. Coverage includes nearby Formentera ( Fromentiere ) Island.
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This small original chart is from the atlas of Mediterranean ports produced by Joseph Roux - "Recueil des Principaux Plans des Ports et Rades de la Mer Méditerranée".<BR> </BR>
There were at least four small atlases of port and coastal charts that originated from Marseille hydrographers in the 18th century. Beginning in approximately 1727 these atlases included works by cartographers
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx"> Michelot and Bremond</a>,
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/Creator/Ayrouard--Jacques"> Jacques Ayrouard</a>,
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/Creator/Roux--Joseph"> Joseph Roux</a>
, and Jean Allezard.
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Comparison between Roux's chart and that of Michelot and Bremond shows that Roux copied Michelot's topography, anchorages, place names, and soundings directly from Michelot's chart that had been produced 40 years earlier. Plate 7. |
| 630 |  | Details | Roux, Joseph | 1764 |
| Plan of Valletta Malta by Joseph Roux |
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Roux, Joseph |
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| 1764 |
| LOC:4 |
| $385.00 | Roux--Joseph | Plan-of-Valletta-Malta-by-Joseph-Roux | Beautifully hand-colored mid 18th-century antique nautical chart and plan of Valetta, Malta ( Malthe ). Plate 75. <BR> </BR>
There were at least four small atlases of port and coastal charts that originated from Marseille hydrographers in the 18th century. Beginning in approximately 1727 these atlases included works by cartographers
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx"> Michelot and Bremond</a>,
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/Creator/Ayrouard--Jacques"> Jacques Ayrouard</a>,
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/Creator/Roux--Joseph"> Joseph Roux</a>
, and Jean Allezard. This small original chart is from the atlas of Mediterranean ports produced by Joseph Roux - "Recueil des Principaux Plans des Ports et Rades de la Mer Méditerranée". |
| 1462 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1764 |
| Plan of the Fortress and Town of Le Havre France |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1764 |
| LOC:7 |
| $220.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Plan-of-the-Fortress-and-Town-of-Le-Havre-France | Fine engineer's grade "Plan of the Fortress and Town of Le Havre France". Le Havre lies in France's Normandy region. Shows a Vauban-style fortress, adapted to defend against sustained attack by artillery. By J.N. Bellin 1764 from his Petit Atlas Maritime. Tome 5 No 32. |
| 729 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1764 |
| Plan du Chateau et Port de Marzalquivir |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1764 |
| LOC:4 |
| $150.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Plan-du-Chateau-et-Port-de-Marzalquivir | Antique port plan du Chateau et Port de Marzalquivir ( Algeria ) by J.N. Bellin in "Le Petit Atlas Maritime ". Tome 3 Number 76. |
| 628 |  | Details | Roux, Joseph | 1764 |
| Antique chart of Rhodes, Greece |
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Roux, Joseph |
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| 1764 |
| LOC:2 |
| $185.00 | Roux--Joseph | Antique-chart-of-Rhodes--Greece | Antique nautical chart of the town and harbor of Rhodes on the island of Rhodes, Greece in the Aegean sea, close to the coast of Turkey.
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Original copperplate-engraved chart coverage by Joseph Roux includes the walled village of Rhodes, Casa Cornuta, and Rhodes harbor. The harbor and lighthouse, are shown as flanked by two jetties, each supporting a half-dozen windmills, and terminating offshore with a small fort or bastion. Numerous soundings and anchorages would have assisted 18th century mariners in navigating that area. <BR> </BR>
There were at least four small atlases of port and coastal charts that originated from Marseille hydrographers in the 18th century. Beginning in approximately 1727 these atlases included works by cartographers
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx"> Michelot and Bremond</a>,
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/Creator/Ayrouard--Jacques"> Jacques Ayrouard</a>,
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/Creator/Roux--Joseph"> Joseph Roux</a>
, and Jean Allezard. This small original chart is from the atlas of Mediterranean ports produced by Joseph Roux - "Recueil des Principaux Plans des Ports et Rades de la Mer Méditerranée". Plate 127. |
| 627 |  | Details | Roux, Joseph | 1764 |
| Bay of Gibraltar and Algeciras |
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Roux, Joseph |
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| 1764 |
| LOC:4 |
| $200.00 | Roux--Joseph | Bay-of-Gibraltar-and-Algeciras | Attractive antique nautical chart by Joseph Roux of the environs around the Bay of Gibraltar in the southwest Mediterranean Sea.
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This small original copperplate-engraved chart covers from the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar in the east to the town of Algeciras in the west with plentiful soundings, sea hazards, and anchorages identified. Named features include numerous lookout towers, Rio Guadarranque ( Cuaranque ), Rio Palamones ( Riviere des Promones ), Fort St. Roch, Fort St. Philippe. Oriented with north to the left. <BR> </BR>
There were at least four small atlases of port and coastal charts that originated from Marseille hydrographers in the 18th century. Beginning in approximately 1727 these atlases included works by cartographers
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx"> Michelot and Bremond</a>,
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/Creator/Ayrouard--Jacques"> Jacques Ayrouard</a>,
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/Creator/Roux--Joseph"> Joseph Roux</a>
, and Jean Allezard. This small original chart is from the atlas of Mediterranean ports produced by Joseph Roux - "Recueil des Principaux Plans des Ports et Rades de la Mer Méditerranée". Plate 2. |
| 3675 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1764 |
| Antique chart of the harbor, town, and fort at Plymouth, England |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
|
| 1764 |
| LOC:7 |
| $295.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Antique--chart-of-the-harbor--town--and-fort-at-Plymouth--England | Fine mid eighteenth-century French navigation port plan and map of Plymouth, England. By Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. A key with seventeen items provides information on the precise location of important governmental, ecclesiastical, and commercial sites as well a provides the location of major gates or access-control locations. This is a larger-scale plan covering a smaller area than Bellin's related smaller-scale "Carte de la Port de Plimouth" of Plymouth Sound.
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From Bellin's <b>Petit Atlas Maritime.</b> Tome IV No 11. |
| 3676 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1764 |
| Antique chart of Plymouth Sound in England |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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| 1764 |
| LOC:7 |
| $295.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Antique-chart-of-Plymouth-Sound-in-England | Attractive small French navigation port plan and map of Plymouth Sound and the town of Plymouth, England. By Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. Numerous depth soundings, anchorages, shallow areas, and navigational hazards are noted throughout this fine antique chart.
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From Bellin's <b>Petit Atlas Maritime.</b> Tome IV, Number 10. |
| 198 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1764 |
| Le Port Marianne dans l'Isle de Cube. (Mariel, Cuba) |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
|
| 1764 |
| LOC:5 |
| $185.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Le-Port-Marianne-dans-l-Isle-de-Cube--(Mariel--Cuba) | Antique black and white large-scale chart of Mariel harbor in the La Habana province of Cuba. This scarce engraved harbor chart is from Jacque Nicholas Bellin's "La Petit Atlas Maritime". Port of Mariel on the island of Cuba is labeled "Marianne". Mariel is the closest Cuban port to the U.S. Numerous soundings and sparse interior detail, in fact no habitation noted. Very good condition. Tome 1 No. 53. |
| 997 |  | Details | Roux, Joseph | 1764 |
| Toulon, France harbor |
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Roux, Joseph |
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| 1764 |
| LOC:4 |
| $95.00 | Roux--Joseph | Toulon--France-harbor | Antique engraving of the French port of Toulon, France from the atlas of Mediterranean ports produced by Joseph Roux. The old nautical chart concentrates on the harbor around Toulon and its surrounding area, including forts St. Louis, Balaguie, Leguillette, and the larger Fort de la Marque.
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Published in Roux's : "Recueil des principaux plans des Ports et Rades de la Mer Mediterranee …" including 121 harbor plans.
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There were at least four small atlases of port and coastal charts that originated from Marseille hydrographers in the 18th century. Between approximately 1720 and 1760 these atlases included works by cartographers
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx"> Michelot and Bremond</a>,
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/Creator/Ayrouard--Jacques"> Jacques Ayrouard</a>,
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/Creator/Roux--Joseph"> Joseph Roux</a>
, and Jean Allezard.
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Plate 23 |
| 2521 |  | Details | Tirion, Isaac | 1765 |
| Fine 18th century map of Lower California, Arizona and Mexico |
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Tirion, Isaac |
|
| 1765 |
| LOC:10 |
| $750.00 | Tirion--Isaac | Fine-18th-century-map-of-Lower-California--Arizona-and-Mexico | Isaac Tirions's map of the American Southwest reflects the recent explorations of the Jesuit Fathers and others. Named locations include Casa Grande and San Xavier de Bac in the Southwest. Along the Pacific Ocean are noted San Diego, Ensenada and Cabo San Lucas. Numerous, oversized islands are shown along both coasts of the Baja California Peninsula.
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Missions are pictorially identified throughout the map and there are two fortifications in Baja at San Jose del Cabo and Loretto.
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Isaak Tirion, (1705 - 1765) was a Dutch publisher who produced several atlases and Dutch town plans from the Kalverstraat, in Amsterdam. Tirion produced a total of eight atlases in multiple editions |
| 1374 |  | Details | Smollett, Tobias G. | 1765 |
| Antique harbor plan or chart of Havana, Cuba |
|
Smollett, Tobias G. |
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| 1765 |
| LOC:0 |
| $175.00 | Smollett--Tobias-G- | Antique-harbor-plan-or-chart-of-Havana--Cuba | Fine antique plan of the harbor and town of Havana ("Havanna"), Cuba in the Caribbean Sea from the middle of the 18th century. Rhumb lines, navigation hazards, sandbanks, and soundings suggest this small plan was based on a larger, probably military nautical chart of the location.
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In writing about the port's defenses the author notes at bottom: "There are 2 castles on the shore one to the E. and the other to the W. each 5 miles from the town and mount 10 th. 12 guns."
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20 key locations are identified, labeled alphabetically, and explained at bottom. For example:
<div class="indenttextblock">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;">
<li>a. El Fuerte where the Governor resides, 22 guns.</li>
<li>b. The point gate and small fort</li>
<li>d. The barracks</li>
<li>g. The custom house and shipyard</li>
<li>k. Asiento factory</li>
<li>t. Nunneries</li>
</ul>
</div>
Other points of interest identified by the author include: Guanabacoa; Venta of Inn de Marmoleno; Estero de Cajunar; Morro Castle 52 guns; Battery called the 12 Apostles; Fort St. Maria de la Punta 30 guns; Nuestra Senora de la Regla [patron of the Bahía de la Habana].
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The harbor plan of Havana comes from "History of England" by T. Smollett, published by Richard Baldwin, London. 1765. |
| 410 |  | Details | Morghen, Filippo | 1766 |
| Pianta del Cratere |
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Morghen, Filippo |
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| 1766 |
| LOC:8 |
| $190.00 | Morghen--Filippo | Pianta-del-Cratere | 18th century scarce copperplate engraved plan of the Phlegraean Fields (Campi Flegrei) near Pozzuoli west of Naples, Italy by Florentine artist Filippo Morghen in his "Views of Ruins in the Environs of Naples". <BR> </BR>
Noted geographic features include Capo di Posilipo, Miseno, Campana, Bacoli, Mare Morto, Lago Fusaro, Cuma, and Lago di Patria. This finely engraved plan contains inset plans of grottos in the vicinity including Grotta a Miseno, Grotta Lago Averno, and the Grotta a Cuma Superiore and Grotta a Cuma Inferiore. These geographical features and inset items and many more are among the 40 places of interest denoted by numbers on the plan and explained in a legend at the bottom of the engraving. Number 1. "Anno 1766". |
| 506 |  | Details | Le Rouge, George | 1767 |
| Isles Moluques |
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Le Rouge, George |
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| 1767 |
| LOC:6 |
| $185.00 | Le-Rouge--George | Isles-Moluques | Antique map of the Moluccas (Malaku Islands) in Asia, an archipelago within Indonesia. These islands were once referred to as the "Spice Islands". Plate 82. Coverage includes Bali, Borneo, Sulawesi (Celebes Isle) , East Java, Timor, Ambon, Ceram, and Western New Guinea. |
| 1069 |  | Details | Tirion, Isaac | 1769 |
| Maps of French Colonial New Orleans and the Mississippi River |
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Tirion, Isaac |
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| 1769 |
| LOC:10 |
| $1,175.00 | Tirion--Isaac | Maps-of-French-Colonial-New-Orleans-and-the-Mississippi-River | Scarce early plan of New Orleans, Louisiana with insets of the mouth of the Mississippi River and also a long stretch of the Mississippi river from south of Donaldsonville to the passes. Published less than 50 years after the founding of New Orleans, Tirion's map of New Orlean's French Quarter is derived from an earlier map by Jacques Bellin / Brion de la Tour but contains additional details outside the French Quarter, which was largely marsh land at that time, including a road to Bayou St. John, a key trade route to the city from the east.
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The sheet with three views is based on the layout of Thomas Jefferys earlier work (1759), who borrowed the earlier works of Jacques Bellin, of France's Depot de la Marine. Text is in German.
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Isaak Tirion, (1705 - 1765) was a Dutch publisher who produced serveral atlases and Dutch town plans from the Kalverstraat, in Amsterdam. Tirion produced eight atlases in multiple editions |
| 6545 |  | Details | Mason, Charles and Jeremiah Dixon | 1769 |
| Scarce Chesapeake region map from the survey of Mason and Dixon |
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Mason, Charles and Jeremiah Dixon |
|
| 1769 |
| LOC:78 |
| $400.00 | Mason--Charles-and-Jeremiah-Dixon | Scarce-Chesapeake-region-map-from-the-survey-of-Mason-and-Dixon | Scarce map of the Chesapeake Bay region with portions of Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The map shows the results of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon's survey of the boundary between the states of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Published in Gentleman's Magazine, 1769.
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Surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon spent 58 months establishing the boundaries of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia. The team attained widespread recognition as the creators of the Mason-Dixon Line, the de facto border between the northern and southern United States. Key features include: the Potowmack River, Cape May, Cape Charles, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Annapolis. Shows several of the key roads in use during the mid 18th-century. |
| 659 |  | Details | Tirion, Isaac | 1769 |
| Plate River, Buenos Aires and Montevideo |
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Tirion, Isaac |
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| 1769 |
| LOC:5 |
| $125.00 | Tirion--Isaac | Plate-River--Buenos-Aires-and-Montevideo | Original antique chart by Isaac Tirion of the mouth of the Plate River ( Rivier de la Plata ) and points in present-day Argentina and Uruguay, South America.
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Noted features include the city of Buenos Aires ( Ayres) Argentina , Quilmes ( Quelmes ), Bay of Montevideo ( Montvidio ) Uruguay, Kruid Magazyn, Wagthuis. Also includes the Juan River, St. Lucia River, Achuela River, Solis River, Baay van Maldonado, Kaap (Cape) St. Maria, Kaap der Steenrotsen, Kaap de Castilhos, and several islands: St. Michiel, St. Gabriel, Flora, and Zeehanden. Several large sand banks are shown. Inset map of the Bay of Maldonado.
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Published in 1769 from Amsterdam by Isaac Tirion (1705 - 1765) in his "Hedendaagsche Historie of Tegenwoordige Staat van Amerika" or "Modern History". |
| 669 |  | Details | Tirion, Isaac | 1769 |
| Veracruz, Mexico |
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Tirion, Isaac |
|
| 1769 |
| LOC:5 |
| $165.00 | Tirion--Isaac | Veracruz--Mexico | <br></br>Original antique chart of Veracruz, Mexico. Prominently features the walled city of Vera Cruz with the fortress (Kafteel) of San Juan de Ulua across a narrow channel. Includes Green Island ( Groen Eiland ) , White Island, Offerhanden Island, Blanquilla Island, Rivier Medello, Cape Gorda, Cape Hornos, Cape Mocamba, and Cape d'Anton Lizardo. Hydrographic features include numerous soundings and sandbanks.
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It was on the island of San Juan de Ulúa that Spanish captain Juan de Grijalva first arrived in 1518, along with conquistador and author Bernal Díaz del Castillo ("The True History of the Conquest of New Spain"). That island was also the scene of a battle in 1569 between the Spanish Navy and a fleet led by John Hawkins that included Francis Drake. The treachery that the English perceived on the part of Spain at that battle helped to fuel antagonism between the two powers for many decades.
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Published in 1769 from Amsterdam by Isaac Tirion (1705 - 1765) in his "Hedendaagsche Historie of Tegenwoordige Staat van Amerika" or "Modern History". |
| 1100 |  | Details | Le Roy, David | 1770 |
| Antique Chart of Piraeus and Phalere, Greece |
|
Le Roy, David |
|
| 1770 |
| LOC:8 |
| $275.00 | Le-Roy--David | Antique-Chart-of-Piraeus-and-Phalere--Greece | Attractive copper-engraved map of the environs of Piraeus, Greece by David le Roy (1724-1803). Coverage includes Munichia (today Mikrolimano) and Faliro. At the port of Pireaus le Roy identifies an anchorage, ruins of a market, several tombs, the "Maison du Consul", and a few depth soundings. Other key points on the map are the Church of Saint Nicolas and Cap Colias.
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Le Roy was French architect and archaeologist, who published a well-researched description of the Acropolis of Athens and other Greek archaeological sites in his 1758 work: " Les Ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grèce" (<i>Ruins of the Most Beautiful Monuments of Greece</i>). Second edition. |
| 4821 |  | Details | Jefferys, Thomas | 1770 |
| Rare Original Antique Chart of Amelia Island, Florida and Vicinity |
|
Jefferys, Thomas |
|
| 1770 |
| LOC:61 |
| $4,000.00 | Jefferys--Thomas | Rare-Original-Antique-Chart-of-Amelia-Island--Florida-and-Vicinity | Scarce engraved, hand-colored British navigation chart from 1770 containing three maps of Amelia Island, the Nassau River, Talbot Island and Cumberland Island, Georgia on the same sheet:
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle; ">
<li><b>Plan of Amelia Island in East Florida.</b> Based on an earlier survey by military engineer, surveyor, and cartographer John William Gerard de Brahm. De Brahm is known publishing “A Map of South Carolina and a Part of Georgia” in 1857.</b></li>
<li><b>A Chart of the Entrance to the St. Mary's River taken by Captn. W. Fuller.</b></li>
<li><b>A Chart of the Mouth of Nassau River and the Soundings on it taken at Low Water by Captn. W. Fuller.</b></li>
</ul>
</div>
Dedicated to John Earl of Egmont by William Fuller. Published by Thomas Jefferys, London, March 1770. |
| 719 |  | Details | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | 1771 |
| Plan of Buccari ( Bakar ) and Porto-Re ( Kraljevica), Croatia |
|
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
|
| 1771 |
| LOC:7 |
| $200.00 | Bellin--Jacques-Nicolas | Plan-of-Buccari-(-Bakar-)-and-Porto-Re-(-Kraljevica)--Croatia | Beautifully colored 18th century French antique map / plan of the Bay of Bakar including Buccari, Croatia with Buccariza and Porto-Re, now Kraljevica. A few soundings and anchorages noted and two chateau, but much emphasis on the fortifications and batteries, containing in total 41 cannon. By J.N. Bellin, cartographer for the French Depot de la Marine.
<br></br>Published in Paris (1771) by Didot in "Description géographique du Golfe de Venise et de la Morée : avec des remarques pour la navigation et des cartes et plans des côtes, villes, ports et mouillages". Plate 14. |
| 5171 |  | Details | de Vaugondy, Robert | 1772 |
| Carte de La Californie et des Pays Nord Ouest 1772 |
|
de Vaugondy, Robert |
|
| 1772 |
| LOC:10 |
| $325.00 | de-Vaugondy--Robert | Carte-de-La-Californie-et-des-Pays-Nord-Ouest-1772 | Two maps of the West Coast of North America, from the Strait of Anian to Cabo San Lucas and the southern tip of Baja California in Mexico. The work by Vaugondy consists of comparative geography from two maps derived from Mercator (1612) and Petrus Planicus (1641). The larger map (by Mercator) shows the Strait of Anian, Anian Regnum, Quivira Regnum, the Sierra Nevada mountains, and Nova Albion. Includes over 30 coastal place names, including Cabo Mendocino, San Miguel (San Diego), Cape Fortuna, and Laguna de los Apostolos. On both maps the lower end of the Baja Peninsula, Cabo San Lucas is referred to as "Cabo California" but only on the larger map is northwestern Mexico called "Nova Granada".
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The smaller inset map (by Planicus) also shows the Strait of Anian, and depicts an open sea above, suggesting a Northwest Passage in the Arctic Circle. The northwest coastline on North America differs radically, and only Anian Regnum and Quivira Regnum are located, the latter considerably south of the location on the larger map. The smaller map includes a similar number of coastal place names including Cabo Blanco , Cabo de San Francisco and los Farilones (the Farallon islands). |
| 3647 |  | Details | Vaugondy, Robert de | 1772 |
| Antique map on travels of Captain Cluny |
|
Vaugondy, Robert de |
|
| 1772 |
| LOC:88 |
| $180.00 | Vaugondy--Robert-de | Antique-map-on-travels-of-Captain-Cluny | Map by Vaugondy to illustrate the mythical voyage of Captain Cluny. In 1769 Alexander Cluny published "The American Traveller: or, Observations on the Present State, Culture and Commerce of the British Colonies in America, in a Series of Letters... by an Old and Experienced Trader." The map, based on Cluny's supposed observations depicts North America from above the Arctic Circle, to the Gulf of Mexico, including an early exaggerated depiction of present day Alaska.
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The most interesting feature is perhaps Cluny's supposed Northwest Passage extending from Repulse Bay to the mythical Arctic Cape Fowler. To the east is Greenland, Iceland, the western part of the European continent, and the northern portion of Africa.
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This map is part of the 10 map series prepared by Vaugondy exploring the mapping of North American and specifically the Northwest Passage. The copper-plate engraved map was part of an early study in comparative cartography. |
| 1210 |  | Details | Dalrymple, Alexander | 1772 |
| Chart of the Northern Part of The Bay of Bengal |
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Dalrymple, Alexander |
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| 1772 |
| LOC:59 |
| $950.00 | Dalrymple--Alexander | Chart-of-the-Northern-Part-of-The-Bay-of-Bengal | Rare English sea chart, covering the mouth of the Ganges River and surrounding areas, by Alexander Dalrymple. Includes the population centers of Kolkata ("Calcutta") and Chittagong ("Islamabad") and the Chittagong Coast.
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List of references at upper right of the chart contains a listing of islands, rivers, and creeks between Sagor and Chittagong.
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Includes very extensive depth extensive soundings in fathoms. Arrows indicate the directions of strongest part of the flood-tide; Roman numbers show the high and low tides.
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Published by Alexander Dalrymple on 15 September, 1772 "According to an Act of Parliament." In his doctoral thesis Cook wrote of Dalrymple that he was: <div class="indenttextblock"> "now generally regarded as the originator of official British hydrography… was cumulatively a private publisher of nautical charts and plans (from 1767), the 'examiner of ships' journals' and chart publisher for the East India Company (from 1779), and Hydrographer to the Admiralty (from 1795)". </div>
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<div class="indenttextblock">Reference: Cook, Andrew S., <b>Alexander Dalrymple (1737 - 1808) Hydrographer to the East India Company and to the Admiralty; as publisher: A Catalogue of Books and Charts. </b> Vol. 3 .Doctoral Thesis, University of St. Andrews. 1992.</div> |
| 1049 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1774 |
| Large antique French sea chart of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1774 |
| LOC:61 |
| $1,750.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Large-antique-French-sea-chart-of-the-Caribbean-and-Gulf-of-Mexico | Beautiful second edition (1774) of Bellin's important map of the Caribbean, Central America, and Gulf Coast, which is substantially revised and updated from the first edition issued by Bellin in 1749. Most notable feature on this stunning 18th century survivor is that south Florida is depicted as a mass of islands. The concept of the Florida archipelago derives from the work of Father Francois Le Maire, a missionary who arrived in Louisiana in June 1706.
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In the title block the date has been partially erased from the original plate, causing some confusion that this chart might date to the 17th year of the French Revolution (1806). This is not the case. The attribution to the Duc du Paslin, the lack of R.F. in the circular Depot logo, and the depiction of Florida as an archipelago are all consistent with the Library of Congress' date for this map of 1774. (Library of Congress Map Diivision. "A List of Maps of America in the Library of Congress". 1901. p. 423. Retrieved online 3/2016) |
| 4869 |  | Details | Jefferys, Thomas | 1774 |
| Three plans of Dunkirk France 960 1400 1658 |
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Jefferys, Thomas |
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| 1774 |
| LOC:13 |
| $150.00 | Jefferys--Thomas | Three-plans-of-Dunkirk-France-960-1400-1658 | Three plans of Dunkirk (Dunkerque), France on a single sheet of fine watermarked laid paper ca. 1760. Engraved by prolific British engraver and publisher Thomas Jefferys (1710-1771):
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<li> A plan of Dunkirk as first walled round in 960 by Baldwin 3, Earl of Flanders.</li>
<li> A plan of Dunkirk as it was first fortifies in 1400 by Robert de Marle.</li>
<li> A plan of Dunkirk as it was fortified when taken by Marshal Turenne June 28, 1658.</li>
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From Jefferys' "A description of the maritime parts of France, containing a particular account of all the fortified towns, forts, harbours, bays, and rivers …". Published by Faden and Jefferys, 1774. Plate III. |
| 162 |  | Details | Jefferys, Thomas | 1774 |
| Plan of the City and Harbour of Toulon |
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Jefferys, Thomas |
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| 1774 |
| LOC:4 |
| $175.00 | Jefferys--Thomas | Plan-of-the-City-and-Harbour-of-Toulon | Nice antique copperplate-engraved plan from 1774 of the Vauban-style fortifications around Toulon, France includes the King's harbor, merchant's harbor, arsenal, and the two city gates, where the beginnings of development outside the walls is barely visible.
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Despite its massive bastions and the support of a combined British/Spanish naval force, the fortress fell to French Republican forces in 1793 forcing the fleet to withdraw. It was during the Siege of Toulon that 24 year old Napoleon Bonaparte won a promotion from Captain to Brigadier General for his leadership including strategic placement of artillery batteries.
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Printed for Faden and Jefferys in 1774; the two volumes in the series contained 87 charts of the sea coast and coastal fortifications. |
| 5306 |  | Details | Mannevillette, d'Apres | 1775 |
| Rare French charts of Vietnam Coast including Da Nang |
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Mannevillette, d'Apres |
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| 1775 |
| LOC:9 |
| $475.00 | Mannevillette--d-Apres | Rare-French-charts-of-Vietnam-Coast-including-Da-Nang | Two original antique engraved charts on a single sheet: the Con Son Island Archipelago and Da Nang Bay including the Vietnam coast between the towns of Hue and Da Nang: "Plan de l'Isle Condor"; "Carte d'une Partie de la Cote de Cochinchine".
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Includes three fine inset coastal elevation views:
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<li>Vue de l'Isle Champello ou Cham Collao.</li>
<li>Vue de l'entrée de la Baye de Touranne (Da Nang was known as Tourane during the French colonial period)</li>
<li>Vue de l'Isle Condor lorsque la Havre...</li>
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From J. B. d'Apres de Mannevillette's sea atlas "Le Neptune Oriental ou routier general des Cotes des Indes orientales et de la Chine." Jean-Baptiste d'Après de Mannevillette (1707 - 1780) was a French sailor, navigator, and hydrographer active in the mid-18th century. Mannevillette studied mathematics and navigation in Paris before winning a commission as an officer on a merchant vessel headed for the West Indies. Mannevillette collected and revised a number of regional nautical charts during numerous voyages around Africa to India and China.
The Compagnie des Indes (French East India Company) appointed D'Apres de Mannevillette as director of maps and plans at Lorient in 1752. |
| 4958 |  | Details | Jefferys, Thomas | 1775 |
| Jefferys Antique Chart of the Yucatan Peninsula |
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Jefferys, Thomas |
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| 1775 |
| LOC:52 |
| $650.00 | Jefferys--Thomas | Jefferys-Antique-Chart-of-the-Yucatan-Peninsula | Well-worn, decorative antique sea chart covering from the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico to western Cuba, including Merida, Valladolid, Loggerhead Key, Cozumel, Isla Mujeres, etc. By English cartographer Thomas Jefferys. A fleet of galleons is shown on a plotted track labeled: "Gallions Track from Cartagena", while two ships head west along a plotted track labeled: "Track from Cape Catoche to Campeche." To round out the cast of characters a third ship, apparently a privateer, exits a shorter track between two rocky areas. That track is noted as the "Passage del Corsario" (A corsair was a privateer, or pirate acting with the explicit backing of a foreign government).
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From Sayer's and Bennett's atlas titled: The West-India Atlas: or, a compendious description of the West-Indies: illustrated with forty one correct charts and maps, taken from actual surveys."
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Publishers attribution reads: "London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map and Print seller. No 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs 20th Feb.y 1775. |
| 4807 |  | Details | Jefferys, Thomas | 1775 |
| Jefferys excellent 1775 antique chart of the Yucatan Peninsula to western Cuba |
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Jefferys, Thomas |
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| 1775 |
| LOC:0 |
| $1,050.00 | Jefferys--Thomas | Jefferys-excellent-1775-antique-chart-of-the-Yucatan-Peninsula-to-western-Cuba | Antique engraved sea chart from <b>Yucatan</b> Peninsula to western Cuba. Numerous large square-rigged ships are depicted enroute to either Campeche; Cartagena, Colombia; or Havana, Cuba.
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Published under Thomas Jeffery's name by Sayer and Bennet. Includes <b>Merida, Valladolid, Loggerhead Key, Cozumel, Isla Mujeres</b>, etc.
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This 1775 original British privately-published chart is a continuation of Jefferys' magnificent map of Cuba, which omits the western tip of the Pearl of the Antilles, Cuba.
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A fleet of square-rigged galleons is shown sailing on a plotted track labeled: "Gallions Track from Cartagena", while two ships sail west along a plotted track labeled: "Track from Cape Catoche to Campeche." To round out the cast of characters a third ship, apparently a privateer, exits a shorter track between two rocky areas. That track is noted as the "Passage del Corsario." Note: a favorite tactic of pirates, corsairs, and cocaine smugglers has long been to use local knowledge of the water depth and hazards to frustrate pursuers.
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From Sayer's and Bennett's atlas titled: The West-India Atlas: or, a compendious description of the West-Indies: illustrated with forty one correct charts and maps, taken from actual surveys."
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Publishers attribution reads: "London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map and Print seller. No 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs 20th Feb.y 1775. According to Rumsey <div class="indenttextblock">
"Sayer and Bennet acquired his [Jefferys'] materials in preparation for this atlas, and published the atlas posthumously under his name (as they did with the American Atlas) in 1775. The heart of this atlas and the most detailed part is the sixteen sheet large chart and index sheet of the whole of the West Indies. (
<a href="http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~2795~310044:The-coast-of-Yucatan-from-Campeche-" target="_blank">Internet </a>)
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| 4828 |  | Details | Mannevillette, d'Apres | 1775 |
| Antique chart of Jeddah Gedda Saudi Arabia |
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Mannevillette, d'Apres |
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| 1775 |
| LOC:88 |
| $900.00 | Mannevillette--d-Apres | Antique-chart-of-Jeddah-Gedda-Saudi-Arabia | Rare. Early French nautical chart of the anchorage of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea. Shows the passage into the port of "Gedda" with a defensive wall. Curved elevation view of the coastline near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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From J. B. d'Apres de Mannevillette's sea atlas "Le Neptune Oriental ou routier general des Cotes des Indes orientales et de la Chine." Jean-Baptiste d'Après de Mannevillette (1707 - 1780) was a French sailor, navigator, and hydrographer active in the mid-18th century. Mannevillette studied mathematics and navigation in Paris before winning a commission as an officer on a merchant vessel headed for the West Indies. Mannevillette collected and revised a number of regional nautical charts during numerous voyages around Africa to India and China.
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Antique copper-engraving, published in Paris, ca. 1775. No folds. (Jiddah) |
| 5336 |  | Details | Niebuhr, Carsten | 1775 |
| Antique plan of the port of Jeddah Saudi Arabia |
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Niebuhr, Carsten |
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| 1775 |
| LOC: |
| $375.00 | Niebuhr--Carsten | Antique-plan-of-the-port-of-Jeddah-Saudi-Arabia | Very scarce antique copper engraving of the port and city of <b>Jeddah (Dsjidda), Saudi Arabia.</b> The plan is after the travels to the Middle East and India of German explorer Carsten Niebuhr. Niebuhr himself conducted the survey of Jeddah of which this is a record. The plan of Jeddah has both topographic and hydrographic details with numerous soundings and sandbanks reflecting an extensive, time-consuming survey of the port and harbor of Jeddah. North oriented to bottom right.
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With a population currently estimated at 4.2 million persons, Jeddah is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on the Red Sea, and the second-largest city in Saudi Arabia.
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<b>Carsten Niebuhr</b> (1733-1815), a military surveyor, was the only survivor of the six-member Royal Danish Expedition to Arabia that departed the city of Copenhagen in 1761 at the request of Danish King Frederick V. In addition to Jeddah the expedition visited Istanbul, Cairo, Bombay, Basra, Baghdad, Aleppo, Mokka, Alexandria and other middle eastern sites. Returning alone to Copenhagen in November 1767, Niebuhr spent the next few years writing an extensive account of the expedition's travels in four volumes including <i>Beschreibung von Arabien</i> in 1772.
Plate 18. |
| 1450 |  | Details | van Keulen, Gerard | 1775 |
| Jefferys Sayers Chart of Jamaica from West-India Atlas |
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van Keulen, Gerard |
|
| 1775 |
| LOC:51 |
| $450.00 | van-Keulen--Gerard | Jefferys-Sayers-Chart-of-Jamaica-from-West-India-Atlas | Attractive, very desirable antique British chart of the Island of Jamaica in the Caribbean Sea by Thomas Jefferys. After surveys by Dutch cartographer Gerard Van Keulen.
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This spectacular chart is from the scarce <b>first issue of The West-India Atlas, 1775 by Sayer</b>, the other issues being 1781, 1787, 1794, 1796, 1807, and 1818 published by Sayer and then Laurie and Whittle. <a href="https://www.davidrumsey.com/home" target="_blank">(Online).</a>
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"The West-India Atlas: or, A Compendious Description of the West-Indies: illustrated with Forty Correct Charts and Maps, taken from Actual Surveys. Together with An Historical Account of the Several Countries and Islands which compose that part of the world. Their Discovery, Situation, Extent, Boundaries, Product, Trade, Inhabitants, Strength, Government, Religion, &c."
Authors: Gerard van Keulen, Thomas Jefferys.
Publishers: Robert Sayer.
Jefferys died in 1771; Sayer acquired Jefferys' materials in preparation for this atlas, and published the atlas posthumously under his name. |
| 1448 |  | Details | van Keulen, Gerard | 1775 |
| Curacao by Gerard van Keulen West-India Atlas Jefferys Sayer |
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van Keulen, Gerard |
|
| 1775 |
| LOC:51 |
| $1,800.00 | van-Keulen--Gerard | Curacao-by-Gerard-van-Keulen-West-India-Atlas-Jefferys-Sayer | Fine, very desirable chart of Curaçao in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean Sea. Inset plan of Fort Amsterdam, in Willemstad, constructed in 1634 by the Dutch West India Company. A beautiful British published chart based on hydrographic surveys by Dutch cartographer Gerard van Keulen.
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The chart is from the scarce <b>first issue of 1775 by Sayer</b>, the other issues being 1781, 1787, 1794, 1796, 1807, and 1818 published by Sayer and then Laurie and Whittle. <a href="https://www.davidrumsey.com/home" target="_blank">(Online).</a>
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From: "The West-India Atlas: or, A Compendious Description of the West-Indies: illustrated with Forty Correct Charts and Maps, taken from Actual Surveys. Together with An Historical Account of the Several Countries and Islands which compose that part of the world. Their Discovery, Situation, Extent, Boundaries, Product, Trade, Inhabitants, Strength, Government, Religion, &c."
Authors: Gerard van Keulen, Thomas Jefferys.
Publishers: Robert Sayer.
Jefferys died in 1771; Sayer acquired Jefferys' materials in preparation for this atlas, and published the atlas posthumously under his name. |
| 3594 |  | Details | Jefferys, Thomas | 1775 |
| Antique nautical chart of Martinique West-India Atlas Jefferys Sayer |
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Jefferys, Thomas |
|
| 1775 |
| LOC:0 |
| $900.00 | Jefferys--Thomas | Antique-nautical-chart-of-Martinique-West-India-Atlas-Jefferys-Sayer | Fine, very desirable chart of Martinique (Martinico) in the the Caribbean Sea. A beautiful British-published chart based on hydrographic surveys by English engineers before 1775. Inset port plan of Cul de Sac Royal or Fort de France Bay.
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The chart is from the scarce <b>first issue of 1775 by Sayer</b>, the other issues being 1781, 1787, 1794, 1796, 1807, and 1818 published by Sayer and then Laurie and Whittle. <a href="https://www.davidrumsey.com/home" target="_blank">(Online).</a>
Publishers attribution reads: "London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map and Printseller. No 53 in Fleet Street as the Act directs 20th Feb.y 1775.
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From: "The West-India Atlas: or, A Compendious Description of the West-Indies: illustrated with Forty Correct Charts and Maps, taken from Actual Surveys. Together with An Historical Account of the Several Countries and Islands which compose that part of the world. Their Discovery, Situation, Extent, Boundaries, Product, Trade, Inhabitants, Strength, Government, Religion, &c."
Authors: Gerard van Keulen, Thomas Jefferys.
Publishers: Robert Sayer.
Jefferys died in 1771; Sayer acquired Jefferys' materials in preparation for this atlas, and published the atlas posthumously under his name. |
| 798 |  | Details | Mannevillette, d'Apres | 1775 |
| Antique chart of the Strait of Bali with Madura and Java |
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Mannevillette, d'Apres |
|
| 1775 |
| LOC:9 |
| $550.00 | Mannevillette--d-Apres | Antique-chart-of-the-Strait-of-Bali-with-Madura-and-Java | Antique French nautical chart of the Bali Strait with Java to the left and Bali at right and the Island of Madura at top. This attractive 1775 sea chart contains an inset plan of Banyuwangi Bay ("Baye de Ballambouang") and three inset profile coastal views of the headlands surrounding the Bali Strait.
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Key points of interest include Buleleng ("Bollilingh"), Bali; the Madura Strait; Sumenep, Madura; Palau Puteran; Palau Gili Iyang; Palau Sapudi ("Isle Galioen ou Respondi"); Palau Raas ("Isle de Entrepot").
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The chart is based on exploration and observations aboard several vessels: France's "Elephant", and several British ships including the 29 gun East Indiaman "Winchelsea" commanded by Thomas Howe. Number 45.
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By Jean-Baptiste d'Après de Mannevillette (1707 - 1780) a French sailor, navigator, and hydrographer active in the mid-18th century. Mannevillette studied mathematics and navigation in Paris before winning a commission as an officer on the merchant headed for the West Indies. Mannevillette collected and revised a number of regional nautical charts during numerous voyages around Africa to India and China. |
| 1449 |  | Details | Lempriere, Clement | 1775 |
| Bermuda or Summer's Island West-India Atlas Lempriere Jefferys Sayer |
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Lempriere, Clement |
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| 1775 |
| LOC:51 |
| $4,500.00 | Lempriere--Clement | -Bermuda-or-Summer-s-Island-West-India-Atlas-Lempriere-Jefferys-Sayer | <div class="indenttextblock">
"This coast is the boldest in Bermuda and in some places the Largest Ships may with safety come within half gun shot of shore."
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"Here in the months of March, April, and May they Fish for Whales."
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Above are a few of the notes from this fine antique chart of Bermuda. An extremely desirable British chart titled: "The Bermuda's or Summer's Islands." After a survey by Clement Lempriere. This is from the scarce <b>first issue of The West-India Atlas, 1775 by Sayer</b>, the other issues being 1781, 1787, 1794, 1796, 1807, and 1818 published by Sayer and later Laurie and Whittle.<a href="https://www.davidrumsey.com/home" target="_blank">(Online).</a>
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On age-appropriate laid watermarked paper with a fleur-de-lis surmounted by a crown
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During Bermuda's colonial period ca. 1615 the island was divided into eight equally-sized administrative areas west of St. George's called <b>"tribes" (parishes)</b>. These "tribes" were areas of land partitioned off to the principal investors of the Somers Isles Company.
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From: "The West-India Atlas: or, A Compendious Description of the West-Indies: illustrated with Forty Correct Charts and Maps, taken from Actual Surveys. …"
Authors: Clement Lempriere (original survey), Thomas Jefferys.
Publishers: Robert Sayer.
Jefferys died in 1771; Sayer acquired Jefferys' materials in preparation for this atlas, and published the atlas posthumously under his name. |
| 4706 |  | Details | Fortin, J. | 1775 |
| Antique star chart of the Southern Hemisphere after Lacaille |
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Fortin, J. |
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| 1775 |
| LOC:13 |
| $280.00 | Fortin--J- | Antique-star-chart-of-the-Southern-Hemisphere-after-Lacaille | Fine decorative antique hand-colored engraved celestial star chart for the Southern Hemisphere from the Atlas Céleste de Flamstéed, updated and reduced by J. Fortin in 1776. This map of the Southern skies is based on Nicolas Louis de Lacaille’s star chart from 1754 in which Lacaille included 14 new constellations.
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Lacaille sailed to South Africa in 1750 where he set up a small observatory at the Cape of Good Hope under the famous Table Mountain, which impressed him so much that he later named a constellation after it, Mensa. At the Cape in 1751 - 52 Lacaille observed the positions of nearly 10,000 stars. On his return to France in 1754, Lacaille presented a map of the southern skies to the French Royal Academy of Sciences which included 14 new constellations of his own invention. An engraved version of his celestial map was published in the Academy’s Mémoires in 1756 and Lacaille’s new constellations were rapidly accepted by other astronomers.
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Flamsteed was born into a prosperous family & was largely self taught as he did not attend University due to poor health. He was appointed the first Astronomer Royal by King Charles II, with the Royal Observatory at Greenwich being built for him to continue his astronomical observations. Flamsteed's Celestial Atlas was first published ten years posthumously by his wife in 1729. It set the standard in professional astronomy for almost a century, with the positions of over 3,000 stars given more accurately than ever before.
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French text for names of stars and constellations. Page 29. Lettered by Beauble' ; engraved by C.E. Voisard. |
| 895 |  | Details | Jefferys, Thomas | 1775 |
| Antique Chart of Southern Mexico from Veracruz to Ciudad del Carmen |
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Jefferys, Thomas |
|
| 1775 |
| LOC:51 |
| $920.00 | Jefferys--Thomas | Antique-Chart-of-Southern-Mexico-from-Veracruz-to-Ciudad-del-Carmen | Beautiful antique British chart of southern Mexico and Guatemala centered on the Mexican state of Oaxaca. This first edition chart by Thomas Jefferies in 1775, includes coastal features of the <b>Bay of Campeche</b> to the north and the <b>Gulf of Tehuantepec</b> on the Pacific or southern coast. This chart contains significant interior details including volcanos (e.g. Vulcan de San Martin or "el Pan de Mizapa"), rivers, mountains, and numerous towns and villages.
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First, more scarce edition with spelling error in the title: "NEUva Veracruz". In the second edition the title was corrected to "NUEva Vera Cruz".
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On the northern Gulf Coast in Mexico's Veracruz and Tabasco states significant habitations include <b>Nueva Vera Cruz</b>, San Juan de Ulua, a fort, guardhouse, and dock near the Laguna de Alvarado ("Rio Alvarado"), smaller villages both near the mouth of the Rio Gijalva and Frontera, and in the vicinity of Ciudad del Carmen ("Y. Triste"). Fascinating note south of the Laguna de Terminos at far right corner reads "<b>Logwood Creeks</b> occupied formerly by the English". Logwood, a small tree used to produce dye for clothing, was one of the main exports from the region. Notably, in 1675, the explorer and sometime buccaneer William Dampier traveled to "Campeachy" and worked among the logwood-cutters.
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On the Pacific Coast, in the states of Oaxaca and Chiapas noted villages include: Puerto Angel ("Puerto de Angeles"), Puerto Escondido, Galera ("Punta de la Galera"), Tangolunda ("Tangolo or Tangolotanga"), "Puerta de la Ventosa", Salina Cruz, and Puerto San Jose, Guatemala ("Port of Guatimala").
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Publishers attribution reads: "London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map and Printseller. No 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs 20th Feb.y 1775. Online sources indicate that the misspelling of Nueva as "Neuva" is a characteristic of Jeffery's first state of this chart. |
| 3624 |  | Details | Jefferys, Thomas | 1775 |
| Antique Chart of the Turks Islands and Turks Islands Passage |
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Jefferys, Thomas |
|
| 1775 |
| LOC:51 |
| $900.00 | Jefferys--Thomas | Antique-Chart-of-the-Turks-Islands-and-Turks-Islands-Passage | A fine original antique British chart of the <b>Turks Islands</b> in the Caribbean Sea engraved by Thomas Jefferys. Covers Grand Turk Island, Salt Key, Sand Key, Cotton Island, Pelicans Island, and others in the vicinity. A foundational map for collectors, it is the earliest obtainable sea chart to focus solely on the Turks Islands, today a British Overseas Territory. (Note: The Caicos Islands are not included on this chart.)
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Shows rocks, banks, reefs, shoals, anchorages, "Salt Rakers Huts" on the 2 main islands, rhumb lines. Printing done from a hand-engraved copper plate by Jefferys.
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At Sand Key at point "A", on the Southern Bluff, a note reveals <div class="indenttextblock"> " Upon this bluff (Sand Key) the French, after the late Peace, erected a Sea Mark which they were soon obliged to demolish."</div>
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The chart is from the scarce <b>first edition of the West India Atlas" 1775 by Sayer</b>, the other issues being 1781, 1787, 1794, 1796, 1807, and 1818 published by Sayer and then Laurie and Whittle. <a href="https://www.davidrumsey.com/home" target="_blank">(Online).</a>
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From: "The West-India Atlas: or, A Compendious Description of the West-Indies: illustrated with Forty Correct Charts and Maps, taken from Actual Surveys. Together with An Historical Account of the Several Countries and Islands which compose that part of the world. Their Discovery, Situation, Extent, Boundaries, Product, Trade, Inhabitants, Strength, Government, Religion, &c."
Author: Thomas Jefferys.
Publishers: Robert Sayer.
Jefferys died in 1771; Sayer acquired Jefferys' materials in preparation for this atlas, and published the atlas posthumously under his name. |
| 5207 |  | Details | Mannevillette, d'Apres | 1775 |
| Nautical chart of the Nicobar Islands Indian Ocean |
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Mannevillette, d'Apres |
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| 1775 |
| LOC:9 |
| $300.00 | Mannevillette--d-Apres | Nautical-chart-of-the-Nicobar-Islands-Indian-Ocean | Original engraved sea chart of the Nicobar Island Archipelago in the Bay of Bengal. Islands in the Nicobar Archipelago include Car Nicobar, Battimalym, Chowra, Great Nicobar, Little Nicobar, Katchal, Nancowry, and more. In 2013 UNESCO declared 85% of Great Nicobar Island, the largest, as the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve.
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Manvillette's chart Includes an inset plan of the channel between the islands of Camorta, Nancowry, and Trincut which would have provided a harbor from storms but where navigation without the chart would have been dangerous: "Plan Particulier du Port Compris entre les Isles Nancaueri, Souri, et Tricutte."
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This fine hand-colored nautical chart is from J. B. d'Apres de Mannevillette's sea atlas "Le Neptune Oriental ou routier general des Cotes des Indes orientales et de la Chine." Jean-Baptiste d'Après de Mannevillette (1707 - 1780) was a French sailor, navigator, and hydrographer active in the mid-18th century. Mannevillette studied mathematics and navigation in Paris before winning a commission as an officer on a merchant vessel headed for the West Indies. Mannevillette collected and revised a number of regional nautical charts during numerous voyages around Africa to India and China. |
| 6491 |  | Details | Mannevillette, d'Apres | 1775 |
| Antique nautical chart of the Bangka or Banca Strait |
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Mannevillette, d'Apres |
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| 1775 |
| LOC:90 |
| $250.00 | Mannevillette--d-Apres | Antique-nautical-chart-of-the-Bangka-or-Banca-Strait | Antique nautical chart of the Detroit du Banca or Bangka Strait from 1775 by Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis D’ Après de Mannevillette (1707 – 1780). Inset chart of a smaller strait between the Isle de Sel and part of Biliton Island or Belitung Island. That strait lies approximately 70 miles to the east of south Bangka Island.
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The map is particularly interesting historically as it incorporates paste-over corrections to the eastern portion of the Isle de Banca with the previously charted coastline still faintly visible beneath the corrections. According to a pasted note at bottom left, the pasted corrections to the northeast of Bangka Island were based on the observations of M. Crozet. Julien Crozet was second in command during the French expedition of Marion De Fresne to Tasmania, New Zealand, and the South Pacific, sailing in 1771. Crozet assumed command of the expedition after the voyage's commander, Marion De Fresne, and 26 crew members were killed by the Maori Ngare Raumati tribe off the coast of New Zealand in June 1772.
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Bangka Strait is the narrow body of water that separates the island of Sumatra from the Indonesian island of Bangka. Bangka is one of the world's most important tin-producing areas. |
| 6704 |  | Details | Mannevillette, d'Apres | 1775 |
| Chart of the east coast of Madagascar |
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Mannevillette, d'Apres |
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| 1775 |
| LOC:68 |
| $475.00 | Mannevillette--d-Apres | Chart-of-the-east-coast-of-Madagascar | Original French nautical chart of a portion of the east coast of the island of Madagascar, off the east coast of Africa. From the second edition of Le Neptune Oriental published 1775 in Paris.
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The most prominent feature of the chart is Antongil Bay, a large bay located on the northeast coast of Madagascar. The bay is known for its beautiful beaches, rich biodiversity, and important fishing industry. The surrounding area is also home to several protected areas, including the Masoala National Park and the Nosy Mangabe Special Reserve.
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Antongil Bay has a rich history dating back to the early days of Madagascar's settlement by humans. The bay was a major center of trade and commerce for the island's indigenous populations, who used it to transport goods and communicate with other communities along the coast.
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During the colonial period, Antongil Bay became an important center of trade for the French, who established several ports along its shores. The bay was used to transport goods such as vanilla, cloves, and other spices, which were grown on plantations throughout the region
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The chart includes large-scale inset plans for the following bays and anchorages:
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<li>Plan de l'Ance de Tamatave</li>
<li>Plan de l'Anse de Veninguebe</li>
<li>Plan du Port de Teintingue</li>
<li>Plan de la Rade de Fullpointe</li>
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| 7887 |  | Details | Mannevillette, d'Apres | 1775 |
| Malacca Strait Bay of Bengal, from the Isle of Ceylon Gulf of Siam |
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Mannevillette, d'Apres |
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| 1775 |
| LOC:141 |
| $495.00 | Mannevillette--d-Apres | Malacca-Strait-Bay-of-Bengal--from-the-Isle-of-Ceylon-Gulf-of-Siam | A fine 18th-century nautical chart of the Bay of Bengal ."Carte Reduite du Golfe de Bengale, depuis L'Isle De Ceylan jusqu'au Golfe De Siam, avec la partie Septentrionale du Detroit De Malac". Produced by Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Denis d'Après de Mannevillette (1707-1780).
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It depicts the Bay of Bengal region, extending from Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka) to the Gulf of Siam (now known as the Gulf of Thailand), and include the northern part of the Strait of Malacca.
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<i>Professional hand coloring for this chart is available at a very modest fee.</i>
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| 1220 |  | Details | Mannevillette, d'Apres | 1775 |
| Antique Chart of the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Gulf of Oman |
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Mannevillette, d'Apres |
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| 1775 |
| LOC:59 |
| $925.00 | Mannevillette--d-Apres | Antique-Chart-of-the-Arabian-Sea--Gulf-of-Aden--and-Gulf-of-Oman | Large striking antique sea chart centered on the Arabian Sea. This copperplate navigational chart was printed in Paris ca. 1775 based on the explorations of d'Apres de Mannvillette. Includes the Laccadive Archipelago, Sri Lanka ( Ceylan ), the Maldive Archipelago, the Gulf of Aden and Gulf of Oman. Key cities noted include Aden, Oman, Muscat, Mumbai ( Bombay ), Surate, Goa, Pondicherry, and Colombo. Simple outline hand-coloring and the absence of interior details lends this fine example a striking graphical appearance. |
| 2489 |  | Details | Jefferys, Thomas | 1775 |
| Antique Chart of The Island of Jamaica and Cape Gracias a Dios |
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Jefferys, Thomas |
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| 1775 |
| LOC:51 |
| $1,675.00 | Jefferys--Thomas | Antique-Chart-of-The-Island-of-Jamaica-and-Cape-Gracias-a-Dios | Fine antique sea chart covering from the Mosquito Coast (labeled Moskito King's Party) of Honduras and Nicaragua to Jamaica, a distance over water of more than 400 miles. First state chart with numerous navigational details such as depth soundings, reefs, and the prevailing current.
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Includes ships' tracks labeled 'Galleons Track from Cartagena to Havana' that skirt numerous reefs on the dangerous voyage from Colombia to Cuba. These details are worthy of study under magnification for the insight they provide on the key success factors for seafarers in the mid-eighteenth century.
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<li>South Key- "Fresh water under a large wild grape tree."</li>
<li>"Main Cape Reef and Keys by the Spaniards los Tiburones"</li>
<li>"Serrana alias The English Bank called also Pearl Island"</li>
<li>"Quinta el Sueno called by the baymen Guana Reef"</li>
<li>Southwest of Jamaica- "La Bivora or Pedro Shoals according to the surveys of Spanish pilots in 1727 and 1750"</li>
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From Sayer's and Bennett's atlas titled: The West-India Atlas: or, a compendious description of the West-Indies: illustrated with forty one correct charts and maps, taken from actual surveys."
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Publishers attribution reads: "London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map and Printseller. No 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs 20th Feb.y 1775. According to Rumsey <div class="indenttextblock">
"Sayer and Bennet acquired his [Jefferys'] materials in preparation for this atlas, and published the atlas posthumously under his name (as they did with the American Atlas) in 1775. The heart of this atlas and the most detailed part is the sixteen sheet large chart and index sheet of the whole of the West Indies. (
<a href="http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~2795~310044:The-coast-of-Yucatan-from-Campeche-" target="_blank">Internet </a>)
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| 1460 |  | Details | Jefferys, Thomas | 1775 |
| Antique Chart of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean Sea Jefferys Sayer |
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Jefferys, Thomas |
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| 1775 |
| LOC:51 |
| $800.00 | Jefferys--Thomas | Antique-Chart-of-Guadeloupe-in-the-Caribbean-Sea-Jefferys-Sayer | Fine antique British chart of the island of Guadeloupe ("Guadaloupe") in the Caribbean Sea. Includes the nearby islets of Marie-Galante, Isle des Saintes, Petit Terre, and la Desirade. Jefferys names three main sections of Guadeloupe: Basse Terre, Cares Terre, and Grand Terre. With depth soundings, sand banks, and anchorages identified. Fine central compass rose.
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Attribution reads: London. Printed for Robert Sayer Map and Printseller. No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs 20 February, 1775.
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The chart is from the scarce <b>first issue of The West-India Atlas, 1775 by Sayer</b>, the other issues being 1781, 1787, 1794, 1796, 1807, and 1818 published by Sayer and then Laurie and Whittle. The volume combined both the elements of an atlas and a pilot, with geographic and hydrographic information. The maps include those for the larger individual islands of the West Indies. <a href="https://www.davidrumsey.com/home" target="_blank">(Online).</a> |
| 567 |  | Details | Sayer, Robert and Bennett, John | 1776 |
| A General Map of the Northern British Colonies in America |
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Sayer, Robert and Bennett, John |
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| 1776 |
| LOC:200 |
| $1,750.00 | Sayer--Robert-and-Bennett--John | A-General-Map-of-the-Northern-British-Colonies-in-America | Scarce antique map of the British colonies in North America during the Revolutionary War. Dated August 14, 1776. Coverage includes Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, and the provinces of what is now Canada. Notes locations of American Indian tribes.
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This map has been referred to as the "Beaver map" because of a prominent beaver in the title cartouche as well as some text related to a then unexplored portion of upstate New York: <div class="indenttextblock">"This vast tract of land which is the Antient Couchcachrage one of the four beaver hunting countries of the six nations is not yet surveyed."</div>
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At very top is a second title: "The seat of war in the Northern Colonies containing the province of Quebec, Newfoundland, Nova-Scotia, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvan ia, etc".
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This map was originally one of six maps published by Sayer and Bennet in "The American Military Pocket Atlas; Being An Approved Collection of Correct Maps, Both General and Particular, of The British Colonies". David Rumsey notes that this is one of three maps in the atlas that were important to the mapping of the American Revolution. As Rumsey explains:<div class="indenttextblock"> "Nicknamed the 'Holster Atlas' because it was made for the use of British army officers. All maps in outline color, folded and bound into book with paper covered boards and quarter leather with "American Pocket Atlas" stamped in gilt on the spine."</div>
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Watermarked with a shield containing a fleur de lis surmounted with a crown: at the bottom is "GR". Bottom attribution reads: London, Printed for Robert Sayer and John Bennett, Map and Seachart sellers No 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs, 14th Aug. 1776., |
| 1252 |  | Details | Bonne, Rigobert | 1778 |
| Antique miniature chart of the coast near Provence, France |
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Bonne, Rigobert |
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| 1778 |
| LOC:7 |
| $185.00 | Bonne--Rigobert | Antique-miniature-chart-of-the-coast-near-Provence--France | Fine antique miniature nautical chart of the <b>Provencal Coast</b> of France on the Mediterranean Sea. Coverage includes the villages of Toulon, St. Tropez, Cannes, Antibes, Ventimille, Oneille, Albinga, Genes, and the Principality of Monaco.
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From Rigobert Bonne's miniature nautical atlas "Atlas maritime ou Cartes réduites de toutes les Côtes de France avec des cartes particulières des isles voisines les plus considérables, suivies des plans des principales villes maritimes de ce royaume." One of 12 charts published in the Atlas Maritime which are considered to among the very few miniature nautical charts published during the golden age of miniature maps . Published by Lattre from Paris. With the royal privilege. No. 9.
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This scarce miniature copper-plate engraving contains much of the same information found on larger charts- rhumb lines; an adjustment for magnetic variation; depth soundings that are numerous; headlands, capes, navigation hazards and sand banks that are clearly identified.
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Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794) was the successor to Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. Bonne first came to prominence when he published a number of charts in the Atlas Maritime in 1762. He is better known for later publications, including the Atlas Encyclopedique, which he collaborated on with Nicholas Desmarest, as well as the maps he produced for Raynal's Atlas de Toutes Les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, which was published in 1780. |
| 1233 |  | Details | Bonne, Rigobert | 1778 |
| Scarce antique miniature plan of Toulon, France |
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Bonne, Rigobert |
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| 1778 |
| LOC:7 |
| $90.00 | Bonne--Rigobert | Scarce-antique-miniature-plan-of-Toulon--France | Scarce miniature plan of the fortified port city of Toulon, France, the chief base for France's large naval fleet the Vaisseaux de Guerre. Toulon lies along the Mediterranean coast in the Provence region of southern France. This small (4 1/2 " x 3 1/2 ") antique engraved plan of Toulon shows Vauban-style defensive walls around the city as well as the old harbor "vieille darce" (built 1604 - 1610) and the new harbor or "nouvelle darce". Maps the roads connecting to Toulon.
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In a brief description of Toulon at the end of the atlas Bonne wrote:
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Toulon, assez grande Ville et Port de Mer en Provence, est dans une situation admirable. Des Montagnes eleves jusquaux nues la couvrent au Septentrion et rendent son Port, qui est fort grand, une des plus sur de la Mediterranee. Ce Port, destine aux Vaisseaux de guerre, est une des plus connus de l'Europe; le entre est defendue par nombre de batteries et par plusieurs forts…"
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From Rigobert Bonne's miniature nautical atlas "Atlas maritime ou Cartes réduites de toutes les Côtes de France avec des cartes particulières des isles voisines les plus considérables, suivies des plans des principales villes maritimes de ce royaume." Published by Lattre from Paris. With the royal privilege. No. 30.
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Bonne attributes the source the of plans to three others: "… des belles Vues de nos Ports, que donnent M.M. Cochin et Les Bas, d'apres les excellens Tableaux de M. Vernet." |
| 1266 |  | Details | Bonne, Rigobert | 1778 |
| Antique miniature chart of the Biscayan coast near Bordeaux, France |
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Bonne, Rigobert |
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| 1778 |
| LOC:7 |
| $120.00 | Bonne--Rigobert | Antique-miniature-chart-of-the-Biscayan-coast-near-Bordeaux--France | Fine antique French miniature nautical chart of the <b>Bourdelois Coast</b> of France near Bourdeaux, France, Cape Ferret, Blaye and the Gironde River.
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From Rigobert Bonne's miniature nautical atlas "Atlas maritime ou Cartes réduites de toutes les Côtes de France avec des cartes particulières des isles voisines les plus considérables, suivies des plans des principales villes maritimes de ce royaume." One of 12 charts published in the Atlas Maritime which are considered to among the very few miniature nautical charts published during the golden age of miniature maps . Published by Lattre from Paris. With the royal privilege. No. 6.
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This scarce miniature copper-plate engraving contains much of the same information found on larger charts- rhumb lines; an adjustment for magnetic variation; numerous depth soundings; headlands, capes, navigation hazards and sand banks that are clearly identified.
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Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794) was the successor to Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. Bonne first came to prominence when he published a number of charts in the Atlas Maritime in 1762. He is better known for later publications, including the Atlas Encyclopedique, which he collaborated on with Nicholas Desmarest, as well as the maps he produced for Raynal's Atlas de Toutes Les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, which was published in 1780. |
| 1167 |  | Details | Le Rouge, George | 1778 |
| Scarce early nautical chart of Tampa Bay, Florida |
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Le Rouge, George |
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| 1778 |
| LOC:200 |
| $1,500.00 | Le-Rouge--George | Scarce-early-nautical-chart-of-Tampa-Bay--Florida | Fine and very scarce copper-plate engraved harbor chart of the "Baye du Spiritu Santo" comprised of "Bay de Tampa" and the "Baye de Hillsborough", by George le Rouge, from Paris. Coverage on this fine historic French nautical artifact covers areas in Florida that are today's <b>St. Petersburg, Tampa, Brandon, Bradenton and Sarasota</b>. Only one sale recorded in AMPR, 28 years ago.
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Le Rouge noted only a few key features including: two references to "Eau douce" (Trans. 'sweet water'); a location noted as "Black Rocks"; "Egmont Island"; and "Long Island" (today's Longboat Key).
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From Pilote américain septentrional by <b>George le Rouge</b>, this is one of the <b>earliest available large-scale nautical charts of Tampa Bay</b> with the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico. Rouge's Pilote américain septentrional drew heavily upon the work of William Faden and Thomas Jefferys. The maps were modified with French nomenclature but their British origin explains why some place names are in English. Latitude is noted but no metrics exist for longitude. Distance scale is in English miles. Manuscript number "27" in upper right. |
| 748 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1778 |
| 1778 Chesapeake Bay Sea Chart after Anthony Smith |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1778 |
| LOC:53 |
| $4,900.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | 1778-Chesapeake-Bay-Sea-Chart-after-Anthony-Smith | Large antique nautical chart from the Revolutionary War period of Chesapeake Bay and associated waterways in Maryland and Virginia. The first state of two in the French edition of Anthony Smith's influential and detailed chart of the Chesapeake Bay, Delmarva Peninsula, and surrounding waterways. Coverage includes the towns of Baltimore, Annapolis, Alexandria, Colcester, and James Town. Noted waterways include the Choptank River, Rappahanock River, Pokomoke ( "Pokomack" ) River, Potomac ( "Pawtomack" ) River, and Patapsco River.
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Published by the French Depot de la Marine under the auspices of Antoine de Sartine during a period in which he served King Louis XVI as Secretary of the Navy. Text and notes are in French- for example below the town of Norfolk, Virginia is the note <b>"brule en 1776" </b>. That refers to the bombardment of Norfolk with red-hot shot by British naval forces, led by Lord Dunmore. Due to the shelling, British landing parties, and local Britsh patriot forces, Norfolk was totally destroyed between January 1 - 3, 1776.
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This first state is differentiated from the second state by the lack of added scrollwork around many of the text blocks and much less stippling of the land masses than in the second state. These decorative flourishes could have easily been added at a later date.
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This chart was likely offered for sale individually but was also available as one of 13 full sheets and 5 half sheets published by the Depot de la Marine in the atlas "Neptune Americo-Septentrional contenant les côtes, les et bancs, iles baies, ports, et mouillages, et les sondes des mers de cette-partie du monde, depuis le Groenland inclusivement, jusques et compris le golfe du Mexique." Contains an inset plan of Herring Bay Maryland. |
| 1242 |  | Details | Bonne, Rigobert | 1778 |
| Miniature antique nautical chart of the Gulf of Lyon |
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Bonne, Rigobert |
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| 1778 |
| LOC:7 |
| $135.00 | Bonne--Rigobert | Miniature-antique-nautical-chart-of-the-Gulf-of-Lyon | Fine miniature antique nautical chart of the Gulf of Lyon and the French coast of the regions of <b>Provence and Languedoc-Roussillon</b>. Numerous towns and villages are identified by name, including Perpignan, Narbonne, Beziers, Agde, Sete (Cette), Montpellier, Arles, Aix, la Ciotat, Cassis, and Marseilles. The chart ends to the east near the resort town of Six Fours les Plages. Small coverage of Spain includes Roses.
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Despite its small size this scarce miniature engraving contains most features that appear on larger sea charts- numerous depth soundings are provided; navigational hazards and sand banks are clearly identified; and rhumb lines are provided with a 18 degree compass adjustment for magnetic variation. Bonne provides very little detail about the interior topography.
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From Rigobert Bonne's miniature nautical atlas "Atlas maritime ou Cartes réduites de toutes les Côtes de France avec des cartes particulières des isles voisines les plus considérables, suivies des plans des principales villes maritimes de ce royaume." One of 12 charts of France published in the Atlas Maritime which are considered to among the very few miniature nautical charts published during the golden age of miniature maps . Published by Lattre from Paris. With the royal privilege. No. 2.
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Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794) was the successor to Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. Bonne first came to prominence when he published a number of charts in the Atlas Maritime in 1762. |
| 1379 |  | Details | Vaugondy, Robert de | 1778 |
| Fine Antique Speculative Map of North America |
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Vaugondy, Robert de |
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| 1778 |
| LOC:10 |
| $350.00 | Vaugondy--Robert-de | Fine-Antique-Speculative-Map-of-North-America | A good example of Robert de Vaugondy's 1778 map of North America's English Possessions incorporating his speculative geography of the American northwest. The map covers from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Atlantic Ocean to Texas, then "Nouveau Mexique".
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This map's most interesting features are in the large inset in the upper left quadrant illustrating Vaugondy's speculative geography of the American Northwest. The map features the Sea of the West (Mer de L'Ouest), the discoveries of Admiral de Fonte, the discoveries of Bernarda, the Strait of Anian, and the mythical kingdoms of Quivira and Teguaio.
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There is no reliable evidence to authenticate either the existence of Admiral de Fonte himself or of the voyage. The account of de Fonte's voyage, first published in 1708, took the form of a letter by de Fonte in which he described himself as “then Admiral of New Spain and Peru, and now Prince of Chili.” The story is now attributed to the editor of the London Magazine.
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Perhaps Vaugondy was attempting a bit of "fake news" and trying to muddy the waters over the English claims to North American territory by including these speculative geographic features into the map.
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From Vaugondy's "Nouvel atlas portatif ". Engraved by Dussy. |
| 1241 |  | Details | Bonne, Rigobert | 1778 |
| Miniature antique nautical chart of the Strait of Dover |
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Bonne, Rigobert |
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| 1778 |
| LOC:7 |
| $160.00 | Bonne--Rigobert | Miniature-antique-nautical-chart-of-the-Strait-of-Dover | Fine miniature antique nautical chart of the coasts near the <b>Strait of Dover</b> (Pas de Calais), the narrowest part of the English Channel. Coverage on this attractive miniature sea chart includes coastal France and England. Bonne shows a few towns on the English side of the channel including Hastings, Rye, Dover (Douvres) , Romney and Sandwich. On the French and Belgian side of the English channel Bonne locates numerous towns and villages including Ostend, Dunkirk, Calais, Boulogne, Etaples, Montreuil, Abbeville, Dieppe, and Fecamp.
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Despite its small size this scarce miniature engraving contains most features found on larger sea charts- numerous headlands are noted; depth soundings are provided; anchorages, hazards and sand banks are clearly identified; and rhumb lines are provided with a 18 3/4 degree compass adjustment for magnetic variation. Unlike several other charts in the series, on this particular miniature chart Bonne provides very little detail about the interior topography of either England or France.
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From Rigobert Bonne's miniature nautical atlas "Atlas maritime ou Cartes réduites de toutes les Côtes de France avec des cartes particulières des isles voisines les plus considérables, suivies des plans des principales villes maritimes de ce royaume." One of 12 charts published in the Atlas Maritime which are considered to among the very few miniature nautical charts published during the golden age of miniature maps . Published by Lattre from Paris. With the royal privilege. No. 2.
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Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794) was the successor to Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. Bonne first came to prominence when he published a number of charts in the Atlas Maritime in 1762. |
| 3666 |  | Details | Avery, Joseph | 1779 |
| Rare chart of the Channel Islands after Joseph Avery |
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Avery, Joseph |
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| 1779 |
| LOC:57 |
| $4,200.00 | Avery--Joseph | Rare-chart-of-the-Channel-Islands-after-Joseph-Avery | Unrecorded French chart of Îles de la Manche in the English Channel- the Normandy coast and Channel Islands after the survey of Joseph Avery. Islands include Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Herm, and Sark.
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Though similar to Beaurain's chart of 1757, no copy of this very attractive work after Avery is found online nor in AMPR. No copy of Avery's own original survey is found anywhere but his work should be dated between 1721 and 1742.
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Joseph Avery was born in Scotland and is known to have charted the southern coast of England ca. 1721 and to have published a "well approved" map of that work. Avery emigrated to Charleston, SC where he worked as a ship builder and was hired in 1742 as surveyor to the Georgia province. (Cadle, Farris W. Georgia Land Surveying History and Law. University of Georgia Press. 1991. Pages 4-26)
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J.F.W. DeBarres chart of the Coast Rivers and Inlets of the Province of Georgia (1780) is credited to be after the work of Joseph Avery and others. |
| 71 |  | Details | Bonne, Rigobert | 1780 |
| Carte de l'Isle de la Jamaique |
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Bonne, Rigobert |
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| 1780 |
| LOC:5 |
| $150.00 | Bonne--Rigobert | Carte-de-l-Isle-de-la-Jamaique | Attractive hand-colored antique chart by Bonne ca. 1780. Horizontal format of the island of Jamaica showing extensive mountain ranges. Spanish Town, Fort "Ahgusta", and Port Royal Harbor clearly identified. |
| 1406 |  | Details | Bonne, Rigobert | 1780 |
| Nice antique map of Asia with Australia |
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Bonne, Rigobert |
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| 1780 |
| LOC:9 |
| $160.00 | Bonne--Rigobert | Nice-antique-map-of-Asia-with-Australia | Antique map of Asia by French hydrographer Rigobert Bonne. Coverage on this copper-plate engraved map includes Saudi Arabia, India, China, New Guinea, northern Australia ("Nouvelle Hollande"), New Zealand., Japan, Korea, and much more. Coverage extends far to the east to include Alaska with the Bering Strait and the Alaska Peninsula. No. 28.
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Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794) was the successor to Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. Bonne first came to prominence when he published a number of charts in the Atlas Maritime in 1762. He is better known for later publications, including the Atlas Encyclopedique, which he collaborated on with Nicholas Desmarest, as well as the maps he produced for Raynal's Atlas de Toutes Les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, which was published in 1780. This map is from Raynal's atlas. |
| 1331 |  | Details | Bonne, Rigobert | 1780 |
| Fine antique map of the Moluccas and North Australia |
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Bonne, Rigobert |
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| 1780 |
| LOC:6 |
| $240.00 | Bonne--Rigobert | Fine-antique-map-of-the-Moluccas-and-North-Australia | Attractive antique uncolored copperplate-engraved map of the islands of Java, Sumatra, Celebes, Malaca, Borneo, New Guinea (shown only partially due to incomplete exploration in the late 18th century) as well as the tip of Australia's northern coast(s) with each side of the Cape York Peninsula or "Terre du Sud" named: Terre de Diemen (west) and Terre d'Arnheim (east).
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Arrow notations depict the directions of the winds during the various months of the year. Includes an inset map of the Moluccan Islands - the Spice Islands.
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From "Atlas de toutes les parties connues du Globe Terrestre, dressé pour l’histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens et du commerce des européens dans les deux Indes. "
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Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794) was the successor to Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. Bonne first came to prominence when he published a number of charts in the Atlas Maritime in 1762. He is better known for later publications, including the Atlas Encyclopedique, which he collaborated on with Nicholas Desmarest, as well as the maps he produced for Raynal's Atlas de Toutes Les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, which was published in 1780. |
| 1094 |  | Details | Roux, Joseph | 1780 |
| Roux antique port plan of Livorno, Italy |
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Roux, Joseph |
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| 1780 |
| LOC:4 |
| $165.00 | Roux--Joseph | Roux-antique-port-plan-of-Livorno--Italy | Attractive, antique nautical chart / port plan of the town and harbor of Livorno ("Livourne"), Italy on the Ligurisn Sea, southwest of Pisa. Variant edition Plate 24 published from Livorno by Meucci in the "Recueil Des Principaux Plans des Ports et Rades de la Mer Méditerranée, Estraits de ma carte en Douze Feüilles Dediée à Mons. Le Duc de Choiseul Ministre de la guerre et de la Marine …" .
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Original copperplate-engraved nautical port plan with depth soundings by Joseph Roux includes the town of Livorno surrounded by double Vauban-style defensive walls; the darce, or interior shipping basin; the Capucine; a lighthouse or signal tower ("fanal"); the "Tours de la Marsoque"; and "Maison de Sante".
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Joseph Roux Sr. (1725-1793) was a French cartographer and hydrographer who lived in Marseille. The Roux family, with Roux's son Jospeh Jr. and grandson Antoine Roux, was involved in marine cartography and marine painting from Marseille into the mid-19th century. |
| 1438 |  | Details | Roux, Joseph | 1780 |
| Roux antique plan of Vis (Lucca) harbor in Croatia |
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Roux, Joseph |
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| 1780 |
| LOC:2 |
| $125.00 | Roux--Joseph | Roux-antique-plan-of-Vis-(Lucca)-harbor-in-Croatia | Attractive, antique nautical chart / port plan of the town and harbor on the island of Vis, Croatia, ("Lissa") off the Dalmatian Coast, in the Adriatic Sea. Vis is furthest island in the Adriatic from the Croatian coast and lies southwest of the islands of Hvar, Brac and Solta.
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The port of Vis is identified by Roux as "Lucca". Other key features on this port plan include "Cut", "St. Spilice", "Calle St. George", "Calle Stance", and "Pointe Argentine". On the small and high offshore island of Otočić Host, Roux notes a "Reconnaissance pour le Mouillage" or a place to view the anchorage at Vis.
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For many years Vis was the military and naval headquarters of Tito’s partisan army and was closed to the public until 1989. This meant that it largely escaped commercial development and has been able to retain its natural beauty. Plate 85.
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Joseph Roux Sr. (1725-1793) was a French cartographer and hydrographer who lived in Marseille. The Roux family, with Roux's son Jospeh Jr. and grandson Antoine Roux, was involved in marine cartography and marine painting from Marseille into the mid-19th century. |
| 1093 |  | Details | Roux, Joseph | 1780 |
| Roux antique plan of Rhodes, Greece |
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Roux, Joseph |
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| 1780 |
| LOC:2 |
| $225.00 | Roux--Joseph | Roux-antique-plan-of-Rhodes--Greece | Attractive, antique nautical chart / port plan of the town and harbor of Rhodes on the island of <b>Rhodes, Greece</b> in the Aegean sea, close to the coast of Turkey. Variant edition Plate 127A published in "Recueil Des Principaux Plans des Ports et Rades de la Mer Méditerranée, Estraits de ma carte en Douze Feüilles Dediée à Mons. Le Duc de Choiseul Ministre de la guerre et de la Marine …" from Livorno by Meucci.
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Original copperplate-engraved chart by Joseph Roux includes the walled village of Rhodes, Casa Cornuta, and Rhodes harbor. The harbor and lighthouse, are shown as flanked by two jetties, each supporting a half-dozen windmills, and terminating offshore with a small fort or bastion. Numerous soundings and anchorages would have assisted 18th century mariners in navigating that area.
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Joseph Roux Sr. (1725-1793) was a French cartographer and hydrographer who lived in Marseille. The Roux family, with Roux's son Jospeh Jr. and grandson Antoine Roux, was involved in marine cartography and marine painting from Marseille into the mid-19th century. |
| 696 |  | Details | Cary, John | 1781 |
| Antique Plan of Mahon, Menorca, Spain |
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Cary, John |
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| 1781 |
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| $325.00 | Cary--John | Antique-Plan-of-Mahon--Menorca--Spain | Old antique engraved map and plan of the harbor and town of Mahon, the capital city of Menorca ( Minorca ) in the Balearic Islands, an archipelago and province of Spain in the Mediterranean Sea. Two areas of habitation are documented on the map, the largest consisting of the fortress and dwellings of St. Phillips town at the entrance to Mahon Harbor. In the vicinity of the fortress are a smaller structure- Charles Fort, St. Stephens Cove, Marlborough Redout, and just outside the walls, the Governor of the Castle's House.
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Other noted points of interest around the harbor include Mast House, St. Anthony's Convent, Safron Island, Quarantine Island, Philipet Cove, Fort Philipet and a naval hospital on the aptly named "Bloody Island". A further 23 key points are noted and tied to a list of references at bottom with alphabetical indexes. These additional locations include: the Royal Counterguard, the Nunnery, and the Victualing Office for the Navy.
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Admiral John Byng will forever be remembered for losing the island of Menorca to the French in 1756 near the beginning of what has come to be called "The Seven Years War". The island had been invaded and overrun by French forces with only Fort St. Philip remaining in British hands. Byng's failure to do his utmost to defeat the French fleet at the Battle of Minorca on May 20, 1756 and to recapture the fort and the island led to his court martial. Admiral Byng was found guilty and was later executed by firing squad on March 17, 1757 aboard the HMS Monarch while it lay at anchor in Portsmouth harbor.
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Published from London by James Macgowan & William Davis. Dated within at Feb. 17, 1781. |
| 835 |  | Details | Dupain Triel, Jean-Louis | 1781 |
| Antique thematic map of French rivers and canals |
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Dupain Triel, Jean-Louis |
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| 1781 |
| LOC:0 |
| $3,000.00 | Dupain-Triel--Jean-Louis | Antique-thematic-map-of-French-rivers-and-canals | A large and rare antique thematic map of the rivers, streams, and canals of France with a very fine decorative cartouche. First and only edition. In two un-joined sheets. 36" W x 37" H when joined. Very decorative title cartouche with illustration of a late 18th century river barge with a large rudder; the size probably was necessitated by a small turning angle limited to the width of the barge cabin just aft of amidships. Possibly influenced by Sanson's 1641 "Carte des rivières de la France, curieusement recherchée" but Dupain-Triel's waterways map is much larger and contains greater detail.
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Une grande et rare carte thématique antique des rivières, ruisseaux et canaux de France avec un très beau cartouche décoratif. Première et unique édition. Dans deux feuilles non jointes. 36 "L x 37" H une fois joint. Cartouche titre très décorative avec illustration d'une barge fluviale. Peut-être influencé par 1641 "Carte des rivières de la France de Sanson, curieusement recherchée" mais la carte des cours d'eau Dupain-Triel est beaucoup plus grande et contient plus de détails.
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Both sheets of a 2 sheet map (not joined) of France by J.L. Dupain-Triel Sr. Rare, only one holding listed in OCLC/World Cat. Only two sales recorded in the AMPR.
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In 1782 Dupain-Triel paid for the typesetting and engraving of a manuscript by Marcellin du Carla that proposed the use of contour lines as a means of adding elevation information to terrestrial maps and Dupain-Triel Sr. is distinguished as the maker of the first contour map of France in 1791, based on du Carla's method. This thematic map is noteworthy in that it does not contain any contour information although it is clear that when the map was published Dupain Triel Sr. had strong interest in the topic. (Konvitz, Joseph. "Cartography in France, 1660-1848: Science, Engineering, and Statecraft". University of Chicago Press. 1987. pp. 76-80.) |
| 4839 |  | Details | Tardieu, Pierre Antoine | 1783 |
| Antique Chart of the Sea of Azov Azof and Crimean Peninsula |
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Tardieu, Pierre Antoine |
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| 1783 |
| LOC:88 |
| $675.00 | Tardieu--Pierre-Antoine | Antique-Chart-of-the-Sea-of-Azov-Azof-and-Crimean-Peninsula | Fine original antique map of the Sea of Azov ( Azof ) and environs, based on Jan-Hendrik Van Kinsbergen's 1774 manuscript map of Crimea (formerly Ukraine; annexed by Russia in March 2014.) Detailed inset chart of the Kerch Strait (Detroit de Zabache) linking the Sea of Azov to the Black Sea. |
| 849 |  | Details | Rochette, Louis S. | 1783 |
| Chart of the Northern Atlantic Coast of South America |
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Rochette, Louis S. |
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| 1783 |
| LOC:51 |
| $250.00 | Rochette--Louis-S- | Chart-of-the-Northern-Atlantic-Coast-of-South-America | Antique nautical chart of the coast of South America including Venezuela, the island of Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, and Brazil. Four inset plans: "The Entrances of the Rivers Essequibo and Demerari", Entrance to the River Berbice", "Surinam River from the Dutch", and "Port of Cayenne from the French". From suveys conducted by Captain Edward Thompson, commander of the Hyaena
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This chart was printed in 1783 by William Faden, English cartographer and map publisher, who after the death of Thomas Jefferys suceeded Jefferys to the title of "Geographer to the King". Carries the following endorsement at bottom: "Approved by the Chart Committee of the Admiralty" which would have been a seal of approval important to both the buyers and to Faden. Faden's charts were preferred by the Chart Committee of the Admiralty, appointed beginning in 1807 to select suitable charts for the fleet.
<div class=indenttextblock>"They selected two hundred of the least unsatisfactory, half of them Admiralty charts, either already published or in course of preparation, and the remainder from the commercial publishers. An impressive 50% of the one hundred privately published charts came from William Faden who published many surveys from naval officers so probably offered more charts of areas frequented by warships…" (Fisher, Susanna. The Makers of Blueback Charts: A History of Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson Ltd. Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson Ltd. 2001. p. 11)</div>
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The chart is annotated with numerous fascinating notes and comments about the local geography and inhabitants. For example: <div class=indenttextblock> "Orinoco Islands Covered with palm trees and overflowed from the middle of January to the middle of July. They are inhabited by the Guaraunas and Tivitivas whose houses are built on piles driven in the mud or among branches of the trees".</div>
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<div class=indenttextblock> "Runaway negroes with whom peace was made in September 1761".</div> |
| 4830 |  | Details | Ransonnette, Nicolas | 1783 |
| Scarce antique map of the Bay at Santorini, Italy |
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Ransonnette, Nicolas |
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| 1783 |
| LOC:13 |
| $175.00 | Ransonnette--Nicolas | Scarce-antique-map-of-the-Bay-at-Santorini--Italy | Interesting antique engraved map of the bay and islands of Santorini (Santorin), Italy. Shows the central portion of the volcanic caldera on "Isle Nouvelle" as emitting steam or smoke, an indication of recent and continuing volcanic activity on the island. Shows the Chateau de Searo. From "Illustrations de Lettres édifiantes et curieuses" by Nicolas Ransonnette (1745-1810). Tome 1, Page 78. |
| 196 |  | Details | Faden, William | 1783 |
| Plan of the Bay Rock and Town of Gibraltar |
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Faden, William |
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| 1783 |
| LOC:66 |
| $750.00 | Faden--William | Plan-of-the-Bay-Rock-and-Town-of-Gibraltar | This beautifully engraved plan of the Bay and Rock of Gibraltar and Algeciras by William Faden details the disposition of military forces of France, Spain, and England during the great Siege of Gibraltar during 1779 - 1783, specifically in 1782. Details include the town, fortifications and the location and movement of the Spanish fleet's "forty-nine sail of the line", fire-ships, and battering ships <BR> </BR>
Hydrographic details in this antique map include current flow and numerous soundings. Remarkably extensive hachuring is used throughout the land areas to convey differences in elevation and topography. This chart/map must have required considerable effort by Faden to engrave. Faden promotes the accuracy of the map though his assurance in the title that it is based on a first-hand survey made between 1769 and 1775. Publication date in title of January 26, 1783 by William Faden. Number "24" printed on otherwise blank verso. |
| 568 |  | Details | Ponce, Nicolas. and Godefroy, Francois. | 1784 |
| Époques de l'établissement des Européens dans les États Unis |
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Ponce, Nicolas. and Godefroy, Francois. |
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| 1784 |
| LOC:3 |
| $375.00 | Ponce--Nicolas--and-Godefroy--Francois- | Époques-de-l-établissement-des-Européens-dans-les-États-Unis | One of the earliest available United States post-Revolutionary War population thematic maps, ca. 1784. Tabulates the population of the U.S. by state/territory. <br></br>
Shaded geographic areas on this original antique map show the Northeast United States and the extent of the original territories of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina west to the Mississippi River. The shaded areas are tied back to a population table at left that shows the population for each territory. States and territories at the time of publication totaled a meager 3,119,676 persons, just 1% of the total population in 2013. This tabulation pre-dates the first official census that was conducted in 1790. In that earliest census the population was estimated at 3.92 million.<br></br>
At right the major ports for each state are identified and at bottom the authors provide a brief history for each state. All area west of the Mississippi River is labeled "Louisiane".<br></br>
French map published in Paris c. 1784. Source: "Collection d'estampes représentant les évenemens de la guerre, pour la liberté de l'Amérique Septentionale". |
| 5279 |  | Details | Bougard, Rene | 1785 |
| Rare woodcut chart Table Bay Saldanha Bay South Africa |
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Bougard, Rene |
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| 1785 |
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| $350.00 | Bougard--Rene | Rare-woodcut-chart-Table-Bay-Saldanha-Bay-South-Africa | Two scarce 18th-century woodcut harbor charts for South Africa on a single sheet. This fine antique harbor chart covers Table Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa and the Cape of Good Hope (Cap de Bonne Esperance). Verso contains another woodcut harbor chart of the Bay of Saldanha, on Africa's west coast about 70 statute miles northwest of Cape Town.
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From the atlas "Petit Flambeau de la Mer", published in more than 12 editions beginning in 1683 [1785] from le Havre, France by Rene Bougard. Printed area measures 4" x 6" on a larger sheet of laid paper. On the title page Bougard is listed as a Lieutenant of France's Vaisseau du Roi or the French sailing navy. The French navy was headquartered in Toulon while the French galley corps was at that time considered a separate entity and was based mainly at Marseille, France. French text.
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Copies of Bougard's harbor charts are rare and seldom found available for sale.
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Full title of Bougard's atlas is: "Le Petit Flambeau de la mer ou le veritable guide des pilotes cotiers ; Où il est clairement enseigné la maniere de naviguer le long de toutes les Cotes de France, d’Angleterre, d’Irlande, d’Espagne, de Portugal, d’Italie, de Sicile, de Malte, de Corse & de Sardaigne, & autres isles du Detroit; & des Cotes de Barbarie . . . " |
| 1459 |  | Details | Zatta, Antonio | 1785 |
| French, English and Spanish Islands in the Caribbean Sea |
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Zatta, Antonio |
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| 1785 |
| LOC:10 |
| $425.00 | Zatta--Antonio | French--English-and-Spanish-Islands-in-the-Caribbean-Sea | Fine antique decorative map of the Caribbean Islands "Arcipelago delle Antille" with a beautiful and colorful title cartouche published from Venice, Italy. Shows Florida as an archipelago of islands. Antonio Zatta issued this attractive antique engraving in his "Atlante Novissimo" in 1785. |
| 195 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1786 |
| Costa de Espana |
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Anonymous |
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| 1786 |
| LOC:0 |
| $340.00 | Anonymous | Costa-de-Espana | Set of antique profile coastal views of Spain's Costa del Sol and other coastal areas in the Mediterranean published as part of the first scientific sea atlas of Spain: 'Atlas Maritimo de España' (Maritime Atlas of Spain) by the Dirección de Hidrografía, Spain's equivalent to the U.S. Coast Survey in 1787. Included in this large dated sheet of land profiles from Tofino de San Miguel's atlas of antique nautical charts: Estepona; Punta de Velez, Malaga; Sierra d Marbella; Cabo de Gato; Cabo de Palos; Torre de Almazarron; Islands of Columbretes, Bedra and Benidorm; and many more coastal features. Sheet 1.
<br></br> The interested reader can find most of these profile locations described in an English-language translation of Tofino de San Miguel's sailing directions "Espana Maritima". This translation of San Miguel's work published in 1812 by Faden can be found online at: "http://books.google.com/books". |
| 193 |  | Details | Varelay Ulloa, Joseph | 1787 |
| Carta Esferica de la Costa de Africa |
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Varelay Ulloa, Joseph |
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| 1787 |
| LOC:54 |
| $600.00 | Varelay-Ulloa--Joseph | Carta-Esferica-de-la-Costa-de-Africa | This rare, engraved antique nautical chart of the Northwest coast of Africa was published as part of the first scientific Spanish sea atlas: 'Atlas Maritimo de España' (Maritime Atlas of Spain) by the Dirección de Hidrografía, Spain's equivalent to the U.S. Coast Survey. The antique chart was authored by Spanish naval Captain Don Joseph Varelay Ulloa (ca. 1743-1794) who made several hydrographic surveys of the coast of Africa. With manuscript pencil plots from 1808 centered on Madeira. <BR> </BR>
Coverage from Cape St. Vincent past the Strait of Gibraltar to Cape Bojador in the south including the Canary Islands. Inset with 20 detailed coastal profile views. |
| 1336 |  | Details | Bonne, Rigobert | 1787 |
| Eastern Hemisphere - Antique 45 Degree Northern Oblique Projection |
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Bonne, Rigobert |
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| 1787 |
| LOC:9 |
| $245.00 | Bonne--Rigobert | Eastern-Hemisphere---Antique-45-Degree-Northern-Oblique-Projection | Early antique projection covering the Eastern Hemisphere taken from 45 degrees north latitude. Includes the North Pole, northern North America with Alaska; Africa, Madagascar, Europe, Japan, western Australia (Nouvelle Hollande"), and New Zealand. A very fine copper-plate engraved map produced by Rigobert Bonne and crisply and finely engraved by Andre to include mountain ranges and numerous place names. Includes two related views on the plate including one colorful view of the "Sphere Oblique" and another obtuse drawing labeled "Effet de Pesanteur".
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Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794) was the successor to Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. Bonne first came to prominence when he published a number of charts in the Atlas Maritime in 1762, but Bonne is better known for later publications, including the Atlas Encyclopedique, which he collaborated on with Nicholas Desmarest, as well as the maps he produced for Raynal's Atlas de Toutes Les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre. Published in Paris in 1787. Plate 24. |
| 1306 |  | Details | Bonne, Rigobert | 1787 |
| Antique Pre-Antarctica Southern Polar Projection |
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Bonne, Rigobert |
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| 1787 |
| LOC:9 |
| $325.00 | Bonne--Rigobert | Antique-Pre-Antarctica-Southern-Polar-Projection | Early antique South polar projection covering from the South Pole to the Equator. Produced by Bonne before the dimensions of continental Antarctica were known. This colorful antique map includes Australia (Nouvelle Hollande) and New Guinea.
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Crisply and finely engraved to include mountain ranges and numerous place names with islands given extra coverage. Surrounded by two tables showing the distance corresponding to one degree at different latitudes. Published in Paris in 1787. Plate 23. |
| 3632 |  | Details | Bonne, Rigobert | 1787 |
| Fine antique map of China, Korea and Japan |
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Bonne, Rigobert |
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| 1787 |
| LOC:9 |
| $265.00 | Bonne--Rigobert | Fine-antique-map-of-China--Korea-and-Japan | Map of China, Korea and Japan includes only northern China, extending south as far as Nanjing. Numerous cities are shown spread throughout China, however fewer are shown in Korea and Japan reflecting the lack of knowledge of these regions in the late 18th century. The Great Wall of China is also depicted.
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Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794) was the successor to Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. Bonne first came to prominence when he published a number of charts in the Atlas Maritime in 1762. He is better known for later publications, including the Atlas Encyclopedique, which he collaborated on with Nicholas Desmarest, as well as the maps he produced for Raynal's Atlas de Toutes Les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, which was published in 1780. |
| 1413 |  | Details | Bonne, Rigobert | 1787 |
| Antique Northern Polar Projection or Hemisphere Septentrional |
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Bonne, Rigobert |
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| 1787 |
| LOC:9 |
| $180.00 | Bonne--Rigobert | Antique-Northern-Polar-Projection-or-Hemisphere-Septentrional | Attractive North polar projection covering the Northern Hemisphere or "Hemisphere Septentrional" from the North Pole to the Equator. Early French copper-plate engraved map produced by Rigobert Bonne and crisply and finely engraved by Andre' to include mountain ranges and numerous place names. Surrounded by two tables of climatological data and a view of the "Sphere Parallele." Published in Paris in 1787. Plate 22.
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Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794) was the successor to Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. Bonne first came to prominence when he published a number of charts in the Atlas Maritime in 1762, but Bonne is better known for later publications, including the Atlas Encyclopedique, which he collaborated on with Nicholas Desmarest, as well as the maps he produced for Raynal's Atlas de Toutes Les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre. |
| 1428 |  | Details | Bonne, Rigobert | 1787 |
| Antique map of northern South America |
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Bonne, Rigobert |
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| 1787 |
| LOC:50 |
| $99.00 | Bonne--Rigobert | Antique-map-of-northern-South-America | Fine hand-colored antique map of northern South America with portions of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and Chile and neighboring countries to the south. Includes the Amazon River basin. By R. Bonne a cartographer and hydrographer who produced maps of both land and sea, although his work leaned more toward the sea for reasons expressed below. Number 31.
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Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794) was the successor to Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. Bonne first came to prominence when he published a number of charts in the Atlas Maritime in 1762, but Bonne is better known for later publications, including the Atlas Encyclopedique, which he collaborated on with Nicholas Desmarest, as well as the maps he produced for Raynal's Atlas de Toutes Les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre. Published in Paris in 1787.
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This site offers several charts from Bonne's miniature nautical atlas "Atlas maritime ou Cartes réduites de toutes les Côtes de France ..." The 12 small charts of coastal France in the Atlas Maritime are considered to be among the very few miniature nautical charts published during the golden age of miniature maps. |
| 187 |  | Details | Tofino de San Miguel | 1788 |
| Carta Esferica de una Parte del Oceano Atlantico |
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Tofino de San Miguel |
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| 1788 |
| LOC:54 |
| $850.00 | Tofino-de-San-Miguel | Carta-Esferica-de-una-Parte-del-Oceano-Atlantico | Scarce, 18th century antique nautical chart published as part of the first scientific Spanish sea atlas: 'Atlas Maritimo de España' (Maritime Atlas of Spain) by the Dirección de Hidrografía, Spain's equivalent to the U.S. Coast Survey. This antique small-scale copperplate engraved chart by the renowned Spanish hydrographer Don Vincente Tofino de San Miguel (1732-1795) covers the coast of Spain and of Africa as far south as Cape Verde. Includes Cape Verde islands, Canary islands, the Azores. Coverage of the Western Mediterranean includes the Balearic islands with Ibiza, Mallorca ( Majorca ), and Minorca ( Menorca ).
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Picturesque dedicatory cartouche to Frey Don Antonio Valdes engraved by D. Fernando Selma includes palm trees, an anthropomorphic lion and two rabbits overlooked by crumbling columns bearing the inscribed national motto "Plus Ultra". |
| 3601 |  | Details | Zatta, Antonio | 1788 |
| Splendid antique map of Jamaica divided into parishes |
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Zatta, Antonio |
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| 1788 |
| LOC:10 |
| $400.00 | Zatta--Antonio | Splendid-antique-map-of-Jamaica-divided-into-parishes | Antique, hand-colored engraving, a decorative map of Jamaica drawn as though on a scroll, published in Antonio Zatta's 'Atlante Novissimo' as sheet IX in his twelve-sheet map of North America. With many engraved place names, rivers, mountains, etc. The island of Jamaica is divided into eighteen parishes including Portland, San Andrea, San Elisabet, and Westmoreland . Numerous place names, all in Italian.
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Folio 9. Large compass rose. |
| 4963 |  | Details | Tofino de San Miguel | 1789 |
| Antique Map of Cadiz Spain and Cape Trafalgar |
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Tofino de San Miguel |
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| 1789 |
| LOC:57 |
| $1,450.00 | Tofino-de-San-Miguel | Antique-Map-of-Cadiz-Spain-and-Cape-Trafalgar | Finely engraved and printed scarce original Spanish antique nautical chart of Cadiz, Spain and environs from Captain Vincente Tofiño de San Miguel y Van der Walle (1732-1795), Director of the Spanish Naval Academy in Cadiz. Manuscript pencil notations in English below the title cartouche suggest use aboard an English-speaking vessel.
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This antique nautical chart of covering Cadiz, Spain to Cape Trafalgar was one of 47 charts published in 1789 as part of the first scientific Spanish sea atlas: 'Atlas Maritimo de España' (Maritime Atlas of Spain) by the Dirección de Hidrografía, Spain's equivalent to the U.S. Coast Survey. Prior to the late 18th century Spain jealously guarded nautical maps and charts of its possessions, especially so for its overseas colonies.
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Drawn by Bauza. Grabado en Madrid por Joaquin Ballester. |
| 780 |  | Details | Sayer, Robert | 1789 |
| Antique nautical chart of the Harbor of Rye in Sussex, England |
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Sayer, Robert |
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| 1789 |
| LOC:89 |
| $425.00 | Sayer--Robert | Antique-nautical-chart-of-the-Harbor-of-Rye-in-Sussex--England | Beautiful antique nautical chart/plan depicts the coast of Kent and nearby towns of Rye and Playden ( Playdon ), England along with the Rye Camber and part of the Romney Marshes. This scarce harbor chart by Robert Sayer was published in 1789 and shows the navigational channel to Rye harbor marked by beacons as well as numerous soundings at high and low water. Noted features include Winchelsea Castle, Stoney Beach, the East Bar, Wenneway River, Camber Point, Guildford Gut, Black Shore, and a single windmill between Rye and Playden.
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Sayer borrowed heavily from a chart published earlier by Greenville Collins. Two obvious differences are that the Romney Marsh in Collin's chart is here labeled 'Walland Marsh' and in this chart the town called Playdon is called 'Socket' on Collins'. Sayer's chart carries this additional note not found on Collin's chart: "A flag by day & a light by night are hoisted on the west pier-head of the new harbour of Rye, whenever there are nine feet water at the mouth of the harbour."
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With a colorful compass rose. Published by Robert Sayer, Map and Chart-seller. 53 Fleet Street, London in "The Channel Pilot". Number 8 stamped in upper right corner. |
| 662 |  | Details | Nordenankar, Jan | 1790 |
| Chart of Northern Gulf of Bothnia ( Botten Wiken ) |
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Nordenankar, Jan |
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| 1790 |
| LOC:0 |
| $1,200.00 | Nordenankar--Jan | Chart-of-Northern-Gulf-of-Bothnia-(-Botten-Wiken-) | Scarce antique Swedish nautical sea chart by Nordenankar of the upper portion of the Gulf of Bothnia with portions of the coasts of Sweden and Finland. Includes these noted cities and features: Umea, Skelleftea, Pitea, Lulea, Tornio, (Tornea), Kemi, Oulu (Uleaborg), Brahestad, Jacobstad, and Kokkola ( Gamla Carleby ).
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Produced by Swedish Admiral and cartographer Johan Corvin Nordenankar (1722-1804). Nordenankar, in order to gain major experience at sea early in his career, served in both the English and Maltese navies, participating in a battle between Maltese galleys and an Algerian ship on May 16, 1752. Returning home to Sweden, Nordenankar rose through the ranks of the Swedish navy first as Lieutenant-Commander and later in 1772 served as head of the galley fleet stationed in Stockholm.
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Nordenankar is best known for his work as Director of the sjökarteverket, Sweden's nautical chart department, in the 1780's. During his tenure as Director he led the survey and charting of areas that previously were only poorly documented including the Baltic Sea with the Gulf of Bothnia and Gulf of Finland, the Sound, Kattegat and Skagerrak. These areas had become more important militarily to Sweden with Russia's advances into the region and improvements to the cartography of the area had stalled after intial work by Peter Gedda, Nils Power Crona, and Jonas Hahn. Nordenankar's work leading the renewed charting of the region resulted in the publication of at least 11 charts under his name. (Reference: sok.riksarkivet.se/SBL/Presentation.aspx?id=8198)
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Much hydrographic detail, soundings, and hazards. Left and right portions of the chart contain numerous profile views of the coastline as seen from sea. Engraved by Arkrel. Number 3. |
| 1127 |  | Details | Roux, Joseph | 1790 |
| Antique harbor plan of Çesme , Turkey |
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Roux, Joseph |
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| 1790 |
| LOC:2 |
| $160.00 | Roux--Joseph | Antique-harbor-plan-of-Çesme---Turkey | Antique nautical chart or port plan of the environs around the Bay and village of Çeşme ( Chesme ) Turkey at the far west end of Anatolia near the Çeşme Peninsula. Interestingly, the character "N" in the title "Natolie" is engraved backwards. Çeşme Castle, a 500 year old Ottoman fort is depicted as a walled compound and dominates the east end of the bay. The castle, renovated after the Ottoman-Russian War in 1770, was not used for military purposes after the Crimean War. The castle is is now the Çeşme Archeology Museum.
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Çeşme lies in Izmir Province about 50 miles west of the city of Izmir and across a narrow strait from the Greek island of Chios. Çeşme is known as the windsurfing and kite-surfing capital of Turkey, and is considered among the best surfing areas in the world. A few small islands or sandbars, and depth soundings are shown on the map, along with a grove of trees on the north side of the bay.
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This small original chart is from a late 18th century edition of the atlas of Mediterranean ports produced by Joseph Roux - "Recueil des Principaux Plans des Ports et Rades de la Mer Méditerranée". Plate 144A.
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There were at least four small atlases of port and coastal charts that originated from Marseille hydrographers in the 18th century. Beginning in approximately 1727 these atlases included works by cartographers :
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/MichelotBremondBackground.aspx"> Michelot and Bremond</a>,
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/Creator/Ayrouard--Jacques"> Jacques Ayrouard</a>,
<a rel="nofollow" href= "/Creator/Roux--Joseph"> Joseph Roux</a>
, and Jean Allezard. |
| 45 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1790 |
| Carte Reduite de Golfe de Gascogne |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1790 |
| LOC:0 |
| $250.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Carte-Reduite-de-Golfe-de-Gascogne | Large, no-nonsense antique copperplate engraved navigational chart on wove paper. Coverage is of the Gulf of Gascogne from Isle d'Ouessant to Cape Finisterre.
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Published by the French Depot de la Marine in 1790. |
| 1471 |  | Details | Brion, Louis, de la Tour | 1790 |
| Guyane, Terre Ferme. Isles Antilles et Nouvelle Espagne |
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Brion, Louis, de la Tour |
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| 1790 |
| LOC:10 |
| $130.00 | Brion--Louis--de-la-Tour | Guyane--Terre-Ferme--Isles-Antilles-et-Nouvelle-Espagne | Antique map of the Caribbean Archipelago, Mexico, and the southeast United States. Map is set within a page of French text related to the map. |
| 5218 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1790 |
| Fine pair miniature maps North America South America |
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Anonymous |
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| 1790 |
| LOC:13 |
| $165.00 | Anonymous | Fine-pair-miniature-maps-North-America-South-America | Fine pair of miniature maps of North America and of South America. Each charming antique, hand-colored map measures 2" x 3.5" inside the neatline. With minuscule text in English describing each continent. Anonymous. Shows Nootka Sound. Date estimated ca. 1790 but certainly between 1778 and 1803.
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Most of the western U.S.A. is labeled as Mexico or New Spain or as Louisiana. Page numbers 5 and 6. |
| 1011 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1791 |
| French Chart of the Azores Island, Portugal |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1791 |
| LOC:54 |
| $750.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | French-Chart-of-the-Azores-Island--Portugal | Antique chart from 1791 of the Azores Islands, off the coast of Portugal. This chart "Carte réduite des Isles Açores" is a 1791 French sea chart based on the earlier observations of Tofino de San Miguel, of the Spanish Admiralty. Contains numerous elevation profile views of the Azores coastline as seen from sea. Coverage inccludes the islands of Corvo, Flores, Graciosa ("Gracieuse"), Terceira, São Jorge, Pico, Faial, São Miguel, and Santa Maria. |
| 40 |  | Details | La Bretonniere | 1792 |
| Cotes de France- Departement du Pas de Calais |
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La Bretonniere |
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| 1792 |
| LOC:0 |
| $225.00 | La-Bretonniere | Cotes-de-France--Departement-du-Pas-de-Calais | Depot de la Marine antique copperplate engraved nautical chart by La Bretonniere of the Pas de Calais region focused on the town of Calais and its near offshore waters. Sand banks, soundings, and coastal features are shown with fine detail. Top right of chart annotated with manuscript "16" in large letters.<BR> </BR>
Of special historical note on this antique chart are two items that reflect the French revolution: Date of " l'An I " and the Depot de la Marine stamp with "E.F." replacing the Fleur de Lis. |
| 613 |  | Details | Fahlberg, Samuel | 1792 |
| Chart of Saint Barthelemy, St. Martin and Anguilla |
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Fahlberg, Samuel |
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| 1792 |
| LOC:51 |
| $22,500.00 | Fahlberg--Samuel | Chart-of-Saint-Barthelemy--St--Martin-and-Anguilla | Exceedingly rare original antique chart of the Caribbean islands of <b>Anguilla, St. Barts, St. Martin, Dog Island, and Prickly Pear Island</b> by Swedish cartographer and physician <b>Dr. Samuel Fahlberg</b> (1758-1834) . This beautifully engraved chart may well be the only available small-scale sea chart of these three Caribbean Islands by a Swedish cartographer.
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No record of a sale of this chart in the Antique Map Price Record database (200K map sales since 1982). Faint pencil notations and a course plot into the harbor at Saint Martin indicate that this chart was used at sea. <br></br>
Fahlberg moved to St. Barthelemy (St. Barts / Barth) as a physician in 1784 after the island was ceded to Sweden by France. In 1803 Fahlberg was named Director of Survey of St. Barts; he thoroughly mapped the island for the Swedish West India Company ( Svenska Vastindiska Kompaniet ) <sup>1</sup>.
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Contains a detailed inset of Gustavia on St. Barths titled "Speciale-Chart ofver Inloppet och Hammen Carenage samt Staden Gustavia. According to the John Carter Brown library: "The main town on Saint Barthélemy was called Le Carenage by the French, but renamed Gustavia by the Swedes when the island was given to the Swedes by Louis XVI in return for free port rights to Gothenburg, Sweden". A 'carenage' is an area typically along a shallow beach where wooden ships without access to a drydock could be beached at high tide, or careened, in order to clean, caulk, and repair their hulls.
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On chain-laid paper with watermark: "C & I Honig". Engraved by the Swedish chart maker Erik Akerland (1754–1832). Stockholm: 1792. Text is in Swedish. <br></br>
<sup>1</sup> Reinhartz, Dennis. "The Caribbean Cartography of Samuel Fahlberg". History of Cartography Symposium. Springer. 2012. http://www.springer.com/978-3-642-19087-2. |
| 636 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1793 |
| Cote Meridionale d'Espagne depuis Cadiz jusqu'au Cap de Palos |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1793 |
| LOC:0 |
| $900.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Cote-Meridionale-d-Espagne-depuis-Cadiz-jusqu-au-Cap-de-Palos | Exceptional antique French nautical chart of the Western Mediterranean Sea, including the southern coasts of Spain and France and the northern coast of Africa. Nearly perfect condition. Coverage on this handsome folding sea chart extends from Cadiz, Spain eastward past Cape Trafalgar, Gibraltar, Malaga, Cartagena, to Cape Palos. Hundreds of named towns, villages, and geographic features ring the coastline with depth soundings, but virtually no interior details. Latitude and longitude scales.
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With the circular stamp of the French Depot de la Marine. Price when issued: Three Francs. No. 93.
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Exterior of the original linen cover contains a decorative octagonal seller's label: "Ch. Piquet, Geographe ordinaire DU ROI et de S.A.R. Monseig(neur) le Duc d'Orleans. A Paris Quai de Conti No. 17, entre l'Hotel des Monnaies et le Pont des Arts." |
| 757 |  | Details | Beautemps-Beaupre, Charles-Francois | 1793 |
| Carte Generale de la Partie du Grand Archipel d'Asie |
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Beautemps-Beaupre, Charles-Francois |
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| 1793 |
| LOC:59 |
| $2,550.00 | Beautemps-Beaupre--Charles-Francois | Carte-Generale-de-la-Partie-du-Grand-Archipel-d-Asie | The Singapore Library web site sums up the significance of this scarce map of Asia: "Map of Indonesia showing tracks of Recherche and Esperance in 1792-1793. This map is part of the great archipelago of Asia, recognized by Rear Admiral Bruny-Dentrecasteaux, in 1792 and 1793" (1). This very scarce copper-plate engraved map is by Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré (1766-1854). Charts by Beautemps-Beaupre are scarce. Only one other instance of this map is found in the AMPR.
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On thick wove paper.
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Chart of the waters and islands lying to the north of Australia including portions of the Ceram Sea, Arafura Sea, Banda Sea, and Molucca Sea, Key geographical features include a passage labeled "Dampier Strait", Waigeo ( Waigiou ), Batanta, Ceram, Ambon, Northern New Guinea, and Sulawesi ( Celebes ) and Timor. Much of the coastline of these islands is left blank because as of 1793 they were still uncharted and unexplored.
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The map shows the track of two ships, the Recherche and Espérance , as they conducted an expedition (1791 - 1793) led by French Rear-Admiral Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni d'Entrecasteaux to find the missing ships of Jean-François de La Pérouse of whom nothing had been heard since March 1788.
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C.F. Beautemps-Beaupre was one of the earliest hydrographers to use isobaths to represent water depth. Beautemp-Beaupres' many contributions to hydrography and his dedication to his profession is the reason he is sometimes referred to as the 'father of French hydrography'.
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(1) Source online: http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/61fb49ca-26e8-49cb-8e93-5f3558b123d2.aspx |
| 1383 |  | Details | Sayer, Robert | 1793 |
| Antique map of Provence, France related to the Siege of Toulon |
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Sayer, Robert |
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| 1793 |
| LOC:0 |
| $300.00 | Sayer--Robert | Antique-map-of-Provence--France-related-to-the-Siege-of-Toulon | Three fine antique maps on one sheet related to the French Revolutionary War, and in particular the Siege of Toulon (Aug. 1793 - Dec. 1793). It was at the important naval base of Toulon where young Napoleon Bonaparte won his first military victory. Coverage of coastal Provence, France includes the Côte d'Azure with Monaco, Nice, Antibes, and St. Tropez. Trending to the west it shows the Bay de Hyeres, Marseilles, Avignon, Agde, Narbonne, Perpignan, and Port Vendres.
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The top map shows the coastline of Southern France from the border with Italy to the border with Spain. Fortified towns and post roads are delineated. Bottom left inset map of "The Roads of Toulon with the Adjacent Country" showing the position of Toulon at much greater scale, and extensive soundings, anchorages, and landmarks in the Little Road and Great Road of Toulon. (Note: A road is a sheltered location where vessels may lie at anchor). Bottom right inset is "Plan of the City and Harbour of Toulon", a detailed plan showing the city with references to the various bastions.
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Published October 10, 1793 by Robert Sayer & co. Fleet Street, London. |
| 2563 |  | Details | Vaugondy, Robert de | 1795 |
| Canada. Louisiane. Etats-Unis. |
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Vaugondy, Robert de |
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| 1795 |
| LOC:10 |
| $360.00 | Vaugondy--Robert-de | Canada--Louisiane--Etats-Unis- | Uncommon third edition (Delamarche) of Vaugondy's map with changed title cartouche and "corrigés par le Cen.Lamarche son successeur" added to title.
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Several changes are notable for this later edition as compared to Vaugondy's 1778 issue. For Florida,new locations are recorded at Saint Augustine and Cape Canaveral. Two maps on one sheet- east and west coasts.
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The map of the western part of North America is most notable for it's depiction of Mer de L'Quest or Sea of the West. A great sea, easily the size of the Mediterranean, to flow from the then-known Strait of Juan de Fuca. Shows an opening to the ocean from this great sea at roughly in North California or Oregon and Quivira somewhere in Idaho.
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Martha's Vineyard is named as "Martins Viniard". Many Indian Tribes and French Forts located in the Old Northwest and west of the Mississippi. Florida is depicted as an Archipelago.
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Dated to 1795, the 3rd year of the French Republic. |
| 940 |  | Details | Barrow, John | 1796 |
| Large antique plan of Macau, China |
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Barrow, John |
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| 1796 |
| LOC:59 |
| $1,800.00 | Barrow--John | Large-antique-plan-of-Macau--China | Spectacular plan of <b>Macau or Macao</b>, the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Published in George Staunton's "An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China", a work which documented <b>Britain's first official embassy to China</b>, lead by Lord Macartney, in 1792.
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Published on April, 12, 1796 by George Nicol. |
| 721 |  | Details | La Perouse, Jean François Galaup | 1797 |
| Antique 1782 Plan of San Diego, California |
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La Perouse, Jean François Galaup |
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| 1797 |
| LOC:63 |
| $800.00 | La-Perouse--Jean-François-Galaup | Antique-1782-Plan-of-San-Diego--California | Two very attractive engraved antique nautical charts on one page of the harbors of <b>San Diego</b>, California (upper half) and San Blas, Mexico in Nayarit State. Locations around San Diego, California that are noted on the chart include: the Presidio de St. Diego, the 'faux port', Pointe des Morts, Rancherie de las Choyas, Pointe St. Augustin, Rancherie ou Village d'Indiens nomme de la Pointe, Pointe St. Joseph, Pointe St. Michel, Petite Port de St Jean, Pointe Guizarros, and Pointe de la Colline. Numerous soundings are included with descriptions of the composition of the sea floor on the approaches to and bottom of the San Diego Bay.
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These two charts by Jean-Francois de la Perouse are based on surveys by Juan Pantoja, a captain of the Manila trade for Spain. Derived from Pantoja's manuscript, the charts were published posthumously in the "Atlas du Voyage de la Perouse 1785-1788". Plate 35.
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San Blas was used by Spain's Navy as a naval base beginning in 1768 and it served for several decades as a base of operations for Spanish expeditions to the Pacific Northwest. For about twenty years in the late 18th century, San Blas was one of the busiest ports on the Pacific coast of the Americas, rivaling Acapulco. L. Aubert, scripsit.
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As a French explorer and naval officer la Perouse (1741-1788?) was tasked by King Louis XVI of France with completing the Pacific exploration begun by British Captain James Cook. Aboard the ships Astrolabe and Boussole, la Perouse and his crew mapped the west coast of North America and Alaska in 1786 and visited Easter Island and the Sandwich Islands ( Hawaii ). After reaching Australia's Botany Bay in 1788 his ships were lost at sea while searching for the Solomon Islands. |
| 280 |  | Details | Malham, John | 1797 |
| A Correct Chart of the Baltic Sea engraved for Malham's Naval Gazetteer |
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Malham, John |
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| 1797 |
| LOC:7 |
| $150.00 | Malham--John | A-Correct-Chart-of-the-Baltic-Sea-engraved-for-Malham-s-Naval-Gazetteer | Small antique nautical chart showing the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Finland and surrounding coastal areas including Poland, Estonia, and Sweden (then including Finland). From the rare first American edition of Malham's Naval Gazetteer, published by Spotswood and Nancrede in Boston in 1797. Vol 1.<BR> </BR>
This sea chart comes from an antique nautical gazetteer or geographical dictionary produced first in England and after 1796 in the United States. Key noted cities include Copenhagen, Stockholm, and St. Petersburg. <BR> </BR>
Rev. John Malham was a prolific Yorkshire-born author who produced other diverse works that include "Navigation Made Easy and Familiar", "Twenty-Two Sermons on Doctrinal and Practical Subjects" and "The Scarcity of Wheat considered". Malham died near London in 1807. (Gentleman's Magazine, Vol 102, 1807, p. 568).<BR> </BR>
Colophon at end of Volume 1 states that the work is "From the prefs of Samuel Etheridge, No. 9 Newbury Street, Boston, 1797"). |
| 3587 |  | Details | La Perouse, Jean François Galaup | 1797 |
| Beautiful Antique Chart of Monterey Bay and Carmel Bay, California |
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La Perouse, Jean François Galaup |
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| 1797 |
| LOC:10 |
| $950.00 | La-Perouse--Jean-François-Galaup | Beautiful-Antique-Chart-of-Monterey-Bay-and-Carmel-Bay--California | First French edition of this original antique early plan of Monterey Bay, Carmel, and Carmel Bay in California. This map is the earliest obtainable map of the Monterey and Carmel region.
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Because this chart is the only one of Perouse's charts based on his own exploration some dealers consider this map to be a foundational map for all collectors of 18th century California cartography.
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The fine hand-colored chart shows the very small town of Carmel with the Mission de St. Charles, and the Presidio at a distance. The map makes it possible to understand how the development of local transportation routes was impacted by the area's geography. Locates an anchorage (mouillage"), Pointe du Nouvel-an (New Year Point near Santa Cruz) and the Montagnes de St. Lucie. Rhumb lines in the bay with north oriented to the left. A scarce map of the area.
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As a French explorer and naval officer la Perouse (1741-1788?) was tasked by King Louis XVI of France with completing the Pacific exploration begun by British Captain James Cook. Aboard the ships Astrolabe and Boussole, la Perouse and his crew mapped the west coast of North America and Alaska in 1786 and visited Easter Island and the Sandwich Islands ( Hawaii ). After reaching Australia's Botany Bay in 1788 his ships were lost at sea while searching for the Solomon Islands.
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This map is from the French edition of the "Atlas du voyage de La Perouse". L. Aubert scripsit. Plate 34. |
| 3616 |  | Details | La Perouse, Jean François Galaup | 1797 |
| Earliest obtainable map of the Monterey and Carmel, California region. |
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La Perouse, Jean François Galaup |
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| 1797 |
| LOC:10 |
| $550.00 | La-Perouse--Jean-François-Galaup | Earliest-obtainable-map-of-the-Monterey-and-Carmel--California-region- | The first French edition of the antique early plan of Monterey Bay, Carmel, and Carmel Bay in California is an uncolored and historically significant chart. It is the only chart of La Pérouse's based on his own exploration, making it a foundational map for collectors of 18th-century California cartography. This chart represents the earliest obtainable map of the Monterey and Carmel region.
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The hand-colored chart accurately portrays the small town of Carmel, featuring the Mission de St. Charles and the Presidio at a distance. The map provides insight into how the area's geography impacted the development of local transportation routes. It locates an anchorage (mouillage), Pointe du Nouvel-an (New Year Point near Santa Cruz), and the Montagnes de St. Lucie. The bay's rhumb lines are oriented with north to the left, adding to the rarity of the map.
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This map is part of the French edition of the "Atlas du voyage de La Perouse," with L. Aubert as the engraver. It appears as Plate 34 within the atlas. Collectors and historians alike treasure this map as a crucial piece of 18th-century California cartography and a testament to La Pérouse's exploration of the Pacific. |
| 419 |  | Details | Malham, John | 1797 |
| A Correct Chart of the West India Islands engraved for Malham's Naval Gazetteer |
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Malham, John |
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| 1797 |
| LOC:3 |
| $375.00 | Malham--John | A-Correct-Chart-of-the-West-India-Islands-engraved-for-Malham-s-Naval-Gazetteer | Increasingly scarce on the market. Rev. John Malham's chart of the United States east coast lying south of Charlestown, South Carolina. Covers the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Bahamas, Hispaniola, the West Indies, Central America, Columbia, and Venezuela south to the mouth of the Orinoco River. This chart has examples of interesting usage of terms that are today known only from history books: 'Spanish Main' for the southern Caribbean Sea; 'Terra Firma' denotes northern Colombia and Venezuela. Key noted cities include Charleston, Savannah, St. Augustine, New Orleans, Havana, Port Royal, Cartagena, Caracas.
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From the rare first American edition of Malham's Naval Gazetteer, published by Spotswood and Nancrede in Boston in 1797. Early U.S. colonial nautical chart engravings are scarce.
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This chart comes from an early nautical gazetteer or geographical dictionary produced first in England and after 1796 in the United States by John Malham a prolific Yorkshire-born author who produced other diverse works that include "Navigation Made Easy and Familiar". |
| 421 |  | Details | Malham, John | 1797 |
| A Correct Chart of the Indian Ocean engraved for Malham's Naval Gazetteer |
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Malham, John |
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| 1797 |
| LOC:200 |
| $175.00 | Malham--John | A-Correct-Chart-of-the-Indian-Ocean-engraved-for-Malham-s-Naval-Gazetteer | Scarce chart showing the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. From the first American edition of Malham's Naval Gazetteer, published by Spotswood and Nancrede in Boston during September 1796. Vol 2.<BR> </BR>
This chart comes from an early nautical gazetteer produced first in England and after 1796 in Boston, Massachusetts. Coverage includes the Persian Gulf, Maldive Islands, Andaman Island, and Nicobar Islands. With three sets of rhumb lines. Rev. John Malham was a prolific Yorkshire-born author. Malham died near London in 1807. Archivally matted.<BR> </BR> |
| 510 |  | Details | Malham, John | 1797 |
| A Correct Chart of the Coast of Portugal engraved for Malham's Naval Gazetteer |
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Malham, John |
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| 1797 |
| LOC:7 |
| $185.00 | Malham--John | A-Correct-Chart-of-the-Coast-of-Portugal-engraved-for-Malham-s-Naval-Gazetteer | Early U.S. printed sea chart of Portugal's Atlantic coast from 37 to 42 degrees North Latitude. From the rare first American edition of Malham's Naval Gazetteer, published by Spotswood and Nancrede in Boston. Vol 2.<BR> </BR>
This chart comes from an early nautical gazetteer produced first in England and after 1796 in Boston, Massachusetts. Coverage includes Seville, Cape St. Vincent, Sagres, Setuval, Lisbon, Coimbra, and Oporto. Just below the fleur-de-lis pointing North is a notation: "About this spot is supposed to exist a submarine volcano that occasioned the earthquake Nov 1, 1755." This earthquake, referred to as the "Great Lisbon Earthquake", killed over 10,000 people in Lisbon alone.
Rev. John Malham was a prolific Yorkshire-born author. Malham died near London in 1807. (Gentleman's Magazine, Vol 102, 1807, p. 568).<BR> </BR> |
| 5243 |  | Details | Malham, John | 1797 |
| A Correct Chart of the West India Islands early Boston published |
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Malham, John |
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| 1797 |
| LOC:200 |
| $365.00 | Malham--John | A-Correct-Chart-of-the-West-India-Islands-early-Boston-published | Antique nautical chart showing the east coast of the United States south of Charlestown, South Carolina, the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Bahamas, Hispaniola, the West Indies, Central America, Columbia, and Venezuela south to the mouth of the Orinoco River. This chart has examples of interesting usage of terms that are today known only from history books: 'Spanish Main' for the southern Caribbean Sea; 'Terra Firma' denotes northern Colombia and Venezuela. Key noted cities include Charleston, Savannah, St. Augustine, New Orleans, Havana, Port Royal, Cartagena, Caracas.
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From the rare first American edition of Malham's Naval Gazetteer, published by Spotswood and Nancrede in Boston in 1797. Early U.S. colonial nautical chart engravings are scarce.
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This chart comes from an early nautical gazetteer or geographical dictionary produced first in England and after 1796 in the United States by John Malham. Rev. John Malham was a prolific Yorkshire-born author who produced other diverse works that include "Navigation Made Easy and Familiar", "Twenty-Two Sermons on Doctrinal and Practical Subjects" and "The Scarcity of Wheat considered". Malham died near London in 1807. (Gentleman's Magazine, Vol 102, 1807, p. 568).<BR> </BR> |
| 961 |  | Details | Malham, John | 1797 |
| A Correct Chart of the Coasts of South America |
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Malham, John |
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| 1797 |
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| $195.00 | Malham--John | A-Correct-Chart-of-the-Coasts-of-South-America | Antique engraved nautical chart of South America below the Equator from the rare first American edition of <b>Malham's Naval Gazetteer</b>, published by Spotswood and Nancrede in Boston in 1797. Early U.S. colonial nautical chart engravings are scarce. This small chart incorrectly shows Tierra del Fuego as a solid land mass rather than as an archipelago. The area we today know as Argentina is labeled '<b>Patagonia</b>', and the size of the Plate River "Rio de la Plata" is vastly overestimated with its westward extent shown reaching across half the width of the continent. Key cites noted include: Quito, Lima, Buenos Aires, and Sao Paulo.
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At extreme upper left of chart the Galapagos Islands are shown, where the largest of the archipelago, Isabella, is designated as 'Albemarle Island' as it was known to the British of that period.
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This chart comes from an early nautical gazetteer or geographical dictionary produced first in England and after 1796 in the United States by John Malham. Rev. John Malham was a prolific Yorkshire-born author who produced other diverse works that include "Navigation Made Easy and Familiar", "Twenty-Two Sermons on Doctrinal and Practical Subjects" and "The Scarcity of Wheat considered". Malham died near London in 1807. (Gentleman's Magazine, Vol 102, 1807, p. 568).
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Colophon at end of Volume 1 states that the work is "From the prefs of Samuel Etheridge, No. 9 Newbury Street, Boston, 1797"). |
| 6800 |  | Details | Dagelet, Joseph Lepaute | 1797 |
| Original antique French nautical chart of the west coast of North America |
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Dagelet, Joseph Lepaute |
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| 1797 |
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| $800.00 | Dagelet--Joseph-Lepaute | Original-antique-French-nautical-chart-of-the-west-coast-of-North-America | Original antique nautical chart of the west coast of North America from Mt. St. Elias (1) to Monterey Bay. Shows route of la Perouse. Includes the west coasts of California, Washington, and Oregon. From the atlas of the voyage by Lapérouse. Plate 16.
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Jean-François de Galaup, Comte de Lapérouse was a French Naval officer and explorer whose journey started in 1785 under the commission of King Louis XVI. The expedition comprised two ships, the Astrolabe and the Boussole, and a crew of 225. The crew included scientists and artists who were tasked with documenting various aspects of the journey, including geography, wildlife, and indigenous cultures. This expedition aimed to complete the Pacific explorations undertaken by Captain Cook and others. The journey is noted for its tragic disappearance of Laperouse near the end.
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The disappearance of Lapérouse's expedition sparked much interest and concern, leading to numerous rescue and search missions. The wreckage of the two ships was finally discovered in 1826 near Vanikoro, an island in the Solomon Islands, but the exact circumstances of the expedition's end remain a mystery.
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(1) Mount St. Elias, located on the border between Alaska in the United States and Yukon in Canada, is one of the highest peaks in North America, at an elevation of 18,008 feet. It forms part of the St. Elias Mountain Range, which hosts some of the most extensive ice fields in the world. |
| 1263 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1798 |
| Antique French chart of the mouth of the Humber River in England |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1798 |
| LOC:0 |
| $465.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Antique-French-chart-of-the-mouth-of-the-Humber-River-in-England | Antique nautical chart includes some of the west coast of England with portions of Norfolk and Lincolnshire counties. Points charted on this old nautical artifact extend from Lowestoff in the south past Yarmouth, Lynn Regis, Wainfleet and Saltfleet; terminating in the north past Grimsby.
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With the circular logo of France's Depot de la Marine with "R.F." used during the period immdiately after of the French Revolution . |
| 1382 |  | Details | Mentelle and Chanlaire | 1798 |
| Fine antique 18th-century map with Europe and Asia |
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Mentelle and Chanlaire |
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| 1798 |
| LOC:9 |
| $220.00 | Mentelle-and-Chanlaire | Fine-antique-18th-century-map-with-Europe-and-Asia | Beautifully engraved and hand-colored map centered on the Arabian Peninsula with much of that area designated "Arabia Deserta". Includes Scandinavia, north Africa, India, China, Sri Lanka ("Taprobana"), and much more. The title indicates that the coverage includes those portions of the world's surface that were known to exist in antiquity. Engraved by Tardieu.
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The curved map projection and the fine coloring work act synergistically to emphasize the curvature of the earth's surface.
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Published from Paris by French cartographers E. Mentelle and Pierre-Giles Chanlaire. Edme Mentelle (1730 - 1816) was a French geographer and historian in Paris who studied under the historian Jean-Baptiste Louis Crevier at the College of Beauvais. After accepting a position as professor of Geology and History at the Ecole Militaire he tutored students including the young Napoleon Bonaparte. Mentelle published a number of important geographical works including the 1778 Geographie Comparee, the 1779 Atlas Universel, and the 1801 Cours Complet de Cosmographie, de Chronologie, de Geographie et d'Histoire. Plate 3. |
| 6806 |  | Details | Oxholm, Peter Lotharius | 1799 |
| Rare antique map of the Caribbean island of St. Croix slavery |
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Oxholm, Peter Lotharius |
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| 1799 |
| LOC:2001 |
| $2,700.00 | Oxholm--Peter-Lotharius | Rare-antique-map-of-the-Caribbean-island-of-St--Croix-slavery | Rare, highly detailed and accurate map of the Caribbean island of St. Croix by Peter Oxholm. Dated 1799 per the Royal Danish Library. Only two recorded copies in WorldCat, one at Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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This second edition of Oxholm's map is updated with details for Christiansted Harbor after a survey by Captain Rohde. Table at top left in Danish and English with population statistics for Whites, Coloreds, and Negros. Denotes locations of the numerous windmills and horse-powered mills as well as cotton plantations ("bomulds plantage") on St. Croix. In spite of his strong advocacy for slavery Oxholm was concerned about poor living conditions of the slaves.
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Dissected and laid to linen when issued. Library hand stamp from 1815 at top right. |
| 533 |  | Details | Bocage, J.D. Barbie du | 1799 |
| Greek Ionian islands of Lefkada, Ithaca and Cephalonia |
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Bocage, J.D. Barbie du |
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| 1799 |
| LOC:50 |
| $110.00 | Bocage--J-D--Barbie-du | Greek-Ionian-islands-of-Lefkada--Ithaca-and-Cephalonia | Map covers the Ionian Sea with the islands of Leucade (Lefkada), Ithaca and Cephalonia (Kefalonia) in Western Greece; the Gulf of Patras; and the Gulf of Corinth.
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North of the three islands is depicted an area where two of the most well known sea battles of antiquity were conducted. Just off Preveza, Ottoman and Christian galley fleets engaged in one of the last major battles with large numbers of oared fighting vessels. Further inland, in the Ambracian Gulf, forces of Octavian clashed with those of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in 32 BC.
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From Bocage's "Recueil de Cartes Geographiques Plans, Vues, et Medailles de l'Ancienne Grece, Relatifs au Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis." Dated to 1799 (Prairial An VI in the French revolutionary calendar). Number 26. |
| 855 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1799 |
| Old nautical chart of the harbor and town of Cartagena, Spain |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1799 |
| LOC:8 |
| $600.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Old-nautical-chart-of-the-harbor-and-town-of-Cartagena--Spain | Attractive antique harbor chart of Cartagena ( Carthagene ), Spain derived from the surveys of Admiral Don Vincente Tofiño de San Miguel. Noted geographical features of this plan of the port city of Cartagena on Spain's Mediterranean coast include Escombrera Bay ( Ensenada de Escombreras ) and Escombrera Island, Cartagena Harbor, "Montagne des Maures" ( Cerro de los Moros ) , "Petit Algameque" ( Algameca Chica ) , Plage des Chaloupes, and Cap Negrete.
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Based on Tofino de San Miguel's chart which was originally published from Spain in the Atlas Maritimo de España in 1789. This later French edition was published by the French Depot General des Cartes et Plans in year 8 of the French revolution which dates it to roughly 1799 - 1800.
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The chart contains much detail of both the terrain, local fortifications, and hydrographical features. A legend at top left contains several dozen entries keyed to military, religious, and secular locations of importance. Among these are "le Catedrale"- the cathederal; "Le Bagne"- the prison; "Depot de bois dans l'eau"- a series of connected pond-like pools near the shipyard where planking, spars and other lumber used in shipbuilding could be seasoned in water; "Pompe a Feu" - the fire pump; and numerous other entries. Sailing directions at top right. All text is in French. |
| 4725 |  | Details | Turner, Richard (Rev.) | 1799 |
| Antique Miniature Map of Asia |
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Turner, Richard (Rev.) |
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| 1799 |
| LOC:0 |
| $95.00 | Turner--Richard-(Rev-) | Antique-Miniature-Map-of-Asia | Antique miniature map of Asia by Turner. Includes India, Tibet, China, Japan, Arabia, Persia, Siberia, New Britain, and the Philippine Islands. Hand colored on paper with watermark.
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From one of the smallest geographical atlases issued in the 18th century: <b>A New and Easy Introduction to Universal Geography</b>. First issued in 1794. Reverend Richard Turner's most successful publication went through at least 11 editions. Verso blank.
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Within Letter XXIII of Turner's Universal Geography the author introduces the reader to the geography, dress, climate, and culture of the region.
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Asia … is superior to Europe and Africa in the extent of its territories, stretching into all climates; from the frozen wilds of Siberia, where the hardy inhabitants, clothed in furs, are drawn in sledges over the snow; to the sultry regions of India and Siam, where, seated upon lofty elephants, the people shelter themselves from the scorching sun by spreading umbrella.
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In two paragraphs Turner lays out the riches available in the region and then describes those peoples in unflattering terms which some could argue formed the basis for exploiting those same resources.
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| 1351 |  | Details | Nordenankar, Jan | 1800 |
| Scarce antique Swedish sea chart of the Baltic Sea with Stockholm |
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Nordenankar, Jan |
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| 1800 |
| LOC:0 |
| $1,600.00 | Nordenankar--Jan | Scarce-antique-Swedish-sea-chart-of-the-Baltic-Sea-with-Stockholm | Scarce antique Swedish nautical chart by Nordenankar of the Upper Baltic Sea and the lower portion of the Gulf of Bothnia. Sweden to the west, Finland to the east, the Aland Islands between the two, dominating the upper Baltic; Estonia in the lower right corner. Includes Stockholm and numerous other cities. Special charts inset include: "Sandhamns Inloop" and "Inloppet til Finska Uto".
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Produced by Swedish Admiral and cartographer Johan Corvin Nordenankar (1722-1804). Nordenankar, in order to gain major experience at sea early in his career, served in both the English and Maltese navies, participating in a battle between Maltese galleys and an Algerian ship on May 16, 1752. Returning home to Sweden, Nordenankar rose through the ranks of the Swedish navy first as Lieutenant-Commander and later in 1772 served as head of the galley fleet stationed in Stockholm.
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Nordenankar is best known for his work as Director of the sjökarteverket, Sweden's nautical chart department, in the 1780's. During his tenure as Director he led the survey and charting of areas that previously were only poorly documented including the Baltic Sea with the Gulf of Bothnia and Gulf of Finland, the Sound, Kattegat and Skagerrak. These areas had become more important militarily to Sweden with Russia's advances into the region and improvements to the cartography of the area had stalled after intial work by Peter Gedda, Nils Power Crona, and Jonas Hahn. Nordenankar's work leading the renewed charting of the region resulted in the publication of at least 11 charts under his name. (Reference: sok.riksarkivet.se/SBL/Presentation.aspx?id=8198)
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Much hydrographic detail, soundings, and hazards. Left and right portions of the chart contain numerous profile views of the coastline as seen from sea. Engraved by Akerlund. Number 5. |
| 3689 |  | Details | Luffman, John | 1800 |
| Antique map of Saldanha Bay, South Africa engraved for Luffman's Select Plans |
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Luffman, John |
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| 1800 |
| LOC:77 |
| $230.00 | Luffman--John | Antique-map-of--Saldanha-Bay--South-Africa-engraved-for-Luffman-s-Select-Plans | Fine copper-plate engraved plan of Saldanha Bay, South Africa, an important port north of Cape Town. As described by Luffman: <div class="indenttextblock">
"Saldanha Bay, An excellent harbour of Africa fourteen leagues north of Table Bay. In this Bay Lord Keith Captur'd a Dutch squadron under Admiral Lucas. Aug 17, 1796. Lat 33.30 S Longitude 18.20 E of London."
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Named after the early 16th-century Portuguese navigator António de Saldanha, the bay is both larger and safer than Table Bay, which is located 65 miles (105 km) farther south-southeast. Saldanha Bay’s former abundance of seals, fish, and guano deposits was long contested between French, English, and Dutch interests, with exploitation restricted only by a lack of fresh water in the area. (Encyclopaedia Britannica Online).
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From "Luffman's Select Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbors, Forts etc. in the World". Engraved and published by John Luffman, No. 28 Little Bell Alley, Coleman Street. London. May 1, 1801. Volume II, Number 9.
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Luffman also provided similar engravings to this at about the same time for J.T. Serres' "The Little Sea Torch: or, True Guide for Coasting Pilots." Serres translated the Little Sea Torch from an earlier illustrated coasting pilot guide, based on Bougard's "Le petit flambeau de la mer", first published in 1684.
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John Luffman (1751-1821) began his career as an engraver, producing a very large and fine map of Antigua, where he had resided in 1787 and 1789. That map was published by Luffman to accompany his 'A Brief Account of the Island of Antigua', 1788." Luffman shared the same sad fate as many publishers and was declared bankrupt on 9th March, 1793. Moving forward Luffman was more cautious and produced small format atlases and handy-sized maps of the theatres of war, principal towns and cities and battle-plans relating to the Wars of the French directorate and the subsequent Napoleonic War. |
| 3600 |  | Details | Luffman, John | 1800 |
| Fine Antique Plan of Vienna, Austria |
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Luffman, John |
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| 1800 |
| LOC:77 |
| $180.00 | Luffman--John | Fine-Antique-Plan-of-Vienna--Austria | Scarce and attractive antique copper-plate engraved map of Vienna, Austria by John Luffman. Luffman describes Vienna as: ". . . The capital of the Circle of Austria and of the German Empire: The residence of the Emperor. The city is small but the suburbs are large and magnificent, the population amounts to about 300,000. It is 565 miles E. of Paris and 680 E.S.E. of London…"
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Key locations noted by Luffman include the Danube River, Nusdorf Gate, St. Mark's Gate, Lerchenfeld Gate, the Arsenal, the Hospital, the Carmelites, and the Cathedral.
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From "Luffman's Select Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbors, Forts etc. in the World". Engraved and published by John Luffman, No. 28 Little Bell Alley, Coleman Street, October 1, 1800. Volume 1 . Number 63.
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| 3688 |  | Details | Luffman, John | 1800 |
| Antique map of Cadiz, Spain engraved for Luffman's Select Plans |
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Luffman, John |
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| 1800 |
| LOC:13 |
| $220.00 | Luffman--John | Antique-map-of-Cadiz--Spain-engraved-for-Luffman-s-Select-Plans | Fine copper-plate engraved plan of Cadiz, Spain not far from the Strait of Gibraltar. As described by Luffman: <div class="indenttextblock">
"Cadiz. The capital of Andalusia and the commercial capital of Old Spain is situated on the northern extremity of the Isle of Leon and Surrounded by an irregular fortification, but its best defence are the breakers by which it is nearly environed. Latitude 36 30 North. Longitude 6, 40 West from London"
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From "Luffman's Select Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbors, Forts etc. in the World". Engraved and published by John Luffman, No. 28 Little Bell Alley, Coleman Street, Cheapside, London. November 1, 1800. Volume I, Number 67.
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Luffman also provided similar engravings to this at about the same time for J.T. Serres' "The Little Sea Torch: or, True Guide for Coasting Pilots." Serres translated the Little Sea Torch from an earlier illustrated coasting pilot guide, based on Bougard's "Le petit flambeau de la mer", first published in 1684.
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John Luffman (1751-1821) began his career as an engraver, producing a very large and fine map of Antigua, where he had resided in 1787 and 1789. That map was published by Luffman to accompany his 'A Brief Account of the Island of Antigua', 1788." Luffman shared the same sad fate as many publishers and was declared bankrupt on 9th March, 1793. Moving forward Luffman was more cautious and produced small format atlases and handy-sized maps of the theatres of war, principal towns and cities and battle-plans relating to the Wars of the French directorate and the subsequent Napoleonic War. |
| 6698 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1800 |
| Rare Spanish chart of northwest South America exploration |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
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| 1800 |
| LOC:68 |
| $1,800.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Rare-Spanish-chart-of-northwest-South-America-exploration | A scarce, finely engraved original nautical chart of the northwest coast of South America from 1800. With the logo of the Deposito Hidrografico. Shows the tracks of Malaspina aboard the Atrevida and Corveta (1). In the area of Ecuador the map is overlaid with the lines of the triangulation survey of La Condamine (2). Engraved by Fernando Selma. Dedicated to Don Antonio Cornel.
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Shows the erupting volcano "Sangay" in Ecuador's eastern cordillera near to La Condamine's survey location.
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(1) Malaspina Expedition - a voyage of scientific exploration sponsored by the Spanish government in the late 18th century. Led by Alejandro Malaspina the expedition set sail in 1789 with the aim of exploring and mapping the coasts of South America, Alaska, and the Philippines. The expedition included scientists, cartographers, and artists, and was one of the most extensive scientific expeditions of its time.
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(2) Charles Marie de La Condamine was a French geographer, mathematician, and explorer who lived from 1701 to 1774. La Condamine conducted a triangulation survey near Quito, Ecuador and other locations during his expedition to South America. His goal was to measure the length of a degree of arc at the equator, which helped to confirm the shape of the Earth as an oblate spheroid. La Condamine also made important contributions to the study of Amazonian geography and culture, and he was one of the first Europeans to provide a detailed account of rubber. |
| 1119 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1800 |
| Antique French Sea Chart of Patagonia in South America |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1800 |
| LOC:51 |
| $1,450.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Antique-French-Sea-Chart-of-Patagonia-in-South-America | An attractive large antique French sea chart of Patagonia in lower South America published by France's Depot de la Marine in 1800. This spectacular chart encompasses the southern half of South America. With part or all of what is today Argentina, and Chile and includes the Falkland Islands. The map, as noted in the cartouche, is based on charts or surveys published in 1789, 1790, etc. by officers of the Spanish Navy.
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In a few areas where information about the coast was scarce or completely lacking, the coastline is drawn using a very light line with no shading. For example, the "Canal de St. Sebastien" shown on the chart in the upper part of Tierra del Fuego (Fr. "Terre de Feu") near the Bay of St. Sebastien was completely without basis in fact and its questionable existence is communicated by the use of thin lines on both the north and south limits of that feature.
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At top is an inset map of the north part of Golfe de St. George showing Isla Tova. This spectacular chart also contains seven very attractive coastal elevation views that would aid navigators as they approached shore:
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<li>Vue de l'IIe de la Mocha</li>
<li>Vue du Cap Blanc</li>
<li>Vue de 'Entrée du Port Desire</li>
<li>Vue du Cap de 3 Pointes</li>
<li>Vue des Iles Salvages</li>
<li>Vue des Iles de Diego Ramirez</li>
<li>Vue du Cap de Horn</li>
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"Prix Trois Francs" at bottom right. Logo of the Depot de la Marine in the lower left of the map. |
| 5198 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1800 |
| Two French Manuscript Cadastral Plans near Dijon, France. |
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Anonymous |
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| 1800 |
| LOC:77 |
| $165.00 | Anonymous | Two-French-Manuscript-Cadastral-Plans-near-Dijon--France- | Two manuscript cadastral plans of lands in France belonging to Mr. Jacob, one with grape vines, ca. 1790. Today there are at least two wine producers operating in France with the name Jacob. Both wineries lie about 30 km southwest of Dijon, France near the main road : Domaine Jacob and Domaine Lucien Jacob.
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1) MS plan of an L-shaped lot belonging to Mr. Jacob and containing 49 ares and 49 centiares. Site plan was located at the intersection of the "Grande route de Dijon a Paris" and the "Chemin de Memont a Dijon." North oriented to the right with a fine arrow direction indicator. 8" x 6". </br>
2) MS plan of two lots belonging to Mr. Jacob. One lot planted with grapevines. 7" x 5".
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A French "are" was a metric measurement equal to 100 square meters; a "centiare" was equal to one square meter. Usage of ares and centiares dates the map after the French Revolution, when France adopted the Metric System of measurement. |
| 5169 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1800 |
| Antique plan of the intended navigable canal from Leeds to Selby. |
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Anonymous |
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| 1800 |
| LOC:64 |
| $800.00 | Anonymous | Antique-plan-of-the-intended-navigable-canal-from-Leeds-to-Selby- | <br>Unrecorded map</b> ca. 1774 (but printed early 19th C.?) of a proposed canal in England from the town of Leeds to Selby. Probably after the survey of John Longbotham who is reported to have been employed to survey the route.
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The Leeds and Selby Canal would connect with another waterway, the Leeds to Liverpool Canal, then under construction. The canal was proposed to reduce the time and costs to ship bulky items between the two towns which were currently served by boats over the winding course of the River Aire.
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The canal proposal ultimately was defeated in Parliament and the shorter Selby Canal was built to Haddesley on the Aire in 1778.
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Similar to but much larger (28" x 13") than an anonymous map of the same name published in the Gentleman's Magazine in 1774 (~ 8" x 13"). With two tables of distances, a table of references to the River Calder and a table of references to the River Aire.
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Fine circular inset context map centered on York showing the towns, villages and waterways. Title on the inset reads:
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"A map of 40 miles round York shewing the advantageous situation of that city in a fertile country abounding with every convenience for the support of trade which would be greatly improved from the center to the utmost limits by making a canal navigation from Leeds to Selby."
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On wove paper, with evident platemark. Unattributed. |
| 4823 |  | Details | Luffman, John | 1801 |
| Antique map of Brazil engraved for Luffman's Select Plans |
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Luffman, John |
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| 1801 |
| LOC:77 |
| $230.00 | Luffman--John | Antique-map-of-Brazil-engraved-for-Luffman-s-Select-Plans | Fine original copper-plate engraved map of Brazil, on the South American continent, by John Luffman, 1801.
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Antique map from Luffman's "<b>Select Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbors, Forts etc. in the World</b>". Engraved and published by John Luffman, No. 28 Little Bell Alley, Coleman Street. London. May 1, 1801. Volume II.
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Luffman also provided engravings for J.T. Serres' "The Little Sea Torch: or, True Guide for Coasting Pilots." Serres translated the Little Sea Torch from an earlier illustrated coasting pilot guide, based on Bougard's "Le petit flambeau de la mer", first published in 1684.
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<b>John Luffman (1751-1821)</b> began his career as an engraver, producing a very large and fine map of Antigua, where he had resided in 1787 and 1789. That map was published by Luffman to accompany his 'A Brief Account of the Island of Antigua', 1788." Luffman shared the same sad fate as many publishers and was declared bankrupt on 9th March, 1793. Moving forward Luffman was more cautious and produced small format atlases and handy-sized maps of the theatres of war, principal towns and cities and battle-plans relating to the Wars of the French directorate and the subsequent Napoleonic War. |
| 3690 |  | Details | Luffman, John | 1801 |
| Antique map of the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait for Luffman's Select Plans |
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Luffman, John |
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| 1801 |
| LOC:77 |
| $230.00 | Luffman--John | Antique-map-of-the-Red-Sea-and-Bab-al-Mandab-Strait-for-Luffman-s-Select-Plans | Fine copper-plate engraved plan of the Bab al-Mandab Strait (Babel Mandel) at the mouth of the Red Sea. Includes the villages of Assab (Asab), Eritrea and Mocha (Moka), in Yemen. The Bab al-Mandab Strait connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. Other key features noted on the map include Purim (Mehta) Island, Cape Rasel, Pilot Island or Robands and the Lofty Islands.
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From "Luffman's Select Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbors, Forts etc. in the World". Engraved and published by John Luffman, No. 28 Little Bell Alley, Coleman Street. London. November 1, 1801. Volume II, Number 53.
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Luffman also provided similar engravings to this at about the same time for J.T. Serres' "The Little Sea Torch: or, True Guide for Coasting Pilots." Serres translated the Little Sea Torch from an earlier illustrated coasting pilot guide, based on Bougard's "Le petit flambeau de la mer", first published in 1684.
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John Luffman (1751-1821) began his career as an engraver, producing a very large and fine map of Antigua, where he had resided in 1787 and 1789. That map was published by Luffman to accompany his 'A Brief Account of the Island of Antigua', 1788." Luffman shared the same sad fate as many publishers and was declared bankrupt on 9th March, 1793. Moving forward Luffman was more cautious and produced small format atlases and handy-sized maps of the theatres of war, principal towns and cities and battle-plans relating to the Wars of the French directorate and the subsequent Napoleonic War. |
| 80 |  | Details | Malham, John | 1801 |
| A Correct Chart of the West Coast of North America |
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Malham, John |
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| 1801 |
| LOC:3 |
| $350.00 | Malham--John | A-Correct-Chart-of-the-West-Coast-of-North-America | Crisp antique copperplate map / chart of Alaska published from Boston in 1801 by Rev. John Malham in Malham's Naval Gazetteer. One of the earliest available maps of Alaska printed in the United States in the early 19th century. Named features include Bristol Bay, Prince William's Sound, Queen Charlotte's Isles, Mt. St. Elias, Cook's River, Bhering's Straits, Port Bukarelli (Bucareli Bay), and Kodiak Island.
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The land mass that today we call Alaska is only noted as "Part of North America", and the designation "Alaska" is reserved for the Alaska Peninsula, a narrow body of land separating Bristol Bay from the Pacific Ocean.
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This later edition of Malham's map is updated with detailed place names not found in his earlier map of 1796. Mt. St. Elias, today designated Boundary Peak 186, is much more prominently noted. Numerous decorative rhumb lines.
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Rev. John Malham was a prolific Yorkshire-born author. Malham died near London in 1807. (Gentleman's Magazine, Vol 102, 1807, p. 568). |
| 3602 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1801 |
| Antique French sea chart of northern Cuba and the Bahamas |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1801 |
| LOC:51 |
| $700.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Antique-French-sea-chart-of-northern-Cuba-and-the-Bahamas | Authentic, old French nautical chart, an attractive antique engraving with hand coloring ca. 1801.
Inset plans include:
<div class="indenttextblock">"Plan du Mouillage que forment les Cayesde Piedra, Mono, Monillo et autres ajacentes."</div>
<div class="indenttextblock">"Plan du Mouillage que forment les Cayes Verde et Confites."
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French antique navigation chart of the "Vieux Canal" or old canal of the Bahamas. Other features (in French) include Canal de Santarem and Banc de Los Rocques. Inset chart of the anchorage near Cayo Blanco ("les Cayes de Piedras, Monillo, et autres ajacentes") and of the anchorage at Cayo Verde and Cayo Confites. Circular logo of the Depot de la Marine.
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"Carte Reduite d'Une Partie du Vieux Canal de Bahama st des Bancs Adjacents". Dated "l'An X" (10th year of the Revolutionary calendar). Published in Paris. |
| 1470 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1801 |
| French antique chart of the Bahamas old channel and northern Cuba |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1801 |
| LOC:67 |
| $489.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | French-antique-chart-of-the-Bahamas-old-channel-and-northern-Cuba | French antique navigation chart of the "Vieux Canal" or old canal of the Bahamas. Other features (in French) include Canal de Santarem and Banc de Los Rocques. Inset chart of the anchorage near Cayo Blanco ("les Cayes de Piedras, Monillo, et autres ajacentes") and of the anchorage at Cayo Verde and Cayo Confites. Circular logo of the Depot de la Marine. |
| 4850 |  | Details | Luffman, John | 1801 |
| Antique map of Cadiz Harbour, Spain |
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Luffman, John |
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| 1801 |
| LOC:0 |
| $250.00 | Luffman--John | Antique-map-of-Cadiz-Harbour--Spain | Fine copper-plate engraved plan of Cadiz Harbor, Spain not far from the Strait of Gibraltar. Includes Rota, Porto St. Maria, Fort Saint Sebastien, Puntal Road, Carraca, and Chiclana. As described by Luffman: <div class="indenttextblock">
"Cadiz, by the Phoenecians called 'Gadir' and by the Romans 'Gades', is situated in the province of Andalusia & its harbour the best in Old Spain. It was originally built by the Tyrians and possessed successively by the Carthaginians, Romans, and Moors, the latter were dispossessed in 1260. It is 42 miles N.W. of Gibraltar. Lat. 36.30 N. Lon. 6.40 W."
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From "Luffman's Select Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbors, Forts etc. in the World". Engraved and published by John Luffman, No. 28 Little Bell Alley, Coleman Street, Cheapside, London. July 1, 1801. Volume I, Number 1.
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Luffman also provided similar engravings to this at about the same time for J.T. Serres' "The Little Sea Torch: or, True Guide for Coasting Pilots." Serres translated the Little Sea Torch from an earlier illustrated coasting pilot guide, based on Bougard's "Le petit flambeau de la mer", first published in 1684.
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John Luffman (1751-1821) began his career as an engraver, producing a very large and fine map of Antigua, where he had resided in 1787 and 1789. That map was published by Luffman to accompany his 'A Brief Account of the Island of Antigua', 1788." Luffman shared the same sad fate as many publishers and was declared bankrupt on 9th March, 1793. Moving forward Luffman was more cautious and produced small format atlases and handy-sized maps of the theatres of war, principal towns and cities and battle-plans relating to the Wars of the French directorate and the subsequent Napoleonic War. |
| 1216 |  | Details | Luffman, John | 1801 |
| Plan of Corfu engraved for Luffman's Select Plans |
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Luffman, John |
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| 1801 |
| LOC:2 |
| $160.00 | Luffman--John | Plan-of-Corfu-engraved-for-Luffman-s-Select-Plans | Copper-plate engraved plan or map of the island of Corfu, Greece by John Luffman. Corfu is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. The northeastern edge of Corfu lies off the coast of Sarandë, Albania, separated by straits varying in width from 2 to 14 miles.
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The town of Corfu is depicted as surrounded by a Vauban-style fortified wall; it's harbor protected by a long 'mole' or breakwater. Coverage includes Castle St. Angelo, Porto Sideri, Porto Timoni, Porto Euripo, Porto Spilea, Formiche, Gudia Island, Condilonisi, and the Valley of St. Stefano.
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Description at the bottom reads in part:
<div class="indenttextblock">
"<b>Corfu</b>, anciently Depane, Scheria, Phoeacia, and Corcyra is situated in the mouth of the Gulf of Venice, in the Mediterranean Sea. It was taken from the Venetians by Buonaparte in 1798 and by the Turks and Russians in 1799."
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From "Luffman's Select Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbors, Forts etc. in the World". Engraved and published by John Luffman, No. 28 Little Bell Alley, Coleman Street, October 1, 1801. Number 15.
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| 5286 |  | Details | Luffman, John | 1801 |
| Chart of Leghorn, Italy (Livorno) engraved for Luffman's Select Plans |
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Luffman, John |
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| 1801 |
| LOC:7 |
| $225.00 | Luffman--John | Chart-of-Leghorn--Italy--(Livorno)-engraved-for-Luffman-s-Select-Plans | Copper-plate engraved chart or map of the port of Livorno (Leghorn), Italy. In the 16th-century Leghorn was under the control of the Medici family who greatly improved the harbor. Leghorn was free and neutral from 1691 until 1867 when it was incorporated into the nation of Italy.
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The chart shows the Mellora Shoal and Mellora Tower west of Livorno; the Tower of Marzocco, the Colombrone River, and numerous hydrographic features including anchorages, navigation hazards, and depth soundings.
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Description at the bottom reads in part:
<div class="indenttextblock">
"The Port of Leghorn is a free port in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Dominions of the Grand Duke of Tuscany in Italy. It is a place of considerable trade; 46 miles west of Florence & 145 miles North West of Rome."
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From "Luffman's Select Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbors, Forts etc. in the World". Engraved and published by John Luffman, No. 28 Little Bell Alley, Coleman Street, January 1, 1801. Vol 1. Number 73.
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| 1217 |  | Details | Benard, Robert | 1801 |
| Fine antique map of Santorini, Greece |
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Benard, Robert |
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| 1801 |
| LOC:0 |
| $170.00 | Benard--Robert | Fine-antique-map-of-Santorini--Greece | Very attractive map of the volcanic Greek island of <b>Santorini</b> ( Thera ) in the Aegean Sea. A very strong impression and meticulous attention to topographical detail make this an attractive candidate for framing.
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Santorini lies within the Cyclades group of islands located in the southern part of the Aegean. The archipelago contains some 2,200 islands, islets and rocks but only 33 islands are inhabited.
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Includes the nearby islands of Thirasia, Palea Kameni and Nea Kameni. Numerous towns and villages within the island of Santorini are identified including:
<div class="indenttextblock">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;">
<li>Apanomeria ( Oia )</li>
<li>Scauro</li>
<li>Phira ( Fira ) </li>
<li>Acrotiri or Akrotiri</li>
</ul>
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From Guillaume Olivier: "Atlas Pour Servir au Voyage dans L 'Empire Othoman." Plate 7. |
| 3691 |  | Details | Luffman, John | 1801 |
| Antique plan of the harbor at Rhodes, Greece for Luffman's Select Plans |
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Luffman, John |
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| 1801 |
| LOC:77 |
| $230.00 | Luffman--John | Antique-plan-of-the-harbor-at-Rhodes--Greece-for-Luffman-s-Select-Plans | Fine copper-plate engraved plan of the harbor at Rhodes, Greece, the largest of Greece's Dodecanese islands. Shows the two jetties at the harbor entrance each protected by two fortified positions. Along with the city walls, depth soundings and anchorages are clearly marked. Luffman notes: <div class="indenttextblock">
"The harbour of Rhodes is situated in the island of the same name in the Mediterranean Sea. Here stood the famous colossal statue of Apollo. The city is Lat 36.24 N Long 28.12 E of London."
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From "Luffman's Select Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbors, Forts etc. in the World". Engraved and published by John Luffman, No. 28 Little Bell Alley, Coleman Street. London. March 1, 1801. Volume II, Number 1.
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Luffman also provided similar engravings to this at about the same time for J.T. Serres' "The Little Sea Torch: or, True Guide for Coasting Pilots." Serres translated the Little Sea Torch from an earlier illustrated coasting pilot guide, based on Bougard's "Le petit flambeau de la mer", first published in 1684.
<br></br>
John Luffman (1751-1821) began his career as an engraver, producing a very large and fine map of Antigua, where he had resided in 1787 and 1789. That map was published by Luffman to accompany his 'A Brief Account of the Island of Antigua', 1788." Luffman shared the same sad fate as many publishers and was declared bankrupt on 9th March, 1793. Moving forward Luffman was more cautious and produced small format atlases and handy-sized maps of the theatres of war, principal towns and cities and battle-plans relating to the Wars of the French directorate and the subsequent Napoleonic War. |
| 4852 |  | Details | Luffman, John | 1801 |
| Antique British chart of Toulon Harbor, France |
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Luffman, John |
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| 1801 |
| LOC:13 |
| $250.00 | Luffman--John | Antique-British-chart-of-Toulon-Harbor--France | Antique large scale chart of Toulon Harbor, France by John Luffman from 1801.
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A fine plan of the Little Road and the Great Road of Toulon. Depth soundings and marked anchorages fill the chart on the way south to the Mediterranean Sea. Shows numerous defensive features including Fort St. Louis, Malgue Fort, numerous towers, and two powder magazines (outside town walls).
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As described by Luffman: <div class="indenttextblock">
"Toulon Harbour. The mole of this celebrated harbour was begun by Henry 4 and finished by Louis 13. The arsenal A. and the new port or harbor for Men of War B. were constructed by Louis 14. C. shews the harbour for merchant ships, coasters, etc. Toulon City is 217 miles south-east of Paris. Latitude 43.7 North. Longitude 5.37 East from London."
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From "Luffman's Select Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbors, Forts etc. in the World". Engraved and published by John Luffman, No. 28 Little Bell Alley, Coleman Street, Cheapside, London. September 1, 1801. Volume I, Number 9.
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John Luffman (1751-1821) began his career as an engraver, producing a very large and fine map of Antigua, where he had resided in 1787 and 1789. That map was published by Luffman to accompany his 'A Brief Account of the Island of Antigua', 1788." Luffman shared the same sad fate as many publishers and was declared bankrupt on 9th March, 1793. Moving forward Luffman was more cautious and produced small format atlases and handy-sized maps of the theatres of war, principal towns and cities and battle-plans relating to the Wars of the French directorate and the subsequent Napoleonic War. |
| 5287 |  | Details | Luffman, John | 1801 |
| Port Louis, France harbor chart engraved for Luffman's Select Plans |
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Luffman, John |
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| 1801 |
| LOC:7 |
| $185.00 | Luffman--John | Port-Louis--France-harbor-chart-engraved-for-Luffman-s-Select-Plans | Copper-plate engraved chart or map of Port Louis, France. Louis XIV established the French East India Company or Compagnie française pour le commerce des Indes orientales, at Port-Louis in 1664. in 1769, unable to maintain itself financially, the Company was liquidated.
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The chart shows the walled town of Port Louis and the Citadel, now home to the Musée de la Compagnie des Indes. Along the roadstead: St. Catherines, two un-named forts, the Island of St. Michael; Querco Point and Bangor Point.
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Description at the bottom reads in part:
<div class="indenttextblock">
"Port Louis, a town & fort in the Dept. of Morbihan 2 miles S. of l'Orient and 282 W. by S. of Paris."
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From "Luffman's Select Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbors, Forts etc. in the World". Engraved and published by John Luffman, No. 28 Little Bell Alley, Coleman Street, October 1, 1801. Vol II. Number 25.
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| 5288 |  | Details | Luffman, John | 1801 |
| Chart of Iskenderun (Alexandretta) engraved for Luffman's Select Plans |
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Luffman, John |
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| 1801 |
| LOC:2 |
| $275.00 | Luffman--John | Chart-of-Iskenderun-(Alexandretta)-engraved-for-Luffman-s-Select-Plans | Harbor chart for Iskenderun (Alexandretta) on Turkey's east Mediterranean Coast. Noted features include: Mount Caillo, Baylassa, Cape Porco, and Cape Canzin.
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Description at the bottom reads in part:
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"Alexandretta or Scanderoon, a port of Syria at the North Eastern extremity of the Mediterranean Sea, it is the sea port of Aleppo from which city it is distant about seventy miles."
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From "Luffman's Select Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbors, Forts etc. in the World". Engraved and published by John Luffman, No. 28 Little Bell Alley, Coleman Street, September 1, 1801. Vol II. Number 33.
[ Scanderoon ]. |
| 4873 |  | Details | Luffman, John | 1802 |
| Antique map of Batavia |
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Luffman, John |
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| 1802 |
| LOC:77 |
| $280.00 | Luffman--John | Antique-map-of-Batavia | Antique map of Batavia (Jakarta, Indonesia) by John Luffman. |
| 1344 |  | Details | Luffman, John | 1802 |
| Behrings Strait and Alaska engraved for Luffman's Select Plans |
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Luffman, John |
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| 1802 |
| LOC:3 |
| $280.00 | Luffman--John | Behrings-Strait-and-Alaska-engraved-for-Luffman-s-Select-Plans | Scarce and attractive antique copper-plate engraved map of the Bering (Behring) Strait and Gulf of Alaska by John Luffman. This small but fine map extends past 70 degrees north latitude. The Bering Strait is a narrow body of water that links the Arctic Ocean with the Bering Sea and separates the continents of Asia and North America ( Alaska ) at their closest point. Some portions of the Alaska and Asia coasts not well explored at the time are shown with dotted lines, reflecting the uncertainty about their geography.
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Key locations noted by Luffman include Bristol Bay, Cook River, Cape Prince of Wales, Cape Stephens, Cape Mulgrave, Cape Lisburn, Round Island, Norton Sound, and Trinity Island at the southern tip of the Kodiak Archipelago (not shown in its entirety).
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Bering's strait averages 100 to 165 feet in depth and at its narrowest point is about 53 miles wide. About 20,000 years ago, during the Ice Age, the sea level fell by several hundred feet, making the strait into a land bridge between Asia and North America, over which the migration of plants and animals and humans occurred.
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From "Luffman's Select Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbors, Forts etc. in the World". Engraved and published by John Luffman, No. 28 Little Bell Alley, Coleman Street, February, 1802. Volume II; Number 67.
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| 1315 |  | Details | Willyams, Cooper | 1802 |
| Antique chart of the Mediterranean Sea related to the Battle of the Nile in 1798 |
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Willyams, Cooper |
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| 1802 |
| LOC:8 |
| $325.00 | Willyams--Cooper | Antique-chart-of-the-Mediterranean-Sea-related-to-the-Battle-of-the-Nile-in-1798 | Striking, detailed, and unusual aquatint chart of the Mediterranean Sea showing the track of the Royal Navy at the command of Horatio Nelson and the tracks of the Imperial French Navy at the Command of Napoleon I from Europe to Egypt, before and during the Battle of the Nile at Aboukir Bay, in Egypt.
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The map includes three oval views:
<div class="indenttextblock">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;">
<li>The Rock of Gibraltar from the Spanish Lines.</li>
<li>The Devil's Tower.</li>
<li>Ceuta Point bearing S by E 3/4 East.</li>
</ul>
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From Willyam's "A Voyage Up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure" an eye-witness account of the Battle of the Nile in 1798, Admiral Nelson's greatest triumph. The Battle of the Nile is considered by historians to have been Nelson's most complete victory and Willyams' account to be the most authentic. The work contains 43 plate-engravings of sketches he produced of the battle. It was published in London in 1802, soon after the battle.
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The Rev. Cooper Willyams (1762 – 1816) was a clergyman and a British artist. Willyams was chaplain on the Boyne in 1793, during England's war with France. In 1796, Willyams returned to London and published "An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies", which included six drawings by Willyams, all rendered in the difficult aquatint technique. Educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Willyams took holy orders in 1784. The son of a navy commander and formerly chaplain to Admiral St. Vincent, Willyams was a veteran of several campaigns, having accompanied the expedition to the West Indies which ended in a British defeat of the French in 1794. |
| 1275 |  | Details | Walch, Johann | 1803 |
| Antique Southern Hemisphere polar view. |
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Walch, Johann |
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| 1803 |
| LOC:1 |
| $135.00 | Walch--Johann | Antique-Southern-Hemisphere-polar-view- | Attractive antique hand-colored <b>polar view</b> of the Southern Hemisphere. Perhaps most surprising about this copper-plate engraved polar map to modern eyes is the lack of an Antarctic Continent with its ice, which was not discovered by Europeans until much later. Published by Johann Walch, in his rare "Allgemeiner Atlas Nach den bewährsten Hülfsmitteln…", Augsburg, Germany, 1803.
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Land details of this old map of the Southern Hemisphere include Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania), attached to Australia; Magellan's Land (Patagonia); Cook Strait in New Zealand; and Sandwich Land (not the Hawaiian Islands), discovered by Cook in 1775 and now the South Sandwich Islands. Notes the Amazon River, Congo, Madagascar, Paraguay, New Guinea, Java, and Borneo. |
| 1084 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1803 |
| Antique French Chart of the Dominican Republic and Haiti |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1803 |
| LOC:51 |
| $750.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Antique-French-Chart-of-the-Dominican-Republic-and-Haiti | Old French map of Saint Dominque- the island of Hispaniola not yet divided into political entities of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Topography is shown in relief with extensive shading and hachuring. There is extensive depiction of the roads, rivers, and towns that populate the interior of the island. While the map does provide the user with visual geographic details, the is no information either of elevation of the terrain, nor are there any depth soundings.
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The map was published by the Depot de la Marine in "An XI" - the 11th year after the French Revolution of 1803. Two changes on the map from an earlier edition of the same map published before the revolution are that the Depot de la Marine logo incorporates the letters "R.F." (Republique francaise) and the town previously denoted as "Port au Prince" is called "Port Republicain" in the post-revolutionary edition. |
| 615 |  | Details | Klint, Gustaf | 1803 |
| Scarce Swedish chart of the British Isles by Admiral Gustaf Klint |
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Klint, Gustaf |
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| 1803 |
| LOC:0 |
| $1,500.00 | Klint--Gustaf | Scarce-Swedish-chart-of-the-British-Isles-by-Admiral-Gustaf-Klint | Original antique nautical chart of the British Isles from 1803 by Admiral Gustaf Klint (1771 - 1840) of the Swedish Royal Navy. This scarce antique "Karta ofver Brittiske Öarne" covers the Shetland, Faroe, and Orkney Islands, England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland to Cornwall and the western coast of France below Calais. The engraving on this chart is quite exceptional and with added color could be a startling conversation piece. <br></br>
Charts of the British Isles by Admiral Klint are scarce as most of his hydrographic efforts were spent on his native land, Sweden- pricipally the Gulf of Bothnia. Klint is also known for his sailing directions of the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Finland, and Gulf of Bothnia, published posthumously. Number 19. <sup>1</sup>
Swedish text.<br></br>
<sup>1</sup> Dawson, L.S. ( Commander ). "Memoirs of Hydrography including brief biographies of the Principal Officers who have served in H.M. Naval Surveying Services between the years 1750 and 1885". Part II. 1885. [ http://books.google.com/books?id=3SwBAAAAQAAJ&dq=gustaf+klint+admiral&source=gbs_navlinks_s ] |
| 1061 |  | Details | House of Commons | 1803 |
| 1803 plans of the Thames River docks and proposed construction |
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House of Commons |
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| 1803 |
| LOC:89 |
| $425.00 | House-of-Commons | 1803-plans-of-the-Thames-River-docks-and-proposed-construction | Two plans from early 1800's of the docks along the River Thames, the upper plan showing the Thames between London Bridge and the Tower of London. Lower map showing from London Bridge downstream past the Isle of Dogs. Part of the area now comprises the London Docklands, a center for redevelopment and urban renewal. Includes the location of the recently constructed Canary Wharf business district in the bend of the Thames River called the Isle of Dogs (once referred to as Stepney Marsh).
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Two hand-colored maps of one sheet: a) Extension of the legal quays &c. and b) Plan of the River Thames with the proposed docks at Rotherhithe and in the Isle of Dogs for 814 ships with room for shifting and lighters.
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Sourced from Appendix 3 and 4 of volume XIV of the Report (1796) "On Providing Accommodation for the Trade and Shipping of the Port of London". The report, ordered by the House of Commons was printed in 1796 and reprinted in 1803 by Luke Hansard and Sons, printers. |
| 547 |  | Details | Society of Antiquaries of London | 1803 |
| Tower of London |
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Society of Antiquaries of London |
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| 1803 |
| LOC:64 |
| $500.00 | Society-of-Antiquaries-of-London | Tower-of-London | Splendid copperplate engraving of the Tower of London. An antique bird's-eye view of the Tower of London by the London Society of Antiquaries. A fine re-issue of a striking view created by Haiward and Gascoyne in 1597 and issued first in 1742. This edition on paper watermarked "1803".
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At top, below the royal coat of arms, is a scroll containing a compass rose and a dated attribution to the publishers in Latin :"Sumptibus Societatis Antiquaria Lond. MDCCXLII." At right are two scrollwork cartouches explaining the limits of the 'Tower Liberties' as they existed in 1597. Several dozen locations on the plan are keyed alphabetically to a legend at right. The tower is shown surrounded by a moat with a narrow fortified strip of land between the Tower and the Thames River. |
| 4794 |  | Details | Faden, William | 1803 |
| Antique Chart of the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia and Gulf of Finland |
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Faden, William |
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| 1803 |
| LOC:57 |
| $350.00 | Faden--William | Antique-Chart-of-the-Baltic-Sea--Gulf-of-Bothnia-and-Gulf-of-Finland | Fine antique British nautical chart of the Baltic Sea by William Faden. Inset port and harbor chart of Cronstadt (Kronstadt) on Kotlin Island and Saint Petersburg, Russia. Separate inset harbor chart for Revel (Tallinn, Estonia) on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. Coverage on the chart extends from Copenhagen at bottom right, to Stockholm and far into the Gulf of Bothnia.
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Published by W. Faden, Geographer to the King, and to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Charing Cross, June 4, 1803. Engraved by S.I. Neele, Strand. |
| 897 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1803 |
| Attractive antique chart of the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth, England |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1803 |
| LOC:64 |
| $720.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Attractive-antique-chart-of-the-Isle-of-Wight-and-Portsmouth--England | Attractive French copperplate engraved sea chart of the <b>Isle of Wight</b> and Hampshire coast of England after a chart of 1800 by Captain William Price. This spectacular antique chart is packed with interesting observations that are now over 200 years old. On the main, upper chart numerous soundings, buoys, current indicators, and sandbanks are displayed along with seven inset coastal recognition elevation views to include the Needles, Ash Down Beacon, and Dunnose.
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Towns, villages, and other noted features include: St. Aldan's Head, Poole, Christ-church, Lymington, Portsmouth, Portchester, Brackelsome Bay, Chelsea Bill, Brading, Blackgang Chin, Wacht House, Spithead, Sandown Bay, Chichester, and Cowes.
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Central inset contains an oval title cartouche and a description of local buoys with the water depths at each. These named buoys include <b>Royal George</b> (a first-rate British ship-of-the-line lost off Portsmouth while at anchor in August 1782) , Edgar, Normansland, Bembridge Ledge, Knab Rock and the Horse and Dean Sands. Flanking the central inset are five attractive detailed elevation views with bearings <b>triangulating buoys to on-shore features</b>, usually prominent houses, beacons, or hills. These bearings are often accompanied with sailing directions in French such as this one indicating an anchorage with a 3-masted sailing ship at anchor. It triangulates a compass heading with a white marker on the Isle of Wight to a windmill on Portsea Island. <div class="indenttextblock"> "La Chapelle dans Portsmouth Common et le Moulin dans l'est du Chateau de South Sea l'un par l'autre N 14 NE".</div>
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Published by order of Contre-Amiral (Rear Admiral) Decres in An XII (year 12) of the French Revolution which is equivalent to 1803. With the circular logo of an anchor surrounded by "R.F." (REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE) used by the Depot during the revolution. Price when published was two Francs. |
| 933 |  | Details | Luffman, John | 1803 |
| Antique plan of Ostend, Belgium |
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Luffman, John |
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| 1803 |
| LOC:7 |
| $145.00 | Luffman--John | Antique-plan-of-Ostend--Belgium | Small, neat, antique plan of the Belgian coastal town of <b>Ostend</b> shown surrounded by water on 3 sides and by Vauban-style defensive walls with numerous bastions. Published 1804 by <b>John Luffman</b> in "Select Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbours, Forts etc. in the World." Luffman (1776-1820) was a London goldsmith, engraver, and publisher.
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Description of the town at bottom reads: <div class="indenttextblock">"Ostend, a considerable port and city of the French Republic in the department of Lys. It is 22 miles NE of Dunkirk and 10 W. of Bruges. Latitude 51.14 N. Longitude 5.0 E. of London." </div>
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Luffman shows thick, double defensive walls around the town with a street plan. Includes the harbor at the east end and Key Creek to the south. A legend at left is keyed to several important locations including: the town house; the great church; St. Martins; the great square; the new market, the key gate; the west gate; the beast market; and coffers (piers). The plan is drawn at low tide with the coffers high above a large expanse of exposed beach.
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Publisher's attribution at bottom margin reads: <div class="indenttextblock">Engraved and Published Nov 1, 1803 by J. Luffman, No. 28 Little Bell Alley, Coleman Street, London.</div> |
| 932 |  | Details | Luffman, John | 1804 |
| Antique plan of Antwerp, Belgium |
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Luffman, John |
|
| 1804 |
| LOC:7 |
| $200.00 | Luffman--John | Antique-plan-of-Antwerp--Belgium | <div class="indenttextblock">"Antwerp, fine city of France in the department of the Scheldt; heretofore the capital of the Austrian Brabant, and once the mistress of the commerce of Europe. Latitude 51.13 North. Longitude 4.29 East from London." </div> So reads the description of this neat antique plan of the walled town of <b>Antwerp, Belgium</b>. Published 1804 by <b>John Luffman</b> in "Select Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbours, Forts etc. in the World." Luffman (1776-1820) was a London goldsmith, engraver, and publisher.
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Luffman shows double defensive walls around the rather large town with a street plan. Includes the Citadel at the southern end of town and two forts across the Scheldt river along the "Dyke of Flanders".
A legend at left is keyed to several important locations including: The Cathedral; Town House; Fort Isabella; St. James; St. George; St. Walburg; St. Andren; St. Michael; the Exchange; and Meer Street. Two additional forts are identified as Terre de Flanders and Fort St. Laurent.
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Publisher's attribution at bottom margin reads: <div class="indenttextblock">"Engraved and Published Feb 1, 1804 by J. Luffman, No. 28 Little Bell Alley, Coleman Street, London."</div> |
| 593 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1804 |
| Plan du Port de Plymouth |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1804 |
| LOC:64 |
| $860.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Plan-du-Port-de-Plymouth | Neat chart of the harbor and town of Plymouth, England published in the 12th year of the French Revolution (1804). With shaded topographical details, numerous soundings, defensive structures, and navigational aids. Single profile view of the entrance to Plymouth Sound at top right.
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Named features include Ram Head, Redden Point, Point Penlee, Saltash, Tamer River, Line River, East Anthony, Stoke Damerel, Plymouth, Sutton Pool, Mount Batten, Catwater, Causand Bay, Shagstone, Mewstone, Yealme River, Mill Bay, Drakes Island, and many more.
<br></br> Black and white copperplate-engraved chart was published by France's Depot de la Marine. With the circular anchor stamp of the Depot. Original price was one and one-half francs. |
| 1058 |  | Details | Allezard, Jean Joseph | 1804 |
| Early French Port Plan of Cannes and Antibes France |
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Allezard, Jean Joseph |
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| 1804 |
| LOC:4 |
| $150.00 | Allezard--Jean-Joseph | Early-French-Port-Plan-of-Cannes-and-Antibes-France | Small antique port plan of a portion of the Côte d'Azur on the Mediterranean coast of southeatern France. Coverage includes Cannes and Cap d'Antibes, the peninsula between the Bay of Cannes to the south-west and the Baie des Anges to the north east.
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Plate 20 of Allezard's atlas "Recueil de 163 des principaux Plans des Ports et Rades de la Mediterranée, dont 40 ont été derniérement publiés par Jean Joseph Allezard ancien Capitaine de Marine." Essentially this plan is a later copy of a plan first laid down by Michelot and Bremond around 1727 and later published by Roux. |
| 1165 |  | Details | Wilhelm, Gottlieb Tobias | 1804 |
| Group of antique engravings related to slavery. |
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Wilhelm, Gottlieb Tobias |
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| 1804 |
| LOC:0 |
| $250.00 | Wilhelm--Gottlieb-Tobias | Group-of-antique-engravings-related-to-slavery- | A group of three pages containing five hand-colored copper-plate engravings of scenes related to African slaving and slavery.
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<ul style="margin:2em; list-style-type: circle; line-height: 1.2em;">
<li>Three general-arrangement plans define the three-dimensional distribution of slaves packed in the hold of a slave ship; and vignette of a woman slave in chains working on a coffee plantation with her small children, while behind her another slave is whipped while tied horizontally to a grating. </li>
<li>Two scenes illustrating that Africans were not only slaves but were often complicit in conducting slave raids against other tribes. Black men are shown carrying rifles and assisting in the restraint of naked captives.</li>
<li>Scene showing armed and uniformed Caucasian men rounding up a fugitive slave.</li>
</ul>
</div>
From G. T. Wilhelm's Encyclopedia of Natural History: Mankind. Augsburg, 1804. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergyman and naturalist known as the German Buffon. |
| 1457 |  | Details | Gold, Joyce | 1804 |
| Chart of the Supposed Course of the Florida Stream |
|
Gold, Joyce |
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| 1804 |
| LOC:3 |
| $400.00 | Gold--Joyce | Chart-of-the-Supposed-Course-of-the-Florida-Stream | Graphically arresting thematic chart of the "Florida Stream" or Gulf Stream with its flow northwards up the east coast of the United States, well past Bermuda, and then into the North Atlantic Ocean. Direction of the Gulf Stream current is shown visually by arrows supplemented with written notations indicating the compass direction at several locations across the stream.
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The map may be considered to be an example of persuasive cartography. The concept of the Gulf Stream was novel at that time (hence the "supposed"); many mariners had not fully adopted the notion when this map was published. The direction and flow of the Gulf Stream was proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1770 based on measurements he took during voyages from the U.S. to England and France.
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London Published May 31, 1804 by J. Gold, 103 Shoe Lane. |
| 524 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1806 |
| Carte Generale des Isles Antilles |
|
Depot de la Marine |
|
| 1806 |
| LOC:51 |
| $775.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Carte-Generale-des-Isles-Antilles | Large, rolled, copperplate engraved antique 'brown-back' working sea chart of the Caribbean (Antilles) issued by the French Depot de la Marine in 1806. Coverage includes from eastern Puerto Rico and its islands of Culebra and Vieques, the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Antigua, Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago to the Venezuelan coast. The lower portion of the map covers the northern coast of Venezuela including the cities of Cumana and Barcelona. Numerous French place names, soundings and navigation hazards are noted.
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Chart is covered with brown linen; probably contemporary to its issue based on the wear pattern. Blueback charts, covered in blue linen, or heavy paper are much more common, These brown back charts are not often found. The linen has done a good job of protecting the map and maintaining it's fine condition over the last 200+ years.
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With the circular stamp of the French Depot de la Marine. No 187. Price 3 Francs. |
| 1324 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Antique chart of Montego Bay, Jamaica (Jamayca) |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
|
| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $600.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Antique-chart-of-Montego-Bay--Jamaica-(Jamayca) | Antique Spanish chart of the harbor at Montego Bay, Jamaica (Jamayca) by Spain's Direccion Hidrografia. Jamaica was a colony of Spain from 1511 until 1655, when England drove the Spanish from the island.
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Named features on this copper-plate engraved chart include:
<div class="indenttextblock">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;">
<li>Poblacion de Barnat (Barnett Estate Plantation)</li>
<li>Rio Montego</li>
<li>Monte de Richmond</li>
<li>Punta de Fuerte Viejo (the old British fort)</li>
<li>Punta de Arenas</li>
</ul>
</div>
Published in 1809, this large-scale port/harbor chart is one of 22 charts of ports in Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica (on 16 plates) published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in Part IV of the atlas "Portolano de la America Septentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". Because of Spain's secrecy about its New World territories these charts represent some of the earliest detailed charts of these areas.
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North is oriented to the left. Numerous soundings and hazards are marked. Plate Number 3. Scale in cables. Reference: (Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216.) |
| 118 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Plano del Puerto del Alacran |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
|
| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $400.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Plano-del-Puerto-del-Alacran | Small, extremely rare, antique copperplate island chart from the Direccion Hidrografia, Spain's equivalent of the Depot de la Marine in France. This chart is one of 66 charts from the second volume of the work published in 1809: "Portulano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos. Antique Spanish sea charts of their New World possessions from this time period are not often found.<BR> </BR>
About 65 miles from the Yucatan coast of Mexico the Alacranes (Scorpion) reef was declared a Marine Protection Area in 1994. The chart includes numerous soundings along with the composition of the sands near the reef. Shows 4 small islands: Isla de Perez, La Lavendera, Isla Chica, and Isla de Pajaras. North oriented at the right of the chart. |
| 371 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Plano del Fondeadero Bleufields |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
|
| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $500.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Plano-del-Fondeadero-Bleufields | Chart of southwest coast of Jamaica near Bluefields Bay (Bleufields), near the current town of Belmond. Noted feature include El Fuerte on a point jutting into the Caribbean and a small rocky island "Arrecife del Moro". North is oriented to the left.
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Published in 1809, this large-scale port/harbor chart is one of 22 charts of ports in Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica (on 16 plates) published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in Part IV of the atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". Because of Spain's secrecy about its New World territories these charts represent some of the earliest detailed charts of these areas. These small charts do not often appear on the market. Plate Number 6. Scale in cables.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 372 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Puerto de Mosquito (Jamayca) |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
|
| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $500.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Puerto-de-Mosquito-(Jamayca) | Chart of Mosquito Cove on the north coast of Jamaica (Jamayca) near Barbican and between Lucea Harbor and Sandy Bay . North is oriented to the bottom. Numerous soundings and hazards are marked. Plate Number 4. Scale in cables.<BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, this large-scale port/harbor chart is one of 22 charts of ports in Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica (on 16 plates) published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in Part IV of the atlas "Portolano de la America Septentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". Because of Spain's secrecy about its New World territories these charts represent some of the earliest detailed charts of these areas. <BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 373 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Puerto Antonio (Jamayca) |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
|
| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $500.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Puerto-Antonio-(Jamayca) | Chart of Puerto Antonio, the capital of the parish of Portland, on the northeast coast of Jamaica (Jamayca) Legend at right identifies 8 features including a church, fortress, and watering spot. North is oriented to the bottom. Numerous soundings, rocks, and hazards are marked. Plate Number 1. Scale in cables.<BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, this large-scale port/harbor chart is one of 22 charts of ports in Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica (on 16 plates) published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in Part IV of the atlas "Portolano de la America Septentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". Because of Spain's secrecy about its New World territories these charts represent some of the earliest detailed charts of these areas. <BR> </BR> |
| 374 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Plano de Puerto de Delfin (Santo Domingo) |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
|
| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $500.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Plano-de-Puerto-de-Delfin-(Santo-Domingo) | Interesting chart of what is today the Bay of Fort Liberte, Haiti. The city of Fort Liberte has changed hands several times and with each occupation the French, Spanish, and British renamed the city: from Bayaha, to Fort-Dauphin (Delfin in Spanish for dolphin), to Fort St. Joseph and finally in 1820 to Fort Liberte. The chart shows a sizeable settlement and a legend to the right explains several of the key features including two cannon batteries and four forts: Fuerte Ardubin, Fuerte Federico, Fuerte de la Boca, and Fuerte Delfin. Plate Number 3. Scale in cables.<BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, this large-scale port/harbor chart is one of 22 charts of ports in Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica (on 16 plates) published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in Part IV of the atlas "Portolano de la America Septentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". Because of Spain's secrecy about its New World territories these charts represent some of the earliest detailed charts of these areas. <BR> </BR> |
| 375 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Plano de las Ensenadas de Monte-Cristi y Manzanillo |
|
Direccion Hidrografia |
|
| 1809 |
| LOC:200 |
| $450.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Plano-de-las-Ensenadas-de-Monte-Cristi-y-Manzanillo | Early chart by the Direccion Hidrografia of the northwest coast of the Dominican Republic including the Bay of Montecristi and the Bay of Manzanillo and the town of Montecristi. Much of this area now comprises the Parque Nacional Montecristi. The chart's coverage includes the offshore islands in that area, doubtless the source of the name "los siete hermanos" (the seven brothers) including Cayo de Arenas, Cayo Rataas, Cayo Tercero, Cayo de Muertos, and Cayo Totoru . Somewhat larger that the other charts from the Portolano. Plate Number 2. Scale in cables.<BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, this large-scale port/harbor chart is one of 22 charts of ports in Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica (on 16 plates) published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in Part IV of the atlas "Portolano de la America Septentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". Because of Spain's secrecy about its New World territories these charts represent some of the earliest detailed charts of these areas. <BR> </BR> |
| 376 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Plano de Bahia Antigua |
|
Direccion Hidrografia |
|
| 1809 |
| LOC:200 |
| $400.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Plano-de-Bahia-Antigua | Chart by the Direccion Hidrografia of the southern coast of Jamaica centered on what is today called Moore's Pen. When the chart was published a small settlement in that area is noted as "Bahia Antigua". Coverage includes Great Goat Island, Ridley's Bay, Coleman's Bay, Salt River Bay, Peake Bay, Mahoe Gardens, and Portland Point although places names on the chart from 1809 do not always correspond to today's. Somewhat larger that the other charts from the Portolano. Plate Number 7. Scale in cables.<BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, this large-scale port/harbor chart is one of 22 charts of ports in Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica (on 16 plates) published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in Part IV of the atlas "Portolano de la America Septentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". Because of Spain's secrecy about its New World territories these charts represent some of the earliest detailed charts of these areas. <BR> </BR> |
| 359 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Bahia Mosquito, Puerto Escudo |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
|
| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $400.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Bahia-Mosquito--Puerto-Escudo | Rare nautical / harbor charts of Bahia Mosquito and Puerto Escudo, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic).
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Published in 1809, these antique large-scale port/harbor charts are two of 22 charts of ports in Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica (on 16 plates) published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in Part IV of the atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". Because of Spain's secrecy about its New World territories these charts represent some of the earliest detailed charts of these areas. These antique nautical charts do not often appear on the market. Plate Number 7. Scale in cables.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 360 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Fondeadero de Chouchou, Bahia de la Granja |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
|
| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $400.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Fondeadero-de-Chouchou--Bahia-de-la-Granja | Antique nautical / harbor charts of Fondeadero de Chouchou (N. coast of Haiti) and Bahia de la Granja, Haiti.<BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, these two large-scale port/harbor charts are two of 22 charts (on 16 plates) of ports in Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in Part IV of the atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". Because of Spain's secrecy about its New World territories these antique harbor charts represent some of the earliest detailed charts of these areas. These small charts do not often appear on the market. Plate Number 5. Scale in cables.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 361 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Plano de la Bahia del Pequeno Guave |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
|
| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $500.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Plano-de-la-Bahia-del-Pequeno-Guave | Rare antique nautical / harbor chart of Pequeno Guave (Petit-Goâve) Haiti, one of the oldest cities in the country. Coverage includes from punta Agujereada to punta de Piedras.<BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, this large-scale port/harbor chart is one of 22 charts (on 16 plates) of ports in Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in Part IV of the atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". Because of Spain's secrecy about its New World territories these charts represent some of the earliest detailed charts of these areas. These antique charts do not often appear on the market. Plate Number 11. Scale in cables.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 362 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Plano de la Bahia de S. Lorenzo |
|
Direccion Hidrografia |
|
| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $400.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Plano-de-la-Bahia-de-S--Lorenzo | l scarce harbor chart of San Lorenzo Bay, near Sabana de La Mar, in Hato Mayor, Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic). Coverage includes several sandbanks and Rio San Lorenzo.<BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, this large-scale antique port/harbor chart is one of 22 charts (on 16 plates) of ports in Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in Part IV of the atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". Because of Spain's secrecy about its New World territories these charts represent some of the earliest detailed charts of these areas. These antique nautical charts do not often appear on the market. Plate Number 16. Scale in nautical miles ("milla maritima").<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 363 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Punta de la Caldera |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
|
| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $400.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Punta-de-la-Caldera | Scare antique nautical harbor chart of Punta de la Caldera (Calderas), Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic), on the south coast of that island. Coverage includes from punta de Burros to punta de Salinas. At the location where the Base Naval de las Calderas is now located there is depicted a single small shack. Other features include: punta Intermedia, Punta de Mata-Sola, Caleton, punta Morrillos, casimba de agua dulce (Translated: 'bucket of sweet water'), punta de las Garzas, and punta Rancheros. Numerous soundings, anchorages, and rocks are noted.<BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, this large-scale port/harbor chart is one of 22 charts (on 16 plates) of ports in Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in Part IV of the atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". Because of Spain's secrecy about its New World territories these charts represent some of the earliest detailed charts of these areas. These small antique charts do not often appear on the market. Plate Number 13. Scale in cables.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 364 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Puerto del Mole de San Nicolas |
|
Direccion Hidrografia |
|
| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $400.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Puerto-del-Mole-de-San-Nicolas | On the northwest section of Haiti, Mole San Nicolas is located just 50 miles from Baracoa, Cuba. This rare chart of the bay and harbor chart of Mole San Nicolas shows the city firmly established at the time of the survey with these features: Almacen de Polvora (gunpowder magazine), quarteles, and la Ciudad protected by a defensive wall.<BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, this large-scale port/harbor chart is one of 22 charts (on 16 plates) of ports in Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in Part IV of the atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". Because of Spain's secrecy about its New World territories these charts represent some of the earliest detailed charts of these areas. These small charts do not often appear on the market. Plate Number 9. Scale in cables.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 244 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Puerto de Maravi (Bahia de Maravi) |
|
Direccion Hidrografia |
|
| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $400.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Puerto-de-Maravi-(Bahia-de-Maravi) | Beautiful, black and white engraved copperplate chart of the Bay of Maravi, Cuba a cove on the northeast coast of Cuba in Guantanamo province. <BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, this rare chart of Maravi Bay was one of 34 charts of Cuban ports published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in the sea atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". A fine example with careful, delicate engraving and a wide platemark on high-quality paper. Distance scale is in cables. Engraved by J.C. Part 3. Plate #6.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 245 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Puerto de Baitiqueri |
|
Direccion Hidrografia |
|
| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $400.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Puerto-de-Baitiqueri | Beautiful, black and white engraved copperplate chart of the Bay of Baitiqueri, Cuba on the northeast coast of Cuba in Guantanamo province. <BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, this rare chart was one of 34 charts of Cuban ports published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in the sea atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". A fine example with careful, delicate engraving and a wide platemark on high-quality paper. Distance scale is in cables. Part 3. Plate #3.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 246 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Puerto de Jaragua (Bahia de Jaragua) |
|
Direccion Hidrografia |
|
| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $400.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Puerto-de-Jaragua-(Bahia-de-Jaragua) | Beautiful, black and white engraved copperplate chart of the Bay of Jaragua, Cuba on the northeast coast of Cuba in Guantanamo province. <BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, this rare chart of Jaragua bay was one of 34 charts of Cuban ports published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in the sea atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". A fine example with careful, delicate engraving and a wide platemark on high-quality paper. Distance scale is in cables. Engraved by J.C. Part 3. Plate #10.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 247 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Puerto de Navas (Bahia Navas) |
|
Direccion Hidrografia |
|
| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $400.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Puerto-de-Navas-(Bahia-Navas) | Beautiful, black and white engraved copperplate chart of the Bay of Navas, Cuba on the northeast coast of Cuba in Guantanamo province. Navas is about 2.3 km northwest of Cayoguaneque.<BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, this rare chart of Navas Bay was one of 34 charts of Cuban ports published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in the sea atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". A fine example with careful, delicate engraving and a wide platemark on high-quality paper. Distance scale is in cables. Part 3. Plate #7.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 248 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Plano del Puerto de Cebollas (Bahia de Cebollas) |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
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| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $600.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Plano-del-Puerto-de-Cebollas-(Bahia-de-Cebollas) | Beautiful, black and white engraved copperplate chart of the Bay of Cebollas, Cuba on the northeast coast of Cuba in Holguin province. Strong graphic composition; this engraving and the plate of Puerto de Vita would make a fine grouping. This chart is about 20% larger than other port plans in this series.<BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, this rare chart of Cebollas Bay was one of 34 charts of Cuban ports published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in the sea atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". A fine example with careful, delicate engraving and a wide platemark on high-quality paper. Distance scale is in cables. Part 3. Plate 14.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 249 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Plano del Puerto de Vita |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
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| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $650.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Plano-del-Puerto-de-Vita | Beautiful, black and white copperplate engraved chart of the Port of Vita, Cuba on the northeast coast of Cuba in Holguin province. Commerce at the Puerto de Vita, Cuba includes the Marina Internacional Puerto de Vita with moorings for 38 boats. The port is reported to offer sufficient protection from hurricanes and also is one of the few Cuban ports where small cruising boats can clear customs. <BR> </BR>
Strong graphic composition; this engraving and the plate of Puerto de Cebollas would make a fine grouping. This chart is about 20% larger than other port plans in this series. Published in 1809, this rare chart of Puerto de Vita was one of 34 charts of Cuban ports published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in the sea atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". A fine example with careful, delicate engraving and a wide platemark on high-quality paper. Distance scale is in cables. Part 3. Plate 21.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 4940 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1809 |
| Manuscript chart of the island of Diego Garcia |
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Anonymous |
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| 1809 |
| LOC:200 |
| $975.00 | Anonymous | Manuscript-chart-of-the-island-of-Diego-Garcia | French manuscript chart of the island of Diego Garcia. Diego Garcia, a coral atoll, is the largest and southernmost member of the Chagos Archipelago, in the central Indian Ocean.
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Dated on or near May 2, 1809 when the French Governor of Mauritius Decaen granted rights over the island to Cayeux, the Didier brothers, and Lapotaire. Lapotaire was reported to have over 100 slaves working his copra plantation in 1809. The map clearly shows those three land holdings, with Didier at the southern end of the island. (Cawley, Charles. Colonies in Conflict: The History of the British Overseas Territories. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2015.)
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"Portuguese explorers discovered Diego Garcia in the early 1500s. The islands remained uninhabited until the 18th century when the French established coconut and copra plantations with the help of slave labor. Diego Garcia became a possession of the United Kingdom after the Napoleonic wars, and from 1814 to 1965, it was a dependency of Mauritius."
(Source: https://www.cs.mcgill.ca) |
| 237 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Puerto de Gibara |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
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| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $400.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Puerto-de-Gibara | Beautiful, black and white engraved copperplate port plan of the port of Gibara on northeast coast of Cuba. Published in 1809, before the town of Gibara was founded, this antique plan / chart is one of 34 charts of Cuban ports published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in the sea atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". <BR> </BR>
A fine example with careful, delicate engraving and a wide platemark on high-quality paper. Distance scale is in cables. Part 3. Plate #24.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216.
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| 236 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Plano del Puerto de Banes |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
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| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $400.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Plano-del-Puerto-de-Banes | Beautiful, black and white engraved copperplate port plan of Banes, Cuba, birthplace of former dictator Fulgencio Batista, located on the northeast coast of that island nation. Published in 1809, this antique chart of Banes harbor is one of 34 charts of ports in Cuba published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in the sea atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". <BR> </BR>
Highlights include elaborate calligraphic title and spare, careful engraving with a wide platemark on high-quality paper. Distance scale is in cables. Engraved by J.C. Part 3. Plate #18.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216.
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| 3656 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Puerto de Matanzas, Cuba |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
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| 1809 |
| LOC:77 |
| $400.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Puerto-de-Matanzas--Cuba | Scarce antique copperplate-engraved harbor chart of the Bay of Matanzas, Cuba on the northern coast of the island. Shows the then tiny Pueblo de San Carlos de Matanzas. Key features include Rio de Matanzas, Rio de Yumuris, Rio Canima, and the Castillo de San Severino, built in 1735. Bombed by the British in 1762, it was rebuilt in the 1770s. The Castillo became an offloading point for slaves and today is the site of the slavery-themed Museo de la Ruta de los Esclavos.
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Published in 1809, this rare chart was one of 34 charts of Cuban ports published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in the sea atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". A fine example with careful, delicate engraving and a wide platemark on high-quality paper. Distance scale is in cables. Engraved by J.C. Part 3, Cuba. Plate #29.
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Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 242 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Puerto de Cananova |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
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| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $400.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Puerto-de-Cananova | Beautiful, black and white engraved copperplate harbor chart of the shallow Bahia de Cananova, in the province of Holguin, on the northeastern coast of Cuba. It is generally accepted that Columbus landed in Holguin province on October 27, 1492 during his initial exploratory voyage, just two weeks after first landing in the New World at the Bahamas. <BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, this rare chart was one of 34 charts of Cuban ports published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in the sea atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". A fine example with careful, delicate engraving and a wide platemark on high-quality paper. Distance scale is in cables. Engraved by J.C. Part 3. Plate #13.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 243 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Puerto de Cayaguaneque (Cayoguaneque) |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
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| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $400.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Puerto-de-Cayaguaneque-(Cayoguaneque) | Beautiful, black and white engraved copperplate harbor chart of Puerto de Cayaguaneque (or Cayoguaneque), Cuba a cove on the northeast coast of Cuba in Guantanamo province . <BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, this rare chart was one of 34 charts of Cuban ports published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in the sea atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". A fine example with careful, delicate engraving and a wide platemark on high-quality paper. Distance scale is in cables. Engraved by J.C. Part 3. Plate #8.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 239 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Puerto de Nuevas Grandes |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
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| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $400.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Puerto-de-Nuevas-Grandes | Beautiful, black and white engraved copperplate chart of Puerto de Nuevas Grandes, in the province of Camaguey, on the northern coast of Cuba. Published in 1809, this chart was one of 34 charts of Cuban ports published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in the sea atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". <BR> </BR>
A fine example with careful, delicate engraving and a wide platemark on high-quality paper. Distance scale is in cables. Engraved by J.C. Part 3. Plate #27.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216.
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| 240 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Puerto del Padre |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
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| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $450.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Puerto-del-Padre | Beautiful, black and white engraved copperplate chart of Puerto del Padre, in the province of Las Tunas, on the northern coast of Cuba. Published in 1809, this chart was one of 34 charts of Cuban ports published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in the sea atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". Puerto del Padre is one of several ports in Cuba that lay claim as the first spot in Cuba where Christopher Columbus landed on his well known 1492 exploration of the new world.<BR> </BR>
A fine example with careful, delicate engraving and a wide platemark on high-quality paper. Distance scale is in cables. Engraved by J.C. Part 3. Plate #25.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 241 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1809 |
| Puerto de Taco |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
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| 1809 |
| LOC:5 |
| $400.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Puerto-de-Taco | Beautiful, black and white engraved copperplate harbor chart of the Bahia de Taco, in the province of Guantanamo, on the far northeastern coast of Cuba. The Bahia de Taco lies very near a UNESCO world heritage site, the Parque National Alejandro de Humboldt. The 275 square mile park is one of the most biologically diverse sites in the Caribbean basin and is home to a 3832 foot mountain peak named El Todo.<BR> </BR>
Published in 1809, this chart of Puerto de Taco was one of 34 charts of Cuban ports published by the Spanish Admiralty, the Direccion Hidrografia, in the sea atlas "Portolano de la America Setentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos". A fine example with careful, delicate engraving and a wide platemark on high-quality paper. Distance scale is in cables. Part 3. Plate #9.<BR> </BR>
Reference: Materiales para una Cartografia Mexicana. Manuel Orozco y Berra. 1871. p. 216. |
| 5195 |  | Details | Heather, William | 1810 |
| Scarce Port Plan of The Harbor of St. Paul in Malta |
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Heather, William |
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| 1810 |
| LOC:77 |
| $325.00 | Heather--William | Scarce-Port-Plan-of-The-Harbor-of-St--Paul-in-Malta | Plan of the harbor of St. Paul, Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. Scarce. Published by William Heather in the New Mediterranean Pilot, 1810. Other sources attribute the port plan to Allezard or Roux but text is in English, thus not a French product; also the compass rose title cartouche is a distinctive diagnostic feature of William Heather.
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Manuscript notation in an unknown script similar to Persian.
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Heather's port plan of St. Paul shows Salt Bay, Point Chaura, Salmonetta, several watchtowers, a lighthouse, anchorages and a mosque. Below the "small harbor" a hilltop village is labeled "Redemption". |
| 589 |  | Details | Stratford, J. | 1810 |
| Sketch of the River Scheldt from Flushing to Antwerp |
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Stratford, J. |
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| 1810 |
| LOC:0 |
| $165.00 | Stratford--J- | Sketch-of-the-River-Scheldt-from-Flushing-to-Antwerp | Detailed. antique hydrographic map or chart of a portion of the Scheldt (Escaut) River. After the earlier work by French hydrographer Beautemps Beaupre. Named features include: Antwerp, Ft. Kruys Schans, Ft. St. Philip, Ft. Maria, Ft. Liefkenshoek, Ft. Rammekins, Fort Lillo, Ter Neuse, Santvliet, Biervliet, Middleburg, and Flushing. Numerous soundings (in feet), lighthouses, sand banks, forts and defensive structures are noted.
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The antique chart is dated within as published March 24, 1810. Paper carries watermark of "1806". London. J. Stratford No. 112 Holborn Hill. |
| 5470 |  | Details | Prevost, Antoine-Francois | 1810 |
| Early map of Taiwan or Formosa after de Mailla 1721 1810 |
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Prevost, Antoine-Francois |
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| 1810 |
| LOC:6 |
| $600.00 | Prevost--Antoine-Francois | Early-map-of-Taiwan-or-Formosa-after-de-Mailla-1721-1810 | Early map of the island of Taiwan (Formosa / Formose) after a map from 1721 by Father de Mailla, a Jesuit priest. Father de Mailla's maps were published in volume 18 of <i>Lettres edifantes</i>, which dealt with the missions of the Jesuits on both hemispheres.
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This copper-plate engraved antique map shows the extent of Chinese Imperial control over the western regions of Taiwan including the western coastlines of Taiwan and the adjacent Chinese mainland of Fujian province. Includes generalized, small-scale coverage of the Penghu Islands (the Pescadores) to the east of Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait. A more detailed look at the Penghu islands is available on another map after de Mailla in our inventory: <b>"Carte de Iles de Pong-hou …".</b>
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Based on the volume and page collation numbers this antique map is believed to be from the Toulouse edition of <i>Lettres edifantes</i> printed in 1810. |
| 5471 |  | Details | Prevost, Antoine-Francois | 1810 |
| Early map Penghu Islands or Pescadores near Taiwan |
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Prevost, Antoine-Francois |
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| 1810 |
| LOC:6 |
| $250.00 | Prevost--Antoine-Francois | Early-map-Penghu-Islands-or-Pescadores-near-Taiwan | Scarce map of "Iles de Ponghou", the Penghu Islands (or Pescadores) in the Taiwan Strait off the east coast of Taiwan. After a map from 1721 by Father de Mailla, a Jesuit priest. Father de Mailla's maps were published in volume 18 of <i>Lettres edifantes</i>, which dealt with the missions of the Jesuits on both hemispheres.
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Based on the volume and page collation numbers this antique map is believed to be from the Toulouse edition of <i>Lettres edifantes</i> printed in 1810.
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Also, see de Mailla's early map of
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| 773 |  | Details | Laurie and Whittle | 1810 |
| Antique Chart of the Bay, Harbor, and Environs of Cadiz, Spain |
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Laurie and Whittle |
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| 1810 |
| LOC:4 |
| $275.00 | Laurie-and-Whittle | Antique-Chart-of-the-Bay--Harbor--and-Environs-of-Cadiz--Spain | Attractive nautical antique chart of the Bay of Cadiz, Spain published by British entrepreneurs Laurie and Whittle in 1810. Some of the key features noted in English include the settlements of Rota, Port Santa Maria, Port Royal ( Puerto Real ), Trocadero, St. Carlos Town and Cadiz, Spain. Other features include the Battery of la Gallina, Rio Salado, Castle of Santa Cataline, Convent of la Victoria, Bridge of Boats, Channel of Trocadero, and the Arsenal of the Carracas. On the Isle of Leon are located Torre Gorda or Hercules' Tower, Saint Carlos Town, Martyr's Hill, Castle of Puntales, Fort San Fernando, and the walled town of Cadiz itself with the Castle and Lighthouse of Saint Sebastian jutting westward into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Notations of soundings, bottom composition, shoals and other navigational hazards would have made this chart useful to early 19th century sailors.
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Publishers attribution at bottom reads: 'Published by Robert Laurie and James Whittle, Chartsellers to the Admiralty, &c &c. No. 53 Fleet Street, London. May 24, 1810.' This antique harbor plan / chart is an original copperplate engraving with later hand coloring based on the work of Spanish cartographer Tofino de San Miguel. Watermarked chain laid paper with the watermark date of 1805. |
| 1032 |  | Details | Allezard, Jean Joseph | 1811 |
| Chart of Corfu by Allezard |
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Allezard, Jean Joseph |
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| 1811 |
| LOC:2 |
| $165.00 | Allezard--Jean-Joseph | Chart-of-Corfu-by-Allezard | Antique chart / plan of the Ionian island of Corfu, Greece, the second largest of the Ionian islands. Includes a portion of the west coast of mainland Greece.
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Very interesting note by Allezard at the far northwest of the mainland: "Cent quarante les 3 ecolles". Turns out that the area is Sarande, Albania and that the note is a reference to a Byzantine monastery "the Forty Saints" , honoring the "Forty Martyrs of Sebaste" leading to the Italian name "Santi Quaranta" which Allezard spelled phonetically "Cent Quarante".
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One of 163 plates of ports on the Mediterranean, Adriatic and Black seas from Allezard's atlas "Recueil de 163 des principaux plans des ports et rades de la Mediterranée, dont 40 ont été derniérement publiés par Jean Joseph Allezard ancien capitaine de marine et plusieurs des autres corrigés" . This atlas was a re-issue of Joseph Roux's atlas published from Marseille in several editions beginning in 1764. Published by Joseph Gamba from Livorno, Italy. Plate 49. |
| 1304 |  | Details | Naval Chronicle | 1812 |
| Cape of Good Hope with Table Bay and Cape Town. |
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Naval Chronicle |
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| 1812 |
| LOC:6 |
| $195.00 | Naval-Chronicle | Cape-of-Good-Hope-with-Table-Bay-and-Cape-Town- | Small attractive antique harbor chart near Cape Town, South Africa showing coastal mountains as well as False Bay and Table Bay. This neat copper-plated engraved antique nautical chart includes the following named features: Penguin Island, Sugar Loaf Hill or the Lion's Head, Lion's Rump, Chapman's or Hout Bay, Simon's Bay, Pringle Bay, Gordons Bay and Cape Hanglip.
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Despite its small size the chart has an interesting history. The plate used to create this example was engraved and published by John Luffman in 1801 for Luffman's "Select Plans of the principal cities Ports, Harbours, Forts, etc. in the World". One can see the remnants of Luffman' original imprint mostly erased just below "Cape of Good Hope".
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The hydrography includes anchorages, depth soundings, a "best track" into Simons Bay, numerous named rocks in False Bay including Romans Rock, Warren Hastings Rock, Francis Rock, Whittle Rock, and Anvil Rock.
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Publisher's imprint at bottom reads: "Published December 31, 1812 by J. Gold. Naval Chronicle Office,103, Show Lane, London." |
| 4788 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1813 |
| Rare Antique Plan of the Port and Anchorage at Barcelona, Spain |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
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| 1813 |
| LOC:88 |
| $600.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Rare-Antique-Plan-of-the-Port-and-Anchorage-at-Barcelona--Spain | Very interesting antique Spanish chart / port plan of Barcelona, Spain on the Mediterranean Sea. One of 16 charts and plans published by Spain's Direccion Hidrografia in the rare Spanish hydrographic atlas: "Portulano de las Costas de la Península de España, Islas adyacentes, y parte de la Costa de Africa. Construido y publicado en la Direccion Hidrografica, Cadiz ano 1813."
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With (now faded) MS dedication and attached anchoring instructions, both in English. The dedication read "Presented by W??????? To his fd (friend?) Mr. Fleming Cadiz July 12, 1816." That date is 3 years after the atlas was first issued from Cadiz.
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Scarce, no copy in AMPR
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Included manuscript sailing directions reads
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"In the outside Harbour of Barcelona to protect yourself of the E. and S.E. winds, anchor as follows= The light with the Tower of Merced and the coast of Garaf open on the south of Montjuif, anchoring in 18 - 25 f[athoms]mostly sand, from which … an east wind you can pass the Llobregat."
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A circled spot on the map with light penciled isobaths (contour lines) at 10 and 20 fathoms seem to support the anchoring recommendation in the sailing directions.
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Depth soundings are in "pies castellanos" ( 1 Castillian foot = .2786 m or .914 feet). |
| 5262 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1816 |
| Rare harbor chart of Cartagena, Colombia |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
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| 1816 |
| LOC:88 |
| $1,400.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Rare-harbor-chart-of-Cartagena--Colombia | Rare harbor chart of Cartagena, Colombia. North is oriented to the right. Numerous soundings and hazards are marked. Plate Number 19.
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Published in 1809, this large-scale port/harbor chart is one of 41 charts of ports in Part II of the atlas "Portolano de la America Septentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos" containing charts from the USA (Florida and Texas), Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Colombia. Because of Spain's secrecy about its New World territories this chart represents the earliest easily available cartographic record of this area from Spanish sources. |
| 1408 |  | Details | Lapie, Pierre | 1816 |
| Antique map of Greece and the Balkans |
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Lapie, Pierre |
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| 1816 |
| LOC:2 |
| $95.00 | Lapie--Pierre | Antique-map-of-Greece-and-the-Balkans | Antique map of Greece and the Balkans, including the regions of Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Serbia and part of the Black Sea with the western part of Turkey including Constantinople. Much detail about the Greek archipelago. Coverage on this interesting engraved map extends as far south as the island of Crete ("Candie") and encompasses portions of the Ionian Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, and the Adriatic Sea. Page 27.
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Pierre M. Lapie (1779-1850) was a French cartographer and engraver. Lapie, a Colonel in the French army, worked in the corps of topographical engineers. |
| 1409 |  | Details | Lapie, Pierre | 1816 |
| Antique map of Asia |
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Lapie, Pierre |
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| 1816 |
| LOC:6 |
| $120.00 | Lapie--Pierre | Antique-map-of-Asia | Very nice antique map of the eastern hemisphere or the entire world as it was known to exist in ancient times. Notations on the map reference Pliny, Ptolemy, Eratosthenes and other very early Greek historians and geographers. Includes north Africa, Mediterranean Sea, India, Europe, Arabia,and western Asia. Upper left corner contains diagram with names of the winds.
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Pierre M. Lapie (1779-1850), a Colonel in the French army, was a French cartographer and engraver. Lapie worked in the corps of topographical engineers. Pierre was the father of cartographer Alexandre Emile Lapie. In the first half of the 19th century, the work of the Lapie firm, with its precise engraving and informational density, strongly influenced their German competitors whose maps would eventually dominate the continental European market. |
| 972 |  | Details | Pinot, Charles | 1816 |
| Antique manuscript map of Bagueau and Port-Cros in France's îles d'Hyères |
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Pinot, Charles |
|
| 1816 |
| LOC:0 |
| $900.00 | Pinot--Charles | Antique-manuscript-map-of-Bagueau-and-Port-Cros-in-France-s-îles-d-Hyères | One of a kind, 200 year-old manuscript topographic map of the French Mediterranean island Île de Bagueau and the north coast of Port-Cros island. Signed and dated within by Ch[arles] Pinot, Director of Fortifications in 1816.
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Topograhic detail shown through faint contour lines in pencil with benchmarks and elevation stated in several locations. Three cannon batteries noted in red on Bagueau. On Port-Cros, Pinot noted these features: Presqu'ile de Malalenge, Plage de Jeannet, Batterie Sud, and Chateau Ruine.
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Both Île de Bagueau and Port-Cros belong to the îles d'Hyères, a group of four Mediterranean islands off the village of Hyères in the Var department of south-east France. Île de Bagueau at 45 hectares is the smallest of the four islands in the group. Port-Cros, at 650 hectares, is a French national Park.
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Signed in French in faint ink: Toulon, 5th October, 1816 The Colonel and Director of Fortifcations Charles Pinot. A note in ink below the title begins: "La partie de terrain marquee…".
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With a faint red oval overstamp of the "DEPOT de la Direction des Fortifications DE TOULON" |
| 1030 |  | Details | Allezard, Jean Joseph | 1817 |
| Antique chart of Mykonos, Greece |
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Allezard, Jean Joseph |
|
| 1817 |
| LOC:2 |
| $145.00 | Allezard--Jean-Joseph | Antique-chart-of-Mykonos--Greece | Antique chart / plan of the Aegean island of Mikonos / Mykonos, Greece along with the northwestern portion of Delos, famous for its important archeological site and in mythology the birthplace of the twin gods Apollo and Artemis. Maps shows the village of Mykonos and a single building off in the distance labeled "Calori".
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One of 163 plates of ports on the Mediterranean, Adriatic and Black seas from Allezard's atlas "Recueil de 163 des principaux plans des ports et rades de la Mediterranée, dont 40 ont été derniérement publiés par Jean Joseph Allezard ancien capitaine de marine et plusieurs des autres corrigés" . This atlas was a re-issue of Joseph Roux's atlas published from Marseille in several editions beginning in 1764. Published by Joseph Gamba from Livorno, Italy. Plate 141. |
| 866 |  | Details | Allezard, Jean Joseph | 1817 |
| Antique nautical chart of Beirut, Lebanon and approaches |
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Allezard, Jean Joseph |
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| 1817 |
| LOC:4 |
| $135.00 | Allezard--Jean-Joseph | Antique-nautical-chart-of-Beirut--Lebanon-and-approaches | Antique maritime chart of the area around and including Beirut, Lebanon, then considered part of Syria ( "Syrie" ). This old copperplate-engraved map extends from Cape Danthon to the east past Beirut and then follows the coast northward until approximately the town of Juniyah. A few soundings and anchorages are defined. Sea charts of ports on the Levantine coast of the Eastern Mediterranean from this time period are somewhat scarce.
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One of 163 plates of ports on the Mediterranean, Adriatic and Black seas from Allezard's atlas "Recueil de 163 des principaux plans des ports et rades de la Mediterranée, dont 40 ont été derniérement publiés par Jean Joseph Allezard ancien capitaine de marine et plusieurs des autres corrigés" . This atlas was a re-issue of Joseph Roux's atlas published from Marseille in several editions beginning in 1764. Published by Joseph Gamba from Livorno, Italy. Plate 119. |
| 865 |  | Details | Allezard, Jean Joseph | 1817 |
| Antique nautical plan of Venice, Italy and lagoons |
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Allezard, Jean Joseph |
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| 1817 |
| LOC:4 |
| $175.00 | Allezard--Jean-Joseph | Antique-nautical-plan-of-Venice--Italy-and-lagoons | Antique harbor plan of Venice, Italy and its nearby islands, canals, and villages. The copperplate-engraved map extends from Chioggia ( "Chiozza" ) in the south past the islands of Lido and Malamocco. Venice is shown as an archipelago of about 30 inhabited islands in the center of the lagoon. Some of the noted towns and villages surrounding Venice include Ville Franche, Termine, Palestrina, Bolta, St. Ange, St. George, Muran ( Murano ), Vignole, Neuveau Lazaret, and St. Francis du Desert. Soundings and navigational aids are absent from this small nautical chart. The primary man-made feature of note is the hospital at the east of Venice.
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One of 163 plates of ports on the Mediterranean, Adriatic and Black seas from Allezard's atlas "Recueil de 163 des principaux plans des ports et rades de la Mediterranée, dont 40 ont été derniérement publiés par Jean Joseph Allezard ancien capitaine de marine et plusieurs des autres corrigés" . This atlas was a re-issue of Joseph Roux's atlas published from Marseille in several editions beginning in 1764. Published by Joseph Gamba from Livorno, Italy. Plate 81. |
| 622 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1817 |
| Mouth of the Amazon River with Coastal French Guiana and Suriname |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1817 |
| LOC:67 |
| $1,300.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Mouth-of-the-Amazon-River-with-Coastal-French-Guiana-and-Suriname | Exceptional antique French sea chart includes the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil or "Bouche de la Riviere des Amazones" from Rio Araguari ( Araouari ) at the north as far inland as the town of Macapa'. Original small-scale copperplate engraving published by the Depot de la Marine in 1817 on thick chain-laid paper.
The full extent of this antique nautical chart includes numerous native villages, missionary posts, and points of interest on the coasts and rivers of Brazil, French Guyana, and Suriname (Oyapok ( Oiapoque ), Sinnamary, etc.) as far north as the Maroni River.
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Key points of interest include Cayenne, Kourou, St. Paul, Cape Orange, Mt. Tripoupou (Tchoukouchipann ??) , and the far interior native village of Roukouyenes. These features are mentioned as the limits of exploration at the time by Alexander von Humboldt in his "Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctal Regions of the New Continent During the Years 1799 - 1804." Near the Tumuk Humac mountains at the confluence of the Maroni and Oiapoque Rivers is noted: " 3 Villages d'Indiens Aramichaux et Caicouchiennes par 2 36' 30" de Latitude observee."<br></br>
Numeous soundings, isobaths, islands, and detail of the South American coast. No. 28. Price when issued was three francs. With the circular stamp of the French Depot de la Marine. |
| 1034 |  | Details | Leake, William Martin | 1818 |
| Map of Egypt, Nile River |
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Leake, William Martin |
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| 1818 |
| LOC:1403 |
| $1,295.00 | Leake--William-Martin | Map-of-Egypt--Nile-River | Very large and impressive <b>full-width example</b> of Leake's map of the Nile river from 1818 (29" x 50" at neatline). Rolled, and <b>NOT dissected.</b> Clean, bright, and strong. Scarce, as the map is not dissected and is in fine condition. Guaranteed original copper-plate engraved map by Sidney Hall for Aaron Arrowsmith. Dated at bottom to 1818. Two sheets well joined.
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Published by Aaron Arrowsmith who in his early twenties worked for John Cary, the engraver and William Faden. Aaron Arrowsmith (1750-1823) founded a cartographic dynasty and was a close contemporary of Alexander Dalrymple (Hydrographic Office), Joseph Banks (Naturalist), Flinders and others of the period. Arrowsmith became Geographer to the Prince of Wales in 1810 and ultimately <b>Hydrographer to the King</b> in 1820.
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This hand-colored, original map "Course of the Nile" was produced by Lieutenant Colonel W.M. Leake. William Martin Leake, a leading British authority on the region. In 1802, Leake and others were employed to make a general survey of Egypt. Leake's chart was published in 1818 after his retirement, incorporating additional material from Bryce and others. The map provides extensive information on the Nile, archaeological sites, the Sea of Suez, roads and railways. Numerous annotations are included about the areas extensive history and its inhabitants. Note: The Suez Canal is not included in this chart because that waterway was not completed until 1869, more than 50 years after this map was published. |
| 1145 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1818 |
| Boca y Barra Del Rio Nasau |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
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| 1818 |
| LOC:200 |
| $1,475.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Boca-y-Barra-Del-Rio-Nasau | Rare Spanish nautical chart of the mouth (boca) and bar (barra) in Nassau Sound, Florida in 1818. One of the earliest available large-scale charts of the entrance to the Nassau River and the coastal margins near that waterway which divides Amelia Island from Talbot Island.
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From the second part of "Portolano de la America Septentrional Construido en la Direccion Detrabajos Hidrograficos" published in 1818 by Spain's Admiralty department, the
<a href="https://www.rarecharts.com/DireccionHidrografiaBackground.aspx " target="_blank">Dirección de Hidrografía. </a> Plate 326. |
| 1300 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1818 |
| Antique Spanish chart the port of Veracruz, Mexico. |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
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| 1818 |
| LOC:10 |
| $850.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Antique-Spanish-chart-the-port-of-Veracruz--Mexico- | A scarce Spanish nautical chart of the harbor, islands, and waters surrounding Veracruz, Mexico. An original antique navigation chart by the Direccion Hidrografia; the detailed chart is dotted with numerous depth soundings and notation of composition of the sea floor, e.g. arena (sand), piedra (rock), and lama (mud).
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Place names and features on this old Spanish harbor chart include Castillo de San Juan de Ulua, Arrecife e Isla de Pajaros, Arrecife de la Blanquilla, Punta de la Gallega, Punta de Hornos, and Arrecife de Punta Gorda and Arrecife e Isla de Sacrificios. Isla de Sacrificios has a bloody past. Bernal Diaz del Castillo reports that when the Spanish first landed on the Isla de Sacrificios:
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"We found two stone buildings of good workmanship, each with a flight of steps leading up to a kind of altar, and on those altars were evil-looking idols, which were their gods. Here we found five Indians who had been sacrificed to them on that very night. Their chests had been struck open and their arms and thighs cut off, and the walls of these buildings were covered in blood. All this amazed us greatly, and we called this island the Isla de Sacrificios, as it is now named on the charts."
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From the second part of "Portolano de la America...", published in 1818 by Spain's Admiralty department, the Dirección de Hidrografía. In 1809 the Direccion first published this atlas of plans of bays, harbors, and ports from Spain’s New World possessions: "Portolano de la America Septentrional Construido en la Direccion de Trabajos Hidrograficos". (Updated in 1818). Plate 52. |
| 5406 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1818 |
| Plano del Puerto de Veracruz situado el Castillo de San Juan de Ulua Mexico |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
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| 1818 |
| LOC: |
| $375.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Plano-del-Puerto-de-Veracruz-situado-el-Castillo-de-San-Juan-de-Ulua-Mexico | Fine, original, engraved Spanish nautical chart of the harbor, islands, and waters surrounding Veracruz, Mexico by the Direccion Hidrografia [1]. The detailed chart is dotted with numerous depth soundings and notation of composition of the sea floor, e.g. arena (sand), piedra (rock), and lama (mud).
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Place names and features on this old Spanish harbor chart include [2]:
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<li>Castillo de San Juan de Ulua</li>
<li>Arrecife e Isla de Pajaros</li>
<li>Arrecife de la Blanquilla</li>
<li>Punta de la Gallega</li>
<li>Punta de Hornos</li>
<li>Arrecife de Punta Gorda</li>
<li>Arrecife e Isla de Sacrificios</li>
<li>Anegada de adentro</li>
<li>Arrecife de Isla Verde</li>
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[1] From the second part of "Portolano de la America...", published in 1818 by Spain's Admiralty department, the Dirección de Hidrografía. In 1809 the Direccion first published this atlas of plans of bays, harbors, and ports from Spain’s New World possessions: "Portolano de la America Septentrional Construido en la Direccion de Trabajos Hidrograficos". Plate 52.<br/>
[2] Arrecife = reef; Isla = island; Anegada = flooded or underwater. |
| 144 |  | Details | Tardieu, Ambroise | 1818 |
| Plan du Combat Naval d'Algeciras |
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Tardieu, Ambroise |
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| 1818 |
| LOC:8 |
| $375.00 | Tardieu--Ambroise | Plan-du-Combat-Naval-d-Algeciras | A highly detailed, elegant, antique copperplate chart / map produced by Ambroise Tardieu (1788-1841) for Dumas' multi-volume "Precis Des Evenemens Militaires". The chart shows the positions of French, Spanish, and British ships during the battle of Algeciras set against a highly detailed hydrographic and topographic background. Careful and meticulous hachuring conveys elevation. Inset legend at bottom right explains labeled positions of ships including "le formidable vaisseaux General Francais" and "Chaloupes canonieres Espagnoles".
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Notation in upper right border: "Campagne de 1802. Tome 1.". |
| 4774 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1818 |
| Scarce antique Spanish chart of Tampa Bay, Florida |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
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| 1818 |
| LOC:200 |
| $1,650.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Scarce-antique-Spanish-chart-of-Tampa-Bay--Florida | A scarce Spanish antique nautical chart of a large area now encompassing St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, and all of Tampa Bay. With anchorages identified, depth soundings, and several Spanish place-names. One unidentified location, "Cayo de Aguada" or Watering Key, remains unknown to me. That location likely would have been very attractive to pirates and privateers as it offered both close proximity to fresh water and to the nearby deeper entrance channels to Tampa Bay.
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Contains numerous coastal locations with their second-Spanish period names: Longboat Key ("Id. Larga"), Passage Key ("Cayo del Passage"), Sweetwater Creek ("Rio de Aguadulce"), Little Manatee River ("Rio de Manaties"), Point Pinellas (Punta de Pinar [Sp. pine]). During the research for Spanish place-names our search turned up an exact match for "Punta de Piedras" or Rocky Point on the northeast shore of Old Tampa Bay. Unfortunately, that location for "Punta de Piedras" is on the wrong side of the bay. The search continues.
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From the second part of "Portolano de la America...", published in 1818 by Spain's Admiralty department, the Dirección de Hidrografía. In 1809 the Direccion first published this atlas of plans of bays, harbors, and ports from Spain’s New World possessions: "Portolano de la America Septentrional Construido en la Direccion de Trabajos Hidrograficos". Plate 36. |
| 1290 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1818 |
| Scarce Spanish chart of north Amelia Island and St. Marys River bar. |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
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| 1818 |
| LOC:200 |
| $1,350.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Scarce-Spanish-chart-of-north-Amelia-Island-and-St--Marys-River-bar- | A scarce Spanish nautical chart of the mouth (boca) and bar (barra) of the Saint Mary's River, Florida. A scholarly summary of the map from the University of Miami notes the rarity of this small antique chart:
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"This <b>rare map</b> shows the St. Marys River, which is the northern border of eastern Florida. It is from a Spanish portfolio showing harbor areas in its last colony in North America's eastern portion. <b>Very few maps are available that were made by them in the second Spanish Period</b>." <a href="http://scholar.library.miami.edu/floridamaps/view_image.php?image_name=dlp00020000860001001&group=cartographer" target="_blank">Internet. </a>
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No record of the sale of the "Rio Santa Maria" map is reported in the Antique Map Price Record.
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Includes portions of Fernandina Beach and north Amelia Island, Florida; Little Tiger Island, Florida; and south Cumberland Island Georgia.
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Over 200 years ago, this chart of the bar with depth soundings, would have been very useful to mariner's entering or departing the St. Marys river. Shows "Fort Arruinado" ( Fort William ) on the southern tip of Cumberland Island.
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The St. Marys River is a remote blackwater stream, located in southeastern Georgia and northeastern Florida, forming the easternmost border between the two states. The St. Marys serves as critical habitat for numerous rare, threatened or endangered species.
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From the second part of "Portolano de la America...", published in 1818 by Spain's Admiralty department, the Dirección de Hidrografía. In 1809 the Direccion first published this atlas of plans of bays, harbors, and ports from Spain’s New World possessions: "Portolano de la America Septentrional Construido en la Direccion de Trabajos Hidrograficos". (Updated in 1818). Plate 40. |
| 1291 |  | Details | Direccion Hidrografia | 1818 |
| Antique Spanish chart of the mouth of St. Johns River, Florida |
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Direccion Hidrografia |
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| 1818 |
| LOC:200 |
| $1,325.00 | Direccion-Hidrografia | Antique-Spanish-chart-of-the-mouth-of-St--Johns-River--Florida | A scarce Spanish nautical chart by the Direccion Hidrografia of the mouth (boca) and bar (barra) of the Saint Johns River, Florida near Jacksonville. A scholarly summary by the the University of Miami of a similar map notes the rarity of these early antique Spanish charts:
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"It is from a Spanish portfolio showing harbor areas in its last colony in North America's eastern portion. <b>Very few maps are available that were made by them in the second Spanish Period</b>." <a href="http://scholar.library.miami.edu/floridamaps/view_image.php?image_name=dlp00020000860001001&group=cartographer" target="_blank">Internet. </a>
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North is oriented at the upper right.
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The St. Johns is the longest river in Florida - 310 miles long. It is one of the few rivers in the United States that flows north. The source of the river is a large marshy area in Indian River County that flows north and turns eastward at Jacksonville, FL to its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean.
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From the second part of "Portolano de la America...", published in 1818 by Spain's Admiralty department, the Dirección de Hidrografía. In 1809 the Direccion first published this atlas of plans of bays, harbors, and ports from Spain’s New World possessions: "Portolano de la America Septentrional Construido en la Direccion de Trabajos Hidrograficos". (Updated in 1818). Plate 40. |
| 30 |  | Details | Blondeau, Alexandre | 1820 |
| Carte de la partie de la Cote Nord-Ouest de L'Amerique |
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Blondeau, Alexandre |
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| 1820 |
| LOC:63 |
| $400.00 | Blondeau--Alexandre | Carte-de-la-partie-de-la-Cote-Nord-Ouest-de-L-Amerique | French copy of Vancouver's nautical chart of West North American coast from Alaska to Mexico. By Blondeau. Elsewhere attributed to Depot de la Marine but that is doubtful. Tracks of Vancouver's vessels, mountain ranges, missions, anchorages and a few soundings are clearly delineated.<BR> </BR>
Highly detailed (get a magnifier and enjoy) antique chart coverage extends down the coast from Kodiak Island, Alaska though Prince William sound, Port San Francisco and St. Diego California, into Mexico- Baie do Todos Santos, Baie de las Virgines, and ends near a marked anchorage near a mission 'St. Domingo'. California is described as "Nouvelle Albion".<BR> </BR> <BR> </BR>
Engraved and lettered by Blondeau: "Ecrit par M. Blondeau. Grave par Blondeau Rue et Porte St Jacques No 85." |
| 34 |  | Details | Beautemps-Beaupre, Charles-Francois | 1820 |
| Reconnoissance Hydrographique de la Cote Nord de France, Dunkerque |
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Beautemps-Beaupre, Charles-Francois |
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| 1820 |
| LOC:0 |
| $575.00 | Beautemps-Beaupre--Charles-Francois | Reconnoissance-Hydrographique-de-la-Cote-Nord-de-France--Dunkerque | This large-scale antique hydrographic chart of the town and environs of Gravelines is a fine example of the work of Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré (1766-1854). Beautemps-Beaupre was one of the earliest hydrographers to use isobaths to represent water depth. In this chart he uses differently colored isobaths to represent three depth categories : less than 10 feet ; between 10 and 16 feet; and between 17 and 24 feet. This detail along with numerous soundings demonstrates Beautemp-Beaupre's dedication to his profession, and is the reason he is sometimes referred to as the 'father of French hydrography'.
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Date of 1802 is consistent with a dedication to vice-admiral F.E. de Rosily who served as Directeur of the Depot Generale de la Marine from 1795-1805. |
| 35 |  | Details | Beautemps-Beaupre, Charles-Francois | 1820 |
| Dunkerque |
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Beautemps-Beaupre, Charles-Francois |
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| 1820 |
| LOC:0 |
| $975.00 | Beautemps-Beaupre--Charles-Francois | Dunkerque | This scarce large-scale antique hydrographic chart of the town and environs of Dunkirk is a fine example of the work of Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré, often referred to as the "Father of French Hydrography". Covering a stretch of coast from Mardick to Zuycoote the chart is focused almost entirely on the offshore areas.
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Beautemps-Beaupré (1766-1854), considered to be the father of modern French hydrography, was one of the earliest hydrographers to use colored isobaths to represent water depth. In this carefully colored chart he uses differently colored isobaths (light orange tones) to represent three depth categories : less than 10 feet ; between 10 and 16 feet; and between 17 and 24 feet. This detail along with hundreds of soundings demonstrates Beautemp-Beaupres' dedication to his profession.
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Not dated but another example from same series is dated to 1802. This fine example was likely published ca 1820 as part of "Le Pilote Francais", Beautemps-Beaupre's six folio-volume atlas comprised of 613 sheets of charts and plans. With the logo of the French Depot de la Marine. |
| 4956 |  | Details | Wood, John | 1821 |
| Rare Plan of the Town and Harbour of Stornaway Lewis Island |
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Wood, John |
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| 1821 |
| LOC:64 |
| $1,999.39 | Wood--John | Rare-Plan-of-the-Town-and-Harbour-of-Stornaway-Lewis-Island | Very scarce antique map of the Harbor at Stornaway on the Island of Lewis, part of the Outer Hebrides Islands of Scotland. An exceptional finely-engraved example of an early 19th century harbor map. By John Woods from his Town Atlas to accompany his "Descriptive Account of the Principal Towns of Scotland…"
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With a decorative smaller-scale inset Plan of the Town and Harbor of Stornaway and Projected Improvements. Notable features of the inset plan include Seaforth Lodge, Gallow Hill, Anish, Sandwich Bay, Big Rock, and Sandwich Hill.
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Wood described Stornaway as
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">"a considerable thriving town in the Island of Lewis, in the Parish of that name and shire of Ross. The old part of the Town is situated at the head of the Loch of Stornaway, on a point or ness of land jutting into it; the newer parts of the Town stretch to the north and south of this point, along the margins of the Loch." (ibid pp. 545-547).</div> |
| 4888 |  | Details | Melish, John | 1822 |
| Antique map of the Outlet of the Columbia River |
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Melish, John |
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| 1822 |
| LOC:13 |
| $325.00 | Melish--John | Antique-map-of-the-Outlet-of-the-Columbia-River | Scarce (1822) copperplate engraved map of the outlet of the Mouth of the Columbia River, near Astoria, Oregon by John Melish. Notes the Chinook and Clatsop Indians, native to the region, along with Cape Disappointment, and Gray's Bay .
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From Melish's "A Geographical Description of the United States, with the Contiguous British and Spanish Possessions." Philadelphia, 1822. Engraved by J. Vallance. |
| 222 |  | Details | Tardieu, Ambroise | 1822 |
| Plan General du Port de Boulogne |
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Tardieu, Ambroise |
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| 1822 |
| LOC:89 |
| $175.00 | Tardieu--Ambroise | Plan-General-du-Port-de-Boulogne | Finely engraved map / plan of Boulogne harbor engraved by Ambroise Tardieu in 1822 (dated) with disposition of marine forces during the Campaign of 1803. Focus is on dozens of ships docked both in the river and in the hemispherical 'Bassin de la Flotille'. Bottom contains detailed French text keyed to locational numbers on the map; for example "Depot des Gardiens de la Chaine de Entrée". This antique copperplate engraving probably from one of a six-volume series published by General Count Mathieu Dumas: "Précis des evénemens militaires. Recueil de plans et de cartes pour servir à l'intelligence des opérations militaires décrites dans le texte."<BR> </BR>
Amboise Tardieu (1788 - 1841) was descended from a family of famous French engravers that included Pierre Alexandre Tardieu and Nicolas Tardieu, a 17th century coppersmith from Paris. Tardieu is sometimes confused with his famous son Auguste Ambroise Tardieu, France's top expert in forensic pathology. |
| 77 |  | Details | Blunt, Edmund | 1822 |
| Harbour of Annis Squam in Ipswitch Bay |
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Blunt, Edmund |
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| 1822 |
| LOC:3 |
| $125.00 | Blunt--Edmund | Harbour-of-Annis-Squam-in-Ipswitch-Bay | Small copperplate engraved antique nautical chart of Annissquam inlet and harbor by Edmund Blunt for an edition of his well-known port and pilot book. With a decorative three-masted sailing vessel depicted underway into the channel marked to the east by the Annissquam lighthouse, established only 20 years earlier. |
| 5358 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1822 |
| Notable manuscript Louisiana map - early 19th |
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Anonymous |
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| 1822 |
| LOC:200 |
| $325.00 | Anonymous | Notable-manuscript-Louisiana-map---early-19th | A notable manuscript map of Louisiana by, according to the seller, "a schoolgirl" in Tallmadge, Ohio. Sold from a lot of other maps, one with the attribution: "Tallmadge [Ohio ?] Febr. 7, 1822". The map is notable for the inaccuracies, archaic place names, and a surprising included waterway.
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First, the inaccuracy. The land west of the Sabine River, or Texas, was not a British Dominion. In 1822, after Mexico gained independence from Spain a year earlier, the land was Mexican Texas.
Second, in 1817 the State of Mississippi was admitted to the Union. The Mississippi Territory was divided into the State of Mississippi and State of Alabama (1819).
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Finally, it is very surprising to see the Iberville River (Bayou Manchac) on this map. Today, Bayou Manchac is a shallow eighteen mile long Bayou but when the French arrived in Louisiana the waterway was the "rivière d'Iberville", an important channel in the area's transportation network. In 1814 Bayou Manchac was closed to the Mississippi and was no longer navigable. |
| 661 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1822 |
| Plan of Saint George's Bay Newfoundland |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1822 |
| LOC:65 |
| $375.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Plan-of-Saint-George-s-Bay-Newfoundland | Beautiful copperplate-engraved chart of the interior of St. George's Bay near the present-day towns of Stephenville and Saint George's on the Southwest coast of Newfoundland. Early 19th century working sea chart of area near the Gulf of St. Lawrence produced by the French Depot de la Marine after the work of two French Naval officers: Saulnier de Vauhello and Begon de la Rouziere. Noted points of interest include Cap Sauvage, Flat Island ( Point de Sable ), and Riviere Saint George. Numerous soundings and hydrographical features.
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With the circular logo of France's Depot General de la Marine. Price Two Francs. No. 148. |
| 1178 |  | Details | Melish, John | 1822 |
| 1822 Antique map of the New Orleans, Louisiana vicinity |
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Melish, John |
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| 1822 |
| LOC:3 |
| $325.00 | Melish--John | 1822-Antique-map-of-the-New-Orleans--Louisiana-vicinity | Scarce (1822) copperplate engraved map of New Orleans by John Melish. Map is uncommon. Coverage includes Bayou St. John, the lower shore of Lake Ponchartrain and a stretch of the Mississippi river below New Orleans. Legend at bottom graphically identifies two types of swamp surrounding New Orleans: "Cypress Swamp" and "Prairie Swamp".
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Melish's named features include:
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<li>Fort St. John</li>
<li>Borough of St. John</li>
<li>Suburb of Marigny</li>
<li>Bayou Sauvage and the Road to Chef Menteur</li>
<li>English Turn</li>
<li>Woodsville</li>
<li>Lake Lery</li>
<li>The Ouatchas River</li>
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Contains several notes related to the Battle of 1812 with the landing site and route of British forces identified.
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From Melish's "A Geographical Description of the United States, with the Contiguous British and Spanish Possessions." Philadelphia, 1822. |
| 1286 |  | Details | Tryer, James | 1822 |
| Antique map of the Caribbean Sea and the Spanish Main |
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Tryer, James |
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| 1822 |
| LOC:5 |
| $195.00 | Tryer--James | Antique-map-of-the-Caribbean-Sea-and-the-Spanish-Main | Antique map of the West Indies at the beginning of the 19th century by James Tryer. The area covered stretches from Florida in the north the Gulf of Darien in the south and from the Yucatan peninsula in the west to the Orinoco river in the east. Includes portions of the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Pacific Ocean, and Sea of Honduras. The northern coast of South America is labeled "The Spanish Main".
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James Tyrer was a prolific engraver from Pentonville, London who flourished during the early part of the nineteenth century. This neat map was published by John Souter in Clark's A New General School Atlas in 1822. |
| 605 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1823 |
| Plan du Golfe de Santa Manza |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1823 |
| LOC:66 |
| $500.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Plan-du-Golfe-de--Santa-Manza | Lovely antique chart of the Gulf of Santa Manza, on the southeast coast of Corsica ( Corse ), France near the town of Bonifacio with numerous soundings and coastal topographic details. Beautifully executed and finely detailed engraving in near-perfect condition. Noted features include: Port de Santa Manza, Iles de Porraja, Cap Capicciolo, Cap Blanc, Cap Rondinara, Port de la Rondinara, Calanque de Carlo Anto, Tour de Sponsaglia, Mt. Carpice, amd Porto Nuovo. At top, and extending the full width is a beautifully engraved view of the coastline that includes all the points above and many more.<br></br>
This large, original copperplate nautical chart was issued by the French Depot de la Marine in 1823 and bears the circular stamp of that agency. Engraved by Ambroise Tardieu. With the circular stamp of three fleur-de-lis surrounding an anchor, from the Depot General de la Marine. |
| 4787 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1823 |
| Antique Nautical Chart of the Black Sea Azof Sea Crimea |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1823 |
| LOC:62 |
| $2,200.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Antique-Nautical-Chart-of-the-Black-Sea-Azof-Sea-Crimea | A foundational sea chart for collectors of the Black Sea and Azoff Sea with the track of the French survey vessel "Chevrette" during their survey cruise in 1820.
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A fine, scarce copper-plate engraved hydrographic chart of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov (Azof). This ~200 year-old artifact documents the hydrographic survey of Captain Pierre-Henry Gauttier with Benoist and others during their cruise aboard the gabare "Chevrette" in 1820 to the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea.
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Before the Black Sea survey, in 1818/1819 Gauttier conducted a survey to Greece with Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842), where d'Urville played a role in bringing the statue of Venus from the island of Milos to the Louvre. Long story short, though d'Urville's importance in the affair appears to to have been secondary, skillful PR hyped d'Urville's importance and the "discovery" of the Venus de Milo launched his young career as a botanist and hydrographer.
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Pierre-Henry Gauttier du Parc (1772 - 1850) was a French naval officer and hydrographer.
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Engraved by Etienne Collin (1770, 1841). A brief biography explains that Etienne Collin was the nephew of the renowned Beautemps-Beaupre, considered to be the <b>father of French hydrography</b>. The biographer noted Beautemps-Beaupre practiced an "enlightened nepotism" and that during Beaupre's tenure as Hydrographer "that the functions (geographers, hydrographers, engravers, draughtsmen, ....) within the Depot were largely occupied by members of the Buache-Beautemps-Collin family." (Source: http://cartes-martinique.pagesperso-orange.fr/Graveurs_HydroFran.htm)
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With the circular logo of the Depot General de la Marine. Price when issued 4 Francs. |
| 385 |  | Details | Parry, William Edward | 1824 |
| Chart of a part of the North Eastern Coast of America [North] |
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Parry, William Edward |
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| 1824 |
| LOC:53 |
| $450.00 | Parry--William-Edward | Chart-of-a-part-of-the-North-Eastern-Coast-of-America-[North] | A large chart of the Melville Peninsula and its adjacent islands, including Amherst, Liddon, and Ormond Islands. The chart documents the expedition of the vessels Fury and Hecla from 1822-1823 led by William Edward Parry to find a Northwest passage to the Pacific. Contains the route of the expedition's ships with Cape Englefield and Cape Hallowell off the Fury and Hecla strait as the western-most point. <BR> </BR>
Foldout steel engraving from: "Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1821-22-23, in his Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, under the orders of William Edward Parry, … ". Published by John Murray, Albemarle Street, London. January 6th, 1824. |
| 386 |  | Details | Parry, William Edward | 1824 |
| Chart of the Northern Shore of Hudson's Strait |
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Parry, William Edward |
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| 1824 |
| LOC:53 |
| $400.00 | Parry--William-Edward | Chart-of-the-Northern-Shore-of-Hudson-s-Strait | A large chart of upper Hudson's Strait from Nottingham Island to Resolution Island. The chart documents the expedition of the vessels Fury and Hecla from 1821-1823 led by William Edward Parry to find a Northwest passage to the Pacific. During that expedition Parry explored Repulse Bay and discovered what is now Fury and Hecla Strait. Contains the route of the expedition's ships. <BR> </BR>
Foldout steel engraving from: "Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1821-22-23, in his Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, under the orders of William Edward Parry, … ". Published by John Murray, Albemarle Street, London. January 6th, 1824. |
| 387 |  | Details | Parry, William Edward | 1824 |
| Chart of a part of the North Eastern Coast of America [South] |
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Parry, William Edward |
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| 1824 |
| LOC:53 |
| $450.00 | Parry--William-Edward | Chart-of-a-part-of-the-North-Eastern-Coast-of-America-[South] | A large chart of Northeastern America with Repulse Bay as the Western-most point.. The chart documents the expedition of the vessels Fury and Hecla from 1821-1822-1823 led by William Edward Parry to find a Northwest passage to the Pacific. During that expedition Parry explored Repulse Bay and discovered what is now Fury and Hecla Strait. Other geographical features on this chart include Cape Frigid, Duke of York Bay, Frozen Strait, Gore Bay, Ross Bay, and Lyon Inlet. <BR> </BR>
Foldout steel engraving from: "Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1821-22-23, in his Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, under the orders of William Edward Parry, … ". Published by John Murray, Albemarle Street, London. January 6th, 1824. |
| 733 |  | Details | Duperrey, Louis-Isidore | 1824 |
| Chart of French Polynesia with Tahiti and Bora Bora |
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Duperrey, Louis-Isidore |
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| 1824 |
| LOC:59 |
| $575.00 | Duperrey--Louis-Isidore | Chart-of-French-Polynesia-with-Tahiti-and-Bora-Bora | Antique French hydrographic chart with the islands of Pomotou (Tuamotu Islands or French Polynesia). Other names include Archipel Dangereux, Archipel des Pomotou, Archipel des Tuamotu, Tuamotu Archipelago, Tuamotu Islands, and Îles Tuamotu. Includes the Society Islands ( Archipel de la Société ) of Tahiti ( Taiti ), Emeo, Huaheine, Bora Bora and many others and the Toubouai Islands.
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Produced by French explorer Louis-Isidore Duperrey (1786-1865). Duperrey served as marine hydrologist to de Freycinet aboard the Uranie and commanded the corvette la Coquille on its westward world circumnavigation during the period 1822–1825 with Jules Dumont d'Urville as second in command. WorldCat only records one copy of this chart- at the Paris Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.
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Contains the tracks of many early voyages through the Pacific islands with dates of discovery for many islands. Discoverers include: Vancouver (1791), Carteret (1767), Bligh and Portlock (1792), Cook (1769), de Bougainville (1768), Lemaire and Schouten (1616) . Number 684. |
| 6737 |  | Details | Duperrey, Louis-Isidore | 1824 |
| Chart of the Harbor of Doreri West Papua New Guinea |
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Duperrey, Louis-Isidore |
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| 1824 |
| LOC:59 |
| $500.00 | Duperrey--Louis-Isidore | Chart-of-the-Harbor-of-Doreri-West-Papua-New-Guinea | Copperplate engraved French nautical chart of the bay and harbor of Doreri in the Province of West Papua on the island of New Guinea, Indonesia. Duperrey explored the region in 1793 while searching for the missing expedition of Jean-François de La Pérouse. Shows the route of the Corvette "la Coquille" during July, 1824.
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From 'Voyage autour du monde' ('Voyage round the world') by Louis Isidore Duperrey (1826). Plate 34. Engraved by Tardieu.
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The bay is on the east coast of West Papua near the city of Manokwari, which is the capital of the province. One notable fact about the Bay of Doreri is that today it is home to Doreri Nature Reserve, which is a protected area encompassing coastal and marine ecosystems.
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The chart includes these other nearby locations:
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<ul style="list-style-type: circle;">
<li>Point Ambla</li>
<li>Isle Manas-Ouari (Mansinam)</li>
<li>Isle Masmapi</li>
<li>Baie Masinami</li>
<li>Baie Ouahouzi</li>
<li>Cap Ouacalo</li>
</ul>
</div> |
| 884 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1824 |
| Antique chart of Brazilian east coast north of Cabo Frio |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1824 |
| LOC:67 |
| $500.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Antique-chart-of-Brazilian-east-coast-north-of-Cabo-Frio | Antique French sea chart issued in 1824 extends over approximately 800 miles of the east coast of Brazil and incudes portions of the State of Rio de Janeiro and the State of Espirito Santo. Coverage on this old chart starts about 80 miles to the east of Rio de Janeiro near Cabo Frio and trends generally north-northeast past Cabo de São Tomé, Vitoria, Rio Doce and Porto Seguro, ending north of Santo Andre. Little interior details are shown but the chart does identify several mountainous features that may have been visible from sea including the Pic ou Frade de Maccahe, Mt. de Campos, Mt. Mestre Alvaro, and Mont Pascoal.
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Tracks are recorded for the two French vessels that conducted explorations and soundings of the area on this chart: the Corvette "la Bayadere" and the Brick "le Favori". Contains an avertissment below the title block with notes, warnings, and observations useful to mariners.
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With the circular logo of the Depot Generale de la Marine. All text in French. No. 408. |
| 5329 |  | Details | Cruttwell, Eliza Ann | 1824 |
| Fine antique manuscript map of West Indies Caribbean Florida |
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Cruttwell, Eliza Ann |
|
| 1824 |
| LOC:11 |
| $435.00 | Cruttwell--Eliza-Ann | Fine-antique-manuscript-map-of-West-Indies-Caribbean-Florida | A very fine antique pen and ink manuscript map of the West Indies or Caribbean Sea stretching from Florida to South America. This beautiful one-of-a-kind map reflects extreme precision in execution with careful attention to fine detail and lettering. The map is original and 196 years old; it looks beautiful and fresh.
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Shows and labels the provinces of West Florida and East Florida, on a Florida peninsula that has a squared-off form unlike other modern maps of the period and more like Mark Catesby's map of 1743. Includes the islands of Cuba, Santo Domingo, Porto Rico, Trinidad, Barbados, and many of the other usual suspects you would expect to see on a map of the West Indies.
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This manuscript antique map of the West Indies, dated within to November 1824, is by signed by E. A. Cruttwell (probably Eliza Ann Cruttwell) (nee Wilson) the wife of Clement Wilson Cruttwell (1780-1816). Eliza Ann Cruttwell (1783-1858) was born in London, England.
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Eliza Cruttwell's father-in-law, Rev. Clement Cruttwell (1743-1808) was a well known English publisher of maps and atlases. Clement Cruttwell is best known for his work "The New Universal Gazetteer ; or Geographical Dictionary … with twenty-eight whole sheet maps". London. Pub. G. Kearsley. 1798. That large gazetteer, in 3 volumes, was published in 19 editions. Clement Cruttwell's maps were published by G. G. & J. Robinson from London in 1799 in a separate atlas.
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This map was part of a larger lot of manuscript maps by E. A. Cruttwell from the same atlas. |
| 5466 |  | Details | Reiner, Ignatius | 1824 |
| Rare chart of the Strait of Gibraltar by Reiner with tides and currents |
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Reiner, Ignatius |
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| 1824 |
| LOC: |
| $3,000.00 | Reiner--Ignatius | Rare-chart-of-the-Strait-of-Gibraltar-by-Reiner-with-tides-and-currents | A very rare chart by Ignatius Reiner, a chart of the Strait of Gibraltar published by Reiner and by John Purdy in 1824. Rare, the only recorded holding of the chart is at the British Library, London and no sales of any printed chart by Ignatius Reiner are recorded in the AMPR. With a small inset chart of the Bay of Tangier.
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Reiner describes himself as "Pilot of the Schooner Pacifico, charged with the correspondence between Gibraltar and Barbary, in the years 1818, 19, 20, &c."
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Upper left and right with tide tables for the European coast and the African coast respectively.
Engraved by Alex Findlay, Pentonville, London. Attribution at bottom reads:<div class="indenttextblocksingle"> "Published by the author Ignatius Reiner, at Gibraltar; and for him by John Purdy, Took's Court, London. 1st Dec. 1824."</div><br>
Well-executed mid 20th-century conservation with the chart laid to fresh linen and protected via a thin-film lamination process to both recto and verso. |
| 6354 |  | Details | Smyth, William Henry | 1825 |
| Chart of the Grecian Shores Parga to Kaiapha with adjacent islands Gulf of Patras |
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Smyth, William Henry |
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| 1825 |
| LOC: |
| $350.00 | Smyth--William-Henry | Chart-of-the-Grecian-Shores-Parga-to-Kaiapha-with-adjacent-islands-Gulf-of-Patras | Rare chart of coastal Greece, Parga to Kaiapha by Captain W. H. Smyth and his assistant officers. 1825. |
| 4780 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1826 |
| Antique Chart Marmara, Dardanelles, Istanbul |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1826 |
| LOC:66 |
| $2,500.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Antique-Chart-Marmara--Dardanelles--Istanbul | Very scarce and wonderfully-engraved French sea chart of the Sea of Marmara, the Dardenelles, Istanbul (Constantinople), the Bosphorous, and southern Black Sea from 1826. Depth soundings on this large antique navigational chart extend from the island of Tenedos in the Aegean Sea through the Dardenelles and the Sea of Marmara, up the Bosporus to Istanbul and then into the Black Sea (Mer Noire).
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Dedicated to Christophe de Chabrol de Crouzol, Minister of the French Navy from 1824-1829. This supports our date of 1826 though the middle two characters in the date have been effaced leaving only (1--6).
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With a large inset chart by Kauffer of the walled city of Constantinople, Turkey and the entire Bosphorous and a second inset chart with the Hellespont and Dardenelles by le Comte de Truguet.
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<img src="/PageImages/Marmara_Bellin_1772.jpg" alt="Bellin 1772 chart of the Sea of Marmara." width="140" align="left" style="margin: 0px 10px"> No copy of this chart is found online, nor in the AMPR, while 11 sales are recorded of Bellin's earlier "Carte de la Mer de Marmara" at left.
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A brief biography in French explains that Etienne Collin, engraver of this work, was the nephew of the renowned Beautemps-Beaupre, considered to be the father of French hydrography. Beautemps-Beaupre practiced an "enlightened nepotism". The biography notes during Beaupre's tenure as Hydrographer "that the functions (geographers, hydrographers, engravers, draughtsmen, ....) within the Depot were largely occupied by members of the Buache-Beautemps-Collin family."
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"Etienne Collin (1770, 1841) né à la Neuville-au-Pont. Cousin de Beautemps-Beaupré, il est recruté par le célèbre hydrographe qui pratique un certain népotisme éclairé" ... (Source: http://cartes-martinique.pagesperso-orange.fr/Graveurs_HydroFran.htm)
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| 5467 |  | Details | Smyth, William Henry | 1827 |
| Complete 4-sheet set of Sardinia Capt W H Smyth |
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Smyth, William Henry |
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| 1827 |
| LOC: |
| $6,000.00 | Smyth--William-Henry | Complete-4-sheet-set-of-Sardinia-Capt-W-H-Smyth | Exceedingly rare and complete set of four nautical charts of the Mediterranean island of Sardinia by Captain William Henry Smyth based on his hydrographic survey of Sardinia for the Royal Navy during 1823 and 1824. Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean and one of 20 regions of Italy.
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Whatman Turkey Mill watermark (date illegible) on one of four sheets. Complete set of four, ea. ~ 17" x 24".
Elson and Graves are co-authors for all four charts. Slater is credited on the chart of the entire Island.
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In 1828 Smyth published a book on the political history of Sardinia- <b>"Sketch of the present state of the Island of Sardinia"</b> [1]. Smyth references a four chart set in the introduction to his "Sketch": <div class="indenttextblocksingle">… in conclusion it may not be unnecessary to state that my <strong>Nautical Survey of Sardinia</strong> has just been published, on four sheets, at the Hydrographical office of the Admiralty. As no pains have been spared in the construction, it is hoped that these charts will be found equal to every purpose of Navigation. [Smyth's chart titles are used here:] </br><div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;">
<li>A general chart of the Island, "The Island of Sardinia"</li>
<li>"The South Coast of Sardinia"</li>
<li>"The North East Coast of Sardinia"</li>
<li>"The Gulf of Asinara on the N. W. Coast of Sardinia"</li></div>
</ul>
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Small traces of manuscript pencil notations attesting to real-life use of this chart while at sea. Well-executed early to mid 20th-century conservation with the chart laid to linen and protected via a thin-film lamination process. After experience with the lamination process over time, lamination is not now considered to be a effective document conservation procedure.
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[1] Captain William Henry Smyth. London. John-Murray. 351 pp.
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[Sardegna] |
| 599 |  | Details | Depot de la Marine | 1827 |
| Northern Aegean Archipelago |
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Depot de la Marine |
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| 1827 |
| LOC:1403 |
| $1,750.00 | Depot-de-la-Marine | Northern-Aegean-Archipelago | Antique nautical chart of the coast and the islands of the northern Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara, including Constantinople, Turkey (modern Istanbul). Attractive old engraved chart documenting tracks of the exploration of that area. Extensive fine hachuring of coastal mountains, some soundings, and no interior details. At bottom of the inset 'avertissment' is found a legend dating each of the map's tracks to the year in which that exploration was conducted and identifying the abbreviations used by the authors for representing the composition of the sea bottom.
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Geographical features covered by this antique chart include these locations in Greece and Turkey: Gulf of Corinth, Negroponte, Euboea ( the second largest Greek Insland after Crete ), Skyros, Skiatos, Gulf of Salonica, the Dardanelles, Istanbul, Tenedos ( Bozcada ), Lemnos, Gulf of Smryne, Smyrne ( Smyrna ), Samos and much more.
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An avertisement at right states that the chart is the result of hydrographic and geodesic work on land and aboard the gabare 'la Chevrette' during the years 1818 and 1819. <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabare" target="_blank">A 'gabare'</a> is a French term for a three masted vessel of between 100 and 450 tons, typically used as a cargo carrier. Their heavy construction and capacity made them especially suitable for exploration and survey work.
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Dated to 1827 at bottom of the oval cartouche. With the circular stamp of the Depot General de la Marine. Attribution reads: "Publiée par Ordre du Roi sous le Ministère de Son Excellence M. le Comte Chabrol de Crousol. Dépôt Générale de la Marine" Price when issued: two Francs. |
| 883 |  | Details | Duperrey, Louis-Isidore | 1827 |
| Old chart of the Galapagos Islands and anchorages |
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Duperrey, Louis-Isidore |
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| 1827 |
| LOC:0 |
| $550.00 | Duperrey--Louis-Isidore | Old-chart-of-the-Galapagos-Islands-and-anchorages | Antique French copper-plate engraved charts of the <b>Galapagos Islands</b> (Ecuador) and three ports in Colombia. Six charts and plans on a single sheet of heavy wove paper by Duperrey from the "Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825". Published by the Depot de la Marine - Hyd. Fr. N°. 725 N°. 42.
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The charts include the following:
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<ul>
<li>Carte des Iles Gallapagos d'aprés les observationes faites par Vancouver en 1791, par Davidson et le Capt. B. Hall en 1822. </li>
<li>Plan de la Baie Albany (Iles Gallapagos)</li>
<li>Plan de Mouillage de L'Ile Hood (Iles Gallapagos)</li>
<li>Plan de la Baye Salango (Colombie)</li>
<li>Plan du Mouillage de Tacames (Colombie)</li>
<li>Plan du Banc de la Perle (Ile de la Perle)</li>
</ul>
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The <b>Banc de la Perle</b> is significant in that it was there that two British whalers grounded and were lost on April 24th, 1822. The combined crews salvaged parts and built a new vessel, the Deliverance, which some of the crew then sailed to Hawaii. The wreck site lay hidden until it was rediscovered by NOAA divers in 2004. <div class="indenttextblock"> (Pearl Site Survey 2006. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
<a href="http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/maritime/expeditions/pearl.html" target="_blank">Internet</a>)
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| 335 |  | Details | Meyer, C. | 1828 |
| Gibraltar (Manuscript plan) |
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Meyer, C. |
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| 1828 |
| LOC:8 |
| $610.00 | Meyer--C- | Gibraltar--(Manuscript-plan) | Unique manuscript military/engineering architectural plan of the Landport (northern) defences of the fortress at Gibraltar from the Inundation, past the Devil's Tongue battery, and the old mole. Two cross sections, one through the north wall (with measurements) and one through the west wall. A high degree of detail shown about the bastions and cannon emplacements. <br></br>
Several dozen measurements in miniscule red script. Contains a small sketch of what appears to be a cave entrance. With watermark "Whatman 1828". Signed "Egina der 7 September 1828 C. Meyer". |
| 304 |  | Details | Cary, John | 1828 |
| Cary's Reduction of his Six Sheet Map of the British Isles |
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Cary, John |
|
| 1828 |
| LOC:0 |
| $450.00 | Cary--John | Cary-s-Reduction-of-his-Six-Sheet-Map-of-the-British-Isles | Large, beautifully hand-colored antique folding map of the entire British Isles. John Cary's first map of the post roads, dated 1828. Good example of this map first published in 1796. Inset at upper right of the Shetland Isles. Maritime features include: the Atlantic Ocean, the German Ocean, the North Sea, the Irish Sea, St Georges Channel, and the English Channel.
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Hand colored, dissected, and backed unto linen when issued. Folds into 42 parts. Marbled endpapers and complete with a green marbled slipcase to match that is labeled "Cary's two-sheet map of the United Kingdom." Published by G. and J. Cary, 86 St. James Street, London. |
| 5465 |  | Details | Smyth, William Henry | 1830 |
| Rare unrecorded chart of Alexandria Egypt after Smyth |
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Smyth, William Henry |
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| 1830 |
| LOC: |
| $250.00 | Smyth--William-Henry | Rare-unrecorded-chart-of-Alexandria-Egypt-after-Smyth | Unrecorded French nautical chart of the town, anchorages and environs around Alexandria, Egypt after a chart by Captain William Henry Smyth. Published by Bellue Libraire, Toulon, France in 1830. Lithographed by Moquin & Co., Montpellier.
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Based on the survey of William Henry Smith R.N. (1788 - 1865) in 1822 aboard the surveying sloop Adventure, 6 guns.
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Manuscript pencil notation and course tracks.
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Mid-20th century conservation effort with the chart laid to linen and protected via thin-film lamination process to both recto and verso. |
| 4759 |  | Details | Baker, Edmund J. | 1831 |
| Very Rare Map of Dorchester and Milton Massachusetts |
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Baker, Edmund J. |
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| 1831 |
| LOC:53 |
| $4,500.00 | Baker--Edmund-J- | Very-Rare-Map-of-Dorchester-and-Milton-Massachusetts | Very rare map of Dorchester and Milton Massachusetts published by Edmund J. Baker of Milton, Mass. Very fine condition for such a scarce item.
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This original antique map was compiled to comply with a resolution of the Massachusetts Commonwealth that every town and district in Boston should complete an accurate survey of 100 rods to an inch before July 1, 1831. The resolution specified the map record
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"...the names, courses, and magnitude of Rivers and smaller Streams; Roads, public and private with their courses; the situation of Houses of Public Worship, Court Houses, and other public buildings, … bridges; ferries; falls; ponds; shores; harbors; islands; mountains; mills and manufactories… shall be inserted, specified, delineated, or described." (Source: https://archive.org/details/actsresolvespass182831mass/page/270)
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According to the Milton Historical Society
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"Born in 1804, Baker was a postmaster and historian accorded great respect by his contemporaries. Grandson of both patriot Daniel Vose and chocolate pioneer Dr. James Baker, he had a direct connection to the town's most auspicious 18th century roots. His interest and conversations with that generation, such as Rachel Vose, make him an important source. (Source: http://www.miltonhistoricalsociety.org/Curator/Baker1826Map.html)
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| 5176 |  | Details | Farmer, John | 1831 |
| Plat of the City of Detroit by John Farmer 1830 |
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Farmer, John |
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| 1831 |
| LOC:10 |
| $250.00 | Farmer--John | Plat-of-the-City-of-Detroit-by-John-Farmer-1830 | Plat of the City of Detroit, a fine steel-engraved cadastral plan of Detroit, Michigan drawn by John Farmer. The map of Detroit was issued by the US Government in their 'Report of Public Lands' for 1831.
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Lacking the volume numbers and printer's attribution to Bowen and Co. that characterize the later edition of 1860, thus 1830. 21st Congress, 2nd Session, Washington, DC.
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By cartographer John Farmer (1798-1859 ). In 1844 Farmer published his best known work- "The State of Michigan and the Surrounding Country". Extremely detailed, the map quickly became so popular with the public that prices for used copies of Farmer's map soon exceeded the list price. |
| 5212 |  | Details | Mullett, John | 1831 |
| Plan of Detroit |
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| $325.00 | Mullett--John | Plan-of-Detroit | Original fine steel-engraved cadastral map of Detroit, Michigan and one of the earliest obtainable maps of Detroit. Excellent condition. One of three documents related to Detroit issued by the U/S. Government in their 'Report of Public Lands' for 1831.
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In this Plan of Detroit there are wider avenues extending over longer distances and many small streets are eliminated. This smaller version of John Mullett's Plan of Detroit labels Michigan Avenue as Michigan Grand Avenue and shows a different layout for buildings proposed to be built at the waterfront. Perhaps the most significant difference between the two maps is the street layout below Michigan Avenue, where Fort Shelby remains in place, and Washington Avenue is projected all the way to the waterfront.
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John Mullett (1786-1862) was a prominent Detroit surveyor. Mullett served as Deputy Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory from 1822 to 1849. Following Mullett's 1830 "Plan of Detroit" survey, he had two roads in Detroit named after him: Mullet Street (1835) and Catherine Street (1835).
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Lacking the volume numbers and printer's attribution to Bowen and Co. that characterize the later edition of 1860, thus 1830. 21st Congress, 2nd Session, Washington, DC. |
| 5175 |  | Details | Mullett, John | 1831 |
| Plan of Detroit by John Mullett 1830 |
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Mullett, John |
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| $325.00 | Mullett--John | Plan-of-Detroit-by-John-Mullett-1830 | Original fine steel-engraved cadastral map of Detroit, Michigan and one of the earliest obtainable maps of Detroit. The map of Detroit was issued by the US Government in their 'Report of Public Lands' for 1831. Excellent condition. One very interesting feature of the map is the small drawings of local buildings that pepper Mullett's map including the Catholic Church, the Old Market, the Capitol, the Penitentiary, and the U.S. Arsenal.
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John Mullett's survey of 1830 is the first map made of Detroit after the Great Fire of 1805. After the fire Territorial Judge Augustus Woodward created a street plan modeled after Washington, D.C with diagonal streets that radiated like the spokes of a wheel. The downtown shows Judge Woodward's plan of the "Grand Circus", the Campus Martius, and the waterfront with new proposed construction shaded at bottom.
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John Mullett (1786-1862) was a prominent Detroit surveyor. Mullett served as Deputy Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory from 1822 to 1849. Following Mullett's 1830 "Plan of Detroit" survey, he had two roads in Detroit named after him: Mullet Street (1835) and Catherine Street (1835).
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Lacking the volume numbers and printer's attribution to Bowen and Co. that characterize the later edition of 1860, thus 1830. 21st Congress, 2nd Session, Washington, DC. |
| 6544 |  | Details | Thrall, Willis | 1831 |
| Map of the United States Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources |
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| $1,900.00 | Thrall--Willis | Map-of-the-United-States-Compiled-from-the-Most-Authentic-Sources | This scarce "Map of the United States Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources" is a historical map of the United States published in 1831 by Willis Thrall, a cartographer and publisher based in Hartford, Connecticut. Thrall's map includes detailed information about state and territorial boundaries at that time, major cities and towns, rivers, mountains, and other geographical features. The area now containing Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and California is labeled "Internal Provinces of Mexico."
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One notable feature of the map is the inclusion of a combined distance table between major cities with population statistics for each in 1820 and 1830. Thrall's map of The United States contains inset maps for: <div class="indenttextblocksingle">
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<li>North America</li>
<li>City of New York and Vicinity</li>
<li>District of Columbia</li>
<li>Boston and its' Vicinity</li>
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Bottom of the map contains the statement "Copyright Secured." The United States passed its first copyright law on May 31, 1790, under the Copyright Act of 1790. This law established the legal framework in the United States for protecting the original works of authors, including books, maps, and charts, by granting them exclusive rights to their work for a period of 14 years.
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As a native New Orleanian I found it interesting that the map locates a small town north of New Orleans- Madisonville, La. (today pop. < 900). I was unaware that in the 1830s, the area around Madisonville became a very important center for the timber industry. Large sawmills were built along the Tchefuncte River to take advantage of the abundant timber resources in the area, and the town became a hub for shipping timber and other goods to New Orleans. |
| 539 |  | Details | Donnet, Alejo | 1831 |
| Algarbe, Andalucia, Granada |
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