Jodocus Hondius

Sir Francis Drake

The best early portrait

Franciscus Draeck Nobilissimus Eques Angliae Ano. Aet. Sue 43.

London, 1583

Stock#: 19469

SOLD

Fries / Waldseemüller

the World

Pristine condition

Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem

Strassburg, 1522

Stock#: 19105

SOLD

Stradanus

the great explorers

legendary print series

lacking in nearly all collections

Americae Retectio

Antwerp, 1585

Stock#: 19639

$ 10,000.00

Stradanus

the great explorers

legendary print series

exceptionally rare

Americae Retectio

Antwerp, 1585

Stock#: 18932

SOLD

Ortelius

the Pacific

Pristine condition

Maris Pacifici quod vulgo Mar del Zur

Antwerp, 1590

Stock#: 19006

$ 12,500.00

After Jodocus Hondius

Francis Drake

"the fabulously rare Drake portrait" (JCB)

two copies known

Franciscus Dracus Nobiliss Eques Angliae Aetatis Suae XXXXVI

Amsterdam, 1596

Stock#: 19471

SOLD

Ortelius

the Pacific

Unobtainable final state

No copy in Australia

Maris Pacifici quod vulgo Mar del Zur

Antwerp, 1590

Stock#: 19763

$ 17,500.00

Michiel Coignet

the first Dutch ocean navigation book

First Dutch navigation book for Ocean Sailing

Lacking in all collections

Nieuwe onderwysinghe op de principalste puncten der Zee-vaert / De Zeevaert oft conste van ter Zee te varen

Antwerp, 1580

Stock#: 19032

SOLD

Michiel Coignet & Pedro de Medina

the first Dutch and first Spanish ocean navigation book

The most important pilot guide

Lacking in all collections

Nieuwe Onderwijsinghe, op de principaelste puncten der Navigatien.
De Zeevaert oft conste van ter Zee te varen.

Antwerp, 1580

Stock#: 19585

$ 75,000.00

Jan Huyghen van Linschoten

Itinerario

the supreme edition

the ultimate book on Portuguese India and polar exploration

Navigatio ac Itinerarium Iohannis Hugonis Linscotani in Orientalem Sive Lusitanorum Indiam, descriptiones eiusdem terræ ac tractuum littoralium: Item, descriptio totius Guineæ tractus, Congi, Angolæ, & Monomotapæ, nec non navigationum Batavorum in Septentrionem, & descriptio totius Americæ & Occidentalis Indiæ, etc.

Amsterdam, 1599

Stock#: 19859

$ 120,000.00

de Wit / Ottens

America

large wall map

mint condition

AMERICA

Amsterdam, 1662

Stock#: 18882

$ 135,000.00