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

Stradanus

the great explorers

legendary print series

lacking in nearly all collections

Americae Retectio

Antwerp, 1585

Stock#: 19639

$ 10,000.00

Abraham Ortelius

the Pacific

Unobtainable final state

No copy in Australia

Maris Pacifici quod vulgo Mar del Zur

Antwerp, 1641

Stock#: 19763

$ 15,000.00

Heydt

the World

Welt Charten, worauf die Reise nach Indien, und wider zuruck nach Europa, mit Puncten angewiesen nebst denen Konigreichen, vornehmsten Insuln, Gewassern, und Landern, so der er Benahmungen, das mehreste in Deutschen zu lessen ist.

Nuremberg, 1744

Stock#: 19791

$ 1,750.00

Stradanus

the discovery of America

iconic print

FIRST STATE

America

Antwerp, 1588

Stock#: 19673

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

Braun and Hogenberg

Mexico and Cuzco

Pristine condition

Stunning original colour

Mexico / Cusco

Cologne, 1572

Stock#: 19577

$ 2,750.00

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

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

early 1525 edition

mint condition

Tabu. Nova Orbis

Strassburg, 1522

Stock#: 19397

$ 9,500.00

van Loon

South America

Lacking in every collection

Pascaerte vande Straet van MAGALAEN Synde 't Suydlyckste gedeelte van America

Amsterdam, 1666

Stock#: 19309

$ 2,250.00

Henricus Hondius

South Pole

Rare first state (of five)

Polus Antarcticus

Amsterdam, 1637

Stock#: 19303

$ 2,500.00