Willem Lodewijcksz

the Dutch first fleet to the East Indies

1598 First edition in Latin

Exceptionally fine copy

Prima Pars Descriptionis Itineris Navalis in Indiam Orientalem.

Amsterdam, 1598

Stock#: 19016

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Hessel Gerritsz

South East Asia

India

Amsterdam, 1632

Stock#: 18918

SOLD

Chia Ch'uan and Li Ming for Emperor Qianlong

China

Crossing the ocean and triumphant return

Beijing, 1789

Stock#: 18707

$ 27,500.00

Hessel Gerritsz

South East Asia

India

Amsterdam, 1632

Stock#: 19025

$ 32,500.00

Colom

South East Asia

First state

Beautiful original color

Ooster Deel van OOST INDIEN

Amsterdam, 1658

Stock#: 18952

$ 37,500.00

Willem Barentsz

the North Pole

the best map of the Arctic

Deliniatio Cartae Trium Navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem plagam, Norvegiae, Moscoviae, et novae Semblae.

Amsterdam, 1598

Stock#: 18819

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Loots / de Hooghe

the World

Unrecorded wall map of the world

Eastern hemisphere only

No title [Nova Totius Orbis Tabula]

Amsterdam, 1707

Stock#: 19169

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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

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van Keulen

Far East, Australia, Indian Ocean

VOC navigation chart of the Indian Ocean

Lacking in all collections

Caart van D'INDISCHE ZEE van Cabo de goede Hoop tot Canton

Amsterdam, 1753

Stock#: 19233

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Plancius

the Spice Islands

arguably the best map of the region

one of 11 copies known

INSULAE MOLUCCAE celeberrimæ sunt ob Maximam aromatum copiam quam per totum terrarum orbem mittunt: harum praecipuæ sunt Ternate, Tidoris, Motir, Machian & Bachian, his quidam adjungunt Gilolum, Celebiam, Borneonem, Amboinum & Bandam. Ex Insula Timore in Europam advehuntur Santala rubea et alba, Ex Banda nuces myrysticæ, cum Flore, vulgo dicto, Macis, Et ex Moluccis Caryophilly : quorem icones in pede hujus tabellæ ad vivum expressas poni curavimus.

Amsterdam, 1592

Stock#: 19085

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Plancius

the Spice Islands

first state

five copies known

INSULAE MOLUCCAE celeberrimæ sunt ob Maximam aromatum copiam quam per totum terrarum orbem mittunt: harum praecipuæ sunt Ternate, Tidoris, Motir, Machian & Bachian, his quidam adjungunt Gilolum, Celebiam, Borneonem, Amboinum & Bandam. Ex Insula Timore in Europam advehuntur Santala rubea et alba, Ex Banda nuces myrysticæ, cum Flore, vulgo dicto, Macis, Et ex Moluccis Caryophilly : quorem icones in pede hujus tabellæ ad vivum expressas poni curavimus.

Amsterdam, 1592

Stock#: 18980

SOLD

Plancius

the Spice Islands

arguably the best map of the region

one of 11 copies known

INSULAE MOLUCCAE celeberrimæ sunt ob Maximam aromatum copiam quam per totum terrarum orbem mittunt: harum praecipuæ sunt Ternate, Tidoris, Motir, Machian & Bachian, his quidam adjungunt Gilolum, Celebiam, Borneonem, Amboinum & Bandam. Ex Insula Timore in Europam advehuntur Santala rubea et alba, Ex Banda nuces myrysticæ, cum Flore, vulgo dicto, Macis, Et ex Moluccis Caryophilly : quorem icones in pede hujus tabellæ ad vivum expressas poni curavimus.

Amsterdam, 1592

Stock#: 19080

SOLD