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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Ortelius

China

pristine condition

stunning original colour

Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis, nova descriptio.

Antwerp, 1584

Stock#: 19040

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Ortelius

China

First atlas edition!

First state

Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis, nova descriptio.

Antwerp, 1584

Stock#: 19035

$ 8,400.00

Hessel Gerritsz

South East Asia and Australia

India

Amsterdam, 1632

Stock#: 19025

$ 27,500.00

Ortelius

South East Asia

stunning original colour

Indiae Orientalis

Antwerp, 1570

Stock#: 19015

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Alvarez de Semedo

China

An Exact Mapp of China, being faithfully Copied from one brought from Peking by a Father Lately resident in that Citty. 1655

London, 1655

Stock#: 18690

$ 5,500.00

Stradanus

the Indian Ocean

legendary exploration print

of utmost rarity

[ Untitled ] Navita Erythraeum pavidus qui navigat aequor ...

Antwerp, 1578

Stock#: 19010

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Ortelius

the Pacific

Pristine condition

Maris Pacifici quod vulgo Mar del Zur

Antwerp, 1590

Stock#: 19006

$ 12,500.00

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

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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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Mercator

the Arctic - the North Pole

Vibrant original colour

Wide margins

Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio

Duisburg, 1595

Stock#: 19005

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Münster

Asia

first separate map of the continent

extremely rare early color

INDIA EXTREMA XIX NOVA TABULA

Basle, 1540

Stock#: 19004

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