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AFRICA

Map Number Map Maker
Date
Title Price
                            On-line Printable Catalog:  Catalog I - Rare & Scarce Maps of Africa:  A Cartographic Sequence from 1513 to 1640(4.3 mbs, 38 pages).  Click Here For A Printable Catalog.

This is an on-line catalogue of what we believe to be the largest single group of antique maps of Africa and southern Africa since the Oscar Norwich collection,  now at Stanford University.

Maps by Waldseemüller, Fries, Münster, Gastaldi, Ramusio, Africanus, Ortelius, D’Anania, Bünting, Mazza, De Jode, Mercator, Van Linschoten, Magini, Pigafetta - Wolfe, Metellus, Pigafetta - De Bry, De Solis, Di Arnoldi, Quad, Rosaccio, Hulsius, Hondius & Hondius Jr., Pontanus, Bertius, Blaeu, Speed, Bertius – Tavernier, Janssonius, Cloppenburch, Merian, Giunti.

        
                   

On-line Printable Catalog:  Catalog II - Rare & Scarce Maps of  Africa:  A Cartographic Sequence from 1640 to 1908. (1.4 mbs, 49 pages).   Click Here For A Printable Catalog.

A continuation of the above catalog.  Maps, Books & Map Puzzle by Cluver,  Sanson, Mariette, Visscher, Walton, Jollain, De Wit, Nicolosi, Duval, Anne Seile, Mallet, Coronelli maps and globe gores, Mortier, Allard, Von Sandrart, Danckerts, Scherer, De Fer, Delisle, Wells, Schenk, Moll, Danet, Homann’s Heirs, Bowen, Le Rouge, D'Anville, Sayer, Bailleul, Jefferys, Bolton, Palairet, Cassini map & globe gores, Laurie & Whittle, De la Rochette, Baines, and others.

         
                          

On-line Printable Catalog:  Catalog III - Seacharts of Africa:  A Cartographic Sequence from 1646. (1.24 mbs, 23 pages).  Click Here for catalog as an Adobe pdf file

A continuation of the above two catalogs.  Seacharts by Dudley, Doncker, Van Loon, Teixeira-Thevenot, Goos, Seller, John & Samuel Thornton, Fisher, De Wit, Van Keulen, Mount & Page, Renard, Edmund Halley, Bellin, Après de Mannevillette, Laurie & Whittle.

      


MAPS OF THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA (in chronological order)
 


    
Maps from
1513 to 1640 :

 
YOU CAN ALSO view "Individual WEB Pages" of the above maps of Africa from 1513 to 1640, some of which are extremely rare, BY clicking here.
    

      
Maps from
1640 to 1908 :
YOU CAN ALSO view ALL High Resolution IMAGES, AND Some "InDIVIDUAL WEB PAGES" of the above maps of Africa from 1640 to 1908, some of which are RaRE, BY clicking here.
       

        

Maps of
Southern Africa

Maps of Southern Africa & Parts of Africa : 1513 to 1800s
      


MAPS OF PARTS OF AFRICA

        Maps of Parts of Africa Click Here for Maps of Parts of Africa      


SEA CHARTS OF AFRICA

      SEE ABOVE:   Catalog III - Seacharts of Africa:  A Cartographic Sequence from 1646.   


VIEWS OF AFRICA

# AF-428 Braun & Hogenberg
c 1572 - 1618
Tangier & Other African Coastal Towns:  Tingis Lusitanis Tangiara, Tzaffin, Septa, Arzilla, Sala $ Sold

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AMERICAS

Map
Number
Map Maker
Date
Title Price
# AM-260 Jodocus Hondius
(1606) 1630

One of our favorite maps of the Americas:  AMERICA | Jodocus Hondius excudit Amsterodami.  

$ 5,000
# AAM-162 Cornelis van Wytfliet
1597

The First State of Wytfliet's map of northeast America of 1597, showing Roanoac :  Norumbega et Virginia.

$ Sold
# AAM-262 Jan Huygen van Linschoten
1596
Linschoten's 1596 Map of South America and the Caribbean with Florida, in rare Original ColorDelineatio omnium orarum totius Australis partis Americae, dictae Peruvianae, a R. de la Plata, Brasiliam, Pariam, & Castellam.... $ 10,500
# AAM-137 Willem Jansz. Blaeu
(1634) 1662
Blaeu's Upside Down New England from his Atlas Maior (Grand Atlas:  Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova $ 6,000
# AM-224 Fredrick De Wit
(1670) 1680
The Americas in fine original color:  Novissima et Accuratissima Septentrionalis ac Meridionalis Americae... $ 2,400
# AAM-254 Victor & Franklin Leavitt
1888
Scarce example of Leavitt's map of the White Mountain in New Hampshire:   LEAVITT’S MAP WITH VIEWS OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS NEW HAMPSHIRE. Sold
# AM-257 Abraham Ortelius
(1587) 1588
Fine example of Ortelius' cornerstone map of the Americas:  Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio.. Cum Priuilegio decennali/ Ab. Ortelius et excudeb. 1587. Sold
# AAM-255 Samuel Lewis
1813
The State of New Hampshire. complied chiefly from Actual Surveys.  By Samuel Lewis, 1813 $ 250
# SM-02 John Reid
1796
The State of New Hampshire Complied chiefly from Actual Surveys. 1796. $ 475
# SM-01 John Marshall
1807
Revolutionary War Map of New York, New Hampshire, Maine, and Quebec:   A Map of the Country which was the scene of operations of the Northern Army; including the Wilderness through which General Arnold marched to attack Quebec $ Sold
# AM-222 Jodocus Hondius Jr. - Johannes Janssonius
(1618) 1646-57
An Attractive Map of the Americas:  AMERICA / noviter delineata / Auct: Henrico Hondio 1641 / Amstelodami, Excudit Ioannes Ianssonius $ 2,900
# AM-213 Johann Baptist Homann
c.1730
New England, New York and New Jersey:  Nova Anglia Septentrionali Americae implantata Anglorumque coloniis florentissima....... Ioh. Baptista Homann Sac. Caes Maj... $ 2,300
# AM-230 Johann Baptist Homann
c.1730
Eastern half of the Americas from New England to Venezuela:   Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae Ludovicianae, N. Anglia, Carolinae, Virginiae et Pensylvaniae nec non Insularum Archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali.....Ioh. Baptista Homann Cum Privilegio Sac. Caes Maj. Sold
# AM-193 Gerard Valk and Petrus Schenk
(1636) c. 1694

Attractive original color example.  The East Coast from North Carolina thru New England:   Nova Belgica Et Anglia Nova

$ 3,200
# AM-248 Willem Jansz. Blaeu
(1629) 1634
Hondius' cooperplate:  South-Central South America with Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, and Argentina:  PARAGVAY, O PROV. DE RIO DE LA PLATA.... Sta. CRVZ LA SIERRA. Sold
# AB-17 Elliot G. Storke
1862
Sample Subscription Book of the Great American Rebellion Containing Exact Specimens of the Maps, Portraits, and Scenes... $ Sold
# AB-16

T. Addison Richards
1857

Appleton’s Illustrated Hand-Book of American Travel.  Part I. The Eastern & Middle States and the British Provinces  with numerous maps & views. Sold

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ASIA

Map
Number
Map Maker
Date
Title Price
# AS-154 Jodocus Hondius
(1606) 1613
China, India, and Southeast Asia:   India Orientalis $ 2,500
#W-159AS Giovanni Antonio Magini
Venice, 1596
The Continent of Asia:   ASIA Sold
# BE-118 Abraham Ortelius
(1570) 1592
An excellent example of Ortelius' desirable map of Russia and Central Asia in beautiful original color:    Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae Descriptio Auctore Antonio Jenkensono Anglo edita Londini anno 1562...
Sold
# E-373 Gerard Mercator
(1595) 1613
The Crimea and southern Russia:   TAVRICA CHERSONES:VS Nostra ... Per Gerardum Mercatorem $ 200
# AS-146 Abraham Ortelius
(1584) 1598 or 1613
An important map of the Holy Land:   Terra Sancta Sold
# AS-170 Willem Jansz. Blaeu
(1630) 1638, or 1640-43
Blaeu's Turkish Empire:   TURCICUM IMPERIUM. Sold
# AAS-171 Jodocus Hondius-Michael Sparke
(1607) 1635-39
Jodocus Hondius' Turkish Empire:   TURCICUM IMPERIUM.   The Turkish Empire. Sold
# M-23 Sebastian Munster
(1540) 1572
A map of the Holy Lands from Munster's Cosmographia:  Das hehlig Judisch land mit.... $ 675
# AS-166 Jodocus Hondius
(1606) 1613
An Early Map of Korea and Japan:   Japonia Sold
# AS-165 Jodocus Hondius
(1606) 1613
The East Indies:    Insulae Indiae Orientalis Praecipuae In quibus Moluccae celeberrimae sunt.
Sold

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EUROPE

Map
Number
Map Maker
Date
Title Price

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Sebastian Munster
1572
Willem Jansz. Blaeu

1634
Jodocus Hondius
1613
click here for various MUNSTER, HONDIUS, & Blaeu maps of PARTs of Germany, Austria, POLAND, etc.  Great for Genealogy, Gifts, Travel Souvenirs, etc.  please let us know if you are looking for a particular map of germany not listed here.

$ 125 +
# E-441 Gerard Mercator
(1589-95) 1613
Salzburg with Bavaria & the surrounding regionsSaltzburg archiepiscopatus cum ducatu Carinthiae Per Gerardum Mercatorem.  Generally Fine.   Click Here for a High Resolution Image
$ 150
# E-439 Gerard Mercator
(1589-95) 1613
Eastern part of the Czech Republic with Poland to the north:  MORAVIA Per Geradum Mercatorem cum privilegio.  Finely detailed map with numerous placenames.  Click Here for High Resolution Image.
$ 200
# E-281 Willem Jansz. Blaeu
1634
The First Appearance of this map of Steiermark in Austria (Stiria /  Steyrmarck) in Blaeu's atlas:  STIRIA Steymarck Apud Guiljrlmum Blaeu.  Folio size map in fine condition overall, with reinforcement on verso of bottom margin (margins extend beyond image).  Click Here for a High Resolution Image.
$ 150
# E-460 Gerard Mercator
(1589-95) 1613
 Steiermark in Austria STIRIA Per Gerardum Mercatorem.  Fine condition.  Click Here for a High Resolution Image
$ 150

# E-255
Willem Jansz. Blaeu
1634
The First Edition.  The Former Yugoslavia -  Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Dalmatia:  SCLAVONIA, CROATIA, BOSNIA cum DALMATIAE PARTE Auct. Ger. Mercatore.  Apud Guiljel Blaeu.  Fine condition overall with a soft printer's cease to the right of centerfold.     Click Here for High Resolution Image.

$ 200
# E-256 Willem Jansz. Blaeu
1634
The First EditionGulf of Triest KARSTIA CARNIOLA HISTRIA et WINDORVM MARCHIA Ger. Mercatore Auctore.  Guiljel Blaeu excudit.     Fine Condition, attractive color.      Click Here for High Resolution Image
$ 250

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Sebastian Munster
Gerard Mercator
Willem Jansz. Blaeu

Jodocus Hondius
click here for various, maps of ITALY:  all of italy, Tuscany, Rome, LOMBARDY, MilanO, marche, Abruzzi, naples, Sicily, Sardinia, etc.  Great for Genealogy, Gifts, Travel Souvenirs, etc.  
# E-403 Gerard Mercator
(1585-95) 1613
The Argau / Central Switzerland  & The Swiss Alps with Lake Lucern, Zurich, etc., and towns of Grindelwald, etc.  :   [ Untitled map of Central Switzerland ] Per Gerardum Mercatorem.  Fine condition.  Click Here for High Resolution Image.
$ 175

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Willem Jansz. Blaeu
1634
Click Here for various, inexpensive Blaeu maps of parts of FRANCE.    Great for Genealogy, Gifts, Travel Souvenirs, etc.  please let us know if you are looking for a particular map of France not listed here.
$ 150+
# E-346 Willem Jansz. Blaeu
1634
The island of Sardinia / Sardegna:   SARDINIA.  This is the first appearance of this map.  It is without the title cartouche and is on a page of text.  Fine Condition.  Click Here for High Resolution Image.
$ 250
# E-347 Willem Jansz. Blaeu
1634
The island of Corse / Corsica CORSICA.  This is the first appearance of this map.  It is without the title cartouche and is on a page of text.  Manuscript lettering in Latin on right side of page.  Fine Condition.  Click Here for High Resolution Image.
Sold
# E-458 Gerard Mercator
(1589-95) 1613
Corsica & Sardinia CORSCICA / SARDINIA / Per Gerardum Mercatorem.   Sold
 

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Gerard Mercator
(1595) 1613
click here for various, regional maps of The British Isles:   CHANNEL ISLANDS, Southeast England with London, etc.; Northwest England and Northern Wales; NORTHERN ENGLAND; EAst England; SCOTLAND.  Great for Genealogy, Gifts, Travel Souvenirs, etc.  
# E-185 Nicolas Visscher-Petrus Schenk
(1689) 1710-15 or slightly later
 A beautiful original color example of Visscher's Ireland:   HIBERNIAE REGNUM tam in praecipuas ULTONIAE, CONNACIAE, LAGENIAE, et MOMONIA...per GUILIELMUM PETTY... NICOLAUM VISSCHER AMST:BAT: cum Privileg...Nunc apud PET Schenk Iunior $ 875
# E-354 Gerard Mercator
(1595-1602) 1613
Mercator's Large scale Two-Sheet Map of Scotland:   SCOTIAE REGNUM per Gerardum Mercatorem
Sold
# E-305 Willem Jansz. Blaeu
1634
Parts of Belgium & The Netherlands - Brabant:   BRABANTIA DUCATUS. Amsterdami Apud Guiljelmum Blaeu Sold
# E-410 Gerard Mercator
(1585-95) 1613
Zeeland, The Netherlands ZELANDIA Comitatus Per Gerardum Mercatorem.   $ Sold
# E-299 Willem Jansz. Blaeu
1634
Fossa Eugeniana:    Fossa quae a Rheno ad Mosa duci coepta est Anno MDCXXVII Excudit Guilj Janssonius Blaeuw
Sold
# E-423 Jodocus Hondius
(1606) 1613
Moers and the Rhine River:  Murs Comitatus / Regionum Urbium et Fluminum que Potissimu Comitatum Murs Ambiunt Brevis Descriptio.  
Sold
# E-406 Gerard Mercator
(1585-95) 1613
Flanders:   FLANDRIA COMIT.   A highly detailed map of Flanders with Brugges, Ghent, Brussels, Antwerp.  Good, with repair on verso to centerfold.  Click Here for a High Resolution Image.
Sold
# E-254 Willem Jansz. Blaeu
1634
First appearance of this map.  The Eastern Balkans:  WALACHIA SERBIA BULGARIA ROMANIA  ... Guiljelmus Blaeu excudebat.    Fine condition.  Click Here for High Resolution Image.
$ 250
# E-443 Gerard Mercator
(1589-95) 1613
Hungary:   HUNGARIA Per Gerardum Mercatorem.  $ 175
# E-253 Willem Jansz. Blaeu
1634
Transylvania TRANSYLVANIA | Sibenburgen ... Apud Guiljelmum et Ioannem Blaeu. Attractive cartouche.  Fine color.  Click Here for High Resolution Image
$ 250
# E-469 Willem Jansz. Blaeu
1635
Blaeu's Large Map of The Rhine: Rhenus Fluviourum Europae celeberrimus cum Mosa, mosella, et reliquis, in illum se exonerantibus, fluminibus
$ 850
# E-464 Gerard Mercator
(1589-95) 1613

Macedonia MACEDONIA EPIRUS ACHAIA / Per Gerardum Mercatorem

Sold

# E-186
Johann Baptist Homann
c. 1720
Scandinavia-Sweden & Finland REGNIA SUECIAE in omnes fuas Subjacentes Provincias accurate divisi Tabula Generalis edita a Ioh. Bapt. Homanno Noribergae.
$ 450

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WORLD

Map
Number
Map Maker
Date
Title Price
# BW-108 Jodocus Hondius - Melchior Tavernier
1630
A Very Rare and Attractive Early Map of the World:   Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tablua auct: Iud: Hondio. A Paris Par Melchior Tavernier au Lisle du Palais A 1630.
Only a few examples of this map, the 1st state dated 1630, are known (Shirley, p. 361).  
$ 9,000
# BW-137 Henricus Hondius
(1631) 1633
One of the most famous world map images in original color:    Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula /  Auct: Henr: Hondio. $ 15,000
# BW-136 Joan Blaeu
(1662) 1664

A Mint Example in Original Color: Nova et Accuratratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula.  auctore Ioanne Blaeu

$ 25,000
  Blaeu, Mercator, Munster Click Here for a Large Assortment of Blaeu, Mercator, and Munster Maps, All priced at US $200 and under.   Great for Genealogy, Gifts, Travel Souvenirs, etc.  
# W-166 Jodocus Hondius
1613
The first appearanceThe famous portrait of Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius, from the atlas. Sold
# AW-146 Petrus Plancius
1594
The Scarce Cornerstone Map of the World:   ORBIS TERRARUM TYPUS DE INTEGRO MULTIS IN LOCIS EMMENDATUS auctore Petro Plancio 1594.
Ioannes a Duetecum iunior fecit.
Sold
# W-165 Johann Baptist Homann
c. 1720
The large, double hemisphere world with decorative scenes:
Planiglobii Terrestris Cumutoq.  Hemisphærio Cælesti Generalis Exhibitio...... Cum Privilegio Sac. Cas. Majestatis.
Sold

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