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Antilles (West Indies)."Insulae Antilles". Original copper-engraving derived from P. Duval's map from 1660. Published by J. Hoffman, 1678. With decorative title-cartouche. 10:12,5 cm (4 x 5 inch.).
Antilles (West Indies)."Insularum Cubae, Hispaniolae Jucatanae & circumjacentium descriptio". Orig. copper-engraving from N. Visscher's "Tabularum Geographicarum ...". Published in Amsterdam by C. J. Visscher, 1649. With decorative title...
Antilles (West Indies). "Insularum Hispaniolae et Cubae Cum Insulis circum jacentibus accurata delineatio". Orig. copper-engravig by J. Janssonius. Original old colouring. Published by G. Valk & P. Schenk, ca. 1700. With figure title-cartouche,...
Antilles (West Indies)."Isles Antilles". Orig. copper-engraving. P. Duval (1619-1683), Paris, 1660. Original old colouring. With ornamental title-cartouche. 10:12,5 cm (4 x 5 inch.).
Barbados."Ile des Barbades". Orig. copper-engraving, R. Morden, ca. 1690. With ornamental title-cartouche and a cartouche with the scale of map. 13,5:12 cm (5 1/4 x 4 3/4 inch.).
Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic) and Martinique."Karte von dem Eylande Hayti heutiges Tages Espagnola oder die Insel St. Domingo Nebst den benachbarten Eylanden. Nach der Entdeckung vom Jahre 1492 und den ersten Niederlaßungen der Spanier"....
Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic) and Martinique."Karte von der Insel Saint Domingue". Orig. copper-engraving, J. N. Bellin. Published in Leipzig, ca. 1760. With ornamental title-cartouche. 19:29 cm (7 1/2 x 11 1/2 inch.).
Jamaica."Carte de la Iamaique Nouvellement reveuë, Divisee en ses Gouvernements, ou Paroisses, avec ses Ports, Bayes, etc.". Orig. copper-engraving, R. Blome. Published in Amsterdam by A. Wolfgang, 1688. With ornamental title-cartouche, a...
Jamaica."Karte von dem Eylande Jamaica". Orig. copper-engraving, J. N. Bellin, dated 1758. Published in Leipzig, ca. 1760. With ornamental title-cartouche. 20,5:31,5 cm (8 x 12 1/2 inch.).
Cuba and Jamaica."Cuba et Iamaica". Copper-engraving by P. Bertius published by J. Hondius, 1616-18. With small ornamental cartouche. 9,5:13 cm.
Cuba."Cuba Insula". Orig. copper-engraving from N. Visscher's "Tabularum Geographicarum ...". Engraved by P. van den Keere (Kaerius). Published in Amsterdam by C. J. Visscher, 1649. With decorative title cartouche with the scale of map...
Kuba and Jamaica."Isles de Cuba et de la Jamaique". Orig. copper-engraving (engraved by André) after R. Bonne, ca. 1780. With engraved French title and the scales of map. 24:35 cm (9 1/2 x 13 3/4 inch.).
Cuba and Jamaica. "Isola Cuba Nova". Orig. copper-engraving from G. Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geography. Published in Venice by G. Ziletti, 1562. With title above the map. 19:25 cm (7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inch.).
Lesser Antilles."Isulae Antillae Francicae Superiores cum vicinis insulis ex commentariis manuscriptis et variis navigantium observationibus descriptae ... Insulae Antillae Francicae Inferiores ...". Orig. copper-engravings by Ch. Weigel,...
St. Lucia."Karte von der Insel St. Lucia". Orig. copper-engraving, J. N. Bellin, dated 1758. Published in Leipzig, ca. 1760. With ornamental title-cartouche. 19,5:30 cm (7 3/4 x 12 inch.).
Great Britain and Ireland. "Tabv. Hiberniae. Sco.". Orig. woodblock after M. Waldseemüller's map of the region from 1513. From L. Fries' "Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini ... Geographiae". Published by J. Grüninger, Strasbourg, 1522. With title in...
Northern Europe, Greenland, Iceland and the North Sea islands. "Septentrionales Reg.". Orig. copper-engraving from the Latin edition of A. Ortelius' Epitome. Published by J. B. Vrients in Antwerp, 1609. With ornamental title-cartouche, the scale of map and Latin title ("Septentrionales...
Terceira (Azores). "Tercera". Orig. copper-engraving from the Latin edition of A. Ortelius' Epitome. Published by J. B. Vrients in Antwerps, 1609. With ornamental title-cartouche, a cartouche with the scale of map ("Scala Milliarium"), a ship, 2 sea-creatures and...
Sicily. "Sicilia Regnum". Orig. copperplate engraving. Published by J. and C. Blaeu in Amsterdam, 1641. Orig. old colouring. With figure title-cartouche, ornamental cartouche with the scale of map ("Milliaria Italica communia. Milliaria Germanica"), 2 great...
"Elba isola, olim Ilua". Orig. copper-engraving. Published in Amsterdam by W. and J. Blaeu, 1640. Orig. old colouring. With ornamental title cartouche and another ornamental cartouche with the scale of map ("Scala di miglia quattro"). 20:26 cm (8...
Malta. "Melite vulgo Malta cum vicinis Goza, qua olim Gaulos, et Comino insulis". Orig. copper-engraving after N. de Fer map. Published by M. Seutter, Augsburg, ca. 1740. Original old colouring. With decorative title-cartouche, inset view of the stern...
Madagascar. "Die Insul Madagascar, Laurenti genand". Orig. copper-engraving from the German edition of A. Ortelius' Epitome, published in Frankfurt am Main by L. Hulsius (Hulst), 1604. With German title at the top, a ship, 2 sea-monsters and...
Novaya Zemlya (Russia). "Nova Zembla". Orig. copper-engraving from the German edition of A. Ortelius' Epitome, published in Frankfurt am Main by L. Hulsius (Hulst), 1604. With title in desk, ornamental cartouche with 2 birds ("Loms Vögel oder Norts Papegaij"), ships, a...
Japan. "Iaponia Insula". Orig. copper-engraving from the French edition of A. Ortelius' Epitome, published in Antwerp by Plantin Press for F. Galle, 1598. With ornamental title-cartouche, a cartouche with the scale of map ("Mill. Aequinoctial")...
Mocha (Chile). "la Mocha". Orig. copper-engraving by M. Merian from J. L. Gottfried's "Historia Antipodum, oder Newe Welt". Published in Frankfurt am Main by Merian's Heirs, 1655. With 2 aboriginal figures wit a goat in the foreground, many ships and many other...
Tierra del Fuego. "Sudseite des Landts Terra del Fuoco, abgezeichnet durch Iohan von Walbeck". Orig. copper-engraving, after J. van Walbeck's map, by M. Merian from J. L. Gottfried's "Historia Antipodum, oder Newe Welt". Published in Frankfurt am Main by Merian's...
Isle of Wight. "Vectis Insula. Anglice The Isle of Wight". Orig. copperplate engraving, J. Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1645. Orig. old colouring. 39:50,5 cm.
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)."Karte von dem Eylande Ceylan". Orig. copper-engraving, J. N. Bellin, dated 1750. Published in Leipzig, ca. 1760. With title and the scale of map. 25,5:24,5 cm (10 x 9 3/4 inch.).
Malta. "Insulae Melitae Vulgo Malte Nova et accurata Descriptio". Orig. copperplate engraving, J. Janssonius. Published in Amsterdam by P. Schenk and G. Valk, ca. 1700. Orig. old colouring. 41:51 cm.
Iceland. "Islandia". Orig. copperplate engraving, G. Mercator. Published in Duisburg by Mercator's heirs, 1595. Orig. old colouring. With ornamental title cartouche. 28,5:44 cm.
"Les Isles Orcadney, ou Orkney- Schetland, ou Hetland- et de Fero, ou Farre tirees de divers memoires". Orig. copper-engraving after G. Sanson's map of the region. Published in Paris by P. Mariette, 1665. Coloured in outline. With great figure...
Scotland. Hebrides. Uist. "Uistus Insula, vulgo Uiist, cum aliis minoribus ex Aebudarum numero ei ad meridiem adjacentibus". Orig. copperplate engraving after T. Pont's map. Published by J. Blaeu in Amsterdam, 1654. Original old colouring. 45,5:58,5 cm.
Skye and Lewis-Harris (Hebrides - Scotland). "Tabula Leogi et Haraiae ac Skiae vel Skianae Insularum". Orig. copperplate engraving, J. Janssonius. Published by P. Schenk and G. Valk in Amstradam, ca. 1690. Original old colouring. 44,5:52 cm.
Terceira (Azores). "Terçera.". Orig. copper-engraving from the French edition of A. Ortelius' "Epitome du Theatre du Monde", published in Antwerp by Plantin, 1598. With engraved title, a cartouche with the scale of map ("Milliaria"), Latin heading-title, 2 ships...
Antilles and Bahamas (Caribbean)."Insulae Antilles". Orig. copperplate engraving, P. Duval, 'Geographiae Universalis', J. Hoffman, Nuremberg, 1679. Original old colouring. With decorative title-cartouche. 10:12,5 cm.
Holy Island and Farne Islands. "Insula Sacra; Vulgo Holy Illand; et Farne". Orig. copperplate engraving first published, J. Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1645. Coloured. With ornamental title-cartouche, another cartouche with great coat-of-arms and a ship. 39:47,5 cm (15 1/4 x 18 3/4 inch.).
Azores. "Açores Insulae". Orig. copper-engraving. Published by A. Ortelius after to L. Teixeira's map of the Açores. Dated 1584. Coloured. With title in decorative border, 3 ornamental cartouches, 2 ships, sea-monster and "Scala Leucarum". 32,5:46,5 cm...
Corsica and Sardinia. "Corsica - Sardinia". Orig. copperplate engraving by P. Kaerius (van den Keere). Published by J. Janssonius, 1648. With German title ("Von Corsica und Sardinia") above the map and 2 decorative title cartouches. 14:19,5 cm.
Cuba and Iamaica. "Cuba et Iamaica". Orig. copperplate engraving, P. Bertius, 'Tabulae Geographicae Contractae'. Published by J. Hondius in Amsterdam, 1616-18. With ornamental title cartouche. 9,5:13 cm.
Dubrovnik and Chalcis. "Ragusa. Negroponte". Original copper engraving by M. Merian, published ca. 1640. View of Dubrovnik (11,5:30,5 cm) and Chalki (8:30,5 cm). Both together: 21:30,5 cm.
"Les Environs de Rochelle et Rochefort avec les Isles d'Oleron et de Re". Copper-engraving by Charles Albert Seutter, published ca. 1760. Original contemporary colouring. With great martial title cartouche and many ships. 49:57,5 cm (19 1/4 x 22...
"Delineatio situsue provinciae circa Clissam et Spalatum". Abbildung oder Situation der Landschafft umb Clissa und Spalato. Vogelschauansicht an der Stadt und Umgebung mit Inseln. Kupf.-Kte. von M. Merian (um 1640). Mit Windrose. 29:38.
Denmark - Fyn, Als and Langeland. "Nova et accurata descriptio totius Fioniae vulgo Funen". Orig. copperplate engraving, J. Janssonius. Published by G. Valk & P. Schenk in Amsterdam, ca. 1700. Original old colouring. With 2 coloured figure cartouches, colored coat-of-arms and a ship. 40:50,5 cm.
Mexico, Florida and the Caribbean islands. "Culiacanae, Americae regionis, descriptio" - "Hispaniolae, Cubae, Aliarumque Insularum circumiacientium, delineatio". Orig. copper-engraving, A. Ortelius, Antwerp, 1579. Orig. old colouring. Two maps printed from one plate. With 2...