Stradanus

the invention of the compass

iconic print

FIRST STATE

Lapis Polaris Magnes

Antwerp, 1588

Stock#: 19557

$ 3,250.00

Ortelius

the Pacific

Pristine condition

Maris Pacifici quod vulgo Mar del Zur

Antwerp, 1590

Stock#: 19006

$ 12,500.00

Ortelius

the Pacific

Unobtainable final state

Second copy known

Maris Pacifici quod vulgo Mar del Zur

Antwerp, 1590

Stock#: 18990

$ 17,500.00

Petrus Plancius

the World

First state

Lacking in all collections

Orbis Terrarum Typus

Amsterdam, 1590

Stock#: 19685

SOLD

Cornelis de Jode

double polar hemispheres of the World

The pre-1593 separate issue

Lacking in all collections

Hemispheriū Ab Aequinoctiali Linea, Ad Circulū Poli Arctici ... Ad Circulū Poli Ātarctici. From: Speculum Orbis Terrae ...

Antwerp, 1593

Stock#: 18991

$ 75,000.00

Plancius

the world

First map with border decorations

Attractive old colour

Orbis Terrarum Typus De Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus

Amsterdam, 1594

Stock#: 18604

SOLD

Mercator

America

America sive India Nova

Duisburg, 1595

Stock#: 18654

$ 4,500.00

Petrus Plancius / Hugo Allard

the World

First map with border decorations

Attractive old colour

Orbis Terrarum Typus De Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus

Amsterdam, 1595

Stock#: 19665

SOLD

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

Matthias Quad

the World

Typus Orbis Terrarum ad imitationem Universalis Gerhardi Mercatoris.

Cologne, 1596

Stock#: 19657

SOLD

Nicolai

the World

Second copy known

Pristine condition

Nova et integra universi Orbis descriptio.

Leiden (or Lyons?), 1603

Stock#: 18930

SOLD

Jodocus Hondius I

America

stunning original colour

America

Amsterdam, 1606

Stock#: 18655

SOLD