Stradanus

the great explorers

legendary print series

lacking in nearly all collections

Americae Retectio

Antwerp, 1585

Stock#: 19639

$ 12,500.00

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

Jodocus Hondius

Sir Francis Drake

The best early portrait

Franciscus Draeck Nobilissimus Eques Angliae Ano. Aet. Sue 43.

London, 1583

Stock#: 19469

SOLD

Spilbergen

Guam

Second map of Guam

I. Ladrones

Leiden, 1619

Stock#: 19455

SOLD

Ruscelli / Gastaldi

the East Coast

Tierra Nueva

Venice, 1561

Stock#: 19375

SOLD

Hondius

North Pole

Poli Arctici et Circumiacentium Terrarum descriptio novissima.

Amsterdam, 1636

Stock#: 19301

$ 2,750.00

Jodocus Hondius I

Virginia, Southeast

true first edition

lacking in every collection

VIRGINIAE Item et FLORIDAE Americae Provinciarum nova DESCRIPTIO.

Amsterdam, 1606

Stock#: 19257

SOLD

van Noort

Guam

First map of Guam

Isle de Ladrones

Amsterdam, 1602

Stock#: 19251

SOLD

Ortelius

Tartaria

very rare English edition

Lacking in all collections

Tartariae Sive Magni Chami Regni typus

Antwerp, 1570

Stock#: 19225

$ 2,400.00

Münster

America and the Pacific

extremely rare early color

Lacking in all collections

Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova descriptio

Basle, 1588

Stock#: 19211

SOLD

Ortelius

the Pacific

Unobtainable final state

Second copy known

Maris Pacifici quod vulgo Mar del Zur

Antwerp, 1590

Stock#: 18990

$ 17,500.00

Solinus / Münster

Asia and the Indian Ocean

mint condition

predating the Münster 1540 map

ASIA MAIOR

Basle, 1538

Stock#: 19139

$ 3,750.00