Gerard de Jode

Asia

mint condition

lacking in all collections

Asiae Novissima Tabula

Antwerp, 1578

Stock#: 19138

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Münster / Ptolemy

South East Asia

Cornerstone map of South East Asia

Pristine condition

TABVLA ASIAE XI

Basle, 1540

Stock#: 19121

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Münster / Ptolemy

China

Cornerstone map of China

Pristine condition

TABVLA ASIAE VIII

Basle, 1540

Stock#: 19119

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Thévenot

Southeast Asia

Mint condition

[ untitled ]

Paris, 1664

Stock#: 19090

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Plancius

the Spice Islands

first state

five 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#: 18980

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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

South East Asia

stunning original colour

Indiae Orientalis

Antwerp, 1570

Stock#: 19015

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Stradanus

the Indian Ocean

legendary exploration print

of utmost rarity

[ Untitled ]

Antwerp, 1578

Stock#: 19010

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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#: 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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