Langenes

Southeast Asia

Cornerstone map of South East Asia

Excellent condition

India Orien(talis)

Middelburg, 1598

Stock#: 19145

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Houtman

the Dutch first fleet to the East Indies

The missing chart of the Dutch first fleet

Lacks in all collections

DESCRIPTIO HYDROGRAPHICA accommodata ad Battavorum navigationem in Javam insulam Indiæ Orientalis, factam; ad quam postridie Calendas Aprilis ann. 1595 ex Hollandia solverunt et ex qua domum redierunt 3. Idus Augusti an. 1597. Horum exitus reditusq3 via his notis ooo demonstratur. De hac navigatione extat descriptio lectu perquam admiranda

Amsterdam, 1598

Stock#: 19018

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Willem Barentsz

the North Pole

the best map of the Arctic

Deliniatio Cartae Trium Navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem plagam, Norvegiae, Moscoviae, et novae Semblae.

Amsterdam, 1598

Stock#: 18819

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Houtman

the Dutch first fleet to the East Indies

1598 First edition in French

Pre-dating the Lodewijcksz Journal

IOURNAL Du voyage de l'Inde Orientale, faict par les navires Hollandoises

Middelburg, 1597

Stock#: 19021

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Andreas/Botero/Metellus

China

exceptionally rare

Regnum Chinae

Cologne, 1596

Stock#: 18682

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Mercator

the Arctic - the North Pole

Attractive early colour

Wide margins

Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio

Duisburg, 1595

Stock#: 18989

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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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Münster

Asia

extremely rare early color

ASIA

Basle, 1588

Stock#: 19173

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Ortelius

China

stunning original colour

Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis, nova descriptio.

Antwerp, 1584

Stock#: 18673

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Ortelius

China

pristine condition

attractive original colour

Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis, nova descriptio.

Antwerp, 1584

Stock#: 18936

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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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