Willem Lodewijcksz

the Dutch first fleet to the East Indies

The forbidden chart of Java

Lacks in all collections

Nova tabula, Insularum lavæ, Sumatræ, Borneonis et aliarum Malaccam usque, delineata in insula Iava, ubi ad vivum designantur vada et brevia scopulique interjacentes descripta a G.M.A.L.

Amsterdam, 1598

Stock#: 19019

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Plancius

Southern Africa and Indian Ocean

arguably the best map of the region

Fifth copy known

Delineatio orarum Manicongi, Angolæ, Monomotapæ, terræ natalis, Zofalæ, Mozambicæ, Abyssinorum &t: una cum vadis, et sirtibus adjacentibus. Item insulæ magna vulgo S. Laurentij alias Madagascar dictæ, inter maximas totius Orientis habitæ.

Amsterdam, 1592

Stock#: 19037

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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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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

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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Loots / de Hooghe

the World

Unrecorded wall map of the world

Eastern hemisphere only

No title [Nova Totius Orbis Tabula]

Amsterdam, 1707

Stock#: 19169

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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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Nicolai

the World

Second copy known

Pristine condition

Nova et integra universi Orbis descriptio.

Leiden (or Lyons?), 1603

Stock#: 18930

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Hessel Gerritsz

South East Asia

India

Amsterdam, 1632

Stock#: 18918

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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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Gerard de Jode

Asia

mint condition

lacking in all collections

Asiae Novissima Tabula

Antwerp, 1578

Stock#: 19138

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Hendrick Doncker

Australia, Far East

Pas-caert van 't Oostelyckste Deel van OOST INDIEN

Amsterdam, 1667

Stock#: 18783

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