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

SOLD

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

SOLD

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

SOLD

de Jode

Australia, New Guinea

the first map of Australia

rare original colour

Novae Guineae Forma & Situs

Antwerp, 1593

Stock#: 18640

$ 15,000.00

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

$ 87,500.00

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

Linschoten

South East Asia

original color

Exacta & Accurata ... Waarachtige wtworpinghe ...

Amsterdam, 1595

Stock#: 18959

$ 19,500.00

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

$ 5,500.00

Houtman

the Dutch first fleet to the East Indies

First depiction of Duyfken

Title page print of Houtman's Journal of the first Dutch Fleet to the Indies

Middelburg, 1597

Stock#: 19291

$ 950.00