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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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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van Keulen

Australia

Het Westelykste Gedeelte van 't Land vande Eendragt, of Nova Hollandia

Amsterdam, 1753

Stock#: 17673

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Verbiest

the World

second copy known

first complete copy known

Ampla et Accuratissima Universi Orbis Terrarum Tabula Geographica Aucta et Emendata Auct: I. verbist

Antwerp, 1630

Stock#: 18979

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Eckebrecht / Kepler

the World

Nova Orbis Terrarum Delineatio Singulari Ratione Accommodata Meridiano Tabb. Rudolphi Astronomicarum

Ulm, 1658

Stock#: 19001

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Michiel Coignet

the first Dutch ocean navigation book

First Dutch navigation book for Ocean Sailing

Lacking in all collections

Nieuwe onderwysinghe op de principalste puncten der Zee-vaert / De Zeevaert oft conste van ter Zee te varen

Antwerp, 1580

Stock#: 19032

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Eckebrecht / Kepler

the World

Nova Orbis Terrarum Delineatio Singulari Ratione Accommodata Meridiano Tabb. Rudolphi Astronomicarum

Ulm, 1658

Stock#: 18667

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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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Münster / Grynaeus / Holbein

the World

Unobtainable FIRST edition FIRST state

Lacking in all collections

TYPUS COSMOGRAPHICUS UNIVERSALIS

Basle, 1532

Stock#: 19195

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Jodocus Hondius I

the World in Oval Projection

early Drake circumnavigation

the only copy in private hands

Nova Universi Orbis Descriptio

London, 1590

Stock#: 18878

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Waghenaer

Sunda Strait

first map of Sunda Strait

lacking in every collection

Afconterfeytinge van die strate oft engde van Sunda, tusschen Sumatra en Iava in Oost Indien

Amsterdam, 1602

Stock#: 19243

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Visscher

the World

first maps of Tasmania

lacking in all collections

Typus Orbis Terrarum & Iehova

Amsterdam, 1649

Stock#: 19137

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