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 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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François Pelsaert

the Shipwreck of the Batavia

The first book on Australia

Unobtainable 1647 first edition

Ongeluckige Voyagie, Van't Schip Batavia, Nae de Oost-Indien.

Amsterdam, 1647

Stock#: 19011

$ 175,000.00

de Wit / Ottens

the World

the only wall map with explorer's tracks

in pristine condition and colour

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auct. F. de Wit

Amsterdam, 1680

Stock#: 18919

SOLD

Jodocus Hondius II

double hemisphere of the World

the very first map showing the discovery of Australia

Lacking in nearly all collections

NOVA TOTIUS TERRARUM ORBIS GEOGRAPHICA AC HYDROGRAPHICA TABULA

Amsterdam, 1621

Stock#: 18995

On Hold

Danckerts-Tavernier

the World

Exceptionally rare

First state

Charte Universelle De Tout Le Monde

Paris, 1628

Stock#: 18988

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#: 19085

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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

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

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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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Michiel Coignet
Pedro de Medina

the first Dutch ocean navigation book

First Dutch navigation book for Ocean Sailing

Lacking in all collections

Nieuwe Onderwijsinghe, op de principaelste puncten der Navigatien.
De Zeevaert oft conste van ter Zee te varen.

Antwerp, 1580

Stock#: 19585

On Hold

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

SOLD