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[Miniature Map of Asia] Petrus Bertius.
Asia.
Amsterdam, c.1600. 90 x 125mm. Coloured.
Engraved by van den Keere for the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum'.
BERT0095 |
£320 |
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[Asia by Mercator] Gerard Mercator
Asia ex magna orbis terre descriptione...
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1613, First French edition. 380 x 470mm. Fine original colour.
Decorative map of Asia with a fine strapwork title cartouche by the original Mercator's grandson. Japan is unrecognisable, 'Terra Australis' appears at the bottom and the north Magnetic Pole is sited just through the straits of Anian. KOEMAN: Me 19.
MERC0003 |
£1,400 |
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[Early English Map of Asia] John Speed.
Asia with the Islands adioyning described, the atire of the people, & Townes of importance, all of them newly augmented by I:S: Ano. Dom: 1626.
London, Bassett & Chiswell, 1676. 400 x 500mm. Coloured.
From the first atlas of the world published in England, the 'Prospect of the World', first issued 1627, The eight vignette city prospects are Kandy (Sri Lanka), Goa, Damascus, Jerusalem, Hormuz, Bantam (Java), Aden & Macoa. The ten costumes down the sides show region dress, including that of Arabia. Armenia, China and Sumatra. An English text gives the history of the Turks on verso.
SPEE0019 |
£3,200 |
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[Map of Asia] Nicolas De Fer
L'Asie...
Paris, 1700. 235 x 325mm. Coloured.
Decorative map of Africa by the Geographer to the French Dauphin. With a sheet of engraved text describing Africa.
DEFE0026 |
£225 |
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[Asia map] Carol Allard.
Exactissima Asiæ Delineatio...
Amsterdam, c.1705. 510 x 580mm. Strong, dark impression. Narrow margins due to the size of the map.
Decorative map of Asia, with a title cartouche containing an allegorical figure representing the continent.
ALLA0003 |
£1,400 |
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[Map of Asia] Homann Heirs.
Asia...
Nuremberg, c.1744. 460 x 500mm. Original colour with later additions.
Asia by Johann Matthias Haas.
HOMA1002 |
£495 |
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[Lare map of Asia] Guillaume De L'Isle.
Carte d'Asie Dressée pour l'usage de Roy...
Paris, Philippe Buache, 1772. 500 x 645mm. Coloured.
Detailed map of Asia, updated to show the Russian discoveries in the Far East, as reported by Joseph De L'Isle.
DELI0025 |
£450 |
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[Map of Asia with Cook's discoveries] Thomas Bowen.
A New and Accurate Map of Asia, Drawn from the most approved Modern Maps & Charts.
London, c.1795. 330 x 420mm. Coloured.
Updated to show Cook's discoveries in Australasia and the northern Pacific.
BOWE0014 |
£295 |
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