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[Miniature map of the Far East]
Abraham Ortelius.
Indiae orientalis insularumque adiacentium typus.
Antwerp, Plantin, 1593. 80 x 110mm. Coloured.
Minature map of the East Indies, engraved by Philip Galler for Ortelius's Epitome, this example for an Italian-text edition, translated by Giovanni Paulet KOEMAN: Ort 55.
ORTM0040 |
£275 |
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[Far East]
Girolamo Ruscelli.
India Tercera Nuova Tavola.
Venice, c.1598. 200 x 260mm. Coloured.
Map of the 'modern' East Indies, with the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra almost unrecognisable.
RUSC0009 |
£525 |
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[Malaysia, East Indies, Sumatra]
Tomaso Porcacchi.
Isole Molucche.
Venice, c.1600. 110 x 150mm, set in a page of text. Small rust spot in sea area.
Map of the 'modern' East Indies, with the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra almost unrecognisable.
PORC0005 |
£225 |
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[Decorative Map of the East Indies]
Jodocus Hondius.
India Orientalis.
Amsterdam, 1613. 355 x 490mm. Fine original colour. Paper lightly toned.
An early example of this map of the Far East, first issued 1606, showing from India to China & the Philippines. With two fine strapwork cartouches in full original colour.
HOND0030 |
£2,400 |
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[Map of the East Indies]
Nicolas De Fer
Les Vrays Indes dits Grand Indes ou Indes Orientales.
Paris, 1705. 225 x 315mm. Coloured,
Map of India and Indochina.
DEFE0025 |
£390 |
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[Map of the East Indies]
Didier Robert de Vaugondy.
The East Indies distinguishing the Empires and Kingdoms on the Continent commonly call'd India: by the S.r Robert with improvements.
London, c.1760. 210 x 300mm. Coloured.
Map of India and Indo-China with a decorative rococo title cartouche.
ROBE0047 |
£175 |
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[Map of the East Indies]
Rigobert Bonne.
Les Indes Orientales et Leur Archipel.
Paris, c.1770. 340 x 370mm. Coloured.
From India to the Moluccas.
BONN0024 |
£295 |
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[Map of the East Indies on four sheets]
Rigobert Bonne.
Carte Hydro-Geo-Graphique des Indies Orientales en deça et au dela du Gange et leur Archipel...
Paris, Lattré, 1771. Four plates, each c. 320 x 435mm. Original colour.
A chart of the East Indies from India to the Philippines and Indonesia, but also showing the land in detail.
BONN0030 |
£495 |
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[East Indies]
Didier Robert de Vaugondy.
Les Indies Orientales...
Venice, P.Santini, 1779. 495 x 575mm. Coloured. Some faint creasing.
Map of India and Indo-China with a decorative rococo title cartouche.
ROBE0009 |
£275 |
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[East Indies]
Antonio Zatta.
Indie Orientale di Qua e di la Dal Gange col loro Arcipelago. Indie IIIº Foglio.
Venice, c.1785. 320 x 420mm. Original colour.
One sheet only of a four-sheet map of the East Indies, showing Formosa and the northern Philippines. With the title cartouche.
ZATT0018 |
£240 |
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[East Indies IV]
Antonio Zatta.
[Indie Orientale di Qua e di la Dal Gange col loro Arcipelago.] Indie IVº Foglio.
Venice, c.1785. 320 x 420mm. Original colour.
One sheet only of a four-sheet map of the East Indies, showing the southern Philippines, Singapore and Indonesia.
ZATT0019 |
£340 |
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[Map of the East Indies with Formosa]
Rigobert Bonne.
Les Isles Philippines, celle de Formose, le Sud de la Chine, Les Royaumes de Tunkin, de Cochinchine, de Camboge, de Siam, Des Laos; avec partie de ceux de Pegu et d'Ava.
Paris, 1788. 225 x 340mm. Coloured.
From Burma to the Philippines and Formosa, with an inset of Guam.
BONN0023 |
£140 |
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[Malay Peninsula]
Antonio Zatta.
Regni d'Aracan del Pegu di Siam di Camboge e di Laos.
Venice, 1795. 415 x 340mm. Original colour.
Map of the Malay Peninsula, with Burma, Thailand and Indo-China.
ZATT0033 |
£425 |
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[Map of Tartary]
John Cary.
Chinese and Independent Tartary.
London, c.1830. 250 x 320mm. Original colour.
A colourful map of Central Asia from the Caspian Sea to Manchuria, including Mongolia, Tibet and Bokara.
CARY0023 |
£95 |
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[Map of the East Indies]
John Tallis.
Malay Archipelago or East India Islands.
London, John Tallis & Co, c.1851. Steel engraving, printed area 270 x 350mm. Original colour. Publication line trimmed at bottom, slight foxing.
From the Andaman Islands to New Guinea and north to the Philippines. Also marking Hong Kong. With four vignettes.
TALL0056 |
£250 |
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[Map of the the Russian Empire in Asia]
John Tallis.
Russia in Asia.
London, John Tallis & Co, c.1851. Steel engraving, printed area 260 x 330mm. Original colour.
Northern Asia, with Siberia and Kamchatka. With four vignettes.
TALL0057 |
£98 |
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[Natives of Borneo]
Churchill.
Biajo's or Mountainiers of Borneo.
London, c.1746. 175 x 240mm. Coloured.
Three natives armed with blowpipes. Engraved for an edition of 'Churchill's Voyages'.
CHUR0002 |
£49 |
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[Three detailed maps of Burma]
Philippe Vandermaelen.
Partie de L'Empire Birman [Sheets 96, 104 & 109.]
Brussels, 1827. Three sheets, each approx. 470 x 530mm. Original colour.
Three large sheets, joining vertically, showing Burma from Mandalay south to Phuket in Thailand. The Andaman and Nicobar islands are shown to the west. A large French text describes Burma. The maps were published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail.
VAND0012 |
£400 |
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[Town plan of Khum Peam Lvek in Cambodia]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Eauweck Capitale de Camboye.
Amsterdam, 1761. 190 x 280mm. Coloured.
From a Dutch edition of Bellin's atlas.
BELL0144 |
£95 |
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[Miniature map of China]
Petrus Bertius.
China Regio Asie.
Amsterdam, c.1606. 90 x 125mm. Coloured. Paper lightly toned.
Despite the title this map shows most of the Far East, including India, China, Korea, Japan and the Philippines, with north west America top right. This is an example of the first plate, engraved by Pieter van den Keere rather than Jodocus Hondius.
BERT0104 |
£350 |
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[Early map of China]
Johannes Jansson.
China Veteribus Sinarum Regio nunc Incolis Tame dicitur.
Amsterdam, 1647. 415 x 505mm. Coloured.
China, Japan and the northern Philippines, with Korea shown as an island. KOEMAN: Me 58.
JANS0012 |
£1,500 |
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[China]
George Louis Le Rouge.
La Chine.
Paris, c.1756. 290 x 220mm. Coloured.
Map of China.
LERO0002 |
£125 |
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[Map of Chinese Tartary, with the Silk Road, Great Wall of China & Tibet.]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Carte de l'empire de Hya et Partie de Tangut...
The Hague, c.1760. 240 x 320mm. Coloured. Split in margin of a binding fold.
Engraved by Schley for a Dutch edition of Prevost, illustrating the story of Gengis Khan.
BELL0135 |
£125 |
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[China, marking Hong Kong.]
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
China. The Interior chiefly from Du Halde and the Jesuits 1710 to 1716 and the Sea Coast from Modern Authorities.
London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1843. Steel engraving, printed area 400 x 340mm. Original outline colour.
One of the earliest maps to mark Hong Kong, leased to Britain only the year before.
SDUK0008 |
£75 |
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[Map of the Far East.]
Giovanni Antonio Magini.
India Orientalis.
Venice, 1617. 140 x 185mm. Coloured.
The East Indies, with unrecognisable Japan & Philippines, also featuring 'Quivira' in north west America and 'Beach' as part of the Terra Australis.
MAGI0012 |
£350 |
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[Map of Eastern Indonesia]
Nicolas Sanson.
Les Isles Molucques; Celebes, Gilolo, &c.
Paris, c.1692. Sheet 220 x 320mm. Coloured.
Eastern Indonesia, with the Moluccas and Timor, and Papua shown separate from New Guinea. Engraved by A. de Winter for the quarto edition of Sanson's atlas.
SANS0038 |
£240 |
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[Map of Western Indonesia]
Nicolas Sanson.
Les Isles de la Sonde, entre lesquelles sont Sumatra, Java, Borneo, &c.
Paris, c.1692. Sheet 220 x 320mm. Coloured.
Western Indonesia, with the Malay Peninsula and Singapore, Java, Sumatra and Borneo. Engraved by A. de Winter for the quarto edition of Sanson's atlas.
SANS0039 |
£250 |
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[Map of East Indies with Philippines]
Nicolas De Fer
Les Isles Philippines et celles Des Larrons oude Marianes, Les Isles Moluques et de la Sonde, avec la Presqu'isle de L'Inde de la le Gange ou Orientale.
Paris, 1705. 235 x 340mm. Original colour.
The East Indies from Sumatra to the Ladrones. With a separate page of French text.
DEFE0003 |
£360 |
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[Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java & Borneo]
Didier Robert de Vaugondy.
Les Isles de la Sonde.
Paris, 1749. 175 x 210mm. Original outline colour.
Map of part of Indonesia, with the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java & Borneo.
ROBE0017 |
£125 |
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[Chart of Indonesia and Malaysia]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Karte von den Eylanden von Iava, Sumatra, Borneo u.a. Von den Strassen von Sunda Malakka und Banca, Von dem Golfo von Siam, u. s.w.
German, c.1760. 250 x 295mm. Coloured.
Showing the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Celebes.
BELL0130 |
£225 |
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[Early miniature map of Java]
Petrus Bertius.
Java Maior.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616. 100 x 135mm.
Java, from Bertius' 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum'.
BERT0034 |
£225 |
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[Early miniature map of Moluccas]
Petrus Bertius.
Moluccæ insulæ.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616. 100 x 135mm.
The Moluccas, from Bertius' 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum'.
BERT0033 |
£175 |
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[Map of Ambon in the Moluccas]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Carte Particuliere de L'Isle Amboine.
Paris, c.1760. 230 x 310mm. Coloured.
Ambon was the headquarters of the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) from 1610 to 1619 until the founding of Batavia (now Jakarta) by the Dutch.
BELL0118 |
£125 |
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[Moluccan natives from Cook's Voyages.]
Alexander Hogg.
Natives of the Molucca Islands playing on Musical Instruments called the Rabana.
London: Hogg, c.1785. 190 x 295mm.
Engraved by Lerpiniere for Hogg's edition of 'Cook's Voyages'.
HOGG0013 |
£36 |
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[Early miniature map of New Guinea]
Petrus Bertius.
Nova Guinea et Ins. Salomonis.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616. 100 x 135mm.
New Guinea, with vague coastline which is argued to be part of Australia. From Bertius' 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum'.
BERT0035 |
£350 |
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[Map of Sulawesi or Celebes]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Carte de l'Isle Célèbes ou Macassar.
Paris, c.1760. 220 x 160mm. Coloured.
From 1669 the Dutch East India Company had a presence at Makassar, and in 1905 the entire island became part of the Dutch state colony of the Netherlands East Indies until Japanese occupation in World War II.
BELL0119 |
£68 |
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[Miniature Map of Sumatra.]
Petrus Bertius.
Sumatra insula.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured.
Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'.
BERT0094 |
£320 |
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[Map of Sumatra, with Singapore]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Carte de l'Isle de Sumatra Dréssée sur les Journaux des Navigateurs.
Paris, 1752. 255 x 290mm. Coloured.
Sumatra and the Straits of Malacca and the 'Detroit de Sincapour'.
BELL0101 |
£195 |
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[Natives at Jakarta]
Anonymous.
A Malayan & his Wives as habited at Batavia. Merchant of Java.
London, c.1760. 180 x 255mm.
Natives pictured in Batavia, now Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, on the island of Java.
ANON0021 |
£49 |
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[Decorative map of Japan]
Henricus Hondius.
Iaponiæ Nova Descriptio.
Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641. French text edition. 345 x 440mm. Original colour.
Japan, with Korea shown as an island. This is the second state of the plate, introduced 1636; the title and cartouche have been altered, and a galleon has replaced the original junk in the sea under the island, although the Latin description underneath still refers to the Japanese craft.
HOND0039 |
£1,500 |
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[Miniature Map of Japan]
Alain Manesson Mallet.
Isles du Japon.
Paris, 1683. 155 x 110mm. Coloured.
Japan map, with a decorative title cartouche.
MALL0030 |
£175 |
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[Map of Japan]
Nicolas Sanson.
Les Isles du Japon.
Paris, c.1692. Sheet 220 x 320mm. Coloured.
Japan, engraved by A. de Winter for the quarto edition of Sanson's atlas. Korea is shown as an island.
SANS0037 |
£325 |
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[The First Western map of Japan With Sino-Japanese Characters]
Adrien Reland.
Imperium Japonicum per Regiones Digestum Sex et Sexaginta atque ex Ipsorum Japonensium Mappis.
Amsterdam, Joachim Ottens, 1740. 495 x 605mm. Coloured.
An important map, the first Western map of Japan with Sino-Japanese characters. It is also extremely decorative with the lower third of the sheet taken up with an extensive title cartouche featuring Chinese figures and an inset chart of Nagasaki harbour.
RELA0001 |
£1,800 |
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[Japan]
John Pinkerton.
Japan.
London, Cadell & Davies, 1809. 520 x 680mm. Original colour.
Large and detailed map of Japan & Korea..
PINK0007 |
£350 |
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[Map of Japan]
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
Empire of Japan.
London, Baldwin & Cradock, 1835. 400 x 330mm. Original colour.
Japan, with two inset maps. Hokkaido is still named 'Yeso'.
SDUK0020 |
£95 |
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[Japan & Korea]
John Tallis.
Japan & Korea.
London, John Tallis & Co, c.1851. Steel engraving, printed area 270 x 350mm. Original colour.
Map of Japan & Korea with a vignette of Tokyo (Yedo).
TALL0018 |
£200 |
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[Miniature map of Jesso]
Alain Manesson Mallet.
Terre de Jesso.
Paris, 1683. 150 x 100mm. Coloured.
The semi-mythical island of Jesso (or Eso) to the north of Japan, now mapped properly as Hokkaido. Variants of the myth include one where Jesso filled the North Pacific.
MALL0108 |
£140 |
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[Map of Meaco, Japan]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Plan de la Ville de Meaco.
Paris, 1755. 200 x 290mm. Coloured.
Townplan engraved by Dheulland.
BELL0047 |
£150 |
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[Plan of Nagasaki]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Plan de la Port et de la Ville de Nangasaki. Grond Tékening van de Stad en de Haven van Nangasaki.
Amsterdam, c. 1765. 210 x 340mm. Coloured.
A Dutch edition of Bellin's townplan of Nagasaki, engraved by Schley . Of interest is 'Desima', the Dutch Porcelain factory in the centre of the harbour.
BELL0100 |
£195 |
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[Pair of detailed maps of northern Honshu]
Philippe Vandermaelen.
Partie du Japon. No 61. [62.]
Brussels, 1827. Two sheets, each c.490 x 570mm. Original colour.
Honshu from just north of Tokyo to the Straits of Tsugaru, with two large texts in French describing the country. Marked on the right sheet is the route of Captain William Robert Broughton (1762-1821), who was sent to the North Pacific to join Vancouver and mapped the coasts of Japan and Korea in 1795. His was the first official encounter between a British ship and the Korean government. Published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, so some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail.
VAND0027 |
£300 |
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[Early map of Tokyo]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Plan de Jedo.
Amsterdam, c.1760. 265 x 260mm. Coloured. Trimmed into plate at top.
Early townplan, marking the layout of the streets, but only naming the Emperor's palace, a bridge and a suburb.
BELL0166 |
£195 |
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[Detailed map of the Environs of Tokyo]
Philippe Vandermaelen.
Partie du Japon. No 76.
Brussels, 1827. 475 x 490mm. Original colour.
The environs of Tokyo, here called Jedo. A large French text describes the country. The map was published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, so some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail.
VAND0026 |
£195 |
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[Map of Java]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Idée de L'Isle de Java.
Paris, c.1760. 220 x 450mm. Coloured.
Map of the island of Java, marking the various kingdoms and 'Jacatra aw Batavia' for Jakarta.
BELL0036 |
£125 |
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[Detailed chart of the Kuriles]
Philippe Vandermaelen.
Partie de la Russie D'Asie; Iles Kuriles [Sheets 36 & 50]
Brussels, 1827. Two sheets, each c.470 x 530mm. Original colour.
The Kuriles, stretching from Kamchatka to Japan. Formerly Japanese islands, they are now held by Russia. The maps were published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail.
VAND0021 |
£140 |
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[Early miniature map of Malaysia]
Petrus Bertius.
Malacca.
Amsterdam, 1602. 85 x 125mm. Coloured.
The Malay Peninsula with Indo-China, orientated with north to the right. Singapore is marked as 'Sincapura', an early cartographic reference.
BERT0093 |
£325 |
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[View of Malacca.]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Malaka.
Paris, c.1760. 200 x 290mm.
The trading port of Malacca on the Malay Peninsula.
BELL0133 |
£150 |
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[Map of Melaca]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Plan de la Ville de Malaca.
Paris, 1764. 235 x 185mm. Original colour.
Plan of Melaka, just north of Singapore.
BELL0089 |
£160 |
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[Miniature map of the Mariana Islands]
Alain Manesson Mallet.
Isles des Larrons.
Paris, c.1683. 145 x 115mm. Coloured.
MALL0067 |
£98 |
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[Moluccas and the Spice Islands]
Johannes Jansson.
Insularum Moluccarum Nova descriptio.
Amsterdam, 1641. 385 x 505mm. Original colour. Paper lightly toned.
The Moluccas, marking the forts built by the Dutch to protect their traders.
JANS0033 |
£275 |
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[Detailed chart of the Moluccas]
Willem Blaeu.
Moluccæ Insulæ Celeberrimæ.
Amsterdam, 1644. 380 x 490mm. Coloured. Repair in margin.
The Moluccas, orientated with north to the right, surrounded by vignettes of ships and monsters.
BLAE0056 |
£495 |
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[Map of Mongolia]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Carte de la Tartaries Occidentale...
Amsterdam, c.1749. 230 x 320mm. Coloured.
Mongolia, marking Peking and the southern tip of Lake Baykal.
BELL0093 |
£125 |
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[New Guinea]
Isaak Tirion.
Kaart van de Papoasche Eilanden.
Amsterdam, c.1753. 330 x 370mm. Original body colour.
The western end of New Guinea map, with the islands of the Ceram Sea, including Misool & Boo.
TIRI0009 |
£225 |
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[Map of New Guinea, with Cook & Dampier's voyages]
Benard.
Carte des Découvertes du Cap.ne Carteret dans la N.le Bretagne avec une partie du passage du Cap.ne Cook à travers les Dètroits Endeavour et de la Route et des Découvertes du Cap.ne Dampierre dans le N.Le Guinée et la N.le Bretagne en 1699 et 1700..
Paris, c.1775. 240 x 630mm. Binding folds flattened.
The routes of British explorers around New Guinea, 1699-1770, published in a French account of Cook's Voyages.
BENA0006 |
£160 |
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[Pair of maps of the Philippines.]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Carte des Isles Philippines, Dressée sur la Carte Espagnole du R.P. Murillo de Verlardo. I.re Feuille [&] 2.e Fueille.
Paris, 1751 & 1752. Two maps, 220 x 165mm & 220 x 320mm. Coloured.
Pair of maps of the Philippines, after a Spanish map.
BELL0134 |
£300 |
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[Sumatra & Malay with a mahout]
Sebastian Munster
Sumatra grosse Insel so von den alcen Geographen Taprobana genennet worden.
Basle, c.1628, German text edition. Woodcut, printed area 315 x 365mm.
Map of Sumatra, with the tip of the Malay Peninsula, with 'Cingatola' marked. Here Sumatra is linked with the mythical island of Taprobana, also associated with Sri Lanka. A German text describes the island, with a picture of an elephant with a very European-looking mahout.
MUNS0013 |
£495 |
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[Dress of the Tartars]
Alain Manesson Mallet.
Tartarres.
Paris, 1683. 145 x 110mm. Coloured.
Behind the couple are the nomads' tents.
MALL0074 |
£59 |
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[Miniature Map of Siberia and Tartary]
Alain Manesson Mallet.
Grande Tartary.
Frankfurt, c.1686. 170 x 120mm. Coloured.
A German edition of Mallet's map of Siberia, showing Korea and part of Japan.
MALL0104 |
£125 |
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[Map of Tartary]
Nicolas Sanson.
La Grande Tartarie.
Paris, c.1692. Sheet 220 x 320mm. Coloured.
A map of Siberia and Tartary, engraved by A. de Winter for the quarto edition of Sanson's atlas. Korea is shown as an island.
SANS0036 |
£175 |
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[Map of Tartary]
Philip Cluver,
Scythia et Tartaria Asiatica.
c.1711. 205 x 250mm. Coloured.
Siberia and Tartary, with a title cartouche featuring a lion.
CLUV0002 |
£125 |
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[Russia with a separately-printed frame border.]
Pieter van der Aa.
La Grande Tartaries Suivant les Nouvelles Observations...
Leiden, c.1710. 265 x 395mm. Trimmed into border at bottom.
Northern Asia from Moscow to Korea. Novaya Zembla is a peninsula, but attached to the mainland further east than usual. The decorative border has been printed from a separate plate for a special edition of the atlas.
AAAA0013 |
£150 |
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[Map of Tartary]
Herman Moll.
Great or Asiatick Tartary, Agreable to Modern History.
London, 1727. 205 x 270mm. Original colour.
Map of Tartary to Peking. The eastern coastline of Asia is almost flat, with no attempt to mark Kamchatka.
MOLL0015 |
£140 |
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[Map of Eastern Tartary]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Carte de la Tartaries Orientale...
Amsterdam, c.1749. 230 x 320mm. Coloured.
Eastern Tartary, showing the course of the River Amur and Sakhalin Island.
BELL0149 |
£125 |
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[Map of the Kurile Islands]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Carte des Isles Kouriles d'après la Carte Russe. Dresée et Gravée par Laurent.
Amsterdam, c.1749. 265 x 285mm. Coloured.
The Kuriles, to the north of Japan, an archipelago once owned by Japan but since WWII controlled by Russia.
BELL0150 |
£125 |
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[Map of Siberia and Tartary]
Isaak Tirion.
Nieuwe Kaart van Tartarie...
Amsterdam, c.1750. 290 x 355mm. Binding folds flattened, bottom right margin rebuilt because of binding trim.
Northern Asia from the Caspian Sea to Kamchatka, which reaches down to almost touch Japan. To the east is the partial outline of 'Compagnie Land', the mythical island in the North Pacific.
TIRI0019 |
£175 |
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[Map of Kamchatka]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Carte du Kamtchatka.
Paris, c.1764. 525 x 310mm. Coloured. Binding folds flattened.
An early detailed map of the Kamchatka peninsula, based on the work of Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov, who travelled in the area 1737-41.
BELL0140 |
£250 |
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[Unusual map of Tartary]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Continuazione della Carta della Siberia e Kamtschatka.
Venice, Formaleoni, 1784. 250 x 270mm.
Published in a scarce Italian version of Bellin's edition of Du Halde's 'Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary'.
BELL0143 |
£95 |
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[Tartary]
George Philip
Independent and Chinese Tartary, Hindostan, China &c.
Liverpool, 1856. Steel engraving, 520 x 615mm. Original colour.
Large and detailed map in fine colour, showing from the Caspian Sea and Afghanistan to Japan, marking Hong Kong. This was published at a time of western expansion: the 'Great Game' was being played in central Asia; Hong Kong island is marked; and the India Mutiny against British Rule erupted the next year.
PHIL0009 |
£85 |
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[Map of Thailand and Malaysia]
Nicolas Sanson.
Partie de L'Inde au dela du Gange; Presqu-Isle de L'Inde au dela du Gange.
Paris, c.1692. Sheet 220 x 320mm. Coloured.
Two maps on one sheet: Thailand and the Malay Peninsula with Singapore. Engraved by A. de Winter for the quarto edition of Sanson's atlas.
SANS0040 |
SOLD |
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[Thai costume]
Anonymous.
Habits of the Siamese.
London, c.1760. 185 x 200mm. Coloured.
ANON0020 |
£79 |
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[Townplan of Lopburi.]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Plan de la Ville de Louvo Demeure ordinaire des Rois de Siam.
Paris, c.1755. 205 x 280mm. Coloured.
Townplan of Lopburi.
BELL0040 |
£125 |
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[Townplan of Siam]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Plan de la Ville de Siam Capitale du Royaume de ce nom... 1767
Amsterdam, c.1760. 200 x 275mm. Coloured.
Plan of town of Siam, the former capital, after a plan drawn by a French engineer in 1687. Engraved by Schley for a Dutch edition of Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages'.
BELL0159 |
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[Map of the environs of Hanoi, Vietnam]
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Carte du Cours de la Riviere de Tunquin Depuis Cache juqu'à la Mer.
Amsterdam, Schley, c.1760. 215 x 160mm. Coloured.
With Hanoi marked.
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