[First Issue of Vrient's Miniature World Map]

Jan Baptista Vrients.
[Globus Terrestris.]

Antwerp, Vrients, 1601. 90 x 125mm. Coloured.
When Vrients published his first edition of Ortelius's Epitome he introduced this new double-hemisphere map, alongside the original oval map engraved by Galle. It is untitled, although there is 'Globus Terrestris' in letterpress above the map. Under the spheres is a rustic scene, with a church in the centre. SHIRLEY: 231.
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[Two-sheet hemisphere world map]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Nouveau Continent Avec plusiers Isles. [&] Ancien Continent Avec plusiers Isles, Oceans et Mers.

Paris, 1683. Two plates, ea.150 x 105mm. Coloured.
A pair of hemispheres, the west with California as an island and the unnamed partial outline of New Zealand, the east with the parts of Australia. Published in Mallet's 'Description de l'Univers'.
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[Double-hemisphere World map]

Nicolas De Fer
Mappe-Monde ou Carte Generale de la Terre...

Paris, 1705. 230 x 340mm. Coloured. Mss. pagination in upper margin.
Double-hemisphere world map with California as an island, decorated with roundel portraits of nine explorers, including Columbus, Vespucci, Magellan, Marco Polo & Drake. Early mapping of North America with the Great Lakes in outline.
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[Double-hemisphere world map of Rosaccio]

Girolamo Ruscelli.
Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio.

Venice, Lasor a Varea, 1713. 180 x 260mm.
Double-hemisphere world map. SHIRLEY: 217.
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[Double-hemisphere world map]

N. Jonge.
Globus Terrestris.

Copenhagen, Jonge, c.1760. 175 x 255mm. Original colour.
Double-hemisphere world map, with the title on a banner.
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[World map of a buccaneer]

Isaak Tirion.
Nieuwe Wereld Kaart, waar in de Reizen van den Hr. Anson Rondsom de Wereld...

Amsterdam, 1764. 235 x 410mm. Original colour.
World map on Mercator's Projection, designed to show the route of Commodore Anson around the world on what was in reality a buccaneer's trip. He captured a Spanish treasure ship: when he returned to London he needed thirty wagons to transfer the silver booty to the Tower of London.
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[Double-hemisphere world map]

Antonio Zatta.
Il Mappamondo o sia Descrizione Generale del Globo.

Venice, 1774. 285 x 390mm. Original colour. Faint damp staining in the bottom margin, not affecting map.
Double-hemisphere world map, with allegorical figures of the Four Continents in the corners. Published just after the news of Cook's first circumnavigation was published, his route is marked but New Zealand remains unrecognisable yet shown correctly as two main islands.
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[World Map with the discoveries of Cook]

Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Essay d'une Carte Réduite Contenant Les Parties Connuees de Globe Terrestre.

Paris, c.1775. 510 x 700mm. Coloured. Binding folds flattened.
A large chart of the world which, although it is dated 1748, has been updated to show the discoveries of Captain Cook around Australia and New Zealand in 1769-70. However Cook's discoveries through the Bering Straits on his Third and final voyage (1778-9) are not included. Rhumb lines, two compass roses and an ornate cartouche make this a very decorative map.
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[Double hemisphere World map]

Didier Robert de Vaugondy.
Mappemonde dressée suivant les nouvelles relations et assujettie aux observations astronomiques.

Paris, Fortin, 1778. 480 x 750mm. Coloured.
Double hemisphere world map with a fine rococo cartouche filling the cusps. On the map only the route of Captain Cook's First Voyage, with New Zealand and Australia, have been added; he had yet to make his Third, fatal, voyage, so the Bering Straits still show the spurious discoveries of de Fonte. In the lower left hemisphere the outline of Europe has been added over the Antipodes for comparison
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[Miniature double-hemisphere world map after Robert de Vaugondy.]

Didier Robert de Vaugondy.
Mappemonde Par le S.r Robert de Vaugondy Avec Privilege du Roy 1780.

Paris, c.1780. 150 x 300mm.
Miniature double-hemisphere world map after Robert de Vaugondy.
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[Double hemisphere world map]

Reilly, Franz von.
Karte van der Erde...

Vienna, 1795. 400 x 650mm. Original colour. A few small spots.
Double hemisphere world map, newly updated with the discoveries from Cook's Third and final voyage in the North Pacific.
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[World on Mercator's Projection]

Antonio Zatta.
Il Mappamondo o sia Descrizione Generale del Globo Ridotto in Quadro.

Venice, 1795. 295 x 430mm. Original colour.
The world on Mercator's Projection. Despite the date of 1795 and the inclusion of the route taken by Cook in his first circumnavigation, the coastlines of New Zealand and the Bering Straits have not been corrected.
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[World Hemispheres maps]

John Thomson.
Western Hemisphere; Eastern Hemisphere.

Edinburgh, 1816. Two plates, each c. 570 x 530mm. Original colour. A few marginal repairs outside maps otherwise very good.
Maps of the Western Hemisphere & Eastern Hemisphere.
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[Double hemisphere world map]

Jehosaphat Aspin.
The World for the illustration of the Abbè Gaultier's Geographical Games.

London, J.Harris, 1823. 270 x 470mm. Original colour.
Double hemisphere world map, designed for an 'educational' game.
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[World map on Mercator's Projection]

Victor Levasseur.
Planisphère.

Paris, c.1850. Steel engraving, printed area 320 x 430mm. Original outline colour.
The World on Mercator's Projection, with ornate vignette borders.
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[Atlantic currents]

A.K. Johnston.
Physical Chart of the Atlantic Ocean Showing the Form and Direction of the Currents; Distribution of heat at the Surface, Navigation and Trade Routes, Banks, Rocks &c.

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1856. Steel engraving, 500 x 600mm. Original colour.
A facinating chart depicting the difficulties in navigating the Atlantic, with the currents and winds making a direct route impossible. The routes of many famous voyages are marked.
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[South Atlantic sea chart]

Admiralty.
South Atlantic. 1883.

London: Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty, 1852-1937. Steel engraving, 870 x 820mm.
A large and detailed chart marking the currents of the South Atlantic.
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[Map of the Winds effecting voyages to the East]

Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Répresentation du Cours ordinaire des Vents de Traverse, qui règnent le long des côtes dans la Mer Atlantique & celle des Indes.

Amsterdam, c.1765. 195 x 310mm. Coloured.
Engraved by Schley for a Dutch edition of Prevost, this map shows winds that would effect sailing to the Indies, an important consideration for trade routes. An odd feature of this map is that is on three sheets of paper that had been joined before printing.
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