Antique Maps of the West Indies

[Map of the West Indian islands] Johannes Cloppenburg. Cuba Insula; Havana Portus; Hispaniola Insula; Ins. Jamaica; Ins. S.Johannis; I.S.Margareta. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson van Waesberger, 1676. 190 x 260mm. The islands of the West Indies, engraved by van der Keere. Waesberger was Jan Jansson's son-in-law. CLOP0010

£280

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[Map of West Indies] Johannes Cloppenburg. De Groote Ende Kleyne Eylanden van West-Indien. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson van Waesberger, 1676. 185 x 255mm. The West Indies, engraved by van der Keere. Waesberger was Jan Jansson's son-in-law. CLOP0011

£280

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[Unusual edition of this map of the West Indian islands] Johannes Cloppenburg. Cuba Insula; Havana Portus; Hispaniola Insula; Ins. Jamaica; Ins. S.Johannis; I.S.Margareta. Amsterdam: Guglielmo de Jonge, 1690. 190 x 260mm. Coloured. The islands of the West Indies, engraved by van der Keere. This example comes from Gregorio Leti's 'Teatro Belgico, o vero ritratti historici, chronologici, politici, e geografici, delle sette Provincie Unite', and has a letterpress sur-title, "Parte Seconda. Libro VII. 283", printed through the left printed border and an Italian text on the reverse. CLOP0017

£295

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[Fine Sea Chart of the Bahamas, Hispaniola & Cuba] Johannes Jansson. Insularum Hispaniolæ et Cubæ cum Insulis circumjacentibus. Amsterdam, Schenk & Valk, c.1700. 410 x 525mm. Original outline colour with later additions. Also showing the Florida peninsula to St Augustine, the Cayman Islands & Jamaica. JANS0078

£980

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[The Travels of Hieronymus Benzo in the West Indies.] Pieter van der Aa. H.Benzös Scheep-Togt nit Italie over Spanje nade Westindiae Eylandenm en Kusten van't Zuider America. Leiden, c.1710. 165 x 235mm. Narrow top margin, small hole in lower platemark. Benzo, a naturalist from Milan, travelled in America between 1541 and 1556, Van der Aa included his "Istoria del mondo nuovo" in a collection of narratives of voyages. With a decorative title cartouche. AAAA0014

£240

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[Map of St Kitts, Antigua, Bermuda, Barbados] Homann Heirs. Dominia Anglorum in præcipuis Insulis Americæ... Nuremberg, c.1740. 505 x 590mm. Original colour. Five maps on one sheet: St Kitts, Antigua, Bermuda, Barbados and Jamaica. PALMER: Bermuda, p.13. HOMA1024

£490

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[West Indies] Gilles Robert de Vaugondy. Partie de la Mer du Nord ou se trouvant les Grandes et Petits Isles Antilles et les Isles Lucayes. Paris, 1750. 500 x 630mm. Coloured. A large and colourful map of the Caribbean, with a decorative rococo title cartouche. ROBE0031

£590

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[Map of the West Indies] Rigobert Bonne. Les Isles Antilles et le Golfe du Méxique. Paris, c.1780. 220 x 330mm. Coloured. With an inset of Bermuda. BONN0016

£175

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[Map of West Indies] John Cary. A New Map of the West India Isles, from the Latest Authorities. London, 1819. 490 x 540mm. Original colour. A colourful map of the West Indies. CARY0010

£350

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[West Indies map] John Arrowsmith. West Indies. London, 1842. 500 x 630mm. Original colour. Small split in lower centrefold, small tear leading from tab. Detailed map of the West Indies, issued in the 'London Atlas' by the foremost British cartographer of his generation. ARRO0003

£250

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[The West Indies] Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. The Antilles or West-India Islands. London: Baldwin & Cradoclk, 1835. Steel engraving, printed area 320 x 385mm. Original outline colour. With the islands colour-coded to mark them as possessions of each European country. SDUK0043

£65

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[West Indies] George Philip. West India Islands. Liverpool, 1856. Steel engraving, 520 x 615mm. Original colour. Large and detailed map of West Indies islands from the Bahamas to Trinadad. PHIL0004

£98

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[Map of Antigua] Bryan Edwards. Map of Antigua for the History of the West Indies. London: J.Stockdale, 1794. 200 x 245mm. Original binding folds, a few small worm holes in sea area and lower margin. Bryan Edwards (1743-1800), a merchant who lived in Jamaica & traded in the West Indies for a number of years, wrote 'The History Civil & Commercail of the British Colonies in the West Indies'. EDWA0001

£95

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[Antigua, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante] George Philip. Antigua, to Britain; Guadaloupe, to France; Mariegalante, to France. Liverpool, 1856. Steel engraving, 520 x 615mm. Original colour. Map of Antigua, Guadeloupe and Mariegalante on one sheet, also showing the Isles de Sainte. PHIL0008

£75

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[Antigua map with depths and profiles] Capt. E. Barnett. Antigua. St Johns Harbour and Approaches. 1848. London: Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty, 1852-62. Steel engraving, 850 x 640mm. Laid on linen, as issued. Touches of original colour. A large and detailed chart of the northern coast of Antigua, with many depth readings around the banks and four coastal profiles. BARN0001

£250

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[Map of the Antilles.] J. Covens & C. Mortier. Carte des Antilles Françoises et des Isles Voisins. Amsterdam, c.1730. 595 x 455mm. Coloured. The islands between Guadeloupe and Grenada, after De L'Isle, including St Lucia, Barbados and Mustique. COVE0004

£575

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[Leeward Islands map, Virgin Is, Antigua] John Arrowsmith. Map of the Leeward Islands; Comprising Antigua, Monserrat, Barbuda, St. Christopher, Nevis, Anguilla, Virgin Islands & Dominica, under the administration of Lieut. Colonel Sir W.m M.G. Colebrooke, K.C.B. London, 1842. 500 x 630mm. Original colour. Split in lower centrefold, small loss in top margin otherwise good. Detailed map of the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles, issued in the 'London Atlas' by the foremost British cartographer of his generation. The map depicts Antigua, Monserrat, Barbuda, St. Christopher, Nevis, Anguilla, Virgin Islands & Dominicas (British), Santa Cruz (then Danish), St Barts (Swedish), Guadeloupe (French), St Martins (half French, half Dutch), Saba & St Eustatius (Dutch). ARRO0004

£250

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[Bahamas, Bermuda & Cuba] John Thomson. Chart of the Bahama Islands; The Bermudas or Summer Islands; Island of Cuba. Edinburgh, 1815. 515 x 620mm. Original colour. Some faint ink offset. Three maps (Bahamas, Bermuda & Cuba) on one sheet. THOM0004

£395

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[Map of Barbados & St Kitts] George Louis Le Rouge. La Barbade, une des antilles aux anglois...; Isle St. Christophile une des antilles aux anglois. Paris, c.1746. 280 x 210mm. Coloured. Two maps on one sheet, Barbados & St Kitts. LERO0001

£125

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[Decorative map of Bermuda] Henricus Hondius. Mappa Æstivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas dictarum... Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1639. 400 x 515mm. Coloured. One of the most decorative maps of Bermuda based on the famous survey by Richard Norwood of the Bermuda Company, also known as the Somers Isles Company in 1618. The map shows the division into the original Tribes, a short-lived name for what became administrative parishes, who were the major shareholders in the company. Also shown are the various landowners, with their names in a table below the map. There are many tiny houses shown on the map, locating settlements, as well as minute cannons marking the defensible points. The map is superimposed over a chart of the Atlantic with the coastlines of Britain, North America and Hispaniola showing the location of Bermuda. Decorated with an exquisite strapwork cartouche, a coat of arms, a medallion and a compass rose. PALMER: Bermuda, p.13: KOEMAN: ME 93 B. HOND0017

£1,100

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[Attractive map of Bermuda] Henricus Hondius. Mappa Æstivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas dictarum... Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641. 400 x 515mm. Original colour. One of the most decorative maps of Bermuda based on the famous survey by Richard Norwood of the Bermuda Company, also known as the Somers Isles Company in 1618. The map shows the division into the original Tribes, a short-lived name for what became administrative parishes, who were the major shareholders in the company. Also shown are the various landowners, with their names in a table below the map. There are many tiny houses shown on the map, locating settlements, as well as minute cannons marking the defensible points. The map is superimposed over a chart of the Atlantic with the coastlines of Britain, North America and Hispaniola showing the location of Bermuda. Decorated with an exquisite strapwork cartouche, a coat of arms, a medallion and a compass rose. PALMER: Bermuda, p.13. HOND0018

£1,200

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[Bermuda & Nassau] Herman Moll. The Island of Bermudos Divided into its Tribes, with the Castle, Fort &c.; [Nassau.] London, c.1729, First State. 210 x 280mm. Original colour. Two maps on one sheet: Bermuda, with the extra island of Bermuda marked; and Providence Island (now Nassau) in the Bahamas. The First State, with the engraved date of 1729. PALMER: Bermuda, p.18, plate XX. MOLL0004

£495

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[Map showing Bermuda, the Azores, Canaries and Madeira] John Tallis. Islands in the Atlantic. London: John Tallis & Co., c.1851. Steel-engraving, original outline colour. 355 x 250mm. Map of the Azores, Madeira and Bermuda, with a map of the coast of Africa with the Canaries and Cape Verde Islands. TALL0045

£98

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[Miniature Map of Cuba & Jamaica] Petrus Bertius. Cuba et Iamaica. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius,1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. Cuba, Jamaica and the islands between, including Grand Cayman. 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'. BERT0042

£360

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[Miniature map of Cuba and Jamaica] Alain Manesson Mallet. I.s de Cuba et de Jamaica. Paris, c.1683. 150 x 100mm. Cuba and Jamaica map, with vignette sea-battles. MALL0051

£180

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[An Italian Chart of Cuba] Marsi. Carta Esatta rappresentante l'Isola di Cuba estratta dalle Carte del Sig:r Poppler. Livorno: 1763. 260 x 325mm. Coloured. Also marking the Bahamas and Jamaica. MARZ0001

£680

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[Map of Cuba] Rigobert Bonne. I'Isle de Cuba. Paris, c.1783. 230 x 330mm. Coloured. Cuba, with some of the southern islands of the Bahamas. BONN0029

£175

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[Map of Matance Bay, Cuba] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Baye de Matance dans l'Isle de Cube. Paris, c.1765. 225 x 180mm. Coloured. Matanzas Bay on the north coast of Cuba. BELL0045

£85

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[Detailed Chart of Dominica] Philippe Buache. Carte de la Dominique Prise par les François le Septembre 1778. Paris, c.1778. 640 x 505mm. Coloured. A large and detailed chart of the island, captured by the French the year of publication. In 1783 Dominica was returned to the British by the Treaty of Versailles. BUAC0002

£980

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[Map of Grenada] John Thomson. Grenada. Edinburgh, c.1815. 250 x 205mm. Original colour. Trimmed from a larger sheet. Detailed map showing the quartiers THOM0026

£69

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[Map of Guadeloupe] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Carte de L'Isle de la Guadeloupe. Paris, c.1758. 225 x 320mm. Coloured. Map of the French island of Guadeloupe. BELL0105

£68

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[Hispaniola & Dominica] Girolamo Ruscelli. Isola Spagnola Nova. Venice, Valgrisi, 1574. 190 x 260mm. Map of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with Tortuga off the north coast. This example was printed without the upper surface of the place being cleaned of surplus ink properly: thus the map surface is darker than the paper on which it was printed. RUSC0008

£120

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[Miniature Map of Hispaniola] Petrus Bertius. Hispaniola. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius.1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. Hispaniola, now divided between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 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'. BERT0043

£200

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[Miniature Map of Puerto Rico & Hispaniola] Alain Manesson Mallet. I. d'Hispaniola et P.Rico. Frankfurt, c.1686. 150 x 100mm. Coloured. Map of Hispaniola and Porto Rico, with vignette sea-battles. MALL0026

£175

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[Uncommon map of Hispaniola] G.T. Masi. Carta esatta rappresentante l'Isola di S.Domingo o sia Hispaniola. Livorno, 1777. 260 x 320mm. Coloured. . From an Italian edition of Bonne. MASI0001

£450

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[Map of Hispaniola] Guillaume De L'Isle. Carte de l'Isle de Saint Domingue dresseé en 1722 pour l'usage du Roy. Paris, Dezauche, 1780. 485 x 630mm. Original colour with later additions. A large and colourful map of the island. DELI0015

£350

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[Haiti & St Domingue] John Thomson. Haiti, Hispaniola or St. Domingo. Edinburgh, 1815. 280 x 630mm. Original colour. Trimmed to printed border at top, margin added. Detailed map of Haiti and St. Domingue. THOM0019

£89

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[Map of Hispaniola & St.Domingo] Carey & Lea. Hispaniola or Saint Domingo. Philadelphia, 1822 or London, 1823. 330 x 500mm, set in text. Original colour. From the 'Complete Historical, Chronological and Geographical American Atlas'. CARE0003

£225

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[Miniature Map of St Domingo] Alain Manesson Mallet. ...la Ville de San-Domingo... Paris, 1683. 145 x 115mm. Coloured. Plan of St Domingo MALL0052

£140

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[Map of Jamaica] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Carte de L'Isle de la Jamaica... 1758. Paris, c.1760. 220 x 330mm. Coloured. Jamaica divided into Parishes. BELL0034

£98

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[Map of Jamaica] Carey & Lea. Jamaica. Philadelphia, 1822 or London, 1823. 310 x 330mm, set in text. Original colour. From the 'Complete Historical, Chronological and Geographical American Atlas'. CARE0004

£225

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[Map of Jamaica] John Arrowsmith. Map of Jamaica compiled chiefly from manuscripts in the Colonial Office and Admiralty. London, 1842. 350 x 630mm. Original colour. Slight damp stain in lateral margins not affecting map A large and detailed map of Jamaica, issued in the 'London Atlas' by the foremost British cartographer of his generation. ARRO0002

SOLD

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[Map of Martinique] Guillaume De L'Isle. Carte de l'Isle de la Martinique, Colonie Françoise de l'une des Isles Antilles de l'Amerique. Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, c.1740. 495 x 570mm. Original colour. A fine impression of this map of the island. DELI0017

£350

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[Map of Martinique] Crépy. Isle de Martinique. Paris: Crépy, 1767. 215 x 285mm. CREP0001

£75

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[Map of Martinique] Rigobert Bonne. Carte de L'Isle de la Martinique, Colonie Françoise dans les Isles Antilles. Paris, c.1780. 340 x 230mm. Coloured. Map of Martinique, engraved by André. BONN0025

£69

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[Martinique & sugar, cotton and tobacco] Victor Levasseur. Colonies Françaises. Martinique. Amérique du Sud. Paris, c.1852. Steel engraving, printed area 310 x 435mm. Original outline colour. Map of Martinique, within an illustrated border, showing trade goods including sugar, cotton and tobacco. LEVA0007

£59

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[Map of St Kitts] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Carte de L'Isle St. Christophe. Paris, c.1760. 215 x 320mm. Coloured. St Christophers or St Kitts. BELL0104

£125

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[Detailed map of St Kitts and Nevis] Thomas Jefferys. St. Christophers, or St. Kitts, Surveyed by Anthony Ravell Esqr. Surveyor of the Islands of St Christophers, Nevis & Montserrat. London, Robert Sayer, 1775. 485 x 615mm. Coloured. A large and detailed map of St Kitts, with an inset of Nevis. The plantations on St Kitts are numbered. Published in the important "West Indian Atlas". JEFF0002

£850

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[St Kitts, St Lucia & Nevis] John Thomson. St Christophers; St Lucia; Nevis. Edinburgh, c.1815. 520 x 640mm. Original colour. Three maps (St Christophers, St Lucia, Nevis) on one sheet THOM0020

£98

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[St Kitts, St Lucia and Nevis] George Philip. St. Christophers, to Britain; St. Lucia, to Britain; Nevis, to Britain. Liverpool, 1856. Steel engraving, 520 x 615mm. Original colour. Three detailed maps of St. Christophers, St. Lucia, |& Nevis, showing three British colonies in the West Indies. The colour is particularly fine. PHIL0010

£125

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[St Martin French Guyana, and Newfoundland,] Victor Levasseur. Colonies Françaises (en Amérique.) Paris, c.1852. Steel engraving, printed area 320 x 435mm. Original colour. French colonies in America, including St Martin in the West Indies, French Guyana, and Newfoundland, St Pierre & Miquelon in Canada. The maps are within an illustrated border, showing trade goods including coffee and cotton. LEVA0013

£98

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[View of St Thomas, Virgin Islands] H. Hansen. Parti af St. Thomas. c. 1860. Lithograph, printed area 220 x 275mm. An uncommon view of St Thomas, in the Virgin Islands. HANS0001

£425

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[Map of Tobago] John Thomson. Tobago. Edinburgh, c.1815. 250 x 295mm. Original colour. Trimmed from a larger sheet, with extra margin added at bottom and left. Detailed map. THOM0024

£75

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[Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands] John Thomson. Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Edinburgh, 1815. 250 x 630mm. Original colour. Trimmed to bottom printed border, margin added. Map of Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands THOM0017

£300

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[Map of the Virgin Islands] Jean Alexandre C. Buchon. Porto Rico et Iles Vierges. Paris, J.Carez, 1825. Map 270 x 430mm, set in letterpress. Original colour. Engraved by Beaupré. BUCH0002

£375

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Antique Maps of Central America

[Map of the Southern United States & Mexico] Antonio Zatta. Messico ovvero Nuova Spagna... Venice, 1785. 330 x 420mm. Original colour. Map of Mexico and Texas, but showing north to Chesapeake Bay. ZATT0034

£350

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[Central America] John Pinkerton. Spanish Dominions in North America. Middle Part. London, Cadell & Davies, 1811. 530 x 720mm. Original colour. Map of Southern Mexico to Guatemala and the Bay of Honduras, from Pinkerton's Modern Atlas. PINK0003

£195

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[Central America, Guatemala to Panama] John Pinkerton. Spanish Dominions in North America. Southern Part. London, Cadell & Davies, 1811. 530 x 720mm. Original colour. Centrefold split repaired. Map from Guatemala south to Panama. PINK0004

£250

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[Map of Central America] Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Central America 1. Including Yucatan, Belize, Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Southern States of Mexico. London: Charles Knight, c.1846.. Steel engraving, printed area 320 x 390mm. Original colour. Slight foxing SDUK0058

£35

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[Central America] John Tallis. Central America. London: London Printing and Publishing Company, 1861. Steel-engraving, original outline colour. 270 x 330mm. Map of Central America from Guatemala to Nicaragua, with engraved vignette scenes. TALL0035

£95

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[Miniature Map of Mexico] Petrus Bertius. Mexicana. Amsterdam, 1600. 85 x 125mm. Mexico, with the whole of the Gulf coast and the tip of Baia California. From Bertius' 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum'. BERT0097

£340

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[New Mexico] Jodocus Hondius. Hispania Nova. London, Samuel Purchas, 1635. 135 x 180mm, set in a page of English text. Coloured. Hondius' map of western Mexico from the 'Atlas Minor', here issued in 'Purchas his Pilgrimes', with an English text. HOND0085

£175

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[Mexico & Guadalajara with armadillos] Johannes Jansson. Nova Hispania, et Nova Galicia. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1636. 355 x 455mm. Original colour. Central Mexico, with Mexico City and Guadalajara. The title cartouche is more ornate than usual for Jansson, and two armadillos stand on the key. From the first year of issue. JANS0032

£490

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[Map of Mexico] Johannes Cloppenburg. Hispaniæ Novæ Nova Descriptio. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson van Waesberger, 1676. 190 x 260mm. Coloured. Small area of paper weakness in printed border. South west Mexico Waesberger was Jan Jansson's son-in-law. CLOP0012

£150

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[Map of Mexico] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Carte de L'Empire du Mexique. Paris, c.1754. 220 x 310mm. Coloured. Central Mexico, with Mexico City. BELL0049

£85

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[Map of Mexico] Thomas Kitchin. Mexico, or New Spain; in which the Motions of Cortez may be traced. London, c.1795. 290 x 390mm. Coloured. Published in Rev. Dr. Robertson's 'History of America'. KITC0008

£395

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[Map of Mexico, with Texas as a Republic,] Th. Duvotney. Méxique. Paris, Basset, 1843. 315 x 230mm. Coloured. Mexico, with Texas marked as a republic. An inset shows Guatemala. DUVO0001

£125

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[Miniature Map of Mexico City] Alain Manesson Mallet. Mexique. Paris, c.1683. 155 x 110mm. Mexico City. MALL0050

£90

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[Miniature Map of the Yucatan] Petrus Bertius. Iucatana. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. The Yucatan, Belize, Guatemala & Honduras. 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'. BERT0049

£225

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[Panama] Isaak Tirion. Kaart van de Landengte van Panama. Amsterdam, 1764. 280 x 315mm. Original colour. Detailed map of the Isthmus of Panama, an important link between the Atlantic and Pacific even 150 years before the Canal. TIRI0010

£200

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Antique Maps of South America

[Miniature Map of South America] Petrus Bertius. America Meridionalis. 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'. BERT0044

£200

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[South America] Nicholas Sanson. Amerique Meridionale. Paris, Sanson & Pierre Mariette, c.1650. 400 x 540mm. Coloured. Some age toning. Map of South America, with 'El Dorado' on the shores of 'Lac de Parime' SANS0011

£450

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[Map of South America] Johannes Cloppenburg. America Meridionalis. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson van Waesberger, 1676. 195 x 260mm. South America, engraved by van der Keere. Waesberger was Jan Jansson's son-in-law. CLOP0007

£160

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[Map of South Atlantic] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Carte de L'Ocean Meridional... Paris, 1746. 350 x 470mm. Coloured. The South Atlantic. BELL0070

£175

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[South America] Isaak Tirion. Kaart van het Onderkoningschap van Peru... Amsterdam, 1765. 350 x 290mm. Original colour. South America map below the Equator, with an inset of Patagonia. TIRI0012

£200

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[Map of South America] John Gibson. South America. London, c.1785. 290 x 340mm. Coloured. South America, with a rococo title cartouche. GIBS0002

£125

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[Detailed Map of South America] Pierre Lapie. Amérique Méridionale... 1809. Paris, c.1809. 320 x 250mm. Original colour. With a title cartouche featuring a volcano. LAPI0001

£60

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[Map of South America] Carey & Lea. South America. Philadelphia, 1822 or London, 1823. 440 x 330mm, set in text. Original colour. Split in lower centrefold repaired. From the 'Complete Historical, Chronological and Geographical American Atlas'. CARE0006

£175

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[Map of South America] Robert Wilkinson. South America. (Reduced from the Sheet Map.) London: 1825. 300 x 235mm. Original colour. A précise of a six-sheet map. WILK0003

£39

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[Decorative map of South America] Victor Levasseur. Amérique Méridionale. Paris, c.1850. Steel engraving, printed area 310 x 435mm. Original colour. South America, with ornate vignette borders containing scenes of mining, rounding up wild horses and a jaguar. LEVA0011

£75

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Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Carte de la Riviere de la Plata. Paris, c.1760. 200 x 300mm. Coloured. Small marginal tear. With Buenos Aires & Montevideo. BELL0063

£58

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[Map of Rio de la Plata, Buenos Ayres & Montevideo] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Mapa Y Planta del Rio de la Plata... Carte Hyrdographique de la Riviere de la Plata... Paris, Depot de la Marine, 1770. 400 x 580mm. Chart of the mouth of the Rio de la Plata, with both Buenos Ayres and Montevideo marked, published as the French version of the Admiralty charts. BELL0064

£195

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[Early view of Buenos Ayres.] John Byrne. View of Buenos Ayres. n.d., c.1800. Engraving, printed area 170 x 220mm. The Argentinian capital. BYRN0001

£125

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[Map of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay] John Cary. Viceroyalty of La Plata, and Government of Chili. London, 1815. 315 x 250mm. Original colour. At the time of publication the Viceroyalty had already broken up, with Spanish control disrupted by the Peninsula War. By 1810 Argentina and Paraguay were self-governing, CARY0022

£56

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[Chart of the Le Maire Straits] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Charte du Détroit de la Maire. Paris, c.1760. 210 x 285mm. Coloured. The Le Maire Straits were discovered in 1616, as the Dutch explorers Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten were attempting to find a better route from the Atlantic to the Pacific than the dangerous Magellan Straits. They discovered Cape Horn shortly afterwards. BELL0132

£75

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[An Early Plan of Buenos Aires] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Plan de la Ville de Buenos-Ayres. Paris, c.1770. 175 x 285mm. Coloured. Argentina's capital, here little more than a settlement building up around the fort guarding the mouth of the Rio de la Plata. BELL0013

£125

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[Potosi, the 'Mountain of Silver'] Petrus Bertius. Cerro de Potosi. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. The Conquistadors found the local Indians mining silver from this mountain. The deposits were so massive that they are still being mined today. 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'. BERT0050

SOLD

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[Potosi mountain of silver] Olfert Dapper. Potosi. Amsterdam, c.1673. 295 x 360mm. The famous mountain of silver, mined extensively by the Spanish. The view shows the mountain surrounded by windmills and the European town. DAPP0002

£160

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[Detailed Map of Bolivia, still with a Pacific coastline] James Wyld. Republics of Peru, and Bolivia. London, 1853. 245 x 290mm. Original colour. Bolivia lost its coastline to Chile after the War of the Pacific, 1879-83. WYLD0019

£45

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[Miniature Map of Brazil] Petrus Bertius. Brasilia. 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'. BERT0045

£150

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[Map of Northern Brazil] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Carte du Bresil Prem. Partie Depuis la Riviere des Amazones jusqua la Baye de Tous les Saints. Paris, 1757. 250 x 345mm. Coloured. Narrow lower margin. North-east Brazil. BELL0010

£75

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[Map of Northern Brazil] Rigobert Bonne. Carte de la Partie Septentrionale du Brazil. Paris, 1788. 230 x 350mm. Coloured. Northern Brazil. BONN0032

£59

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[Map of Brazil] Carey & Lea. Brazil. Philadelphia, 1822 or London, 1823. 350 x 310mm, set in text. Original colour. From the 'Complete Historical, Chronological and Geographical American Atlas'. CARE0001

£125

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[Detailed Map of Brazil] James Wyld. Empire of Brazil. London, 1853. 280 x 240mm. Original colour. With bright body colour. WYLD0018

£68

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[Early exploration of the Amazon] William Smyth & Frederick.Lowe. Plan of the Rivers Ucayali and Amazon from the Mission of Sarayacu to the Rio Negro, from the Observations of Lieut W.m Smyth & Mr Fred.k Lowe. R.N. 1835. London: John Murray, 1836. Two sheets conjoined, total 205 x 820mm, laid on linen as issued. Smyth and Lowe of the Royal Navy followed the Amazon into Peru looking for the source. While some believe the River Maranon to be the source river they decided on the Ucayali. SMYT0001

£160

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[Plan & Prospect of Salvador] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Plan de la Ville de St. Salvador Capitale de Bresil. Paris, 1757. 200 x 310mm. Coloured. Salvador, the old capital of Brazil. With a prospect of the city. BELL0078

£90

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[Miniature Map of Chile] Petrus Bertius. Chili. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. With north to the left. 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'. BERT0048

£150

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[Chile] Arnold Montanus. Chili. London, John Ogilby, 1671. 295 x 370mm. Some worming outside the platemark, with a tiny pair in map area. Map of Chile, orientated with north to the left. East of the Andes is filled with decoration to make up for lack of knowledge. MONT0004

£300

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[Miniature Portrait of Natives of Chile] Alain Manesson Mallet. P.les du Chili. Paris, c.1683. 145 x 115mm. Coloured. The dress of the native Chileans. MALL0018

£48

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[Map of Chile] Alain Manesson Mallet. Royaume de Chili. Paris, c.1683. 145 x 115mm. Coloured. Miniature map of Chile. MALL0065

£85

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[Decorative map of Chile] Nicolas De Fer. Le Chili et Les Provinces qui Composent Celle de Rio de la Plata avec les Terres Magellanique. Paris, 1702. 230 x 340mm. Original colour. Map of South America from Rio de Janeiro south to the Straits of Magellan, engraved by Inseln. With a decorative title cartouche and a table containing a list of the longitudes & latitudes of the important towns. DEFE0001

£200

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[Chart of a harbour in Chile from Anson's Voyage.] Admiral George Anson. Plan d'une Bay et d'un Havre Sur la Côte du Chili dans la Mer du Sud. Découverte par la Flutte l'Anne qui servoit de Magazin à l'Escadre de Mr. Anson en 1741. Amsterdam, c.1750. 270 x 330mm. Engraved by Schley for a Dutch edition of Anson's account of his circumnavigation, one of the last great buccaneering voyages. He captured a Spanish galleon laden with so much silver that they needed thirty-two wagons to transfer it to the Tower of London. ANSO0002

£98

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[Large, detailed map of Chile] John Pinkerton. Chili. London, Cadell & Davies, 1809. 760 x 550mm. Original colour. Crack in lower platemark. Large and detailed map of Chile, with an inset of Juan Fernandes Island. PINK0008

£140

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[Map of Columbia] Johannes Jansson. Terra Firma et Novum Regnum Granatense et Popayan. Amsterdam, c.1647. 385 x 495mm. Original colour. The north west part of South America, showing Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuala as far east as Curaçao. JANS0014

£350

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[Colombia, with Panama] Thomas Kitchin. Map of the Countries on the South Sea. London: Strahan & Cadell, 1795. 370 x 245mm. Later colour. From the Rev. Dr. Robertson's History of America. KITC0013

£125

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[Plan & Prospect of Cartagena] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Plan de la Ville de Carthagene des Indes. Paris, 1755. 200 x 335mm. Coloured. Plan of the city, with a 29-point key. BELL0109

£125

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[An Early Plan of Quito] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Plan de la Ville et Cité de St. Francisco de Quito... Paris, c.1760. 195 x 335mm. Coloured. Plan of the city of Quito, with an extensive key. BELL0106

£95

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[Miniature map of Guiana] Alain Manesson Mallet. Pays des Caribes et Guiane. Paris, c.1683. 145 x 115mm. Coloured. The South American coast from Trinidad to the Amazon delta, marking the large mythical Lake Parime. MALL0069

£68

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[Map of Guiana] Thomas Kitchin. A Map of the Dutch Colonies of Surinam and Barbutius and the French Colny of Cayenne; between the Orinoko and Amazon Rivers, in South America. London: London Magazine, 1763. 235 x 200mm. Coloured. An area of great interest to the British. An unusual caption in the interior is "Amicuanes: People with long great Ears". KITC0015

£85

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[Map of French Guiana] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Carte de la Guyane Françoise et l'Isle de Cayenne. Paris, Depot de la Marine, 1763. 420 x 600mm. Chart of French Guiana, with a detailed inset of Cayenne, published by the French equivalent of the British Admiralty. BELL0088

£175

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[Map of Guyana with 'el Dorado'] Henricus Hondius. Guiana sive Amazonum Regio. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641. 390 x 490mm. Original colour. Guyana, with a large 'Parime Lacus', with 'el Dorado' on its northern coast. HOND0038

£200

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[Chart of the Coasts of Guiana] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Carte de la Guyane. Paris, 1757. 240 x 330mm. The Guyanas. BELL0025

£49

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[Guyana] John Tallis. British Guayana. London & New York, John Tallis & Co., c.1855. Steel-engraving, original outline colour. 360 x 250mm. Guyana map with engraved vignette scenes, including a prospect of Georgetown. TALL0042

£75

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[Important Map of the Straits of Magellan.] Jodocus Hondius. Exquisita & magno aliquot mensium periculo lustrata etiam retecta Freti Magellanici Facies. Amsterdam, 1623. 355 x 470mm. Coloured. Detailed chart of the Magellan Straits, reflecting their importance at the time, being the only known sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It is decorated with three large strapwork cartouches, one each for the title, scale and coastal profile, a large compass rose over Terra del Fuego, sealions (with manes) ships and sea-monsters. A classic map. HOND0044

£725

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[Miniature map of Magellan Straits] Jodocus Hondius. Fretum Magellani. London, Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 125 x 175mm, with a page of text. The Magellan Straits, with a strapwork title cartouche and large compass rose. Published in the 'Historia Mundi or Mercators Atlas', issued after the original Hondius copperplates were sold to a London publisher, with the text translated into English. (Later issues published in Amsterdam by Jansson used new plates). Rare. (See KOEMAN, p. 509.) HOND0046

£125

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[Decorative map of Magellan Straits] Henricus Hondius. Freti Magellanici Facies ac novi Freti vulgo Le Maire exactissima delineatio. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641, French edition. 390 x 495mm. Original colour. Decorative chart of Terra del Fuego and the Magellan Straits, first issued 1630. The island system west of Cape Horn has not been satisfactorily mapped, so the Magellan Straits were still the preferred route. HOND0045

£580

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[Chart of the Straits of Magellan] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Carte Réduite du Détroit de Magellan. Paris, c.1753. 210 x 360mm. Coloured. Detailed chart of the Straits. after the survey of Labat, who spent seven months in the area with Beauchesne in 1699. BELL0102

£98

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[Map of Paraguay with Argentina and Uruguay] Johannes Jansson. Paraguay, ó Prov. de Rio de la Plata... Amsterdam, 1641. 380 x 480mm. Original colour. Despite the title the map shows part of Argentina with Buenos Aires, Uruguay and some of Chile. JANS0040

£200

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[Map of Paraguay with Argentina & Uruguay] Willem Blaeu. Paraguay, ó Prov. de Rio de la Plata... Amsterdam, 1647. 375 x 485mm. Coloured. Despite the title the map shows part of Argentina with Buenos Aires, Uruguay and some of Chile. BLAE0067

£200

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[Map of Uruguay] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Carte de Paraguay et des Pays Voisins. Paris, 1756. 220 x 320mm. Coloured. Uruguay and part of Argentina, with Montevideo & Buenos Aires. BELL0059

£59

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[Map of Paraguay with Uraguay and southern Brazil] Rigobert Bonne. Carte du Paraguay et partie des Pays adjacants. Paris, Lattré, 1782. 435 x 330mm. Coloured. Uraguay and southern Brazil, with a rococo cartouche. BONN0012

£95

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[Patagonian Indians crossing Rivers.] Theodore De Bry. Quo Compendio Indi, naviculus seu scaphis aut pontibus carentes, flumina traiiciant. Frankfurt, 1590 [-1630?]. 140 x 180, set in text. Coloured. An illustration from the Voyage of Sebald de Weert, 1598, which included a traverse of the Straits of Magellan. Waiting four months for unfavourable winds to subside the crew studied the Patagonian natives, and here show their methods of crossing rivers. They also reported meeting a hostile race of giants; other expeditions also mention them, although none later that 1764. DEBR0002

£195

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[Map of Tierra del Fuego, with the Straits of Magellan] Rigobert Bonne. Extrémité Méridionale de l'Amerique. Paris: 1778. 250 x 360mm. Coloured. With five insets, including one of Le Maire's Strait after Captain Cook, 1769. BONN0028

£75

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[Cook &Magellen's Strait map] Cornelis van Baarsel. Kaart van het Zuidlyk Eind van Amerika. 1775. Amsterdam, c.1780. 420 x 490mm. Patagonia, also marking the Falklands, published to illustrate Cook's rounding of Cape Horn in the 'Resolute', 1774. BAAR0001

£250

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[Argentina map & Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay] John Arrowsmith. The Provinces of La Plata, the Banda Oriental del Uruguay and Chile, Chiefly from M.S. documents communicated by Sir Woodbine Parrsh, K.C.H., Late H.M. Chargé d'Affaires &c. at Buenos Ayres. London, 1842. 640 x 520mm. Original colour. Trimmed to platemark top left and bottom left for atlas 'tabs'. Detailed map of South America from southern Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay to Patagonia, with an inset of Tierra del Fuego. Issued in the 'London Atlas' by the foremost British cartographer of his generation. ARRO0006

£150

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[Miniature Map of Peru] Petrus Bertius. Peru. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. With north to the left. 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'. BERT0047

£140

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[Miniature map of Peru] Alain Manesson Mallet. Perou. Paris, c.1683. 145 x 115mm. Coloured. Also including Ecuador. MALL0070

£68

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[Map of the Environs of Lima] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Suite du Peru. Audience de Lima. Paris, 1755. 230 x 315mm. Coloured. Detailed map of Peru, also marking Cusco. BELL0103

£85

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[Map of Peru] Rigobert Bonne. Pérou et Pays Circonvoisins. Paris, 1788. 365 x 270mm. Coloured. Also showing parts of Equador, Chile & Bolivia. BONN0026

£68

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[Miniature map of Cusco] Alain Manesson Mallet. Cusco. Paris, c.1683. 145 x 115mm. Coloured. The Inca city of Cusco. MALL0068

£85

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[An Early Plan of Quito] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Plan de la Ville de Lima ou des Rois de Perou. Paris, c.1764. 230 x 365mm. Coloured. Plan of the city of Lima, with an extensive key. BELL0131

£140

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[View of South Georgia] Hodges. Possession Bay in the Island of South Georgia. London: Strahan & Cadell, 1777. 240 x 390mm. Coloured. Small abrasion in sky area. View of the glaciers on South Georgia, drawn by Hodges, the offical artist on Captain Cook's second voyage around the world. HODG0001

£225

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[Map of Venezuela] Henricus Hondius. Venezuela, cum parte Australi Novæ Andalusiæ. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1636. 380 x 495mm. Coloured. Bottom right corner of margin made up, not affecting printed surface. Venezuela, with Trinidad & Tobago, Tortuga and Curaçao marked. HOND0073

£350

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[Venezuela and the Lesser Antilles] Johannes Jansson. Venezuela cum parte Australi Novæ Andalusiæ. Amsterdam, c.1650. 375 x 490mm. Coloured. Venezuela and the Lesser Antilles, including Trinidad and Curaçao. JANS0062

£350

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[Map of the Venezuelan Coast] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Carte des Provinces de Caracas, Comana, et Paria Situées dans l'Amerique Meridionale. Paris, c.1754. 210 x 310mm. Coloured. Map covering Caracas,Tortuga, Trinidad and the Grenadine islands. BELL0099

£125

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