Archive of C17th Maps

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[World & Continents set, with two World maps] Petrus Bertius. Typus Orbis Terrarum (double hemisphere); Typus Orbis Terrarum (oval projection); Europa; Asia; Africa; America, Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. Six plates, each c.95 x 135mm. Coloured. Two world maps on different projections and four Continents maps. 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'. BERT0040

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[Set of Six Maps of England] Petrus Bertius. [Map of England and five regional maps.] Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius,1616, First edition. Six plates, each c.95 x 135mm. Coloured. Wormhole in the margin of five plates. The maps of England from Hondius' edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. The regional maps are numbered 'I' to 'VI', but 'III' is the map of Wales. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'. BERT0041

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[Miniature Map of the Straits of Magellan] Petrus Bertius. Magellanici Freti Delineatio. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. With two penguins standing on the scale cartouche. 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'. BERT0046

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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

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[Miniature Map of Cyprus] Petrus Bertius. Cyprus. 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'. BERT0051

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[Miniature Map of Malta] Petrus Bertius. Malta. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. Tiny wormhole in margin. 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'. BERT0052

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[Miniature Map of the Balkans] Petrus Bertius. Illyricum. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. Tiny wormhole in margin. 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'. BERT0053

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[Miniature Map of Poland] Petrus Bertius. Polonia. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. A couple of tiny wormholes in the margins. 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'. BERT0055

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[Miniature Map of Denmark] Petrus Bertius. Dania. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. A couple of tiny wormholes in the margin. 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'. BERT0056

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[Miniature Map of Tartary] Petrus Bertius. Tartaria, 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'. BERT0057

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[Miniature Map of Africa South of the Equator] Petrus Bertius. Africæ pars meridional. 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'. BERT0061

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[Miniature Map of Guinea] Petrus Bertius. Guinea. 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'. BERT0062

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[Miniature Map of the Cape Verde Islands] Petrus Bertius. Insulæ Capitis Viridis. 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'. BERT0063

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[Miniature Map of the Congo and Angola] Petrus Bertius. Congo Regnum Christian. in Africa. 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'. BERT0065

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[Miniature Map of the Canaries] Petrus Bertius. Canariæ I. 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'. BERT0066

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[Miniature Map of Wales] Petrus Bertius. Cambria. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. A couple of tiny wormholes in the margin. 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'. BERT0069

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[Miniature Map of Scotland] Petrus Bertius. Scotia. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. A couple of tiny wormholes in the margin. 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'. BERT0070

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[Miniature Map of Southern Scotland] Petrus Bertius. Scotia Australis, Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. A wormhole in the margin. 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'. BERT0071

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[Miniature Map of Anglesey, Isle of Wight, Guernsey & Jersey.] Petrus Bertius. Anglesey Ins.; Wight ol. Vectis; Garnesay; Ins. Iarsay. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. A wormhole in the margin. 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'. BERT0072

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[Miniature Map of the Congo and Angola] Petrus Bertius. Congi Regni Christiani in Africa nova desacriptio Auctore Philippe Pigafetta. Amsterdam, c.1600. 85 x 120mm. Coloured. The first plate of the map of the Congo used in the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum'. BERT0074

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[Miniature Map of Carlow] Petrus Bertius. Udrone. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. A couple of tiny wormholes in the margin. 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'. BERT0075

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[Miniature Map of Leinster] Petrus Bertius. Lagenia. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. A couple of tiny wormholes in the margin. 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'. BERT0076

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Nicolas Berey Europe Maritime et Generale de Toutes les Costes des Mers, Oceane et Mediterrane... Paris, c.1646. 380 x 595mm. Coloured. Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, apparently after Blaeu. BERE0001

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Petrus Bertius. Carte de L'Afrique Corrigée, et augmentée, dessus toutes les aultres cy deuant faictes par P.Bertius. Paris, c.1640. 385 x 505mm. Coloured. An uncommon map of Africa after Bertius, published about ten years after he died. The interior is filled with animals, including elephants, zebras and lions, and the sea with ships, monsters and a Neptune. Having lived most of his life in the Netherlands Bertius moved to Paris in 1618 and became Cosmographer to Louis XIII. TOOLEY: p.27, plate 17, mis-ascribed. BERT0001

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Petrus Bertius. Africa. Amsterdam, c.1616. 95 x 135mm. Coloured. Miniature map of Africa. BERT0002

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[The Antarctic, with Terra Australis Incognita map] Petrus Bertius. [Descriptio Terræ Subaustralis.] Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius II, 1616. FIRST EDITION, with Latin text. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. The first edition of this miniature map of the Terra Australis Incognita, pre-dating the accepted date of the discovery of Australia but marking 'Beach' and placing land just south of New Guinea. The title, as above, comes from the moveable type sur-title. 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'. BERT0003

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[The Arctic Circle with decorative borders] Petrus Bertius. [Regiones Hyperboreæ.] Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius II, 1616. FIRST EDITION, with Latin text. 100 x 125mm. Coloured. The first appearance of this miniature map of the Arctic, derived from the famous Mercator map, but with different borders. In the four corners are a polar bear, walruses, a reindeer & fox, and a twin-spouted whale. The title, as above, comes from the moveable type sur-title. 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'; BURDEN: 184. BERT0004

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Petrus Bertius. Brsilia. Amsterdam, c.1600. 85 x 125mm. A miniature map of Brazil, with the unknown interior covered by a vignette scene of cannibals. BERT0006

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[Early miniature map of Burma] Petrus Bertius. Aracam. Amsterdam, c.1600. 90 x 130mm. Text slightly showing through from verso. A miniature map of Burma, orientated with north to the left. BERT0007

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Petrus Bertius. Canariæ I. Amsterdam, c.1618. 100 x 135mm. A miniature map of the Canary Islands, with a decorative title cartouche, a galleon and two sea monsters. BERT0008

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Petrus Bertius. China. Amsterdam, c.1616. 95 x 135mm. Paper lightly toned. China, orientated with north to the right. The Great Wall is marked as is Luzon and the 'island' of Korea. BERT0009

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Petrus Bertius. Cuba Insula. Amsterdam, c.1602, Latin text edition. 90 x 135mm. Cuba, engraved by Pieter van den Keere. BERT0010

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Petrus Bertius. Europa. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, Latin text edition. 100 x 125mm. The first appearance of this miniature map of the Europe. KOEMAN: Lan 11a. BERT0011

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Petrus Bertius. Aity sive Spaniola. Amsterdam, c.1609, French text edition. 90 x 135mm. Hispaniola, engraved by Pieter van den Keere. BERT0012

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Petrus Bertius. Hibernia Septentr. In qua Ultonia Connatia; Hibernia Austral. In qua Momonia Lagenia. Amsterdam, Willem Blaeu, 1639. Two plates, ea. 100 x 135mm. The two halfs of Ireland, after Mercator, published in an edition of Camden's 'Britannia'. Skelton: 24. BERT0014

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Petrus Bertius. Malta. Amsterdam, 1618. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. Malta, with the old name 'Melita' across the island. BERT0015

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Petrus Bertius. Ormus. Amsterdam, c.1616. 85 x 125mm. Coloured. The Persian Gulf, with 'I.Barem' marking Bahrain. BERT0016

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Petrus Bertius. Peru. Amsterdam, c.1618. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. A miniature map of Peru, orientated with north to the left. BERT0017

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Petrus Bertius. Portugallia. Amsterdam, c.1600. 90 x 130mm. Coloured. A miniature map of Portugal, engraved by van den Keere, orientated with north to the right. BERT0019

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[Early miniature map of North Scotland] Petrus Bertius. Scotia Septentrion. Amsterdam, c.1616. 95 x 135mm. Coloured. Scotland north of Montrose. BERT0023

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[Early miniature map of the Yucatan] Petrus Bertius. Iucatana. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. The Yucatan, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras & Nicaragua, from Bertius' 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum'. BERT0025

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Petrus Bertius. Mexico. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616. 95 x 135mm. Mexico City, from Bertius' 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum'. BERT0026

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[Early miniature map of Malaysia] Petrus Bertius. Malacca. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616. 100 x 135mm. The Malay Peninsula with Indo-China, orientated with north to the right. From Bertius' 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum'. BERT0032

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[Early miniature map of Philippines] Petrus Bertius. Philippinæ Insulæ. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616. 100 x 135mm. The Philippines, from Bertius' 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum'. BERT0036

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[Double Hemisphere Celestial Chart] Petrus Bertius. Globus Coelestris. Auctore Iudoco Hondio Ao. 1616. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius II, 1616. FIRST EDITION, with Latin text. 100 x 125mm. 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'. BERT0037

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[Decorative Ogilby London-Marlborough road map] John Ogilby. The Road from London to the City of Bristol. London, c.1675. 320 x 440mm. Coloured. From the first book of road maps, the 'Britannia'. Ogilby depicts from London to Marlborough in Wiltshire, via Hammersmith, Reading, Newbury and Hungerford. OGIL0010

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John Ogilby. The Road from London to Newhaven... continued From Newhaven to New-Shoreham. London, c.1675. 320 x 440mm. Coloured. From the first book of road maps, the 'Britannia'. Shows from London to Newhaven and on to Shoreham, through Streatham, Croydon, East Grinstead, Lewes & Brighton. OGIL0011

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[Decorative Ogilby London-Towchester road map] John Ogilby. The Road from London to Holyhead... London, c.1675. 320 x 440mm. Coloured. Paper lightly toned. From the first book of road maps, the 'Britannia'. Ogilby depicts from London to Towchester in Northants, passing through Islington, Highgate, High Barnet & St Albans. This plate is one of the four that has the 'Way-wiser' (surveyor's wheel) in the title cartouche. OGIL0012

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John Ogilby. The Road from Oxford to Cambridge... London, c.1675. 320 x 440mm. Coloured. From the first book of road maps, the 'Britannia'. The decorative title is one of the few showing the 'Way-Wiser', the surveyor's wheel. OGIL0014

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[Decorative Ogilby York-Whitby road map] John Ogilby. The Road from London Whitby/Scarborough in Yorkshire. London, c.1675. 340 x 450mm. Coloured. From the first book of road maps, the 'Britannia',Ogilby shows the route from York to Whitby and the turn to Scarborugh. The decorative title is one of the few showing the 'Way-Wiser', the surveyor's wheel. OGIL0015

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[Decorative Ogilby London-Newhaven-Shorham road map] John Ogilby. The Road from London to Newhaven com Sussex... Continued from Newhaven to New-Shoreham... London, c.1675. 320 x 440mm. Coloured. From the first book of road maps, the 'Britannia'. Ogilby depicts from whole route, via Streatham, Croydon, East Grinsted and Lewis. The continuation passes through Brighton. OGIL0016

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Abraham Ortelius. Americae Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio. Venice, Turrini, c.1655. 85 x 110mm. First published in 1598, this is an Italian version of Ortelius' miniature map of America from the 'Epitome', 1577. Such was the success of this Italian-language atlas that it was published until 1734. BURDEN: 126; KOEMAN: Ort 70. ORTE0001

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Abraham Ortelius. Islandia. Frankfurt am Maine: Keerberg & Hulse, 1604. German text. 90 x 120mm. Coloured. An uncommon edition, published in Frankfurt rather than Antwerp. KOEMAN: Ort 66. ORTE0008

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Abraham Ortelius. Illyricum. Antwerp, 1603, English text edition. 95 x 125mm. The first map of the Balkans in English. Rare. ORTE0009

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Abraham Ortelius. Romaniae, (quae olim Thracia dicta) Vicinarumq3 Regionum... Antwerp, c.1602. 340 x 465mm. Magnificent old colour. Romania, Bulgaria & Thrace, after Gastaldi, with a huge strapwork title cartouche. ORTE0016

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[Miniature map of Tartary] Abraham Ortelius. Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni Typus. Venice, Turrini, c.1655. 85 x 110mm. First published in 1598, this is an Italian pirate of Ortelius' miniature map of Tartary from the 'Epitome', 1577. Of more interest is the depiction of north-west America with California, and Japan. Such was the success of this Italian-language atlas that it was published until 1734. BURDEN: 128; KOEMAN: Ort 70. ORTE0020

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[Early miniature map of Burma] Petrus Bertius. Arachan & Pegu. Amsterdam, 1616. 90 x 130mm. Coloured. A miniature map of Burma, orientated with north to the left. BERT0090

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[Very early miniature map of Borneo] Petrus Bertius. Borneo. Amsterdam, 1600. 90 x 125mm. Coloured. An early issue of this miniature map of Borneo, orientated with north to the right. BERT0091

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Johannes Blaeu. Regiones Sub Polo Artico. Amsterdam, c.1645. 415 x 530mm. Original colour. The Arctic Circle, with two decorative cartouches and a fine armorial. BURDEN: 252. An earlier state exists, without the armorial. BLAE0001

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Willem Blaeu. Mappa Æstivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas dictarum. Amsterdam, 1647. German text. 410 x 535mm. Coloured. Bermuda, with a second map showing the position of the islands against the mainland in the background. KOEMAN: Bl 31 B. BLAE0005

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Willem Blaeu. Brazilia. Amsterdam, c.1641. French text. 385 x 495mm. Original colour. Some toning of lower margin. Sea chart of Brazil, orientated with north to the right, with decorative title and scale cartouches. BLAE0006

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Johannes Blaeu. Comitatus Brechiniæ. Breknoke. Amsterdam, 1648. 380 x 510mm. Original colour. One of the most decorative maps of the county, with two crests, the Prince of Wales' Feathers, and cartouches for the title and scale. BLAE0007

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Willem Blaeu. Magnæ Britanniæ et Hiberniæ Tabula. Amsterdam, c.1648. 390 x 505mm. Coloured. A very decorative map, with galleons, sea monsters, cartouches and compass roses. BLAE0008

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[Cambridgeshire map with armorials of colleges] Willem Blaeu. Cantabrigiensis Comitatus. Cambridge Shire. Amsterdam, 1646. 395 x 505mm. Original colour. Early issue of a very decorative map, with seventeen armorials of colleges and seven of local families. BLAE0010

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[Channel Islands map] Willem Blaeu. Sarnia Insula, Vulgo Garnsey: et Insula Cæsarea, Vernacule Jarsey. Amsterdam, 1646. French text. 395 x 475mm. Original colour. Jersey, Guernsey and Sark, with two fine cartouches in full colour. BLAE0012

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Willem Blaeu. Cestria Comitatus Palatinus. Amsterdam, 1648. 385 x 505mm. Original colour. Early issue of a very decorative map, with fully-coloured cartouches for the title and scale, and several escutcheons. BLAE0013

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Willem Blaeu. Chili. Amsterdam, 1647. 355 x 480mm. Coloured. Chile, orientated with north to the left, with decorative title and scale cartouches. BLAE0014

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Willem Blaeu. China Veteribus Sinarum Regio nunc Incolis Tame dicta. Amsterdam, 1647. German text. 415 x 505mm. Coloured. China, with the Great Wall named, with Japan and the 'Island' of Korea. KOEMAN: Bl 31 B. BLAE0015

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Willem Blaeu. Terra Firma et Novum Regnum Granatense et Popayan. Amsterdam, 1647. 375 x 490mm. Coloured. The north west part of South America, showing Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuala as far east as Curaçao. BLAE0016

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Willem Blaeu. Cornubia, sive Cornwallia. Amsterdam, c.1646. 395 x 505mm. Original colour. Early issue of a very decorative map, with fully-coloured cartouches for the title and scale, and several escutcheons. BLAE0017

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Willem Blaeu. Cyprus Insula. Amsterdam, 1647. German text. 385 x 510mm. Coloured. Cyprus, with a title cartouche featuring Leda and the Swans. KOEMAN: Bl 31 B. BLAE0018

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Johannes Blaeu. Darbiensis Comitatus Vernacule Darbie Shire. Amsterdam, 1646. 390 x 505mm. Coloured. One of the most decorative maps of the county, with one of Blaeu's most elaborate title cartouches. KOEMAN: Bl 42 B. BLAE0020

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Johannes Blaeu. Devonia vulgo Devon-Shire. Amsterdam, 1648. 400 x 510mm. Original colour. One of the most decorative maps of the county, with armorials, the Royal Arms, and cartouches for the title and scale. BLAE0021

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Johannes Blaeu. Episcopatus Dunelmensis Vulgo The Bishoprike of Durham. Amsterdam, 1648. 385 x 500mm. Original colour. One of the most decorative maps of the county, with crests and cartouches for the title and scale. BLAE0023

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[East Indies map with early Australia] Willem Blaeu. Indi quæ Orientalis dicitur, et Insulæ Adiacentes. Amsterdam, 1647. 420 x 515mm. Coloured. The East Indies from India to southern Japan. After thirty years of supression, Blaeu was finally allowed to add information about Australia, so the west coast of the Cape York Peninsula and Cape Londonderry appear also. KOEMAN: Bl 31 B. BLAE0024

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Johannes Blaeu. Essexia Comitatus. Amsterdam, 1648. 420 x 530mm. Original colour. Early issue of a very decorative map, with fully-coloured cartouches for the title and scale, and several escutcheons. BLAE0027

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Willem Blaeu. Regiones Inundatæ In finibus Comitatus Norfolciæ... Amsterdam, 1648. 440 x 550mm. Original colour. The only non-county map in the English mainland in Blaeu's atlas. It shows the flood lands of East Anglia, which turned Ely into an 'Isle', with the drainage system built by the Dutch during the seventeenth century. It also shows a few roads, and so is one of the very few maps to show roads before Ogilby's 'Britannia' in 1675. BLAE0028

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[Gloucestershire with rustic title cartouche] Willem Blaeu. Glocestria Ducatus; Vulgo Glocester Shire. Amsterdam, 1648. 420 x 505mm. Coloured. Decorated with a rustic title cartouche, the royal arms and ten escutcheons. BLAE0033

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Willem Blaeu. Guiana sive Amazonum Regio. Amsterdam, c.1650. 375 x 495mm. Coloured. Guyana, with a large 'Parime Lacus', with 'el Dorado' on its northern coast. BLAE0034

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[Map of Hampshire with armorials] Johannes Blaeu. Hantonia Sive Southantonensis Comitatus Vulgo Hantshire. Amsterdam, 1648 420 x 525mm. Coloured. Decorated with armorials. BLAE0035

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[Heptarchy map of Blaeu with decorative borders] Johannes Blaeu. Britannia prout divisa suit temporibus Anglo-Saxonum præsertim durante illorum Heptarchia. Amsterdam, 1662, Latin text edition. 415 x 530mm. Fine original colour. Blaeu's famous map of Britain under the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, decorated with scenes down both sides: on the left are portraits of the seven Anglo-Saxon kings in regal splendour with arms and shields in each of their kingdoms; on the right are their successors being converted to Christianity. BLAE0036

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Willem Blaeu. Insula Sacra; Vulgo Holy Iland; et Farne. Amsterdam, 1648, German text edition. 395 x 475mm. Original colour. Holy Island and Farne, with the abbeys and forts marked. BLAE0038

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Willem Blaeu. Huntingdonensis Comitatus. Huntingdon Shire. Amsterdam, 1648 400 x 500mm. Coloured. A very decorative map, with a fully-coloured title cartouche featuring falconry, and several escutcheons. BLAE0039

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Willem Blaeu. Tabula Islandiæ auctore Georgio Carolo Flandro. Amsterdam, c.1650. French text. 440 x 550mm. Coloured. Iceland, with two large cartouches. BLAE0040

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Willem Blaeu. Hibernia Regnum Vulgo Ireland. Amsterdam, c.1646. 390 x 505mm. Original colour. Decorative map of Ireland. BLAE0041

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[Isle of Man map] Johannes Blaeu. Mona. Amsterdam, 1648. Dutch text. 280 x 380mm. Coloured. Small wormhole in sea area. The Isle of Man, in good strong colour. BLAE0042

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Johannes Blaeu. Vectis Insula. Anglice The Isle of Wight. Amsterdam, 1646. French text edition. 390 x 510mm. Original colour. One of the most decorative maps of the island, with armorials and cartouches for the title and scale. BLAE0043

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[Jan Mayen Island, Arctic, with seal hunters] Willem Blaeu. Insula quæ à Joanne Mayen nomen sortita est. Amsterdam, c.1640. 440 x 550mm. Coloured. Jan Mayen Island in the Arctic Circle, a Norwegian possession. The title cartouche depicts seal hunters. BLAE0044

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Johannes Blaeu. Cantium Vernacule Kent. Amsterdam, 1662. 390 x 535mm. Coloured. A very decorative map, with a fully-coloured title cartouche and several escutcheons. BLAE0045

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[Leicestershire map with cartouches] Willem Blaeu. Leicestrensis Comitatus. Leicester Shire. Amsterdam, 1648. 390 x 505mm. Original colour. Early issue of a very decorative map, with fully-coloured cartouches for the title and escutcheons. BLAE0047

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Willem Blaeu. Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae... Amsterdam, c.1645. Blank verso. Four sheets conjoined, total 775 x 735mm. Original outline colour. Lithuania, engraved by Hessel Gerritz in 1613, before 'Guilhelmus Janssonius' changed his name to Blaeu to avoid confusion with his biggest rivals. Gerritz was Blaeu's apprentice before he set himself up in business, becoming Cartographer to the Dutch East India Company in 1617. Originally issued separately, the map appeared in Blaeu atlases from 1631, and thus was one of the largest of Blaeu's atlas maps. BLAE0048

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Willem Blaeu. Tabula Magellanica... Amsterdam, 1647. 420 x 535mm. Coloured. The tip of South America, showing the discoveries of Magellan through the straits named after him and Le Maire around Cape Horn. Decorated with cartouches for the title, key & scale, an armorial for the dedication and a vignette of a fleet of ships. BLAE0052

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[Mexico] Willem Blaeu. Nova Hispania et Nova Galicia. Amsterdam, 1647, German edition. 390 x 505mm. Coloured. South west Mexico, with Mexico City. BLAE0053

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Johannes Blaeu. Middle-Sexia. Amsterdam, 1646. Dutch text edition. 395 x 410mm. Original colour. With London marked with a small prospect, decorated with a large ornamental title cartouche. KOEMAN: Bl 45a. BLAE0054

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Willem Blaeu. Magni Mogolis Imperium. Amsterdam, 1647. German text. 425 x 525mm. Coloured. Repaired marginal tear. The Mogul Empire in Northern India, marking Agra, Lahor and Kabul in Afghanistan. KOEMAN: Bl 31 B. BLAE0055

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[Famous New England and New York map] Willem Blaeu. Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova. Amsterdam, 1647. German text. 390 x 505mm. Coloured. New England, orientated with north to the right, decorated with various animals, including beavers, polecats and otters, all appearing for the first time on a printed map. With cartouche, compass rose, and ships Blaeu based his map on the mss. of Adriaen Block, 1614, but has updated it with details from other sources including Smith and de Laet. The new Dutch colonies around New Amsterdam (New York) are named as are many of the English colonies ('Niew Plemouth'). An influential map. KOEMAN: Bl 31 B. BLAE0059

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Willem Blaeu. Comitatus Northantonensis; vernacule Northampton Shire. Amsterdam, 1646. Dutch text edition. 415 x 500mm. Original colour. One of the most decorative maps of the county, with 10 armorials, a scale cartouche depicting putti, and a rustic title cartouche. BLAE0061

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Johannes Blaeu. Comitatus Northumbria Vernacule Northumberland. Amsterdam, c.1650. 415 x 500mm. Original colour. One of the most decorative maps of the county, with armorials and cartouches for the title and scale. BLAE0062

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Johannes Blaeu. Comitatus Nottinghamiensis; Nottingham Shire. Amsterdam, 1645. French text edition. 385 x 500mm. Coloured. Surrounded by ornamental armorials & cartouches. BLAE0063

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[Oxfordshire map with colleges and scholars] Willem Blaeu. Oxonium Comitatus, Vulgo Oxford Shire. Amsterdam, 1646. 385 x 505mm. Coloured. Early issue of a very decorative map, with a fully-coloured cartouche featuring Oxford scholars, and the arms of the colleges down the sides. On verso is an engraving of a stone circle. BLAE0065

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[Holy Land map with the Exodus] Willem Blaeu. Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis olim Palestina. Amsterdam, 1647. German text. 385 x 505mm. Coloured. The Holy Land, orientated with north to the right, with the route of the Exodus marked. KOEMAN: Bl 31 B. BLAE0066

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[Map of Pembrokeshire & Caermarthen] Johannes Blaeu. Penbrochia Comitatus et Comitatus Caermaridunum. Amsterdam, 1645. 410 x 540mm. Coloured. Map of the Welsh counties of Pembroke & Caermarthen, decorated with a fine title cartouche, armorials and the Prince of Wales' Feathers. BLAE0068

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[Map of Persia with decorative cartouches] Willem Blaeu. Persia Sive Sophorum Regnum. Amsterdam, c.1650. 375 x 505mm. Coloured. Persia, with decorative cartouches for the title and dedication. BLAE0069

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Willem Blaeu. Peru. Amsterdam, 1647. 375 x 490mm. Coloured. Peru, orientated with north to the left. BLAE0070

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Willem Blaeu. Scotia Regnum. Amsterdam, c.1646. 385 x 505mm. Original colour. Paper lightly age-toned. Decorative map of Scotland, with an inset of the Orkneys. BLAE0073

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Willem Blaeu. Staffordiensis Comitatus, vulgo Stafford Shire. Amsterdam, 1648. German text. 425 x 250mm. Original colour. An early example, in good, strong colour. BLAE0075

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Johannes Blaeu. Suffolcia. Vernacule Suffolke. Amsterdam, 1646. French text edition. 385 x 505mm. Original colour. Decorated with armorials and two large ornamental cartouches. BLAE0076

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Johannes Blaeu. Surria. Vernacule Surrey. Amsterdam, 1648. 385 x 505mm. Coloured. Decorated with armorials and a title cartouche featuring a deer and deerhound. BLAE0077

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Johannes Blaeu. Suthsexia, Vernacule Sussex. Amsterdam, 1648 385 x 505mm. Coloured. Decorated with armorials and ships. BLAE0078

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Willem Blaeu. Tartary sive Magni Chami Imperium. Amsterdam, 1647. German text. 375 x 505mm. Coloured. Northern Asia from the Volga to the Pacific. The title is on a camel's blanket. KOEMAN: Bl 31 B. BLAE0079

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Willem Blaeu. Turcicum Imperium. Amsterdam, 1647. German text. 410 x 525mm. Coloured. The Turkish Empire, with a fine title cartouche. KOEMAN: Bl 31 B. BLAE0081

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[Map of Venezuela and the Lesser Antilles] Willem Blaeu. Venezuela, cum parte Australi Novæ Andalusiæ. Amsterdam, 1640. 380 x 485mm. Coloured. Venezuela, with Trinidad & Tobago, Tortuga and Curaçao marked. BLAE0083

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Willem Blaeu. Insulæ Americanæ in Oceano Septentrionali, cum Terris adiacentibus. Amsterdam, 1647. 390 x 430mm. Coloured. The West Indies, with three large cartouches in full colour. BLAE0088

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[Map of Wiltshire with armorials and soldiers] Johannes Blaeu. Wiltonia sive Conitatus Wiltoniensis; Anglis Wilshire. Amsterdam, 1646, French text. 415 x 505mm. Coloured. One of the most decorative maps of the county, with a column filled with armorials, topped with two soldiers. KOEMAN: Bl 42 B. BLAE0090

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Johannes Blaeu. Ducatus Eboracensis Pars Orientalis; The Eastriding of Yorkeshire. Amsterdam, 1648, German edition. 385 x 510mm. Original colour. Decorative map with fully-coloured cartouches for the title and scale, and several escutcheons. BLAE0091

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Johannes Blaeu. Ducatus Eboracensis Pars Borealis; The Northriding of York shire. Amsterdam, 1648. 385 x 500mm. Original colour. Early issue of a very decorative map, with fully-coloured title cartouche featuring fishing, and several escutcheons. BLAE0092

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[Map of West Yorkshire with cartouches] Johannes Blaeu. Ducatus Eboracensis Pars Occidentalis; The Westriding of Yorke Shire. Amsterdam, 1648. 380 x 500mm. Original colour. Decorative map with fully-coloured cartouches for the title and scale, and several escutcheons. BLAE0093

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[Map of Radnorshire with cartouche and armorials] Johannes Blaeu. Radnoria Comitatus. Radnor Shire. Amsterdam, 1645, French text edition. 385 x 500mm. Coloured. Faint crease. Map of the Welsh county of Radnorshire, decorated with a fine title cartouche, armorials and the Prince of Wales' Feathers. An early example, from the first year of issue. BLAE0096

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[Map of Gothia with martial cartouches] Willem Blaeu. Gothia. Amsterdam, c.1640. 420 x 535mm. Coloured. Decorateed with armorials and armorials and martial cartouches for the title and scale. Of particular interest is the bizarre war-chariot drawn by a pair of dogs. BLAE0098

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[Map of Czech republic area] Willem Blaeu. Bohemia. Amsterdam, c.1640. 385 x 505mm. Coloured. With decorative cartouches for the title and key, double-headed eagle & rampant lion armorials. BLAE0100

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[Fine map of the Netherlands with cartouches] Willem Blaeu. Hollandia Comitatus. Amsterdam, 1643. 395 x 525mm. Original colour. Decorated with an inset of the northern islands with an ornate border and four other cartouches. The quality of the colour is particularly high. BLAE0101

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[Timothy Pont's map of East Fife] Johannes Blaeu. Fifæ Pars Orientalis, The East Part of Fife. Amsterdam, 1654, 420 x 530mm. Coloured. Marking St Andrews, Cupar and Dundee. One of the earliest maps to show the area in detail. BLAE0105

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Richard Blome. A Generall Mapp of North Wales Wherein are Ye Countys of Montgormy: Merioneth:Denbigh: Fflint: Carnarvan & ye Isle of Anglesey. London, 1673. 340 x 445mm. Old outline colour. Published in Blome's 'Britannia', one of only a few folding plates. BLOM0003

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[North Yorkshire map from the Britannia] Richard Blome. A Mapp of Richmond Shire, being part of the North Rideing of Yorke Shire. London, 1673. 230 x 290mm. Original colour. Published in Blome's 'Britannia'. BLOM0007

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[Map of South Wales] Richard Blome. A Generall Mapp of South Wales Wherein are the Countys of Glamorgan; Carmarden; Pembrock; Cardigan; Brecknock; Radnor. London, 1673. 355 x 465mm. Old outline colour. Published in Blome's 'Britannia', one of only a few folding plates. Decorated with a marine title cartouche and several armorials. BLOM0010

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[Map locating the Garden of Eden] Samuel Basire. Edenis Seu Paradisi Terrestris Situs. Leiden, 1692. 305 x 205mm. Coloured. The Garden of Eden, or 'Paradise on Earth', is placed just east of Babylon, in modern Iraq. BOCH0001

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[Townplan of Exeter] Braun & Hogenberg. Civitas Exoniæ (vulgo Excester) Urbs Primaria in Comitatus Devoniæ. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1657. 325 x 405mm. Original colour with later additions. Two repairs to verdigris cracks. A map-view Exester, originally published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans, in 1581, this example the rarer reissue from Jansson's 'Townbooks'. The important buildings are shown in profile. BRAU0024

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Braun & Hogenberg. Moscovia Urbs Metropolis Totius Russiae Albae. Cologne, 1618. 350 x 460mm. Coloured. The second Moscow map to appear in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', this time showing the city expanding away from the Kremlin. BRAU0051

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Braun & Hogenberg. Petrina In ditione Turcarum; Petrina In ditione Christianorum. Cologne, 1617. 370 x 510mm. Full original colour. Two views of Petrina, a remote fortress in northern Croatia. The first is a bird's-eye view by Hofnagel, dated 1597, when the fortress was under the control of the Turks. The second is more of a map-view, and shows new defences built after the Christian forces had retaken it, including a new satellite fortress on the other side of the river. BRAU0058

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Johannes Cloppenburg. Poli Antarctici cum Terris Circumjacentibus Descriptio... Amsterdam, Johannes Jansson van Waesberge, 1676. 185 x 250mm. Most of the Southern Hemisphere, with the partial outlines of Australia and New Zealand. CLOP0002

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Johannes Cloppenburg. Asia. Amsterdam, Johannes Jansson van Waesberge,1676. 190 x 255mm. A miniature map, probably engraved by Van den Keere, published by Johannes Jansson's son-in-law. CLOP0003

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Johannes Cloppenburg. Mappa Æstivarum... Amsterdam, Johannes Jansson van Waesberge, 1676. 195 x 260mm. Bermuda, with a background map showing the outline of continental America showing the location of the islands. CLOP0004

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[Map of Europe] Johannes Cloppenburg. Nova Europae Descriptio. Amsterdam, Johannes Jansson van Waesberge, 1676. 190 x 255mm. Decorated with ships and monsters, marking the mythical island of Friesland, engraved by van der Keere. Waesberger was Jan Jansson's son-in-law. CLOP0005

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[Map of Scandinavia] Johannes Cloppenburg. Svecia et Norvegia cum confinys. Amsterdam, Johannes Jansson van Waesberge, 1676. 190 x 255mm. Scandinavia, engraved by van der Keere. Waesberger was Jan Jansson's son-in-law. CLOP0006

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Johannes Cloppenburg. Nova Virginiæ Tabula. Amsterdam, 1676. 185 x 255mm. Chesapeake Bay and environs, engraved by van der Keere. Waesberger was Jan Jansson's son-in-law. CLOP0009

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[Map of the British Isles] Johannes Cloppenburg. Anglia Scotia et Hibernia. Amsterdam, Johannes Jansson van Waesberge, 1676. 190 x 260mm. Coloured. Small printer's crease running the height of the map. Engraved by van der Keere. Waesberger was Jan Jansson's son-in-law. CLOP0015

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[Map of Tartary] Johannes Cloppenburg. Tartaria. Amsterdam, c.1673 190 x 260mm. Tartary, with Novaya Zembla connected to the mainland and Korea depicted as an island.Early 'Alaska' depicted. CLOP0016

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Vicenzo Mario Coronelli. A Camantis Insula hoggidi Cipro, Posseduta dall Republica Veneta sin' all'Anno 1571. Venice, c.1690. 465 x 615mm. Coloured. A large and decorative map of Cyprus, by a Franciscan monk who was cosmographer to the Republic of Venice and later head of the Franciscan order. The title is on a lionskin and the scale in a cartouche with several armorials. CORO0001

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Vicenzo Mario Coronelli. [Isola Madera]; Isole Canarie...; Veduta della Città di Fanchal. Venice, c.1690. 460 x 605mm. Coloured. Three maps on one sheet: the Canaries & Madeira, with the coast of Africa; a larger scale map of Madeira; and a plan of Funchal. CORO0002

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Vicenzo Mario Coronelli. Ragusi. Venice, c.1690. 130 x 165mm, set in a page of text. Prospect of Dubrovnik. CORO0004

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Olfert Dapper. Arx Carolina. Amsterdam, c.1673. 285 x 355mm. Prospect of Charleston, here little more than a fort. DAPP0001

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Olfert Dapper. Pagus Hispaniorum in Florida. Amsterdam, c.1673. 270 x 360mm. St.Augustine, the oldest city in the United States. Founded by the Spanish, both Francis Drake and John Davis sacked it. The treasure ships are seen at anchor, and in the foreground walks a donã with a salve sheltering her with a parasol. DAPP0003

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Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi. Albania Propria ouero Superiore detta anche Macedonia Occidentale descritta... Rome, 1689. 540 x 430mm. Coloured. Small repair at centrefold outside platemark. Vignola's map of Albania, with fine cartouches for the title and dedication. DERO0001

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Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi. L'America Septentrionale... Rome, 1687. 405 x 560mm. Coloured. Repaired tear just touching printed border. North America, engraved by Georg Widman after Sanson, with California as an island and the western Great Lakes open-ended. MCC 8: California as an Island, 42. DERO0002

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Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi. L'America Meridionale... Rome, 1687. 410 x 560mm. Coloured. Small printer's crease in sea area. South America, engraved by Georg Widman after Sanson. DERO0003

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Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi. Il Regno della Servia detta altrimenti Rascia... Rome, 1689. 410 x 550mm. Coloured. Cantelli di Vignola's map of Serbia, with two large cartouches in full colour. DERO0005

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Frederick de Wit. Tabula Indiæ Orientalis. Amsterdam, c.1680. 460 x 570mm. Original colour. Some minor spotting. The East Indies, with India, Indo China, Taiwan and the northern coasts of Australia. DEWI0001

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Frederick de Wit. Scotia Regnum... Amsterdam, c.1680. 580 x 520mm. Original colour. Narrow margin on left, due to the size of the map. A large and decorative map of Scotland with particularly fine colour. DEWI0003

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[Fine map of Sicily] Frederick de Wit. Insula sive Regnum Siciliæ Urbibus præcipuis exornatum. Amsterdam, c.1680. 505 x 590mm. Original colour. A large map of Sicily, with five insets of the ports Messina, Palermo, Milazzio, Catania (with Etna in the background) and Trapano. A vignette sea battle between a galleon and galley represents the long struggle between the Christians and Turks for control of the Mediterranean. DEWI0004

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Michael Drayton. [Anglesey, Caernarvon & Merioneth.] London, c.1612-22. 260 x 340mm. Coloured. Published in his 'Poly-Olbion', a book of poetry about the rivers, forests and mountains of England & Wales. Ignorign county bounderies it shows complete rivers, each with an allegorical figure, as are the hills and islands. DRAY0001

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Jodocus Hondius. Abissinorum Regnu. London, Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, c.1637. 135 x 175mm. A few small worm holes filled. Central Africa. 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. It describes the kingdom of Prester John, given information about the origin of the myth. Later issues of the 'Atlas Minor' published in Amsterdam by Jansson used new printing plates. Rare. (See KOEMAN, p. 509.) HOND0002

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[Map of the Kingdom of Prester John, Abyssinia] Jodocus Hondius. Abissinorum Regnu. London, Samuel Purchas, 1625. 135 x 180mm, set in a page of English text. Hondius' map of Central Africa from the 'Atlas Minor', here issued in 'Purchas his Pilgrimes'. The English text concerns the visit of Francis Alverez to the court of Prester John. HOND0003

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Jodocus Hondius. Nova Africæ Tabula. Amsterdam, c.1620. 380 x 510mm. Coloured. HOND0004

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Jodocus Hondius. America. Amsterdam, Henricus Hondius, 1630. Latin text. Coloured. 380 x 510mm. One of the most decorative maps of the Americas, with a strapwork title cartouche, and inset of Indians feasting, and vignette ships (including a Japanese junk and Eskimo kayak), monsters and birds. BURDEN: 150; KOEMAN: Me 29a. HOND0005

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Jodocus Hondius. Americae Descrip. London, Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 150 x 195mm. Coloured. The Americas, with English text on verso, published in the 'Historia Mundi or Mercators Atlas', issued after the original Hondius copperplates were sold to a London publisher. (Later issues published in Amsterdam by Jansson used new plates). Rare. BURDEN: 153; (See KOEMAN, p. 509.) HOND0007

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Henricus Hondius. Poli Arctici, et Circumiacentium Terrarum Descriptio Novissima. Amsterdam, c.1636, German edition. 440 x 495mm. Coloured. Centrefold repaired, with slight loss. The Northern Hemisphere showing south to Newfoundland, the English Channel and the Baltic, but concentrating on the English discoveries in Hudson, Buttons & Baffin Bays. Of particular interest is the inclusion of the mythical island of Brazil just off the coast of Ireland. The four corners are filled with scenes of whale fishing in the Arctic. First published in the English edition of 1636, without the title. An old ink mss signature 'B2' is the same pagination as the German text Appendix of the same year. HOND0008

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Jodocus Hondius. Polus Arcticus, cum Vicinis Regionibus. Amsterdam, c.1610, Latin text edition. 135 x 190mm. A reduction of Mercator's famous map of the North Pole, published in the 'Atlas Minor'. The arctic landmass is made up of four distinct islands, with a rock at the pole. Three of the four roundels show maps of islands, including the mythical island of Frisland. BURDEN: 154. HOND0009

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Jodocus Hondius. Polus Arcticus cum vicinis regionibus. London, Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 135 x 190mm. Coloured. A miniature edition of Mercator's famous map of Arctic, published in the 'Historia Mundi or Mercators Atlas', issued after the original Hondius copperplates were sold to a London publisher. (Later issues published in Amsterdam by Jansson used new plates). The arctic landmass is made up of four distinct islands, with a rock at the pole. Three of the four roundels show maps of islands, including the mythical island of Frisland. BURDEN: 154. HOND0010

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Henricus Hondius. Asia recens summa cura delineata. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641. 380 x 505mm. Original colour. Split in centrefold and a few verdigris cracks repaired. The first state of this map of Asia, first appearing in an atlas in 1633 despite the engraved date of 1631. It is decorated with ornate cartouches for the title and dedication, and vignette ships, monsters, lions and elephants. HOND0012

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[Miniature map of Asia] Jodocus Hondius. Asia. Amsterdam, c.1609. 145 x 185mm. HOND0013

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[English map of the Balkans] Jodocus Hondius. Slavonia Croatia Bosnia Dalmat. London, Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 145 x 180mm. Small tear in wide margins. Published in the 'Historia Mundi or Mercators Atlas', isued after the original Hondius copperplates were sold to a London publisher. (Later issues published in Amsterdam by Jansson used new plates). The English text on verso contains a history of Croatia, continued on an additional page, with histories of Bosnia and Dalmatia. Rare. (See KOEMAN, p. 509.) HOND0014

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[Map of the Basque regions] Jodocus Hondius. Legionis, Biscaiæ et Guipiscoæ Typus. Amsterdam, 1613, French text edition. 350 x 475mm. Original colour. Paper uniformly age-toned. The Basque regions of northern Spain. KOEMAN: Me 23a. HOND0016

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[Bourdeaux to the Pyrennees] Jodocus Hondius. Bourdelois Pays de Medoc et la Prevoste de Born. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1636. 385 x 505mm. Coloured. From Bordeaux to the Pyrennees, orientated with north to the left. KOEMAN: Me 44. HOND0019

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Henricus Hondius. Accuratissima Braziliæ Tabula. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641. 380 x 490mm. Original colour. Brazil, orientated with north to the right. The title cartouche is of three natives, inset map shows Olinda and the area around Salvador, and vignettes show a hammock, goats, a battle and cannibals cooking lunch. HOND0020

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[Map of Catalonia & Arragon] Jodocus Hondius. Arragonia et Catalonia. Amsterdam, 1613, French text edition. 350 x 465mm. Original colour. Paper uniformly age-toned, small split in centrefold with old repair. KOEMAN: Me 23a. HOND0021

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Henricus Hondius. Chili. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641. 380 x 485mm. Original colour. Chile, orientated with north to the left, with decorative title and scale cartouches. HOND0023

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[China map with vignette junk, galleon, sea-monster] Jodocus Hondius. China. Amsterdam, 1609, First French text edition. 345 x 460mm. Fine original colour. Minor repair to reverse centrefold otherwise very good. One of the most famous maps of China, decorated with vignette junk, galleon. sea-monster & land-yacht. On the map Korea is an island and in the top right can be seen the coasts of America. KOEMAN: Me 19. HOND0024

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Henricus Hondius. China. London, Samuel Purchas, 1625. Map size 150 x 190mm, set in a page of English text. Hondius' map of China, published in 'Purchas his Pilgrimes'. The map is based on Ortelius, although the details of the Philippines and Japan have been updated, and the 'island' of Korea added. HOND0025

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Jodocus Hondius. Cuba Insula; Hispaniola Insula; Insula Jamaica; Ins.S.Joannis; I.S.Margareta cum Confiniis. Amsterdam, 1613, French text edition. 360 x 495mm. Original colour. Paper lightly toned, centrefold repaired. Five maps on one sheet: larger maps of Cuba and Hispaniola and smaller of Jamaica, Puerto Rico & Margarita. KOEMAN: Me 23a. HOND0026

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Jodocus Hondius. Cuba Insul.; Hispaniola; Havana Portus; Jamaica; I.S.Joannis; I.Martgareta. London, Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 145 x 185mm, with a page of text. Six maps on one sheet, all West Indian islands. 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.) HOND0027

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Jodocus Hondius. Cyprus; Stalimini; Chius; Mitilene; Negroponte; Cerigo; Rhodus. London, Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 140 x 190mm. Coloured. Cyprus, with insets for the other six islands. 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.) HOND0028

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[Fine map of the East Indies] Jodocus Hondius. Insulæ Indiæ Orientalis Præcipuæ, In quibus Moluccæ celeberrime sunt. Amsterdam, 1609. First French Edition. 334 x 475mm. Coloured. An early example of this map of the East Indian islands, first issued 1606. With strapwork cartouches for the title, scale and description of the Moluccas, and a vignette sea-battle. KOEMAN: Me 19. HOND0029

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Jodocus Hondius. Anglia. Amsterdam, c.1608, French text edition. 145 x 190mm. Coloured. England, engraved by Hondius for his 'Atlas Minor', his pocket edition of Mercator. HOND0032

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Jodocus Hondius. Westmorland, Castria, Cestria, etc. London, Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 150 x 195mm. Coloured. North west England, with English text on verso, published in the 'Historia Mundi or Mercators Atlas', issued after the copperplates engraved by Hondius were sold to a London publisher. Printed at right-angles to the map is a letterpress title 'The Third Table of England'. (Later issues of the 'Atlas Minor' published in Amsterdam used new plates by Jansson.). Rare. (See KOEMAN, p. 509.) HOND0033

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Jodocus Hondius. Nova Europæ Descriptio Auctore Jodoco Hondio. Amsterdam, 1609, French text edition. 375 x 505mm. Paper lightly age-toned, split in centrefold old repair. Europe, with the seas filled with decorative vignettes including galleons and a seal. In the top left of the map is the mythical island of Friesland, Labrador and the Davis Straits. KOEMAN: Me 19. HOND0034

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[Decoative map of Europe] Henricus Hondius. Europa Exactissime Descripta. Auctore Henrico Hondio. 1631. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641. 380 x 510mm. Original colour. Very occasional old foxing. The first state of this map of Europe, which first appeared in an atlas in 1633 (despite the engraved date of 1631). Decorated with a title cartouche in full colour, ships, a seamonster and lions, it features the mythical island of Friesland near Iceland. HOND0035

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[Miniature map of Japan] Jodocus Hondius. Japan I. London, Samuel Purchas, 1625. 130 x 170mm, set in a page of English text. Hondius' map of Japan from the 'Atlas Minor', here issued in 'Purchas his Pilgrimes'. HOND0040

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Henricus Hondius. Magni Ducatus Lithuaniæ... Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641. 445 x 545mm. Original colour. Split in lower centrefold margin repaired. Lithuania and the northern Ukraine, derived from Blaeu's 4-sheet map published in 1613. On the right of the map are two strips showing the course of the Dnieper River into the Black Sea. HOND0041

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[First issue miniature map of Lithuania] Jodocus Hondius. Lithuania. FIRST EDITION: Amsterdam, 1607, Latin text. 140 x 180mm. Original body colour. The first issue of this miniature map. Original colour is also uncommon. KOEMAN: Me 186, page 143. HOND0042

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Henricus Hondius. Lithuania. London, Samuel Purchas, 1625. 135 x 185mm, set in a page of English text. Hondius' miniature map of Lithuania, published in 'Purchas his Pilgrimes'. HOND0043

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Jodocus Hondius. Hispaniæ Novæ Nova Descriptio. Amsterdam, 1623. 355 x 490mm. Coloured. Western Mexico, engraved by Hondius for his edition of the Mercator Atlas, with a superb strapwork cartouche. HOND0047

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Henricus Hondius. Magni Mogolis Imperium. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641. French text edition. 370 x 495mm. Original colour. Northern India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, also marking Kabul in Afganistan. HOND0048

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[Miniature map of Russia] Jodocus Hondius. Moscovia. London, Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 135 x 175mm. Coloured. A miniature edition of Hondius's map of Russia, published in the 'Historia Mundi or Mercators Atlas', issued after the original Hondius copperplates were sold to a London publisher. (Later issues published in Amsterdam by Jansson used new plates). HOND0049

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[Paradise] Jodocus Hondius. Paradisus. London, Henry Fetherstone, 1625. 150 x 195mm, set in a page of text. Some faint creasing. Palestine and Persia, with a medallion depicting Adam and Eve at the Tree of Knowledge. From in 'Puchas His Pilgrinies', published after the copperplates of the original 'Atlas Minor' had been sold to a London publisher. (See KOEMAN, p. 508.) HOND0052

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[Miniature map of the Exodus] Jodocus Hondius. Peregrinatio Israelitaru in Deserto. London, Samuel Purchas, 1625. 150 x 190mm, set in a page of English text. Hondius' map of the Exodus from the 'Atlas Minor', here issued in 'Purchas his Pilgrimes'. HOND0053

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Jodocus Hondius. Persici vel Sophorum Regni Typus. Amsterdam, 1609, First French text edition. 355 x 500mm. Original colour. Split in centrefold margin. An early example of this map of Persia, first issued 1606. Marking Bahrain. KOEMAN: Me 19. HOND0054

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Jodocus Hondius. Persicum Regnum. London, Samuel Purchas, 1625. 150 x 185mm, set in a page of English text. Hondius' map of Persia from the 'Atlas Minor', here issued in 'Purchas his Pilgrimes'. HOND0056

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[Early map of Russia] Henricus Hondius. Novissima Russiæ Tabula Authore Isacco Massa. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641. 480 x 555mm. Original hand colour. Small paper weakness in sea area repaired, minor split in lower centrefold repaired. Russia, with Scandinavia and the Baltic States, after Isaac Massa, a Dutch cartographer who visited Moscow in the early years of the century. In the east the Caspian Sea and Novaya Zemlya have yet to be mapped properly. HOND0058

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Henricus Hondius. Sveciæ Norwegiæ, et Daniæ, Nova Tabula. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641. 475 x 555mm. Original colour. Split in lower centrefold margin repaired. A large and decorative map of Scandinavia with a martial title cartouche. HOND0059

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Jodocus Hondius. America Meridionalis. Amsterdam, 1609. First French Edition. 360 x 490mm. Fine original colour. Centrefold reinforced, small marginal tear repaired, otherwise a very good example Soon after Hondius took over from Mercator he published this map of South America. Points of interest include: 'Parime Lacus' in the interior, although without the city of 'El Dorado' that later appeared on its shore; and rivers running north and south from a central lake separate Brasil from the rest of the continent. Decorations include a large strapwork title cartouche, an inset prospect of Cusco and figures from de Bry. KOEMAN: Me 19. HOND0060

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Henricus Hondius. Americæ pars Meridionalis. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641. 470 x 550mm. Original colour. Some light toning. First issued in 1636 this map of South America still has the large 'Parime Lacus' in the interior, although without the city of 'El Dorado' that later appeared on its shore; and rivers running north and south from a central lake separate Brasil from the rest of the continent. HOND0061

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Jodocus Hondius. America Meridionalis. London, Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 145 x 185mm, with a page of text. South America, with a strapwork title cartouche and seamonsters. 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.) HOND0062

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Henricus Hondius. Americæ pars Meridionalis.. Amsterdam, Hondius, c.1640. 470 x 555mm. Coloured. A fine map of South America, with a splendid cartouche featuring natives, birds and an armadillo. On the map the Plate River joins the Amazon inland, and 'El Dorado' is marked next to the large inland 'Parime Lacus'. The seas are filled with galleons and sea monsters, and the land with illustrations taken from De Bry. HOND0063

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Jodocus Hondius. Ins. Ceilan quæ incolis Tenarisin dicitur. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641. French text edition. 350 x 500mm. Original colour. Three wax drips on printed border, wax still present. Sri Lanka, based on the map by Cipriano Sanchez of Portugal, c.1600. Orientated with north to the left, the island has five almost straight sides, and the engraver has even copied the Portuguese notes. HOND0065

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Jodocus Hondius. Ins. Ceilan quæ incolis Tenarisin dicitur. Amsterdam, 1609, First French text edition. 350 x 500mm. Original colour. Sri Lanka, based on the map by Cipriano Sanchez of Portugal, c.1600. Orientated with north to the left, the island has five almost straight sides, and the engraver has even copied the Portuguese notes. HOND0066

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[Attractive map of Turkey] Jodocus Hondius. Natoliæ sive Asia Minor. Amsterdam, 1609. French text edition. Coloured. 345 x 480mm. Paper lightly toned overall. A fine impression of this map of Turkey, first published 1606. KOEMAN: Me 19. HOND0067

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Jodocus Hondius. Natoliæ sive Asia Minor. Amsterdam, 1631, German text edition. 140 x 200mm. Turkey, from the 'Atlas Minor'. HOND0068

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[Decorative map of the Turkish Empire] Jodocus Hondius. Turcici Imperii Imago. Amsterdam, 1609, French text edition. 365 x 485mm. Coloured. Paper lightly toned. The Turkish Empire, covering the Eastern Mediterranean and Arabia. HOND0069

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Jodocus Hondius. Turcicum Imperium. London, Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 145 x 190mm. Small stain just touching the printed border. The Turkish Empire, published in the 'Historia Mundi or Mercators Atlas', issued after the original Hondius copperplates were sold to a London publisher. (Later issues published in Amsterdam by Jansson used new plates). Rare. (See KOEMAN, p. 509.) HOND0070

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Jodocus Hondius. Turcicum Imperium. London, Samuel Purchas, 1625. 150 x 185mm, set in a page of English text. Hondius' map of the Turkish Empire from the 'Atlas Minor', here issued in 'Purchas his Pilgrimes'. HOND0071

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Henricus Hondius. Uplandia. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641. 365 x 490mm. Original colour. Split in lower centrefold margin repaired, some minor creasing. The environs of Stockholm. HOND0072

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Henricus Hondius. Nova Virginiæ Tabula. Amsterdam, 1641. 385 x 495mm. Original colour. Small repairs to verdigris splits, two faint creases. Virginia and Maryland, derived from the famous map by John Smith of 1612, via a version engraved by Henricus' brother Jodocus Hondius jnr. When Jodocus died his copper plate was bought by Willem Blaeu to publish in his own atlases. Henricus, incensed by this sale to a competitor, engraved this version, which can be identified by having the Indian facing Chesapeake Bay rather than away. Orientated with north to the right, there is a vignette view of Powhatan's council top left. BURDEN: 228. HOND0074

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Jodocus Hondius. Virginiae Item et Floridae Americæ; Provinciarum, nova Descriptio. Amsterdam, 1613. Latin text. 385 x 485mm. Original wash colour. Deriving the map from White's 'Virginia' and Le Moyne's 'Florida', Hondius had to reduce the size of Carolina to get the maps to fit together. Such was his influence that his errors were repeated well into the next century. It has been suggested that the waterfall in the lake under the title is Niagara, based on Indian hearsay and much misplaced. Superbly decorative map, with cartouches, galleons, figures of natives, etc. CUMMING: South East: 26. HOND0075

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[Miniature map of Virginia] Jodocus Hondius. Virginia et Florida. Amsterdam, c.1609, German text edition. 150 x 185mm. From the 'Atlas Minor'. HOND0076

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Jodocus Hondius. [De Globo Terræ.] Amsterdam, c.1600. 90 x 125mm. A few small worm holes in the bottom corner of the wide margin. An untitled double-hemisphere world map (the title as above is in the top margin), within a strapwork border. Published in the 'Caerte-Thresoor'. HOND0077

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Henricus Hondius. Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641. 390 x 550mm. Original colour. Split in centrefold repaired. The first state of Henricus Hondius's double-hemisphere world map, first appearing in an atlas in 1633. It is decorated with four roundel portraits and allegorical figures representing the Elements and Continents, depicts California as an island, places the mythical island of Brasil off the coast of Ireland and includes the west coast of the Cape York Peninsula of Australia. SHIRLEY: World 336. HOND0078

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[Map of Valencia, First French Edition.] Jodocus Hondius. Regni Valentiæ Typus. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1609, First French text edition. 355 x 480mm. Coloured. Decorated with fine strapwork cartouches for the title and scale, a galleon and sea monster. First published in 1607. Koeman: Me 27a. HOND0080

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[Decorative Map of Andalucia] Jodocus Hondius. Andaluziæ Nova Descript. Amsterdam, Henricus Hondius, 1623. 360 x 505mm. Coloured. Marking Cadiz, Seville, Gibraltar, Malaga and Marbella from Mercator's Atlas. HOND0084

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[Miniature map of Japan with English text] Jodocus Hondius. Japan I. London, Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 130 x 170mm, set in a page of English text. Coloured. Hondius' map of Japan, originally from the 'Atlas Minor', here published in the 'Historia Mundi or Mercators Atlas' with English surtitle, and text on verso. It was issued after the original Hondius copperplates were sold to a London publisher. (Later issues published in Amsterdam by Jansson used new plates). Rare. HOND0086

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[Miniature map of Lithuania with English text] Henricus Hondius. Lithuania. London, Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 135 x 185mm, set in a page of English text. Coloured. Hondius' map of Lithuania, originally from the 'Atlas Minor', here published in the 'Historia Mundi or Mercators Atlas' with English surtitle and text on verso. It was issued after the original Hondius copperplates were sold to a London publisher. (Later issues published in Amsterdam by Jansson used new plates). Rare. HOND0087

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[Miniature map of Tartary with English text] Jodocus Hondius. Tartaria. London, Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 130 x 170mm, set in a page of English text. Coloured. Hondius' map of Tartary, originally from the 'Atlas Minor', here published in the 'Historia Mundi or Mercators Atlas' with English surtitle, and text on verso. It was issued after the original Hondius copperplates were sold to a London publisher. (Later issues published in Amsterdam by Jansson used new plates). Rare. HOND0090

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[First Issue of this decorative map of Latvia and Estonia] Johannes Jansson. Nova Totius Livoniæ accurata Descriptio. Amsterdam, 1636, German text edition. 395 x 420mm. Coloured. First issue of this decorative and detailed map of Latvia and Estonia. JANS0003

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Johannes Jansson. Nova Barbariæ Descriptio. Amsterdam, c.1640. 360 x 525mm. Coloured. Northern Africa, with gaps filled with elephants, lions, monkeys and the occasional dragon. JANS0004