One of the Earliest Modern Maps of England, Wales & Scotland Nice example of Camocio's finely engraved map of England, Wales & Scotland, published in Venice. The map is derived from George Lily. Lily's map is generally considered to be the...
"Beyond all comparison the best map of the Southern Baltic and the North Sea." (A.E. Nordenskold) Extraordinary old color example of this rare Lafreri School Map of Scandinavia, the Baltic and contiguous parts of Poland, Germany, the Low Countries...
A rare and finely engraved 'Lafreri School' map of Rome and Latium, by the Venetian master Giovanni Francesco Camocio, after the cartography of Eufrosino della Volpaia. This fine map is the first state of one of the earliest printed maps of Latium...
Rare image of the Fort/Citadel of Goletta at the time of the Turkish Siege of Tunis in 1574. In the autumn of 1573, thanks to the undertaking of King John of of Austria, Spain was able to reconquer Tunis, from Ottoman control. In the summer of 1574,...
![Goletta, et Novo forte avanti Tunesi, co[n] l’Assedio p[er] terra, et p[er] Mare d[e] Turchi et Mori, el luglio, et agosto .74. Co[n] li gra[n] sforci de Sina[n] bassa[n], et d[e] Ucchiali capitt.o de l’Armata, et le mirabil prove fatte in Goletta da Do[n](/map/small/61733sb.jpg)
Fine example of this rare map of the Bay of Tunis, illustrating the Siege of July 1574. The engraving depicts the Bay of Tunis during the siege by the Turks in July 1574 at the Goletta. Siege of Tunis In 1574, William of Orange and Charles IX of...
