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Antique rare maps of Asia





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1700 - [ Hong Kong / Macao / Canton ] Iunnan, Queicheu, Quangsi et Quantun, Provinciae Regni Sinensi Praefecturae dictae

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Fine example of the Valk and Schenk edition of Jansson's regional map of China, including the Hong Kong - Macao Region . A beautifully engraved map of Southern China covering Hainan and the Pearl River Delta with Macao and the islands around...


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1700 - Pecheli, Xansi, Xantung, Honan, Nanking, In plaga Regni Sinensis in ter Septentrionem ac Orientem Ceciam versus sitae Provinciae

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Scarce Valk & Schenk edition of Jan Jansson's highly decorative map of northeastern China and Korea. The present map is very geographically advanced for its time and depicts the provinces of Hebei (Pecheli), Shanxi (Xansi), Shandong (Xantung),...


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1700 - Chine

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A Rare Variant! Rare early map of China, published by Martineau du Plessis in Paris. The map is printed from a copper plate originally engraved by Petrus Kaerius (Peter Vander Keere) Johannes Cloppenburg's Atlas Sive Cosmographie in 1730. This state...


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1705 - Carte Des Indes et de la Chine Dressee sur plusieurs Relations particulieres Rectifees par quelques Observations Par Guillaume De L'Isle de l'Academie Royale des Sciences . . . 1705

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De L’Isle’s Detailed Map of Eastern Asia Updated example this noteworthy map of East Asia and the Indian subcontinent published by France’s foremost eighteenth-century cartographer, Guillaume De L’Isle. The map was foundational; it was...


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1707 - De Land-Reyse, door Benedictus Goes, van Lahor gedaan, door Tartaryen na China

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Interesting map showing the region of northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam and Bangladesh. At center is the imaginary Chiamaeus Lacus with four huge rivers flowing south into Bangladesh and Burma. Decorated with a pictorial title cartouche of a...


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1710 - A Large Draught of the North Part of China. Shewing all the Passages and Channells into the Harbour of Chusan . .

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Rare early English sea chart of China's Zhejiang Province, which appeared in an early edition of the The English Pilot: Third Book. The map shows the area around Zhoushan, including Ningbo, Hangzhou and the area just to the south of Shanghai. This...


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1712 - A Map of Independent Tartary Containing the Territories of Usbeck, Gasgar, Tibet, Lassa &c. . . .

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Scarce map of Central Asia, Tibet, Mongolia, Usbeck, etc. The map covers the region from the Caspian Sea to the Great Wall of China. The region is mostly the domain of the Kalmyk people with various areas denoted for Black Kalmucks, Fugitive Kalmucks,...


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1713 - La Chine, Suivant les Nouvelles Observations . . .

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Finely colored example of this early map of China and Korea, which appeared in Vander Aa's Nouveau Theatre du Monde. The map reaches from the Royaume de Coree (Korea) in the east to Siam in the south, showing the islands of Formosa and Hainan....


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1720 - Carte Des Indes et de la Chine Dressee sur plusieurs Relations particulieres Rectifees par quelques Observations Par Guillaume De L'Isle de l'Academie Royale des Sciences . . .

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Fine, Detailed Map of Eastern Asia Notable example of this meticulously-drawn map of East Asia and the Indian subcontinent published in Amsterdam. The map is based upon the earlier work of the famed geographer Guillaume De L'Isle. It covers much of...


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1730 - Opulentissimum Sinarum Imperium Juxta Recentissimam Delineationem In Suas Provincias Disterminatarum, cura et sumptibus . . .

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Striking and highly detailed map of China, colored by provinces, published by Seutter in Augsburg, circa 1730. The map extends from southern China to Korea, which is shown as a peninsula and includes southern Japan and Taiwan. The elaborate cartouch...


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1732 - Carte Generale De La Tartarie Chinoise Dressee sur les Cartes Particulieres Faits Sur Les Lieux Par Les R.R. P.P. Jesuites . . .

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Fine example of the rare JA Dezauche edition of D'Anville's map of the region from Japan to the Gobi Desert, centered on Mongolia and Korea, from D'Anville's Atlas of China. Includes a nice treatment of Korea, Japan and China, along with a detailed...


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1732 - Province De Hou-Quang

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Fine example of D'Anville's map of the Hubei Region. Shows the source of the Yang-tse -Kiang River in Lake Tong-ting-Hou, along with the regional capital city of Wuhan (called Ou-Tchang-Fou) on this map. D'Anville's map appeared in du Halde's...


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1733 - [Tibet] Carte Generale Du Tibet ou Bout-Tan Et Des Pays De Kashgar Et Hami Dressee Sur Les Cartes Et Memoires Des RR PP Jesuits De La Chine . . .

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Fine example of the Dezauche edition of the first European map of Tibet, first issued in 1737 by D'Anville. Much of the interior is captioned "Gobi ou Desert De Sable" (Gobi, or Sandy Desert) and several rivers are shown "lost" in the sands. There are...


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1735 - [Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing] Province De Kiang-Nan

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Decorative map of the Kiang-Nan Province, centered on the Yangtze River. D'Anville's map covers much of the modern Jiangsu Province and Shanghai Municipality. Based on Jesuit sources, D'Anville's maps remained the definitive European rendering of...


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1737 - Province De Chan-Tong

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Striking full color example of D'Anville's map of the Shandong Province, from Du Halde's Nouvel atlas de la Chine, de la Tartarie chinoise et du Thibet. D'Anville used maps prepared by Jesuit missionaries and commissioned by Emporer-Kanyx, who in...


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1737 - [Guandong and Hainan, China] Province De Quang-Tong

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First Accurate Western Map of Guangdong and Hainan, China Finely-wrought map of the southern Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Hainan, by French geographer and cartographer Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville. Considered the first accurate map of...