A detailed map showing Grecian Islands. From Mallet's monumental Description de l' Univers, first published in Paris in 1683, perhaps the greatest work of its kind in the 17th Century. Complete sets of this work are now fetching in excess of $15,000.00.
![Gerardus Mercator . . . [and] . . . Iudocus Hondius . . .](/map/small/64808.jpg)
Striking image showing Mercator and Hondius in their idealized workshop. This famous portrait of two of the most important mapmakers during the Golden Age of Dutch cartography was engraved by Coletta Hondius, as a tribute to her late husband, shortly...
Rare early portrait of Andre Thevet, showing Thevet measuring a globe. André de Thevet (1516 - November 23, 1590) was a French Franciscan priest, explorer, cosmographer and writer who travelled to Brazil in the 16th century. He described the country,...
![[Ortelius Portrait] Spectandum dedit Ortelius mortalib. orben, Orbi spectandum Galleus Ortelium](/map/small/68810.jpg)
Finely colored example of the portrait of Abraham Ortelius, which was engraved by Philip Galle and first appeared in the 1579 edition of his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern Atlas. The text translates as follows: "By looking, Ortelius gave to...
Fine copper plate engraving portrait of the famous geographer Petrus Bertius (1565 -1629). Bertius became famous as geographer with his editions of Ptolemy’s Geographia (first edition 1618-19 at Jodocus Hondius the younger) and with his pocket...
Finely engraved portrait of Sir Francis Drake.
Fine early portrait of Sir Francis Drake, after a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) was England's most famous 16th Century mariner. As the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe, Drake was responsible for a wide...
Finely executed mezzotint portrait of Esek Hopkins, the first person to serve as commander of the American Navy, during the American Revolution. The portrait was engraved and offered for sale in London. London publisher Thomas Hart, issued a series...
Finely executed mezzotint portrait of John Hancock, based upon a painting by John Wilkinson in Boston. The portrait was engraved and offered for sale in London. London publisher Thomas Hart, issued a series of mezzotints of 'revolutionary rebels',...
Finely executed mezzotint portrait of John Sullivan, which claims to be based upon a portrait by Alexander Campbell in Williamsburg, Virginia. Half length portrait in an oval within a rectangle, left arm extended, right hand holding pike, looking to...
Finely executed mezzotint portrait of Sir William Howe, commanding officer of the British Forces during the American Revolution. An attractive mezzotint portrait of Howe, executed while he was serving as commander of the British forces in America from...
A fine copy of the second state of Cook's famous portrait after Nathaniel Dance, beautifully engraved by J. K. Sherwin. This second state was published in London on August 1, 1784, following the original of April 20, 1779. The protrait shows a...
Decorative portrait of Petrus Plancius, one of the most important map makers and astronomers of the later part of the 16th Century. Plancius fled from Brussels to Amsterdam during the inquisition. Among other notable achievements, he was a founding...
![[Christopher Columbus] Cristoval Colon Almirante Mayor Del Mar Occeano, Virrey y Governador General de las Yndias, su Descubridor y Conquistador.](/map/small/33405.jpg)
Rare portrait of Christopher Columbus as a young man. The origin of this image is very curious. As noted in the 1893 exhibition Catalog "The Discoverer of the New World as represented in portraits, monuments, statues, medals and paintings," (Columbus...
Finely executed portrait of John Smith, teacher of Mathematics and Navigation.
