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Antique rare maps of European Islands





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1756 - Plan de la Ville et du Port Mahon et du Fort Philippe Tel qu'il etoit Fortifie en 1706 par les Espagnols

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A finely engraved example of the first edition of Beaurain's important plan of Mahon and Fort Philippe, first published in 1756. A scarce, large folding plan of the Port of Mahon and the Fort of San Felipe on the Island of Minorca. The map itself...


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1778 - Isole di Majorca, D'Ivica e di Formentera Di Nuova Projezione . . . 1778

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Detailed map of the the Balearic Islands of Ibiza and Majorca. Very interesting early map, with nice detail. Decorative title cartouche. From Zatta's monumental Altante Novissimo, one of the last great decorative atlases of the 18th Century.


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1782 - Plan du Port-Mahon dans L'Isle Minorque, Avec le Plan du Fort St. Philippe, et ses Fortifications Extereurs, Anci qui celle de Mahon e de la Nouvelle Aravall (?)

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Plan of the Siege of Fort St. Philip Signed By A Future US Consul Finely executed manuscript map showing the Second Siege of Minorca. The map is oriented with southwest at the top, showing the bombardment of the British held Fort St. Philip from...


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1791 - Der Insel Minorca Sudoestlicher Theil

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Scarce map of the Eastern part of Menorca, published by Franz Joseph Johann Von Reilly in Vienna. Includes a large inset of Mahon and Port Philip.


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1812 - Carta Esferica de Las Yslas Baleares y Pithyusas, arreglada a la que se construyo en 1807 en la Direccion Hydrographica de Madrid. Publicala Dn. Jose de Espinosa Gefe de Esquadra de la Rl. Armada y primer Director de dicho Establecimiento Londres Año 18

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Rare Chart of the Balearic Islands -- Published in London Fine chart of the Balearic Islands by Jose de Espinosa y Tello, published in London in 1812 and engraved by "E. Jones". The chart was produced during the time period when Spain's Direccion...


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1535 - Tabu. Moder. Sicili & Sardi.

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Nice example of the 1535 edition of Lorenz Fries modern map of Sicily and Sardinia. First published in Strasbourg by Johannes Gruninger in 1522, Fries map is based upon Waldseemuller's map of 1513.


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1640 - Corsica

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Good example of Willem Blaeu's map of Corsica, set in a page of text.


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1794 - A New Map of the Island and Kingdom of Corsica By Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King.

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Fine Large Map of Corsica from the late 18th Century Detailed large format map of Corsica. Includes highly detailed topographical details, including mountains, roads, rivers, bays, and other details. Text note in the lower right corner. Laurie &...


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1513 - Quarta Asiae Tabula [Shows Cyprus]

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Fine Old Color example of Martin Waldseemüller's edition of Ptolemy's map of the Holy Land, the Levant and Mesopotamia, printed in Strasbourg in 1513. This remarkably beautiful map is one of the most historically important and finely printed early...


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1522 - [Untited Modern Map of Cyprus, Syria, Palestine, etc.]

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One of the earliest obtainable modern maps of Cyprus, Syria, the Holy Land, and contiguous regions, from the 1525 edition of Fries edition of Ptolemy's Geographia. Fries map of Cyprus, Syria, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Arabia Petraea, Armenia Minor and...


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1552 - Syria / Cypern / Palestina / Mesopotamia / Babylonia / Chaldea / und zwei Arabia mit Bergen / Wassern / Statten

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Colored example of Munster's map of Cyprus, Syria, the Holy Land and contiguous regions, from an early edition of Munster's Cosmographia. Munster's Cosmographia was one of the most influential geographical works of the 16th Century and had a profound...


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1570 - (Cipro)

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Rare separately issued map of Cyprus, published in Venice in 1570 by the Venetian mapmaker, Nicolo Nelli. The map shows Cyprus at the beginning of the Turkish attack of 1570, surrounded by Venetian ships. Historical Context: The Popular Fascination...


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1570 - Cyprus, que olim (Macaria) id est Beata, Insula est in sinu Carpatij maris sita Veneri fuit sacra . . . 1570

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Rare Early Map of Cyprus By Paolo Forlani Second state of this rare early map of Cyprus, published in Venice by Paolo Forlani. The map is oriented with the east at the top and includes a nice descriptive cartouche at the top right. From the...


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1578 - Tab. IV. Asiae in qua Mesopotamia, Syria, Arabia Petrea ac Deserta . . . [Shows Cyprus]

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Nice wide margined example of Mercator's Ptolemaic map of Cyprus, the Holy Land, Syria, Chaldea, Mesopotamia, Armenia, etc. Nice example of Mercator's map of the region, from Mercator's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, first published in 1578 and...


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1588 - Syria / Cypern / Palestina / Mesopotamia / Babylonia / zwey Arabia mit Bergen / Wassern und Stetten

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Finely colored map of Cyprus, Syria, the Holy Land and contiguous regions, from an early edition of Munster's Cosmographia. Munster's Cosmographia was one of the most influential geographical works of the 16th Century and had a profound impact on the...


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1612 - Cyprus

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Nice example of this early state of Barent Langenes's map of the Island of Cyprus, which first appeared in the 1598 edition of Langenes's Caert-Thresoor, published in Middelburg. Langenes's map was first issued in his Caert-Thresoor and later...