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Antique rare maps of Europe





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1603 - Barbaria, Africana, et Biledulgerid. . . 1603

  • $14.99

Scarce early map of North Africa and the Mediterranean, engraved by Johann Bussemacher and published by Quad in Cologne.


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1700 - La Mer Mediterranee divisee en ses Principales Parties ou Mers

  • $21.99

Scarce map of the Mediterranean, published by Gerard Valk circa 1700. The map extends from the Straits of Gibraltar to Cypress and Haifa. Includes an allegorical title cartouche. A fine old color example of a map that appears to be quite rare on the...


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1712 - A New Map Shewing all the several Counties, Cities, Towns, and other Places mentioned in the New Testament . . . [shows Cyprus]

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Interesting map of the Eastern Mediterreanean, with smaller inset maps of the Holy Land and the whole of the Mediterreanean. Includes a title cartouche and coat of arms.


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1744 - A New & Accurate Map of the Western parts of Barbary Containing Fez, Morocco, Algiers . . . [and] A New & Accurate Map of the Eastern parts of Barbary . . .[Shows Cyprus]

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Two engraved maps on one sheet showing the Mediterranean, with a focus on North Africa. The upper map extends from the Atlantic to "Tripoly," while the lower map extends from Tunisia to the Holy Land. In addition to the many states of North Africa,...


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1748 - An Accurate Chart of the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas; with the Archipelago & Part of the Black Sea . . . 1748

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Fine example of Bowen's map of the Mediterranean and contiguous regions, from Harris' Navigantorum. The map is done in the Portolano style, focusing on coastal features. Hundreds of placenames and fine detail throughout. Decorative cartouche and 2...


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1764 - Carte De La Syrie [Shows Cyprus and the Holy Land!]

  • $9.99

Finely engraved map of the eastern Mediterranean, from Jacques Nicolas Bellin's Le Petit Atlas Maritime Recueti de Cartes et Plans des Quatre Parlies du Monde en Cinq Volumes, first published in Paris in 1764. The map covers the seaboard north from...


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1780 - Carte de la Mer Méditerranée Appuyée sur les Observations Astronomiques Combinée avec les itinéraires anciens et Modernes par M. Bonne, Hydrographe du Roi au bureau de la Marine.

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Very attractive engraved double-page sea chart of the Mediterranean Sea, with publisher's hand color in outline. Jean Lattre was one of the premier French mapmakers of the last quarter of the 18th century. This map features his characteristic vignette...


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1809 - Libyae, vel Africae, Pars Borealis

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Detailed map of the north coast of Africa and the Mediterranean, published in London by Charles Smith.


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1810 - A Map of Barbary, Containing the Kingdoms of Marocco, Fez, Algier, Tunis and Tripoli, with the Adjacent Countries...

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Detailed map of North Africa and the Mediterranean Sea. Nice detail and a number of annotations. The map was first printed for Robert Sayer at 53 Fleet Street, London.


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1817 - Chart of the Mediterranean Sea [Cyprus]

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Nice example of the Mediterranean chart from Thomson's New General Atlas. The chart focuses on coastlines and coastal cities in the manner of early Discovery Era portolan charts. The main chart of the Mediterranean basin is surrounded by seven inset...


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1952 - The Mediterranean / Gibraltar Key To the Mediterranean

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Rare separately published broadside illustrating the strategic importance of the Mediterranean in general and Gibraltar, published by Educational Products Limited with the British Society for International Understanding.


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1802 - (Ibiza) The Port of Yvica and Fromenton I.

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Very scarce miniature engraved chart of the town of Ibiza, on the Balearic Island of Ibiza. This is possibly the first English printed chart of the famous Spanish port city of Ibiza, now so well known for its world-class nightlife. The chart...


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1802 - The Gulf of Palermo in Sicily

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Rare chart of Palermo, published by William Heather in London. The chart is oriented with southwest at the top. It includes soundings, some topographical features, anchorages, and currents. Palermo is shown, along with several mountains. Rarity...


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1588 - Mappa fluminis dicti vulgo Beldt, cum omnibus Littoralibus oris, Limitibus, Situque terrarum vulgo dicatrum Lalandiae, usque ad Stephani Caput / Caerte vanden Beldt, met alle Sijn Zee Custen,Streckinge en gele gentherijt va lande, va Lalandt tot Situens

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Old Color, gold heightened example of Waghenaer's sea chart showing a significant part of the coastline of Denmark. The chart includes the modern cities of Randers, Kalundborg, Korsor, Aarhus, Horsens, Vejle, Kolin, Haderslev, Sonderborg, Nordborg,...


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1593 - Septentrionalium Regionum Suetiae Gothiae Norvegia Daniae

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Nice example of this scarce map of Scandinavia, published in Cologne. The map is oriented with east at the top. The present map was produced by one of the primary Cologne School mapmakers, Johann Bussemacher. The Cologne School of cartography was...


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1623 - De Zeecusten van Godtlant met de omleggend Eylandekens

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First edition of Blaeu's chart of part of Gotland, from Blaeu's Zeespiegel, Inhoudende Een Karte Onderwijsinghe in de Konst de Zeevaert, en Eene beschrijvinghe der Seekusten van de Oostersche, Noordsche, en Westersche Schipvaert. The map includes...