Fine old color example of Ortelius' map of the Azores, one of the most important destinations of explorers and early commercial mariners in the 16th Century. The size and detail of the map reflects the strategic importance of the Azores during the 16th...
Ortelius' Map of the North Atlantic Old color example of Abraham Ortelius's important early map of the North Atlantic, extending from Scandinavia and the Polar regions in the East, to the mythical Islands of the North Atlantic, Greenland, Iceland and...
Colored example of De Jode's map of Scandinavia, the Baltic and Gulf of Finland, extending from Iceland and the Coast of Scotland to Novograd, St. Petersburg and the Norwegian Sea. The map is richly engraved by Joannes and Lucas van Deutecum's,...
Fine Sixteenth-Century Decorative Map of South and West Africa from Linschoten's Influential Itinerario Striking map of South Africa, West Africa and contiguous parts of the Atlantic. This is one of the most richly ornamented maps of the era,...
Spectacular birds-eye view of the island of Terceira and the town of Angra. Engraved by Baptista van Deutecum in Amsterdam, for LInschoten's Itinerario. Linschoten's view of Terceira in the Azores is one of the most decorative and recognizable...
![[Ascension Island] The True Description of the Island of Ascention lyeing under 8 degrees on ye South syde of ye Equinoctiall lyne.](/map/small/69468.jpg)
Antique engraved view of the Island of Ascension (St. Helena), which appeared in the rare English edition of Linschoten's Itinerario, Iohn Huighen van Linschoten. His discours of voyages . . . , published in London in 1598, and engraved by Englishman...
![[Angra - Madera - Porto Santo - Sao Miguel] Pascaarte vande Eijlanden van Madera en Port Sancto, vertoonende degelegentheijt vande Reede aldaer en hoese van malcanderen zijn gheleghen . . .](/map/small/62128.jpg)
Early Sailing Chart of the Madeira, Angra and Sao Miguel. Rare sea chart showing the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo, with smaller maps showing Angra and a portion of Sao Miguel. The chart appeared in J Blaeu's Het Licht der Zee-vaert , first...
Henry Hudson's Final Sea Chart, One of the First Maps to Show Hudson Bay This remarkable chart illustrates the track of the fourth and final voyage of Henry Hudson in his hunt for a Northwest Passage. It was a landmark map in the exploration of the...
Rare sea chart of the Canary Islands, from Blaeu's Sea Atlas. Blaeu' Zeespiegel was one of the most important Rutters or Sea-Atlases of its time. Willem Janszoon Blaeu published two great pilot guides: the first ( Het Licht der Zee-vaert) was...
Fine birds-eye view of the island of Terceira and the town of Angra, based upon Baptista van Deutecum's view of the Island, which appeared in LInschoten's Itinerario. Linschoten's view of Terceira in the Azores is one of the most decorative and...
Fine birds-eye view of the island of Terceira and the town of Angra, based upon Baptista van Deutecum's view of the Island, which appeared in Linschoten's Itinerario. Linschoten's view of Terceira in the Azores is one of the most decorative and...
Fine example of Robert Dudley's chart of the coast of southern Africa, the earliest obtainable sea chart of the general region. The map covers the area south of the entrance to the Congo River, around the Cape of Good Hope, to Isle Monfin (Mafia...
Robert Dudley's Rare Sea Chart of The North Atlantic -- Newfoundland to the Azores Second state of Robert Dudley's fine early sea chart of the North Atlantic, extending from the Grand Banks and Newfoundland to the western Azores, first published in...
![[Azores & Madera] Carta particolare dell' Isole d'Asores con l'Isola di Madera . . .](/map/small/58784.jpg)
Robert Dudley's Rare Sea Chart of the Azores and Madera and "a Doubtful" Island Important early sea chart of a portion of the Atlantic, centered on the Azore Islands and extending east to Madera, first published in his Arcano del Mare in 1646-47. The...
Striking example of Jansson's sea chart of the South Atlantic, showing the coastlines of South America, Southwestern Africa and the imagined Terra Australis. Tierra del Fuego is separated from the continent and a huge Terra Australis Incognita in the...
An important and very rare early Dutch Sea Chart, focusing on Canada, New England, the Eastern Caribbean, Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela. This attractive sea chart assumes the perspective of the westward direction facing upwards and embraces the Western...
