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Nice old color example of Pieter Goos' sea chart of Australia, Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Korea and India. First published in Goos' Zee Atlas. The chart is the second of two charts encompassing the sea routes from Southern Africa to the Far East,...
Rare Sea Chart of Australia, Southeast Asia, and the Indian Ocean from the Dutch Golden Age of Cartography Early pair of sea charts of the Indian Ocean and contiguous regions. Australia is remarkably delineated for this early date and reflects recent...
An Important Early Dutch Sea-Chart of Australia, the East Indies and Eastern Part of the Indian Ocean. Stunning original color example of De Wit's map of Australia, Southeast Asia, the Philippines, etc., first issued in 1675. The chart is...
A Rare Dutch Chart of Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Indian Ocean A beautiful example of this rare sea chart of the Indian Ocean, Australia, etc., published in Amsterdam by Johannes Van Keulen. The chart appeared in Van Keulen's rare Maritime...
Antique Map of the Western Indian Ocean -- First State of the Second Printed Map to Show Gonneville's Land Fine early map of the Dutch Discoveries in the New Holland and the Indian Ocean, published in Paris by Pierre Du Val, the second printed map to...
![Carte Particuliere d'une Partie d'Asie ou sont Les Isles D'Andemaon, Ceylan, Les Maldives . . . [with] Partie Occidentale d'une D'Asie ou sont les Isles De Zocotora De l'Amirante . . .](/map/small/66433.jpg)
Fine Chart of the Indian Ocean from the Mortier issue of the Neptune Francois Striking old-color example of the first edition of Pierre Mortier's fine, two-sheet map of the Indian Ocean and contiguous regions, first published in 1700. Both were...
Old color example of this important chart of the Indian Ocean, illustrating the route of the Jesuit priest Guy Tachcard in 1697. The present example bears the bookplate (bottom right) of the Prussian Royal Academy of Sciences ( Königlich-Preußische...
Fine example of the Cornelis De Bruyn map of the Indian Ocean, showing his route from Gamron (modern Bandar Abas) to Batavia (Jakarta). The map shows India and Indochina, including Sumatra and Thailand (Siam). The cities of Bombay and Calcutta are...
Detailed map of the Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia, China, Formosa, the Philippines and part of Australia. A classic example of Moll's fine engraving work. The map shows various sea routes, prevailing currents and other interesting features. The map...
Highly detailed map of the region between India and the Philippines, centered on the Malaysian Peninsula. Extends north to China. Includes rhumblines and a highly ornate cartouche.
Rare map of Australia and the Indian Ocean, from Johann Justinus Gebauers' Algemeine Welthistorie . . . Zeit XXVI. Theil. Histoire Der Neuern Zeiten. VIII Theil. The map presents a fine depiction of Australia (Neu Holland) on the eve of the arrival of...
![[Port Louis, Mauritius] Legende du Plan du Port-Louis](/map/small/51740.jpg)
Handsome and highly detailed manuscript map of Port Louis, the capital of Île-de-France (present-day Mauritius), done in pen and watercolor, showing the town, surrounding countryside, and the harbor, with many points keyed and identified in the...
Fine sea chart from Mannevillette's Le Neptune Oriental, first published in 1775. Important early sea chart showing the coastlines of India, Ceylan, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Cambodia and Vietnam. Jean Baptiste Nicolas Denis D'Apres de...
Fine sea chart from Mannevillette's Le Neptune Oriental, first published in 1775. Important early sea chart showing the coastlines of India, Ceylan, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Cambodia and Vietnam. Jean Baptiste Nicolas Denis D'Apres de...
![[Seychelles] A Chart of the Mahe and Amirantes Islands, with their Shoals by Monsr. le Vicomte Grenier 1776](/map/small/66725.jpg)
The First Commercially Published Map of the Amirantes and Seychelles First state of this rare early sea chart of the Seychelles, published by Robert Sayer in London. The chart covers the Mahe and Amirantes islands, also known as the Three Brothers...
![[Diego Garcia / Chagos Archipelago] Track of the Calcutta East Indiaman, over the Bassas de Chagas, in the Indian Ocean](/map/small/66729.jpg)
Rare separately published sea chart of the Chagos Archipelago, published in London by Sayer. Chagos Archipelago Portuguese explorers were the first Europeans to discover the archipelago. Portuguese navigator Pedro de Mascarenhas (1470 – 23 June...
