Fascinating early map of Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia Minor and part of Persia. The map utilizes a stippled style of oceans most commonly used at the end of the 16th Century by Dutch mapmakers, such as Jodocus Hondius. Unusual projection of the...
An Exceptional Ortelius Rarity in Wonderful Condition. Van Den Broecke Estimates "Five or six copies have survived." Proof state of this separately-issued map of France, published by Abraham Ortelius and drawn by Guillaume Postel. Van Den Broecke...
A nice full color example of Ortelius's regional map of the region known as Dietmarschen in Schleswig Holstein, at the mouths of the Elbe and Eider rivers, including Brunsbuttel and Meldorf. This map appeared in Abraham Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis...