Fifty Rare & Important World Maps


            

 


Blaeu's Double Hemisphere

Blaeu (Jan): Nova Et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum
Hand-coloured engraved map [Shirley: 428]
22 x 17 in. (560 x 440 mm)
[Amsterdam, 1672]

Ref: WLD 2977


 

 

World Commerce

Du Val (Pierre): Carte Universelle du Commerce
Hand-coloured engraved map [Shirley: 465]
21 x 14 in. (540 x 360 mm.)
[Paris, 1674]

Ref: WLD 2661


 

 

Ornate Double Hemisphere

Robyn : Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula
Hand-coloured engraved map [Shirley: 520]
21 x 17 in. (530 x 435 mm.)
[Amsterdam, 1683]

Ref: WLD 3114


 


Allegorical Landscapes

Valk (Gerhard): Mappe-Monde Geo-Hydrographique
Hand-coloured engraved map [Shirley: 531]
23 x 20 in. (580 x 510 mm.)
[Amsterdam, c1686]

Ref: WLD 1872


 


New Approach to Decoration

Allard (Carel): Planisphaerium Terrestre sive Terrarum
Hand coloured engraved map [Shirley: 578]
23 x 20 in (595 x 520 mm.)
[Amsterdam, 1696]

Ref: WLD 2318


 


Polar Projection

Robyn (Jacob): Nieuw Aerdsch Pleyn
Hand-coloured engraved map [Shirley: 582]
21 x 23 in. (530 x 590 mm.)
[Amsterdam, c1700]

Ref: WLD 2032


 


Early "Scientific" Cartography

De Fer (Nicolas): Mappe-Monde
Hand-coloured engraved map
27 x 17 in. (690 x 430 mm.)
[Paris, 1705]

Ref: WLD 2274


 


Magnificent Double Hemisphere

Van der Aa (Pieter): Nova Orbis Terraqei
Hand-coloured engraved map
26 x 18 in. (660 x 460 mm.)
[Amsterdam, 1713]

Ref: WLD 943


 


Celebrating The "Age of Science"

Le Rouge (George Louis): Mappe Monde Nouvelle
Hand-coloured engraved map
29 x 20 in. (740 x 510 mm.)
[Paris, 1744]

Ref: WLD 2326