Catalogue of The Americas
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The Earliest Separate Map of the Americas

Munster(Sebastian): [The Americas]
Woodcut map
13 x 11 inches (330 x 280mm)
[Basle, 1554]


Ref: Amer 1635 SOLD

 


Thevet's America

Thevet(Andre): [The Americas]
Woodcut map
17 x 14inches (430 x 360mm)
[Paris, 1575]


Ref: Amer 1566

SOLD


 


Ortelius' America

Ortelius(Abraham): Americae sive novi orbis nova descripto
Engraved map
19 x 14 inches (480 x 360mm)
[Antwerp, 1587]


Ref: Amer 1396

 


 


 New Findings

Galle(Johannes): Nova Reperta
Engraved map
10 x 8 inches (270 x 203mm)
[Antwerp, c.1590]


Ref: Amer 1628 SOLD


 

 

 The First Map of Florida

De Bry(Theodore): Floridae Americae Provinciae
Engraved map
18 x 14 inches (450 x 370mm)
[Frankfurt, 1591]

Ref: USA 2917 SOLD


 


The First Map of California

Wytfliet(Cornelis): Granata Nova et California
Engraved map
11x 9 inches (280 x 230mm)
[Louvain, 1597]


Ref: USA 5176
SOLD


 


Northwest Passage

Quad(Mattias): Novis Orbis Pars Borealis America Scilicet
Engraved Map
12 x 9 inches (360 x 280mm)
[Cologne, 1600 or later]


Ref: Amer 1379

 


 


The Pacific Ocean

Ortelius(Abraham): Maris Pacifici
Engraved map
19 x 13 inches (480 x 330)
[Antwerp, 1603]


Ref: Amer 1672

 


 


Mercator's America

Mercator(Michael): America sive India Nova
Engraved map
18 x 15 inches (460 x 370mm)
[Amsterdam, 1609]


Ref: Amer 1374


 


Spanish America

Herrera(Antonio Y Tordesillas): Descripcion De Las Yndias Ocidentalis
Engraved Map
12 x 9 inches (315 x 220mm)
[Madrid, 1630]


Ref: Amer 1592
SOLD