America

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  • antica mappa islanda groenlandia

    Fascinating map of the region bounded by Hudson’s Bay, Iceland, Greenland, and Baffin Bay, showing the Arctic Regions and detailing the prospects for a passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the legendary Northwest Passage. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.

    • Author: Francesco Costantino Marmocchi
    • Dimension: 25 x 38 cm
    • Place of publication: Genoa
    • Year: 1858
  • Fine example of Coronelli’s map of the Caribbean. Centered on Hispaniola the map shows from the Southern tip of Florida and the Canal di Bahama to the Yucatan, to the Easternmost Antilles and Trinidad. Includes also the Caymans, Virgin Islands and smaller islands of the coast of Mexico. The cartouche also contains a dedication to Sebastiano Bernardi. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli is widely recognised as one of Italy?s most famous and greatest cartographers. He received an…

    • Author: CORONELLI Vincenzo Maria
    • Year: 1690
    • Dimension: 257 x 430 mm
    • Place of publication: Venice
  • Excellent map of Hudson Bay, Baffin Bay, part of Greenland, Labrador and Northern Canada. From “Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni, e scoperte fatte dai piu’ celebri e piu’ recenti cartografi” by Antonio Zatta published in Venice in 1779. Very good condition with nice and decorative original colours. [cod.1092/15]

    • Author: ZATTA Antonio
    • Year: 1779
    • Dimension: 300 x 405 mm
    • Place of publication: Venice
  • An attractive miniature map of Chile and Central Argentina by Thomas Starling from popular Victorian atlas “The Royal Cabinet Atlas, And Universal Compendium Of All Places In The Known World” published by Bull and Churton in London in 1833. The map is accompanied by a page of text giving the latitude and longitude of the major towns.

    • Author: STARLING Thomas
    • Year: 1833
    • Dimension: 90 x 145 mm
    • Place of publication: London
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    Pictorial map of the United States featuring portraits of iconic American Jazz musicians like: Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck, Jimmy Giuffre, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Gerry Mulligan, Bessie Smith, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Kenton, Lester Young, Woody Herman, John Coltrane, Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, Bennv Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Billie Holidav, Lennie Tristano, Stan Getz, Ornette Coleman, Jerry Roll Morton, Eric Dolphy, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Mingus, Gil Evans.…

    • Author: Vladimiro Lupi
    • Dimension: 100 x 69 cm
    • Place of publication: Ferrara
    • Year: 1984
  • antica mappa della baia di hudson

    Rare map of the Northwest Passage, Northern Canada, part of Alaska (America Russa) and Greenland showing the known islands of the Northwest Passage, including several partially known coastlines. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.

    • Author: Francesco Costantino Marmocchi
    • Dimension: 25 x 38 cm
    • Place of publication: Genoa
    • Year: 1858
  • Lovely postcard showing the meeting at Panama between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans as a kiss. Published by Curt Otto Teich in 1935 for Sucesion de Maduro a hats and parfumes shop in Panama. Curt Teich who immigrated to the United States from Lobenstein, Germany, in 1896, founded the Curt Teich Company of Chicago, which operated from 1898 to 1978 as the world’s largest printer of view and advertising postcards.

    • Author: Curt Teich
    • Dimension: 90 x 140 mm
    • Place of publication: Chicago
    • Year: 1935
  • Large map by R. Hausermann showing the Catholic Missions in the United States, with an extensive table below listing statistics on the Church in the U.S in 1900. Published by Dufrenoy in Paris, 1900. Strong stable paper with few usual holes/creases where the folds cross. Cfr. Rumsey Collections: 4879000

    • Author: R. Hausermann
    • Dimension: 71 x 95 cm
    • Place of publication: Paris
    • Year: 1900
  • An attractive miniature map showing detailed North America divided up into Mexico, the United States, Canada, Greenland and Russia Territory (Alaska). From popular Starling’s Victorian atlas “The Royal Cabinet Atlas, And Universal Compendium Of All Places In The Known World” published by Bull and Churton in London in 1833. The map is accompanied by a page of text giving the latitude and longitude of the major towns.

    • Author: STARLING Thomas
    • Year: 1833
    • Dimension: 90 x 145 mm
    • Place of publication: London
  • A fine map of North America with a lovely detailed depiction of the East Coast. A large lake is shown in present day Idaho. The interesting map was engraved with great care by James Barlow. Published in London in 1807.

    • Author: George Kearsley, James Barlow
    • Dimension: 18 x 21,5 cm
    • Place of publication: London
    • Year: 1807
  • Early pocket map of the Rio de La Plata region in Uruguay showing also part of Argentina from the Mercator Hondius “Atlas Minor” published in Amsterdam in 1648 at Jannsonius with german text on verso. In 1607 Jodocus Hondius published a reduced size version of Mercator’s “Atlas”, itself suitably titled “Atlas Minor”. The maps were copied from those of the great cartographer Mercator of around 1580-90 or were reductions of Hondius’ own maps of 1606. Almost 20 years later Joannes Janssonius commi

    • Author: MERCATOR Gerard - HONDIUS Henricus
    • Year: 1648
    • Dimension: 193 x 145 mm
    • Place of publication: Amsterdam
  • decorative map of western and central Mexico covers from Xiamora to Acapulco and includes Mexico City and Guadalajara along with cities, towns, mines, missions and Indian villages. Notations in the mountains north of Mexico City describe the rich deposits of silver and other annotations describe the manners and customs of the Indians. From Coronelli’s Atlante Veneto, one of the most decorative and ornate of all 17th Century Atlases, published in Venice, 1690. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli…

    • Author: CORONELLI Vincenzo Maria
    • Year: 1690
    • Dimension: 453 x 605 mm
    • Place of publication: Venice