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Out of stockBetween the 1950s and 1960s, Taiwan presented itself to the world as a modern and vibrant island. One of the most fascinating ways it did so was through visually striking posters and illustrated maps. See Taiwan, published around 1960 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China, is one of the most iconic examples of this era of tourism communication. Far from the austere traditional maps, this map is a true narrative illustration…
- Dimension: 62 x 92 cm
- Place of publication: Taipei
- Year: 1960
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Out of stockAmazing woodblock map in two sheets showing whole Japan oriented with north to the upper right, including its Northernmost islands and those to the south, Okinawa, etc… Includes views of major points of interest, Japanese ports, charts of mountains and rivers, list of prefectures, and legend. Below a little world map in two hemispheres and lovely compass rose in ninja style.
- Dimension: 71,5 x 48 cm
- Year: Meiji 22 [1889]
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Out of stock[sold] Interesting folded pocket map of Tehran drawn by Abbsas Sahab one of the leading Iranian cartographer, published in Tehran in 1958 by A. Sahab Cartographical Drafting. The detailed plan, printed in decorative blue, shows city blocks, major roads, streets, railways, industry, historical, public and educational buildings, parks and agriculture. Includes distance chart, Compass rose, index to places of interest outside Tehran and alpha numeric key to map to hotels, travel agencies, embassies, museums, banks, bookshops etc. At top vignettes with the most interesting buildings. Pictorial cover.
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- Dimension: 67 x 48 cm
- Place of publication: Tehran
- Year: 1958
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Beautiful little map based on Ortelius? famous map of the Holy Land. It is oriented with east at the top and centered on Samaria. 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. Almos
- Year: 1648
- Dimension: 196 x 134 mm
- Place of publication: Amsterdam
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One of the earliest obtainable modern maps of the Holy Land, which appeared in the first edition of Munster’s Geographia, first published in Basle in 1540. Here in the 1552 edition easily recognized by the presence of latitude and longitude borders. The map extends from Sidon and the land of the Phoenians in the north to Gaza in the south with numerous Biblical sites and a number of vignettes. The inset is a key of ancient and modern placenames. This map is orientated with west at the top and is based on earlier maps by Munster and Ziegler. From the rare “Geographia Universalis, Vetus et Nova, complectens Claidii Prolemaei Alexandrini enarrationis libros VIII” published in Basel at Heinrich Petri in 1552.
- Year: 1552
- Dimension: 285 x 378 mm
- Place of publication: Basle
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Out of stockDelightful small map of the ancient Turkish empire covering the Middle East (including Arabia and Oman) 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…
- Year: 1648
- Dimension: 190 x 130 mm
- Place of publication: Amsterdam
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Out of stockA rare decorative large pictorial map of Turkey showing the economic production activities and sites in the Country. Includes text, table of export production data, color illustration of national flag, and photographic illustrations of economic activities.
Drawn by Liam Dunne (signed at bottom left) published in New York in 1950 circa.- Dimension: 51 x 81 cm
- Place of publication: New York
- Year: 1950
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A fine map of the ancient kingdoms of Judea and Israel based on Tilleman Stella’s maps of 1552 and 1557
- Dimension: 35,5 x 46,5 cm
- Place of publication: Antwerp
- Year: 1624
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A huge geological map of China entitled “中华人民共和国地质图” (Geological Map of the People’s Republic of China), which is one of the most ambitious scientific syntheses produced by Chinese geology in the 20th century. This first edition, printed in 1975, represents a crucial moment in the history of national thematic cartography, as it brings together in a single systematic representation the results of decades of geological surveys conducted on a continental scale. The work was carried…
- Dimension: 158 x 106 cm
- Year: 1975
- Place of publication: Beijing
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Out of stockFine woodblock print showing a map of Japan oriented with north toward the upper right. The detailed map shows cities and towns, distances, boundaries etc… Published in 1880 ca.
- Year: 172 x 72 cm, 1880
- Place of publication: Tokyo
