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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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Delightful 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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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
