World maps and Celestial
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Out of stockAmazing pictorial map of the world’s international short wave radio stations, with each continent crammed with imagery. The map was drawn by Walter Eckhard (1903-1982) and published in Eindhoven, 1953 by the radio division of Philips. Superimposed on the map are red circles indicating the locations of dozens of shortwave radio stations. Small drawings throughout represent genre scenes depicting the people, plants and animals. Includes detailed index to the stations on the lower margin and…
- Dimension: 119 x 75 cm
- Place of publication: Eindhoven
- Year: 1953
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Out of stockRare pictorial world map designed in the style of 17th century maps by the British painter and artist Gordon Davey (1912-1992) for Pakistan Airlines in 1960. The map is an interesting and curious mix between the classic geographical representations of the golden age of explorations (the wind rose, the numerous cartouches, sea monsters, galleons) and close modernity: in each country are depicted lovely little vignettes with ancient and modern reference: see for example the Roman…
- Dimension: 45,5 x 25,5 cm
- Year: 1960
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Out of stockOne of the most decorative eighteenth century world maps. This J.B. Homann’s double hemisphere map of the world is richly embellished with celestial models of the northern and southern hemispheres and other natural phenomena such as waterspouts, a rainbow, earthquakes, and the Mt. Etna in Sicily erupting. Wind heads occupy the starry heavens, and two cherubs hold the title banner aloft. The map includes many famous cartographic inaccuracies with an unusually elongated northwest coastline in North America, labeled Terra Esonis. It also shows an incomplete Australia, although with place names and notes of the early discoverers included. The east coast of New Zealand is shown, along with the Tracts of Tasman’s 1642 voyage and Magellan’s Voyage. The detail in Southeast Asia is very interesting for the period, as is the treatment of Japan. Interesting text panels at bottom describe the natural phenomena.
- Dimension: 48,5 x 55 cm
- Place of publication: Nuremberg
- Year: 1720
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Portugal – The country that has contributed most to Geographic Knowledge of the Globe.
More Info € 450,00Portolan-style world map printed in red, green, blue, and gold, showing the voyage tracks of over twenty sixteenth-and-seventeenth-century Portuguese explorers. Less than 10 institutional examples located.
- Dimension: 43 x 63 cm
- Place of publication: Porto
- Year: 1940
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Out of stockA lovely vintage poster designed by Otto Nielsen for SAS Scandinavian Airlines System showing the World in beautiful bright colors on dark background. The map is embellished by fine vignettes and the destinations where the SAS operates in elegant gold. Scandinavian Airlines System is the flag carrier of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, founded in 1946. SAS is the eighth largest airline in Europe and operates 157 aircraft to 123 destinations.
- Dimension: 45 x 75 cm
- Place of publication: Copenhagen
- Year: 1950
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Fascinating chart showing the celestial hemispheres in the Autumn and Spring skies, plus smaller North and South polar projections and the orbits of the Planets with the with the non-existent planet Vulcan orbiting Mercury.
- Dimension: 52 x 74 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1862
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Uncommon brochure with a reduced version of the famous and decorative double hemisphere pictorial map prepared by Luc-Marie Bayle for TAI Transport Aeriens Intercontinentaux. The depliant shows all the routes of the company.
TAI routes are shown in red. The Transport Aeriens Intercontinentaux company began as a charter airline in June 1946 in association with the Messageries Maritime Shipping Company.- Dimension: 41 x 24 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
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Out of stockFirst edition of the decorative double hemisphere pictorial map prepared by Luc-Marie Bayle for TAI Transport Aeriens Intercontinentaux with two decorative compass rose oriented with the north to the upper margin. The hemispheres are surrounded by fun images of various explorers in divers modes of transport a hot air balloon, early and later forms of aeroplanes, rowing boats, sailing ships, galleons, whales and fish. TAI routes are shown in red. The Transport Aeriens Intercontinentaux company began as a charter airline in June 1946 in association with the Messageries Maritime Shipping Company.
- Dimension: 51 x 73 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1948
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Out of stockColorful folded pictorial map of the solar system showing the the space exploration, created shortly after the Apollo 8 mission, the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first to reach the Moon, orbit it, and return. The map is accompanied by a second separate folded sheet describing in detail (with nice design of each ship, information about carrier missiles and space suits, etc.) the most important missions from 1957 – 1968. The very interesting and decorative map shows the trajectories of both manned and unmanned spacecraft, the path of the solar system, Moon orbit, planetary orbits, relative sizes of the planets, satellites and space crafts. Includes colored reference at the lower margin. At least three editions of this map were published, this being an example of the second. The differences between the three editions revolve around the presence of Apollo missions: the first edition was published before the Apollo program began launching missions, while the second includes Apollo 8, the third edition includes the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon.
- Dimension: 84 x 111 cm
- Place of publication: Bern
- Year: 1968
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Out of stockInteresting folding map of Antarctica, one of the most decorative maps published as part of the celebration of the International Geophysical Year (July 1957-December 1958). It shows the whole continent with the natural features drawn in blue and the international bases drawn in red. The decorative pictorial border shows key explorers such as Amundsen, Scott and Shackleton, fundamental equipment for exploration, some of the ships used by various explorers and animals found in and around…
- Dimension: 72 x 47 cm
- Place of publication: London
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Out of stockBellissima carta del mondo così come era conosciuto al tempo dell’esploratore Giovanni Caboto disegnata dal celebre artista inglese MacDonald Gill nel 1924 (firma in basso a sinistra). La carta è inserita nel volume Pageant of British Empire, Souvenir Volume… An Anthology of British Empire di E.V. Lucas, splendida opera riccamente illustrata con le litografie di famosi artisti dell’epoca come Frank Brangwyn, Spencer Pryse e appunto MacDonald Gill, che celebra la storia dell’Impero Britannico e il…
- Dimension: 41 x 31 cm
- Year: 1924
- Place of publication: London
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Typus Orbis Terrarum / Africae Descriptio / Americae Descriptio / Asia / Europae Nova Tabula
More Info € 1.200,00Rare set of the world and four continents from the Mercator’s “Atlas Minor” published in 1648 with german text on verso. The double hemisphere map of the World, engraved by Abraham Goos replaces the 1607 Hondius plate previously used by Jansson. California shown as an island. Large passage between Asia and the North West Coast of America. Includes elaborate strapwork border, two notes in Latin, an elaborate compass rose and sphere and other embellishments. Regarding the map of America the most i
- Year: 1648
- Dimension: 200 x 145 ca each
- Place of publication: Amsterdam
