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Beautiful and rare map of South East Asia centered on Borneo from Burma to Northern Australia.
- Year: 1690
- Dimension: 450 x 610 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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Out of stockA clever preprinted envelope for use by Japanese Imperial military, listing and illustrating the battles and victories of the Imperial forces. A remarkable envelope in that as it is unfolded two sticks pop up with a string strung between them. Little paper flags hang from the string including those of Fascist Italy, Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany, and Vichy France. The background is a map of the world with vignettes of battle scenes including two mobile…
- Dimension: 23 x 48 cm
- Place of publication: Tokyo
- Year: 1943
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![original antique the beaver map of America by De Fer]()
L’Amerique, Divisee Selon Letendue De Ses Principales Parties, Et Dont Les Points Principaux Sont Placez Sur Les Observations
More Info € 29.000,00Nicolas De Fer’s famous wall map of the Americas is one of the most celebrated and significant cartographic works of the early 18th century. Beyond being a geographical representation of the American continent, it is also a crucial historical document that reflects France’s colonial ambitions, the level of knowledge of the time, and the principal economic resources of the New World. Printed on four sheets engraved by Hendrick van Loon and Nicolas Guerard, it was…
- Dimension: 118 x 113 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1717
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Uncommon map of Arabia and the Persian Gulf (called “Mare Verde”) from the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 29 x 34 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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A map of the whole of Asia, with decorative figured cartouche. From ‘Atlante Novissimo’.
- Year: 1779
- Dimension: 305 x 405 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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Out of stockItalian 1916 edition of the propaganda world map showing the British Empire at war published by Roberts & Leete. The map is surrounded by illustrations and figures showing the increase in the size of the British Army and Navy between 1914 and 1916, contributions of the “Overseas Army,” changes in the “Industrial Army” and the “War of Munitions” and the approximate amount of territory occupied by the Central Powers and the Allies on August 2nd,…
- Dimension: 38 x 51 cm
- Place of publication: London
- Year: 1916
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Out of stockRare map of the Philippines and Southeast Asia, extending north to Hong Kong and Taiwan. The map provides a detailed topographical treatment of the region, with the various countries identified in outline colors. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 29 x 34 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Finely executed pictorial map of Algeria and Tunisia published in 1940 by the Banque National Pour Le Commerce et L’Industrie. The map illustrates a number of coastal towns, rivers, mountains and wildlife. Cities with bank branches display the B.N.C.I. logo. Decorated with sailing galleons and waves in stunning translucent silver.
- Dimension: 44 x 54 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1940
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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]
- Year: 1779
- Dimension: 300 x 405 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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Fine map engraved map by Giuseppe Pitteri showing East Africa, Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia, covers also the Red Sea and the coast of Arabia, naming Jiddah and Aden. The title cartouche appears on a stone monolith. From Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni, e scoperte fatte dai più celebri e più recenti cartografi by Antonio Zatta published in Venice 1779-1785. Very good condition with nice and decorative original colours.
- Year: 1779
- Dimension: 310 x 400 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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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.
- Year: 1833
- Dimension: 90 x 145 mm
- Place of publication: London
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A beautiful example of Zatta’s map from the famous Atlante Novissimo showing Korea, Manchuria, Chinese Tartary and parts of adjacent Russian Tartary, Independent Tartary, Mongolia, and Japan. Interesting very detailed depiction of the area within Korea and the unusual rendering of Hokkaido, here labeled ‘Jeso –Gasima.’ The beautiful map it also outlines the portions of the Great Wall of China. Published in Venice in 1784.
- Year: 1779
- Dimension: 315 x 405 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
