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Amerique ou Noveau Continent dresse sur le nouvelle relations decouvertes et observations par J.B. Nolin
More Info € 700,00A fascinating engraved map dated third years after the French revolution showing all of North and South America published in Paris by Basset, based upon work of Johann Baptist Nolin. The map includes a large inset map showing the “New Discoveries” in the Northwest part of America, most notably the depiction of prospective routes from Hudson’s Bay and Baffin’s Bay to the Pacific Ocean, based upon information provided by Joseph Nicolas De L’Isle, reporting on…
- Year: 1795
- Dimension: 470 x 680 mm
- Place of publication: Paris
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Lovely map by Eduard Dumas-Vorzet showing in nice details north America and Canada. At left inset the new polar discoveries on the Smith Sounds. From the famous Atlas Universel d’Histoire et de Geographie by Marie Nicolas Bouillet published in Paris in 1877.
- Year: 1877
- Place of publication: Paris
- Dimension: 260 x 200 mm
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Out of stockFascinating illustrated map, designed for post-World War II school audiences, showing Antarctica as a then still largely unknown territory, a symbol of scientific challenge and conquest. Prominent in the center is a polar view of Antarctica, showing the main areas of international influence-the United Kingdom, the United States, Norway, France, Australia, and New Zealand-underscoring the growing geopolitical interest in the white continent during the Cold War years and in the run-up to the International Geophysical…
- Dimension: 40 x 49 cm
- Place of publication: Brescia
- Year: 1956
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Miniature map from “Neu aussgeffertigter kleiner Atlas” by J. Muller published in Franckfurt in 1702 at Johann Philip Andrea. Engraved with great care by G. Karsch e G. Bodeneher. Rare.
- Year: 1702
- Dimension: 70 x 80 mm
- Place of publication: Frankfurt
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Fascinating map of Asia based on Ortelius’with the exception of the addition of a strait dividing the southern portion of the Malay Peninsula. Interesting depiction of Japan, no sign of the Korean Peninsula. Includes region south of Nova Guinea that is marked as Terrae Incognita Australis, separated from Nova Guinea by a narrow channel. Engraved by Girolamo Porro for “Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo” by Giovanni Antonio Magini published in Padua, 1621.
- Year: 1621
- Dimension: 14 x 18 cm
- Place of publication: Padova
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Lovely engraved map based on the cartography by C. Franz Radefeld (1788-1874) showing the whole Asia. From the “Meyer’s Neuester Zeitungs Atlas” published by Bibliographischen Instituts in Hildburghausen in 1849-52. The innovation of this work is that almost all maps had small inserts showing richly detailed maps of major cities and their surrunding areas: so not only could travellers carry the atlas with them easily, they could also obtain an initial orientation to their destination…
- Year: 1849
- Dimension: 180 x 220 mm
- Place of publication: Hildburghausen
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A fascinating map of Australia illustrating a scheme for dividing up Australia suggested by Captain James Vetch in 1838.
- Dimension: 27 x 33 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Lovely little map depicting Neu Holland (Australia), Neu Seeland (New Zealand), Neu Guinea, and numerous Pacific islands, including the Marquesas, the Caroline Islands, the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii), and the Friendly Islands (present-day Tonga). It also features historical names for other regions, such as Van Diemen’s Land, the name by which Tasmania was known before its official renaming in 1856. This fascinating map comes from the children’s atlas Geographische Länder-Fibel by Julius Löwenberg, published in…
- Dimension: 14 x 18 cm
- Place of publication: Berlin
- Year: 1846
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Out of stock1934 pictorial map designed by George Annand celebrating Richard Byrd’s second expedition to the Antarctic.
- Dimension: 44 x 58 cm
- Year: 1934
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This map of Japan, published as a supplement to the prestigious Asahi Shimbun newspaper in 1921, offers a fascinating glimpse into a country rapidly evolving during the Taisho period (1912-1926). Titled “Bird’s-Eye View of New Japan,” the map proudly celebrates the country’s modernization achievements and territorial expansion. Compiled by General Naomitsu Ibe and based on the cartographic surveys of Kenji Ogura, the map stands out for its accuracy and wealth of detail. The “bird’s-eye view”…
- Dimension: 71 x 100 cm
- Place of publication: Tokyo
- Year: 1921
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Out of stockLively pictorial map of Cairo printed in Egypt by Litho L’ancre Alexandria, 1984.
- Dimension: 62 x 95 cm
- Place of publication: Alexandria
- Year: 1984
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Out of stockcolourful large promotional map by Leon Craste designed to promote tourism and commercial development in Cameroon. Published by French Ministry of Overseas in 1950 at Imprimerie A. Karcher. The map shows the area from French West Africa (A.O.F.) and Nigeria to French East Africa and from Lake Chad to Gabon and Spanish Guinea; it is richly decorated by lovely illustrations of African animals (elephants, rhinos, lions, hippos, giraffes etc.) and a native people going about…
- Dimension: 120 x 80 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1950
