Bellin's Rare Map of Australia, 1753

Antique map titled 'Asia.' Original antique map of Asia. With a small cartouche depicting an elephant. Map by Daniel de la Feuille. This very rare old antique copperplate engraved pr...

Antique map Switzerland titled 'Territorium Reipublicae liberae Helveticae Scaphusiensis (..)'. Regional map of Switzerland. Artists and Engrav...

Antique map titled 'Carte du Kamtchatka'. Antique map of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The map includes the island of Ouiakous Atch ou Anfinogen, Schoumctchou, and Sirinki ou Dilkon. Orig...

Antique map titled 'Carte de la Siberie'. Detailed map of Siberia, extending from the White Sea and the Caspian Sea in the west to Irkuckoi Province, Jakutky on the Lena River and regions just to the east. Centered on the Jenisi River. Originates from Prévost's 'Histoire Générale des Voyages'. Artists and Engravers: Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was among the most important mapmakers of the eighteenth century. In 1721, at age 18, he was appointed hydrographer (chief cartographer) to the French Navy. In August 1741, he became the first Ingénieur de la Marine of the Depot des cartes...

Antique map Sumatra titled 'Carte de l'Isle de Sumatra'. Old map of Sumatra, Malaysia and the Straits of Malacca, including Singapore. This map originates ...

Bellin's wonderfully detailed map of Japan from the atlas of Prevost d'Exiles' influential collection of travel narratives, Histoire Generale des Voyages. Considered the best general...