Compass Rose Antique

. * Decorative title cartouche upper right and scale of “lieues communes de France” cartouche top left. * Compass roses and rhumb lines radiating from the anchor points, typical of 1...

County borders are highlighted in original color, and a decorative compass rose enhances the classic design. A reference to the county divisions or unions is included.

It is finely drawn and engraved, with a decorative compass rose and a reference to the various hundreds (administrative divisions) at the top.

The map is adorned with a decorative title cartouche and a compass rose that orients the map with north positioned to the right.

However, Bonne maps generally abandon such common 18th century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses. While mostly focusing on...

Oriented with north to the lower right by a simple compass rose. French title and key cartouche in drape form.

This edition originates from 'Atlas Soulage'. The cartouche and compass rose are revised and the title is in French.

It is further embellished with various sailing vessels, sea monsters, two elaborate compass roses with north oriented to the right, and a native couple displaying the costumes and we...

Exquisitely engraved with an elaborate cartouche featuring two adorable putti and the coat of arms, a scale of miles, and a compass rose. French text on verso. Theatrum Orbis Terraru...

However, Bonne maps generally abandon such common 18th century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses. While mostly focusing on...

However, Bonne maps generally abandon such common 18th century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses. While mostly focusing on...

However, Bonne maps generally abandon such common 18th century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses. While mostly focusing on...

This print shows a map and a view of Batavia, (Jakarta) Indonesia. With compass rose, cartouche and legend. Ships. This map originates from 'Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser ...

This attractive hand colored map of Hampshire County, England includes a colorful compass rose in the lower right corner above the names of the cartographer, John Norden and one of t...

The map shows the city’s defensive structures and surrounding water routes, with a compass rose orienting the viewer. Originating from Merian's renowned work Theatrum Europaeum, pub...

However, Bonne maps generally abandon such common 18th century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses. While mostly focusing on...

However, Bonne maps generally abandon such common 18th century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses. While mostly focusing on...

However, Bonne maps generally abandon such common 18th century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses. While mostly focusing on...

However, Bonne maps generally abandon such common 18th century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses. While mostly focusing on...

The ocean is animated with finely engraved Dutch ships under sail, a sea creature, and a large compass rose radiating elegantly across the lower right portion—hallmarks of Blaeu’s de...

The composition is both elegant and dynamic. Two finely engraved compass roses radiate across the sea, intersected by rhumb lines that create a sense of movement and navigation.

The seas are animated with sailing ships and multiple compass roses, intersected by rhumb lines that create a dynamic maritime aesthetic.

Antique ring with a mechanical functional compass. Fabulous ring with a compass, created in America during the late Victorian era, back in the 1890.

The map includes an inset of the Shetland Islands at upper left, a compass rose in the North Sea, mileage scale, towns, roads, rivers, lochs, islands and numerous geographical details.

It also features depth soundings around the coast, suggesting it was used for navigation. The presence of the compass rose indicates the orientations. The map is in good condition wi...

A pair of George III 21 inch globes by J&W Cary, dated 1815 and 1800, set in mahogany stands with turned urn-shaped supports raised on three outsplayed legs with original castors fee...

Title in block-style cartouche with a simple compass rose. Source unknown, to be determined.

Title in block-style cartouche with a simple compass rose. Source unknown, to be determined. Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Isaac Tirion' after an anonymous artist.

Detailed map of the administrative territories in the Amsterdam area, The Netherlands around 1750. With compass rose and scale. This map originates from: 'Amsterdam, In Zyne Opkomst,...

It is further embellished with various sailing vessels, sea monsters, two elaborate compass roses with north oriented to the right, and a native couple displaying the costumes and we...

The map is decorated with a large title cartouche and two large coats of arms, plus elegant border details around the inset, sailing ships and a compass rose.. Text in Dutch on verso...

However, Bonne maps generally abandon such common 18th century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses. While mostly focusing on...

However, Bonne maps generally abandon such common 18th century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses. While mostly focusing on...

With beautiful cartouches, coat of arms, compass rose, scale and many ships on the North Sea.

With title cartouche, compass rose and scale. This map originates from 'Heilige Geographie of aardrykskundige beschrijving van alle de landen, enz., in de H.S. voorkomende.

A pair of 12-inch floor globes by Cary, each set into a tripod walnut stand with a turned baluster support, outswept legs on acorn feet and stretchers centred on a replaced compass r...

The sea chart is dense with hydrographical information, including soundings, shoals, lighthouses, buoys, compass roses, and shoals. It also offers sailing directions and notes on tid...

Classic early 18th-century Dutch maritime craftsmanship is evident in the chart's decoration, which includes two compass roses, numerous rhumb lines for navigational plotting, and de...

The seas are filled with a fleet of finely engraved Dutch ships under sail, evoking the era of exploration and long-distance voyages. Multiple compass roses radiate across the chart,...

The charming ribbon-style title cartouche and compass rose further enrich the aesthetic appeal.

With several carouches and coat of arms. With a legend and compass rose at bottom right. Published by Ioannem / Jan Lamrinck in 1603.

The outer doors present a geometric field centred on a diamond lozenge enclosing a compass-rose medallion, its radiating star flanked by foliate sprays at each corner, the whole set ...

However, Bonne maps generally abandon such common 18th century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses. While mostly focusing on...

The sea is crossed by an elaborate network of rhumb lines and compass roses, characteristic of early navigational charts.

Multiple small repairs, also near compass rose. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling.

Includes colored decorative cartouche, compass rose and coat of arms. Shows political and administrative divisions, cities and towns, place names, rivers and mountains.

This includes the Wadden islands Schiermonnikoog, Rottumeroog (Rottumerplaat) and Borkum. With compass rose, decorative cartouche and decorative scales with impressum.

However, Bonne maps generally abandon such common 18th century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses. While mostly focusing on...

A sailing ship and a compass rose lie within the Mediterranean. The detailed coastline of Barbaria (North Africa) in addition to numerous towns, includes many prominent cities, such ...

Also added are rhumb lines radiating from three compass roses arrayed along the equator. The map was first published in 1608.

The Mediterranean Sea occupies much of the lower portion of the composition and is elegantly crossed with rhumb lines radiating from ornate compass roses, emphasizing the maritime ch...

The engraving is adorned with a compass rose and a bar scale (in feet), helping situate the temple's orientation and dimensions.

These atlases were crafted for discerning collectors and scholars, blending artistic beauty with geographic precision. The inclusion of compass roses and detailed borderlines demonst...

- Artistic Elements: It is adorned with three ornate figurative scrollwork cartouches, which add a rich historical and aesthetic value. Two colored compass roses guide the orientat...

There is a beautiful compass rose in the upper right, as well as two other compass roses, with multiple rhumb lines.

Annotative text in the North Sea. Two compass roses lie on either side of Holstein. Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) was a prominent Dutch geographer and publisher.

Decorative map of the Normandy region, including decorative cartouche, sailing ships and compass rose. This map originates from 'Atlas Novus, Sive Theatrum Orbis Orbis Terrarum: In q...

Very detailed and decorative map of the Holy Land embellished with sailing ships and compass rose. Dutch text on verso. Source unknown, to be determined.

With beautiful large title cartouche, vignette with scale and compass rose. Published in the Netherlands by Covens & Mortier c. 1720.

With beautiful title cartouche, compass rose and key. Originally published by C.J.