Maps

Antique map titled 'Nouvelle Carte de l'Isle de Java'. Chart of the island of Java, depicting soundings around the coast, all principal harbors, rivers and elevations, bays and p...

This map, titled “Agri Parisiensis Tabula particularis,” was created and published by the German cartographer Johann Baptist Homann (1664–1724), or his workshop, in Nuremberg. Homann...

1784 Russian Discoveries in Siberia, Alaska & the Bering Strait - Gerhard Friedrich Muller "Nouvelle Carte des Decouvertes Faites par des Vaisseaux Russiens Aux Cotes Inconnues de L'Amerique Septentrionale avec Les Pais Adiacents" is a seminal map by Gerhard Friedrich Muller, showcasing Russian discoveries in Siberia, Alaska, and the Bering Strait region. Originally published in 1754, this map served as a direct counter to Guillaume de L'Isle's speculative "fantasy" map of the same area, which prominently featured the fictitious Mer de l'Ouest (Sea of the West). This edition, published in 1784 by the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, reflects the substantial geographic knowledge gained through Russian explorations, particularly the voyages of Vitus Bering. It accurately depicts the northern Pacific coasts, focusing on Siberia, the Aleutian Islands, and the Alaskan coast. The hand-coloring remains vibrant, emphasizing key geographic details, and a richly decorated rococo cartouche adorns the upper right, indicating the map's origins. This map is a significant artifact, illustrating the progression of cartographic accuracy and the influence of Russian expeditions in shaping the early knowledge of the North Pacific and Arctic regions. The 1784 edition of Gerhard Friedrich Muller's map features the routes of key Russian voyages that explored the North Pacific, specifically those related to the exploration of Siberia, Alaska, and the Bering Strait. These include: 1. Vitus Bering's Voyages (1728 and 1741) - The map shows routes of Vitus Bering, a Danish explorer in the Russian Navy, who led two important expeditions: - During his first Kamchatka Expedition (1728), Bering navigated through what is now known as the Bering Strait, proving that Siberia and Alaska were separated by a sea. - His second Kamchatka Expedition (1741) extended further eastward to Alaska. This journey greatly expanded European knowledge of the northern Pacific and confirmed Alaska as part of the North American continent. 2. Aleksei Chirikov's Route (1741) - As part of the second Kamchatka Expedition, Aleksei Chirikov, who was Bering's second-in-command, led a separate ship and reached the Alaskan coast, discovering the southeastern parts of Alaska and providing further detailed knowledge of the area. 3. Russian Navigators in the Aleutian Islands - The map also shows the exploration routes in and around the Aleutian Islands, which were instrumental for Russian fur...

This is an early 18th century map of Spain and Portugal, with attractive original hand-coloring, entitled "Hispaniae et Portugalliae Regna per Nicolaum Visscher cum Privilegio Ordinu...

Title: IMPERII PERCICI delineatio ex scriptis potissimum geographicis Arabum et Persarum Cartographer: Petrus Schenk (Pieter Schenk), 1722 An original antique hand-colored engraved...

Antique map titled 'A Map of Independent Tartary, containing the territories of Usbeck, Gasgar, Tibet, Lassa & c'. Old map depicting east of the Caspian Sea with parts of Persia, Siberia, the Mogul territories and on to western China...

Nice decorative hand tinted map of Japan with the title (in French): Carte de L'Empire du Japon Bellin, 1752 This antique map is engraved with very attractive title cartouche. ...

Untitled map of the North Sea, top left a large compass rose, bottom right Dunkirk (Duinkerke / Dunkerque), France. Part of a bundled collection of plans of battles and cities renown...

Antique map titled 'Plan d'Aiguesmortes et environs'. Original plan of the region of Aigues-Mortes, France. This map originates from 'Le Petit Atlas Maritime (..)' by J.N. Bellin. Pu...

Antique print titled 'Eiland van St. Filippus, of van Fuego, met zyn vuurberg'. Old print of Piton de la Fournaise, a shield volcano on the eastern side of Reunion island...

Interesting Antique map published in Germany titled 'Neue Vorstellung von Phoenice und Syrien (..)' This map is engraved with a lot of details. It is an original antique map of Syria...

Antique frontispiece titled 'Iets voor Allen'. This print originates from 'Iets voor Allen, zijnde een Verhandeling en Verbeelding Van allerhande Standen, Studien, Konsten, Wetenscha...

Title: Decorative Map of Hanover, Lower Saxony by Lodge, ca. 1785 This decorative map, titled "A New & Correct Plan of Hanover, a City in the circle of Lower Saxony," was engraved b...

Antique map titled 'Idee de l'Isle de Java.' Well engraved and attractive chart of the island shows all principal harbors and coastal details, plus rivers, mountains and volcanoe...

Antique map titled 'Carte de la Situation du Paradis Terrestre (..)'. Detailed map of the Holy Land and the Middle East, centered on the Garden of Eden and including a large Cyprus. ...

Antique map titled 'Cours De La Riviere De Sanaga Ou Senegal (..) - Kaart van den Loop der Riviere Sanaga (..)'. Attractive double map of the Sanaga River, Senegal, Africa. This map ...

Antique map titled 'Plan de la Ville de Meaco - Platte-Grond van de Stad Miaco'. Detailed and unusual antique copper engraved plan of Kyoto, ancient named Meaco, when it was the capi...

Map of Amersfoort and Surroundings by Covens & Mortier, published in 1747 Hand-coloured copper engraving titled *Carte Particulière des Environs de Amersfoort*, created by Jean Cove...

Antique print titled 'Le cote du sud-ouest de l'Ile de Tinian' and 'Vue de la rade de Tinian, ou le Centurion fit de l'eau.' Views of the south-west side of the island of Tinian and a view of the anchorage of Tinian, where the Centurion got water. This print originates from 'Reize rondsom de Werreld (..)' by George Anson, published 1749. Tinian is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands...

Title: "Map of Turcomania, Georgia, and Comania" This print presents an intricately detailed map of the Caucasus region, titled “Turcomania, Georgien Commanie,” by the esteemed cart...

Title: Rare Engraved City Plan of Nuremberg, Bavaria by Christoph Weigel, 1718 Description: This detailed city plan of Nuremberg, Bavaria was crafted by Christoph Weigel in 1718 an...

Title: Hand-Colored City Plan of Cologne by Nicolas de Fer, 1705 This hand-colored map, titled "Cologne Ville Considerable Situee sur le Bord Occidentale du Rhein Capit. de l'Electo...

Antique map titled 'Carte de la Mer Mediterranee en Douze Feuilles'. First map out of twelve fine engraved double-page and folding maps that join to create a large wall map...

Antique print titled 'This New Design of my Invention, is most humbly inscrib'd to the Rt. Honble Robert Walpole (..)'. Old print depicting a new de...

Antique map titled 'Carte de la coste Orientale d'Afrique - Kaart van de Oostkust van Afrika'. Original antique map of the east coast of Africa. Reaches from Cape of Good Hope an...

Antique print titled 'Plan des Thermes de Titus Partie Superieure'. Plan of the overground area of the Baths of Titus. The Baths of Titus or Thermae Titi were public baths (Thermae) built in 81 AD at Rome, by Roman emperor Titus...

Antique map titled 'Horna vulgo Hoorn'. Bird's eye view plan of Hoorn, The Netherlands. With title cartouche, coats of arms and key. From an atlas published by De Wit, ca. 1698-1...

Pair of rare hand colored maps from the 1770's, depicting "America Septentrionalis" (North America), engraved by Georg Friedrich Lotter and America Meridionalis (South America), engr...

Bonne Map of Philippines, Formosa, Siam, Indochina & South China, 1780 Les Isles Philippines, celle de Formose, le Sud de la Chine, les Royaumes de Tunkin, de Cochinchine, de Cambog...

Antique map titled 'Kaart van de Geheele Wereld (..)'. Uncommon small world map on Mercator's projection. Nice detail of the islands throughout the wor...

Antique print titled 'Macasar, Capitale du Roiaume de même nom'. This rare print shows Makassar, the present capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. In the foreground several VOC ships...

Antique map titled 'Nova Hibernia'. Antique map of New Ireland, an island in the Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea. Lying just north of New Britain, from which it is separated by St. ...

Antique map titled 'Die Insel Iuan Fernandes in der Sudsee (..)'. This map depicts Robinson Crusoe, one of the Juan Fernández Islands. Robinson Crusoe Island, formerly known as Más a Tierra, is the second largest of the Juan Fernández Islands. From 1704 to 1709, the island was home to the marooned sailor Alexander Selkirk, who at least partially inspired novelist Daniel Defoe's fictional Robinson Crusoe in his 1719 novel, although the novel is explicitly set in the Caribbean. This was just one of several survival stories from the period of which Defoe would have been aware. To reflect the literary lore associated with the island and attract tourists, the Chilean government renamed the place Robinson Crusoe Island in 1966. This map originates from a German edition of 'Voyage around the World...

Antique print titled 'Begraafplaats op het eiland Amsterdam'. Engraved view of a local cemetery on Amsterdam Island, a small French territory in the southern Indian Ocean. Origin...

Antique map titled 'A Map of Eastern Tartary as Surveyed by the Jesuits in 1709, 10 & 11'. The map covers much of the course of the Amur River or Heilong Jiang, the world's tenth lon...

Description: Antique map titled 'Paskaarte van de rievier de Elve streckende van Oldenbroek tot Hamburgh.' Rare and interesting chart of the East Frisian Islands (or Watten) and ...

Antique map titled 'l'Asie'. Original antique map of Asia. Engraved by André after Bonne. Published circa 1780.

Antique map titled 'L'Afrique'. Original antique map of Africa. With beautiful title cartouche and scale. Source unknown, to be determined. Artists and Engravers: Gilles Robert de...

Title: 'The departure of the Empirour Hockflieuw to the Emprial Court at Peking' with further description in Dutch. The Dutch man Pieter van Hoorn, his son...

Antique map, titled: 'Gedeelte van Barbaryen (…).' - Decorative hand colored map of a part of Barbary (Algeria) and Biledulgerid (Tegoryn, Zeb etc.), North Africa. Source unknown, to...

Antique map titled 'Plan de la Baye d'Alicant'. Black and white harbor chart /port plan of Alicante Bay, Spain. This map originates from the scarce atlas 'Recueil de Plusiers Plans d...

Antique map titled ’Plan de la Baye et Isle d'Arguim (..) - Oppervlakte van de Baai en 't Eiland van Arguin (..)'. Original antique map of the bay and the island of Arguin. This ...

Antique map titled 'Hémisphère Septentrional pour voir plus distinctement les Terres Arctiques (..)'. Map of the Northern Hemisphere, originall...

Antique print titled 'General front of Horse heath Hall in Cambridgeshire (..)'. Old engraving of Horseheath Hall, Cambridgeshire. The original Hall was the home of the Alington family and was visited by Queen Elizabeth 1...

Antique map titled 'Les Indes Orientales et leur Archipel'. Original antique map of India, the East Indies and the Philippines. Source unknown, to be determined. Published circa 1760.

Antique map titled 'Carte De La Coste Occidentale D'Afrique (..) Kaart van de Westkust van Afrika (..)'. Original antique map of the western coast of Africa. Shows the area aroun...

Antique map titled 'Le Royaume de Siam avec Les Royaumes Qui Luy sont Tributaries'. Influential map of Southeast Asia. Ottens incorporated information provided by the French Jesuits ...

Antique map titled 'Tabula Geographica Campaniae (..).' Detailed map of the Champagne region in France by J. B. Homann, covering the region Champagne-Ardenne with Reims, Troyes a...

Antique map titled 'Partie Orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada (..)'. Original antique map of New England and Eastern Canada made a...

Antique map titled 'Carte de l'Arabie, du Golfe Persique, et de la Mer Rouge (..)'. Original antique map of the Arabian Peninsula, including the horn...

Antique map titled 'S.R.I. Principatus Fuldensis in Buchonia'. Rare edition of the large JB Homann map of the principality of Fulda, Germany. Artists and Engravers: Johann Baptist...

Antique map titled 'Generalis Totius Imperii Moscovitici (..)'. Decorative map of Russia and Central Asia, showing the Northeast Passage. The map covers the entirety of the Russian Empire at the time, stretching from the Arctic Circle in the north to the "Oceanus Orientalis" and the northern parts China (Chinae Septentrionalis confinia), Mongolia and India in the south. Published by J.B. Homann, circa 1730. Johann Baptist Homann was born 1664 in Oberkammlach. He founded his business 1702 in Nuremberg, Germany. After a long period of Dutch domination in map publishing, the Homann publishing house became the most important map...

Antique map titled 'Nieuwe Kaart van t Keyzer Ryk Grooten Mogol.' Attractive detailed map of the Empire of the Great Mogul, which included India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Banglade...

Antique map titled 'Negapatam.' Attractive bird's-eye view of Nagapattinam, India from Churchill's 'A Collection of Voyages and Travels, some now first printed from original manuscri...

Antique map titled 'Kaart van het Westelyk Gedeelte van het Ryk van Algiers'. Old map of the western region of the Kingdom of Algiers, Algeria. Originates from the first Dutch ed...

Antique map titled 'Oostergo'. Map of the Oostergo region, Friesland, the Netherlands. This map orginates from 'Schauplatz der fünf Theile der Welt'. Artists and Engravers: Franz Jos...

Antique map titled 'Russia or Moscovy in Europe, drawn from the latest authorities (..)'. An interesting and attractive early 19th century map of Russia in Europe which was engraved ...

Map no. 25 of a large wall map of Delfland, The Netherlands. The map covers the region of Polder Berkel. To the right, coat of arms of 'De Staten van Ho...