Antique Map of the Coast of Juan Fernandez by Van Schley, 1757

Antique map titled 'l'Ile de Juan Fernandes dans la Mer du Sud (..) - Het Eiland Juan Fernandes in de Zuid Zee (..)'. This map depicts Juan Fernandez Island in the Southern Sea. This...

Antique map titled 'Carte Particuliere de l'Isle de Juan Fernandez - Byzondere Kaart van 't Eiland Juan Fernandez'. Map of the Chilean Juan Fernandez Island, topped by a view of it...

Antique map titled 'Plan de la Côte du N.E. de l 'Ile de Juan Fernandes'. Map of the northeast coast of the island of Juan Fernandez with Cumberland Bay, South America. In 1740 Ans...

Antique map titled 'Plan de la Côte du N.E. de l 'Ile de Juan Fernandes - Schets van den Noord-Oost kant van het eiland Juan Fernandes '. This map depicts the northeast coast of the ...

Mare Pacificum is an antique map realized in 1650 by Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664). The Map is Hand-colored etching, with coeval watercolorang. Good conditions with slight foxing...

1654 Joan Blaeu map of the Sutherland, Scotland, entitled "Southerlandia," Hand Colored Ric0007 Description: Lovely map centered on Sedan and D...

A very nice and rare antique map entitled "Carte de la Californie Suivant" (The 5 Californias), by Didier Robert de Vaugondy of Paris, circa 1772. The map itself measures 15.5" x 13...

This is a 17th century hand-colored map entitled "Insula Gaditana Isla de Cadiz" from Johannes (Joan) Blaeu's Atlas Maior, published in Amsterdam in 1662. The map provides an excellent plan of Cadiz Island on the southwest coast of Spain, with its harbor, fortifications, agricultural fields and several surrounding salt processing areas. Numerous sailing ships of various sizes are included in and around the harbor and bay, including five large sailing ships, as well as twenty-four smaller ships. There is a small compass rose overlying the bay. The bridge to the mainland from the island is shown on the right. There is an extremely ornate and colorful title cartouche in the lower left, with its mythological figures reminiscent of Raphael’s Galatea fresco at the Villa Farnesina in Rome. The vibrant colors are vividly preserved. The master colorist tried to emulate a painting by using various tones to create a three-dimensional effect.
 Blaeu's name is present in the plate in the lower right. Blaeu stated in his description of Cadiz: “The main wealth of the islanders consists of salt, which they harvest, and
 the tuna fisheries.” 
 This 17th century hand-colored map is framed in an ornate, partially textured bronze-colored wood frame and glazed with UV protected conservation glass. There is a vertical center fold, as issued. There is a faint crease in the lower right and faint color offset on the left from the right side of the map, resulting from having been in an atlas for hundreds of years. Small foci of paint are present in the upper portion of the left margin and in the left corner margin. The map is otherwise in very good condition. Due in large part to their powerful trade empire, the Dutch became known for cartography in the seventeenth century. This period is considered the Golden Age of Dutch cartography. Their publishing houses produced the highest quality work in Europe, particularly those maps and charts of foreign lands, and Dutch map-making set the bar for cartographic accuracy and artistry into the early-eighteenth century. Some of the most well-known cartographers worked in Amsterdam during this period. Perhaps the most famous of these was the Blaeu family. Willem Janszoon Blaeu, set up shop in Amsterdam. His son, Johannes (Joan), succeeded him upon his death in 1638, continuing in his father’s position as Hydrographer to the Dutch East India Company and selling maps to the public. The Blaeu map presses, located near Amsterdam’s Dam Square...