Antique French Map of Java, Indonesia by Chatelain, '1719'

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 Indonesia titled 'Nouvelle Carte de l'Isle de Java - Nieuwe kaart, van het Eiland Java'. Chart of the island of Java, depicting soun...

Antique map titled 'Insulae Iavae cum parte insularum Boreno Sumatrae (..)'. Beautiful map of the Island of Java and part of Borneo, Bali, Madura and Sumatra. Artists and Engrave...

Antique map titled 'Insulae Iavae cum parte insularum Boreno Sumatrae (..)'. Beautiful map of the island of Java and part of Borneo, Bali, Madura and Sumatra. With decorative carto...

La Terre Sainte, The Holy Land, Tiree Des Memoires De M.De.La Rue. Par N. de Fer. Geographe de Sa Majeste Catoliq et de Monseigneur le Dauphin. Avec Privil du Roi 1703 Detailed map of the Holy Land from Nicholas de Fer's L'Atlas Curieux ou le Monde. East is oriented at the top. MAKER Nicolas de Fer 1646-1720 The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy. Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V...

Great map of South America Copper-plate engraving Published C.1780 Two small worm holes to left side of map Unframed.

Great map of Switzerland Copper-plate engraving by Barlow Published by Brightly & Kinnersly, Bungay, Suffolk. Dated 1807 Unframed.

Antique 1803 Italian Map of Asia Including China Indoneseia India Very nice map of Asia. 1803. Additional information: Type: Map Country of Manufacturing: Europe Period: 19th centu...