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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Antique Map of Spain including the Balearic Islands
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Hispania Nova Tabula'. Ruscelli's map of Spain, including the Balearic Islands. This map originates from 'Espositione & introduttioni universali di Gir. Ruscelli sopra tutta la Geografia di Tolomeo (..)' published by Girolamo Ruscelli, 1561. Girolamo Ruscelli (1500-1566) was a cartographer, humanist, and scholar from Tuscany. Ruscelli was a prominent writer and editor in his time, writing about a wide variety of topics including the works of Giovanni Boccaccio and Francesco Petrarch, Italian language, Italian poetry, medicine, alchemy, and militia. One of his most notable works was a translation of Ptolemy’s Geographia...
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Original Antique Map of Syria Phoenice by Van Dùren '1749'
Located in Langweer, NL
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...
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Antique Map of Portugal by J. De Ram, circa 1680
Located in Langweer, NL
A detailed map of Portugal. Embellished with beautiful cartouche, sailing vessels and many putti. Very rare edition by J. de Ram, circa 1680.
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Very Old Antique Map of the Persian Empire by Magini, c.1597
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Persiae Regnum sive Sophorum Imperium'. Old map of the Persian Empire. This map originates from 'Geografia cioe Descrittione Universale della Terra' by G.A. Magin...
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17th Century Topographical Map, French Champagne Region, Epernay, Iohan Peeters
Located in New York, NY
Fine topographical 17th century map by Iohan Peeters of the towns of Epernay and Lametz in the Champagne Region of North Eastern France. Fabulous period engraving for a Wine Cellar,...
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Antique Map of the Malacca and Bangka Strait by De Mannevillette '1775'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de la Partie Comprise entre la Sortie du Detroit de Malac Le Detroit de Banca et L’Isle Borneo'. Chart of the Strait of Malacca and Bangka Strait. It shows ...
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Rare Antique Map of Persia, Incl the Caspian Sea and the Arabian Peninsula, 1726
Located in Langweer, NL
Rare untitled antique map of Persia. It covers from the Gulf of Suez eastward to Ahmedabad (Amadabad) in modern day western India. This map, centered on Persia, includes the Caspian Sea and part of the Arabian Peninsula...
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Rare Antique Map of the Moghul Empire, ca.1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Oost-Indize Voyagie door William Hawkins van Suratte gedaan na 't Hof van den Grooten Mogol tot Agra. - Voyage des Indes Orientales...
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Antique Map of the Bay and Rocks of Petatlan by Anson, 1749
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Baye et Rochers de Petaplan (..) - De Baay en de Rotsen van Petaplan (..)'. Original antique map of the bay and rocks of Petatlan, Mexico. This map originates fro...
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Antique Map of Banten Bay on Java Island, Indonesia, c.1720
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'La Rade de Bantam'. A small early 18th century black and white map of Banten Bay (or Bantam Bay), located near the northwest co...
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Battle of Wimpfen, 1622: Engraving by Matthäus Merian (ca. 1645)
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Battle of Wimpfen, 1622: Engraving by Matthäus Merian (ca. 1645) Description: This antique copper engraving, created by the renowned Swiss-German engraver Matthäus Merian aro...
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Antique Map of the Alsace Region of France by Schenk 'circa 1700'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Superioris atque Inferioris Alsatiae'. Beautiful map of the Alsace region, from Basel in the south to Philipsburg in the north, centered on Strassburg. Published ...
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Antique Plan of the Town and Harbour of Boulogne-sur-Mer by Barrow 'c.1760'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Plan of the Town and Harbour of Boulogne'. Original antique plan of the town and harbour of Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. This map originates from John Barrow...
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Antique Map of the German Empire with decorative Title Cartouche
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Germania, Non ea tantum quae Rheno, Vistula, Danubio, mariqz Germanico Veteribus claudebatur; Sed tota illa continens quae hodie communiter Germanica lingua utitu...
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Antique Map of the City of Haarlem by Tirion, 1742
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Grondtekening van Haarlem (..)'. Original antique map of the city of Haarlem, the Netherlands. Published by I. Tirion, 1742. Artists and Engravers: Isaak Tirio...
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Limburg Cityscape 1580: Historical Copper Engraving by Braun and Hogenberg
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Limburgum Oppidum Galliae Belgicae, vulgo Lympurch, gallicè, Lembor Dr. Type: Print (Copper Engraving) Circa 1580 Technique: Colored Copper Engraving Medium: Handmade Paper S...
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German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Maps

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18th Century Map of Upper Guinea: Kingdoms and Coastal Regions of West Africa
Located in Langweer, NL
This is an antique map depicting the coastal regions of West Africa, specifically the Gulf of Guinea and surrounding areas, including parts of what is now Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leo...
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Old Antque Pirint of the New Dutch Church of Batavia 'Jakarta, Indonesia', 1744
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Ein Aufzug und Durchschnitt der Neuerbauten Holländischen Kirche in Batavia nach den Maastaab aufegzogen'. Old print with a cross-section of the new Dutch church of Batavia (Jakarta). This print originates from from 'Allerneuester Geographische- und Topographischer Schau-platz, von Africa und Ost-Indien'. Artists and engravers: Johann Wolfgang Heydt, a German artist who worked for the Dutch East India...
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Antique Map of Bavaria with many details, Germany
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Bavariae Circulus atq Electoratus tam cum Adiacentibus quam insertis Regionibus (..)'. Dutch map of Bavaria, showing the many cities, towns, and other features of...
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Antique Map of the Sunda Islands Sumatra, Java, Malay Peninsula & Borneo (1739)
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Nieuwe kaart van de Sundasche Eilanden als Borneo, Sumatra en Groot Iava & c'. Detailed map of the Sunda Islands, Southeast Asia, extending from the tip of Cambod...
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View of the Exchange and the Warehouses at Petersburg in Russia, ca.1790
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: antique print titled 'A view of the Exchange and the Warehouses at Petersburg in Russia / Vüe de la Bourse & du Magazin de Marchandises a Petersburg Russe'. Beautiful engraving of the Stock and Warehouses of St. Petersburg, Russia. Artists and Engravers: Robert Sayer...
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Antique Map of the City of Grave by Blaeu, 1649
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Grave'. Original antique map of the city of Grave, the Netherlands. Published by J. Blaeu, 1649. Artists and Engravers: Joan Blaeu (23 September 1596 - 28 May...
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Antique Map of Europe with Elaborate Title Cartouche, c.1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map of Europe titled 'Europa Secundum legitimas Projectionis Stereographicae regulas et juxta recentissimas observationes aeque ac relationes… - L'Europe, dessinee suivant le...
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Rare Attractive Antique Map of Asia, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, 1599
Located in Langweer, NL
Original Antique map of Asia, India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Maldives by Rosaccio / Ruscelli in attractive coloring. Title: Calecut Nuova Tavola Year: 1599 Relief shown pictorially. ...
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Antique Map of New Ireland Island in the Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, 1772
Located in Langweer, NL
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. ...
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Original Hand-Colored Antique Map of Ancient Germany, circa 1630
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Germaniae Veteris typus'. Very attractive map of ancient Germany. Published by G. Blaeu after A. Ortelius, circa 1630. Willem Jans...
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Antique Print of a Great Hall by Campbell, 1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Section of the Great Hall of my Invention being a Cube of 40 feet'. Section of a Great Hall. This print originates from 'Vitruvius...
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Scarce Antique Map of the Island of Java, Indonesia
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: "Kaart van 't Eyland Groot Java: Antique Map of Java, Indonesia" Description: This antique map, titled "Kaart van 't Eyland Groot Java," offers a rare and valuable depiction ...
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Antique Print of a Funeral on Ceylon 'Sri Lanka' is Asia, 1672
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled print of the death of the prince heir, and his burial. Two prints, one with a long burial train including numerous horses, carrying the coffin, covered with cloth. The other...
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Antique Map of North Africa by Ortelius, c.1580
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Barbariae et Biledulgerid Nova Descriptio'. Original antique map of North Africa. The map covers the regions of Barbaria and Biledulgerid, essentially the territo...
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Old Copper Engraving of the Port City Dabhol in India, 1757
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Dabul'. Old print of the port city Dabhol in India. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Dabul was an opulent Muslim trade center. Around 1660 it was annexed to th...
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Circa 1659 Willem Blaeu Map: Southwestern Switzerland with Geneva & Lakes
Located in Langweer, NL
Circa 1659 Willem Blaeu Map: Southwestern Switzerland with Geneva & Lakes This detailed map from circa 1659 by Willem Blaeu, titled "Das Wiflispurgergow," highlights the southwestern region of Switzerland. It features significant landmarks such as Geneva, Lake Geneva (Lacus Lemannus), Lake Neuchatel, Lake Biel, Bern, Freiburg, and Lake Thuner. Based on the work of Gerard Mercator, this map is published with Spanish text on the verso, dating from the period between 1659 and 1672. Measuring 19.9 inches wide by 15.1 inches high, the map is rendered in full contemporary color on a bright sheet that bears a large watermark of the god Atlas. The condition is excellent, with a sharp impression, short centerfold separations at the top and bottom margins, and an archivally repaired tear in the right margin. Keywords: - Willem Blaeu map - Gerard Mercator - 17th-century Switzerland map...
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Extremely Rare Map of the East-Indies towards the South-East 'Indonesia', 1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'La partie des Indes Orientales vers le Zud-Est, depuis Timor jusqu'a Midanao (...).' (The part of the East-Indies towards the South-East, from Timor to Mindanao.)...
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Antique Print of the Elevation of a New Design Dedicated to Lord Cadogan
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'The Elevation of a new design of my Invention in the Palatial Stile (..)'. Old engraving of the elevation of a new design dedicated to Lord Cadogan. This print ...
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Antique Print of Thomas Wyndham's Palace by Woolfe, c.1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Elevation to the Thames of Thomas Wyndham Esqr. at Hammersmith Middlesex (..)'. View of Thomas Wyndham's Palace, Middlesex. This print originates from 'Vitruviu...
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Antique Map of Southeast Asia 'India, Indonesia' by N. Visscher, circa 1670
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Indiae Orientalis, nec non Insularum Adiacentium Nova Descriptio.' The map centers on the Strait of Malacca and Malay Peninsula. It extends from India and the Mal...
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Original Antique Engraving of the Eastern Hemisphere, c.1700
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Proiectio Optica Aequinoctia lis Hemishaerii Orientalis' - Map of the Eastern Hemisphere with Africa, Europe, Asia and Nova Hollandia...
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The 17th Century Map of Northern Dithmarschen and Its Towns in Germany
Located in Langweer, NL
This is a detailed colored copperplate engraving depicting northern Dithmarschen, accompanied by town plans of Weßlingburen (now Wesselburen), Lunden, and Heyde (now Heide) at the to...
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Large Antique Lithography Map of Kent, English, Cartography, Robert Morden, 1700
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique lithography map of Kent. An English, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest by Robert Morden, dating to the early 18th century and later. Superb li...
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Antique Map of the Spice Islands 'Moluccas', Indonesia by W. Blaeu, circa 1640
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Moluccae Insulae Celeberrimae'. Highly decorative antique map of the Spice Islands (Moluccas) published by W. Blaeu (circa 1640). This map features a large inset ...
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Original Antique Map of Martinique Island In The West Indies by Bonne, circa1780
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de l'Isle de la Martinique Colonie Francoise dans les Isles Antilles'. Detailed map of the French Island of Martinique. Many towns and harbours, anchor pl...
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Antique Map of Northern China and Eastern Russia by Bellin, 1757
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de la Tartarie Orientale (..)'. Original antique map of what is present day northern China and far eastern Russia. Centered on...
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Dutch Antique Map of the West Coast of Africa, to the Cape of Good Hope, 1747
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map of the Coast of Africa titled 'Kaart van de West Kust van Afrika (..)'. Map of the west coast of Africa, from 11 degrees south latitude to the Cape of Good Hope. This...
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Large Rhine River Map, Moselle and Meuse, by Willem Blaeu, Hand-coloured - 1640
Located in Langweer, NL
Rhine River & Tributaries Antique Map by Willem Blaeu, c.1640 This spectacular mid-seventeenth-century copper-engraved map, titled in Latin “Rhenus Fluvio...
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Original Antique Map of Northern India
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de l'Indoustan (..) - Kaart van Hindoestan (..)'. Original antique map of northern India. This map originates from 'His...
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Antique Map of the Russian Empire by R. Bonne, 1780
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de l'Empire de Russie.' Drawn by R. Bonne for G. Raynal’s Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, Dressé pour l'Histoire Philosophique et Po...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Maps

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Antique Map of the Region of Berre-l'Étang, France
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte des etangs de Berre de Martigue et environs'. Original map of the region of Berre-l'Étang, France. This map originates from 'Le Petit Atlas Maritime (..)' b...
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Early Chart Identifying British Spice Trading Colony of Bencoolen, Sumatra, 1797
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'A Chart of the West Coast of Sumatra'. Early nautical chart identifying the British spice trading colony of Bencoolen and F...
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Antique Print of a Design for Belton House, Lincolnshire, England, 1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Belton in Lincolnshire, the Seat of Sr. John Brownlow Bar'. Belton House is a Grade I listed country house in the parish of Belton near Grantham in Lincolns...
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Beautiful Original Copper Engraved Map of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, 1613
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique map titled 'Lacus Lemanus'. Old map of Lake Geneva with good detail of surrounding towns and villages. Decorated with a large compass rose with two sailing boats and a sea monster in the lake. Originates from 'Atlas Minor'. Artists and Engravers: Henricus Hondius...
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Original Antique Map of the English counties Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, etc, 1633
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Cornubia, Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria, Monumetha, Glamorgan, Caermarden, Penbrok, Cardigan, Radnor, Breknoke et Herfordia'. Old map of the English counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire etc. Originates from the 1633 German edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas Major, published by Henricus Hondius and Jan Jansson under the title: 'Atlas: das ist Abbildung der gantzen Welt, mit allen darin begriffenen Laendern und Provintzen: sonderlich von Teutschland, Franckreich, Niderland, Ost und West Indien: mit Beschreibung der selben.' Artists and Engravers: Gerard Mercator (1512 - 1594) originally a student of philosophy was one of the most renowned cosmographers and geographers of the 16th century, as well as an accomplished scientific instrument maker. He is most famous for introducing Mercators Projection, a system which allowed navigators to plot the same constant compass bearing on a flat...
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Old Antique Map of the Sumbawa, Flores, Timor in the Banda Region of Indonesia
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique map titled 'Kaart der Zuyd-Wester Eylanden van Banda'. A fascinating map of the islands in the southwestern part of the Banda Sea including Sumba, Flores and Timor. Published 1724-1726 by Joannes van Braam...
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Antique Map of Martinique, Showing Roads, Houses, Sugar Plantations, etc. c.1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de l'Isle de la Martinique'. Detailed map of Martinique. Shows hilly terrain, forests, roads, houses, and even the sugar plantations. The island was to ...
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Sebastian Münster's 16th Century Map of the British Isles, ca.1590
Located in Langweer, NL
GREAT BRITAIN -- "ENGELLANDT mit dem anstossenden Reich Schottlandt so vorzeiten Albion und Britannia haben geheissen". (Basel, c. 1590). Partly handcolored woodcut double-page map from S. Munster's 'Cosmographey'. 330 x 408 mm. (Lower margin cut short (touching the line), tiny hole in upper margin, sl. foxed/browned, lower right corner a bit thumbed). Sebastian Münster's 16th Century Map of the British Isles from 'Cosmographia Universalis...
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Antique Map of Modern Day Ukraine and Russia Titled Moscovie 'Moscow', Ca.1683
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map of modern day Ukraine and Russia titled ‚Moscovie‘. Miniature map of the Moscovia region by A.M. Mallet. Artists and Engravers: Alain Manneson Mallet (1630-1706) spent...
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Antique Map of the Gironde, part of the Dordogne and the Garonne, France
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Cours de la riviere de Gironde et parties de la Dordogne et de la Garonne depuis Bourdeaux jusqu'au banc de Bey'. Original old map of the Gironde, part of the Dor...
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Antique Map of Thracia ‘Greece’ by J. Janssonius, circa 1650
Located in Langweer, NL
This antique map of Thracia is engraved and published by J. Janssonius after the cartographical sources by Abraham Ortelius. Ornated in the upper left corner with a title cartouche a...
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Antique Map of South America by Tirion 'circa 1765'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Kaart van het Onderkoningschap van Peru, zig uitstrekkende over Chili, Paraguay en andere Spaansche Landen: als ook van Brazil en verdere Bezittingen van Portugal...
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Original Antique Map of the Road from London to Bensington
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'The Road from London to St. Davids in com: Pembroke (..)'. A strip map of the road from London to Bensington. The map is ornamented with numerous compass roses, a...
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Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1595: A Renaissance Cartographic Masterpiece
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: "Braunschweig and Lüneburg Duchies: Authentic Depiction by Abraham Ortelius" This is an exquisite example of Abraham Ortelius’s cartographic craftsmanship: an original antiqu...
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