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Period: Early 17th Century
Dutch City Plan of Sloten in Friesland by N. Van Geelkercken, hand-colored 1616
Located in Langweer, NL
Bird’s-Eye View of Sloten in Friesland by Nicolaes van Geelkercken, ca. 1616
This captivating hand-colored engraving presents an early 17th-century bird’s-eye view of the fortified ...
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Dutch Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Palermo – 1620 Braun & Hogenberg Bird’s-Eye Map of Palermo, Sicily
Located in Langweer, NL
Palermo – 1620 Braun & Hogenberg Bird’s-Eye Map of Palermo, Sicily
This beautifully detailed bird’s-eye view of Palermo, Sicily, was created by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg aro...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Antique Map of the City of Brielle 'The Netherlands' by L. Guicciardini, 1625
Located in Langweer, NL
Plan of Brielle, Briel, Den Briel in the Province of Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands, Holland. This map originates from the 1625 edition of 'Discrittione di tutti i Paesi Bassi', by L....
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Natives from Pegu, the Moluccan Islands, Penequais Indians and St Thomas, c.1605
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Provincie Pegu incola (..) - Incola ex Insulis Moluco (..) - Penequais familiae (..)'.
Old print showing various figures including a man from Pegu, a man fr...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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1616 Petrus Bertius Miniature Map of Cambay (Gujarat, India)
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: 1616 Petrus Bertius Map of Cambay and Gujarat, India
Description: This early seventeenth-century map, titled Descriptio Cambaiæ, was published in 1616 by Petrus Bertius, a ...
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Map of Lake Geneva and Surroundings by Hondius, Geneva Region, circa 1612
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Lake Geneva and Surroundings by Hondius, Geneva Region, 1606
This rare and intricately engraved map, titled *Chorographica Tabula Lacus Lemanni Locorumque Circumiacentium*, w...
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Dutch Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Paper
Map of Zurich and Basel Region by Mercator, Uncolored Engraving c.1600
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Zurich and Basel Region by Mercator, Uncolored Engraving c.1600
This original uncolored copperplate engraving, titled *Zurichgow et Basiliensis Provincia*, was created by the...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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1601 Miniature Map of Southeast Asia & Nova Guinea by Ortelius, Vrients Edition
Located in Langweer, NL
This miniature map of the East Indies and Nova Guinea was created by Abraham Ortelius and published in 1601 as part of the "Epitome" by Giovanni Battista Vrients. It is a finely hand...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Dutch City Plan of Workum in Friesland by N. Van Geelkercken, hand-colored 1616
Located in Langweer, NL
Workum in Friesland by Nicolaes van Geelkercken, hand-colored map ca. 1616
This beautifully hand-colored engraving titled 'Worcum' presents an early 17th-century bird’s-eye view of ...
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Dutch Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Exploring Ancient Persia: Ptolemaic Map of Iran and Iraq by Ptolemy and Mercator
Located in Langweer, NL
Claudius Ptolemy was a mathematician, astronomer and geographer who worked in Alexandria, then a part of the Roman Empire, in the 2nd century AD. One of the most learned and influent...
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Old Decorative Map of the West African Coast & St. Thomae Island, c.1600
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Guineae Nova Descriptio.'
This very decorative map shows the West African coast from Senegal (the 'Rio Senega' is the Senegal River) to Cape Lopez on the Gulf...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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1616 Petrus Bertius Map of Arakan and Pegu in Southeast Asia
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: 1616 Petrus Bertius Map of Arakan and Pegu in Southeast Asia
Description: This early seventeenth-century map, titled Descriptio Arachan et Pegu, was published in 1616 by P...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Italia Antiqua Philippo Cluvero – 1603 Hondius Map of Ancient Italy, Handcolored
Located in Langweer, NL
Italia Antiqua Philippo Cluvero – 1603 Hondius Map of Ancient Italy with Hand Color
This stunning early 17th-century map, *Italia Antiqua Philippo Cluvero Borusso Designatore*, wa...
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Map of Groningen from The Genealogy of the Illustrious Counts of Nassau (1615)
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Map of Groningen from "The Genealogy of the Illustrious Counts of Nassau" (1615)
Description: This antique map, titled "Gronenga," offers a detailed depiction of the forti...
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1625 Petrus Plancius / Cloppenburg Map of the Holy Land with Biblical Vignettes
Located in Langweer, NL
1625 Petrus Plancius / Johannes Cloppenburg Map of the Holy Land with Biblical Vignettes
This exquisite 1625 map by Petrus Plancius and Johannes Cloppenburg represents the Holy Lan...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Early Woodcut Map of Franconia and Surrounding Regions, 1628
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Early Woodcut Map of Franconia and Surrounding Regions, 1628
Franconia (Franckenlande) is a region in Germany. Historically, Franconia was a significant part of the Holy Roma...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Antique Miniature Map of the Turkish Empire by Bertius '1618'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique miniature map titled 'Turcicum Imperium'. Rare miniature map of the Turkish Empire. This map originates from 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum Libri septem (..)' by P. B...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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1621 Ptolemy & Magini Map of Taprobana (Sumatra) with Elephant Inset
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: 1620 Ptolemy and Magini Map of Taprobana (Sumatra) with Elephant Inset, Italian Edition
Description: This rare and beautifully hand-colored 1620 map engraving, Tavola Duode...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Thraciae Veteris Typus – 1618 Ortelius Map of Ancient Thrace with Hand Color
Located in Langweer, NL
Thraciae Veteris Typus – 1618 Ortelius Map of Ancient Thrace with Hand Color
This striking early 17th-century map, Thraciae Veteris Typus, was published in 1618 by Abraham Orteliu...
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Antique Map of Asia Minor, Cyprus, and the Eastern Mediterranean
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Natoliae quae olim Asia Minor nova descriptio'. Original antique map of Asia Minor, Cyprus, and the eastern Mediterranean. Originally published on one sheet toget...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Antique Map of Sri Lanka with an unusual five-sided shape, circa 1606
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Ins. Ceilan quae incolis Tenarisin dicitur'. This exquisite, early map of Sri Lanka is shown with an unusual five-sided shape. North is oriented to the left by an...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Original Antique Map of Turkey, Asia Minor and Cyprus
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Natoliae sive Asia Minor'. Original old map of Turkey, Asia Minor and Cyprus. Includes a decorative cartouches, sailing ship, sea mon...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Original Very Old Hand-Colored Map of Limousin or Limoges, France, ca.1600
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Totius Lemovici et Confinium (..).' -
A handsome and detailed map of Limousin/Limoges, prepared by the well-known engraver, Petrus Kaerius. With an insert view ...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Antique Map of the Area Around Venice in Italy by H. Hondius, circa 1606
By Gerard Mercator, Jodocus Hondius
Located in Langweer, NL
Attractive and early map of the area around Venice, Italy. With South-Tirol in the North, areas of Krain (Slovenia), Croatia, Ferrara, Modena and Piacenza. In the east with areas aro...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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North & South America: A 17th Century Hand-colored Map by Jansson & Goos
Located in Alamo, CA
A 17th century hand-colored map of North & South America entitled "Americae Descriptio" by the cartographer Johannes Jansson, published in Jansson's Atlas Minor in Amsterdam in 1628....
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Dutch Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Paper
Antique Miniature Map of the Roman Province of Illyricum 'Dalmatia'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique miniature map titled 'Illyricum'. Original small map of Illyricum. The Roman province of Illyricum stretched from the Drilon River (the Drin, in...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Paper
Rare Map of Kildin Island in Russia Plus Engraving of Seal Hunting, 1614
Located in Langweer, NL
Insula Kilduyn. Orig. copper-engraving after details from J. H. van Linschoten's map taken from his account of the three expeditions undertaken by Willem Barents in 1594, in an attem...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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1606 Hand-Colored Woodcut Map of Sumatra from Ramusio’s Delle Navigationi
Located in Langweer, NL
This is a fascinating woodcut map titled *Taprobana*, depicting the island of Sumatra, hand-colored, and published in Venice in 1606. The map originates from Giovanni Battista Ramusi...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Early Woodcut Map of the Rhine River Region in Germany and Holland, circa 1628
Located in Langweer, NL
Early Woodcut Map of the Rhine River Region, "Die Dritte Tafel des Rheinstroms," ca. 16th Century
This early woodcut map, titled "Die Dritte Tafel des Rheinstroms Innhaltend das Nid...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Early Woodcut Map of Swabia and Bavaria in Germany, 1628
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Early Woodcut Map of Swabia and Bavaria, 16th Century
This early woodcut map titled "Schwaben und Bayernlande / Darbey auch begreiffen der Oenwaldt / Nordgaw / etc." provides...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Woodcut Map of the Rhine River Region Covering the Palatinate, Austria and Elsa
Located in Langweer, NL
Early Woodcut Map of the Rhine River Region Covering the Palatinate, Austria, and Elsass, ca. 1628
This early woodcut map, titled "Die ander Tafel des Rheinstromes/begriffen die Pfa...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Rare Original Handcolored Miniature Map of Malaysia and Singapore, 1600
Located in Langweer, NL
Very handsome original old coloured copper engraving of Malaysia and Singapore, with parts of Sumatra, inc the island of Bangka and Bintam. Title of the map 'Description Malacca'. On...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Rare 16th Century Original Handcolored Miniature Map of Java, Indonesia, 1616
Located in Langweer, NL
Very handsome original old coloured copper engraving by Bertius of the island of Java in the early days of the Dutch colonisation - at that time named The Dutch East Indies or nowada...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Old Print of Ascension Island with Ships, a Whale and Flying Fish, 1601
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'Vera effigies et delineato Insulae Ascenstio …' - Bird's eye view of Ascension Island. Five large sailing ships in the background and flying fish and waterfowl in the foreground. On the rear an image of four ships sailing towards a whale, accompanied by fowl, flying fish and dolphins. From 'Indiae Orientalis', 1598-1604.
Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after 'Jean Theodore de Bry...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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1608 Hispaniae Novae Sive Magnae Vera Descriptio Framed Mexico Map
Located in Stamford, CT
1608 Hispaniae Novae Sive Magnae Vera Descriptio Framed Mexico Map. As found custom black wooden frame/ matting.
This map is based on the work of Abraham Ortelius as is an example o...
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Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Exquisite 1600 Ortelius Map of Artois, France: A Collector’s Piece
Located in Langweer, NL
Exquisite 1600 Ortelius Map of Artois, France: A Collector’s Piece with Rich Historical Detail
Description of the Map:
This map, titled "Atrebatum Regionis Vera Descriptio," create...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Original Antique Map the Imperial States of the Habsburg Netherlands, 1609
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Belgii inferioris descriptio (..)'.
Old map of the Seventeen Provinces, the Imperial states of the Habsburg Netherlands in the 16th century. They roughly cove...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Original Old & Rare View of the City of Workum, Friesland, The Netherlands, 1616
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Worcum'. This print depicts the city of Workum (Friesland, The Netherlands). With German captions. This print originates from 'Rerum Frisicarum Historia' publishe...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Antique Miniature Map of Java by Bertius '1618'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique miniature map titled 'Iava Maior'. Rare miniature map of Java, Indonesia. This map originates from 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum Libri s...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Original Engraved Portrait of Louis II, King of Hungary, Croatia & Bohemia, 1615
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Lodovicus D.G. (..)'.
Portrait of Louis II, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia. This print originates from 'Tooneel der keysere...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Decorative Original Antique Map of Valencia in Southern Spain, circa 1601
Located in Langweer, NL
This is an original antique map titled 'Valentiae Regni olim Contestanorum Si Ptolemaeo, Edentanorum Si Plinio Credimus Typus'. This is a historical map of the Kingdom of Valencia in...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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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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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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VeryRare Antique Map of Leeuwarden, Friesland, The Netherlands, by P. Bast, 1603
By P. Bast
Located in Langweer, NL
Very rare plan of Leeuwarden, Friesland, The Netherlands. With several cartouches and coat of arms. With a legend and compass rose at bottom right. Made by 'Pieter Bast' after the su...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Small Original Antique Map of the Lower Alsace region, Germany
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Alsatia Inferior'. Small original antique map of the Lower Alsace region, Germany. This map originates from 'Atlas minor Gerardi Mercatoris a I. Hondio plurimis a...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Rare Old Map of the City of Stavoren, Friesland, the Netherlands, 1616
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Staveren'.
Old map of the city of Stavoren, Friesland. This map originates from 'Rerum Frisicarum Historia' by U. Emmius.
Artists and Engravers: Nicolaes ...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Antique Map of the Region of Mansfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Mansfeldiae Comitatus Descriptio'. Original antique map of the region of Mansfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Shows the area between Halle a. d. Saale, Aschersleben,...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Rare Small Map of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Macassar, Madura, Bali, 1614
Located in Langweer, NL
One of the first maps of the Indonesia islands of Java, Bali, Sumbawa etc. in early days of the Dutch Indies. Also showing Banten, Jakarta (Jacatra), Indr...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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1616 Bertius Map of Sumatra, Singapore and the Straits of Malacca
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: "1616 Bertius Map of Sumatra and the Straits of Malacca"
Description: This is an exquisite 1616 original antique map by Petrus Bertius, titled "Sumatra Insula," showcasing Su...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Original Antique Map of the Northern Baltic Region
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: "Livonia: Antique Map of the Northern Baltic Region"
Description: This antique map, titled "Livonia," is a detailed representation of the northern Baltic region. Centered on ...
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Antique Miniature Map of Java by Bertius/Hondius '1618'
Located in Langweer, NL
Rare antique miniature map titled 'Iava Maior'. This map shows the northern coastline of Java (Indonesia) with numerous place names, but the southern coa...
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps
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Old Map of the Dutch Provinces of Friesland and Groningen, The Netherlands, 1604
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'Frisiae Occidentalis.'
Handsome map of the Dutch Provinces of Friesland and Groningen. Embellished with strapwork title-car...
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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 Early 17th Century Maps
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Small Original Antique Map of Upper Saxony, Germany
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Saxonia Superior'. Small original antique map of Upper Saxony, Germany. Upper Saxony (German: Obersachsen) was the name given to the majority of the German lands ...
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Antique Map of the Northeast of England by Mercator 'circa 1620'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Eboracum Lincolnia, Derbia, Staffordia, Notinghamia, Lecestria, Rutlandia, et Norfolcia'. Decorative early map of the northeast of England, comprising the countie...
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Scarce Antique Map of the Middle East, Surrounded by Latin Text, 1624
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Lumen Historium per Orientem (..).'
Scarce map of the Middle East, surrounded by Latin text. The two insets show Israel and an oval world map. This map (from the last edition of Ortelius Theatri Orbis Terrarum Parergon, 1624) was engraved by Franciscus Hareio. Later, this map was copied by Hornius for his World Atlas (1653).
Artists and Engravers: Franciscus Haraeus (Latinised form of Franciscus Verhaer; also known as Frans Verhaer), (Utrecht 1555? - Leuven, 11 January 1631), was a Dutch theologian, historian, and cartographer. He is best known for his history (from a Catholic point of view) of the Dutch Revolt...
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Original Antique Miniature Map of Persia, Published, ca.1601
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique miniature map titled 'Persia'. Small map of Persia published in the Epitome, or pocket-edition of the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum".
Artists and e...
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Antique Map of the Coastline Between Calais and Estaples and Northern France
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Caletensium et Bononiensium Ditionis Accurata Delinatio [on sheet with] Veromanduorum Eorumque Confinium Exactissima Discriptio'. Two maps on a folio sheet. Calentensium covers the coastline between Calais and Estaples based in part on a four-sheet map by Nicolas de Nicolay...
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Stunning Decorative Antique Map of East Frisia with an Inset of Emden, c.1610
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique map titled 'Typus Frisie Orientalis a Dullarto (..)'. One of the most decorative maps of East Frisia and its important shipping center of Emden and the Watten Is...
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