Old Views of Cabo Santa Maria & Tierra del Fuego, Chile, 1749

Uncommon and rare map of Mar del Sur and the coast of Peru. With inset maps of part of New Guinea and Tierra del Fuego. This map originates from 'Miroir Oost &...

Antique print titled 'De Straat Le Maire tusschen Tierra del Fuego en Staaten Land.' 'De Westzyde van 't Staaten Eiland.' Coastal views of Staten Island and Tierra del Fuego on the A...

Antique print titled 'Cap Horn'. View of Cape Horn, the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, located on the small Hornos Island. Originates fr...

Antique map titled 'Extremite Meridionale de l'Amerique.' Copper engraved map of Tierra del Fuego and the Strait of Magellan with five detailed insets of the region showing soundings, anchorages, etc. Engraved by Andre. This map originates from 'Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre'. Artists and Engravers: Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795 ) was one of the most important cartographers of the late 18th century. In 1773 he succeeded Jacques Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. Working in his official capacity Bonne compiled some of the most detailed and accurate maps of the period. Bonne's work represents an important step in the evolution of the cartographic ideology away from the decorative work of the 17th and early 18th century towards a more detail oriented and practical aesthetic. With regard to the rendering of terrain Bonne maps...

Coastal views of Cabo Santa Maria and Tierra del Fuego on the Argentina coast with the ships that were part of the voyage of George Anson around the world. This print originates from...

Antique print titled 'Vue de la cote du N. E. de Masa-Fuero' - 'Vue de la cote occidentale de Masa-Fuero a la distance de quatre milles.' Views of Alejandro Selkirk Island...

ST/556/1 - Old map of Corsica isle, surveyed by Captain Hell, of the French Royal Navy in 1824, engraved and published on 1874, with additions and corre...

ST/520 - Old rare Italian map of England, dated 1826-1827 - by Girolamo Tasso, editor in Venise, for the atlas of M.r Le-Sage.

A catalogue of engraved views, plans, etc., Of New York City, (The Collection of Percy R. Pyne II). Privately Printed by The De Vinne Press, New York, 1912. Limited to 100 copies. Gr...

A very stylish "View of the Center of Paris Taken from the Air" lithograph map published by the Paris Ministry of Tourism, circa early 1950s. The piece measures 27" x 43" and shows...

I Gesuiti by Frances St. Clair Miller etching on paper. The church of Santa Maria Assunta in Venice Italy. Signed, numbered 10/120 and titled in pencil in lower margin. Unframed, ima...

This engraved print shows a view of the United States Capitol Building, in Washington, D.C. The print depicts the neoclassical building from the northeast orientation, with a bustling street scene in front. The steel engraving is a proof printing, drawn and engraved by Henry Sartain and published in 1858. Plans began in May 1854 to build a new cast-iron dome for the United States Capitol. The then-architect of the Capitol Thomas Walter and his team were sold on the aesthetics of a new dome, as well as the utility of a fire-proof one. A year later, on March 3, 1855, President Franklin Pierce...