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Title/Content of Map: Descriptio Germaniae Inferioris Date Printed: 1588 Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius Material/Medium: No color, thin paper. Spanish text on verso. From the first modern atlas- the T

Map: Descriptio Americae Maker: Petrus Bertius Date: 1616 Medium: Original handcolored copper plate engraving Size: 3.75 x 5.25 inches A remarkably accurate map of the Americas showing California atta

Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612), Asiae Nova Descriptio auctore Jodoco Hondio, Amsterdam, circa 1606-1620, in two sheets, page numbers and decorative engraving verso, engraving on laid paper with hand colo

Title/Content of Map: Hassiae Descriptio Ioanne Dryandro Avectore, Holsatiae Descrip Date Printed: 1588 Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius Material/Medium: No color, thick paper. Spanish text on verso. Fr

Title/Content of Map: Helvetiae Descriptio Date Printed: 1584 Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius Material/Medium: No color, thick paper. Latin text on verso. From the first modern atlas- the Theatrum Orbi

Abraham Ortelius 16th Cent. ''Americae Siv Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio'' Map Engraving. Hand tinted Western Hemisphere map of America circa 1570-73, printed in Antwerp. Gallery framed with glass on bot

NOVISSIMA ET ACCURATISSIMA TOTIUS AMERICAE FRAMED MAP Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Descriptio map, circa 19th century, by Nicholas Visscher. Double-page map of North and South Ameri

Mexico.- Ortelius (Abraham) Hispaniae Novae Sivae Magnae, Recens et Vera Descriptio, map of the central and western coastal regions of Mexico, with three ornate strap-work cartouche, engraving with ea

Mexico.- Ortelius (Abraham) Hispaniae Novae Sivae Magnae, Recens et Vera Descriptio, map of the central and western coastal regions of Mexico, with three ornate strap-work cartouche, engraving with ha

Middle East.- Jansson (Joannes) Syriae, sive Soriae. Nova et Accurata Descriptio, map of Syria and Lebanon, fully engraved with mountain ranges, forests and cities. Damascus is at the bottom of the ma

Map: Nova descriptio Judaeae et totius Terrae Israel Cartographer: Berey/Ertinger Place & Date: Rouen / 1699 Size: 14 7/8" x 10 3/4" Condition: b&w; light overall age toning The beautifully detailed a

British Isles.- Ortelius (Abraham) Britannicarum Insularum Vetus Descriptio, two-sheet map of ancient Britain, probably engraved by Jan Wierix, with four ornate strap-work cartouches, a naval battle i

Title/Content of Map: Asiae Nova Descriptio Date Printed: 1588 Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius Material/Medium: No color, strong impression. Spanish text on verso. From the first modern atlas- the Thea

Americae Descriptio Nova, published by Philip Chetwind, London, 1666, in two sheets, engraving on laid paper, plate 13-3/8 x 16-5/8 in., sheet 14-1/4 x 17-1/4 in., black painted wood frame, 17-1/4 x 2

Abrahm Ortelius, Antwerp, 1575, copper engraving of Tuscany, containing an ornate cartouche, with sailing ships, centered on Florence, with Rome in the lower right; Published the early 1574-5 in The O

A copperplate engraving with original hand color published in Amsterdam by Blaeu, circa 1640. With "draped" title cartouche. compass rose, and the heraldic symbols of the Holy Roman Empire. Numerous p

Title/Content of Map: Palatinatus Bavariae Descriptio, Argentoratensis Agri Descriptio Date Printed: 1588 Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius Material/Medium: No color. Spanish text on verso. From the firs

Title/Content of Map: Mansfeldiae Comitatus Descriptio Date Printed: 1574 Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius Material/Medium: Hand color, thick paper. Latin text on verso. From the first modern atlas- the

China.- Ortelius (Abraham) Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis, nova descriptio, detailed map centred on China and based on the work of Jorge de Barbuda, a Portuguese Jesuit also known as Ludovicus Georgius

Ortelius, Abraham (1527-1598). Asia Nova Descriptio. Engraved map with original hand color in full. Antwerp, 1570 (Latin Edition). 26" x 33 1/2" sheet, 37" x 45" framed A marvelous misprojection of Ja

VISSCHER, Nicolas (1618-1679). Indiae Orientalis, nec non Insularum Adiacentium Nova Descriptio. Engraved map with great original hand color in full. Amsterdam, c. 1698. 20 1/2" x 24 1/8" sheet. This

[SIX MAPS] 1. VISSCHER, Nicolas (1618-1679). Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae descriptio. Engraved map with original hand color. Amsterdam, c. 1677. 20" x 24" visible, 29 1/2" x 33 1/2" fram

Nicolaes Van Geelkercken, 1632 world map, Orbis Terrarum Descriptio Duobis Planis Hemisphaeriis Comprehesa, hand-colored engraving, 20th c. restrike, matted and framed under glass, 17"h x 23"w (sight)

Hand-colored engraving Cartouche decorated with plants and anthropomorphic motifs in the lower left corner with the inscription "Turcici imperii descriptio". This map view shows Libya, Egypt, Persia a