Paris: 1683. Notes: A small 17th century French World map. French text on verso. Mallet, Alain Manesson (1630-1706) was an important French geographer and military engineer at the time of King Louis XIV., Size : 147x105 (mm), 5.79x4.13 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps World;.
Arnhem, The Netherlands: Antonii Magini, c.1617. Notes: Latin text and blank verso. Rare World map, taken from Ioannis Antonii Magini's Geographia Tum Veteris, Tum Nova. It is published in Arnhem in 1617 and edited by Jan Janssonius. The map is specially engraved for this publication by Abraham Goos, inspired by.....
Amsterdam: 1663. Notes: Dutch Text on verso. Highly decorative World map prepared by Nicholas Visscher for insertion in a Dutch bible. Nicolaes Visscher I (25 January 1618 – 11 September 1679) was a Dutch engraver, cartographer and publisher. He was the son of Claes Janszoon Visscher. , Size : 305x470.....
![Item #M9286 Chikyu Bankoku Sankai [Japanese World Map]. Nagakubo Sekisui](https://alexandremaps.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/M9286.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1646686401)
Osaka, Japan: 1850. Notes: This world map shows Japan as the center of the world, definitely a product of the isolationism that was the cornerstone of Japanese foreign policy under the Tokugawa shogunate from 1641 to 1853. Text is in Japanese. Reduced version of the famous map "Kaisei chikyu bankoku.....
![Item #M9273 [Japanese World Map]. Nagata](https://alexandremaps.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/M9273.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1646686399)
Osaka: c.1875. Notes: Large scale and an attractive World map published in Japan during the late 19th century. There are two inset maps of the north and south poles in the top left and right corners. There are also six inset maps with corresponding views along the bottom edge. Publisher's.....
Japan: 1710. Notes: Rare First Japanese map of the World. The map shows European geographical information with Buddhist believe system. Original cover Naniwashi, Woodblock print, Houei 7 , Size : 1180x1440 (mm), 46.46x56.69 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Category: Maps World; Maps Folding Maps;. Notes: Rare First Japanese map of.....
Trajecti ad Rhenum: Francisci Halma, c. 1692. Notes: A finely engraved map of the world by Nicolas Sanson, "the father of French cartography," during the late 17th century. Engraved by A. de Winter. There are a lot of fascinating cartographic errors that were made, such as California being shown as.....
Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, c.1696. Size : 393x540 (mm), 15.47x21.26 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Category: Maps World;. Size : 393x540 (mm), 15.47x21.26 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Category: Maps World;.
Amsterdam: 1657. Notes: Decorative and highly detailed World map with allegorical representations of the continents, as well as native inhabitants and wildlife. Two separate diagrams depict the Ptolemaic and Copernican theories of the solar system. German text on verso. Text below lower right margin reads "Diese Carte gehort vor Genesis".....
Antwerp: 1590. Notes: A fine world map by Abraham Ortelius based on Ptolemy surrounded by the maps of the four continents, Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Map is superbly decorated within ornamental 16th century design. Latin text on verso. , Size : 310x439 (mm), 12.20x17.28 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring.....
Germany: Justus Perthes, c.1900. Size : 705x980 (mm), 27.76x38.58 (Inches), Coloring: Printed in Color, Category: Maps World;. Size : 705x980 (mm), 27.76x38.58 (Inches), Coloring: Printed in Color, Category: Maps World;.
Paris: 1676. Notes: Third State of this double hemisphere map of the World by Pierre Du Val. , Size : 350x605 (mm), 13.78x23.82 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Reference: Shirley #441, Category: Maps World;. Notes: Third State of this double hemisphere map of the World by Pierre Du Val. , Size.....
Leiden: 1713. Notes: Detailed double hemisphere World map richly decorated with allegorical vignettes signifying the four classical elements and a central image of deist cosmography. The map also features the well delineated rivers of the Mississippi, Ohio, Rio Grande, and St. Lawrence. The Great Lakes are discernable. California is drawn.....
Amsterdam: c.1631. Notes: An uncommon World map derived from Blaeu's carte-a-figure's map of the world. Fourth state. a highly detailed and decorative World Map with additional information referring to explorations in the Arctic. A long note near the cartouche headed 'America' queries whether the straits of Anian and Davis do.....
Venice: Gio. Battista & Giorgio Galignani, c. 1597. Notes: Text in Italian. From Magini's "Geografia cioe Descrittione Universale della Terra". The first edition of this map was printed with Latin text, with the later issues printed in Italian. "This quarto edition of Ptolemy was edited by the distinguished Italian geographer.....
Venice: 1597. Notes: Ptolemaic map following the classical format. The Indian Ocean is landlocked with a continuous coastline joining Africa to South East Asia. Toprobana, present day Sri Lanka, is a very large island in the Indian Ocean and the Indian sub-continent is completely missing, although the Ganges river is.....
![Item #M8194 [World Map]. Raphael Savonarola, Raffaello](https://alexandremaps.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/M8194.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1646686209)
Italy: c.1713. Notes: Savonarola used the pseudonym Alphonsus Lasor a Varea. Monk of Theatine order who worked in the monastery library in Padua. He was also Professor of Holy Scripture. Universes Terrarum Orbis Scriptorum. , Size : 105x140 (mm), 4.13x5.51 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Reference: Mickwitz, A.M., Miekkavaara, L. and.....
London: Tallis, 1851. Size : 245x330 (mm), 9.625x13 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps World. Size : 245x330 (mm), 9.625x13 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps World.
Leipzig: 1741. Notes: Spectacul mid 18th century World map, California as an island with various Astronomical features., Size : 200x236 (mm), 7.87x9.29 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Category: Maps World;. Notes: Spectacul mid 18th century World map, California as an island with various Astronomical features., Size : 200x236 (mm), 7.87x9.29.....
Paris: 1657. Notes: A handsome 17th century map of the known world, typifying Sanson's scientific style of cartography. Embodying the most up to date information of the period, Sanson's map depicts California as an island, with Antarctica and Australia still largely unknown. A land bridge connects Asia to North America.....
Antwerp, Belgium: Jan Duren, c.1697. Notes: Rare miniature World map. California is depicted as an island. There are symbols for the four continents: dangerous America, strong Europe, exotic Asia, and wild Africa. , Size : 140x160 (mm), 5.51x6.30 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Reference: Shirley #553., Category: Maps World;.
Basle: c.1564. Notes: A fine and decorative map of the World from the mid 16th century. German text on verso. Sebastian Münster (1488 – 1552) was a German cartographer, cosmographer, and a Christian Hebraist scholar. His work, the Cosmographia from 1544, was the earliest German description of the world., Size.....
London: 1720. Notes: California is depicted as an island in the main map but on two inset maps in the upper and lower left corner is depicted as a peninsula. There are four hemisphere insets in each of the corners. The title cartouche located along the upper margin is flanked.....
London: Longman & Co., c.1832. Notes: A fine World map from early 19th century. With two inset views of London. Sidney Hall (1788?–1831) was a British engraver and cartographer well known and popular for his early nineteenth century atlases containing maps of the United Kingdom and of the ancient world.....
Toronto: C.C. Petersen Advertising; R.G.McLean Ltd., 1942. Notes: Pictorial and interesting World War II map., Size : 498x657 (mm), 19.61x25.87 (Inches), Coloring: Printed in Color, Category: Maps Military; Maps 20th Century Maps; Maps World;. Notes: Pictorial and interesting World War II map., Size : 498x657 (mm), 19.61x25.87 (Inches), Coloring: Printed.....