Maps

Splendid wall map of Mexico City, printed in Mexico; extremely rare first edition.

Fine nine-sheet plan of Mexico City surveyed by Diego Garcia Conde and compiled by some of Mexico's most important engravers and artists. It was published in Mexico City in 1807. This is a rare first edition, of which very few examples survive.

“Unsurpassed in Importance” (Lada-Mocarski), one of the most influential Spanish voyages to the Pacific and Northwest Coast.

First edition, an important and rare account of Spanish exploration of the Northwest Coast of North America and the Pacific, illustrated with an atlas comprising 9 maps and 8 engraved plates of the local costumes and native population, “Unsurpassed in Importance” (Lada-Mocarski).

A plan of Rio de Janeiro by the Comte de Breteuil, the last prime minister of pre-revolutionary France, together with one of the earliest manuscript prospects of the city.

Louis Charles Auguste le Tonnelier, baron de Breteuil, baron de Preuilly (1730-1807) was a French aristocrat, diplomat, statesman and politician. He was the last Prime Minister of the Bourbon Monarchy, appointed by King Louis XVI only one hundred hours before the storming of the Bastille.

The Most Important Map of North America Published in England in the Seventeenth Century.

Fine example of Henry Briggs’ famous map of North America, one of the most important and influential printed maps of the seventeenth century. It was included in Samuel Purchas’ voyage collection Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas his Pilgrimes, one of the most well-known travel books ever published in English.

The Culmination of Ortelius's Theatrum

Important edition and a superb example of Ortelius atlas in contemporary color and original binding, “The 1609 (1612) Latin edition of the Theatrum is the most complete edition of this atlas” - Van Der Krogt (31:054).

Willem Barentsz's Map of the Polar Regions, drawn from his observations during his third voyage of 1596-97 and engraved by Baptiste Van Deutecum.

The Barentsz map of the Polar Regions is a major landmark in Arctic cartography, depicting the details of his third voyage of 1596-7. After becoming stuck on the ice and being forced to winter in the Polar regions, Barentsz utilized his time to create an elaborate and highly decorative manuscript map depicting his observations.

One of two known copies of a Lafreri-School set of 16th century maps of the Continents.

First edition with an almost unique set of maps of the Continents, different from almost every other copy known, except for a copy held in Spain. This copy contains a set of trapezoidal maps of the Continents.

Canton, Macao & Hong Kong etc; the VOC Secret Atlas

The chart was made for and used by the VOC (Dutch East India Company) for navigation and trading, with a compass rose with rhumb lines, depth indications and other relevant navigational details. The chart show anchorage places and some individual buildings near the coast.