Western Hemisphere, Tallis, ca.1851
Tallis, John: Western Hemisphere. London. [ca.1851]. From the Montgomery Martin Illustrated Atlas. Map engraved by Rapkin. Size approx 360 x 260mm. Original steel engraved map with original outline hand colouring. 12 vignette views including Inuit, whales, bison and native warriors. Highly decorative border and background. Clean, bright unfolded map in excellent condition. |
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Hemisphere Oriental, De L'Isle, ca.1733
L'Isle, Guillaume de : Hemisphere Oriental dresse en 1720 pour l'usage particulier du Roy. Amsterdam, Covens & Mortier, ca.1733. Hemisphere diameter approx 480mm and paper size approx 660mm x 540mm. Wide margins extending far beyond the plate mark. A fine dark impression with bright original colour on heavy paper with wide margins. . Shows the tracks of the voyages of Halley and Abel Tasman. A rare map in excellent condition |
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Eastern Hemisphere, Tallis, ca.1851
Tallis, John: Eastern Hemisphere. London. [ca.1851]. From the Montgomery Martin Illustrated Atlas. Map engraved by Rapkin. Size approx 360 x 260mm. Original steel engraved map with original outline hand colouring. 12 vignette views including reindeer, camel, Giraffe, buffalo and native warriors. Highly decorative border and background. Clean, bright unfolded map in excellent condition. |
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Les Deux Poles, Septentrional et Meridional, Sanson, 1679
Sanson, Nicolas. Paris 1679. [ Arctic and Antarctic ]. Les Deux Poles . Arctique ou Septentrional, et Antarcticque ou Meridional, ou Description des Terres Arcticques et Antarctiques; et des Pays circomvoisins jusques aux 45 Degres de Latitude. Par N. Sanson d'Abbeville Geographe ordre du Roy. Louvre Galleries, engraved by Pruthenus. Size approx 540mm x 410 mm. A double hemisphere map showing the North and South poles. The North pole is linked to Greenland and Spitzbergen but there is little other detailed coastline in the Arctic area. The most southerly part of South America is shown, together who the large land mass [Terra Incognita] which encompasses the bulk of the hemisphere. Central fold, with a slight barely visible paper defect in the lower left corner, not affecting any printed area. Very good condition. |
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Orbis Veteribus Noti Tabula Nova [Eastern Hemisphere], De L'Isle, ca.1730
Covens & Mortier After De L'Isle : [ Eastern Hemisphere ] Orbis Veteribus Noti Tabula Nova. Amsterdam, ca.1730. Original outline hand colouring on heavy paper. An excellent map of the eastern hemisphere, with the outline of western Australia shown. Map size approx. 640mm x 540mm with the hemisphere measuring approx 450mm. Wide margins extending far beyond the plate mark. A fine dark impression with bright original colour on heavy paper with wide margins. A scarce map in excellent condition. |
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Map of the Northern Hemisphere, Thomson, 1817
Thomson, John : Map of Northern Hemisphere. From a New General Atlas of the World, Edinburgh, ca.1817. Showing the hemisphere on a polar projection to the Equator. Good condition. Original hand colouring and good margins of heavy paper. Map size approx 530mm x 490mm. |
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