ORTELIUS, Abraham [Antwerp: 1570] Natoliae.../ Aegypti.../ Carthaginis... 12 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches. Fine hand color; reinforced bottom of centerfold, few edge mends, ink stain lower left, still very good condition overall.A very early issue from a 1570 edition, the year of the first appearance of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas. Three editions.....
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Aden, Arabiae Foelicis Emporium….
One of relatively few engravings by Braun & Hogenberg of non-European locales. The earliest acquirable European view of Aden in Yemen, the Arabian port commanding the passage between the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Also pictured are Mombasa in Kenya, Kilwa in Tanzania, and Sofala in Mozambique, all on.....
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The very scarce, first state of this attractive map engraved by Gerard Mercator himself of what is today northwest Turkey, including Istanbul (here Byzantium) and the Dardanelles. Also on the map are present-day northern Greece, Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Kosovo and Serbia. Meeting in this map are two of the.....
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