Superb original-color example of this large, ornate map of the kingdom of Portugal, with an inset map of the kingdom’s former colonies in Brazil. The allegorical cartouche alludes to Portugal’s profitable history of exploration. To the left, Neptune astride his chariot, showing dominance over the sea. To the right, Europa.....
Paru River/ Almeirim/ Brazil. CREVAUX, Jules? [Brazil?: c. 1878] Untitled & unsigned manuscript map of the Parú River in pen & ink on silk. 840 x 500mm (33 x 19 ¾ inches). Lightly age-toned, creasing and old folds, two or three holes in blank areas, very good. .....
SANSON, Nicolas [Paris, 1656] Le Bresil, dont la Coste set possedeé par les portugais et diviseé en Quatorze Capitanieries. 15 ½ x 21 ¼ inches. Original outline color; excellent condition. An attractive, full-size edition of Sanson’s elegantly engraved map of Brazil. It shows the coast of South America.....
World. WALDSEEMULLER, M. [Strasbourg, 1513] Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem. 17 3/8 x 22 1/2 inches. Woodcut with a strong printing impression; very slightly cropped along bottom, still overall excellent condition. .....
World. GRYNAEUS, S./ MUNSTER, S.(?)/ HOLBEIN the Younger, H. [Basel, c. 1532] Typus Cosmographicus Universalis. 14 ¾ x 22 inches. Woodcut printed on two joined sheets; very good condition overall; see below for details. An attractive example of this.....
The rare first state of an important and in some ways groundbreaking map. The woodblock for this map was destroyed shortly after its publication in a fire in November of 1557, hence its rarity. The map was compiled by the great Venetian cartographer, Giacomo Gastaldi, and appeared in a three-volume.....
Cusco/ Peru. RAMUSIO, J. G./ GASTALDI, G. [Venice, 1556/ ?] Il Cuscho Citta Principale Della Provincia Del Peru 11 x 15 inches. Fine hand color; bit of creasing along vertical fold else fine condition .....
First state by Ruscelli of one of the earliest separate maps of Brazil. An erupting volcano is pictured at top center on the west-orientated map. The map appeared in an edition of Ptolemy’s Geography.
Americas. MUNSTER, Sebastian. [Basle: 1540 [c. 1544-50]] Novae Insulae. 10 ½ x 13 ½ inches. Fine early color; some age toning, a few marginal stains, else excellent. The earliest collectible map of the Western Hemisphere.....
Mexico City/ Cusco. BRAUN, G./ HOGENBERG, F. [Cologne, 1572] Mexico, Regia Et Celebris Hispaniae . . ./ Cusco, Regni Peru . . . 10 5/8 x 18 1/2 inches. Fine hand color; fine condition with wide margins. Richly colored views of the centers of.....
World. ORTELIUS, A. [Antwerp: 1570 [1574] Typvs Orbis Terrarvm. 13 ¼ x 19 ¼ inches. Copperplate engraving with fine hand color; invisible split along top of centerfold, supported with thin rice paper on verso, overall very good .....
Arguably the most beautifully engraved early map of the Caribbean, including Florida and the Southeast, here with color of uncommon beauty. The map includes representations of Columbus’ ships and various notes regarding his discoveries. It appeared in Book IV of De Bry’s Grands Voyages with text by Benzoni. De Bry’s.....
South America/ Southeast U.S./ Gulf of Mexico. LINSCHOTEN, J. VAN [Amsterdam, 1596/ ?] Delineatio omnium orarum totius Australis partis Americae, . . . 15 x 20 1/4 inches. Fine, possibly early hand color; right margin with some expert reinstatement of engraved border, very good. .....
Americas/ Beer Making. HONDIUS, J. [Amsterdam, 1606] America. 14 3 4 x 19 3/4 inches. Fine hand color; fine condition with a bold strike. .....
Brazil. GASTALDI, G./ RAMUSIO, J.B. [Venice, 1556/ 1606] Brasil. 10 ¾ x 14 ½ inches. Woodcut in very good condition with wide margins. One of the first separate maps of Brazil and certainly among the most richly illustrated. Indigenous peoples are depicted at various labors and activities, with an emphasis.....
South America. HERRERA Y TORDESILLAS, Antonio De [Amsterdam, 1622] Descripcion De La Yndias De Medodia 7. 8 ¾ x 11 ½ inches. Mint condition. A superb example of a rarely seen map relating to the New World of this period.....
South America/ Brazil/ Caribbean/ Florida. DE BRY, T. [Frankfurt, 1592/ 1624] Americae Pars Magis Cognita. Chorographia nobilis & opulentae Peruanae Provinciae, atque Brasiliae, . . . MDCXXIV. 14 3/8 x 17 1/4 inches. Fine hand color; margins expertly extended with no loss of engraved surface, else excellent condition. .....
Patagonia/Tierra del Fuego. JANSSON, J. [Amsterdam: c. 1650] Tabula Magellanica Qua Tierrae del Fuego... 16 x 20 ¾ inches. Fine original color, fine condition. A stunning example, in full original color, of Dutch decorative cartography, this.....
In this arresting work, constellations of the southern skies, as if viewed from deep in space, can be seen superimposed over a portion of the earth. The area depicted “beneath” the stars extends from the United States to the South Pole and includes all of South America. Because this chart.....
