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AMER2366

Cartographer: Sebastian Munster
Title: : La Table des Isles neusues lesquelles on appelle isles d'occident & d'Indie pour divers regardz
Date: 1568 Size: 14 x 11 inches
Published: Basel
Description: First map to show America as a separate continent. Woodcut. French text on reverse [Burden 12, State 11]
Map Ref: AMER2366

AMER1893

Cartographer: Theodore De Bry
Title: : America Sive Novvs Orbis Respectv Evropaeorvm Inferior Globi Terrestris Pars 1596
Date: c. 1595 Size: 16 x 13 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: Rare Hemisphere bordered with finely engraved figures of four explorers. Lower margin restored. [Burden 91]
Map Ref: AMER1893

AMER2184

Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : Americae Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio
Date: 1612 Size: 20 x 14 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: Beautiful and ornate map of the Americas embellished with ships, sea monsters and an elaborate strapwork cartouche. Spanish edition of this important and influential map. Rich original hand-colour. Spanish text on verso. [Burden 39.3]
Map Ref: AMER2184

AMER2218

Cartographer: Petrus Bertius
Title: : Descriptio Americae
Date: 1616 Size: 5 x 3 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Miniature map of the Americas published by Jodocus Hondius Jr. in his 1616 edition of Petrus Bertius' 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum'. Coloured. [Burden 183]
Map Ref: AMER2218

AMER2084

Cartographer: Mercator Hondius
Title: : America siue India Nova
Date: 1623 Size: 18 x 14 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Americas. Landmark map of the continent based on Gerard Mercator's wall map. Latin text on verso. Original hand-colour. [Burden 87]
Map Ref: AMER2084

AMER2064

Cartographer: Jodocus Hondius
Title: : America Noviter Delineata
Date: 1630 Size: 22 x 16 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Rare and exquisite map of the Americas with miniature bird's-eye city views in the upper and lower borders, and with indigenous figures in local costume decorating the right and left borders. [Burden 207.2]
Map Ref: AMER2064

AMER2296

Cartographer: J. & H. Hondius
Title: : America noviter delineata
Date: 1631 Size: 20 x 15 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Archetypal map of North and South America published by the Hondius family, one of the Houses which defined the Dutch Golden Age of Mapmaking. French text on verso. Original colour. [Burden 192]
Map Ref: AMER2296

AMER1910

Cartographer: Blaeu/Von Meteren
Title: : Americae nova Tabula
Date: 1633 Size: 18 x 14 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: RARE. Americas. Von Meteren edition without border panels. [Burden 189]
Map Ref: AMER1910

AMER1749

Cartographer: Matthaus Merian
Title: : America noviter delineata
Date: c. 1638 Size: 14 x 11 inches
Published: Frankfurt
Description: Decorative map of North & South America with a strapwork title cartouche and an inset map of Greenland. Embellished with miniature ships and sea monsters. Coloured. [Burden 251]
Map Ref: AMER1749

AMER1982

Cartographer: Jodocus Hondius
Title: : America Noviter Delineata
Date: c. 1638 Size: 22 x 16 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Americas. RARE three border "figure" map engraved by Jansson. German text. Coloured. [Schilder 18 (State 4). Burden 207 (State 3)] (Framed).
Map Ref: AMER1982

AMER2356

Cartographer: Willem & Jan Blaeu
Title: : Americae nova Tabula
Date: c. 1640 Size: 21 x 16 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Splendid Dutch Golden Age map of the Americas, embellished with a border of costumed figures and town plans. Latin text on verso. Original hand-colour. [Burden 189]
Map Ref: AMER2356

AMER1963

Cartographer: Pierre Mariette
Title: : America Noviter Delineata
Date: c. 1650 Size: 19 x 14 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Decorative separately issued map of the Americas, one of many derivatives of Jodocus Hondius's map of 1618. Inset maps of the hypothesized Antarctica and of Greenland. Embellished with sailing ships. Coloured. [Burden 300]
Map Ref: AMER1963

AMER2368

Cartographer: Mercator Hondius
Title: : Americae Descrip.
Date: c. 1661 Size: 8 x 6 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Attractive miniature map of the Americas with Latin text on verso. A number of charming ships and sea monsters decorate the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Jansson/Cluver edition. Coloured. [Burden 153]
Map Ref: AMER2368

AMER2375

Cartographer: Jan Jansson
Title: : Americae Descriptio
Date: 1661 Size: 8 x 6 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Beautiful map of the Americas showing a navigable North West Passage, as well as a large, completely detached body of land in the region of modern-day Alaska. Latin text on verso. Coloured. [Burden 221]
Map Ref: AMER2375

AMER2272

Cartographer: Anne Seile
Title: : Americae Nova Descriptio
Date: 1663 Size: 14 x 16 inches
Published: London
Description: The earliest map of the Americas attributed to a female mapmaker. Shows California as an island. Strong Impression. [Burden 379]
Map Ref: AMER2272

AMER2315

Cartographer: John Speed
Title: : America
Date: 1676 Size: 20 x 16 inches
Published: London
Description: Stunning map of the Americas with decorative borders showing peoples and cities. The first atlas map to show California as an island. English text on verso.
Map Ref: AMER2315

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