Merian’s View of the Solfatara Crater
This is a view of the Solfatara volcanic crater, mythological home of Vulcan in the Phlegraean Fields at Pozzuoli, near Naples. It was published by...
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This is a view of the Solfatara volcanic crater, mythological home of Vulcan in the Phlegraean Fields at Pozzuoli, near Naples. It was published by...
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A New and Correct Map of North Wales Robert Morden's maps were engraved to illustrate Gibson's edition of William Camden's Britannia, first publish...
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This of Cape Verde was published 'Geography Rectified' in various editions from 1680 onward. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 11.5 x 13...
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Kriechich Wyssenburg This map of Belgrade showing the confluence of the rivers Danube and Sava at Belgrade, Serbia, is from Sebastian Münster's Cos...
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This map of Sicily is from the second series of maps engraved by Philip Galle for the Epitome, the pocket atlas version of Ortelius’ Theatrum. Cond...
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Two English printers dipped a toe in the vernacular atlas market at approximately the same time with pocket editions of the Ortelius atlas: ‘These ...
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Typus Regni Neapolitani This map of the Kingdom of Naples is from the second series of maps engraved by Philip Galle for the Epitome, the pocket at...
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Asia veteribus nota. L’Asie ancienne, dirigée par M. Philippe This is a map of Asia as it was understood in the Greco-Roman world in classical anti...
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Tabula Aphricae II Ruscelli’s map of North Africa, following Gastaldi, was first issued in his edition of Ptolemy’s Geographia printed by Valgrisi ...
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This map of Ptolemaic Germany and Denmark is from the fourth edition of Ruscelli’s Italian translation of the Geographia. It is illustrated with de...
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[Title-page] Anglorum Indoles Studia et Actiones In attempting to define the character of the English there is a strong emphasis on trade and disco...
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[Title-page] Atlas Historique The classical muses on this title page represent Chronology, History, Navigation and Geography. Atlas braces himself ...
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West Indies – St Croix Island – Christiansted Harbour This is a US naval chart of Christiansted, the largest town on St Croix in the United States ...
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Japan – Honshu – South Coast – Kii Suido – Yurano Uchi and Hii Wan This sea chart covers a stretch of coastline to the south of Osaka and Wakayama ...
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Britannia Magna This miniature map of the British Isles oriented with East at the top was published in James Beeverell’s ‘Les Delices de la Grand B...
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In the margin to the left of this map is an incomplete list of sultans of the Ottoman Empire. The map was published in Wagner’s ‘Delineatio Provinc...
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