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This map of ancient Egypt is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers, first published in Paris in 1683 and reprinted with German text in Frankfurt t...

This map of Ancient Jerusalem is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers, first published in Paris in 1683 and reprinted with German text in Frankfu...

This map of Cairo is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. It derives, ultimately, from Matteo Pagano’s magnificent 21 sheet wall map, published ...

This view of Constantinople isfrom Mallet’s Description de l’Univers, first published in Paris in 1683 and reprinted with German text in Frankfurt ...

Rome Ancienne This plan of ancient Rome is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers, first published in Paris in 1683 and reprinted with German text ...

This plan of Constantinople is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers, first published in Paris in 1683 and reprinted with German text in Frankfurt...

Carte Reduite du Golfe de Bangale D’Après de Mannevillette (1707-1780) was a practical seaman as well as a mapmaker; his sea atlas was published in...

Carte des Isles du Cap-Verd This chart of the Cape Verde islands was engraved by Guillaume de la Haye. D’Après de Mannevillette (1707-1780) was a p...

Condition & Materials  Copper engraving, 39.5 x 49.5 cm, engraved by J. Basire, black and white as issued, blank verso; map of Mons.

This route map was published in a report to Congress as ‘Letter from the postmaster general transmitting a report of General Bernard, of surveys of...

Plan du Siege de Namur avec les nouveaux travaux que sa Majesté y a fait adjouter qui sont marquees à la lettre A. Cette place fut reduitte à l’obb...

This map shows the ‘Germanic’ regions of Europe, including the Low Countries, Poland and Austria, engraved by Pieter van den Keere. The 'Atlas Mino...

Anglesey Ins[ula]; Wight ol[im] Vectis; Ins[ula] Garnsey; Ins[ula] Iarsay This map of Anglesey, the Isle of Wight, Guernsey and Jersey was engraved...

Britannia et Normandia cum consiniis This map of Brittany and Normandy was engraved by Jodocus Hondius for the ‘Atlas Minor’. Condition & Mater...

This map shows the ‘Germanic’ regions of Europe, including the Low Countries, Poland and Austria, and was engraved by Jodocus Hondius for the ‘Atla...

This map of the province of Groningen in the Netherlands, set within an elaborate strapwork border, was published in the ‘Atlas Minor’. A new serie...

This plan of Florence was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Itinerarium Italiae of 1640 and editions of the Theatru...

This plan of Genoa was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Itinerarium Italiae of 1640 and editions of the Theatrum E...

This plan of Loreto (site of the Basilica della Santa Casa) was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Itinerarium Itali...

This plan of Mantua was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Itinerarium Italiae of 1640 and editions of the Theatrum ...

This plan of Messina was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Itinerarium Italiae of 1640 and editions of the Theatrum...

This plan of Naples was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Itinerarium Italiae of 1640 and editions of the Theatrum ...

This plan of Palmanova (a Venetian town founded in 1593, sheltered behind innovative fortifications taking the form of a nine-pointed star) was pub...

This plan of Pavia (the ancient Ticinum) was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Itinerarium Italiae of 1640 and edit...

This plan of Piacenza was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Itinerarium Italiae of 1640, the Archontologia cosmica ...

Famosae in. Archipelago, Chius hodie Scio Insulae, victricibus nuper Venetorum classe et armis Turcarum imperio ereptae, nec non aliarum adjacentiu...

This map of Aachen, or Aix-la-Chapelle, was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Theatrum Europaeum. Condition & M...

This map of Augsburg was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Archontologia cosmica, Theatrum Europaeum and the Topogr...

This map of Baden in Switzerland was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Archontologia cosmica, Theatrum Europaeum an...

This map of Bremen was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Theatrum Europaeum. Condition & Materials Copper engra...

This map of Dubrovnik and Chalcis waspublished by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Archontologia Cosmica and Theatrum Europaeum...

This map of Gallipoli in Apulia was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Itinerarium Italiae of 1640, the Archontologi...

Nova Totius Germania Descriptio. Deutschland This map of Germany was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including editions of the ...

This map of Lyons was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Archontologia Cosmica and Theatrum Europaeum. Condition &am...

This map of Rostock was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Theatrum Europaeum. Condition & Materials Copper eng...

This map of Stade was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Theatrum Europaeum. Condition & Materials Copper engrav...

Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 27.5 x 37 cm, black and white, blank verso. Map showing the Duchy of Mantua.

This map of Wismar was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Theatrum Europaeum. Condition & Materials Copper engr...

This plan of of Ostia was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Itinerarium Italiae of 1640, the Archontologia cosmica ...

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...

This view shows the major eruption of Vesuvius in December 1631, published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Itinerarium Ital...

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...

This of Cape Verde was published 'Geography Rectified' in various editions from 1680 onward.  Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 11.5 x 13...

Kriechich Wyssenburg This map of Belgrade showing the confluence of the rivers Danube and Sava at Belgrade, Serbia, is from Sebastian Münster's Cos...

Carte Routière de la France dressée par ordre de Monsieur le Directeur Général des Ponts et Chaussées Though described in the title as a road map o...

Pomeraniae Wandalicae Regionis Typ. [on sheet with] Livoniae Nova descriptio [and] Ducatus Oswieczensis et Zatoriensis Descriptio An early example ...

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...

Two English printers dipped a toe in the vernacular atlas market at approximately the same time with pocket editions of the Ortelius atlas: ‘These ...