Rare Maps of Asia
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The British Colonies of Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania Shewing the Latest Discoveries and Travellers Routes.
Britain’s Austral Colonies in the Victorian Era.
Cartographer(s): Adam & Charles BlackPlace/Date: Edinburgh / 1861$2,800 Add to cart -
[Sri Lanka] Tabula Duodecima Dasia
Francesco Berlinghieri and Niccolò Tedesco’s formative 1482 map of Sri Lanka.
Place/Date: Florence / 1482$9,000 Add to cart -
[India-Pakistan-Bangladesh-Tibet] Tabula Decima Dasia.
One of the earliest printed maps of South Asia ever produced.
Place/Date: Florence / 1482$9,500 Add to cart -
Asia.
Asia in the early stages of rapid transformation.
Cartographer(s): Alexander Keith JohnstonPlace/Date: Edinburgh / 1850$275 Add to cart -
Special Air and Gunnery Target Map. Iwo Jima.
The scarce and historically important secret targeting map for the U.S. invasion of Iwo Jima.
Cartographer(s): U.S. NavyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1944$4,000 Add to cart -
Iapponiae Nova & accurata descriptio
A cornerstone map for the historical cartography of Japan.
Cartographer(s): António Francisco CardimPlace/Date: Rome / 1646$6,500 Add to cart -
[Political broadside] Solidarity with the People and Students of the DPR of Korea
A mixed-message piece of propaganda from the late stage of the Cold War.
Cartographer(s): The International Union of StudentsPlace/Date: Not listed / ca. 1987$550 Add to cart -
The Sunday Times China Time Chart from 1500 B.C.
Time-chart of Chinese cultural history from 1500 BC until modern times, issued after Nixon’s first visit.
Cartographer(s): Times Newspapers Ltd.Place/Date: London / 1973$675 Add to cart -
Undecima Asiae Tabula.
An early printed map of Southeast Asia from the first modern atlas.
Cartographer(s): Martin WaldseemüllerPlace/Date: Strasbourg / 1513$7,000 Add to cart -
To Capt. P. Heywood…this chart… for navigating to from and in the East Indies
An especially rare chart of South India, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka.
Cartographer(s): James HorsburghPlace/Date: London / 1811$2,900 Add to cart -
Tartariae Sive Magni Chami Regni Typus
From History’s First Modern Atlas: a gorgeous Ortelius map of Asia with references to Marco Polo.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1603$1,200 Add to cart -
[Cook’s Discovery of Eastern Australia] Carte de la Nle. Galles Merid. ou de la Cote Oriental de la Nle. Hollande.
The first French edition of Cook’s chart of New South Wales — a landmark map for the cartography of Australia.
Place/Date: Paris / 1774$1,500 Add to cart -
Peiping
John Kirk Sewall’s famous pictorial 1930 map of Beijing.
Place/Date: Tientsin, China / ca. 1930$1,250 Add to cart -
Asia Noviter Delineata
Excellent old color example of Willem Blaeu’s seminal map of Asia — one of the 17th century’s most influential depictions of this cartographically complicated continent.
Cartographer(s): Willem BlaeuPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1630$4,300 Add to cart -
India Orientalis et Insulae Adiecentes.
1650 Merian map of Southeast Asia: a beautiful and accessible chart of one of the most important mercantile regions in the 17th century.
Cartographer(s): Matthäus MerianPlace/Date: Frankfurt / ca. 1650$1,000 Add to cart -
Moluccae Insulae Celeberrimae
Blaeu’s iconic map of the Spice Islands/Moluccas.
Cartographer(s): Willem BlaeuPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1640$850 Add to cart -
La table de la region orientale, comprenant les derniered terres & royraumes d’Asie.aumes d’Asie
Münster’s iconic map of Asia in original black & white: one of the earliest manifestations of the transition from Ptolemaic geography to modern cartography.
Cartographer(s): Sebastian MünsterPlace/Date: Basel / ca. 1552$2,200 Add to cart -
Asia Ex Conatibus Geographicis Ioannis Baptistae Nicolosii S.T.D.
Nicolosi’s gorgeous four-sheet map of Asia.
Cartographer(s): Giovanni Battista NicolosiPlace/Date: Rome / [First state] 1660$6,500 Add to cart -
Bankoku Ichiran no Zu [Japanese Manuscript Map of the World]
The Privileged Outlook of the Shōgun: the manuscript map behind Koyano Ishun’s famous map of the world.
Cartographer(s): Koyano IshunPlace/Date: Osaka / ca. 1800$45,000 Add to cart -
[Pair of views] Rade et Ville de Sincapour & Rade de Sincapour prise de la maison du Gouverneur
Two of the earliest obtainable views of Singapore.
Place/Date: Paris / 1846$7,000 Add to cart -
Insulae Iavae Pars Occidentalis Edente Hadriano Relando…Insulae Iavae Pars Orientalis Edente Hadriano Relando
The beating heart of Dutch East India: a rare and beautiful second state of Gerard van Keulen’s visually overwhelming map of Java.
Cartographer(s): Johannes & Gerard Van KeulenPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1753$4,900 Add to cart -
Wandkarte der Teppichgebiete
A remarkable visualization of well-known carpet regions in the Middle East and Central Asia, produced at the height of the ‘Persian rug craze’.
Cartographer(s): Verlag der "Teppich-Börse"Place/Date: Vienna / ca. 1931$1,350 Add to cart -
Pascaart vertoonende de Zeecusten van Chile, Peru, Hispania Nova, Nova Granada, en California.
Superb first state of Doncker’s chart of the Pacific with California as an island.
Cartographer(s): Hendrick DonckerPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1659$4,500 Add to cart -
Paskaerte Zynde t’Oosterdeel van Oost Indien, met Alle de Eylanden daer Ontrendt Geleegen van C. Comorin tot aen Japan
An accomplished work of design and engraving: 1666 chart of Southeast Asia by Abraham Goos with original color.
Cartographer(s): Pieter GoosPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1666$9,000 Add to cart -
River Pei-Ho From Gulf of Pe-Chili to Pekin
Admiralty Chart of the Hai River with manuscript additions suggesting use in the field during the Second Opium War.
Cartographer(s): Office of the British Admiralty HydrographicPlace/Date: London / 1857$2,200 Add to cart
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安政改正 府鄉御江戶繪圖 / [Sketch Map of the City and Villages of Edo, Ansei Revised Edition].
The Japanese capital on the verge of modernity.
Place/Date: Tokyo / ca. 1855Read more -
Decima Asiae Tabula.
1490 Ptolemaic map of the Indian Subcontinent.
Place/Date: Rome / 1490Read more -
Novissima et accuratissima totius Americae descriptio; Accuratissima totius Asiae tabula recens emendata; Totius Africae accuratissima tabula; & Nova et accurata totius Europae descriptio. Per FREDERICUM DE WIT.
A spectacular set of four continental maps, likely colored by Dirk Janz van Santen, the finest cartographic colorist of the Dutch Golden Age.
Place/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1680Read more -
Mapa etnográfico del archipiélago filipino
America tries to understand its newest colonial possession.
Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / [1890] 1899Read more -
La Chine Nouvelle en Marche
French Communist Youth Cheer on Communist Forces in the Chinese Civil War.
Cartographer(s): Avant garde / Union de la jeunesse républicaine de FrancePlace/Date: Paris / ca. 1950Read more -
Deliniantur in hac Tabula, Orae Maritimae Abexiae, Freti Mecani; al Maris Rubri; Arabiae, Ormi, Persiae, Supra Sindam usq, Fluminis Indi, Cambriae India & Malabaris, Insulae, Ceylon
Linschoten’s iconic 1596 navigational chart of the Indian Ocean in spectacular full color.
Cartographer(s): Jan Huygen van LinschotenPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1596Read more -
The Progress of the Route 9 Campaign is Southern Laos
A large-format manuscript map of one of the decisive engagements of the latter part of the Vietnam War.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Not listed / 1971Read more -
Les États Associés d’Indochine
French Indochina, on the road to independence.
Place/Date: Paris / 1949Read more -
Archipel des Indes orientales qui comprend les isles de la Sonde, Moluques et Philippines
An excellent example of the Vaugondy-Santini map of Southeast Asia.
Place/Date: Venice / 1778Read more -
Ceylon Survey. Nuwara Eliya.
Locally-published survey of regional Sri Lanka.
Cartographer(s): Survey Department of CeylonPlace/Date: Colombo, Sri Lanka / 1917Read more -
Paper-Making Places in Present-Day Japan. East & West.
Charting Japan’s craft papermakers: a 4-map bilingual set.
Cartographer(s): MingeikanPlace/Date: Tokyo / 1960Read more -
Philippine Campaign.
Battle of the Philippines: mapping U.S. Army operations in the campaign to defeat Imperial Japanese forces in the Philippines during World War II.
Cartographer(s): U.S. ArmyPlace/Date: Not listed / 1945Read more -
Regni d’Aracan del Pegu di Siam di Camboge e di Laos.
Zatta’s 1783 copper-engraved map of Indochina in original color.
Cartographer(s): Antonio ZattaPlace/Date: Venice / 1783Read more -
China Veteribus Sinarum Regio nunc Incolis Tame dicta.
Willem Janzoon Blaeu’s first map of China.
Cartographer(s): Willem BlaeuPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1636Read more -
[Victorian Travel] 19th century linen-backed manuscript sea chart
A personal document of Victorian-era travel — a vivid reminder of British power in the 19th century, and the many personal histories that formed the Empire.
Cartographer(s): Lieutenant Richard WacePlace/Date: Not listed / ca. 1866Read more -
Pictorial map of Japan
A fun and interesting 1963 pictorial map of Japan.
Cartographer(s): Radio JapanPlace/Date: Tokyo / 1963Read more -
Expedition Citroen Centre-Asie 3eme Mission G.-M. Haardt – L. Audouin-Dubreuil
A remarkable collection of materials related to the first automobile crossing of Asia: the famous Citroën Central Asia Expedition of 1931-32, from Beruit to Peking.
Place/Date: Paris / 1933Read more -
[Title in Russian] Laos
Post Vietnam War Soviet Cold War map of Laos.
Cartographer(s): General Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography (USSR)Place/Date: Moscow / 1978Read more -
City Plan of Tokyo
The attack that never was: 1945 U.S. Army map of Tokyo published in advance of Operation Downfall.
Cartographer(s): General Headquarters U.S. Army Forces in the PacificPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. (?) / August 1945Read more -
Map of Manila and Vicinity.
Map of Manila belonging to a commander of the anti-guerilla ‘Ilocano Scouts’!
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Manila (?) / January 1905Read more -
India int. Gangem merid., India ext. Gangem, Sinarum situs.
Locating Ptolemy on a contemporary map: 19th century map of India and Southeast Asia with classical references.
Cartographer(s): Christian Gottlieb ReichardPlace/Date: Nuremberg / 1827Read more -
Indiae orientalis nova descriptio
Mapping Dutch influence in Southeast Asia: elegant 1633 map with newest discoveries.
Cartographer(s): Jan JanssoniusPlace/Date: Amsterdam / (French edition) 1633Read more -
China. As seen from the direction of Guam.
Richard Edes Harrison bird’s-eye-view of China detailing its dramatic wartime inland shift.
Cartographer(s): Richard Edes HarrisonPlace/Date: New York / 1941Read more -
Latest Pictorial Road Map of Delhi & New Delhi with the Boundary of N.D.M.C and CANTT. Showing existing petrol pump, cinema, newly set up colonies and gen information.
Large and colorful 1968 pictorial map of Delhi.
Cartographer(s): Ashoka PublicationsPlace/Date: Delhi / 1968Read more -
Republic of Indonesia: new nation of the world
Fabulous Covarrubias pictorial map of the Republic of Indonesia.
Place/Date: New York / ca. 1951Read more -
India Orientalis
Landmark map of Southeast Asia
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Lyon / 1535Read more -
Le Royaume de Siam avec les Royaumes qui luy sont Tributaires…
Gorgeous Dutch map of the southern Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java.
Cartographer(s): Joachim OttensPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1720Read more -
To Mark Wood Esq. M.P., Colonel of the Army in India, Late Chief Engineer and Surveyer General, of Bengal, This Map of India Compiled from various Interesting and Valuable Materials Is Inscribed in Grateful Testimony of His Liberal Communications By his obedient and most humble Servant A. Arrowsmith.
An extraordinarily detailed wall map of British interests and possessions in the Indian Subcontinent at the dawn of the 19th century, executed by one of the Empire’s foremost cartographers.
Place/Date: London / 1804Read more -
A Map and History of Peiping; formerly known as Peking; capital of provinces, princedoms and kingdoms since 1121 B.C.; in 1264 A.D. the capital of the Mongol Empire of Kublai Khan; made the capital of the Ming Empire through the Ming and Ching Dynasties…
Iconic 1936 pictorial map of Beijing.
Cartographer(s): Frank DornPlace/Date: Tientsin-Peiping / 1936Read more -
Tabula nova utriusque Indiae
1541 woodcut Ptolemaic map of India and Southeast Asia.
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Vienne / 1541Read more -
Les Isles Philippines Molucques et de la Sonde
1654 French map of the Philippines in original outline color
Place/Date: Paris / 1654Read more -
Carte des Isles Philippines, Celebes et Moluques. Carte des Isles Philippines… 1re. Feuille Carte des Isles Philippines… 2e. Feuille.
Complete set of three maps of the Philippines from Bellin’s Le Petit Atlas Maritime
Cartographer(s): Jacques Nicolas BellinPlace/Date: Paris / 1764Read more -
Deliniantur in hac Tabula, Orae Maritimae Abexiae, Freti Mecani; al Maris Rubri; Arabiae, Ormi, Persiae, Supra Sindam usq, Fluminis Indi, Cambriae India & Malabaris, Insulae, Ceylon
1596 Navigational chart of the Indian Ocean in spectacular full color.
Cartographer(s): Jan Huygen van LinschotenPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1596Read more -
Carte du Canal des Iles Philippines Par lequel passe le Galion de Manille, et les Isles voisins de ce canal
Lovely mid-18th century Anson chart of the Philippines
Cartographer(s): George AnsonPlace/Date: Paris / ca. 1750Read more -
Primae Partis Asiae accurata delineatio…
Rare 1593 de Jode map of the Black and Caspian Seas, with the eastern Mediterranean and a prominent Cyprus
Cartographer(s): Gerard & Cornelis de JodePlace/Date: Antwerp / 1593Read more -
Indiae Orientalis, Insularumque Adiacentium Typus
1590 Ortelius map of Southeast Asia in original colors
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1590Read more -
[Title on Verso] Tabula Duodecima Asiae Continet Taprobanam Insulam
1541 woodcut Ptolemaic map of Sri Lanka
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Vienne / 1545Read more -
Ins. Ceilan que incolis Tenarisin dictur
Mercator & Hondius’s striking 1609 map of Ceylon
Place/Date: Amsterdam / 1609Read more -
Tourist map of India, Indian State Railways
1930 map of India with railways and photographic vignettes.
Cartographer(s): George Philip & Son Ltd.Place/Date: London / 1930Read more -
Tabula Asiae X (India)
Mid 16th century Ptolemaic map of India with the Ganges and Indus rivers.
Cartographer(s): Sebastian MünsterPlace/Date: Basel / 1545Read more -
Tabula Superioris Indiae et Tartariae Majoris
First European map focused on China; based on Marco Polo.
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Lyon / 1535Read more -
Calecut Nova Tavola
Ruscelli’s Indian peninsula with sea monster and ships
Cartographer(s): Girolamo RuscelliPlace/Date: Venice / 1598Read more -
Tartaria sive Magni Chami Imperium
W. Blaeu’s decorative map of China.
Cartographer(s): Willem BlaeuPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1635Read more -
Asia noviter delineata
Wonderful 1635 map of Asia with cities and figures.
Cartographer(s): Willem BlaeuPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1635Read more -
Iaponiae Insulae Descriptio. Ludoico Teisera Auctore
First map of Japan published in a European atlas.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1595Read more -
Asia recens summa cura delineata
Early 17th century map of Asia with misshapen Korea.
Cartographer(s): Henricus HondiusPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1631Read more -
Deliniantur in hac Tabula, Orae Maritimae Abexiae, Freti Mecani; al Maris Rubri; Arabiae, Ormi, Persiae, Supra Sindam usq, Fluminis Indi, Cambriae India & Malabaris, Insulae, Ceylon
Jan Huygens van Linschoten’s iconic navigational chart of the Indian Ocean in spectacular full color.
Cartographer(s): Jan Huygen van LinschotenPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1596Read more
