Unique Maps of the World

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• [Ortelius & Hogenberg Atlas Factice]

  A fantastic composite atlas from the apex of the Dutch Golden Age of cartography focused on the emergent Republic of the United Netherlands.

  Cartographer(s): Abraham Ortelius, Frans Hogenberg

  Place/Date: The Low Countries / ca. 1600

  $40,000 Add to cart
• Welt-Karte der Mission.

  Double-hemisphere 1844 missionary world map, complete with associated booklet.

  Cartographer(s): Der evangelischen Missions-Anstalt Basel

  Place/Date: Basel / 1844

  $950 Add to cart
• Mappe-Monde ou Carte Generale de la Terre Divisee en Deux Hemispheres Suivant la Projection la Plus Commune ou Tous les Points Principaux sont Placez sur les Observations…

  An early state of De Fer’s famous world wall map — an Enlightenment masterpiece in which the highest artistic and scientific aspirations of the age coalesce.

  Cartographer(s): Nicholas de Fer

  Place/Date: Paris / 1706

  $13,500 Add to cart
• Messages Under The Ocean

  A detailed look at the telegraph as the first global system of communication.

  Cartographer(s): Anonymous

  Place/Date: Not listed / 1939

  $375 Add to cart
• The spaceship Earth Dymaxion globe.

  Fuller’s Dymaxion Globe of Spaceship Earth: the most accurate and most revolutionary projection of the world to date.

  Cartographer(s): Richard Buckminster Fuller

  Place/Date: Los Angeles / 1987

  $375 Add to cart
• Hemispheriu Ab Aequinoctli Linea, Ad Circulu Poli Arctici/ Hemispheriu Ad Circulu Poli Atarctici.

  A superb example of De Jode’s seminal polar projection of the world.

  Cartographer(s): Gerard & Cornelis de Jode

  Place/Date: Antwerp / 1593

  $75,000 Add to cart
• Hammond’s Map of Mankind

  A testimony to the deep and historical roots of racism, yet also evidence of slow but positive progress.

  Cartographer(s): Caleb Stillson Hammond, Malvina Cornell Hoffman

  Place/Date: New York / 1946

  $200 Add to cart
• Official Record. The First United States Manned Orbital Flight.

  Mapping the First United States Manned Orbital Flight.

  Cartographer(s): Rand, McNally & Co.

  Place/Date: Fairborn, OH / 1962

  $675 Add to cart
• The World According To Ronald Reagan

  A satirical look at The World According To Ronald Reagan [First State].

  Cartographer(s): David Horsey

  Place/Date: Seattle / 1982

  $900 Add to cart
• The Floor of the Oceans

  Mapping the greatest mountain range on Earth: a 1970s map that was in many ways as revolutionary as Mercator’s first projection of the world.

  Cartographer(s): Marie Tharp & Bruce Charles Heezen

  Place/Date: Paris / 1976

  $950 Add to cart
• The Floor of the World Ocean

  Richard Edes Harrison’s chart of the ocean floors: one of the first serious commercial attempts at underwater mapping.

  Cartographer(s): Richard Edes Harrison

  Place/Date: New York / 1961

  $975 Add to cart
• Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula…

  Merian’s endlessly fascinating 1646 world map.

  Cartographer(s): Matthäus Merian

  Place/Date: Frankfurt / 1646

  $1,700 Add to cart
• Secunda etas mundi

  The Ptolemaic world map from Hartmann Schedel’s Nüremberg Chronicle. First state.

  Cartographer(s): Hartmann Schedel

  Place/Date: Nuremberg / 1493

  $12,500 Add to cart
• Map of the World on Mercator’s Projection showing the Discoveries at the North Pole and the New Settlements in Australia and New Zealand &c. additions to 1855

  Cruchley’s 1855 map of the world in original boards and marbled backing — an attractive addition to any world map collection.

  Cartographer(s): George Frederick Cruchley

  Place/Date: London / 1855

  $3,800 Add to cart
• Diarium vel Descriptio laboriosissimi, & molestissimi Itineris, factia Guilielmo Cornelli Schoutenio, Hornano. Annis 1615, 1616 & 1617.

  Willem Schouten’s journal of the famous 1615-7 Le Maire-Schouten expedition, one of history’s greatest voyages of discovery.

  Cartographer(s): Louis Vlasbloem, Willem Corneliszoon Schouten

  Place/Date: Amsterdam / 1662

  $7,000 Add to cart
• Cassell’s Children’s Book of Knowledge Wonder Map of the World.

  Thematic mapping for children: a fabulous circa 1930 world map depicting the history of exploration.

  Cartographer(s): Cassell's Children's Book of Knowledge

  Place/Date: London / ca. 1930

  $750 Add to cart
• Mappamondo Antico diviso nell’uno e nell’altro continente secondo la mente di Guglielmo Sanson.

  A stunning 1801 Italian world map with allegorical imagery and Classical references.

  Cartographer(s): Giovanni Maria Cassini

  Place/Date: Rome / 1801

  $1,700 Add to cart
• Carte Très Curieuse de la Mer du Sud, Contenant des Remarques Nouvelles et Tres Utiles non Seulement sur les Ports et Iles de Cette Mer

  Henri Chatelain’s magnificent map of the Western Hemisphere in extraordinary color and condition.

  Cartographer(s): Henri Abraham Chatelain

  Place/Date: Amsterdam / 1719

  $16,000 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 Ishun

  Place/Date: Osaka / ca. 1800

  $45,000 Add to cart
• Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem Exactissime Depicta 1522 L.F.

  One of the earliest obtainable maps on the open market to name ‘America.’

  Cartographer(s): Laurent Fries

  Place/Date: Lyon / 1535

  $8,300 Add to cart
• Diefert Situs Orbis Hydrographorum ab eo quem Ptolomeus Posuit

  Laurent Fries’ third world map from the 1535 Servetus Edition.

  Cartographer(s): Laurent Fries

  Place/Date: Lyon / 1535

  $6,300 Add to cart
• Typus Cosmographicus Universalis

  Vadianus’ 1534 Ptolemaic World Map: the finest woodblock impression of any early world map.

  Cartographer(s): Joachim Vadianus

  Place/Date: Zurich / 1534

  $13,500 Add to cart
• Mappe Monde ou Carte Generale de L’ Univers D’Apres Une Proejction Nouvelle D’Une Sphere Ovale…

  Charting Captain James Cook – 1790 world map with Cook’s three voyages and Hawaii (O-Why-hee).

  Cartographer(s): Mathias Albrecht Lotter

  Place/Date: Augsburg / 1790

  $900 Add to cart

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• The World in Hemispheres.

  A lovely and clever representation of the world, with its most prominent mountains and rivers.

  Cartographer(s): Alexander Keith Johnston

  Place/Date: Edinburgh / 1850

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• The Commonwealth of Nations, or The British Empire

  Celebrating an empire that was about to disappear.

  Cartographer(s): A.C. Webb, The Christian Science Monitor

  Place/Date: London / 1937

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• Carta Marina Nuova Tavola.

  Drawing on an exhilarating combination of cartographic myth, new discoveries, authoritative precursors, and resilient mental templates, this seminal map captures a world on the cusp of geographic understanding.

  Cartographer(s): Girolamo Ruscelli, Giuseppe Rosaccio

  Place/Date: Venice / 1598

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• A New and Accurat Map of the World Drawne according to ye truest Descriptions latest Discoveries & best observations yt have beene made by English or Strangers. 1651.

  John Speed’s unparalleled map of the world.

  Cartographer(s): John Speed

  Place/Date: London / (1651) 1676

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• United Nations Map of the World

  The idealism of the United Nations represented visually.

  Cartographer(s): Bullock, L.G. (Leslie George), John Bartholomew & Son Ltd.

  Place/Date: Edinburgh / ca. 1947

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• Latest Map of the Situation in Europe (with an overview of the national strength and defenses of the major powers) [最新歐洲大地圖 (附列強國勢國防一覽)]

  A Japanese perspective on the European Crisis in the lead-up to World War II.

  Cartographer(s): Dai Nippon Printing

  Place/Date: Tokyo / 1936

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• Voyage Autour du Monde / Round the World. 1891.

  One of the greatest travel posters of the Belle Époque.

  Cartographer(s): A. Schindler, Lith. Vieillemard

  Place/Date: Paris / 1891

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• Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula ex officina Iusti Dankerts Amstelodami

  Justus Danckerts’ impressive 1680 double-hemisphere world map, with unique manuscript annotations listing ownership back to 1695.

  Cartographer(s): Justus Danckerts

  Place/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1680

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• [World] Continentem Dudum Notam Componebat . . . (and) Continentem Noviter Detectam Componebat

  Two paradigm-setting milestones in one map: the first printed map to use a full globular projection, and the first world map to accurately depict the course of the Rio Grande flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.

  Cartographer(s): Giovanni Battista Nicolosi

  Place/Date: Rome / [First state] 1660

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• [Untitled Ptolemaic World Map]

  A revolution in printed cartography, this is Gregor Reisch’s groundbreaking 1504 map of the world.

  Cartographer(s): Gregor Reisch

  Place/Date: Strasbourg / ca. 1504

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• Typus Orbis Description Ptolemaei

  Laurent Fries’ Ptolemaic world map from the 1535 Servetus Edition.

  Cartographer(s): Laurent Fries

  Place/Date: Lyon / 1535

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• [Data Visualization] Le Pétrole Dans Le Monde.

  Striking 1956 thematic map of the global petroleum industry — rare first edition published before the Suez Crisis.

  Cartographer(s): Union des Chambres Syndicales du Pétrole

  Place/Date: Paris / 1956

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• Orbis Vetus in utraque continente juxta mentem Sansonianam distinctus, nec non observationibus astonimicis redactus.

  Lovely 1752 world map with references to the mythical island of Atlantis and a bearded Chronos.

  Cartographer(s): Didier Robert de Vaugondy

  Place/Date: Paris / 1752

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• [Great European Visit Memorial Flight Game]

  A rare and splendid 1925 Japanese board game map celebrating a triumph of early aviation.

  Cartographer(s): The Asahi Shimbun

  Place/Date: Osaka / 1925

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• Mappe-monde, ou carte générale de la terre et des mers, suivant les dernières observations…

  Fascinating 1785 world map filled with myths and misconceptions, including: a prominent Northwest Passage, the legend of Fousang, and Alaska as an island.

  Cartographer(s): Jean-Baptiste Nolin, Louis-Joseph Mondhare

  Place/Date: Paris / 1785

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• [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 Wace

  Place/Date: Not listed / ca. 1866

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• Placitus Caloirus et Oliva fecit in nobili urbe messane año 1617

  This is the Yates-Houghton “Doppia” Portolan, a rare and beautiful masterpiece that delineates a revolution in geographic understanding and represents the dawn of scientifically-anchored cartography.

  Cartographer(s): Placitus Caloirus & Joan Oliva

  Place/Date: Messina, Sicily / 1617

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• A New and Accurat Map of the World Drawne according to ye truest Descriptions latest Discoveries & best observations yt have beene made by English or Strangers. 1651.

  John Speed’s unparalleled map of the world.

  Cartographer(s): John Speed

  Place/Date: London / (1651) 1676

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• [World] Continentem Dudum Notam Componebat . . . (and) Continentem Noviter Detectam Componebat

  Two paradigm-setting milestones in one map: the first printed map to use a full globular projection, and the first world map to accurately depict the course of the Rio Grande flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.

  Cartographer(s): Giovanni Battista Nicolosi

  Place/Date: Rome / [First state] 1660

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• Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio Quam ex Magna Universali Mercatoris…M.D.LXXXVII.

  Gorgeous example of Mercator’s striking double-hemisphere world map.

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  Place/Date: Amsterdam / (Latin edition) 1606

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• “Vincere!”

  The persuasive iconography of conflict: a double WWII theater of war Italian propaganda map.

  Cartographer(s): Breviario Rag. Comm. Franco, Campera Capit. Prof. Domenico

  Place/Date: Rome / 1943

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• Planisphère élémentaire et illustré indiquant la description géographique des parties connues de la terre…

  Whales, Bears, and Mountains: a superb mid-19th century French world map with compelling illustrations.

  Cartographer(s): Alexandre Aimé Vuillemin, Fatout

  Place/Date: Paris / 1853

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• Cartes Blondel Planisphère Politique et Grandes Routes Aériennes

  Tracking the expanding sector of post-war commercial aviation.

  Cartographer(s): Blondel La Rougery

  Place/Date: Paris / 1948

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• Planisphère des Croyances Religieuses et des Missions Chrétiennes

  Up-to-date statistical map presenting the worldwide distribution of religions in the late 19th century.

  Cartographer(s): Valérien Groffier

  Place/Date: Paris / 1890

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• Go ye into all The World and preach the Gospel to every creature…

  Monumental 1905 T. D. Collins Missionary Map of the World (on cloth).

  Cartographer(s): Edward Clark Bridgman, Truman Doud Collins

  Place/Date: New York / 1905

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• Diefert Situs Orbis Hydrographorum Ab Eo Quem Ptolomeus Posuit…

  16th century woodcut world map with mythical kings and beasts.

  Cartographer(s): Laurent Fries

  Place/Date: Vienne / 1541

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• Le Tour du Monde en 120 Images Grand Concours du Chocolat Menier

  Splendid 1956 pictorial map of the world for the Menier Chocolate Company.

  Cartographer(s): J. B. Jannot

  Place/Date: Paris / 1956

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• Grand Circuit des Capitales

  Lovely 1956 promotional map for the Menier Chocolate Company.

  Cartographer(s): J. B. Jannot

  Place/Date: Paris / 1956

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• Carta Marina Nuova Tavola

  Rich, dark impression of Ruscelli’s world sea chart.

  Cartographer(s): Girolamo Ruscelli

  Place/Date: Venice / ca. 1561

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• Brevis, Exactaq. Totius Novi Orbis, et Peruviae Regionis Descriptio, Recens Edita

  Exciting map of the Americas filled with place names along the coastlines, an uncommon feature for this region in the mid-16th century

  Cartographer(s): Jean Bellère

  Place/Date: Antwerp / 1567

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• Chart of the World on Mercator’s Projection

  Excellent 1871 world map with extensive detail, original Edward Stanford case

  Cartographer(s): Hermann Berghaus

  Place/Date: Gotha / 1871

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• Typus Orbis Terrarum

  Spectacular old color Ortelius world map showing the world as known in 1587.

  Cartographer(s): Abraham Ortelius

  Place/Date: Antwerp / 1608

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• Die Eigentliche und Warhafftige Gestalt der Erden und des Meers. Cosmographia Universalis

  16th century woodcut world map with unexplained Australian landmass.

  Cartographer(s): Heinrich Bünting

  Place/Date: Magdeburg / ca. 1581

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• H. Benzos Scheep-togt uit Italie over Spanje na de Westindize Eylanden, en Kusten van’t Zuider America

  1707 exploration map set in a decorative border

  Cartographer(s): Pieter van der Aa

  Place/Date: Leiden / 1707

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• Indiarum Orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio…

  This rare Italian world map is based on Ortelius’s 1570 Typus Orbis Terrarum

  Cartographer(s): Giovanni Maffei

  Place/Date: Colonge / 1589

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• Carta marina nuova tavola

  Rare first state of Ruscelli’s world sea chart.

  Cartographer(s): Girolamo Ruscelli

  Place/Date: Venice / 1561

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• Mappe-Monde ou Carte Generale du Globe Terrestre Representee en deux Plan-Hemispheres Revue et Changee en Plusieurs Endroits Suivant les Relations les plus Recentes

  Sanson’s double hemisphere world map with Island of California.

  Cartographer(s): Nicolas Sanson

  Place/Date: Paris / 1743

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• L’Ancien Monde et le Nouveau en deux Hemispheres

  Bonne’s 1784 world map on double hemisphere projection.

  Cartographer(s): Rigobert Bonne

  Place/Date: Paris / 1784

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• Carte de l’Ancien et du Nouveau Monde, Suivant une Projection Nouvelle, pour les Premieres Etudes; Dirigee par Mr. Philippe…

  Attractive world map with prominent River of the West

  Cartographer(s): Etienne Andre Philippe De Pretot,

  Place/Date: Paris / 1771

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• Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula

  Merian’s 1646 world map with Gothic script and polar insets.

  Cartographer(s): Matthäus Merian

  Place/Date: Frankfurt / 1646

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• World Map [without title]

  1703 Scherer world map with decorative Catholic iconography.

  Cartographer(s): Heinrich Scherer

  Place/Date: Munich / 1703

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• 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 Linschoten

  Place/Date: Amsterdam / 1596

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• Diefert Situs Orbis Hydrographorum Ab Eo Quem Ptolomeus Posuit…

  Ptolemaic world map based on Waldseemüller.

  Cartographer(s): Laurent Fries

  Place/Date: Vienne / 1541

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• Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem Exactissime Depicta. (Tabula orbis cum descriptione ventorum)

  1541 Ptolemaic world map with the name ‘America’.

  Cartographer(s): Laurent Fries

  Place/Date: Vienne / 1541

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