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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….
$57,500
Cartographer(s): Gerard & Cornelis de Jode
Date: 1593
Place: Antwerp
Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio.
History’s first dedicated map of the North Pole….
$30,000
Cartographer(s): Gerard Mercator
Date: 1595
Place: Amsterdam
Globi coelestis in tabulas planas redacti descriptio, auctore R. P. Ignatio Gastone Pardies Societatis Jesu mathematico. Opus postumum
One of the rarest sets from the Golden Age of celestial cartography….
$12,500
Cartographer(s): Ignace-Gaston Pardies
Date: 1693
Place: Paris
[Arctic Exploration] Nord Polar Karte von V. v. Haardt.
The last great map of the North Pole before it was reached….
$12,500
Cartographer(s): Vincenz von Haardt
Date: 1898
Place: Vienna
The history of the vvorld: or, An account of time. Compiled by the learned Dionisius Petavius. And continued by others, to the year of our Lord, 1659. Together with a geographicall description of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.
With Robert Walton’s rare world map….
$7,500
Cartographer(s): Dionysius Petavius, Robert Walton
Date: 1659
Place: London
[World] Continentem Dudum Notam Componebat & Continentem Noviter Detectam Componebat.
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….
$6,500
Cartographer(s): Giovanni Battista Nicolosi
Date: 1660
Place: Rome
Planisfero Meridionale, Corretto, et Accresciuto di Molte Stelle & Planisfero Settentrionale, Corretto, et Accresciuto di Molte Stelle.
Coronelli’s Paired Celestial Planispheres: a new take on the heavens – in stunning color….
$4,800
Cartographer(s): Vincenzo Coronelli
Date: 1691
Place: Venice
Planisfero Meridionale, Corretto, et Accresciuto di Molte Stelle & Planisfero Settentrionale, Corretto, et Accresciuto di Molte Stelle.
Coronelli’s spectacular celestial hemispheres from the Atlante Veneto , uniting Baroque artistry with the most advanced star catalogues of the 17th century….
$3,900
Cartographer(s): Vincenzo Coronelli
Date: 1691
Place: Venice
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 1855Map 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 — a distinctive addition to any world map collection….
$3,800
Cartographer(s): George Frederick Cruchley
Date: 1855
Place: London
Erdkarte von E. Von Sydow.
Von Sydow’s geophysical wall map of the world and its currents….
$2,500
Cartographer(s): Theodor Emil von Sydow, Justus Perthes
Date: 1851
Place: Gotha
Karte von Englands Länderraub und Weltknechtung.
[Persuasive Cartography] German WWI propaganda map showing ‘England’s subjugation of the world.’…
$2,400
Cartographer(s): Pharus-Verlages G.m.B.H.
Date: 1915
Place: Berlin
Beskrivelse til det vorende Situations-Kaart over den vestlige kyst af Grønland.
The first modern pilot chart of Greenland’s west coast and the foundation of Graah’s Arctic legacy….
$2,200
Cartographer(s): Wilhelm August Graah
Date: 1825
Place: Copenhagen
Undersögelses-reise til östkysten af Groenland: efter Kongelig Befaling, udført i Aaren 1828-31.
The definitive reconnaissance of Greenland’s east coast and a milestone in Arctic exploration….
$2,000
Cartographer(s): Wilhelm August Graah
Date: 1835
Place: Copenhagen
World Ocean Floor.
1977 Heezen & Tharp World Ocean Floor Map….
$1,800
Cartographer(s): Marie Tharp & Bruce Charles Heezen
Date: 1977
Place: New York
Map of the World. 1812.
Drawing the world in 1812: a Quaker manuscript map blending myth and geography….
$1,800
Cartographer(s): Silvia S. Howland
Date: 1808
Place: Massachusetts
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula...Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula...
Merian’s endlessly fascinating 1646 world map….
$1,700
Cartographer(s): Matthäus Merian
Date: 1646
Place: Frankfurt
Planisferii Celesti, Calcolati per l’anno MDCC, Corretti, et Aumentati di Molte Stelle.
Coronelli’s schematic representation of the heavens on a single sheet….
$1,600
Cartographer(s): Vincenzo Coronelli
Date: 1691
Place: Venice
Carta Marina Nuova Tavola.
With California attached to Asia and Canada attached to Europe!…
$1,600
Cartographer(s): Girolamo Ruscelli
Date: 1561
Place: Venice
Mappe-Monde, ou Carte Generale Du Monde; Dessignee en deux plan-Hemispheres par le Sr. Sanson d'Abbeville, Geographe Ordinaire de la Majeste...1651.
A seminal first! Nicholas Sanson’s double-hemisphere world map from 1651….
$1,400
Cartographer(s): Nicolas Sanson
Date: 1651
Place: Paris
[Propaganda map] Deutsches Volkstum in aller Welt. Bearbeitet von Dr. Friedrich Lange.
Propaganda cartography from Europe’s darkest hour….
$1,400
Cartographer(s): Friedrich Lange, The Volksbund für das Deutschtum im Ausland
Date: 1938
Place: Berlin
Les deux poles arctique ou septentrional, et Antarctique ou meridional, ou description des terres arctiques et antarctiques, et des pays circomvoisins jusques aux 45 degres de latitude...1657
An innovation in French cartography: Sanson’s double polar projection from 1657….
$1,250
Cartographer(s): Nicolas Sanson
Date: 1657
Place: Paris
Ptolemaisch general Tafel begreifend die halbe kugel der Weldt.
Sebastian Münster’s World Map According to Ptolemy….
$1,200
Cartographer(s): Sebastian Münster
Date: 1567
Place: Basel
[Large French Manuscript World Map].
Elegant Hand-Drawn French Map of the World….
$1,200
Cartographer(s): Anonymous
Date: 1900
Place: Not listed
The Floor of the World OceanThe Floor of the World Ocean
Richard Edes Harrison’s chart of the ocean floors: one of the first serious commercial attempts at underwater mapping….
$975
Cartographer(s): Richard Edes Harrison
Date: 1961
Place: New York
Comparative Resources of the Belligerent Powers at the Outbreak of Hostilities.
Statistical map of military, economic, and geopolitical resources during World War I….
$875
Cartographer(s): George Philip & Son Ltd.
Date: 1917
Place: London
Narrative of the Second Arctic Expedition made by Charles F. Hall: His Voyage to Repulse Bay, Sledge Journeys to the Straights of Fury and Hecla and to King William's Land, and Residence Among the Eskimos During the Years 1864-'69.
Charles F. Hall’s Second Expedition to the Arctic with an extraordinary family provenance….
$850
Cartographer(s): Charles Francis Hall
Date: 1879
Place: Washington, D.C.
[With Independent Texas] Mappemonde en deux hémisphères.
A definitive overview of world geography at the dawn of the Victorian Age….
$600
Cartographer(s): Adrien-Hubert Brué, Charles Picquet
Date: 1840
Place: Paris
A World of Mathematics, Science, and Technology.
An informative world map showing the diversified origins of mathematics, science, and technology….
$475
Cartographer(s): Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
Date: 1992
Place: Boston