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17th c. Hand-colored Engraved Double-page World Map

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Homann, Johann Baptist (1661-1774). Nova Anglia Septentrionali Americae implantata Anglorumque: Homann, Johann Baptist (1661-1774). Nova Anglia Septentrionali Americae implantata Anglorumque coloniis florentissimaDouble-page engraved map of New England, hand-colored. Nuremberg, c.1725.

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(CELESTIAL.) Cellarius, Andreas. Typus Aspectuum,: (CELESTIAL.) Cellarius, Andreas. Typus Aspectuum, Oppositionum et Coniuntionum Etz in Planetis. Hand-colored double-page engraved celestial chart with a map of the world on a north-polar projection sh

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WEST AFRICA; ABYSSINIA: SUDAN, ETHIOPIA,: AND ERITREA. ABRAHAM ORTELIUS (1527-1598)Presbiteri Iohannis, Sive, Abissinorum Imperii Descriptio. Antwerp: Ortelius, c. 1600. Double page copper-plate engraved map on laid paper, hand-colored, text

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Map of known world of the ancients. 1835.: Print of hand colored steel engraving titled „Monde connu des Anciens“.Author C. V. Monin.Engraved by unknown.From the „Atlas Universel de Geography“ by C. V. Monin. Parsi. 1835.

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*ZATTA, ANTONIO: (18th C. Italian) Handcolored engraved map illustrating Maryland, Jersey, Delaware, Virginia and Carolina settlements, approximate plate size 13 1/4" x 17 1/2", frame 16" x 22 1/2".

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Coronelli's elegant two-sheet hemispheric world map: [MAP - WORLD] CORONELLI, VINCENZO MARIA. Planisfero Del Mondo Vecchio; [and] Planisfero Del Mondo Nuovo. [Venice: circa 1691]. Two hand-colored engraved hemispheric world maps printed on separate shee

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c. 1703 Map AMERICA by Peter Heylyn Calif. Island: Historic Maps Rare Circa 1703 Hand-Colored Engraved Map titled: "AMERICA" with California as an Island by Peter Heylyn c. 1703 Hand-Colored Engraved Map titled "AMERICA" by Peter Heylyn, showing Calif

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Visscher, Claes .GermaniÃ¦ Inferioris XVII: Visscher, Claes .Germanie Inferioris XVII Provinciarum. Fine hand colored engraved double-page map. 18-1/2 x 22-1/2 inches plus margins, blank on verso, neatly matted; some browning, generally sound.

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c 1730 Seutter Map: Novi Belgii, in America ...: Historic Maps c. 1730 Historic Rare Earlier State of Seutter's Important American Northeast Map & New York City Restitutio View c. 1730 Hand-Colored Copper-Engraved Map titled, "Recens Edita totius No

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Mercator, Rumold (1545-1599) World Map: An engraved double-page double hemispheric world map, "Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio". Dimensions:Sight is 11 1/4" x 20 3/4", the frame 21" x 29 1/2". Provenance:From a Philadelphia Collection.

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Double hemisphere world map by Ruscelli, 1561: Heading: Author: Ruscelli, Girolamo Title: Orbis Descriptio Place Published: Venice Publisher: Date Published: 1561-[1574?] Description: Double-hemisphere copper-engraved w

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1705 map of France by Nicolas de Fer: Beautifully hand-colored, copperplate engraved double-page map of France from the scarce 1723 edition of Nicolas de Fer’s Petit Nouveau Atlas. “La France Avec Ses Acquisitions Iusqu’a, l’Aanee

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(AFRICA.) Two hand-colored double-page engraved eighteenth-century maps of the continent.: (AFRICA.) Two hand-colored double-page engraved eighteenth-century maps of the continent. Nuremberg, 1715-1730s - Homann Heirs. Africa Secundum Legitimas Projectionis Stereographicae. 20¾x24¼

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