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Garcia Conde, DiegoPlano General de la Ciudad de Mexico, Levantado Por el Teniente Coronel De Drgones Don Diego Garcia Conde en el año de 1793, y Grabado en el de 1807, 1807. Mexico.Splendid wall map of Mexico City, printed in Mexico; extremely rare first edition.
Fine nine-sheet plan of Mexico City surveyed by Diego Garcia Conde and compiled by some of Mexico's most important engravers and artists. It was published in Mexico City in 1807. This is a rare first edition, of which very few examples survive.
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Espinosa y Tello, Jose; Fernandez de Navarrete, MartinRelacion del viage hecho por las goletas Sutil y Mexicana en el año de 1792 para reconocer el Estrecho de Fuca: con una introduccion en que se da noticia de las expediciones executadas anteriormente por los españoles en busca del paso del noroeste de la A, 1802. Madrid. Imprenta Real.“Unsurpassed in Importance” (Lada-Mocarski), one of the most influential Spanish voyages to the Pacific and Northwest Coast.
First edition, an important and rare account of Spanish exploration of the Northwest Coast of North America and the Pacific, illustrated with an atlas comprising 9 maps and 8 engraved plates of the local costumes and native population, “Unsurpassed in Importance” (Lada-Mocarski).
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Castera, Ignacio de; Lopez, Tomas.Plano geometrico de la Imperial Noble y Leal Ciudad de Mexico, teniendo por extreme la zanxa y garitas del resguardo de la Real Aduana., 1785. Madrid. Don Tomas Lopez, Geógrafo de los Dominios de S.M.A magnificent and early wall map of Mexico City
Arguably amongst the most magnificent maps of Mexico City, containing cartographical information of privileged access, and to our knowledge, the first Spanish printed map of such dimensions of the Viceroyalty´s Capital City. -
Breteuil, Louis Charles Auguste le Tonnelier, baron de Breteuil, baron de Preuilly.Vüe de Rio de Janeiro [together with] Plan de la Baye de Rio Janeiro et de ses Deffense., 1757A plan of Rio de Janeiro by the Comte de Breteuil, the last prime minister of pre-revolutionary France, together with one of the earliest manuscript prospects of the city.
Louis Charles Auguste le Tonnelier, baron de Breteuil, baron de Preuilly (1730-1807) was a French aristocrat, diplomat, statesman and politician. He was the last Prime Minister of the Bourbon Monarchy, appointed by King Louis XVI only one hundred hours before the storming of the Bastille. -
Briggs, HenryThe North part of America Conteyning Newfoundland, new England, Virginia, Florida, new Spaine, and Noua Francia…and upon ye West the large and goodly Iland of California, 1625. London.The Most Important Map of North America Published in England in the Seventeenth Century.
Fine example of Henry Briggs’ famous map of North America, one of the most important and influential printed maps of the seventeenth century. It was included in Samuel Purchas’ voyage collection Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas his Pilgrimes, one of the most well-known travel books ever published in English. -
Barentsz, WillemDeliniatio Cartae Trium Navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem Plagam, Norvegiae, Moscoviae, et Novae Semblae, 1598. Amsterdam.Willem Barentsz's Map of the Polar Regions, drawn from his observations during his third voyage of 1596-97 and engraved by Baptiste Van Deutecum.
The Barentsz map of the Polar Regions is a major landmark in Arctic cartography, depicting the details of his third voyage of 1596-7. After becoming stuck on the ice and being forced to winter in the Polar regions, Barentsz utilized his time to create an elaborate and highly decorative manuscript map depicting his observations. -
Anania, Giovanni LorenzoLa Universal fabrica del Mondo, 1573. Naples. Giuseppe Cacchii dell Aquila.One of two known copies of a Lafreri-School set of 16th century maps of the Continents.
First edition with an almost unique set of maps of the Continents, different from almost every other copy known, except for a copy held in Spain. This copy contains a set of trapezoidal maps of the Continents.
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Van Keulen, Johannes IINieuwe Pas-Caart Strekkende van Pta Cataon tot Pta Lamtaon langs de kusten von Cochinchina, Tonquin, Quangsi en Quantung bewattende insgelyks het eiland Aynam en die van Macao met dieptens, havens en ankergronden., [1753]. Amsterdam.Canton, Macao & Hong Kong etc; the VOC Secret Atlas
The chart was made for and used by the VOC (Dutch East India Company) for navigation and trading, with a compass rose with rhumb lines, depth indications and other relevant navigational details. The chart show anchorage places and some individual buildings near the coast.