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Antique Maps of the Middle East, Arabia & Persia. Gallery of authentic historic & rare maps of the Middle East, Arabia, Persia, & the Holy Land, 16th- 19th centuries.

    1 : 700000 Description This is Ortelius 1570 map of Bohemia, in a beautiful, original-color example from the 1587 French edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas. It is derived from the unobtainable, Leipzig-published, 1568 Johann Criginger (1521 - 1571) map, which was to date the best map of Bohemia available. Like the Criginger, Ortelius map is oriented to the north, showing the Kingdom of Bohemia surrounded by pictorially-represented forests and forbidding mountain...

  1875 (dated)         1 : 554400 Description This is an 1875 Herbert William Wood map of the Khanate of Khiva in modern-day Uzbekistan - issued shortly after the 1873 Russian conquest of Khiva, a defining moment in the Great Game. Coverage extends from the southern coast of the Aral Sea (Lake Aral) south to the Kharesmian Desert. Great attention is paid to the all-important regional river network, particularly the Amu Darya (Oxus). Cities, towns, and villages are labeled, along with...

CentralAsia-topographicdepot-1873 $7,500.00 Title Карта Средней Азии. / Map of Central Asia.   1873 (dated)         1 : 4200000 Description This is an impressive large scale 1873 Russian-language map of central Asia compiled by the Imperial Russian Topographic Depot for the 1873 Invasion of Khiva - with manuscript annotations detailing a British spys travels. Coverage extends from the Black Sea to Nepal, and the Persian Gulf to the Bay ...

Antique Maps of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of New England from the 17th to the 19th century.

  1823 (dated)         1 : 1100000 Description A rare and important 1823 first edition Henry Schenck Tanner map of North Carolina and South Carolina. Also included are adjacent parts of Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia. When this map was illustrated, it represented the finest atlas map of these states then obtainable. It includes a wealth of important firsts, such as the addition of Haywood county (founded in 1808). In addition, it features an impressive richness of detail, naming m...

  1925 (dated)         1 : 2900000 Description This is a striking 1925 chromolithograph railroad map of Argentina and Chile. The map covers from Atlantic to Pacific and from Tocopilla to Isla Chiloe and Rawson. Railroad lines are coded by color and design, with a focus, in red, on the routes operated by the Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway - who sponsored the publication of this map. This map was likely made to spur additional British investment in Argentine railroad infrastructure ...

  1857 (dated)         1 : 920000 Description A scarce 1857 Dirección de Hidrografía nautical chart or maritime map of Jamaica, the Little Cayman Islands, and Southern Cuba. Centered on Pendro Bank (Vibora), the map extends as far north as Nipe Bay on Cubas north coast, and as far west as Little Cayman. The seas to the south are largely empty, but the Serrana Bank atoll in the western Caribbean is noted. Manuscript Voyage The track of an unknown Spanish voyage that took place...

Antique Maps of Michigan & Wisconsin. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of Michigan, Wisconsin, and the Great Lakes from the 17th to the 19th century.

  1706 (dated)         1 : 700000 Description This is Hubert Jaillots magnificent 1703/06 map of the Kingdom of Naples. Jaillot, along with the rest of the mapmaking establishment, appears to be largely following the model set by Magini nearly a century before; his depiction of the islands of Tremiti suggest that his direct source - as with many of Jaillots maps - was an Italy map produced by Nicolas Sanson. The present map, however, is engraved on a larger scale, and has superior det...