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Hainan-direccionhidrografia-1869 $2,500.00 Title Carta de la Costa y Mar de China comprendida entre el Cabo Batangan y el Canal de Formosa con parte de la Isla de Luzon, segun los trabajos mas recientes macionales y estrangeros.   1869 (dated)         1 : 1580000 A rare 1869 Direccion Hidrografía nautical chart or maritime map detailing the China coast and the South China Sea from, roughly, Hong Kong and Macao south to Hue (Vietnam) and Luzon (the Philippines), thus embracing a highly-trafficked and critical trade and strategic channel in the 19th century (as today). The map foc...

America-defer-1705 $3,000.00 Title L'Amerique, meridionale, et septentrionale Dressée selon les Dernieres Relations et suivant les Nouvelles Decouvertes dont les pounts prin= cipaux sont placez sur les Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences.   1705 (dated)         1 : 40000000 Description This is Nicolas de Fer's 1699 map of America, in a lovely old color example of the second state, printed in 1705. Both of the first two states of this map were separately issued, and are consequently rare. This detailed and richly annotated map, derived from De Fer's own 1698 ...

    1 : 10000 Description This is a c. 1957 Chanrai's Men's Shop and British Overseas Airways Corporation (B.O.A.C.) map of Singapore. Streets throughout the city are illustrated, although only major streets and avenues are labeled. The Central Fire Station, Fort Canning, King George Park, the Raffles Hotel, and the Clyde Terrace Market are all noted. A further twenty-nine locations are identified numerically and correspond to a table along the right border. Dating the Map with AircraftAs this map is undated, but the verso advertisements allow us to assign an approximate date. The B.O.A.C...