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Antique Maps of Greece & the Balkans. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of Greece, the Balkans and Macedonia from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

AN ART festival celebrating Brighton and Hove’s filmmaking pioneers is set for launch next month.

  1777 (dated)         1 : 430000 Description A fine 1777 first-state first-edition map of New Jersey by William Faden and Bernard Ratzer - exhibiting the fine strong strike only evident on first editions. Focused on New Jersey, coverage extends to include eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New York City. It captures the state's complex topography, noting the Jersey Highlands and the Palisades in the north and the Pine Barrens and coastal marshes in the south. New Jersey is here broken down into 12 counties, as they existed at the time, as well as multiple towns and roads. Note...

  1841 (dated)         1 : 15000000 Description A beautiful example of the scarce 1840 first edition of James Wyld's First Opium War Era map of China, with Hong Kong identified here as 'Heong Kong'. The map covers all of China, extending from the Tibet border to western Japan and from Manchuria to Hainan. Korea, rendered in full, is wildly malformed. Taiwan, appearing near the cartouche, is misshaped and only the western coast features any detail. There are notes in industry, transportation networks, the great wall, population, trade resources, and more. The First Opium WarThe Fir...

Antique Maps of the United States. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of the United States from the colonial era to the 19th century.