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Antique Maps of New York. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of New York and New York City from the 17th to the 19th century.

Antique Maps of New York. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of New York and New York City from the 17th to the 19th century.

    1 : 2000000 Description This is a beautiful strike of Gerhard Mercator's map of Iceland, included by Jodocus Hondius and his heirs in their Atlas sive Cosmographicae. It is the second map of Iceland to appear in a modern atlas, and the second map overall of Iceland based on data originating from an Icelander, placing it among the first accurate maps of the island. Mercator's map first appeared in 1595, only five years after Abraham Ortelius' famous map; both maps shared the same ultimate source: Guðbrandur Þorláksson, Bishop of Holar. SourcesIt is not known if Mercator received t...

    1 : 9150000 Description This is Gerard Mercator's map of the Arabian Peninsula, based on the second-century mapping of Claudius Ptolemy (c. 100 - 170), the progenitor of modern geography. Mercator - both an authoritative geographer and a gifted engraver - executed this map for his 1578 Duisberg edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, intended to be the definitive edition of that foundational work. Exceeding all Previous WorksPrevious editions, both copperplate and woodcut, had been comparatively crude renditions that often omitted detail and were prone to ambiguities. Mercator, produced hi...

  1654 (undated)         1 : 70000 Description This is a classic 17th-century map Dutch of Bermuda, printed by Jan Jansson in 1654 and here in an original color example from the collection of the illustrious map collector, dealer, and scholar Kenneth Nebenzahl. Actually engraved by Jansson's brother-in-law Henricus Hondius, this map was based on Richard Norwood’s chart produced in 1618 for the Bermuda Company. Norwood's chart provides the primary depiction of the island available for that century. Versions of this map were printed by John Speed as well as Hondius' and Jansson's co...