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We specialise in rare and historic maps, dating from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Buy rare, vintage, and antique maps, town plans, and sea charts depicting the UK, America, Asia, Africa, and all parts of the world.
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A nation defined… An Elizabethan wall map by “the father of English cartography”
SAXTON, Christopher, 1583.
£75,000
The earliest printed map to focus on China
ORTELIUS, Abraham, 1584.
£6,000
The earliest printed map to focus on China
ORTELIUS, Abraham, 1584.
£4,500
The earliest printed map to focus on China
ORTELIUS, Abraham, 1584.
£4,500
A fine portolan signed and dated by one of the most prolific chart makers of the Mediterranean
RICZO Joan [OLIVA, Joan], 1586.
£200,000
Mercator’s map of the world in fine original colour
MERCATOR, Rumold, 1587.
£9,500
The first known engraving of any locality in the present-day United States
?BOAZIO, Giovanni Battista, 1588.
£100,000
The first printed view of Santiago, Cape Verde
?BOAZIO, Giovanni Battista, 1588.
£12,000
The first printed view of Santo Domingo
?BOAZIO, Giovanni Battista, 1588.
£20,000
The first map to show Japan as four islands
PLANCIUS, Petrus, 1590.
£4,000
The earliest obtainable sea chart of Europe
WAGHENAER, Lucas Janszoon, 1592.
£50,000
De Jode’s striking world map on a north and south polar projection
DE JODE, Cornelis, 1593.
£40,000
De Jode’s map of South America in original colour
DE JODE, Cornelis, 1593.
£15,000
De Jode’s rare map of China
DE JODE, Cornelius, 1593.
£27,000
De Jode’s rare world map
DE JODE, Cornelis, 1593.
£24,000
De Jode’s map of South America
JODE, Cornelius de, 1593.
£12,000
De Jode’s rare map of eastern Asia
DE JODE, Cornelis, 1593.
£28,000
De Jode’s rare map of west Asia
JODE, Cornelius de, 1593.