- A few (tiny) holes and dam. spots.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 9850:2C (mentioning the sculptor Joannis de Broen and the publisher Abraham Wolfgangk, erased from our copy).
"L'Amérique Méridionale''. Contemp. handcol. engr. map by G. DE L'ISLE, large cartouche flanked by Indians, 46x59 cm., Amst., P. Mortier, ±1730.
- Doubled; 2 creases in lower part; a few brown stains and sm. hole in centre.
AND 1 other handcol. engr. map of South America: "Carte de l'Amérique Méridionale, Pour l'Histoire Générale des Voyages" (Paris, N. Bellin, ±1750).
- Both browned; w. a few wormholes (partly closed); some offsetting from previous folding.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 9830:1.2 and 9840:1.2.
AND 1 other map: "Carte de la Guiane Française et Hollandaise" (1802).
= Attractive view of the Portuguese fort at the mouth of Rio-Grande (present-day Natal) taken by the Dutch .
(Sea battle between the Dutch Republic and a Spanish-Portuguese fleet during the Dutch-Portuguese war and the Eighty Year war). Engr. bird's eye view, num. ships, 27,2x35,2 cm., from the same work. - AND 6 engr. views, i.a. w. South American natives, i.a. "Mr. Doughly beheaded by order of Sir Francis Drake, at Port St. Indian, on the Coast of Patagonia" (engraving by GOLDAR after DODD, London, 1700).
- Vague folds/ sm. part of paper restored/ trifle foxed in blank margins; sm. tear on middle fold.
= Koeman/ Van der Krogt II, 6000:2B.
- Under passeparout; mounted. = Rare map based on the Ptolomaeus map.
- Lacks portion of the lower right section; (unevenly) browned; some sm. pieces of paper flaked off.
= Comprises i.a. "Carte de l'Entree de la riviere de Berbiche. Suivant les plans des Hollandois" and "Carte de l'Embouchure des Rivieres de Copename et Sarameca".
- Slightly yellowed.
- A few vaguely foxed spots; nevertheless fine.
= Extremely rare map. S.A. Hedin, History of the Exploration in the Kara-Koraum Mountains (Leipzig, 1922, vol.7): "It is a very rough and clumsy sketch from a technical point of view, but it is interesting as a representation of geographical detail. The sources are not mentioned but, as far as Tibet is concerned, we easily find traces of D'Anville, Tieffenthaler and Rennell. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXV.
= Rare, earliest English map of Tibet.
"Carte du Grand Thibet". Engr. map, dec. cartouche, 21,5x31,5 cm., Paris, J.-N. Bellin, 1749.