= Attractive map showing the source of the Nile (at least as it was supposed in the 17th cent.). Part of a larger leaf, with two more quarter page maps (nor present).
ADDED: 20 miscellaneous topographical prints, 16th-late 19th cent., all European views (various sizes and techniques), i.a. "Thionville" (from S> MÜNSTER, Cosmographey), and also incl. several illustrations/ title-pages from topographical works.
- Fine. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman IIIB, 9000:353. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVII.
- Some trifle browned areas; otherwise fine. = Tooley, p.19: 33.
- Tiny hole in borderline lower left corner; otherwise fine.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 9100:1.2; Tooley, p.113: 6, Burden 245: "[This] engraved map of North America had greater influence than any other to date in perpetuating the theory of California as an island. (...) Cartographically this map is a careful composition of many different sources and illustrates well the current state of knowledge." Other interesting features of this map are i.a. Rio del Norto flows from a large lake, Parime lacus in south America is shown, a reference to the El Dorado myth. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.
- Left margin cut 2-5 mm outside the border line; a few very tiny repairs to the paper on verso; otherwise fine.
= Van den Broecke 9.2; Van der Krogt/ Koeman IIIB, 9000:31A, variant b. The first state of this map, i.a. with the original ships and with "Las Açores". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.
- Two minuscule closed tears in centre; some trifle browned areas; otherwisse fine.
= Tooley, p.22: 45: "The first detailed map of the gulf region and the Mississipi, the first map to show Texas, the first to show the land routes of earlier centuries (...) The map had political implications and outraged the English by laying claim to Carolina (...) and as further insult "Charles Town" [Carolina] named by the French Carlefort" (p.21). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIX.
- Small brownish stain in title; otherwise very fine.
- Some foxing (mainly) in blank margins. = Rare map.
- Fine.
= Tooley, p.291: 24: 2nd state (of 5) with "Sac. Caes. Maj, Geographi August. Vind." Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIX.
- Small waterstain in outer lower blank margin. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-A.2, 64:31.
- Fine. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-A.2, 64:11.
- Folds as published; some foxing/ sl. browned.
= Cadastral map of central manhattan after Casimir Goerck's 1796 surveyor map.
= Rare map of the discoveries by John Ross during the Second Arctic Expedition. between 1829 and 1833.
- Fine.
= Slightly later German copy of the map of the Chart of the Southern hemisphere, published in Forster's English edition of a Voyage around the World.
- Some creases.
- Two vague oblique folds in upper right corner.
= The first detailed map of Aruba, "gevolgd naar de opmeting in den jare 1820 gedaan, onder directie van den Kapitein ter Zee W.A. van Spengler en in den jare 1825 met verscheidene nieuwe bepalingen verrykt door den Kapitein R.F. van Raders". In 1773 a large map on seventeen sheets was made, which showed only the island's coastline. The present map was made after the Netherlands regained possession of 'Curaçao en Onderhorigheden' in 1816. Up-to-date reports and maps of Curaçao and Bonaire were soon made, but a survey of Aruba had to wait until 1820, when Captain Van Spengler, port warden of Curaçao from 1816 onwards, offered to perform this task. A copy of his manuscript map eventually found its way to the 'Departement van oorlog of Koloniën' in The Hague. In 1824, news arrived in The Hague that gold was found on Aruba. Immediately, Captain R.F. van Raders was sent to the island to investigate. During his three visits to Aruba in 1824 and 1825, Van Raders carried Van Spengler's map or a copy of it, and added new information to it concerning the gold mining. In 1825, this manuscript map was made in print. For extensive information on the mapping of Aruba in this period, see Caert Thresoar 2009-3, p.65-70.
- Sl. frayed; lower corners vaguely waterst. = Koeman, Ott3.
AND 2 others, i.a. a handcol. engr. map, "La Tartaria Cinese" (Rome, Calcografia Cemerale, 1798).
- Two tiny holes in the image near the edges; otherwise very fine.
= For the larger part showing Pakistan, Afghanistan and western India.
- Several (closed) tears/ womholes in the image near upper/ right edge.
= Decorative map with the coats of arms of Hendrik Dircksz. Spiegel, senator of Amsterdam, with several wild animals walking around in Africa and the mythical island of "Yedso" depicted above Japan.