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Introduction:

This strait, believed to separate northwestern America from northeastern Asia, was related to the centuries-long quest to find a Northwest Passage connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. The rumor of this strait and a Northwest Passage in general inspired many voyages of discovery, including those of John Cabot, Sir Francis Drake, Gaspar Corte-Real, Jacques Cartier, and Sir Humphrey Gilbert.

The term Anian itself comes from Marco Polo’s thirteenth-century accounts of his travels. Polo used the term to refer to the Gulf of Tonkin, but cartographers thought it could refer to this supposed strait between Asia and North America. The Strait of Anian, so named, first appeared in a 1562 map by Giacomo Gastaldi, and was later adopted by Bolognini Zaltieri and Gerard Mercator.


Place/Date:
Rome / 1615
Size:
18.5 x 13.5 inches (each sheet)
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
89195
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1616 circa
Size:
5.5 x 4 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
81480
Place/Date:
Venice / 1646
Size:
55 x 40 inches
Condition:
See Description
Stock#:
89862
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
62838
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1679
Size:
21 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
62284
Place/Date:
Paris / 1694
Size:
43.5 x 31.3 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
73331
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1696 circa
Size:
34 x 39 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
54815

Archived

Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1595 circa
Size:
18.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
72504
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1595 circa
Size:
18.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
81857
Place/Date:
Venice / 1596
Size:
7 x 5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
59526
Place/Date:
Venice / 1596
Size:
7 x 5.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
71506
Place/Date:
Siena / 1601 (1634)
Size:
31.5 x 20 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
72385
Place/Date:
Siena / 1601
Size:
31.5 x 20 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
73593
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1610 circa
Size:
18.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
57016
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1610 circa
Size:
18.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
57557
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650
Size:
22 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
0142gh
Place/Date:
Paris / 1650 circa
Size:
22 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
93726
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1652
Size:
22.5 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
33164ops
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1652
Size:
22.5 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
67154
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1652
Size:
22.5 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
70905
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
50067
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
25 x 22 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71413
Place/Date:
Paris / 1683
Size:
4 x 6 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
69682
Place/Date:
Paris / 1683
Size:
4 x 6 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
63850
Place/Date:
Frankfurt / 1686
Size:
4 x 6 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
65305
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1704 circa
Size:
24 x 20.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
89554
Place/Date:
Paris / 1730
Size:
43 x 31 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
81912
Place/Date:
London / 1752
Size:
18 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
67600