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Gerardus Mercator . . . [and] . . . Iudocus Hondius . . .

Striking image showing Mercator and Hondius in their idealized workshop.

Price: $1,800.00

[World Map with Portraits of Ferdinand Magellan, Willem Schouten, Francis Drake, Thomas Cavendish, Olivier van Noort and Joris van Speilbergen]

Double hemisphere map of the World, accompanied by portraits of a number of the most important 16th and early 17th Century explorers.

Price: $1,100.00

[Title Page] A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World . . .

Marvelous decorative title page, showing an early landing in the New World by the Spanish, with priests and conquistadors in the foreground and Indians in the rear.

Price: $145.00

[Title Page] Theatrum Orbis Terrarum sive Atlas Novus Pars Secunda

Striking old color example of the title page from Blaeu's Atas Novus, first published in 1634.

Price: $245.00

Peter Force letter to Fielding Lucas regarding publication of Exploring Expedition

Letter of introduction from Peter Force to Fielding Lucas Jr., concerning the prospective publication of the Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition (Wilkes Expedition).

Price: $650.00

[Title Page] Colton's General Atlas

A nice example of the fronticepiece from Colton's Atlas.

Price: $195.00