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280326

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280326

BLAEU, Willem Janszoon [Pair of nine-inch table globes].

A pair of table globes by Blaeu

£350,000

By BLAEU, Willem Janszoon, 1602 [but c1621].

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NOLLI, Giovanni Battista [Plan of Rome] Alla Santita di Nostro Signore Papa Benedetto XIV La Nuova Topografia di Roma

Nolli’s fine plan of Rome

£40,000

By NOLLI, Giovanni Battista, 1748].

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MEDINA, Pedro de Arte de navegar.

First edition of the first practical treatise on navigation

£400,000

By MEDINA, Pedro de, 1545.

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[DOIN, Ochikochi (i.e. Fujii HANCHI), after] Bunken Edo oezu.

The dawning of the age of Bunka-Bunsei

£20,000

By [DOIN, Ochikochi (i.e. Fujii HANCHI), after], c.1803.

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PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius [Untitled World Map].

“Superb testimonial to Italian craftsmanship”

£45,000

By PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius, 1507]

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FLORIANO, Antonio [Untitled Map of the World].

The “bicycle spoke” map of the world

£200,000

By FLORIANO, Antonio, 1555].

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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huyghen; and Bernard PALUDANUS Histoire de la navigation de Jean Hugues de Linschot Hollandois: aux Indes Orientales

“Very nobly furnished, and… richly bound and gilded” (John Evelyn)

£220,000

By LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huyghen; and Bernard PALUDANUS, 1638.

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MONTALBODDO, Antonio Fracanzano da; translated into Latin by Archangelo MADRIGNANO Itinerarium Portugallensium e Lusitania in Indiam & inde in occidentem & demum ad aquilonem.

The Henry Huth – James C. McCoy copy of the first printed collection of voyages; the earliest mention of the ‘Arabian’ gulf; and, “after Columbus’s letter, the most important contribution to the early history of American discovery”

£550,000

By MONTALBODDO, Antonio Fracanzano da; translated into Latin by Archangelo MADRIGNANO, 1508.

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SENEX, John [and Mary SENEX] A New & Correct Globe of the Earth.

A pocket globe by a female mapmaker

£30,000

By SENEX, John [and Mary SENEX], after 1744].

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SCHOUTEN, Willem Corneliszoon; [translated by William PHILLIP] The Relation of a Wonderfull Voiage made by William Cornelison Schouten of Horne.

“a newe unexpected and neverheretofore discovered Passage” (Phillip)

£95,000

By SCHOUTEN, Willem Corneliszoon; [translated by William PHILLIP], 1619.

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WILLES, Richard; after Richard EDEN The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towards the fruitfull and ryche Moluccas.

Better than Eden

£115,000

By WILLES, Richard; after Richard EDEN, 1577.

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ANGLIARA, Juan de; [possibly after Fr. Juan DIAZ] Die schiffvng mitt dem Lanndt der Gvlden Insel gefvndē durch Hern Johan vō Angliara

Early New World apocrypha?

£45,000

By ANGLIARA, Juan de; [possibly after Fr. Juan DIAZ], c.1522].

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