Rare Maps

Rare Maps

We specialise in rare and historic maps, dating from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Buy rare, vintage, and antique maps, town plans, and sea charts depicting the UK, America, Asia, Africa, and all parts of the world.

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Rare Maps

Rare Maps

We specialise in rare and historic maps, dating from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Buy rare, vintage, and antique maps, town plans, and sea charts depicting the UK, America, Asia, Africa, and all parts of the world.

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Rare Maps

We specialise in rare and historic maps, dating from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Buy rare, vintage, and antique maps, town plans, and sea charts depicting the UK, America, Asia, Africa, and all parts of the world.

Yu Chong (Qing dynasty) Complete Map of the Front and Rear Mountains of Taiwan (全臺前後山輿圖 Quan Tai Qianhou Shan Yutu)

The first official Qing dynasty map to depict the entire island of Taiwan, including its eastern territories.

£75,000

By Yu Chong (Qing dynasty), 4th year of the Guangxu reign (1878)

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ABDULLAH, Muhammad Morsi; and Federico de AGOSTINI [Physical map of Abu Dhabi].

The first map of Abu Dhabi as the capital of the UAE

£28,000

By ABDULLAH, Muhammad Morsi; and Federico de AGOSTINI, [c1971].

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MUSTAFA, Ezzedin Ibrahim; and Muhammad Morsi ABDULLAH United Arab Emirates.

A landmark in the cartography of the UAE

£18,000

By MUSTAFA, Ezzedin Ibrahim; and Muhammad Morsi ABDULLAH, 1973.

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MUSTAFA, Ezzedin Ibrahim; and Muhammad Morsi ABDULLAH [United Arab Emirates].

Arabic edition of a landmark in the cartography of the UAE

£7,500

By MUSTAFA, Ezzedin Ibrahim; and Muhammad Morsi ABDULLAH, 1974.

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“Then the map was drawn for you, and I am much mistaken if it does not tell you plainly where to go” — ‘The Hobbit’

“Then the map was drawn for you, and I am much mistaken if it does not tell you plainly where to go” — ‘The Hobbit’

£1,500

By TOLKIEN, John Ronald Reuel; and BAYNES, Pauline, 1970.

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The earliest extant plan of London

The earliest extant plan of London

£7,500

By BRAUN, Georg and Franz HOGENBERG, 1575].

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ANDERSON, Margaret Swainson Road Map of Barbados. Compiled from Admiralty Charts 502 and 2485,

The first “good road map” of Barbados

£600

By ANDERSON, Margaret Swainson, 1956.

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[BRAUN, Georg and Franz HOGENBERG] Londinium Feracissmi Angliae Regni Metropolis.

The earliest extant plan of London

£15,000

By [BRAUN, Georg and Franz HOGENBERG], 1572].

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SAXTON, Christopher [Yorkshire] Eboracensis Comitatus

The first printed map of Yorkshire

£7,500

By SAXTON, Christopher, 1579].

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Mind the gap, please!

Mind the gap, please!

£75,000

By STINGEMORE, Fred H.; Harry BECK; Hans SCHLEGER; Harold HUTCHISON; Paul E. GARBUTT; and LONDON UNDERGROUND, 1932-2025.

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[CITY OF LIVERPOOL] Beatles Map

We didn’t like the colour

£500

By [CITY OF LIVERPOOL], 1974].

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[ANONYMOUS] Bagdad

“How beautiful are the one hundred sweet honey’s who are waiting for you”

£600

By [ANONYMOUS], c.1950].

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