Continent of America

RAMUSIO, Giovanni Battista and GASTALDI, Giacomo Universale della parte del mondo nuovamente ritrovata.

Gastaldi’s hemispherical map of the Americas

£6,000

By RAMUSIO, Giovanni Battista and GASTALDI, Giacomo, 1565].

THEVET, Andre Qvarte Partie dv Monde.

One of only a few maps of the period created from first-hand knowledge

£13,000

By THEVET, Andre, 1575].

[BEHAIM, Martin]; DE MURR, M. Christophe Theophile Histoire Diplomatique du Chevalier Portugais Martin Behaim de Nuremberg.

Refuting claims that Behaim reached America before Columbus

£3,500

By [BEHAIM, Martin]; DE MURR, M. Christophe Theophile, [1802]

Unrecorded example of one of the most important charts published in the Dutch Golden Age

Unrecorded example of one of the most important charts published in the Dutch Golden Age

£150,000

By DONCKER, Hendrik, [1704-1726].