World and continents

ROGGEVEEN, Arent La Primera Parte Del Nuevo Gran Espejo Maritimo, Alumbrando las Costas Maritimas de la Navigacion de la India Occidental,

Unrecorded Spanish edition of the First Sea Atlas of America

£180,000

By ROGGEVEEN, Arent, 1690.

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LOOTSMAN, Jacob Lighting Colom of the Midland-Sea,

An unrecorded English edition of Lootsman’s pilot of the Mediterranean

£44,000

By LOOTSMAN, Jacob, 1677

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PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius. Cosmographia.

Ptolemy’s first projection, with the “finest Ptolemaic plates produced until Gerard Mercator”

£300,000

By PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius., 1490.

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DONCKER, Hendrik De Zee-Atlas of Water-Waerelt,

The most up-to-date sea atlas of the second half of the seventeenth century

£80,000

By DONCKER, Hendrik, 1666.

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LEVANTO, Francesco Maria Prima Parte dello Specchio del Mare, nel quale si Descrivono tutti li Porti, Spaggie, Baye, Isole, Scogli, e Seccagni del Mediterraneo…

Levanto’s rare pilot of the Mediterranean

£22,000

By LEVANTO, Francesco Maria, 1664

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MELA, Pomponius. Pomponij Mellæ Cosmographi Geographi

A well-deserved prayer is made for the young man who smells the requisite flowers along the winding paths of geography

£40,000

By MELA, Pomponius., 18th July, 1482.

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PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; Bernardus SYLVANUS Liber geographiae

The first atlas printed in Venice, the first wholly printed in colours, incorporating the first map to indicate Japan, the second map in a Ptolemaic atlas to show America.

£150,000

By PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; Bernardus SYLVANUS, 1511.

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FADEN, William; WHITTLE, James and LAURIE, Robert; BOWLES, Henry Carington and CARVER, Samuel [Composite atlas].

The best British mapmakers of the late eighteenth century

£20,000

By FADEN, William; WHITTLE, James and LAURIE, Robert; BOWLES, Henry Carington and CARVER, Samuel, 1783-1797.

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GOOS, Pieter Lighting Colom of the Midland Sea…

A rare Mediterranean ‘Straights Book’

£33,000

By GOOS, Pieter, 1669

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HOOGHE, Romeyn de; Jan & Caspar LUYKEN; Heyman van DIJCK Voorne caart-boeck van alle de dorpen,

Fine atlas of Southern Holland in full original colour

£18,000

By HOOGHE, Romeyn de; Jan & Caspar LUYKEN; Heyman van DIJCK, 1701.

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PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; translated by ANGELUS, Jacobus, and edited by Nicolaus GERMANUS Cosmographia.

The world Columbus knew – Ptolemy’s Second Projection, and the first map signed by its author

£1,200,000

By PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; translated by ANGELUS, Jacobus, and edited by Nicolaus GERMANUS, 16 July 1482.

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DUDLEY, Robert Dell'arcano del Mare di D. Ruberto Dudleo Duca di Northumbria, e Conte di Warwich…

The first atlas on Mercator’s Projection

£900,000

By DUDLEY, Robert, 1661.

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