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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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JAILLOT, Alexis Hubert, [and] Nicolas SANSON Atlas Nouveau, contenant toutes les parties du monde.

Jaillot’s Atlas Nouveau published in Amsterdam by Pieter Mortier

£80,000

By JAILLOT, Alexis Hubert, [and] Nicolas SANSON, 1692-96.

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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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BORDONE, Benedetto di Isolario di Benedetto Bordone

Bordone’s Isolario in contemporary binding

£40,000

By BORDONE, Benedetto di, [c1565].

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WAGHENAER, Lucas Janszoon Teerste Deel vande Spieghel der Zeevaert... [and] Der ander Theil. Dess Spiegels der Seefart

The first printed sea pilot

£325,000

By WAGHENAER, Lucas Janszoon, 1589.

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BLAEU, Jean Novus Atlas Sinensis

First atlas of China made in Europe

£35,000

By BLAEU, Jean, [1655].

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BLAEU, Willem 'T Derde deel van 't Licht der zee-vaert, inhoudende de beschryvinghe der zeecusten van de Middelandtsche Zee,

Blaeu’s pilot of the Mediterranean

£160,000

By BLAEU, Willem, 1618.

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[CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY] Atlas, ay majmu' kharitat rasm al-ard...

The earliest obtainable atlas printed in Arabic

£60,000

By [CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY], 1835].

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BLAEU, Willem and Johannes BLAEU. Nouvum ac magnum theatrum urbium Belgicae

An exceptionally fine example of Blaeu’s great work on the towns of the Netherlands bound in full red morocco with the coats-of-arms of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond

£300,000

By BLAEU, Willem and Johannes BLAEU., [1652].

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PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; and Michael VILLANOVANUS, known as 'SERVETUS' Geographicae Enarrationis, Libri Octo.

The first map in an atlas to name America, and Ptolemy’s third projection

£200,000

By PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; and Michael VILLANOVANUS, known as 'SERVETUS', 1541.

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