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Description:

The rare reduced version of Mercator's and Jodocus Hondius map of the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Margarita and Havana harbor. The accompanying text describes Spanish plantations, sugar production, and the city of Santo Domingo (Saint Dominick). 

The map comes from the atlas "Hakluytus Posthumus or, Purchas his Pilgrimes..." by Samuel Purchas and printed in London by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone. Samuel Purchas added the narratives from sailors who returned to England from their voyages to a vast compilation of unsorted manuscripts, which were left to him by Richard Hakluyt.

Cartographer:      Jodocus Hondius (1563-1611)

Sheet size:             33,8 x 21,7 cm

Year:                        London, 1625

Technique:           copper engraving

Condition:
Very good condition.

This is an original antique map published in 1625 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity

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Nice little map of Russia with Moscow at the bottom right.

Comes from the German edition of Mercator's atlas “Atlas Minor de Gerardi Mercator”, engraved by Pieter Van Den Keere and Abraham Goos, edited by J. Hondius, published by Joannes Jannsonius in Amsterdam 1648.

Cartographer:   Jodocus Hondius (1563-1611)
​Sheet size:            18,5 x 22,4 cm
Year:                      1648
Technique:           copper engraving

Condition:
Very good condition, attractive hand coloring.
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This is an original antique map published in 1648 and not a modern copy or reprint

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Description:

Miniature Mercator’s map of Russia.

Comes from the German edition of Mercator's atlas “Atlas Minor de Gerardi Mercator”, engraved by Pieter Van Den Keere and Abraham Goos, edited by J. Hondius, published by Joannes Jannsonius in Amsterdam 1648.

Cartographer:   Jodocus Hondius (1563-1611)
​Sheet size:            18,5 x 22,4 cm
Year:                      1648
Technique:           copper engraving

Condition:
Very good condition, attractive hand coloring.
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This is an original antique map published in 1648 and not a modern copy or reprint

On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity

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Description:

Miniature Mercator's map of Asia continent.

Comes from the atlas “Atlas Minor de Gerardi Mercator”, edited and published by J. Hondius in Amsterdam 1613.

Publisher:           Jodocus Hondius (1563-1611)
Sheet size:            21.4 x 16.6 cm
Year:                      1613
Technique:          copper engraving
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Condition:
Very good condition. Watermarked paper.

This is an original antique map published in 1613 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

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Description:
Beautifully engraved double portrait of Gerard Mercator and his successor Jodocus Hondius the elder, two great Dutch mapmakers, sitting together at a table and surrounded by maps, books and globes. A superb engraving of Colette Hondius, the wife of Jodocus Hondius.

Comes from latin edition of "Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes De Fabrica Mvndi Et Fabricati Figvra. b. Jodocus Hondius" published in Amsterdam, ca. 1613.

Engraver:  ​  Henricus Hondius (1573–1650)
Sheet size:      44.8 x 51.4 cm
Year:                 ca. 1613
Technique:           copper engraving
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Condition:
Good condition. Beautiful hand colouring. Few professional middlefold and marginal restorations on verso.

This is an original antique map published circa 1613 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity

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Description:

One of the earliest maps of Iceland, the first latin edition, of the Mercator/Hondius atlas - "Atlas minor" published in Amsterdam 1607.

Publisher:        Jodocus Hondius (1563-1611)

Sheet size:             22,3 x 16,7 cm

Year:                  Amsterdam, 1607

Technique:           copper engraving

Condition:
Very good condition, watermarked paper, beautiful hand coloring.

This is an original antique map published in 1607 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity

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Description:

The rare reduced version of Mercator's map of Iceland, it was published by Jodocus Hondius who had taken over Mercator’s business. It contains a lot of details, 115 place names, the fire-spewing Hekla and sea creature. Hondius' map of Island reissued from the third part of "Hakluytus Posthumus or, Purchas his Pilgrimes" by Samuel Purchas. He added the narratives from sailors who returned to England from their voyages to a vast compilation of unsorted manuscripts, which were left to him by Richard Hakluyt.

Cartographer:      Jodocus Hondius (1563-1611)

Sheet size:             30,4 x 20,0 cm

Year:                    London, 1625

Technique:           copper engraving

Condition:
Very good condition. Slightly brownish paper.

This is an original antique map published in 1625 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity

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