Isle covens (14 Ergebnisse)

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Very good, size (in cm): 17,5 x 26, map shows the area around Moscow.

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Very good, size (in cm): 19,5 x 26, Map shows the city map of Coblenz with the rivers Rhein and Mosel and the castle Ermanstein.

Technic: Copper print, colorit: colored, condition: Very good, size (in cm): 65 x 38, Map of the Lower Antilles, from Guadeloupe to Grenada.

Technic: Copper print, colorit: colored, condition: Right margin replaced, size (in cm): 48 x 61 cm, Magnificent map showing the whole of Swabia with the cities of Augsburg, Ulm, Memmingen, Kempten, Nördlingen, Lindau on Lake Constance, and many more; Baden-Württemberg with Constance, Tübingen, Stuttgart, Heidelberg, Pforzheim, Freiburg im Breisgau.. …

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Some folds perfectly restored, size (in cm): 38 x 38, Map shows the old World in a Hemisphere.

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Left and right lower corners replaced, size (in cm): 50 x 48 cm, Map shows the western coast of Africa.

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Very good, size (in cm): 48 x 64 cm, Map shows Marocco, Algeria and Tunesia with Spain, Balear Islands, Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily.

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Very good, size (in cm): 50 x 65, Map of the southern part of South America.

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Very good, size (in cm): 49,5 x 50, Decorative map of the eastern hemisphere, the so called ; old world.

Technic: Copper print, colorit: colored, condition: Very good, size (in cm): 46 x 46, 2 maps with the northern and southern hemisphere shown in a polar projection.

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 50 x 61 cm, Map shows the entire Black Sea with its surrounding countries and a compass rose.

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 88 x 62 cm, Map shows the total Caspian sea with the Wolga delta and the city of Astrachan, 8 inset maps of islands and coast lines.

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Some restoration at lower centerfold, size (in cm): 50 x 64,5 cm, Map shows Canada with the great lakes and partly Greenland. Splendid map, historically described as the second decauche printing of the map of De L'Isle and the first state in which the United States is named and the name United States (Etats-Unis) appears earliest on a printed map. It is worth noting that there are two different states of this 1783 "Etats Unis" map. The second has the crown at the top of the cartouche and the royal fleur-de-lis below it, as well as the words "du Roi" removed from the title, suggesting a change to the copper plate by Dezauche after the French Revolution and most likely during the First French Republic (1792-1795), inspired in part by the American Revolution. Curiously, the notation "avec privilege du Roy" at the bottom of the cartouche remains unchanged. Equally noteworthy, the map contains one of the earliest references to the Rocky Mountains, the "Riviere Longue," and other features in the west, based on the reports of Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, Baron de Lahontan. Lahontan traveled extensively in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the upper Mississippi Valley. Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce (1666 - 1716), also known as Baron de Lahontan, was a French officer and traveler in the French colonies of North America. During his time in New France, he visited every nook and cranny, probably visited hitherto little explored areas around the Mississippi River, twice participated in the successful defense of English attacks. On the other hand, he left no major mark on the New World. Except for his last stay at Placentia, he was hardly mentioned in official correspondence. But with his works published in his later years, based on his diary and notes, he brought North America to Europe and became one of the most widely read authors in the first half of the 18th century.…

10. Amsterdam, Covens & Mortier, ca. 1750, copper engraved map, 68 x 64 cm, with border colouring.