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Quid Dn. Francisco Draken non procul a rio de Platta acciderit.

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What happened to Francis Drake not far from the island of Rio de Plata, Great Voyages, De Bry, 1599
Quid Dn. Francisco Draken non procul a rio de Platta acciderit.
[Item number: 30737]

€2200  ($2464 / £1848)
Atlas Minor Sive totius Orbis Terrarum contracta delineat(a) ex conatibus Nic(olaus) Visscher ...

Allegoric title page of the Atlas Minor, by Nicolaas Visscher II. 1683-1702
Atlas Minor Sive totius Orbis Terrarum contracta delineat(a) ex ...
[Item number: 27022]

€450  ($504 / £378)
Nouveau Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas comprenant Les Tables et Descriptions de toutes les Regions de la Terre.

Allegorical atlas title page by Henricus Hondius. 1641
Nouveau Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas comprenant Les Tables ...
[Item number: 30116]

€800  ($896 / £672)
Atlas Minor Sive totius Orbis Terrarum contracta delinea...

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Allegorical atlas title page by Nicolaas Visscher II. 1683-1716
Atlas Minor Sive totius Orbis Terrarum contracta delinea...
[Item number: 28787]

€800  ($896 / £672)
Asia.

Allegorical title page by Joan Blaeu, published by Reinier & Josua Ottens. 1725-50.
Asia.
[Item number: 28508]

€900  ($1008 / £756)
Atlas.

Allegorical title page by Joan Blaeu, published by Reinier & Josua Ottens. 1725-50.
Atlas.
[Item number: 28509]

€400  ($448 / £336)
Africa.

Rare
Allegorical title page of Africa by Joan Blaeu, published by Reinier & Josua Ottens. 1725-50.
Africa.
[Item number: 28506]

€3000  ($3360 / £2520)
America.

Rare!
Allegorical title page of America by Joan Blaeu, published by Reinier & Josua Ottens. 1725-50.
America.
[Item number: 28507]

€4500  ($5040 / £3780)
Toonneel des Aerdrycx, oft Nieuwe Atlas, uytgegeven door Wilhelm en Joan Blaeu. Eerste Deels  Tweede Stuck.

Atlas Title Page, by Blaeu W. & J. 1642-43
Toonneel des Aerdrycx, oft Nieuwe Atlas, uytgegeven door Wilhelm ...
[Item number: 21455]

€220  ($246.4 / £184.8)
Sevende Stuck der Aerdrycks-Beschryving, welck vervat Italien en Griecken.

Atlas Title Page by J. Blaeu 1664-65
Sevende Stuck der Aerdrycks-Beschryving, welck vervat Italien en ...
[Item number: 21621]

€260  ($291.2 / £218.4)
Currus Veliferi Illmi Mauritii Nassovii.

Simon Stevin 's sail-cart.
Prince Maurits' big sailing carriage, designed by Simon Stevin. 1649
Currus Veliferi Illmi Mauritii Nassovii.
[Item number: 29662]

€1700  ($1904 / £1428)
Sphaerarum Artificialium Typica Repraesentatio Novissime Adumbrata.

Armillary sphere, terrestrial & celestial globes by Johann Baptist Homann. 1730-37
Sphaerarum Artificialium Typica Repraesentatio Novissime ...
[Item number: 28361]

€800  ($896 / £672)
Toonneel des Aerdrycx, oft Nieuwe Atlas, uytgegeven door Wilhelm en Joan Blaeu. Tweede Deels  Tweede Stuck.

ATLAS TITLE PAGE by Blaeu W. 1642-43
Toonneel des Aerdrycx, oft Nieuwe Atlas, uytgegeven door Wilhelm ...
[Item number: 2084]

€320  ($358.4 / £268.8)
Europa.

Rare Atlas Major title.
Title Page by Joan Blaeu. 1662
Europa.
[Item number: 29731]

€3200  ($3584 / £2688)
N: Visscheri Germania Inferior Sive XVII Provinciarum Geographicae Generales ut et Particulares Tabulae. - Kaert-Boeck van de XVII Nederlandtsche Provincien, Nieuwlycx uytgegeven door Nicolaes Visscher.

Atlas title page by Nicolas Visscher II. After 1677 (privilege)
N: Visscheri Germania Inferior Sive XVII Provinciarum ...
[Item number: 30417]

€430  ($481.6 / £361.2)
Atlas Novus - Atlas-Nouveau Contenant toutes les parties du Monde &c.

Atlas title page, by Covens & Mortier. 1733
Atlas Novus - Atlas-Nouveau Contenant toutes les parties du ...
[Item number: 12544]

€1100  ($1232 / £924)
De Groote Nieuwe Vermeerderde Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Werelt. Vertoonende in sigh alle de Zee-Kusten des Aardtryks, ...

Scarce. Heightened in gold
Johannes Van Keulen, sea atlas title page. 1693
De Groote Nieuwe Vermeerderde Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Werelt. ...
[Item number: 26447]

€1600  ($1792 / £1344)
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus; in quo Tabulae et Descriptiones Omnium Regionum.

Atlas title page, by Joan Blaeu. 1649
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus; in quo Tabulae et ...
[Item number: 28947]

€460  ($515.2 / £386.4)
Al Molto Mag.co Sig. Gentile Carbonana da Gubio. Qui rappresento a V.S. brevemente il Successo della mirabile vittoria della armata di la S.ta Lega christiana contra la potentissima et orgogliosa di Sultan Di Vinegia l Anno 1572.

Important and rare print.
Battle of Lepanto (Greece), by Giovanni Francesco Camocio. c. 1575
Al Molto Mag.co Sig. Gentile Carbonana da Gubio. Qui rappresento ...
[Item number: 27633]

€3500  ($3920 / £2940)
Verschiedene Reisen des Auctoris.

British Isles by George Edwards. 1753-55
Verschiedene Reisen des Auctoris.
[Item number: 30331]

€380  ($425.6 / £319.2)
Decem Hispani ab Indianis opprimuntur, spoliantur & trucidantur.

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Concerning the 10 Spaniards who were attacked, beaten and robbed by the Indians. Great Voyages, De Bry. 1599
Decem Hispani ab Indianis opprimuntur, spoliantur & trucidantur.
[Item number: 30678]

€850  ($952 / £714)
Diversi Dithmarsorum et vicinarum gentium habitus.

Costumes from Dithmarschen, by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg. 1596
Diversi Dithmarsorum et vicinarum gentium habitus.
[Item number: 24169]

€650  ($728 / £546)
Typus octo longaru[m] naviu[m]. Anno M.VI.c.II ab Hispaniae rege missaru[m] ad Oceanum Belgicum infestandu[m]. quarum naviu[m] quatuor Angloru[m] atq³ Hollandoru[m] virtute conquassatae sunt et submersae: ceterae naufragio periere.

Very important naval print.
Defeat of Spanish galleys by an Anglo-Dutch naval force off the coast of Flanders, 3-4 Oct. 1602. by Willem Blaeu c. 1602
Typus octo longaru[m] naviu[m]. Anno M.VI.c.II ab Hispaniae rege ...
[Item number: 26804]

€40000  ($44800 / £33600)
Expugnato civitatis S. Augustini in America sitae. / Franciscus Draco Carthagenam civitatem expugnat. / Quomodo Franciscus Draco, civitatem S. Dominico in Insula Hispaniola sitam expugnauerit./ Quomodo Dn. Franciscus Draco civitatem et insulam S. Iacobi expugnatam obtinuerit.

The earliest obtainable view of any city within the United States
Drake's raids against St. Augustine, Cartagena, Santo Domingo and Praia, Great Voyages, De Bry, 1599
Expugnato civitatis S. Augustini in America sitae. / Franciscus ...
[Item number: 30739]

€4400  ($4928 / £3696)
Pavillons d'Espagne. &c. - Spaanse Vlaggen. &c.

Eight flags of Spain and Portugal, by Pieter (Pierre) Mortier. 1700
Pavillons d'Espagne. &c. - Spaanse Vlaggen. &c.
[Item number: 26708]

€900  ($1008 / £756)
Table des Cartes etc: Du Sr. Sanson. Contenues Dans ce Volume.

Engraved title page by Nicolas Sanson, published by Pierre Mortier. 1696-1708
Table des Cartes etc: Du Sr. Sanson. Contenues Dans ce Volume.
[Item number: 29611]

€550  ($616 / £462)
Provence.

Very rare!
France - Provence, four geographical playing cards, designed by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly and printed by Jean-Baptiste Mitoire. c. 1763
Provence.
[Item number: 30328]

€500  ($560 / £420)
De Praecipuis, Totius Universi Urbibus Liber Secundus.

Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg, allegorical atlas title page of the second part. 1575-1612
De Praecipuis, Totius Universi Urbibus Liber Secundus.
[Item number: 30096]

€550  ($616 / £462)
Nobilis Hannoniae Comitatus Descriptio. Pays de Haynault Tenu de Dieu et du Soleil.

Heraldic Garden of the County of Hainaut, by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg. 1581
Nobilis Hannoniae Comitatus Descriptio. Pays de Haynault Tenu de ...
[Item number: 25340]

€700  ($784 / £588)
Gualtherus Ralegh amicitiam contrahit cum Rege Arromaia.

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How Raleigh established friendly relations with the King of Arromaia. Great Voyages, De Bry, 1599
Gualtherus Ralegh amicitiam contrahit cum Rege Arromaia.
[Item number: 30711]

€1300  ($1456 / £1092)
Populorum qui hyberno tempore in arboribus rupibusque habitant, ceremoniae & ritus cum defunctis.

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How some peoples live in trees or high cliffs during the winter, with remarks on the ceremonies they hold for their dead. Great Voyages, De Bry, 1599
Populorum qui hyberno tempore in arboribus rupibusque habitant, ...
[Item number: 30716]

€2300  ($2576 / £1932)
Quomodo guiani avreas suas imagines fundere soleant.

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How the Guyanese make their golden statues. Great Voyages, De Bry, 1599
Quomodo guiani avreas suas imagines fundere soleant.
[Item number: 30677]

€900  ($1008 / £756)
Quomodo duci Candisch, indiani in quodam loco ligna & aquam dulcem obtulerint.

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How Thomas Cavendish came to an island where the Indians gave him wood and fresh water. Great Voyages, De Bry, 1599
Quomodo duci Candisch, indiani in quodam loco ligna & aquam ...
[Item number: 30704]

€700  ($784 / £588)
Quomodo dn. Candisch in quadaminsula multos canes marinos varij generis invenerit.

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How Thomas Cavendish comes to an island where there are many strange seals. Great Voyages, De Bry, 1599
Quomodo dn. Candisch in quadaminsula multos canes marinos varij ...
[Item number: 30718]

€1600  ($1792 / £1344)
Gualtherus Ralegh expugnata vivitate, hispanum Gubernatorem captiuum abducit.

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How Walter Raleigh conquered a city, and captured the Spanish governor. Great Voyages, De Bry, 1599
Gualtherus Ralegh expugnata vivitate, hispanum Gubernatorem ...
[Item number: 30715]

€2200  ($2464 / £1848)
Irlande.

Very rare!
Ireland, eight geographical playing cards, designed by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly and printed by Jean-Baptiste Mitoire. c. 1763
Irlande.
[Item number: 30327]

€1450  ($1624 / £1218)