Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 14 7/8" x 19 3/8". Beautiful map of southern Spain in original color with gold highlights, circa 1650. Shows Andalusia with Seville, Cordoba and the Strait of Gibraltar. Decorative features include ornate cartouches with cherubs and architectural elements, a compass rose, ships and two coats of arms. Minor overall aging and offsetting, full original margins. Willem Blaeu (1571-1638) was a prolific Dutch mapmaker who started one of the most..... More

Philadelphia: CAREY, Matthew, 1814. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 13.25" x 16.5". Very nice map of the Iberian Peninsula including Ibiza, Majorca and Minorca as well as the tip of Africa. Minor aging in margins, crease to upper left corner. Mathew Carey (1760-1839) was an Irish-born American publisher, bookseller, and economist, as well as one the most important figures of early American cartography. Carey was based in Philadelphia, where he apprenticed for Benjamin Franklin before establishing his..... More

London: William Faden, 1780. Sea chart. Engraving with original hand outline. Image measures 20" x 27.5". Beautiful detailed map of the coast of Iberia and northern Africa, with rhumb lines and depths. Coastal features, cities, and rivers are extensively labeled. Regions and kingdoms are noted along the coasts, and minimal inland detail is included. In very good condition, with minor offsetting. Louis Stanislas d'Arcy De la Rochette (1731 - 1802) was a British cartographer and engraver based in late 18th..... More

Amsterdam. Map. Engraving. 15" x 19". This 17th c. map shows the Navarre region in Spain, including the city of Pamplona (famous for the running of the bulls festival) as well as Bayonne and San Sebastian. Mountains and trees illustrate the varied topography of the area, into which forts and castles are situated. The title cartouche appears in the upper left corner above a coat of arms. The map is in good condition. Some chips in the margins not affecting..... More

London: Laurie & Whittle, 1797. Map. Copper plate engraving with early hand outline. Image measures 18.5" x 25.5". Very detailed map of the Iberian Peninsula, including Ibiza, Majorca and Minorca. Small tear to left margin. More

Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, 1705. Map. Copper plate engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 14.5 x 19.5". Beautiful map of the Iberian Peninsula with several place names and topography noted. Includes the Balearic Islands of Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza. Territories shown with outline color. Map is on good condition with minor wear along centerfold and some offsetting. Minor spotting. Margins shows toning along edges and some spotting. Based on the earlier plates by Nicolas Sanson (1600 - 1667), who is..... More

London: William Heather, 1824. Map. Uncolored engraving. Measures 6 1/4" x 7 1/2" Beautifully rendered nautical chart depicting the bay of Sant Feliu de Guixols, in Catalonia on the Mediterranean coast. Map was drawn by Norie after Henri Michelot. Published in "The New Mediterranean Harbour Pilot", a maritime atlas containing 228 navigational charts, showing sandbacks, anchorages, harbors, major cities, ports, towns, buildings, roads, bays, buoys, forts, landmarks, shorelines, lighthouses, coastal profiles, mountains and islands. Depths shown by isolines, soundings, and..... More

Antwerp: Abraham Ortelius, 1606. Map. Engraving with original hand color. Image measures 14 5/8" x 19 1/8" Beautiful map of Iberia with original color. The map extends from Pyrenees to the northern tip of Morocco. The peninsula is divided into the three Roman provinces of Tarraconsensis, Lusitania, and Baetica. An inset in the right margin depicts the area surrounding the city of Cadiz. A table in the lower right lists towns, cities, mountains, rivers, and sources of the map. Abraham..... More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1844. Map. Engraving with original hand outline. Image measures 12.25" x 15". Clear and detailed town plan, from 1844, with beautiful panoramic view below titled "View of Oporto from Torre da Marca" and an inset showing the environs of Oporto. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was formed in 1826 and published low cost maps with the goal of reaching a large market, while still maintaining high quality and precision. More

Amsterdam: Claes Jansz Visscher. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 8.5" x 17.5", sheet measures 15" x 17.5". Some toning but otherwise in good condition The Battle in the Bay of Matanzas was a naval battle during the Eighty Years' War in which a Dutch squadron was able to defeat and capture a Spanish treasure fleet on September 7-8, 1628. Dutch forces under the command of Admiral Piet Hein captured 16 Spanish ships and commandeered an incredible bounty of gold, silver..... More